UJoshuwa wakhuluma kwabakwaRubeni , nabakwaGadi, nakuyo inxenye yesizwe sakwaManase, wathi:

Abafowabo, amaqhawe anamandla , babe yizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu ayisikhombisa , izinhloko zawoyise , ezenziwa ababonisi phezu kwabakwaRubeni nabakwaGadi nenxenye yesizwe sabakwaManase ezindabeni zonke zikaNkulunkulu nasezindabeni zenkosi.

Phezu kwezizwe zakwa -Israyeli kwakuyilaba: kwabakwaRubeni u-Eliyazeri indodana kaZikiri wayengumbusi ; kwabakwaSimeyoni nguShefathiya indodana kaMahakha;