Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:81

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:81 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:81. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that people were giving special animals to God as a gift to show their love and to say thank you. They chose the best animals they had for this important offering.

Numbers 7:81: One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse suggests that God does not change His mind, contrasting with the offerings in Numbers 7:81 which imply a human-like changeability in response to sacrificial acts.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with Exodus 20:3

The commandment against having other gods contrasts with the rituals described in Numbers 7:81, where specific detailed offerings may suggest a ritualistic approach not aligned with spiritual devotion.

Exodus 20:3: Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of burnt offerings, contrasting with Numbers 7:81, which details such offerings.

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 1 Samuel 15:22

Emphasizes obedience over sacrifice while Numbers 7:81 details the sacrifices themselves.

1 Samuel 15:22: And Samuel said, Hath the LORD [as great] delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice, [and] to hearken than the fat of rams.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

States that it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contradicting the sacrificial emphasis in Numbers 7:81.

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

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

God desires mercy, not sacrifice, which differs from the sacrificial practices detailed in Numbers 7:81.

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

Contradiction with Mark 12:33

Suggests that loving God and neighbor is more important than offerings and sacrifices, unlike the rituals outlined in Numbers 7:81.

Mark 12:33: And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
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