Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 3:47

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 3:47 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 3:47. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse is about giving a special amount of money for each person to God, using special coins from the church. It's like when you give a gift to help in church, and Moses is telling people how much money to give.

Numbers 3:47: Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)

Contradiction with Exodus 30:15

This verse states that the rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, whereas Numbers 3:47 mentions a specific price of redemption, suggesting uniformity rather than equality based on wealth.

Exodus 30:15: The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. [give more: Heb. multiply] [give less: Heb. diminish]

Contradiction with Proverbs 22:7

This verse implies the borrower is servant to the lender, contradicting the concept of redemption payment in Numbers 3:47, which is intended to free or redeem rather than bind.

Proverbs 22:7: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender. [the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:42

This verse instructs to give to those who ask, contrasting Numbers 3:47’s directive of a required payment for specific people, not universal giving.

Matthew 5:42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Contradiction with James 2:6

This verse critiques the rich oppressing others, which opposes Numbers 3:47's neutral application of a fixed payment, not addressing economic disparity.

James 2:6: But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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