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Numbers 1:20

And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

KJV

De Ruben primogenito Israëlis per generationes et familias ac domos suas, et nomina capitum singulorum, omne quod sexus est masculini a vigesimo anno et supra, procedentium ad bellum,

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ υἱοὶ Ῥουβὴν πρωτοτόκου Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ συγγενίας αὐτῶν, κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν, κατὰ κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, πάντα ἀρσενικὰ ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω, πᾶς ὁ ἐκπορευόμενος ἐν τῇ δυνάμει·

LXX

And the children of Reuben, Israel’s first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

ASV

וַ/יִּהְי֤וּ בְנֵֽי רְאוּבֵן֙ בְּכֹ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תּוֹלְדֹתָ֥/ם לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖/ם לְ/בֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑/ם בְּ/מִסְפַּ֤ר שֵׁמוֹת֙ לְ/גֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔/ם כָּל זָכָ֗ר מִ/בֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה כֹּ֖ל יֹצֵ֥א צָבָֽא

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Reuben

In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּכ֣וֹר
bkvr
noun · 118×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זְּכָרִֽים
zkrym
noun · 82×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 12×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
noun · 304×
ם
m
noun · 39×
מִסְפַּ֣ר
mspr
noun · 134×
עֶשְׂרִ֥ים
'shrym
adjective · 313×
צְבָא֖וֹת
tsb'vt
noun · 480×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Exod 30:14 — Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.
  • Gen 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
  • Num 2:10 — On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
  • Num 26:5 — Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: