Contradiction with Proverbs 21:3
It emphasizes that doing justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice, while Numbers 7:57 focuses on sacrificial offerings.
Proverbs 21:3: To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Contradiction with Hosea 6:6
It states that God desires mercy and knowledge of Him rather than burnt offerings, contrasting with the emphasis on sacrifice in Numbers 7:57.
Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11
It questions the value of the multitude of sacrifices, while Numbers 7:57 details a sacrificial offering.
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 Matthew 9:13
Jesus states He desires mercy, not sacrifice, contradicting the sacrificial context of Numbers 7:57.
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 Micah 6:6-8
It suggests that God requires justice, mercy, and humility rather than burnt offerings and sacrifices, in contrast to the sacrifices described in Numbers 7:57.
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?]