Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to traditional Christian understanding, the author of the book, Moses, is saying that the Shuhamite family had 64,400 people. This shows how God helped the Israelite families grow while they were in the desert.

Numbers 26:43: All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, [were] threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

Contradiction with Numbers 26:41

Numbers 26:41 states that the tribe of Benjamin had 45,600 individuals, which could contradict the allocation or size relative to Numbers 26:43.

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 1:11

Numbers 1:11 lists the princes of the tribes, which could differ in how the tribes are represented or counted compared to Numbers 26:43.

Numbers 1:11: Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

Contradiction with Numbers 2:6

Numbers 2:6 records different numbers of men eligible for war from particular tribes, which may not align with the figures in Numbers 26:43.

Numbers 2:6: And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, [were] fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:22

Deuteronomy 10:22 states that Israel originally had seventy persons, which could contradict with the large number given in Numbers 26:43.

Deuteronomy 10:22: Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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