Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 3:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 3:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to Moses, this verse is telling us about the family of Merari, who were part of a special group called the Levites. These people had important jobs in taking care of the special tent where people went to pray.
Numbers 3:20: And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Contradiction with Numbers 1:49-50
Numbers 1:49-50 commands that the Levites not be numbered among the Israelites and have a special role, while Numbers 3:20 implies participation in the census of the Gershonites, Merarites, and Kohathites.
Numbers 1:49-50: Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
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