Nombres 1:26
On enregistra les fils de Juda, selon leurs familles, selon les maisons de leurs pères, en comptant les noms depuis l'âge de vingt ans et au-dessus, tous ceux en état de porter les armes:

) in their decreasing proportion, beginning with the greatest and proceeding to the least.

1st Census

2nd Census
1. Judah

74,600

76,500
2. Dan

62,700

64,400
3. Simeon

59,300

22,200
4. Zebulum

57,400

60,500
7. Reuben

46,500

43,730
8. Gad

45,650

40,500
9. Asher

41,500

53,400
10.Ephraim

40,500

32,500
11.Benjamin

35,400

45,600
12.Manasseh

32,200

52,700
Totals:

603,550

601,730

42,000. Jacob had given Judah the pre-eminence in his prophetic blessing; and that tribe was to have the precedence in the encampments of Israel; accordingly God had increased them more than any of their brethren. Ephraim and Manasseh, according to the same prophecy, were numbered as distinct tribes, Ephraim having the superiority, as it was foretold; and Joseph indeed appears 'a fruitful bough.'

Nombres 2:10,11
Au midi, le camp de Ruben, avec sa bannière, et avec ses corps d'armée. Là camperont le prince des fils de Ruben, Elitsur, fils de Schedéur,…

Nombres 26:7
Ce sont là les familles des Rubénites: ceux dont on fit le dénombrement furent quarante-trois mille sept cent trente. -