Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezra 2:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezra 2:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezra 2:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezra, this verse tells us that there were 775 people in the family that belonged to a man named Arah. It helps us know how many people came back to their home with others from their big family long ago.

Ezra 2:5: The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.

Contradiction with Nehemiah 7:10

Nehemiah 7:10 lists the descendants of Arah as 652, which contradicts the 775 listed in Ezra 2:5.

Nehemiah 7:10: The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.

Paradox #1

Ezra 2:5 lists the number of descendants of Arah as 775. However, a similar list in Nehemiah 7:10 records the same group as 652. This difference in numbers between the two accounts is the contradiction.

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