Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites;

Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh:

The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out.

The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother.

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected.

Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans.

The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, “Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel!

Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.

Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites, Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,

Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell!

He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal.