Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 35:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 35:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 35:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Numbers, God is telling the people to give the Levites special places to live and some land around those places. The Levites are important helpers in taking care of God's house, and this is how God makes sure they have homes.

Numbers 35:2: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:3

Numbers 35:2 discusses giving cities to Levites, while Numbers 35:3 specifies these cities include pasturelands, not just urban areas.

Numbers 35:3: And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 18:1-2

This verse indicates that Levites have no inheritance among the Israelites, while Numbers 35:2 implies they receive land (cities) from other tribes.

Deuteronomy 18:1-2: The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.

Contradiction with Joshua 13:14

Suggests no inheritance for Levi, as their inheritance is sacrifices to God, contrasting with receiving physical cities in Numbers 35:2.

Joshua 13:14: Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire [are] their inheritance, as he said unto them.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 44:28

Declares God as the inheritance for Levites, not land, which contrasts with the allocation of cities.

Ezekiel 44:28: And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I [am] their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I [am] their possession.
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