In Numbers 2:11, the same count of 46,500 for Reuben appears, confirming the census figure for the camp.

In Numbers 26:7, the later census shows Reuben's count dropped to 43,730, highlighting population change over time.

Numbers 2:10 places Reuben's camp on the south side, the same tribe counted here.

Numbers 26:1 introduces the second census after forty years, the later count of Reuben differs from the 46,500 here.

In Genesis 46:8, the list of Jacob's family includes Reuben, the ancestor of the tribe counted here.