Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 6:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 6:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 6:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, the priests and helpers at the temple made sure they were clean inside and out before helping everyone celebrate a special meal called Passover. They did this to thank God and include everyone who had been away from their home.

Ezra 6:20: For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them [were] pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

Contradiction with Leviticus 11:44

This verse speaks of sanctification and being holy, while Ezra 6:20 discusses purification for Passover, focusing on ritual cleaning rather than general holiness.

Leviticus 11:44: For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:31-34

This verse speaks of a new covenant where the law is written in hearts, contrasting with Ezra 6:20's emphasis on external purification rituals for the Passover.

Jeremiah 31:31-34: Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Contradiction with Mark 7:18-19

These verses declare all foods clean, contradicting with the purification and separation mentioned in Ezra 6:20 for Passover observance.

Mark 7:18-19: Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1-4

This passage notes that the law, including rituals, is a shadow of good things to come and cannot perfect worshippers, which contrasts with the detailed purification of priests in Ezra 6:20.

Hebrews 10:1-4: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Contradiction with Matthew 15:11

This verse states that what goes into the mouth does not defile, in contrast to Ezra 6:20, which involves purification rituals for the Passover meal.

Matthew 15:11: Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
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