Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 7:22

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 7:22 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 7:22. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, this verse means that the king allowed Ezra to have as much silver, wheat, wine, oil, and salt as he needed. It's like when someone gives you a big bag of everything you need to help others, and you don't have to worry about running out.

Ezra 7:22: Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much]. [measures: Chaldee, cors]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Contradicts by advising against storing earthly treasures, such as wealth indicated in Ezra 7:22.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

Implies that God provides for needs directly, contrasting with the extensive material provisions outlined in Ezra 7:22.

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 Luke 12:15

Warns against greed and abundant possessions, contrary to the vast quantities mentioned in Ezra 7:22.

Luke 12:15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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