Errors in Leviticus and Numbers

There weren't as many in these books alone as there were in either Genesis or Exodus, but there are still plenty of them! Leviticus and Numbers are, again, supposed to have been written by Moses.

Leviticus 3:17 God himself prohibits forever the eating of blood and fat.
Matthew 15:11, Colossians 2:20-22 Jesus and Paul say that such rules don't matter--they are only human injunctions.

Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 22:39 Love your neighbor [as much as] yourself.
1 Corinthians 10:24 Put your neighbor ahead of yourself.

Leviticus 21:10 The chief priest is not to rend his clothes.
Matthew 26:65, Mark 14:63 He does so during the trial of Jesus.

Leviticus 25:37, Psalms 15:1, 5 It is wrong to lend money at interest.
Matthew 25:27, Luke 19:23-27 It is wrong to lend money without interest.

Numbers 11:33 God inflicts sickness.
Job 2:7 Satan inflicts sickness.

Numbers 15:24-28 Sacrifices can, in at least some case, take away sin.
Hebrews 10:11 They never take away sin.

Numbers 25:9 24,000 died in the plague.
1 Corinthians 10:8 23,000 died in the plague.

Numbers 30:2 God enjoins the making of vows (oaths).
Matthew 5:33-37 Jesus forbids doing so, saying that they arise from evil (or the Devil).

Numbers 33:38 Aaron died on Mt. Hor.
Deuteronomy 10:6 Aaron died in Mosera.

Numbers 33:41-42 After Aaron's death, the Israelites journeyed from Mt. Hor, to Zalmonah, to Punon, etc.
Deuteronomy 10:6-7 It was from Mosera, to Gudgodah, to Jotbath.

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