Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God told him to count all the people while they were in the desert of Sinai, and Moses did exactly what God said. This shows that Moses listened to God and did what God asked.

Numbers 1:19: As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

Contradiction with Numbers 23:19

This verse states that God does not lie nor repent, which contrasts with human decision and alteration of records as implied by the census taking in Numbers 1:19.

Numbers 23:19: God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Contradiction with James 1:17

Indicates that God does not change, contrasting the census adjustments and changes in Numbers 1:19 with God's constancy.

James 1:17: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:6

States that the Lord does not change, which contradicts the need for a new census or enumeration as seen in Numbers 1:19.

Malachi 3:6: For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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