⁹ The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.

⁵ Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ⁶ of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were ^(A)43,730. ⁸ The son of Pallu: Eliab. ⁹ The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were ^(B)called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the Lord, ¹⁰ and ^(C)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, ^(D)when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a ^[a]warning. ^11 (E)The sons of Korah, however, did not die.

^3 (A)the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.