Ian Dorion wrote:
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> Jerry D. McDonald wrote:
> >
> > Pre-installed User wrote:
> > >
> > > Any skeptic, send your number one ALLEGED Bible Contradiction and let me
> > > see if I can adequately refute it for you. One per skeptic, per day
> > > please. Thank You!
> > >
> > > Jerry Moffitt
>
> IAN
> Jerry, can you count?
>
> In chapter 3 of Numbers, the Lord had a census taken of the Levites and
> Moses came up with these figures:
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> Levi's Son Leader Census
> Gershon Elisaph 7,500
> Kohath Elizaphan 8,600
> Mereri Zuriel 6,200
> TOTAL---------------------------22,300
>
> Notice how they all came out in even hundreds because this was
> the only way the Hebrew Horde could multiply so fast -- that is,
> the Lord had them multiply by the hundreds. However, my KJV states they
> came up with only 22,000!
>
> To add insult to injury, the Lord has Moses take a census of the males
> of Israel from 1 month to 19 years and they came up with 22,273.
>
> Why that's 273 more than the other tribes sayeth the Lord. You owe mr
> for 273 bodies. I need 5 shekels apiece or 1,365 shekels to make us
> even.
>
> Aside from the poor math, the story is as stupid as one can imagine.