Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, who is believed to have written this book, this verse tells us about a group of people called the Zebulunites. It mentions that there were 60,500 of them, showing how God helped them grow into a big family.

Numbers 26:27: These [are] the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 7:6

1 Chronicles 7 specifies different numbers and potentially different descendants for the tribes compared to Numbers 26:27.

1 Chronicles 7:6: [The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 2:9

The genealogy and numbers of families listed in Chronicles sometimes differ from those in Numbers.

1 Chronicles 2:9: The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. [Ram: Gr. Aram] [Chelubai: or, Caleb]

Contradiction with Genesis 49:13

Although not directly a numerical contradiction, the future of the tribe of Zebulun described here can be interpreted as different from the situation in Numbers 26:27.

Genesis 49:13: Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he [shall be] for an haven of ships; and his border [shall be] unto Zidon.

Contradiction with Judges 1:30

This verse talks about the Tribes not driving out their inhabitants which can be seen as contradictory to the fully accounted families suggested in Numbers 26:27.

Judges 1:30: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.
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