Contradiction with Amos 5:21
Expresses God's disdain for religious rituals if they lack righteousness, while Numbers 7:56 is part of detailed instructions on offerings.
Amos 5:21: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. [in...: or, your holy days]
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
Indicates that God does not delight in burnt offerings, contrasting with the detailed offerings in Numbers.
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]
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
Emphasizes the importance of mercy over sacrifice, differing from the prescribed sacrifices in Numbers 7.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Matthew 9:13
Jesus teaches that mercy is preferred over sacrifice, challenging the ritualistic sacrifices in Numbers.
Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Contradiction with Psalm 50:8-9
States God does not rebuke for sacrifices, yet indicates He does not need them, differing from the obligatory offerings in Numbers.
Psalm 50:8-9: I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
Contradiction with Micah 6:6-8
Questions the value of sacrifices and highlights justice, mercy, and humility as God's desires, contrasting with the ceremonial focus in Numbers 7.
Micah 6:6-8: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? [of a...: Heb. sons of a year?]