Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 26:17

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 26:17 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 26:17. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, the Levites were special helpers at the temple, and they took turns watching different doors to keep everything safe and in order. They worked in teams, with six people watching the East door, four each at the North and South doors, and two pairs at the Asuppim door.

1 Chronicles 26:17: Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 12:13

This verse instructs not to offer sacrifices in just any place, which seems to contradict the idea of dividing gatekeepers at different locations mentioned in 1 Chronicles 26:17.

Deuteronomy 12:13: Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13-14

This passage speaks of one narrow gate leading to life, contrasting with the multiple gates and Levites distributed mentioned in 1 Chronicles 26:17.

Matthew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

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