Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 3:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 3:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 3:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the Book of Numbers, this verse tells us that there were 22,273 firstborn baby boys counted among the Israelites. Christians often understand this as a way of showing how God was taking care of and keeping track of the families of His people.

Numbers 3:43: And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

Contradiction with Numbers 1:46

Contradicts the number count of peoples listed in Numbers 3:43.

Numbers 1:46: Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Contradiction with Exodus 12:37

The number of men mentioned is far more than in Numbers 3:43, raising questions about consistency.

Exodus 12:37: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children.

Contradiction with Genesis 46:27

Shows a different account of the number of Jacob's family entering Egypt, conflicting with the later number in Numbers 3:43.

Genesis 46:27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, [were] two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, [were] threescore and ten.

Contradiction with Judges 20:2

The population count provided here contrasts with the specific census in Numbers 3:43.

Judges 20:2: And the chief of all the people, [even] of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 11:8

Differences in census numbers compared to Numbers 3:43 can appear inconsistent.

1 Samuel 11:8: And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

Contradiction with 2 Samuel 24:9

The census figures conflict with the number stated in Numbers 3:43.

2 Samuel 24:9: And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.
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