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

So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day.

All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel ¹  at the front.

All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second.

You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites ¹  this entire time, ²  right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. ³ 

For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north,” says the Lord. “They will come and their kings will set up their thrones ¹  near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. ²  They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah. ³ 

So I, the Lord, affirm that ¹  I will send for all the peoples of the north ²  and my servant, ³  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy ⁴  this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it ⁵  and make them everlasting ruins. ⁶  I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn. ⁷ 

“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, ¹  one from every tribal leader, ²  twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, ¹  and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. ²  To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. ³ 

because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, ¹  the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. ¹  You must help them

All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. ¹  They will go up on my altar acceptably, ²  and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

These were the sons of Seir the Horite, ¹  who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

“You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, ¹ 

six ¹  of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth. ² 

Now these are the names of the men who are to help ¹  you: from ²  Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur.