Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 41:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 41:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 41:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God gave very special instructions to make sure the temple was just right, with exact measurements for everything. This was to show how important the temple was and how much God cared about it being perfect.

Ezekiel 41:17: To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. [measure: Heb. measures]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

Contradicts Ezekiel 41:17's allowance of engraved imagery in the temple by forbidding the creation of any graven image.

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

Prohibits making graven images, contradicting the description of carved figures in Ezekiel 41:17.

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 Isaiah 44:9-10

Criticizes those who create graven images, which stands in contrast to the carvings described in Ezekiel 41:17.

Isaiah 44:9-10: They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. [delectable: Heb. desirable]
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