Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 2:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 2:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 2:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Ezra, this part of the Bible is about counting people from a family named Pashur. There were 1,247 people in that family who returned to their homeland.

Ezra 2:38: The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 7:41

Lists the sons of Pashur as 1,247 rather than 1,207 as in Ezra 2:38.

Nehemiah 7:41: The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

Paradox #1

Ezra 2:38 lists the number of descendants from a certain family when the Israelites returned to Jerusalem. This number sometimes doesn't match with similar lists in other parts of the Bible, like in Nehemiah 7, where the numbers for the same group can be different. Such differences could be due to copying errors over time or using different sources.

Paradox #2

The contradiction related to Ezra 2:38 is that the number of descendants listed for the family group differs from the parallel account in Nehemiah 7:41. The total in Ezra is 2,322, while in Nehemiah, it is 2,318. These differing numbers create a discrepancy between the two accounts.

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