Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 4:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 4:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 4:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God wanted people aged thirty to fifty to help in taking care of the holy tent where they worshiped. This was a special job, almost like being part of an important team.

Numbers 4:23: From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. [to perform...: Heb. to war the warfare]

Contradiction with Numbers 1:49

Numbers 4:23 instructs a census of Levites for service, whereas Numbers 1:49 commands not to count the tribe of Levi among the other Israelites.

Numbers 1:49: Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

Contradiction with Numbers 8:24-25

Numbers 4:23 designates Levites to serve from age 30 to 50, but Numbers 8:24-25 states that Levites begin service at the age of 25.

Numbers 8:24-25: 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 1 Chronicles 23:24

Numbers 4:23 specifies the age of service as 30-50, yet 1 Chronicles 23:24 states David set the age at 20 years.

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.
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