Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, Christians understand that this verse talks about a special meal called Passover, where they eat bread without yeast for seven days to remember how God saved His people a long time ago. They see it as a time for giving thanks and remembering God's love and protection.

Ezekiel 45:21: In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:6

Ezekiel 45:21 dictates the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, yet Exodus 12:6 specifies the sacrifice on the evening of the fifteenth day of the same month.

Exodus 12:6: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. [in...: Heb. between the two evenings]

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 30:2-3

Ezekiel 45:21 specifies the timing of the Passover in the first month, but Hezekiah holds it in the second month due to unpreparedness, contradicting the timing prescribed.

2 Chronicles 30:2-3: For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.

Contradiction with Numbers 9:10-11

In Ezekiel 45:21, the Passover is in the first month and not rescheduled, while Numbers allows those unclean from a corpse or on a journey to observe it in the second month, presenting an alternative arrangement.

Numbers 9:10-11: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:5-6

Ezekiel 45:21 prescribes Passover; however, these verses emphasize the importance of sacrificing the Passover only at the temple, yet Ezekiel's vision focuses on a restored temple system different from the prior centralization concept.

Deuteronomy 16:5-6: Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: [sacrifice: or, kill]

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:5-6

Leviticus and Ezekiel 45:21 describe Passover events, but Leviticus separates the Passover from the Feast of Unleavened Bread, while Ezekiel combines them into a singular observance window.

Leviticus 23:5-6: In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover.
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