14 These were the heads of their families[a]:(A)

The sons of Reuben(B) the firstborn son of Israel were Hanok and Pallu, Hezron and Karmi. These were the clans of Reuben.

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  1. Exodus 6:14 The Hebrew for families here and in verse 25 refers to units larger than clans.

the sons of Reuben(A) the firstborn of Israel:

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

The descendants of Joel:

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son, Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser[a](D) king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26

Korah, Dathan and Abiram

16 Korah(A) son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and certain Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram(B), sons of Eliab,(C) and On son of Peleth—became insolent[a]

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  1. Numbers 16:1 Or Peleth—took men

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