Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 3:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 3:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 3:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Numbers, Nadab and Abihu did something God didn't want when they used a special kind of fire. Because of this, they died, and then their brothers, Eleazar and Ithamar, took over their duties and helped their father, Aaron.

Numbers 3:4: And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Contradiction with Numbers 26:61

States that Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD, not explicitly mentioning their children.

Numbers 26:61: And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

Contradiction with Leviticus 10:1-2

Explains that Nadab and Abihu died because they offered strange fire before the LORD, similar to Numbers 3:4 but does not refer to their lack of children at the time of death.

Leviticus 10:1-2: And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.

Contradiction with 1 Chronicles 24:2

States that Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, consistent with Numbers 3:4, not containing a contradiction.

1 Chronicles 24:2: But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

Contradiction with Exodus 6:23

Lists the sons of Aaron, including Nadab and Abihu, without any mention of their deaths or lack of offspring, indirectly contrasting with Numbers 3:4.

Exodus 6:23: And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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