Contradiction with Matthew 10:30
Ezekiel 5:3 refers to shaving and dividing hair, while Matthew 10:30 emphasizes that even the hairs of your head are numbered and known by God, highlighting their significance.
Matthew 10:30: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 11:14
Ezekiel 5:3 involves cutting hair as an act of judgment, whereas 1 Corinthians 11:14 suggests that long hair on a man is against nature.
1 Corinthians 11:14: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Contradiction with Leviticus 19:27
Ezekiel 5:3 commands the shaving of hair in a specific ritual, while Leviticus 19:27 forbids certain shaving practices for the Israelites.
Leviticus 19:27: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7
Ezekiel 5:3 focuses on physical actions and appearances, whereas 1 Samuel 16:7 emphasizes that the LORD looks at the heart, not outward actions.
1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]
Contradiction with Numbers 6:5
Ezekiel 5:3 involves cutting hair as part of a symbolic act, but Numbers 6:5 instructs Nazirite vows to involve not cutting hair as a sign of dedication to God.
Numbers 6:5: All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth [himself] unto the LORD, he shall be holy, [and] shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.