Gen 29:32-35, 30:17-21, 35:23, 49:3-15, Exo 1:2-3, Num 1, Num 10 | ESV | STEP | And Leah conceived and bore a son , and she called his name Reuben , for she said , Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction ; for now my husband will love me.

32 And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, ^{▼▼ Reuben means See, a son} for she said, “Because the Lord ^bhas looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.” 33 She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also.” And she called his name Simeon. ^{▼▼ Simeon sounds like the Hebrew for heard} 34 Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be ^dattached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi. ^{▼▼ Levi sounds like the Hebrew for attached} 35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name ^fJudah. ^{▼▼ Judah sounds like the Hebrew for praise} Then she ceased bearing.

Genesis 30:17-21

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar. ^{▼▼ Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages, or hire}

19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name ⁱZebulun. ^{▼▼ Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor} 21 Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.

Genesis 35:23

23 The sons of Leah: ^kReuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 49:3-15

3 “Reuben, you are ^lmy firstborn,
my might, and the ^mfirstfruits of my strength,
preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
4 Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence,
because you ⁿwent up to your father’s bed;
then you defiled it—he went up to my couch!
5 ^o“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons ^pof violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
^qO my glory, ^rbe not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they ^shamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will ^tdivide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.
8 “Judah, ^uyour brothers shall praise you;
^vyour hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
^wyour father’s sons shall bow down before you.
9 Judah is ^xa lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
^yHe stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
10 The ^zscepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff ^aafrom between his feet,
until tribute comes to him; ^{▼▼By a slight revocalization; a slight emendation yields (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Targum) until he comes to whom it belongs; Hebrew until Shiloh comes, or until he comes to Shiloh}
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
11 Binding his foal to the vine
and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine
and his vesture in the blood of grapes.
12 His ^aceyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth whiter than milk.
13 ^ad“Zebulun shall dwell at the ^aeshore of the sea;
he shall become a haven for ships,
and his border shall be at Sidon.
14 ^af“Issachar is a strong donkey,
crouching between the sheepfolds. ^{▼▼Or between its saddlebags}
15 He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and ^ahbecame a servant at forced labor.

Exodus 1:2-3

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,

Numbers 1

A Census of Israel’s Warriors

1 The Lord spoke to Moses ^aiin the wilderness of Sinai, ^ajin the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 ^ak“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, ^alby fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head. 3 ^amFrom twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, ^ancompany by company. 4 And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. 5 And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, ^aoElizur the son of Shedeur; 6 from Simeon, ^apShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; 7 from Judah, ^aqNahshon the son of Amminadab; 8 from Issachar, ^arNethanel the son of Zuar; 9 from Zebulun, ^asEliab the son of Helon; 10 from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, ^atElishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, ^auGamaliel the son of Pedahzur; 11 from Benjamin, ^avAbidan the son of Gideoni; 12 from Dan, ^awAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai; 13 from Asher, ^axPagiel the son of Ochran; 14 from Gad, Eliasaph the son of ^ayDeuel; 15 from Naphtali, ^azAhira the son of Enan.” 16 These were the ones ^bachosen from the congregation, ^bbthe chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

17 Moses and Aaron took these men ^bcwho had been named, 18 and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, 19 as the Lord commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.

20 The people of ^bdReuben, Israel’s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 21 those listed of the tribe of Reuben were ^be46,500.

22 Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 23 those listed of the tribe of Simeon were ^bf59,300.

24 Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: 25 those listed of the tribe of Gad were ^bg45,650.

26 Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 27 those listed of the tribe of Judah were ^bh74,600.

28 Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 29 those listed of the tribe of Issachar were ^bi54,400.

30 Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 31 those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were ^bj57,400.

32 Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 33 those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were ^bk40,500.

34 Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 35 those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were ^bl32,200.

36 Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 37 those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were ^bm35,400.

38 Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 39 those listed of the tribe of Dan were ^bn62,700.

40 Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 41 those listed of the tribe of Asher were ^bo41,500.

42 Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war: 43 those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were ^bp53,400.

44 ^bqThese are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers’ house. 45 So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— 46 all those listed were ^br603,550.

Levites Exempted

47 But ^bsthe Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe. 48 For the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel. 50 ^btBut appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it ^buand shall camp around the tabernacle. 51 ^bvWhen the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. ^bwAnd if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death. 52 The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and ^bxeach man by his own standard. 53 But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no ^bywrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. ^bzAnd the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.” 54 Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 10

The Silver Trumpets

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for ^casummoning the congregation and for breaking camp. 3 And when ^cbboth are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4 But if they blow only one, then ^ccthe chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, ^cdthe camps that are on the east side shall set out. 6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, ^cethe camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. 7 But when the assembly is to be gathered together, ^cfyou shall blow a long blast, but you shall not ^cgsound an alarm. 8 ^chAnd the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 9 And ^ciwhen you go to war in your land against the adversary who ^cjoppresses you, then you shall ^cksound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be ^clremembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 10 ^cmOn the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and ^cnat the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be ^coa reminder of you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Israel Leaves Sinai

11 In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, ^cpthe cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, 12 and the people of Israel ^cqset out by stages from the ^crwilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the ^cswilderness of Paran. 13 They set out for the first time ^ctat the command of the Lord by Moses. 14 The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out ^cufirst by their companies, and over their company was ^cvNahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. 16 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And when ^cwthe tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, ^cxwho carried the tabernacle, set out. 18 And ^cythe standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was ^czElizur the son of Shedeur. 19 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was ^daShelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was ^dbEliasaph the son of ^dcDeuel.

21 Then the Kohathites set out, ^ddcarrying the holy things, and ^dethe tabernacle was set up before their arrival. 22 And ^dfthe standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was ^dgElishama the son of Ammihud. 23 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was ^dhGamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was ^diAbidan the son of Gideoni.

25 Then ^djthe standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the ^dkrear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was ^dlAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was ^dmPagiel the son of Ochran. 27 And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was ^dnAhira the son of Enan. 28 ^doThis was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.

29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of ^dpReuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ^dq‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for ^drthe Lord has promised good to Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.” 31 And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve ^dsas eyes for us. 32 And if you do go with us, ^dtwhatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”

33 So they set out from ^duthe mount of the Lord three days’ journey. And the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days’ journey, to seek out ^dva resting place for them. 34 ^dwAnd the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.

35 And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, ^dx“Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.” 36 And when it rested, he said, “Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.”