1-2. UKora unyana kaIzare, umKohati wendlu kaLevi, wagaya amadoda athile, baza bamvukela uMosis. Wayekunye namaRubhen, uDatan noAbhiram, oonyana bakaEliyabhi, no-On unyana kaPelete. Babexhaswa naziinkokheli ezaziwayo zamaSirayeli ezazalathwe ngumzi ukuba zibe liqoqo, zingamakhulu amabini anamashumi amahlanu.
3. Beza belihlokondiba elichase uMosis noAron, baza bathi kubo: “Kungokunje nigabadele! Ubonanje ibandla liphela lamaSirayeli libango *likaNdikhoyo; kwaye futhi uNdikhoyo ukho phakathi kwalo. Ngani ke ukuba nizenze bhetele kangaka kunebandla lamaSirayeli?”
4. UMosis ke uthe akuweva la mazwi, wawa ngamadolo.
5. Waza ke wabhekisa kuKora nabalandeli bakhe, wathi: “Ngomso kusasa uNdikhoyo uza kukhe asibonise ukuba ngubani na kanye umnyulwa wakhe. Lowo ke ungowakhe ncam, lowo amkhethileyo, uya kumsondeza.
8. UMosis waqhuba wathi kuKora: “Khanitsho, baLevi,
9. ngaba niyidelile into yokuba uThixo kaSirayeli anibekele bucala kumaSirayeli ephela, ukuze nisondele kuye, nisebenze *esibingelelweni sakhe, nibuse ngenxa yamaSirayeli?
10. Nakuba nina baLevi niphela eninike eli wonga nje, ngoku senitsazele nasebubingelelini?
11. Eneneni nguNdikhoyo lo nimvukeleyo, wena nehlokondiba lakho, engubani yena uAron nide nimkhalazele nje.”
12. Ke kaloku uMosis wathumela wabiza uDatan noAbhiram, kodwa bona baphendula bathi: “Asizi!
13. Akwanelanga yile nto uyenzileyo yokusikhupha eJiputa, ilizwe lamasi nobusi, uze kusibulala kule ntlango? Ngoku sowuzenza itshawe phezu kwethu,
14. ngoku ungekasifikisi kwelaa lizwe lamasi nobusi, ungekasiniki nelifa lamasimi nezidiliya! Ucinga ukuba siziimfama? Asizi!”