Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 48:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 48:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 48:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, this verse is telling us about a special gift of land that is perfectly square and very big, which is meant to be given to God and shared with the city. It's like setting aside a big, special piece of a puzzle just for God and the people to use together.

Ezekiel 48:20: All the oblation [shall be] five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city.

Contradiction with Numbers 33:54

This verse describes land distribution by casting lots for inheritance, which contrasts with the ordered division described in Ezekiel 48:20.

Numbers 33:54: And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: [and] to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's [inheritance] shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. [give the more...: Heb. multiply his inheritance] [give the less...: Heb. diminish his inheritance]

Contradiction with Joshua 18:10

The land was divided among the tribes of Israel by lot, rather than the predefined areas described in Ezekiel 48:20.

Joshua 18:10: And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 19:14

Prohibits moving a neighbor’s boundary marker, indicating permanence in contrast to the division in Ezekiel 48:20.

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.
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