Check out Contradictions Catalog of Nehemiah 7:42 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Nehemiah 7:42. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of Nehemiah, this verse is like a list telling us how many people came back home to help rebuild the city walls. It shows that each family and their number were important for this big teamwork.
Nehemiah 7:42: The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
Contradiction with Ezra 2:36
The children of Immer are numbered as 1,052 in Ezra, whereas Nehemiah 7:42 numbers them as 1,047, showing a discrepancy in the count.
Ezra 2:36: The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
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