Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:25

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:25 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:25. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God wants people to celebrate a special week by giving gifts to Him to say sorry for mistakes and to show they love Him. This celebration is like a big party where everyone thanks God together.

Ezekiel 45:25: In the seventh [month], in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil.

Contradiction with Exodus 23:15

Contradicts Ezekiel 45:25 which establishes specific festival sacrifices, while Exodus 23:15 focuses on observing the Feast of Unleavened Bread with offerings different from Ezekiel's specifications.

Exodus 23:15: Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Contradiction with Leviticus 23:18

Specifies different offerings for the Feast of Weeks compared to the animal sacrifices mentioned in Ezekiel 45:25.

Leviticus 23:18: And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

Contradiction with Numbers 28:19-21

Lists a different sacrifice requirement during Passover compared to Ezekiel 45:25 which includes a bullock.

Numbers 28:19-21: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 16:16-17

Emphasizes appearing before the Lord during feasts with offerings based on personal ability, as opposed to the prescribed sacrifices in Ezekiel 45:25.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17: Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 8:13

Describes feast offerings according to Moses' commands, differing from the offerings described in Ezekiel 45:25.

2 Chronicles 8:13: Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1-4

Suggests the insufficiency of animal sacrifices for taking away sins, contrasting the emphasis on sacrifices in Ezekiel 45:25.

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.
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