Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God wants to give a special part of the land to the priests, who are like helpers in God's special house, so they can live there and take care of God's house. This place is meant to be very special and holy.

Ezekiel 45:4: The holy [portion] of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.

Contradiction with Numbers 18:20

God tells Aaron the priests shall have no inheritance in the land since He is their portion, implying no need for land unlike in Ezekiel 45:4.

Numbers 18:20: And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:1-2

States that the priests and Levites shall have no part or inheritance with Israel, suggesting they should not receive a portion of land.

Deuteronomy 18:1-2: The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Contradiction with Joshua 18:7

Asserts that the Levites have no part among the tribes because the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance, contrasting with the notion of priests receiving land in Ezekiel 45:4.

Joshua 18:7: But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
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