Problem: Critics argue that the term “Azazel” refers to a demon –not a goat. This Hebrew term is used only here in the entire Bible. However, it is used of a demon in the apocryphal book of Enoch (200 BC). Does this passage describe the sacrificing of offerings to demons like Azazel?
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Problem: Critics point out that leprosy cannot affect clothing –only skin. From this, they infer that the Bible is clearly a pre-scientific and pre-medical book, which is antiquated in its understanding of disease and medicine.
Problem: Critics point out that Jewish mothers were doubly unclean, if they gave birth to girls, rather than boys (compare Leviticus 12:2 with 12:5). From this, they infer that girls were generally less clean than boys. Is this the case?
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Problem: Is a bat actually a bird, according to the Bible?
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Problem: Do the badger and rabbit chew the cud according to the Bible? But, they don’t do that. So, which is true?
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Problem: The Bible claims that these two animals (the rock badger and the rabbit) “chew the cud” (v.5). However, today we know that neither of these animals chew regurgitated food. Isn’t this a plain contradiction?
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Problem: Leviticus records, “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord” (Lev. 10:1-2). What was this strange fire?
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Problem: What are these sacred dice?
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Problem: In one area of Scripture, it appears that a son will bear the sins of his father, yet in other areas, it seems that that is not the case. So which is it? The answer lies, as always, in examining the context of the statements. Ultimately, the Bible has no internal contradiction. It just takes looking and reading to figure things out.
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Problem: Does the Lord change or not? God does not change His nature. But he does change in how he deals with people. They are different categories of change and present no contradiction.
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