Contradiction with Exodus 20:4
Prohibits the creation of graven images, contrasting the elaborate craftsmanship described in Exodus 25:24.
Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Contradiction with Matthew 6:19
Advises against storing treasures on Earth, conflicting with the use of gold in Exodus 25:24.
Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Contradiction with Isaiah 40:18
Questions to whom God can be likened, opposing the crafting of likenesses as in Exodus 25:24.
Isaiah 40:18: To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Contradiction with Matthew 23:16-17
Criticizes focusing on gold, counteracting the gold overlay in Exodus 25:24.
Matthew 23:16-17: Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Contradiction with Acts 17:24
States God does not dwell in temples made with hands, contrasting the tabernacle details in Exodus 25:24.
Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;