Contradiction with Numbers 3:14-15
These verses describe the entire census directive for the Levites, which includes counting all males a month old and upward, aligning with Numbers 3:28, rather than contradicting it.
Numbers 3:14-15: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Contradiction with Numbers 4:2-3
This verse highlights that only males from thirty to fifty years old were to perform service work, which could contradict the total count in Numbers 3:28 when considering service eligibility ages.
Numbers 4:2-3: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:3
Here, Levites are counted from age thirty and upward, differing from the count from a month old in Numbers 3:28.
1 Chronicles 23:3: Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 23:24
Levites are numbered from twenty years old and upward, contradicting Numbers 3:28's count beginning at one month old.
1 Chronicles 23:24: These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.