Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 2:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 2:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 2:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse tells us about the large group of people from the tribe of Reuben who were ready to march. They had a special place in line, going second when all the tribes moved together.

Numbers 2:16: All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

Contradiction with Numbers 26:51

This verse contradicts Numbers 2:16 by providing a different total number of Israelite men than the one given in Numbers 2:16.

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

Contradiction with Judges 20:2

This verse provides a different count for the congregation, conflicting with the figures in Numbers 2:16.

Judges 20:2: And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 11:8

This verse contradicts the total in Numbers 2:16 by counting Israel's men differently during Saul's gathering.

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.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9

The count of fighting men in Israel is different in this verse compared to Numbers 2:16.

2 Samuel 24:9: And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 20:15

This verse contradicts Numbers 2:16 by giving an alternative number for the gathered forces of Israel.

1 Kings 20:15: Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, [even] all the children of Israel, [being] seven thousand.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 21:5

This verse lists a different total for Israel's fighting men, conflicting with Numbers 2:16.

1 Chronicles 21:5: And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

Contradiction with 2 Chronicles 17:14

This verse lists different numbers for the army of Judah, conflicting with tribal counts in Numbers 2:16.

2 Chronicles 17:14: And these [are] the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
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