Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 26:63

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 26:63 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 26:63. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Numbers, these are the people that Moses and Eleazar counted while they were near the Jordan River by Jericho. They wanted to know how many people were part of the Israelite community at that time.

Numbers 26:63: These [are] they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:1

Contradicts as it discusses a separate census conducted by Satan rather than God as in Numbers 26:63.

1 Chronicles 21:1: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

Contradiction with Exodus 30:12

Contradicts as it warns of a plague if a census is conducted without a ransom, while Numbers 26:63 describes a census without this condition.

Exodus 30:12: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. [their number: Heb. them that are to be numbered]

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