Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 1:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 1:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 1:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, this verse talks about some special golden and silver bowls that were taken from a temple long ago. These bowls were being given back so that people could use them for their important ceremonies and celebrations.

Ezra 1:10: Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 7:50

This verse mentions gold being used for vessels, whereas Ezra 1:10 lists vessels of silver, not gold.

1 Kings 7:50: And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple. [censers: Heb. ash pans]

Contradiction with Ezra 6:5

This verse refers to vessels of the house of God being returned, contradicting Ezra 1:10, which implies they were already given.

Ezra 6:5: And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Jerusalem, [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God. [brought again: Chaldee, go]
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