While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.
Numbers 13:4 - Tree of Life Version These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; American Standard Version (1901) And these were their names: Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. Common English Bible These are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, Zaccur’s son; Catholic Public Domain Version Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending, from the desert of Paran, leading men, whose names are these: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the desert of Pharan principal men, whose names are these: |
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben went and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.
Leah’s sons were Jacob’s firstborn Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
“Now these are the names of the tribes: Dan’s portion will be from the northern frontier, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan at the northern border of Damascus, beside Hamath, and from eastern side to the sea.
So according to the word of Adonai, Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran. All the men were princes of Bnei-Yisrael.
Then the men whom Moses had sent to explore the land, who had returned and caused the whole community to grumble against him by spreading a bad report about the land,
Why do you dishearten Bnei-Yisrael from going across to the land that Adonai has given to them?
12,000 from the tribe of Judah; 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben; 12,000 from the tribe of Gad;