Verse 6

Let Reuben{H7205} live,{H2421} and not die;{H4191} Nor let his men{H4962} be few.{H4557}

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben,{H7205} thou art my first-born,{H1060} my might,{H3581} and the beginning{H7225} of my strength;{H202} The pre-eminence{H3499} of dignity,{H7613} and the pre-eminence{H3499} of power.{H5794} 4 Boiling{H6349} over as water,{H4325} thou shalt not have the pre-eminence;{H3498} Because thou wentest up{H5927} to thy father's{H1} bed;{H4904} Then defiledst thou{H2490} it: he went up{H5927} to my couch.{H3326}
• Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah,{H3063} thee shall thy brethren{H251} praise:{H3034} Thy hand{H3027} shall be on the neck{H6203} of thine enemies;{H341} Thy father's{H1} sons{H1121} shall bow down{H7812} before thee.
• Num 32:31-32 : 31 And the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} answered,{H6030} saying,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H1696} unto thy servants,{H5650} so will we do.{H6213} 32 We will{H5168} pass over{H5674} armed{H2502} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} into the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and the possession{H272} of our inheritance{H5159} [shall remain] with us beyond{H5676} the Jordan.{H3383}
• Josh 22:1-9 : 1 Then Joshua{H3091} called{H7121} the Reubenites,{H7206} and the Gadites,{H1425} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H4294} of Manasseh,{H4519} 2 and said{H559} unto them, Ye have kept{H8104} all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} you, and have hearkened{H8085} unto my voice{H6963} in all that I commanded{H6680} you: 3 ye have not left{H5800} your brethren{H251} these many{H7227} days{H3117} unto this day,{H3117} but have kept{H8104} the charge{H4931} of the commandment{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430} 4 And now Jehovah{H3068} your God{H430} hath given rest{H5117} unto your brethren,{H251} as he spake{H1696} unto them: therefore now turn{H6437} ye, and get{H3212} you unto your tents,{H168} unto the land{H776} of your possession,{H272} which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} gave{H5414} you beyond{H5676} the Jordan.{H3383} 5 Only take diligent{H3966} heed{H8104} to do{H6213} the commandment{H4687} and the law{H8451} which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded{H6680} you, to love{H157} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and to walk{H3212} in all his ways,{H1870} and to keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} and to cleave{H1692} unto him, and to serve{H5647} him with all your heart{H3824} and with all your soul.{H5315} 6 So Joshua{H3091} blessed{H1288} them, and sent them away;{H7971} and they went{H3212} unto their tents.{H168} 7 Now to the one {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} Moses{H4872} had given{H5414} [inheritance] in Bashan;{H1316} but unto the other half{H2677} gave{H5414} Joshua{H3091} among{H5973} their brethren{H251} beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} westward;{H3220} moreover when Joshua{H3091} sent them away{H7971} unto their tents,{H168} he blessed{H1288} them, 8 and spake{H559} unto them, saying,{H559} Return{H7725} with much{H7227} wealth{H5233} unto your tents,{H168} and with very{H3966} much{H7227} cattle,{H4735} with silver,{H3701} and with gold,{H2091} and with brass,{H5178} and with iron,{H1270} and with very{H3966} much{H7235} raiment:{H8008} divide{H2505} the spoil{H7998} of your enemies{H341} with your brethren.{H251} 9 And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the {H2677} half-tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} returned,{H7725} and departed{H3212} from the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of Shiloh,{H7887} which is in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} to go{H3212} unto the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} to the land{H776} of their possession,{H272} whereof they were possessed,{H270} according to the commandment{H6310} of Jehovah{H3068} by{H3027} Moses.{H4872}