Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 43:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 43:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 43:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God gave special instructions on how to build a very important altar. The measurements are given very carefully to make sure it is made just right for God's house.

Ezekiel 43:13: And these [are] the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit [is] a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom [shall be] a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about [shall be] a span: and this [shall be] the higher place of the altar. [bottom: Heb. bosom] [edge: Heb. lip]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits the making of graven images, which can be seen as contradictory to the detailed measurements and emphasis on specific design in Ezekiel 43:13.

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 Matthew 5:17

Jesus speaks about fulfilling the law, which can contrast with the Old Testament focus on temple specifications and sacrifices found in Ezekiel 43:13.

Matthew 5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1

This verse suggests the law, embodied in temple rituals, is a shadow of good things to come, potentially contradicting the permanent temple instructions in Ezekiel 43:13.

Hebrews 10:1: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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