Kwathi ngonyaka wesibili, ngenyanga yesibili, ngolwa-20 lwenyanga, ifu laphakanyiswa phezu kwethabanakeli lobufakazi. Abantu bakwa-Israyeli baqala uhambo lwabo besuka ehlane iSinayi, ifu laze lema ehlane iPharanu. Lokhu kwakungokokuqala besuka ngokwesiyalezo sikaSimakade ngesandla sikaMose.
Kwasuka kuqala ibhanela lenkambu yabozalo lukaJuda ngamaqembu abo, beholwa nguNaheshoni, indodana ka-Aminadaba. Ibandla lesizwana sabozalo luka-Isakhare laliholwa nguNethaneli, indodana kaZuwari. Iqembu lesizwana sabozalo lukaZebuloni laliholwa ngu-Eliyabe, indodana kaHeloni.
Ithabanakeli lathwalwa ngabozalo lukaGereshoni nabolukaMerari, abangabathwali bethabanakeli.
Kwase kusuka ibhanela lenkambu yakwaRubeni ngamaqembu ayo. Laliholwa ngu-Elizuri, indodana kaShedewari. Phezu kweqembu lesizwana sabozalo lukaSimeyoni kwakunguShelumiyeli, indodana kaZurishadayi. Iqembu lesizwana sabozalo lukaGadi laliholwa ngu-Eliyasafa, indodana kaDehuweli.
Kwasuka nabakwaKhohathi abangabathwali bezinto zendawo engcwele: ithabanakeli lamiswa ngaphambi kokufika kwabo.
Kwase kusuka ibhanela lenkambu yabozalo luka-Efrayimi, ngamaviyo ayo. Laliholwa ngu-Elishama, indodana ka-Amihudi. Owayehola isizwana sabantu sabozalo lukaManase kwakunguGamaliyeli, indodana kaPhedazuri. Iqembu lesizwana sabozalo lukaBhenjamini laliholwa ngu-Abhidani indodana kaGideyoni.
Kwase kusuka ibhanela lenkambu yabozalo lukaDani, ngamabandla ayo, lona lalisemva kwazo zonke ezinye izinkambu. Owayelihola kwakungu-Ahiyezeri, indodana ka-Amishadayi. Ibandla lesizwana sabozalo luka-Asheri laliholwa nguPhagiyeli, indodana ka-Okhirani. Abantu besizwana sozalo luka-Nafethali babeholwa ngu-Ahira, indodana ka-Anani. Leyo yiyona ndlela abantu bakwa-Israyeli ababehamba ngayo ngesikhathi besuka ngokwamaqembu abo.
UMose wathi kuHobhabhi, indodana kaRuweli wakwaMidiyani, umukhwe kaMose: “Sesizakusuka siye endaweni uSimakade asitshele ngayo, wathi: ‘Ngiyoninika yona.’ Woza, hamba nathi! Siyokwenzela okuhle ngokuba uSimakade ukhulumile okuhle ngo-Israyeli.”
Wathi kuye: “Angiyukuhamba, kunalokho ngizosuka ngiye kwelakithi nasezihlotsheni zami.”
Kepha wathi kuye: “Ngiyakuncenga, ungasishiyi, njengalokhu wazi ukuthi siyakukanisa ehlane, wena uyokuba ngamehlo ethu. Kuyothi uma uhamba nathi, kwenzeka uSimakade asenzele noma yikuphi okuhle, nathi siyokwenzela okuhle.”
Basuka entabeni kaSimakade, bahamba ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu. Umphongolo wesivumelwano sikaSimakade wahamba phambi kwabo ibanga lezinsuku ezintathu, ukubafunela indawo yokuphumula. Ifu likaSimakade laliphezu kwabo emini, lapho besuka enkanjini.
Ekusukeni komphongolo, uMose wathi:
“Vuka, Simakade;
mazihlakazeke izitha zakho;
abakuzondayo babaleke phambi kwakho.”
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