Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 36:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 36:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 36:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, the daughters of Zelophehad did exactly what God told Moses they should do. They listened and followed the instructions given to them.

Numbers 36:10: Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:

Contradiction with Numbers 36:6

Numbers 36:6 commands the daughters of Zelophehad to marry within their father's tribe to retain their inheritance, while Numbers 36:10 shows their obedience to this rule.

Numbers 36:6: This [is] the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. [marry: Heb. be wives]

Contradiction with Ezra 9:2

Ezra 9:2 criticizes intermarriage with people of the land, whereas Numbers 36:10 supports the idea of marriage within one's own group.

Ezra 9:2: For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Galatians 3:28 emphasizes equality and unity in Christ, contrasting the tribal restrictions and divisions emphasized in Numbers 36:10.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:39

This verse suggests freedom for widows to marry anyone they wish, which contrasts the tribal restrictions in Numbers 36:10.

1 Corinthians 7:39: The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
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