Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is telling the people how much oil they should give as an offering. They are asked to give a small part, which is like giving one small cup from a big bucket.

Ezekiel 45:14: Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, [ye shall offer] the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, [which is] an homer of ten baths; for ten baths [are] an homer:

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1-4

These verses explain how animal sacrifices, which include offerings such as those detailed in Ezekiel 45:14, cannot truly take away sins, contradicting the continuation of such offerings.

Hebrews 10:1-4: 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.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Declares the new covenant makes the old obsolete, including the laws of offerings described in Ezekiel 45:14.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

Jesus declared all foods clean, which can contradict the specific regulations on offerings including oil in Ezekiel 45:14.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Galatians 5:2-4

Emphasizes faith over following the law, which includes ordinances like those in Ezekiel 45:14, suggesting they are not necessary for righteousness.

Galatians 5:2-4: Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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