Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:32

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:32 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:32. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about counting the people from the family of Joseph's son Ephraim. These were the young men who were old enough and strong enough to become soldiers and help protect their people.

Numbers 1:32: Of the children of Joseph, [namely], of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Contradiction with Exodus 24:13

This verse mentions Joshua as Moses' minister, contradicting Numbers 1:32, which implies not all Israelites were counted, including special groups like ministers.

Exodus 24:13: And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:39

The count in this verse focuses only on Levites, which were not included in the general census of Numbers 1:32, showing a different counting method.

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 Numbers 26:51

Provides a different total number compared to Numbers 1:32, which could indicate changes or discrepancies in counting methods.

Numbers 26:51: These [were] the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:22

Indicates a total of seventy people when the Israelites first entered Egypt, contradicting the much larger numbers in Numbers 1:32.

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 1 Samuel 11:8

Lists a separate count for Israel and Judah, suggesting differing tribal numbers, contrasting the united tribal accounting in Numbers 1:32.

1 Samuel 11:8: And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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