Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 8:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 8:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 8:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that the Levites started their special jobs in the holy tent where people gathered. They did what God told Moses, and they worked together with Aaron and his sons.

Numbers 8:22: And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 30:18-20

This passage shows God forgiving those who had not purified themselves according to the law, contrasting with the strict obedience to cleansing rituals in Numbers 8:22.

2 Chronicles 30:18-20: For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

Contradiction with Mark 7:14-15

Jesus declares that nothing outside a person can defile them, contradicting the emphasis on external cleansing in Numbers 8:22.

Mark 7:14-15: There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

Contradiction with Acts 15:28-29

The early church leaders decide that Gentile believers need not adhere to the purification laws, opposing the requirement of purification seen in Numbers 8:22.

Acts 15:28-29: For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:13-14

It explains that Christ's sacrifice purifies our conscience from dead works, contrasting with the physical purification required in Numbers 8:22.

Hebrews 9:13-14: 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:
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