The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan.p> <p class="bodytext">These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.p>

<p class="poetry">Their houses are safe<n id="1" /> and without fear;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and no rod of punishment<n id="3" /> from God is upon them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Whether it is for punishment<n id="1" /> for his land,p> <p class="poetry">or whether it is for mercy,p> <p class="poetry">he causes it to find its mark.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He rejected the tent of Joseph;p> <p class="poetry">he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.p>

<p class="poetry">Wisdom is found in the words<n id="1" /> of the discerning person,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who lacks wisdom<n id="3" /> will be disciplined.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who spares his rod<n id="1" /> hates<n id="2" /> his child,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but the one who loves his child<n id="4" /> is diligent<n id="5" /> in disciplining<n id="6" /> him.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who sows<n id="1" /> iniquity will reap trouble,p> <p class="poetry">and the rod of his fury<n id="2" /> will end.p>

<p class="poetry">Folly is bound up<n id="1" /> in the heart of a child,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but the rod of discipline<n id="3" /> will drive it far from him.p>

<p class="poetry">A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey,p> <p class="poetry">and a rod for the backs of fools!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">A rod and reproof<n id="1" /> impart<n id="2" /> wisdom,p> <p class="poetry">but a child who is unrestrained<n id="3" /> brings shame<n id="4" /> to his mother.<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a cudgel with which I angrily punish.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s shout will shatter Assyria;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will beat them with a club.p>

I will make you pass under<n id="1" /> the shepherd&#8217;s staff,<n id="2" /> and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel.

Select wise and practical<n id="1" /> men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.&#8221;

I thought this was a good idea,<n id="1" /> so I sent<n id="2" /> twelve men from among you, one from each tribe.

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

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> was king over Jeshurun,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when the leaders of the people assembled,p> <p class="poetry">the tribes of Israel together.<n id="3" />p>

&#8220;Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe.