Contradiction with Genesis 8:13
This verse refers to the drying up of waters on the first day of the first month, which contradicts the specific timeline in Numbers 10:11.
Genesis 8:13: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Contradiction with Exodus 13:21
While Numbers 10:11 describes the cloud moving, Exodus 13:21 says the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, implying constant guidance, not just one specific departure.
Exodus 13:21: And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
Contradiction with Numbers 9:21
This verse describes instances when the cloud remained only from evening until morning, contradicting the specific departure date mentioned in Numbers 10:11.
Numbers 9:21: And [so] it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and [that] the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether [it was] by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. [abode: Heb. was]
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:3
States the first day of the eleventh month in the fortieth year, a different timeline from the second year, second month in Numbers 10:11.
Deuteronomy 1:3: And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;