¹ tn Heb “and to the sons of Merari by their clans from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve cities.”

³ sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan River. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.

³ sn Judah, like Ephraim, was the other major tribe west of the Jordan. The Davidic king, symbolized here by the royal scepter, came from this tribe.

¹ tn Heb “By lot was their inheritance, as the Lord had commanded by Moses, to the nine tribes and the half-tribe.”

³ sn The following blessing is given to the tribes in order, although the tribe of Simeon is curiously missing from the list.

¹ tn The MT uses a word that actually means “assembler,” so these three tribes made up a strong rear force recognized as the assembler of all the tribes.

² tn The construction uses the noun in a distributive sense: “a man, a man for a tribe,” meaning a man for each tribe.

² tn Heb “and caused the tribes of Israel to settle down in their tents.”

³ tn Heb “the tribe of your inheritance” (see Jer 10:16; 51:19).

¹ tn Heb “and Moses the man of God, his sons were called to the tribe of Levi.”

¹ tn Heb “The Danites sent from their tribe five men, from their borders.”

¹ tn Heb “house.” This is a metonymy for the warriors from the tribe.

³ tn Heb “Whenever the hand of the tribe of Joseph was heavy.”

¹ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan.”

¹ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali.”

¹ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher.”

¹ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar.”

¹ tn Heb “and the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the sons of Asher.”

¹ tn Heb “this was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon.”

¹ tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”