Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 40:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 40:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 40:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, a man showed him a gate facing east and checked how wide it was by measuring it. The width of the gate was one long stick on one side and one long stick on the other side.

Ezekiel 40:6: Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, [which was] one reed broad; and the other threshold [of the gate, which was] one reed broad. [which looketh...: Heb. whose face was the way toward the east]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:2

This verse advises not to add or take away from God's commandments, contrasting with the idea of detailed temple measurements in Ezekiel which seem to add to earlier laws.

Deuteronomy 4:2: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:11-12

Speaks of Christ as the high priest of a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, potentially contrasting with the detailed physical temple described in Ezekiel.

Hebrews 9:11-12: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

Contradiction with Matthew 12:6

Jesus states that something greater than the temple is here, potentially undermining the significance of the physical temple measurements described in Ezekiel.

Matthew 12:6: But I say unto you, That in this place is [one] greater than the temple.

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

Declares that God does not dwell in temples made by human hands, which could seem counter to the detailed temple construction in Ezekiel 40.

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 the New Jerusalem having no temple because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple, contrasting with the focus on a physical temple in Ezekiel.

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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