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₁AmaSirayeli athi xa ayemise kwintili yeShitim, asuka arheletya neentokazi zamaMowabhi. ₂AmaMowabhikazi amema amaSirayeli ukuba aye kwizidlo zamadini awayesenzelwa *izithixo zamaMowabhi. AmaSirayeli akutya oko kutya, amnqula ₃uBhali wasePehore. Ngoko ke *uNdikhoyo wavutha ngumsindo, ₄waza wathi kuMosis: “Thatha iinkokheli zamaSirayeli, uzibulale, uzixhome esidlangalaleni phambi *kwesibingelelo, khon' ukuze udambe umsindo wam ngakumaSirayeli.”

₅Ke kaloku uMosis wathi kwizikhulu zakwaSirayeli: “Ngamnye kuni makabulale amawabo azibandakanye noBhali wasePehore.”

₆Omnye umSirayeli wathatha umMidiyanikazi, wangena naye kwakhe, ebonwa nguMosis nangamaSirayeli ephela, ngexesha awayesazilile esesangweni lesibingelelo. ₇Uthe akuyibona le nto uPineyasi, unyana kaElazare, umzukulwana wombingeleli uAron, wee sululu, wemka apho kuloo ndibano, wathatha umkhonto, ₈walandela loo ndoda naloo mfazi, wangena apho ententeni, wabinza ngomkhonto, wabadibanisa bobabini. Ngaloo ndlela ke ubhubhani owayephethe amaSirayeli wanqamka. ₉Kambe ke wayeselesube wabulala abantu abangamashumi amabini anane amawaka.

₁₀*UNdikhoyo wathi kuMosis: ₁₁“Ngenxa yale nto yenziwe nguPineyasi, umsindo wam uthothile ngakumaSirayeli. Kaloku yena ngenxa yenzondelelo yakhe usiphuhlisile isidima sam ebandleni, ndaza ke ngoko andalitshabalalisa. ₁₂Ngoko ke mxelele ukuba ndenza naye umnqophiso wobudlelwane. ₁₃Yena ngokunjalo nenzala yakhe boba ngababingeleli abangasoze bathini. Kaloku yena ube nekhwele ngoThixo wakhe, waza ke ngaloo ndlela wamngxengxezela uSirayeli.”

₁₄Igama lomSirayeli owabulawa kunye nomMidiyanikazi yayinguZimri, unyana kaSalu, inkulu yomzi othile kwindlu kaSimon. ₁₅Lona igama lomfazi lowo yayinguKozibhi. Uyise uZure wayeyinkosi yezindlu ezithile zamaMidiyani.

₁₆UNdikhoyo wathi kuMosis: ₁₇“AmaMidiyani ziintshaba zenu; watshabalaliseni, ₁₈kuba abonise ubutshaba kuni ngokunikhohlisa, nangenxa kaKozibhi owabulawa mhla ngobhubhani obangwe sisithwakumbe sasePehore.”