Numbers 1:20
And there were of the children of Reuben the first-born of Israel, by their generations, after their families, by the descent from their fathers, by numbering the names according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
19As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai.
21Those that were numbered of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me.
Genesis 46:9And the sons of Reuben: Chanoch, and Pallu, and Chezron, and Carmi.
Numbers 2:10The standard of the camp of Reuben shall be on the south side, according to their armies: and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
1 Chronicles 5:1And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel—for he was the first-born; but, when the defiled his father's bed, was his birthright given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: so that the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the first-birth.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 1:18-44
17 And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: 18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by… Read the whole commentary →