Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted the people of Israel to count every family and see how many people were in each one, especially the men. This helped them know how many people were in their group and who belonged to which family.

Numbers 1:2: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of [their] names, every male by their polls;

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]
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