Contradiction with Exodus 30:12
Contradicts Numbers 1:2 by requiring a ransom for each soul when taking a census, emphasizing consequences for a census without it.
Exodus 30:12: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. [their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered]
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:1-2
Contradicts Numbers 1:2 by showing a negative consequence (bringing a plague) when King David conducted a census.
2 Samuel 24:1-2: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:1-2
Contradicts Numbers 1:2 by illustrating that conducting a census was instigated by Satan, suggesting it was against God's will.
1 Chronicles 21:1-2: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
Contradiction with Hosea 1:10
Contradicts the need for a specific count in Numbers 1:2 by indicating the descendants of Israel are immeasurable.
Hosea 1:10: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God. [in...: or, instead of that]