Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 43:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 43:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 43:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is telling people to use animal blood as a way to clean and make the altar special and pure for Him. This was part of a process to make sure everything was just right for worship.

Ezekiel 43:20: And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 7:22

This verse implies God did not command burnt offerings and sacrifices in the day he brought the Israelites out of Egypt, which contrasts Ezekiel 43:20’s detailed instructions for offerings.

Jeremiah 7:22: For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: [concerning: Heb. concerning the matter of]

Contradiction with Psalm 51:16

States that God does not delight in sacrifice or burnt offerings, contradicting the sacrificial practices prescribed in Ezekiel 43:20.

Psalm 51:16: For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering. [else...: or, that I should]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

God desires mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings, opposing the ritualistic focus in Ezekiel 43:20.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the purpose of the multitude of sacrifices, stating God has no pleasure in them, which contrasts with the sacrificial directive in Ezekiel 43:20.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]
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