Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 26:16
The assignment of gatekeepers is different, showing a contradiction in the roles and placement of temple workers.
1 Chronicles 26:16: To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
Contradiction with Numbers 18:7
This verse states that only Aaron and his sons should guard the sanctuary, contradicting the expanded roles in 1 Chronicles 26:15.
Numbers 18:7: Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Contradiction with Numbers 3:10
Assigns gatekeeping responsibility to Aaron and his descendants, conflicting with broader assignments in Chronicles.
Numbers 3:10: And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 23:19
Describes different gatekeeper assignments and responsibilities for the temple, differing from those in 1 Chronicles 26:15.
2 Chronicles 23:19: And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should enter in.
Contradiction with 1 Kings 9:22
Lists various roles for Israelites under King Solomon but excludes gatekeepers, contrasting with assignments in Chronicles.
1 Kings 9:22: But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they [were] men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.