Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:87

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:87 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:87. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse shows that people brought many animals as gifts to God to show they were sorry and to make Him happy. Each group brought the same number of animals to make sure everything was fair and special.

Numbers 7:87: All the oxen for the burnt offering [were] twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:22

This verse emphasizes that obedience to God is more important than sacrifices, possibly contrasting with the focus on offerings in Numbers 7:87.

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 Psalm 50:8-9

God expresses no need for sacrifices from the people, contrasting with the detailed sacrificial offerings outlined in Numbers 7:87.

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

Highlights that God desires justice, mercy, and humility over burnt offerings, which contrasts with the structured offerings in Numbers 7:87.

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?]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

God prefers mercy over sacrifice, potentially contradicting the emphasis on sacrifices present in Numbers 7:87.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the value of numerous sacrifices, which could oppose the detailed list of offerings in Numbers 7:87.

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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