Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 2:30

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 2:30 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 2:30. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to traditional Christian understanding, this verse from the book of Numbers shows how God instructed Moses to organize the tribes of Israel. It reminds Christians that God cares about order and details in their lives.

Numbers 2:30: And his host, and those that were numbered of them, [were] fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:27

This verse contradicts Numbers 2:30 by stating the number of all souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt, differing from the numbers given in the formation of tribes.

Genesis 46:27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.

Contradiction with Exodus 1:5

This verse indicates a different number of Jacob's descendants who came to Egypt compared to the tribal arrangements in Numbers 2:30.

Exodus 1:5: And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt [already]. [loins: Heb. thigh]

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 10:22

This verse provides another contrasting account of the number of Jacob's descendants, differing from the tribal census in Numbers 2:30.

Deuteronomy 10:22: Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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