(a) Nine hundred and forty-five (Ezra 2:8)
(b) Eight hundred and forty-five (Nehemiah 7:13)
How many were the children of Azgad?
(a) One thousand two hundred and twenty-two (Ezra 2:12)
(b) Two thousand three hundred and twenty-two (Nehemiah 7:17)
How many were the children of Adin?
(a) Four hundred and fifty-four (Ezra 2:15)
(b) Six hundred and fifty-five (Nehemiah 7:20)
which r the right ones
really how could u trust this book with all these contradictions
2006-07-02 00:58:40 · 7 answers · asked by KHALID 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is true that there are discrepencies. Thankfully it does not say in one place, "thou shalt not kill" and in another place, "thou shalt not fill".
2006-07-02 01:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by Iamnotarobot (former believer) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nehemiah quotes from a recovered genealogical record. Ezra does not, he does not say where he got his information from. These two list could have been compiled at different dates. If so, the numbers would be different because some of the young men may be counted or not counted because of their age.
This discrepancy does not shake my faith in Jesus the Christ one bit. There are instances in the New Testament where women and children are counted in some reports and not in others. I will not lose sleep over this. This Bible you seek to discredit has withstood several hundred years of intense critical and scholarly examination. I don't think you can put a dent in it.
2006-07-02 08:27:52 · answer #2 · answered by Terrence J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be interested in the Core substance in the scriptures, If how many were the desendants of whom is of interest than you are wasting your time. Nehemiah & Ezra were two different Prophets who wrote. With an open Mind and in Faith just read the bible and see it alive and in action like in the book of acts. " You will walk on snakes & Scorpions" " You will heal and raise up the dead in Jesus's Name"
Just take a Faith Leap Khalid, if youlack faith just ask & it shall be given unto you.
2006-07-02 08:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by Shaan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ZATTU
(Zat´tu).
Forefather of a large family that returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in 537 B.C.E. (Ezr 2:1, 2, 8; Ne 7:13) When Ezra came to Jerusalem some of their descendants dismissed the foreign wives they had taken. (Ezr 10:10, 11, 27, 44) Shortly thereafter, a representative of this family, or someone else named Zattu, sealed the “trustworthy arrangement.”—Ne 9:38; 10:1, 14.
2006-07-02 08:04:10 · answer #4 · answered by James Blond 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The children of Zattu weren't really his
He adopted them after Jesus did a runner to avid the alimony payments.
2006-07-02 08:04:03 · answer #5 · answered by satnee2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and the christians STILL want us to take the bible and their claims seriously?
2006-07-02 08:02:23 · answer #6 · answered by johnny_zondo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no contradictions.
Thanks for playing, but you got it wrong again.
2006-07-02 08:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by Born Again Christian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋