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Bible Verses About The Tribe Of Reuben

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  1. and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.'

  2. Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!

  3. `And these are the names of the men who stand with you: `For Reuben--Elizur son of Shedeur.

  4. And the sons of Reuben, Israel's first-born--their births, by their families, by the house of their fathers, in the number of names, by their polls, every male from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host--

  5. their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

  6. The standard of the camp of Reuben is southward, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur;

  7. On the fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, prince of the sons of Reuben; --

  8. his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels ; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

  9. one golden spoon of ten shekels , full of perfume;

  10. one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;

  11. one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;

  12. and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

  13. And the standard of the camp of Reuben hath journeyed, by their hosts, and over its host is Elizur son of Shedeur.

  14. and these their names: For the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur.

  15. And Korah, son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, taketh both Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,

  16. Reuben, first-born of Israel--sons of Reuben: of Hanoch is the family of the Hanochite; of Pallu the family of the Palluite;

  17. of Hezron the family of the Hezronite; of Carmi the family of the Carmite.

  18. These are families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

  19. And the son of Pallu is Eliab;

  20. and the sons of Eliab are Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram; this is that Dathan and Abiram, called ones of the company, who have striven against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, in their striving against Jehovah,

  21. and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them and Korah, in the death of the company, in the fire consuming the two hundred and fifty men, and they become a sign;

  22. And much cattle hath been to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very many; and they see the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, and lo, the place is a place for cattle;

  23. and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben, come in and speak unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the company, saying:

  24. `Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon--

  25. the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.'