There is no contradiction in the Bible. For example (from
http://www.answering-christianity.com/1 ... ctions.htm),
1. Who incited David to count the fighting men of Israel?
God did (2 Samuel 24: 1)
Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1: 1)
is not a contradiction. Bible was written over a time range of several thousand years, roughly from around 1450 B.C to 100 A.D, encompassing various historical epochs, circumstances and scopes. Therefore, as you read through the Bible, take such into consideration!
God commanded Moses to number the Israelite soldiers on two different occasions: once in the second year after deliverance from Egyptian bondage (Numbers 1: 1 - 4):
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year
after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
3 From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
(Numbers 1: 19): As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
And again about forty years later near the end of Israel’s wanderings in the desert (Numbers 26: 1 - 4):
1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them
in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
"Sometimes, however, one’s motives can turn lawful actions into sinful deeds (cf. Matthew 6:1-18). Such was the case with King David when he decided to number the Israelites in the latter part of his reign. God had not commanded a census be taken, nor did David instigate it for some noble cause. Instead, the Bible implies that David’s intentions (and thus his actions) were dishonorable, foolish, and sinful (cf. 2 Samuel 24: 3,10ff.)" -
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So, here it is regarded that Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1: 1) because David did so without instructions from God and for his own motives and glory; that's, he was tempted by Satan to do so, and this is very evident from the verses (I Chronicles 2 1: 1 - 3):
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
"The Hebrew verb wayyaset, translated “moved” (NKJV) or “incited (NASV), is identical in both passages. God and Satan’s actions are described using the same word. The difference lies with the sense in which the word is used: Satan incited (or tempted - cf. 1 Thessalonians 3: 5) David more directly, while God is spoken of as having incited David because He allowed such temptation to take place. The Hebrews often used active verbs to express “not the doing of the thing, but the permission of the thing which the agent is said to do” (Bullinger, 2898, p. 823, emp. in orig). Throughout the Bible, God’s allowance of something to take place often is described by the sacred writers as having been done by the Lord. " -
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This one counter argument makes your very first claim in the
list redundant.
I will stop here, until you are satisfied that, your first claim in the list is not a Biblical contradiction, then I can jump to the next.