ContradictionsReading order 282Bible context 1 min read
How many singing men and women returned from Babylon?
The records agree on 7,337 servants but differ by forty-five in the combined singer count.
- Textual conflict
- Direct contradiction
- The quoted passages make incompatible claims about the same subject under the same conditions. Little additional inference is needed.
- Importance
- Incidental
- A small detail with little effect on the wider account.
Corresponding inventories disagree by forty-five singers while matching the neighboring servant total exactly.
An editorial assessment of the quoted passages. Importance describes the stakes; it does not increase certainty. Reading order weighs both.
The company includes two hundred male and female singers
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Ezra 2:65
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Ezra 2
The company includes two hundred forty-five male and female singers
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Nehemiah 7:67
Translation / edition: King James Version (KJV)
Read the full chapter:Nehemiah 7