Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 4:43

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 4:43 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 4:43. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that men who are between the ages of thirty and fifty were chosen to help take care of the special tent where people worship God. These men did important jobs to make sure everything was ready for everyone to pray and learn about God.

Numbers 4:43: From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Contradiction with Exodus 12:37

Exodus 12:37 mentions that 600,000 men left Egypt on foot, which contradicts the specific counting of certain groups like those in Numbers 4:43.

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 Numbers 1:47-49

Numbers 1:47-49 states that the Levites were not numbered among the other tribes, which contradicts the detailed census of Levites in Numbers 4:43.

Numbers 1:47-49: But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

Contradiction with Romans 11:29

Romans 11:29 speaks of the irrevocable gifts and call of God, which is more about a spiritual calling, contrasting the age-specific and service-oriented census in Numbers 4:43.

Romans 11:29: For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:33

This verse mentions God is not the author of confusion, which contradicts with the complexity and specificity of the census process in Numbers 4:43.

1 Corinthians 14:33: For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. [confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness]

Contradiction with Hebrews 7:18-19

These verses discuss setting aside the previous commandment because of its weakness, which contrasts with the Old Testament laws and censuses like in Numbers 4:43.

Hebrews 7:18-19: For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:28

Galatians 3:28 implies equality among believers, which contradicts the specific roles and age requirements set forth in Numbers 4:43.

Galatians 3:28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:25

This verse talks about not worrying about one's life, which contradicts the specific duties and worries assigned to individuals counted in Numbers 4:43.

Matthew 6:25: Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Contradiction with Isaiah 40:15

Isaiah 40:15 highlights the insignificance of nations before God, which contrasts the detailed and significant counting of people in Numbers 4:43.

Isaiah 40:15: Behold, the nations [are] as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

Contradiction with Psalm 147:4

Describes God counting the stars and calling them by name, which contrasts the human-led census in Numbers 4:43.

Psalm 147:4: He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by [their] names.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 33:22

Promises innumerable descendants, contrasting the exact count of persons in Numbers 4:43.

Jeremiah 33:22: As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
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