Contradiction with Numbers 35:2-3
This verse details that Levites should be given cities to dwell in and suburbs for their cattle, suggesting they shouldn't be wandering in search of a place.
Numbers 35:2-3: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:6
This verse indicates that when a Levite comes from any of the cities of Israel, he is entitled to minister at God's chosen place, potentially contradicting the idea of a Levite wandering to find his own place.
Deuteronomy 18:6: And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Contradiction with Joshua 18:7
This verse states that the Levites have no part among the tribes because their inheritance is the priesthood, implying a settled role rather than wandering.
Joshua 18:7: But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD [is] their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Contradiction with Judges 18:1
This verse mentions there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of Dan sought an inheritance, highlighting a broader context of instability and wandering, contrasting with the typical stability of Levites' roles.
Judges 18:1: In those days [there was] no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day [all their] inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 6:64-65
This passage shows the assignment of certain cities to the Levites, implying they had designated places rather than seeking places on their own.
1 Chronicles 6:64-65: And the children of Israel gave to the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs.
Contradiction with Leviticus 25:32-33
This passage gives explicit rights to Levites regarding lands and cities, contrasting with the apparent lack of settled place implied in Judges 17:9.
Leviticus 25:32-33: Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, [and] the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.