Contradiction with Numbers 26:62
This verse details the Levites and their duties, not mentioning Mahli as a separate main family, which contradicts the specific division in 1 Chronicles 24:28.
Numbers 26:62: And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 24:20
Mentions Mahli as a descendant of Levi but in a different grouping order, which contradicts the specific listing order in 1 Chronicles 24:28.
1 Chronicles 24:20: And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. [Shubael: also called, Shebuel]
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 6:19
Lists the sons of Merari including Mahli, which has an expanded genealogy that doesn't align with the simplified reference in 1 Chronicles 24:28.
1 Chronicles 6:19: The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
Contradiction with Ezra 8:18
Does not mention Mahli in the list of Levites returning with Ezra, contradicting the significant placement of Mahli's line in 1 Chronicles 24:28.
Ezra 8:18: And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;