Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 40:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 40:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 40:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, he described a special place with rooms, like small houses, which had three on each side. The doors and walkways were similar to another gate, and the entire place was about as long as fifty steps and as wide as twenty-five steps.

Ezekiel 40:21: And the little chambers thereof [were] three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. [arches: or, galleries, or, porches]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:2

Describes Solomon's temple dimensions differently, contradicting with Ezekiel's temple.

1 Kings 6:2: And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof [was] threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.

Contradiction with Exodus 27:1

Provides different dimensions for the altar than those found in Ezekiel 40:21.

Exodus 27:1: And thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.

Contradiction with Matthew 24:2

Jesus predicts the destruction of the temple, conflicting with the descriptions of the temple's permanence in Ezekiel 40:21.

Matthew 24:2: And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
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