Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 35:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 35:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 35:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God asked the people to make a special space around the city, like a big empty yard, to keep it safe and organized. This way, everyone knows where the city starts and ends.

Numbers 35:5: And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Contradiction with Numbers 35:4

The dimensions given for the cities of refuge and surrounding land seem inconsistent in different verses.

Numbers 35:4: And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, [shall reach] from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

Contradiction with Joshua 21:2-3

These verses describe the allocation of cities of refuge in a manner that doesn't match the instructions in Numbers 35:5.

Joshua 21:2-3: And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 45:1

The measurements of lands given as offerings have different dimensions than those described in Numbers 35:5.

Ezekiel 45:1: Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length [shall be] the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth [shall be] ten thousand. This [shall be] holy in all the borders thereof round about. [when...: Heb. when ye cause the land to fall] [an holy...: Heb. holiness]

Contradiction with 1 Kings 8:65

Solomon's dedication of the temple involves geographic descriptions that may appear inconsistent with Numbers 35:5 logistics.

1 Kings 8:65: And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.
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