Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 40:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 40:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 40:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Ezekiel, this verse describes how God told him to measure a big gate. The gate was very wide, as wide as 25 steps, and it had doors that faced each other.

Ezekiel 40:13: He measured then the gate from the roof of [one] little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth [was] five and twenty cubits, door against door.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 7:5-7

Contradicts temple measurements in Ezekiel 40:13 as God declares He has not dwelt in any house since Egypt.

2 Samuel 7:5-7: Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? [my servant...: Heb. to my servant, to David]

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

States that the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, challenging the need for temple measurements.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with Isaiah 66:1-2

God asserts that heaven is His throne and questions the adequacy of any house for Him, implying the temple's measurements are immaterial.

Isaiah 66:1-2: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?

Contradiction with John 4:21-24

Jesus mentions that worship will not be confined to specific locations like Jerusalem's temple.

John 4:21-24: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

Solomon acknowledges that even the highest heaven cannot contain God, questioning the value of specific measurements for His house.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:4

Warns against trusting in the physical temple for peace, which includes its detailed measurements.

Jeremiah 7:4: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, [are] these.

Contradiction with Mark 13:1-2

Jesus predicts the temple's destruction, negating the importance of its specific dimensions.

Mark 13:1-2: And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings [are here]!

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

God, who made the world, does not dwell in temples made with hands, challenging the significance of temple measurements.

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;

Contradiction with Revelation 21:22

Describes a city without a temple, negating the importance of detailed temple measurements in the new heavenly vision.

Revelation 21:22: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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