Shure kwedenda Jehovha akati kuna Mozisi naEreazari mwanakomana waAroni, muprista, “Verengai ungano yose yavaIsraeri nemhuri dzavo, vose vana makore makumi maviri kana anodarika vanogona kurwa muhondo yaIsraeri.” Saka Mozisi naEreazari muprista vakataura navo pamapani eMoabhu paJorodhani nechokumhiri kweJeriko vakati, “Verengai varume vana makore makumi maviri kana anodarika, sezvakarayirwa Mozisi naJehovha.”
Ava ndivo vaIsraeri vakabuda kubva muIjipiti:
Zvizvarwa zvaRubheni mwanakomana wedangwe waIsraeri zvaiva:
Hanoki, kwakabva mhuri yaHanoki;
Paru, kwakabva mhuri yaParu;
Hezironi, kwakabva mhuri yaHezironi;
Kami, kwakabva mhuri yaKami.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaRubheni; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mana nezvitatu, namazana manomwe ana makumi matatu.
Mwanakomana waParu akanga ari Eriabhi, uye vanakomana vaEriabhi vakanga vari Nemueri, Dhatani naAbhiramu. Dhatani naAbhiramu ndivo vatungamiri veungano vaya vakamukira Mozisi naAroni uye vakanga vari pakati pavateveri vaKora pavakamukira Jehovha. Nyika yakashamisa muromo wayo ikavamedza pamwe chete naKora, boka iroro parakafa, moto pawakaparadza varume mazana maviri namakumi mashanu. Uye ivo vakava chiratidzo cheyambiro. Kunyange zvakadaro, rudzi rwaKora haruna kuparara.
Zvizvarwa zvaSimeoni nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Nemueri kwakabva mhuri yavaNemueri;
Jamini, kwakabva mhuri yavaJamini;
Jakini, kwakabva mhuri yavaJakini;
Zera, kwakabva mhuri yavaZera;
Shauri kwakabva mhuri yavaShauri.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaSimeoni; pakanga pane varume zviuru makumi maviri nezviviri namazana maviri.
Zvizvarwa zvaGadhi nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Zofani, kwakabva mhuri yavaZofani;
Hagi, kwakabva mhuri yavaHagi;
Shumi, kwakabva mhuri yavaShumi;
Ozini, kwakabva mhuri yavaOzini;
Eri, kwakabva mhuri yavaEri;
Arodhi, kwakabva mhuri yavaArodhi;
Areri kwakabva mhuri yavaAreri.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaGadhi; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mana, namazana mashanu.
Eri naOnani vakanga vari vanakomana vaJudha, asi vakafira muKenani.
Zvizvarwa zvaJudha nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Shera, kwakabva mhuri yavaSherani;
Perezi, kwakabva mhuri yavaPerezi;
Zera, kwakabva mhuri yavaZera;
Zvizvarwa zvaPerezi zvaiva:
Hezironi, kwakabva mhuri yavaHezironi;
Hamuri, kwakabva mhuri yavaHamuri.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaJudha; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi manomwe nezvitanhatu, namazana mashanu.
Zvizvarwa zvaIsakari nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Tora, kwakabva mhuri yavaTora;
Pua kwakabva mhuri yavaPua;
Jashubhi kwakabva mhuri yavaJashubhi;
Shimironi kwakabva mhuri yavaShimironi.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaIsakari; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi matanhatu nezvina, namazana matatu.
Zvizvarwa zvaZebhuruni nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Seredhi, kwakabva mhuri yavaSeredhi;
Eroni, kwakabva mhuri yavaEroni;
Jareeri, kwakabva mhuri yavaJareeri.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaZebhuruni; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi matanhatu, namazana mashanu.
Zvizvarwa zvaJosefa nemhuri dzavo kubudikidza naManase naEfuremu zvakanga zvakadai:
Zvizvarwa zvaManase:
Makiri kwakabva mhuri yavaMakiri (Makiri akanga ari baba vaGireadhi);
Gireadhi kwakabva mhuri yavaGireadhi.
Izvi ndizvo zvaiva zvizvarwa zvaGireadhi:
Iezeri, kwakabva mhuri yaIezeri;
Hereki, kwakabva mhuri yavaHereki;
Asirieri, kwakabva mhuri yavaAsirieri;
Shekemu, kwakabva mhuri yavaShekemu;
Shemidha, kwakabva mhuri yavaShemidha;
Heferi, kwakabva mhuri yavaHeferi.
(Zerofehadhi mwanakomana waHeferi akanga asina vanakomana; akanga achingova navanasikana bedzi, mazita avo aiva: Mara, Noa, Hogira, Mirika naTiriza.)
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaManase; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mashanu nezviviri, namazana manomwe.
Izvi ndizvo zvaiva zvizvarwa zvaEfuremu nemhuri dzavo:
Shutera, kwakabva mhuri yaShutera;
Bhekeri, kwakabva mhuri yaBhekeri;
Tahani, kwakabva mhuri yaTahani.
Izvi ndizvo zvaiva zvizvarwa zvaShutera:
Erani, kwakabva mhuri yaErani.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaEfuremu; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi matatu nezviviri, namazana mashanu.
Izvi ndizvo zvaiva zvizvarwa zvaJosefa nemhuri dzavo.
Zvizvarwa zvaBhenjamini nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Bhera, kwakabva mhuri yavaBhera;
Ashibheri, kwakabva mhuri yavaAshibheri;
Ahiramu, kwakabva mhuri yaAhiramu;
Shufami, kwakabva mhuri yavaShufami;
Hufami, kwakabva mhuri yavaHufami.
Zvizvarwa zvaBhera kubudikidza naAradhi naNaamani zvaiva:
Aradhi, kwakabva mhuri yavaAradhi;
Naamani, kwakabva mhuri yavaNaamani.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaBhenjamini; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mana nezvishanu, namazana matanhatu.
Izvi ndizvo zvaiva zvizvarwa zvaDhani nemhuri dzavo:
Shuhami, kwakabva mhuri yavaShuhami.
Idzi ndidzo dzaiva mhuri dzaDhani: Vose vakanga vari vemhuri yaShuhami; uye vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi matanhatu nezvina, namazana mana.
Zvizvarwa zvaAsheri nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Imina, kwakabva mhuri yavaImina;
Ishivhi, kwakabva mhuri yavaIshivhi;
Bheria, kwakabva mhuri yavaBheria;
uye kubudikidza nezvizvarwa zvavaBheria:
Hebheri, kwakabva mhuri yavaHebheri;
Marikieri, kwakabva mhuri yavaMarikieri.
Asheri akanga ane mwanasikana ainzi Sera.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaAsheri; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mashanu nezvitatu, namazana mana.
Zvizvarwa zvaNafutari nemhuri dzavo zvaiva:
Jazeeri, kwakabva mhuri yavaJazeeri;
Guni, kwakabva mhuri yavaGuni;
Jezeri, kwakabva mhuri yavaJezeri;
Shiremi, kwakabva mhuri yavaShiremi.
Idzi ndidzo dzakanga dziri mhuri dzaNafutari; vakaverengwa vakanga vari zviuru makumi mana nezvishanu, namazana mana.
Uwandu hwavarume veIsraeri hwaisvika zviuru mazana matanhatu nechimwe, namazana manomwe ana makumi matatu.