INumeri 3:40-51

USimakade wathi kuMose: “Bala wonke amazibulo esilisa abantu bakwa-Israyeli, kusukela kwabanenyanga kuya phezulu, uwabhalise ngamagama awo, ungithathele abaLevi esikhundleni samazibulo wonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli, nawemfuyo; nginguSimakade.” UMose wawabala wonke amazibulo abantu bakwa-Israyeli, njengalokhu uSimakade ayemyalile. Wonke amazibulo awabalayo kusukela kwabanenyanga kuya phezulu, ayeyizi-22 273. USimakade wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Thatha abaLevi esikhundleni samazibulo wonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli, nemfuyo yabaLevi esikhundleni samazibulo emfuyo yabo, ngokuba abaLevi bangabami; nginguSimakade. Ukuze uhlenge abangama-273 bamazibulo abantu bakwa-Israyeli abangaphezu kwabaLevi, uyakuthatha amashekeli ayisihlanu ngenhloko ngayinye, lawo ngokweshekeli lendawo engcwele. Uyothatha ishekeli elingamagera angama-20; uyonika u-Aroni namadodana akhe leyo mali eyisihlengo salabo okweqe ngabo.” UMose wathatha imali eyisihlengo salabo okwakweqe ngabo kulabo ababehlengwe ngabaLevi, emazibulweni abantu bakwa-Israyeli wathatha imali engamashekeli ayi-1 365 ngokweshekeli lendawo engcwele. UMose wayinika u-Aroni namadodana akhe imali yesihlengo njengezwi likaSimakade, njengalokhu uSimakade ayemyalile uMose.