Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:38

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:38 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:38. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is counting the people from the tribe of Dan who are old enough to be soldiers. It tells us about their families and the tradition of being ready to help in battles.

Numbers 1:38: Of the children of Dan, 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 Numbers 1:39

Lists the descendants of Dan separately, showing that each tribe is distinct, whereas Numbers 1:38 focuses on Gad.

Numbers 1:39: Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Dan, [were] threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:46

Shows the total number of all Israelites without specifying individual tribal contributions, unlike Numbers 1:38, which specifies the numbering of Gad's tribe.

Numbers 1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:22

States the Israelites were seventy people when they went into Egypt, contrasting with the detailed tribal numbers given in Numbers 1:38.

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 Chronicles 21:1-2

David's separate act of counting the Israelites seems unnecessary if the tribal numbers, including Gad, were already detailed in Numbers 1:38.

1 Chronicles 21:1-2: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Contradiction with Romans 9:27

Speaks about the remnant being saved, indicating not all numbered in tribes like in Numbers 1:38 would remain significant.

Romans 9:27: Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
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