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Ngemva kokuwela uMfula iJordani ukungena ezweni lesithembiso, uJoshuwa wasoka wonke amadoda akwa-Israyeli. Lokho kuyinqubo ebuhlungu. Manje, qhathanisa lokho no-Israyeli ewela uLwandle Olubomvu.  Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kwaleso simangaliso esimangalisayo sokuphunyuka olwandle, abantu abakhululwa bakhononda. Lokho kwakubuhlungu kuNkulunkulu ukukuzwa. Labo ababeyizigqila bakhononda, kodwa amasosha asokwa. 

Ukukhononda kuletha ubuhlungu kuNkulunkulu; ukusoka kuletha ubuhlungu enyameni. UNkulunkulu wayefundisa isizukulwane esisha ukuthi ngaphambi kokuba sibuse phezu kwesitha saso, kumele sinqobe eyaso inyama ngokuyithobisa. Ngaphambi kokuba sinqobe amaKhanani, kufanele sibeke izifiso zethu zenyama entandweni kaNkulunkulu. Lokhu mngani wami kubuhlungu. 

Yilokho uJoshuwa ayala amadoda akhe ukuba akwenze. Ngaphambi kokuthi bangene enkundleni yempi beyolwa nesitha, kwakufanele banqobe isitha sangaphakathi esibizwa ngokuthi inyama. Ukusokwa kwejwabu kwasuswa “ukusolwa kweGibhithe ekamu lika-Israyeli” (UJoshuwa 5:9). 

• Ukukhululwa kuyawakhipha amademoni, kepha isiyalo siwagcina engaphandle. 
• Ukukhululwa yilokho uNkulunkulu akwenzela khona; isiyalo yilokho uNkulunkulu akwenzayo ngaphakathi kwakho.
• Isiyalo sibaluleke kakhulu ekuhambeni kokubusa. 

Awukwazi ukubuka ngokungenanjongo, ulalele lokho okulalelayo, uhlale nalabo ohlala nabo futhi usalindele ukuhamba ngokunqoba. Kukhona ukusika okumele kwenzeke kulabo ababizelwe ukunqoba. Abanye abakwazi ukunqoba isitha sabo ngoba inyama yabo ayikanqunywa.  Abakwazi ukuphilela uMsindisi ngoba abafile phakathi “kubo”.

Ukuze sihambe ngokubusa, kumele sinqamule ukukhononda ngoba ukukhononda kungokukasathane ukukhonza kungokukaNkulunkulu.