Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 27:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 27:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 27:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Numbers, this story shows how five brave sisters spoke up to ask for their family's land, showing that God listens to everyone, even girls, and wants things to be fair. It teaches us that everyone is important to God, no matter if they are a boy or a girl.

Numbers 27:1: Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these [are] the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Contradiction with Numbers 36:6

It contradicts Numbers 27:1 by giving a restriction on marriage choices for the daughters of Zelophehad, whereas Numbers 27:1 leads to the granting of inheritance rights without such marriage conditions.

Numbers 36:6: This [is] the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. [marry: Heb. be wives]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 21:15-17

It contradicts Numbers 27:1 because it defines inheritance laws in terms of male heirs and does not address or consider the rights of daughters, as seen in Numbers 27:1.

Deuteronomy 21:15-17: If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:22

It contradicts Numbers 27:1 by highlighting that daughters received their inheritance in the form of marriage to relatives, not direct inheritance rights as granted to the daughters of Zelophehad.

1 Chronicles 23:22: And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. [brethren: or, kinsmen]
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