Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 41:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 41:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 41:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God gave instructions to make a special building with wooden walls, lots of windows, and different levels. This building was very beautiful and carefully made.

Ezekiel 41:16: The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows [were] covered; [cieled...: Heb. cieling of wood] [and from...: or, and the ground unto the windows]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse forbids the making of graven images, which contrasts with the carved cherubim and palm trees described in Ezekiel 41:16.

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 Deuteronomy 5:8

Similar to Exodus 20:4, it prohibits making likenesses of anything, conflicting with the ornate decorations in Ezekiel 41:16.

Deuteronomy 5:8: Thou shalt not make 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 waters beneath the earth:

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

This verse states that God does not dwell in temples made with hands, whereas Ezekiel 41:16 describes detailed temple architecture.

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 Jeremiah 7:4

Warns against trusting in deceptive words, focusing on temple buildings, contrasting the focus on temple details in Ezekiel 41:16.

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.
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