Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 6:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 6:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 6:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, God wanted the important gold and silver things that were taken from His special place to be brought back and put where they belong. This was to make sure everything was right and good again in God's house.

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]

Contradiction with Exodus 20:4

This verse prohibits the making of graven images or idols, which contradicts the restoration of temple articles, tangible items of worship, as mentioned in Ezra 6:5.

Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 5:8

Similar to Exodus 20:4, this verse forbids the creation of any image, which contrasts with the emphasis on the physical restoration of temple items in Ezra 6:5.

Deuteronomy 5:8: Thou shalt not make thee [any] graven image, [or] any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the waters beneath the earth:

Contradiction with Acts 17:24

States that God does not dwell in temples made with hands, contradicting the importance given to the physical temple and its articles in Ezra 6:5.

Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
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