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Isaiah 56:3

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Let no foreigner who has joined himself to Yahweh speak, saying, “Yahweh will surely separate me from his people.” Do not let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

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Contradictions (1)

Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.

  • May a eunuch enter into the congregation of the Lord?

    Deuteronomy 23:1 explicitly bars anyone with crushed testicles or a severed penis from the assembly of YHWH. Leviticus 21:17-21 bars Aaronide priests with physical blemishes from offering sacrifice.

    Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.

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