Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 2:31

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 2:31 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 2:31. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the leader who wrote this, God told the people in Dan's group to march last when traveling, and there were a lot of them, like a big crowd at a party. This is how they knew where to walk and where to camp.

Numbers 2:31: All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan [were] an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:27

Numbers 2:31 indicates a specific structured order of the Israelites, whereas 1 Kings 8:27 emphasizes God's dwelling as transcending earthly confines, thus contradicting the notion of a fixed arrangement.

1 Kings 8:27: But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

Contradiction with Acts 7:48

Numbers 2:31 describes numerical and organized aspects of the Israelite camp, contrasting with Acts 7:48 which suggests God does not dwell in structures made by human hands, implying divine presence isn't restricted by physical or numerical constraints.

Acts 7:48: Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

Numbers 2:31-31 details precise and specific instructions, while Matthew 6:25 encourages trust over detailed planning, posing a contradiction between human arrangements and divine provision.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Revelation 21:22

The explicitly detailed camp arrangements in Numbers 2:31 stand in contrast to Revelation 21:22, which suggests a future reality without need for physical structure as God serves as the temple.

Revelation 21:22: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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