Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 4:44

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 4:44 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 4:44. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the writer of the book of Numbers, this verse tells us how many people were counted from a certain family group, and the total was 3,200. It is part of a list showing the size of different groups of people during a big counting.

Numbers 4:44: Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Numbers 4:44 provides a specific count of men, which could imply reliance on human efforts, while Proverbs 3:5 emphasizes trusting in the Lord instead of one's understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

While Numbers 4:44 details a specific duty and number, Matthew 6:34 advises not to worry about tomorrow, suggesting a focus contrary to detailed preparations.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with James 4:14

Numbers 4:44 provides a precise figure, but James 4:14 highlights the uncertainty of life, questioning the reliability of such specific counts.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Numbers 4:44 focuses on external, quantifiable details, whereas 1 Samuel 16:7 teaches that God looks at the heart, not outward appearances or numbers.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Matthew 26:52

Numbers 4:44 details a structured order for service, contrasted by Matthew 26:52’s emphasis on the futility of earthly power and arrangements.

Matthew 26:52: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
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