Here’s what Moses said about Reuben.“ Let Reuben live. Don’t let him die. And do not let his people be few.”

“愿流便存活，不致死亡；愿他人数不致稀少。

愿吕便存活，不致死亡，虽然他的人丁稀少。

愿吕便存活，不致死亡，虽然他的人丁稀少。

摩西祝福吕便支派说：“尽管吕便人数稀少，愿他存活，不致灭没。”

愿流本生存，不致死亡，愿他的人数不致稀少。”

願呂便存活，不致死亡；願他人數不致稀少。

願呂便存活，不致死亡，雖然他的人丁稀少。

願呂便存活，不致死亡，雖然他的人丁稀少。

摩西祝福呂便支派說：「儘管呂便人數稀少，願他存活，不致滅沒。」

願流本生存，不致死亡，願他的人數不致稀少。”

『願如便長活着，不至死亡，雖然他的人數稀少。』

願流便生存不死、惟人數維寡、○

願流便恆存不沒、人數弗減。

願流便生而不死、人數不寡、○

“ Let Reuben live and not die, nor his people be few.”

“ Let Reuben live, and not die, but let his men be few.”

Moses said this about the tribe of Reuben:“ Let the tribe of Reuben live and not die out, though they are few in number.”

Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few.

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

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

Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.

Let Reuben live and not die though his people become few.

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

May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply.

“ Let Reuben live, and not die; Nor let his men be few.”

“ Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were my first child. You were the first sign of my strength. You were first in honor. You were first in power.But you are as unsteady as water. So you won’t be first anymore. You had sex with my concubine on my bed. You lay on my couch and made it‘ unclean.’

Joshua sent for the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh.He said to them,“ You have done everything that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded. You have also obeyed everything I commanded.For a long time now you haven’t deserted the other Israelites. Instead, you have done what the Lord your God sent you to do. You have obeyed him right up to this day.Now the Lord your God has given the other tribes peace and rest. That’s what he promised to do. So return to your homes. They are in the land that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you. It’s on the east side of the Jordan River.Be very careful to obey the law that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you. He commanded you to love the Lord your God. He told you to live exactly as the Lord wants you to. He told you to obey the Lord’ s commands. He told you to remain faithful to the Lord. And he told you to serve the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul.”Joshua gave the eastern tribes his blessing. Then he sent them home. So they went.Moses had given land in Bashan to half of the tribe of Manasseh. Joshua had given land to the other half of the tribe. He had given it to them along with the other tribes on the west side of the Jordan River. When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them.He said,“ Return to your homes. Take your great wealth with you. Return with your large herds of livestock. Take your silver, gold, bronze and iron with you. Return with all the extra clothes you acquired. Divide up the things you have taken from your enemies. Share them with your people.”So the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh went home. They left the other Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan. They returned to Gilead. That was their own land. They had acquired it according to the Lord’ s command through Moses.

“ Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your enemies will be brought under your control. Your father’s sons will bow down to you.

The people of Gad and Reuben gave their answer. They said,“ We will do what the Lord has said.We’ll get ready for battle. We’ll go across the Jordan into Canaan. We’ll fight for the Lord there. But the property we receive will be on this side of the Jordan River.”