Bible contradictions?

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Many say here the bible is full of hundreds of contradictions. Well, this statement is false and not even plausable. If it had so many they would have been caught hundreds of years ago by those why study and memorize the bible and try to understand it. The only ones who find contradictions are those who look for it but don't look too deep. I will address a couple common ones.

Creation story- many say there are 2 creation stories that contradict each other in genesis chapters 1 and 2. They specifically look at the order of creation. Chapter one order is: third day plants, fifth day birds, and sixth day man. In chapter 2, the order is man, trees, cattle, and birds. Contradiction? Well it looks like it, but no. Chapter one is a general picture of everything that was made and when it was made. Chapter 2 is detail of the sixth day. It says he made man and if you actually read, you will see verse 8 of chapter 2. It says he planted Eden after man. The earth was filled with trees, but he made some more for his garden for man. Then in verse 19 where he makes animals, he is simply creating animals for his garden. There are already animals around the world, but the garden is new and empty so he filled it with animals. No contradiction.

2. Who died in the plague? Numbers 25:9 says 24000 and 1 Corinthians 10:8 says 23000. Contradiction? No. There's a little detail missing. Numbers says 24000 were killed in the plegue, but 1 Corinthians says 23000 fell "in one day." this leaves 1000 that died during that plague on the day after or the day before. No contradiction.

Just 2 examples of how the bible can be misinterpreted to make it seam it contradicts. But obviously it's a result from looking for them in a bible search and not checking the context to ensure its really a contradiction. Here's a link for hundreds of explanations to "contradictions" of the bible.
http://www.philvaz.com/apologetics/bible.htm#63