Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about listing the family groups or clans from Gilead, who were important members of the Israelites. It helps us understand where different people came from in the big family of God's people.

Numbers 26:30: These [are] the sons of Gilead: [of] Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: [Jeezer: also called Abiezer]

Contradiction with Numbers 26:33

This verse introduces Zelophehad's daughters while Numbers 26:30 discusses geneological detail on Gilead.

Numbers 26:33: And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad [were] Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:13

Lists Job as a son of Issachar, not closely related to the Gileadites.

Genesis 46:13: And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. [Phuvah, and Job: or, Puah, and Jashub]

Contradiction with Exodus 1:5

Mentions the total number of Jacob's descendants, not detailing Gilead.

Exodus 1:5: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. [loins: Heb. thigh]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 1:1

Discusses Elkanah’s lineage, unrelated to the people in Numbers 26:30.

1 Samuel 1:1: Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 7:14

Lists different descendants of Manasseh than those in Numbers 26:30.

1 Chronicles 7:14: The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
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