Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:88

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:88 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:88. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Numbers, this verse is about how many animals were given as gifts to God to show thanks and make peace. It tells us that people gave lots of animals to celebrate and make the special altar ready for use.

Numbers 7:88: And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:24

Contradicts Numbers 7:88 by specifying offerings of earth-based altars, not strictly animal offerings.

Exodus 20:24: An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:13

Contradicts Numbers 7:88 by suggesting that the blood of bulls and goats is insufficient for sanctification, whereas Numbers 7:88 lists such offerings.

Hebrews 9:13: For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

Contradicts Numbers 7:88 by emphasizing that God does not desire sacrifice, whereas Numbers 7:88 details extensive sacrifices.

Psalm 51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Contradicts Numbers 7:88 by stating that the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins, conflicting with the purpose of sacrifices in Numbers 7:88.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22

Contradicts Numbers 7:88 by implying that God did not originally command sacrifices, yet Numbers 7:88 lists them as commanded offerings.

Jeremiah 7:22: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]
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