Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:56

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:56 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:56. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the land should be shared fairly among the people, whether they have big families or small families, by using lots, like drawing names from a hat, to decide who gets what.

Numbers 26:56: According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

Contradiction with Matthew 20:16

This verse describes the concept of the last being first and the first last, which contradicts Numbers 26:56's idea of equitable division through lot.

Matthew 20:16: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

It speaks of life's outcomes not always being due to chance or effort, contradicting the allocation by lot in Numbers 26:56.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Romans 9:16

This verse emphasizes that outcomes depend on God's mercy rather than human will or exertion, in contrast to Numbers 26:56 which involves casting lots.

Romans 9:16: So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
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