Contradiction with Numbers 3:39
Contradicts with Numbers 1:29 by including women and children in the count, suggesting a different scope of counting.
Numbers 3:39: All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand.
Contradiction with Genesis 46:27
Lists a total number differing from census details in Numbers 1:29.
Genesis 46:27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.
Contradiction with Exodus 12:37
Presents a number of Israelites leaving Egypt which conflicts with the count in Numbers 1.
Exodus 12:37: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:22
Gives a historical count that seems inconsistent with the census process in Numbers.
Deuteronomy 10:22: Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9
Offers different census figures for Israel than those in Numbers 1.
2 Samuel 24:9: And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.
Contradiction with Exodus 38:26
Provides a differing number consistent with alternate census practices.
Exodus 38:26: A bekah for every man, [that is], half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty [men]. [every man: Heb. a poll]