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.
18. Ke wona amantombazana kunye neentombi zigcineleni.
19. Bonke ke kuni ababuleleyo nabathe bachukumisa izidumbu mabahlale ngaphandle komzi iintsuki zibe sixhenxe. Ngosuku lwesithathu nolwesixhenxe zihlambululeni ndawonye nâbo nibathimbileyo.
20. Ngokunjalo ke hlambululani yonke into eyeyokunxiba, nayo yonke into eyenziwe ngofele, uboya bebhokhwe, okanye umthi.”
21. Umbingeleli uElazare wathetha naloo madoda awayevela emfazweni, wathi: “Nantsi imimiselo enikelwe uMosis nguNdikhoyo.
22-23. Uthe yonke into engatshiyo enjengegolide, isiliva, ubhedu, intsimbi, inkcenkce, okanye ilothe, mayihlanjululwe ngokufakwa emlilweni, ize ifakwe emanzini okuhlambulula. Izinto ezizezinye ke zona zohlanjululwa ngamanzi okuhlambulula kuphela.
24. Ngosuku lwesixhenxe ke kofuneka nizihlambe iimpahla zenu; xa kunjalo ke noba nihlambulukile ngokusesikweni, nibe nako nokungena emzini.”
25. *UNdikhoyo wayalela uMosis, wathi:
26. “Thatha uElazare neenkulu zezindlu zamaSirayeli, nibale yonke into eniyithimbileyo kunye namabanjwa nemfuyo.
27. Onke amaxhoba lawo wahluleni kubini ngokulinganayo. Esinye isahlulo soba sesamajoni, esinye ke sibe sesebandla lonke.
28. Kwisahlulo samajoni thathani umrhumo kaNdikhoyo; wona ke woba libanjwa elinye kwangamakhulu amahlanu. Nosebenzisa kwaloo mlinganiselo ke nakwimfuyo.
29. Ezi zinto ke nozinika umbingeleli uElazare, zingumrhumo owodwa kaNdikhoyo.