Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:49

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:49 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:49. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christian teachings, this verse shows how someone gave a special gift to God, made of silver and filled with flour and oil, to show their thankfulness and love. It helps us remember to give nice things to God and to be thankful.

Numbers 7:49: His offering [was] one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Contradiction with Numbers 4:49

Numbers 4:49 contains a census and assignment of duties for the Levites, possibly differing in details or interpretation compared to the offerings and alignments in Numbers 7:49.

Numbers 4:49: According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:63

1 Kings 8:63 discusses Solomon's great sacrificial offerings, which can be contrasted in scale and purpose with the singular offering mentioned in Numbers 7:49.

1 Kings 8:63: And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Hebrews 10:4 states that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, which could contrast with the purpose implied by offerings in Numbers 7:49.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Psalm 40:6

Psalm 40:6 suggests that God does not desire sacrifice and offering, potentially contradicting the ritual emphasis of offerings in Numbers 7:49.

Psalm 40:6: Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. [opened: Heb. digged]

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Isaiah 1:11 questions the value of the multitude of sacrifices, which can conflict with the importance of offerings described in Numbers 7:49.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
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