Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 33:39

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 33:39 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 33:39. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, Aaron was really old, 123 years, when he passed away on a mountain called Mount Hor. This shows that Aaron lived a long and full life, and his journey with the people was really important.

Numbers 33:39: And Aaron [was] an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

Contradiction with Genesis 5:27

This verse mentions Methuselah living to 969 years, which contradicts the lifespan of Aaron mentioned in Numbers 33:39.

Genesis 5:27: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 19:35

This verse describes Barzillai as an 80-year-old who claims he can no longer enjoy life, contradicting the vitality Aaron might be perceived to have had at 123.

2 Samuel 19:35: I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

This verse states that a typical human lifespan is 70 to 80 years, which contradicts Aaron living to be 123 in Numbers 33:39.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]

Contradiction with Genesis 6:3

This verse limits human lifespan to 120 years, which contrasts with Aaron living beyond it to 123 years.

Genesis 6:3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
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