Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:51

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:51 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:51. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us that when they counted God's people in Israel, there were 601,730 people in total. It shows how big the group was as they traveled together.

Numbers 26:51: These [were] the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:46

Contradicts in the total number of the congregation of Israel reported, showing a different count compared to Numbers 26:51.

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

Contradiction with Exodus 12:37

Discrepancy in numbers as Exodus mentions 600,000 men besides children, differing significantly from the census data in Numbers 26:51.

Exodus 12:37: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 1:10-11

Contradicts with the numbers by mentioning an exponential increase in the Israelites, implying fewer people at a previous time, unlike the count in Numbers 26:51.

Deuteronomy 1:10-11: The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

Contradiction with Judges 20:17

Provides a different count of the fighting men of Israel during a battle, conflicting with the census count in Numbers 26:51.

Judges 20:17: And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these [were] men of war.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 11:8

Lists an army count that differs from the census figures in Numbers 26:51, suggesting inconsistency in reported numbers.

1 Samuel 11:8: And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
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