ContradictionsReading order 362Bible context 1 min read
How many of Bani's offspring returned from Babylon?
The corresponding entries differ both in the family name and by six people. Identifying Bani with Binnui is part of the comparison rather than an explicit statement in either verse.
- Textual conflict
- Interpretive tension
- The passages pull in different directions, but the conflict depends on how their wording, scope, or narrative context is read.
- Importance
- Minor
- A local detail in a story, chronology, or inventory.
The proposed parallel family entries differ by six, but Bani and Binnui are not explicitly established as the same family name.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
Ezra lists six hundred forty-two children of Bani
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra 2:10
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Ezra 2
Nehemiah lists six hundred forty-eight children of Binnui
The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah 7:15
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Nehemiah 7
Understanding the contradiction
Ezra 2:10 names Bani's children and counts 642. Nehemiah 7:15 names Binnui's children and counts 648. The figures are close, but the written family labels are not identical.