Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:64

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:64 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:64. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, when the people did something wrong, they gave a young goat to God as a way to say sorry and ask for forgiveness. This was a way to help them be friends with God again.

Numbers 7:64: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

Contradiction with John 1:29

This verse speaks about the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, whereas Numbers 7:64 discusses offerings in a ritualistic, sacrificial context.

John 1:29: The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. [taketh away: or, beareth]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

This verse states that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, in contrast to the sacrificial offering context described in Numbers 7:64.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Here, mercy is preferred over sacrifice, which contradicts the sacrificial system detailed in Numbers 7:64.

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 Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the purpose of the multitude of sacrifices, contrasting with the specified offerings in Numbers 7:64.

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 desire for mercy and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings, which contradicts the sacrifices described in Numbers 7:64.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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