UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
Thumani amadoda enu ukuze ahlole ilizwe laseKhanani engilinika abantwana bakoIsrayeli; kuzo zonke izizwe zoyise wothuma indoda ibe nye, kube yilowo nalowo abe yisikhulu phakathi kwabo.
UMose wabathuma besuka ehlane lasePharanu ngesiyalezo sikaJehova; wonke lawo madoda ayezinhloko zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
Lawa angamagama abo: esizweni sakwaRubeni: nguShamuwa indodana kaSakuri.
Owesizwe sakwaSimeyoni: uShafati indodana kaHori.
Owesizwe sakwaJuda, uKalebi indodana kaJefune.
Owesizwe sakwa-Isakare: u-Igali indodana kaJosefa.
Owesizwe sakwa-Efrayimi: uHoseya indodana kaNuni.
Owesizwe sakwaBenjamini: uPhaliti indodana kaRafu.
Owesizwe sakwaZebuloni: uGadiyeli indodana kaSodi.
Owesizwe sakwaJosefa, owesizwe sakwaManase, uGadi indodana kaSusi.
Owesizwe sakwaDani, u-Amiyeli indodana kaGemali.
Owesizwe sakwa-Asheri: uSethuri indodana kaMikayeli.
Owesizwe sakwaNafetali: uNagibi indodana kaWofi.
Owesizwe sakwaGadi: uGewuweli indodana kaMagi.
Lawa angamagama amadoda uMose awathuma ukuba ahlole izwe. UMose wabiza uHoseya, indodana kaNuni, ngokuthi uJoshuwa.
UMose wabathuma ukuhlola izwe laseKhanani, wathi kubo: “Hambani ngale ndlela ngaseningizimu, nikhuphuke intaba;
Bheka, izwe elikulo; nabantu abahlala khona, noma banamandla, noma bebuthakathaka, bayingcosana noma baningi;
Liyini izwe abahlala kulo, noma lihle noma libi; nokuthi miphi imizi abahlala kuyo, noma basematendeni noma basezinqabeni;
nokuthi izwe linjani, noma livundile noma lizolile, noma kukhona izinkuni kulo noma lingekho. Futhi yimani isibindi niveze izithelo zomhlaba. Manje kwakuyisikhathi sezithelo zomvini ezivuthiwe.
Base benyuka, balihlola izwe kusukela ehlane laseSini kuze kube seRehobe, lapho abantu befika eHamati.
Bakhuphukela eningizimu, bafika eHebroni; lapho kwakukhona o-Ahimani, noSheshayi, noTalimayi, amadodana ka-Anaki. (IHebroni lakhiwa iminyaka eyisikhombisa ngaphambi kweSowani laseGibithe.)
Bafika emfudlaneni i-Eshikoli, bagawula khona isithende ngehlukuzo lezithelo zomvini, balithwala ngodondolo phakathi kwababili; baletha namapomegranati namakhiwane.
Le ndawo yabizwa ngokuthi isifufula sase-Eshikoli ngenxa yesithunjana sezithelo zomvini abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ababesinqumile lapho.
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