from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi;

from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli;

from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael;

from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi;

from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki.

“Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man’s name on his staff.

from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud;

from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon;

Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

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

You must write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe.

So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff.

And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe.”

Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites.

They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’ This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.”

Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.