Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:41

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:41 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:41. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, these were the families that came from Benjamin's family, and there were 45,600 people in total. This part shows us how many people were in Benjamin's family group at that time.

Numbers 26:41: These [are] the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them [were] forty and five thousand and six hundred.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:46

Numbers 1:46 states the total number of Israelites being recorded as 603,550, which differs from the counts in Numbers 26:41.

Numbers 1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:37

Numbers 26:41 mentions different totals for Benjamin’s tribe than what is recorded in Numbers 1:37.

Numbers 1:37: Those that were numbered of them, [even] of the tribe of Benjamin, [were] thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:21

Genesis 46:21 lists different sons of Benjamin compared to the names listed in the midst of the tribes in Numbers 26.

Genesis 46:21: And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. [Ehi: or, Ahiram] [Muppim: or, Shupham or, Shuppim] [Huppim: or, Hupham]

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 7:6

1 Chronicles 7:6 provides a different count and listing of Benjamin’s descendants than Numbers 26:41.

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