12. bakusa kuMosis noElazare noSirayeli ephela. Bona ke babemise kumathafa aseMowabhi phesheya kweJordan malunga neJeriko.
13. UMosis, noElazare, neenkulu zezindlu zamaSirayeli, baphuma baya kuhlangabeza umkhosi.
14. UMosis wakhathazeka sisenzo sabaphathi neengqwayi-ngqwayi zamabutho namaqela awayevela emfazweni.
15. Wabuza wathi: “Ngani ukuba ningababulali aba bafazi?
16. Senilibele ngoku ukuba yayingabafazi abâlandela icebo likaBhalam, baza bawawexula amaSirayeli, amvukela *uNdikhoyo ePehore? Kaloku nantso into eyehlisela abantu bakaNdikhoyo ngobhubhani.
17. Ngoko ke wabulaleni onke amakhwenkwe ngokunjalo nabafazi.