Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 8:34

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 8:34 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 8:34. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, the author of the book, the people carefully counted and weighed all the treasure they had and wrote it down so they wouldn’t lose track of anything. This was to make sure everything was safe and fair.

Ezra 8:34: By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.

Contradiction with Numbers 31:49

This verse recounts an inventory where nothing is missing, much like Ezra 8:34, so a contradiction might be hard to pinpoint. Contrarily, if you consider that both support complete records, they don't contradict directly.

Numbers 31:49: And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which [are] under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. [charge: Heb. hand]

Contradiction with Matthew 25:24-27

This verse talks about negligence and lack of accountability, contrasting with Ezra 8:34's emphasis on careful accounting.

Matthew 25:24-27: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Contradiction with Luke 16:1-2

Here, a steward is accused of wasting his master's goods, contrasting with the detailed and precise accounting mentioned in Ezra 8:34.

Luke 16:1-2: And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
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