1. Ke kaloku amaRubhen namaGadi ayenemihlambi emikhulu yeenkomo. Athe ke akuwuqonda umhlaba waseJazere naseGiliyadi ukuba uyifanele imfuyo,
2. aya kuMosis nombingeleli uElazare kunye nezinye iinkokheli, acela athi:
3-4. “Lo mhlaba amaSirayeli awuphiwe *nguNdikhoyo – sitsho ezi dolophu: iAtaroti, iDibhon, iJazere, iNimra, iHeshbhon, iElale, iSebham, iNebho, neBheyoni – ungumhlaba olungele iinkomo, ibe ke nathi sineenkomo ezininzi.
5. Ngoko ke kunganjani xa lo mhlaba unikwa thina, ube sisabelo sethu, sime apha kuwo, singabi sayiwela iJordan? Siyakubongoza.”
6. UMosis waphendula wathi: “Ngaba ke nina nifuna ukuhlala apha nisonge izandla xa wona amawenu esiya emfazweni?
7. Ningathini kaloku ukusuka niwatyhafise ngolo hlobo amaSirayeli, xa wona ewela iJordan, esiya kuthatha umhlaba awuphiwe nguNdikhoyo?
8. Ooyihlo benza kwale nto ngokuya ndandibathuma siseKadeshe-bhaneya ukuba beze kuhlola lo mhlaba.