Deuteronomy 33:6

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Blessing on Reuben May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

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  • Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power. 4 You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father’s bed, then you defiled it– he got on my couch!
  • Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father’s sons will bow down before you.
  • Num 32:31-32 : 31 Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered,“Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken. 32 We will cross armed in the LORD’s presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River.”
  • Josh 22:1-9 : 1 Joshua Sends Home the Eastern Tribes Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh 2 and told them:“You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the LORD’s servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. 3 You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the LORD your God. 4 Now the LORD your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the LORD’s servant assigned to you east of the Jordan. 5 But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the LORD’s servant gave you. Love the LORD your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!” 6 Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. 7 (Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he rewarded them, 8 saying,“Take home great wealth, a lot of cattle, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers.” 9 So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the LORD’s command through Moses.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 37:21-22
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    21When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying,“Let’s not take his life!”

    22Reuben continued,“Don’t shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.”(Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.)

  • Deut 33:7
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    7Blessing on Judah And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O LORD, to Judah’s voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes.

  • Gen 49:3
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    3Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power.

  • Num 1:20-21
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    20And they were as follows:The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually.

    21Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

  • Gen 42:37-38
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    69%

    37Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.”

    38But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”

  • Num 26:7
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    7These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730.

  • Gen 46:8-9
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    8These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt– Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob.

    9The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Ezek 48:6
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    6Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west side, Reuben will have one portion.

  • Exod 1:2-3
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    2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

    3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

  • Num 32:6
    68%

    6Moses’ Response Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites,“Must your brothers go to war while you remain here?

  • Josh 13:15
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    15Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

  • Gen 35:22-23
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    68%

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

    23The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

  • Exod 6:14
    68%

    14The Ancestry of the Deliverer These are the heads of their fathers’ households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

  • Num 26:5
    68%

    5Reuben Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

  • 1 Chr 5:1
    67%

    1Reuben’s Descendants The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn–(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.

  • Judg 5:16
    67%

    16Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben– there was intense searching of heart.

  • Josh 22:33
    67%

    33The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived.

  • Gen 29:32
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    32So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said,“The LORD has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now.”

  • Deut 33:11
    66%

    11Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.

  • Deut 33:5
    66%

    5The LORD was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together.

  • Ps 41:2
    66%

    2May the LORD protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies!

  • 1 Chr 2:1
    66%

    1Israel’s Descendants These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

  • Josh 22:21
    66%

    21The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans:

  • Num 2:16
    66%

    16All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

  • Gen 43:8
    66%

    8Then Judah said to his father Israel,“Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die– we and you and our little ones.

  • Josh 13:23
    66%

    23The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.

  • Gen 42:22
    66%

    22Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

  • 1 Chr 5:3
    66%

    3The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

  • Num 1:5
    65%

    5Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

  • Num 32:31
    65%

    31Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered,“Your servants will do what the LORD has spoken.

  • Josh 21:36
    65%

    36from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz,

  • Deut 27:12
    65%

    12“The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.