Contradiction with Judges 7:2
Unlike Judges 7:7, this verse emphasizes God's preference for using fewer people to ensure that Israel would not boast in their own strength, while 7:7 speaks of the selection of warriors based on their actions, not solely on reducing numbers.
Judges 7:2: And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that [are] with thee [are] too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan speaks of the Lord saving "by many or by few," suggesting divine deliverance is not dependent on numbers, which could contrast with the specific selection method in Judges 7:7.
1 Samuel 14:6: And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for [there is] no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 20:1
Encourages confidence despite numerical inferiority, without specific actions to reduce numbers, contrasting with the strategic reduction in Judges 7:7.
Deuteronomy 20:1: When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Contradiction with Psalm 33:16
Asserts that a king is not saved by the multitude of an army, contradicting the careful numeric selection in Judges 7:7.
Psalm 33:16: There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.