And in the beginnings
of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young
bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot.
Any present day inerrantist would affirm with his
dying breath that the book of Ezekiel was unquestionably inspired of God, yet
the rabbis who made the canonical selection were of a different mind. A bitter
controversy surrounded this book before it was finally selected for inclusion in
the Hebrew canon. The rabbis were bothered by chapters 40-48,
which contained information that was difficult to reconcile with the Torah.
Ezekiel 46:6 is just one example of the problems the rabbis had to
deal with in these chapters. Here Ezekiel said that the sacrifice for the new
moon should consist of "a [one] young bullock without blemish, six lambs, and a
ram," but the instructions for this same sacrificial ceremony in
Numbers 28:11stipulated two young bullocks, seven lambs, and a ram."
The discrepancy or, if you please, lack of "internal harmony" is readily
apparent to anyone who wants to see it.
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