Contradiction with Numbers 1:46
Contradicts Numbers 1:40 in that it provides a different total number for the census than what might be expected when considering the individual tribal listings, potentially causing confusion in interpretation.
Numbers 1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
Contradiction with Numbers 26:47
Contradicts Numbers 1:40 by providing a different number for the count of the children of Asher at a later time, reflecting the changes and challenges in maintaining consistent tribal numbers.
Numbers 26:47: These [are] the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; [who were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 7:40
Appears to contradict Numbers 1:40 in terms of the list of leaders and family heads, which might not match earlier censuses.
1 Chronicles 7:40: All these [were] the children of Asher, heads of [their] father's house, choice [and] mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war [and] to battle [was] twenty and six thousand men.