Deuteronomy 33:6 · KJV
“Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {not} his men be few.”
— Deuteronomy 33:6
And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
And this {is the blessing} of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help {to him} from his enemies.
Deuteronomy 33 — Context
Moses commanded us a law, {even} the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
5And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people {and} the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
6Let Reuben live, and not die; and let {not} his men be few.
7And this {is the blessing} of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help {to him} from his enemies.
8And of Levi he said, {Let} thy Thummim and thy Urim {be} with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, {and with} whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Cross References
Genesis 49:8
Judah, thou {art he} whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand {shall be} in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
Numbers 32:31-32
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
Joshua 22:1-9
Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Genesis 49:3-4
Reuben, thou {art} my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: