Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 6:63

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 6:63 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 6:63. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, God wanted to make sure everyone had a special place to live, so He gave some cities to a family called the Merarites. They received these cities from different groups, like gifts, to take care of and live in them happily.

1 Chronicles 6:63: Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:27

This verse states that the cities include "Shechem," which contradicts 1 Chronicles 6:63 mentioning "Kedesh" instead of "Shechem" for the children of Gershon.

Joshua 21:27: And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the [other] half tribe of Manasseh [they gave] Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:28

Differences in city listings; this verse includes a city not mentioned in 1 Chronicles 6:63 specifically for the Gershonites.

Joshua 21:28: And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,

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