Numbers 1:5 . Reuben — The tribes are here numbered according to the order or quality of their birth, first the children of Leah, then of Rachel, and then of the handmaids.
Numbers 1:33 . Ephraim — Above eight thousand more than Manasseh, toward the accomplishment of that promise, ( Genesis 48:20 ,) which Satan in vain attempted to defeat by stirring up the men of Gath against them, 1 Chronicles 7:21-22 .