Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book, Moses, God asked Moses to count all the people who were twenty years and older. This was to know how many of the Israelites who left Egypt were now grown-ups.

Numbers 26:4: [Take the sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

This verse emphasizes being fruitful and multiplying, which contrasts with the precise listing and limitations reflected in the census of Numbers 26:4.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Exodus 1:7

It highlights the rapid multiplication of the children of Israel, differing from the structured process of enumeration in Numbers 26:4.

Exodus 1:7: And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 17:47

This verse signifies that the Lord does not save by sword or spear, suggesting a reliance on divine power over human counting strategies as seen in Numbers 26:4.

1 Samuel 17:47: And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle [is] the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This encourages not to worry about life essentials, showing a distinct focus from the ordered enumeration concerned in Numbers 26:4.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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