Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 42:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 42:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 42:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, the upper rooms were smaller than the ones below them because the hallways on each floor took up some space and made the rooms shorter. This was part of how the temple building was designed, with different levels and sizes.

Ezekiel 42:5: Now the upper chambers [were] shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. [were higher...: or, did eat of these] [than the lower...: or, and the building consisted of the lower and the middlemost]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:15

While Ezekiel 42:5 describes varying dimensions of temple chambers, Genesis 6:15 details the fixed dimensions of Noah’s Ark without variance, reflecting uniformity instead of the described irregularity of the temple chambers.

Genesis 6:15: And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 6:2

Describes the construction of Solomon’s Temple as having consistent dimensions for its main structure, which contrasts with the varied chamber heights in Ezekiel 42:5.

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 26:8

Outlines precise, consistent dimensions for the tabernacle, contrasting Ezekiel 42:5's varying chamber heights.

Exodus 26:8: The length of one curtain [shall be] thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains [shall be all] of one measure.
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