Numbers 1:20 · KJV
“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;”
— Numbers 1:20
As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Those that were numbered of them, {even} of the tribe of Reuben, {were} forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers 1 — Context
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first {day} of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
19As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
20And 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;
21Those that were numbered of them, {even} of the tribe of Reuben, {were} forty and six thousand and five hundred.
22Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, 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;
Cross References
Numbers 26:5-7
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:
Numbers 2:10-11
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.
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. {Reuben: that is, See a son}
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:
Genesis 46:9
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
1 Chronicles 5:1
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.