Exo 1:2-5, Deu 33, Rev 7:4-8 | ESV | STEP | Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah ,

Exodus 1:2-5

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the descendants of Jacob were ^aseventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.

Deuteronomy 33

Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel

1 This is the blessing with which Moses ^bthe man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death. 2 He said,

^c“The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned from Seir upon us; ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them}
he shone forth from Mount Paran;
he came ^efrom the ten thousands of holy ones,
with flaming fire ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} at his right hand.
3 Yes, ^ghe loved his people, ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew peoples}
ⁱall his holy ones were in his ^{▼▼Hebrew your} hand;
^kso they followed ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} in your steps,
receiving direction from you,
4 when ^mMoses commanded us a law,
as a possession for the assembly of Jacob.
5 Thus the Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew Thus he} ^obecame king in ^pJeshurun,
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.
6 ^q“Let Reuben live, and not die,
but let his men be few.”
7 And this he said of Judah:

“Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah,
and bring him in to his people.
With your hands contend ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew With his hands he contended} for him,
and be a help against his adversaries.”
8 And ^sof Levi he said,

“Give to Levi ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi} ^uyour Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
^vwhom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
^whe disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For ^xthey observed your word
and kept your covenant.
10 ^yThey shall teach Jacob your rules
and Israel your law;
^zthey shall put incense before you
and ^aawhole burnt offerings on your altar.
11 Bless, O Lord, his substance,
and ^abaccept the work of his hands;
crush the loins of his adversaries,
of those who hate him, that they rise not again.”
12 ^acOf Benjamin he said,

“The beloved of the Lord dwells in safety.
The High God ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew dwells in safety by him. He} surrounds him all day long,
and dwells between his shoulders.”
13 And ^aeof Joseph he said,

^af“Blessed by the Lord be his land,
with the choicest gifts of heaven ^agabove, ^{▼▼Two Hebrew manuscripts and Targum; Hebrew with the dew}
and of the deep that crouches beneath,
14 with the choicest fruits of the sun
and the rich yield of the months,
15 with the finest produce of the ancient mountains
and the abundance of ^aithe everlasting hills,
16 with the best gifts of the earth and ^ajits fullness
and the favor of ^akhim who dwells in the bush.
May these rest on the head of Joseph,
on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.
17 ^alA firstborn bull ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Samaritan; Masoretic Text His firstborn bull}—he has majesty,
and his horns are the horns of a ^anwild ox;
with them ^aohe shall gore the peoples,
all of them, to the ends of the earth;
^apthey are the ten thousands of Ephraim,
and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”
18 And of Zebulun he said,

^aq“Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out,
and Issachar, in your tents.
19 They shall call peoples ^arto their mountain;
there they offer ^asright sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.”
20 And ^atof Gad he said,

“Blessed be he who enlarges Gad!
Gad crouches ^aulike a lion;
he tears off arm and scalp.
21 ^avHe chose the best of the land for himself,
for there a commander’s portion was reserved;
and ^awhe came with the heads of the people,
with Israel he executed the justice of the Lord,
and his judgments for Israel.”
22 And ^axof Dan he said,

^ay“Dan is a lion’s cub
^azthat leaps from Bashan.”
23 And ^baof Naphtali he said,

“O Naphtali, sated with favor,
and full of the blessing of the Lord,
^bbpossess the lake ^{▼▼Or west} and the south.”
24 And ^bdof Asher he said,

“Most blessed of sons be Asher;
let him be the favorite of his brothers,
and let him ^bedip his foot in oil.
25 Your bars shall be iron and bronze,
and as your days, so shall your strength be.
26 ^bf“There is none like God, O ^bgJeshurun,
^bhwho rides through the heavens to your help,
through the skies in his majesty.
27 The eternal God is your ^bidwelling place, ^{▼▼Or a dwelling place}
and underneath are the everlasting arms. ^{▼▼Revocalization of verse 27 yields He subdues the ancient gods, and shatters the forces of old}
And he thrust out the enemy before you
and said, ‘Destroy.’
28 So Israel lived in safety,
^blJacob lived ^bmalone, ^{▼▼Hebrew the abode of Jacob was alone}
in a land of grain and wine,
whose heavens drop down dew.
29 Happy are you, O Israel! ^boWho is like you,
a people ^bpsaved by the Lord,
^bqthe shield of your help,
and the sword of your triumph!
Your enemies shall come fawning to you,
and you shall tread upon their backs.”

Revelation of John 7:4-8

4 And ^brI heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:

5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed,
12,000 from the tribe of Reuben,
12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher,
12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali,
12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon,
12,000 from the tribe of Levi,
12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun,
12,000 from the tribe of Joseph,
12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.