IAN wrote:
In chapter 3 of Numbers, the Lord had a census taken of the Levites and
Moses came up with these figures:
Levi's Son Leader Census
Gershon Elisaph 7,500
Kohath Elizaphan 8,600
Mereri Zuriel 6,200
TOTAL---------------------------22,300
Paul Robson:
This is obviously not a contradiction. You are making the fallacious
assumption that the whole Bible uses the same numerical base. It
is a known fact that the Nuttites in 640 BC used base 11 rather than
base 10 for expressing quantities. Obviously, one of these people
used this system when writing down one of these values, which makes
the numbers close enough for any reasonable person.
It is a known fact that all numerical problems in the Bible can be
solved by assuming different number bases.
You have failed to prove the Bible is not inerrant.
In the grip of my tight underpants....
Paul Robson (autismuk@aol.com)
[Sorry, I've just read Hutchinson's article and thought I'd try it.... :) ]