Deuteronomy 33:6

Let Reuben live, and not die, And let his men be a number.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

In Context

5And he is in Jeshurun king, In the heads of the people gathering together, The tribes of Israel!

7And this [is] for Judah; and he saith: — Hear, O Jehovah, the voice of Judah, And unto his people do Thou bring him in; His hand hath striven for him, And an help from his adversaries art Thou.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:23And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 49:8Judah! thou — thy brethren praise thee! Thy hand [is] on the neck of thine enemies, Sons of thy father bow themselves to thee.

Joshua 22:1Then Joshua calleth for the Reubenite, and for the Gadite, and for the half of the tribe of Manasseh,

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 33:2-6

Moses's Blessing on Israel. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 4 Moses commanded us a law, even the… Read the whole commentary →

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