Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse means that special gifts of food and oil are to be given to God as a way to say thank you and to show love. These gifts were part of a special celebration to honor God.

Ezekiel 45:24: And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:4

Contradicts by emphasizing that the blood of animals cannot take away sins, whereas Ezekiel 45:24 prescribes animal sacrifices.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

God declares He has no delight in burnt offerings, yet Ezekiel 45:24 mandates them.

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 Psalm 51:16

States God does not desire sacrifice, conflicting with Ezekiel 45:24's instructions for sacrifices.

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 Jeremiah 7:22

Indicates God did not command burnt offerings in the day of the Exodus, in contrast to the ongoing sacrifices mentioned in Ezekiel 45:24.

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]
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