Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 6:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 6:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 6:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, God wanted people to help by giving animals and other things like wheat, salt, wine, and oil every day, so the priests could make special gifts to God. This showed that God cared for everyone and made sure they had what they needed to worship Him.

Ezra 6:9: And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which [are] at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse implies personal responsibility for sin, contradicting the collective support for temple provisions suggested in Ezra 6:9.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This calls for not worrying about provisions, which contrasts the detailed supply instructions in Ezra 6:9.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

This promotes reliance on God's provision, differing from the emphasis on specific human provision in Ezra 6:9.

Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Contradiction with Acts 17:24-25

This states God does not dwell in temples made with hands nor needs human hands, contradicting the efforts to provide for temple service supplies in Ezra 6:9.

Acts 17:24-25: 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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