Bible Questions Answered:
“I see in your (view a list of
subjects), you try to answer bible errors. Here is one I've always
wondered about. Paul says in I Corinthians 10:8 that 23,000 people
died, while in Numbers it says that 24,000 died! How can this be? Did
Paul, slip on his information, after all he was only human?...”
Donald/ Bangor, Maine (U.S.A.)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Numbers 25:9 KJV
And those that died in the plague
were twenty and four thousand.
I Corinthians 10:8 KJV
Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty
thousand.
Israel had fallen
into deep sin by having sexual relations with the people of Moab. The
people of Moab and Midian were Baal worshipers. As a result of this sin, God
pronounced judgment.
Numbers 25:4-9
NLT
4 The Lord issued the following
command to Moses: “Seize all the ringleaders and execute them
before The Lord in broad daylight, so His fierce anger will turn away
from the people of Israel.”
5 So Moses ordered Israel’s
judges, “Each of you must put to death the men under your authority
who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
6 Just then one of the Israelite men
brought a Midianite woman into his tent, right before the eyes of
Moses and all the people, as everyone was weeping at the entrance of
the Tabernacle.
7 When Phinehas son of Eleazar and
grandson of Aaron the priest saw this, he jumped up and left the
assembly. He took a spear
8 and rushed after the man into his
tent. Phinehas thrust the spear all the way through the man’s body
and into the woman’s stomach. So the plague against the Israelites
was stopped,
9 but not before 24,000 people had
died.
The answer is
actually very simple.
In Number 25:9
KJV the figure Moses gives is an “accumulative figure,” while
the Apostle speaks concerning the deaths “ in one day (I
Corinthians 10:8 KJV).
Where is it stated
that all those guilty, fell under the plaque (Of God's Judgment) all
“ in one day” (I Corinthians 10:8 KJV)? Answer: Nowhere.
So could I Corinthians 10:8 KJV the Apostle Paul and Numbers
25:9 KJV Moses, both be right? Yes!
The total dead were 24,000, while the amount that died in one day
was 23,000.
The Word Of God Stands Sure:
Matthew 5:18 KJV
For verily I
say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall
in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
I Thessalonians
2:13 KJV
For this cause
also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received The Word
Of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men,
but as it is in Truth, The Word Of God, which effectually worketh
also in you that believe
II Timothy 3:16
KJV
All scripture
is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
II Peter 1:21
KJV
For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by The Holy Ghost.
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Lamentations 3:39-42 NLT
39 "...Why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to The Lord.
41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,
42 “We have sinned and rebelled..."
Isaiah 30:15 KJV
For thus saith The Lord God, The Holy One Of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength..."
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
39 "...Why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins?
40 Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to The Lord.
41 Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,
42 “We have sinned and rebelled..."
Isaiah 30:15 KJV
For thus saith The Lord God, The Holy One Of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength..."
Matthew 11:28 KJV
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
