Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about how God asked Moses to count the families of Israel. Two families came from Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, and they had leaders named Elishama and Gamaliel.

Numbers 1:10: Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:47-49

Numbers 1:10 lists leaders of the Israelite tribes including Manasseh, but verses 47-49 exclude the Levites from being counted, highlighting differences in tribe enumeration.

Numbers 1:47-49: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Contradiction with Numbers 26:1-2

Numbers 1:10 lists tribes at the beginning of the wilderness journey while this verse comes at the end, highlighting changes over time.

Numbers 26:1-2: And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 5:1-2

Numbers 1:10 lists Ephraim and Manasseh as separate tribes, while this verse suggests Reuben's rights as firstborn were transferred to the sons of Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:1-2: Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

Contradiction with Genesis 48:5

Numbers 1:10 counts Ephraim and Manasseh as separate tribes, whereas Genesis 48:5 adopts them as Jacob's own sons, impacting tribal inheritance.

Genesis 48:5: And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are] mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

Contradiction with Revelation 7:4-8

Numbers 1:10 includes Manasseh but Revelation lists tribes with variations, omitting Dan and including Joseph, which affects traditional enumerations.

Revelation 7:4-8: And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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