Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:12
Numbers 4:22 specifies service for those aged thirty to fifty, whereas 1 Timothy 4:12 encourages involvement regardless of age.
1 Timothy 4:12: Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Contradiction with Numbers 8:24
Numbers 4:22 states Levite service starting at thirty, while Numbers 8:24 establishes it at twenty-five.
Numbers 8:24: This [is it] that [belongeth] unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: [to...: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc]
Contradiction with Numbers 1:3
Numbers 4:22 counts males from thirty years old for service, but Numbers 1:3 involves those from twenty years old for warfare preparation.
Numbers 1:3: From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
Contradiction with Numbers 4:3
Similar to Numbers 8:24, this verse also highlights the age difference, as it begins service at thirty like Numbers 4:22, contradicting Numbers 8:24’s age of twenty-five.
Numbers 4:3: From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.