Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted to count all the men in Israel who were 20 years old or older to see who could be soldiers. This was like making a list of all the big boys ready to protect their people.

Numbers 26:2: Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:1-2

This verse describes God inciting David to conduct a census of Israel, which later results in punishment, suggesting a contradiction in the acceptability of taking a census.

2 Samuel 24:1-2: And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:1-2

Here, Satan incites David to take a census, and it's depicted as sinful, contradicting the command to Moses to conduct a census in Numbers 26:2.

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

Contradiction with Exodus 30:12

This verse warns of a plague if a census is taken without a ransom, implying a contradiction since Numbers 26:2 does not mention any warnings or conditions.

Exodus 30:12: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. [their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered]
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