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Numbers 7:30
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.
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Genesis 49:1-33
Then Jacob called his sons and said,“ Gather around, and I will tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.Come together and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel:Reuben, you are my firstborn, my strength and the firstfruits of my virility, excelling in prominence, excelling in power.Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel, because you got into your father’s bed and you defiled it— he got into my bed.Simeon and Levi are brothers; their knives are vicious weapons.May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.Their anger is cursed, for it is strong, and their fury, for it is cruel! I will disperse them throughout Jacob and scatter them throughout Israel.Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness— who dares to rouse him?The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until He whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.He ties his donkey to a vine, and the colt of his donkey to the choice vine. He washes his clothes in wine and his robes in the blood of grapes.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon.Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags.He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his shoulder to bear a load and became a forced laborer.Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.He will be a snake by the road, a viper beside the path, that bites the horses’ heels so that its rider falls backward.I wait for Your salvation, Lord.Gad will be attacked by raiders, but he will attack their heels.Asher’s food will be rich, and he will produce royal delicacies.Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine beside a spring; its branches climb over the wall.The archers attacked him, shot at him, and were hostile toward him.Yet his bow remained steady, and his strong arms were made agile by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and the womb.The blessings of your father excel the blessings of my ancestors and the bounty of the eternal hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince of his brothers.Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey. In the morning he devours the prey, and in the evening he divides the plunder.”These are the tribes of Israel, 12 in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Then he commanded them:“ I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite.The cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried there, Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried there, and I buried Leah there.The field and the cave in it were purchased from the Hittites.”When Jacob had finished instructing his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and died. He was gathered to his people.
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Genesis 30:5-20
Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.Rachel said,“ God has vindicated me; yes, He has heard me and given me a son,” and she named him Dan.Rachel’s slave Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.Rachel said,“ In my wrestlings with God, I have wrestled with my sister and won,” and she named him Naphtali.When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her slave Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife.Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a son.Then Leah said,“ What good fortune!” and she named him Gad.When Leah’s slave Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,Leah said,“ I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked,“ Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”But Leah replied to her,“ Isn’t it enough that you have taken my husband? Now you also want to take my son’s mandrakes?”“ Well,” Rachel said,“ you can sleep with him tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“ You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So Jacob slept with her that night.God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.Leah said,“ God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband,” and she named him Issachar.Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.“ God has given me a good gift,” Leah said.“ This time my husband will honor me because I have borne six sons for him,” and she named him Zebulun.
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Genesis 46:8-24
These are the names of the Israelites, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Jacob’s firstborn: Reuben.Reuben’s sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.Simeon’s sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.Zebulun’s sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.These were Leah’s sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons: 33.Gad’s sons: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli.Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel.These were the sons of Zilpah— whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah— that she bore to Jacob: 16 persons.The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.These were Rachel’s sons who were born to Jacob: 14 persons.Dan’s son: Hushim.Naphtali’s sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
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Genesis 29:32-35
Leah conceived, gave birth to a son, and named him Reuben, for she said,“ The Lord has seen my affliction; surely my husband will love me now.”She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ The Lord heard that I am unloved and has given me this son also.” So she named him Simeon.She conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ At last, my husband will become attached to me because I have borne three sons for him.” Therefore he was named Levi.And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said,“ This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
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Genesis 35:17-26
During her difficult labor, the midwife said to her,“ Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”With her last breath— for she was dying— she named him Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath( that is, Bethlehem).Jacob set up a marker on her grave; it is the marker at Rachel’s grave to this day.Israel set out again and pitched his tent beyond the Tower of Eder.While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had 12 sons:Leah’s sons were Reuben( Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.Rachel’s sons were Joseph and Benjamin.The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
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Revelation 7:4-8
And I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 sealed from every tribe of the Israelites:12,000 sealed from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad,12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 sealed from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Numbers 10:18
The military divisions of the camp of Reuben with their banner set out, and Elizur son of Shedeur was over Reuben’s division.
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Deuteronomy 33:1-29
This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the Israelites before his death.He said: The Lord came from Sinai and appeared to them from Seir; He shone on them from Mount Paran and came with ten thousand holy ones, with lightning from His right hand for them.Indeed He loves the people. All Your holy ones are in Your hand, and they assemble at Your feet. Each receives Your words.Moses gave us instruction, a possession for the assembly of Jacob.So He became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered with the tribes of Israel.Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few.He said this about Judah: Lord, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people. He fights for his cause with his own hands, but may You be a help against his foes.He said about Levi: Your Thummim and Urim belong to Your faithful one; You tested him at Massah and contended with him at the waters of Meribah.He said about his father and mother,“ I do not regard them.” He disregarded his brothers and didn’t acknowledge his sons, for they kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.They will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your instruction to Israel; they will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.Lord, bless his possessions, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of his adversaries and enemies, so that they cannot rise again.He said about Benjamin: The Lord’s beloved rests securely on Him. He shields him all day long, and he rests on His shoulders.He said about Joseph: May his land be blessed by the Lord with the dew of heaven’s bounty and the watery depths that lie beneath;with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons;with the best products of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the eternal hills;with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it; and with the favor of Him who appeared in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the prince of his brothers.His firstborn bull has splendor, and horns like those of a wild ox; he gores all the peoples with them to the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.He said about Zebulun: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.They summon the peoples to a mountain; there they offer acceptable sacrifices. For they draw from the wealth of the seas and the hidden treasures of the sand.He said about Gad: The one who enlarges Gad’s territory will be blessed. He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or even a head.He chose the best part for himself, because a ruler’s portion was assigned there for him. He came with the leaders of the people; he carried out the Lord’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.He said about Dan: Dan is a young lion, leaping out of Bashan.He said about Naphtali: Naphtali, enjoying approval, full of the Lord’s blessing, take possession to the west and the south.He said about Asher: May Asher be the most blessed of the sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in olive oil.May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and your strength last as long as you live.There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in His majesty.The God of old is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you and commands,“ Destroy!”So Israel dwells securely; Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine; even his skies drip with dew.How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs.
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Numbers 2:10
Reuben’s military divisions will camp on the south side under their banner. The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur.
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Exodus 1:2-5
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher.The total number of Jacob’s descendants was 70; Joseph was already in Egypt.
