26:6 from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
26:7 These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. 1 26:8 Pallu’s descendant 2 was Eliab.
26:9 Eliab’s descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers 3 of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord.
1 sn The Reubenites had decreased from 46,500 to 43,730.
2 tc The MT has “and the sons of Pallu.”
3 tn Or “company” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); Heb “congregation.”