Allocations To Reuben

[15] And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. [16] And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; [17] Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, [18] And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, [19] And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, [20] And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, [21] And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. [22] Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. [23] And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

• Firstborn

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,

• Priest

But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.

And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,

The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

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

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;

These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.