Kwaze kwaba kuleso sikhathi babe sesangweni lenkosi ngasempumalanga ; babe ngabalindisango bekamu labantwana bakwaLevi.

Bonke ababalwayo bekamu lakwaRubeni babe yizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nanye namakhulu amane namashumi ayisihlanu ngamabandla abo. Labo bayakusuka babe ngabesibili.

Bonke ababalwayo bekamu lakwa -Efrayimi babe yizinkulungwane eziyikhulu nesishiyagalombili nekhulu ngamabandla ab o. Labo bayakusuka babe ngabesithathu.

Bonke ababalwayo bekamu lakwaDani babe yizinkulungwane eziyikhulu namashumi ayisihlanu nesikhombisa namakhulu ayisithupha . Labo bayakusuka babe ngabokugcina namabhanela abo.

Bonke ababalwayo bekamu lakwaJuda babe yizinkulungwa ne eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili nesithupha namakhulu amane ngamabandla abo. Labo bayakusuka kuqala.