Verse 6

Let Reuben{H7205} live{H2421}{(H8799)}, and not die{H4191}{(H8799)}; and let not his men{H4962} be few{H4557}.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:3-4 : 3 Reuben{H7205}, thou art my firstborn{H1060}, my might{H3581}, and the beginning{H7225} of my strength{H202}, the excellency{H3499} of dignity{H7613}, and the excellency{H3499} of power{H5794}: 4 Unstable{H6349} as water{H4325}, thou shalt not excel{H3498}{(H8686)}; because thou wentest up{H5927}{(H8804)} to thy father's{H1} bed{H4904}; then defiledst thou{H2490}{(H8765)} it: he went up{H5927}{(H8804)} to my couch{H3326}.
• Gen 49:8 : 8 Judah{H3063}, thou art he whom thy brethren{H251} shall praise{H3034}{(H8686)}: thy hand{H3027} shall be in the neck{H6203} of thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}; thy father's{H1} children{H1121} shall bow down{H7812}{(H8691)} before thee.
• Num 32:31-32 : 31 And the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} answered{H6030}{(H8799)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, As the LORD{H3068} hath said{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thy servants{H5650}, so will we do{H6213}{(H8799)}. 32 We will{H5168} pass over{H5674}{(H8799)} armed{H2502}{(H8803)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} into the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, that the possession{H272} of our inheritance{H5159} on this side{H5676} Jordan{H3383} may be ours.
• Josh 22:1-9 : 1 Then Joshua{H3091} called{H7121}{(H8799)} the Reubenites{H7206}, and the Gadites{H1425}, and the half{H2677} tribe{H4294} of Manasseh{H4519}, 2 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you, and have obeyed{H8085}{(H8799)} my voice{H6963} in all that I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} you: 3 Ye have not left{H5800}{(H8804)} your brethren{H251} these many{H7227} days{H3117} unto this day{H3117}, but have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the charge{H4931} of the commandment{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}. 4 And now the LORD{H3068} your God{H430} hath given rest{H5117}{(H8689)} unto your brethren{H251}, as he promised{H1696}{(H8765)} them: therefore now return{H6437}{(H8798)} ye, and get{H3212}{(H8798)} you unto your tents{H168}, and unto the land{H776} of your possession{H272}, which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} you on the other side{H5676} Jordan{H3383}. 5 But take diligent{H3966} heed{H8104}{(H8798)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} the commandment{H4687} and the law{H8451}, which Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of the LORD{H3068} charged{H6680}{(H8765)} you, to love{H157}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and to walk{H3212}{(H8800)} in all his ways{H1870}, and to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687}, and to cleave{H1692}{(H8800)} unto him, and to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} him with all your heart{H3824} and with all your soul{H5315}. 6 So Joshua{H3091} blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, and sent them away{H7971}{(H8762)}: and they went{H3212}{(H8799)} unto their tents{H168}. 7 Now to the one half{H2677} of the tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} Moses{H4872} had given{H5414}{(H8804)} possession in Bashan{H1316}: but unto the other half{H2677} thereof gave{H5414}{(H8804)} Joshua{H3091} among{H5973} their brethren{H251} on this side{H5676} Jordan{H3383} westward{H3220}. And when Joshua{H3091} sent them away{H7971}{(H8765)} also unto their tents{H168}, then he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} them, 8 And he spake{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Return{H7725}{(H8798)} with much{H7227} riches{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}{(H8687)} raiment{H8008}: divide{H2505}{(H8798)} the spoil{H7998} of your enemies{H341}{(H8802)} with your brethren{H251}. 9 And the children{H1121} of Reuben{H7205} and the children{H1121} of Gad{H1410} and the half{H2677} tribe{H7626} of Manasseh{H4519} returned{H7725}{(H8799)}, and departed{H3212}{(H8799)} from the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} out of Shiloh{H7887}, which is in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, to go{H3212}{(H8800)} unto the country{H776} of Gilead{H1568}, to the land{H776} of their possession{H272}, whereof they were possessed{H270}{(H8738)}, according to the word{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.