Judges 5:16

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Why did you stay among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the districts of Reuben, there was much searching of heart.

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  • Num 32:24 : 24 Build cities for your children and pens for your flocks, but do what you have promised.
  • Judg 5:15 : 15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent into the valley under his command. In the districts of Reuben, there was much searching of heart.
  • Ps 4:4 : 4 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I consider the days of old, the years long past.
  • Lam 3:40-41 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
  • Phil 2:21 : 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their appetite, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • Num 32:1-5 : 1 The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large amount of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they noticed that the place was suitable for livestock. 2 The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, saying: 3 "Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon— 4 this land that the Lord defeated before the congregation of Israel—is a land suitable for livestock, and your servants have livestock." 5 They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."

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  • Judg 5:15
    81%

    15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yes, Issachar was with Barak, sent into the valley under his command. In the districts of Reuben, there was much searching of heart.

  • Judg 5:17
    73%

    17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he linger by the ships? Asher remained on the seashore and stayed in his coves.

  • Num 32:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6But Moses replied to the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, "Should your brothers go to war while you stay here?

    7Why would you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from crossing into the land that the Lord has given them?

  • Num 32:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very large amount of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, they noticed that the place was suitable for livestock.

    2The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, saying:

  • Josh 22:21
    68%

    21Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh replied to the heads of the clans of Israel:

  • Deut 33:6
    67%

    6May Reuben live and not die, and may his men be few in number.

  • Josh 22:15
    67%

    15When they came to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead, they spoke to them, saying:

  • Gen 35:22-23
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    67%

    22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons:

    23The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Ezek 48:6
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    6Next to the territory of Ephraim, from the eastern border to the western border: Reuben, one portion.

  • Exod 1:2-3
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    66%

    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah.

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin.

  • Num 1:20-21
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    66%

    20The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were recorded by their generations, families, and ancestral houses, by name, individually, all the males twenty years old or older, all who could serve in the army.

    21The number from the tribe of Reuben was 46,500.

  • Num 2:16
    66%

    16All those counted in the camp of Reuben, by divisions, total 151,450. They will set out second.

  • Gen 29:7
    65%

    7He said, 'Look, the day is still high; it is not time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them out to pasture.'

  • Gen 49:3
    65%

    3'Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength, and the first of my vigor, excelling in dignity and excelling in power.'

  • Gen 37:15-16
    2 verses
    65%

    15A man found him wandering in the field and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

    16He replied, "I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding."

  • 1 Chr 5:1
    65%

    1The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel—although he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, because he defiled his father’s bed. He is not counted as the firstborn in the records.

  • Josh 21:36
    65%

    36From the tribe of Reuben: Bezer with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands,

  • Josh 13:23
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    23The territory of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its surrounding land. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Reuben, according to their clans—the cities and their villages.

  • Gen 31:37
    65%

    37You have searched through all my belongings. What have you found that belongs to your household? Place it here in front of my relatives and yours, and let them judge between us.

  • Josh 13:15
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    15Moses gave to the tribe of the Reubenites, according to their clans:

  • Deut 33:18
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    18Of Zebulun he said: 'Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.'

  • Num 26:7
    65%

    7These were the families of the Reubenites, and the total number of those counted was 43,730.

  • 1 Chr 2:1
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    1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Ezek 34:6-7
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    64%

    6My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My flock was scattered over the whole earth, and no one searched or looked for them.

    7Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

  • Gen 37:21
    64%

    21But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life."

  • Josh 22:25
    64%

    25The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop worshiping the LORD.

  • Hos 5:8
    64%

    8Blow the horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; sound the alarm in Beth Aven: 'Look behind you, Benjamin!'

  • Gen 31:4
    64%

    4So Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flock was.

  • Gen 31:27
    64%

    27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? You didn’t even let me know so I could send you away with joy and singing, to the music of tambourines and harps.

  • Judg 20:12
    63%

    12The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this awful crime that has been committed among you?"

  • Josh 22:9
    63%

    9So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, the land of their possession, which they had acquired at the command of the LORD through Moses.

  • Neh 11:36
    63%

    36Some divisions of the Levites from Judah were assigned to Benjamin.

  • Obad 1:6
    63%

    6How Esau has been pillaged; his hidden treasures sought out!

  • Judg 8:2
    63%

    2But Gideon replied to them, 'What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s harvest better than the full harvest of Abiezer?'

  • Num 2:10
    63%

    10On the south side will be the banner of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.

  • Exod 6:14
    63%

    14These are the heads of their family houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

  • Gen 29:9
    63%

    9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.

  • 1 Sam 15:14
    63%

    14But Samuel said, 'What is this sound of sheep and cattle that I hear?'