Contradiction with Exodus 2:1-2
This verse states that the woman conceived and bore a son, but doesn't clarify lineages or names, which can contrast with detailed genealogies in Numbers 26:59.
Exodus 2:1-2: And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
Contradiction with Exodus 6:20
Provides different information about Amram’s wife and the lineage, conflicting with Numbers 26:59 about their parental relationship.
Exodus 6:20: And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years.
Contradiction with Numbers 3:1
Focuses on Aaron's sons as priests and lacks the detail of Moses' birth narrative, contrasting their lineage emphasis.
Numbers 3:1: These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:13-14
Discusses Aaron's descendants being set apart, emphasizing different genealogical lines than those highlighted in Numbers 26:59 about Moses' family.
1 Chronicles 23:13-14: The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
Paradox #1
The contradiction is that Numbers 26:59 states that "the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt." However, if Jochebed was a direct daughter of Levi and still the mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam at the time of the Exodus, which is several generations later, this raises questions about the timing and ages of the individuals involved. This inconsistency makes it difficult to align the timeline with genealogy and age norms.