Ibhanela lekamu lakwaRubeni liyakuba ngaseningizimu ngamabandla abo ; isikhulu sabantwana bakwaRubeni siyakuba ngu -Elisuri indodana kaShedewuri.

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

Amasango omuzi ayakubizwa ngamagama ezizwe zakwa-Israyeli, amasango amathathu abe ngasenyakatho : elinye yisango lakwaRubeni , elinye yisango lakwaJuda, elinye yisango lakwaLevi.