Contradiction with Ezra 2:36
The number of the children of the priests listed in Ezra is different from what is recorded in Nehemiah 7:39.
Ezra 2:36: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
According to Nehemiah, this verse tells us about a group of special helpers in God's house called priests, and there were 973 of them from one family. They were part of a bigger group working to make sure everything in the temple was done right.
Nehemiah 7:39: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
The number of the children of the priests listed in Ezra is different from what is recorded in Nehemiah 7:39.
Ezra 2:36: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.