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and the children of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

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The sons of Reuben:(A)

Hanok, Pallu,(B) Hezron and Karmi.(C)

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Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. The descendants of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;(A) of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites. These are the clans of the Reubenites; the number of those enrolled was forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. And the descendants of Pallu: Eliab. The descendants of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the same Dathan and Abiram, chosen from the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the congregation of Korah, when they rebelled against the Lord,(B) 10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that congregation died, when the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a warning.(C) 11 Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah did not die.(D)

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The descendants of Reuben,(A) the firstborn son of Israel, were:

through Hanok,(B) the Hanokite clan;

through Pallu,(C) the Palluite clan;

through Hezron,(D) the Hezronite clan;

through Karmi,(E) the Karmite clan.

These were the clans of Reuben; those numbered were 43,730.

The son of Pallu was Eliab, and the sons of Eliab(F) were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The same Dathan and Abiram were the community(G) officials who rebelled against Moses and Aaron and were among Korah’s followers when they rebelled against the Lord.(H) 10 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(I) along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire devoured the 250 men.(J) And they served as a warning sign.(K) 11 The line of Korah,(L) however, did not die out.(M)

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