Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 10:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 10:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 10:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, the verse mentions some special helpers in God's house, like Eliashib the singer and Shallum, Telem, and Uri the gatekeepers. It shows how everyone has a special job to help with worship and keeping God's place safe.

Ezra 10:24: Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:12-13

Despite Ezra's directive for the Israelites to separate from foreign wives, Paul advises Christians to maintain their marriage with non-believers if the non-believing spouse consents to live with them.

1 Corinthians 7:12-13: But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Contradiction with Malachi 2:16

While Ezra 10:24 involves the dismissal of foreign wives, Malachi states that God hates divorce, indicating a contradiction in attitudes toward marriage separation.

Malachi 2:16: For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for [one] covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. [that he...: or, if he hate her, put her away] [putting...: Heb. to put away]

Contradiction with Matthew 19:6

Jesus teaches that what God has joined, let no one separate, contradicting the decision in Ezra 10:24 to dissolve marriages with foreign women.

Matthew 19:6: Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:15

Paul permits separation only if the unbelieving spouse chooses to leave, whereas Ezra 10:24 actively promotes separation.

1 Corinthians 7:15: But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us to peace. [to peace: Gr. in peace]

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:1

Peter encourages wives to win over unbelieving husbands through their conduct without a word, in contrast to the separation called for in Ezra.

1 Peter 3:1: Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11

Paul insists that a wife should not depart from her husband and vice versa, contradicting the dissolution of marriages endorsed in Ezra 10:24.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11: And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:
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