Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 4:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 4:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 4:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God asked him to make bread using different grains and beans and eat it while lying on his side for many days. This was to show the people a message from God.

Ezekiel 4:9: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. [fitches: or, spelt]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:31-32

These verses emphasize that God will provide food, implying one should not worry about food preparation methods like Ezekiel 4:9.

Matthew 6:31-32: Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:4-5

These verses state that every creature of God is good and nothing is to be refused, contrasting with the selective process of ingredients in Ezekiel 4:9.

1 Timothy 4:4-5: For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Contradiction with Exodus 16:12-15

God provides manna from heaven without the need for a complex recipe as in Ezekiel 4:9.

Exodus 16:12-15: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:29

God provides all plants for food without the specific combination required in Ezekiel 4:9.

Genesis 1:29: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. [bearing...: Heb. seeding seed] [yielding...: Heb. seeding seed]
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