Contradiction with Numbers 9:2-3
These verses contradict Ezra 6:19 as they specify that Passover occurs in the first month, whereas Ezra 6:19 discusses celebrating it on the fourteenth day of the first month, raising the question of preparation timing.
Numbers 9:2-3: Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Contradiction with Exodus 12:15
Contradicts by emphasizing the strict observance of unleavened bread immediately following the Passover, thus questioning the preparation allowance mentioned in Ezra 6:19.
Exodus 12:15: Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 30:2-3
King Hezekiah delayed the Passover to the second month due to impurity issues, contrasting with Ezra 6:19, which adheres to the original timing without mention of such delays.
2 Chronicles 30:2-3: For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
Contradiction with Leviticus 23:5
Specifies the Passover as occurring on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, aligning with but also questioning the timeline given in Ezra 6:19 regarding the day of assembly and preparation.
Leviticus 23:5: In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover.