Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God told the priest to use the animal's blood to clean special parts of His house, like the doors and the altar, to help say "sorry" for people’s mistakes. This showed that God wanted to forgive everyone and keep His home a pure place.

Ezekiel 45:19: And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put [it] upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court.

Contradiction with Hebrews 9:12

Describes Christ entering the holy place not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, obtaining eternal redemption, which contrasts with the repeated need for sin offerings described in Ezekiel 45:19.

Hebrews 9:12: Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

States that it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins, contradicting the implication of atonement in Ezekiel 45:19.

Hebrews 10:4: For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Jesus emphasizes mercy over sacrifice, which provides a thematic contradiction to the ritual blood sacrifice depicted in Ezekiel 45:19.

Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the point of burnt offerings and sacrifices as God expresses disinterest in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats, contrasting the ritual described in Ezekiel 45:19.

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]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

"For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings" portrays a shift away from the ritual sacrifices exemplified in Ezekiel 45:19.

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

Contradiction with Micah 6:7-8

Suggests that God requires justice, mercy, and humility rather than thousands of rams or oil offerings, providing a philosophical contradiction to the ritual sacrifice approach of Ezekiel 45:19.

Micah 6:7-8: Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul? [body: Heb. belly]
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