Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 45:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 45:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 45:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God tells the people to set aside a special part of the land for everyone in the city to use. This land is a gift for all the people of Israel.

Ezekiel 45:6: And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy [portion]: it shall be for the whole house of Israel.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:7

Contrary to the fixed allocation in Ezekiel 45:6, this verse refers to dividing the land via inheritance among nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 13:7: Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

Contradiction with Numbers 34:2

Contradicts with Ezekiel 45:6 as it speaks about dividing the land of Canaan rather than Jerusalem.

Numbers 34:2: Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

Contradiction with Ezekiel 48:29

Offers a different territorial assignment from that described in Ezekiel 45:6, outlining allocation among tribes rather than a set area for Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 48:29: This [is] the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these [are] their portions, saith the Lord GOD.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 19:14

In contradiction, it warns against altering land boundaries, while Ezekiel 45:6 establishes a definitive boundaries for the city.

Deuteronomy 19:14: Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

Contradiction with Joshua 14:2

This verse discusses distributing land by lot, which contradicts the specified distribution in Ezekiel 45:6.

Joshua 14:2: By lot [was] their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and [for] the half tribe.
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