Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 1:47

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 1:47 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 1:47. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the Levites were not counted with the other Israelites because they had a special job to take care of God's holy place. They were chosen to help with the important tasks in the tent where people worshiped God.

Numbers 1:47: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:50

Numbers 1:47 mentions hosting no count of the tribe of Levi, whereas Numbers 1:50 assigns them duties related to the Tabernacle, contrasting their exclusion from military census.

Numbers 1:50: But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that [belong] to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:6

Numbers 1:47 excludes Levite counting, while Numbers 3:6 underscores their separation for Tabernacle service, differing from census criteria.

Numbers 3:6: Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Contradiction with Numbers 3:15

Numbers 1:47 refrains from counting the Levites, yet Numbers 3:15 dictates a separate census of them specifically by family and house, opposing their initial exclusion.

Numbers 3:15: Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
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