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Josiah died at Megiddo (2 Kings 23:29-30), at Jerusalem (2 Chron.
35:24);
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(p) Nebuzaradan came unto Jerusalem on the seventh (2 Kings 25:8),
tenth
(Jer. 52:12) day of the fifth month.

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(a) "... and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah,
Jusha-bhesed,
five." (1 Chron. 3:19-20). How can there be five sons of Zerubbabel
when 7
males and one female are listed?
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(b) "And it had for its inheritance Beer-sheba, Sheba, Moladah,
Hazar-shual,
Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth,
Hazarsuah,
Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen- thirteen cities with their villages"
(Josh.
19:2-6 RSV). Fourteen cities are listed, not 13.
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(c) "The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the
extreme
South, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, Kinah,
Dimonah, Adadah, Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,
Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (that is Hazor). Amam,Shema, Moladah,
Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Bethpelet, Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,
Baalah, Iim, Ezem, Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, Ziklag, Madmannah,
Sansannah,
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon; in all twenty-nine(29) cities, with
their
villages" (Josh. 15:21-32 RSV). Thirty-six cities are listed, not 29.
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(d)"...and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal and Barial, and
Neariah,
and Shaphat, six" (1Chron. 3:22). Five names don't total six.
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(e) "...the sons od Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshiah,
Hashabiah,
and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun,..." (1
Chron.
25:3). Again, five names do not total six.
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(f) "And in the lowland, Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, Zanoah, En-gannim,
Tappuah,
Enam, Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, Sha-araim, Adithaim, Gederah,
Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages" (Josh. 15:33-36
RSV).
Fifteen cities are listed, not 14.Bibical authors not only counted
inaccurately but often added with comparable precision.
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(g) "The whole congregation together (those who returned from the
Captivity-Ed.) was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore
(42,360)" (Ezra 2:64). The number of people in each tribe that
returned from
the Captivity are listed from Ezra 2:3 to Ezra 2:60. One need only
total the
figures to see that 29,818 returned, not 42,360- an error of 12,542.
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(h) A similar problem is encourntered in Neh. 7:66, which says, "the
whole
congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and
three-score (42,360)." One need only add the figures between Neh. 7:8
and
Neh. 7:62 to see that the total for all the tribe should have been
31,089,
not 42,360-- an error of 11,271. Besides adding inaccurately, Ezra and
Nehemiah can't agree on what the total should be. The former supports
29,818
while the latter asserts 31,089.
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(i) "And this is the number of them: Thirty (30) charges of gold, a
thousand
(1,000) charges of silver, nine and twenty (29) knives, Thirty (30)
basins
of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten (410),
and
vessels a thousand (1,000). All the vessels of gold and of silver were
five
thousand and four hundred (5,400)" (Ezra 1:9-11). Even if all these
items
were composed of silver and gold, they would not total 5,400 (30+
1,000+ 29
+ 30 + 410 + 1,000=2,499 not 5,400).
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(j) "And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath,
and Merari" (Num. 3:17) and "Those that were numbered of them (the
Gershonites-Ed.)...were seven thousand and five hundred (7,500)" (Num.
3:22)
and "...these are the families of the Kohathites...eight thousand and
six
hundred (8,600)" (Num. 3:27-28) and "...these are the families of the
Merari. And those that were numbered of them,...were six thousand and
two
hundred (6,200)" (Num.3:33-34), versus "All that were numbered of the
Levites,...were twenty and two thousand (22,000)" (Num. 3:39). The
author of
Numbers added inaccurately, since 7,500 + 8,600 + 6,200 equals 22,300,
not
22,000.
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(k) "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from one brim to the other:
it was
round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
cubits
did compass it round about" (1 Kings 7:23). How could a circle be 10
cubits
in diameter and 30 cubits in circumference? Since pi is 3.14, the
circumference must be 31.40 (3.14 x 10) cubits.
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(1) "Thirty and two years old (32) was he (Jehoram-Ed.) when he began
to
reign, and he reighed in Jersalem eight (8) years, and departed
without
being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David,... And
the
inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king is his
stead:...
So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. Forty and two
years old
(42) was Ahaziah when he began to reign..." (2 Chron. 21:20). If
Jehoram
began to reign at age 32 and ruled 8 years, he died at age 40. Yet his
son
took over immediately and was 42 years old. The son, Ahaziah, was two
years
older than his father, Jehoram.
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(m) Ezek. 40:27 is translated as followed in three different versions:
"...and he measured from gate to gate the south an hundred (100)
cubits"
(KJV). "He measured from gate to gate one hundred and seventy-five
(175)
feet" (Modern Language). "And the distance between the passageway was
175
feet" (Living Bible). If 100 cubits equals 175 feet, then one cubit
equals 1
3/4 feet. On the other hand, these versions translate Gen. 6:15 as
follows:
"...The length of the ark shall be three hundred (300) cubits, the
breadth
of it fifty (50) cubits, and the height of it thirty (30) cubits"
(KJV).
"...The length of the ark four hundred and fifty (450) feet; its width
seventy-five (75) feet and its depth forty-five (45) feet" (Modern
Language). "Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high"
(Living
Bible). If 300 cubits equals 450 feet, then 1 cubit equals 1 1/2 feet.
The
authors of the various versions of the Bible can't agree on the length
of a
cubit. Is it 1 3/4 or 1 1/2 feet long?
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In Luke 23.39-43 Jesus promises a thief on the cross that "Today shalt
thou
be with me in paradise."

Jesus told his disciples that he would be in the grave three days and
three
nights, not in paradise.

Jesus told Mary in John 20.17 not to touch him, as he "had not yet
ascended." Therefore he had not been in paradise that day.

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!!! I BELIEVE in God. The bible is a valuable book but is NOT inerrant
!!!


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