7. Zasuka ke iinkokheli zamaMowabhi nezamaMidiyan zahamba ziphethe intlawulo kaBhalam. Zakufika kuye zawugqithisa umyalezo kaBhalaki.
8. UBhalam wathi kuwo la madoda: “Lalani. Mna ndonazisa ngomso into endiyixelelwe *nguNdikhoyo.” Ngenene ke amatshawe amaMowabhi alala apho kwaBhalam.
9. UThixo wafika, wabuza uBhalam, wathi: “Ngoobani la madoda unawo apha?”
10. Ke yena waphendula wathi: “UBhalaki, ukumkani waseMowabhi, unyana kaZipore, uthumele kum, wathi:
11. ‘Kukho isizwe esifikileyo siphuma eJiputa. Ngoku sinwenwela kuwo wonke umhlaba. Yiza usiqalekise eso sizwe, khon' ukuze ndibe nako ukusoyisa ndisidudule simke.’ ”
12. UThixo wathi kuBhalam: “Uze ungahambi nala madoda; uze ungabaqalekisi abo bantu, kuba bathamsanqelekile.”
13. Ngengomso ke uBhalam wabandulula abathunywa bakaBhalaki, wathi: “Buyelani ezweni lenu, kuba uNdikhoyo akavumi ukuba ndihambe nani.”
14. Ngoko ke bagoduka, bafika bamxelela uBhalaki ukuba uBhalam walile ukuhamba nabo.
15. Ngoku ke uBhalaki waphinda wathumela iqela leenkokheli ezaziwayo elikhulu kuneliya.
16. Zaya kuBhalam, zafika zathi: “UBhalaki unyana kaZipore uthi mawuncede uye kuye, ungavumeli nasiphi na isithintelo,