Deuteronomy 33:6

“May Reuben live and not die,
Nor his men be few.”

“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,
Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

“Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
Your father’s sons shall bow down to you.

The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

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

“Reuben, you are my firstborn;
My might and the beginning of my strength,

Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.

The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, “As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.

Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,