Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 6:65

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 6:65 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 6:65. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Chronicles, God’s people shared special cities to live in, and they used a fair way called casting lots to decide who would get which city. Each city was named after a family group, or tribe, from long ago.

1 Chronicles 6:65: And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:7

1 Chronicles 6:65 lists cities given to certain Levites, while Numbers 35:7 specifies that the total number of Levite cities should be 48, highlighting a potential discrepancy in counting or listing.

Numbers 35:7: [So] all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites [shall be] forty and eight cities: them [shall ye give] with their suburbs.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:41

This verse reiterates that the Levites were to have 48 cities in total, whereas 1 Chronicles 6:65 might seem to condense or simplify the allocation without directly accounting for the complete number.

Joshua 21:41: All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel [were] forty and eight cities with their suburbs.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 11:13-14

Describes Levites leaving their designated cities for Jerusalem, which could contrast with the idea that such allocations were permanently settled as in 1 Chronicles 6:65.

2 Chronicles 11:13-14: And the priests and the Levites that [were] in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. [resorted...: Heb. presented themselves to him]
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