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| 1. | Basebesuka eElimi, lenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yafika enkangala yeSini, ephakathi kweElimi leSinayi, ngosuku lwetshumi lanhlanu lwenyanga yesibili emva kokuphuma kwabo elizweni leGibhithe. |
| 2. | Lenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli yakhonona imelana loMozisi loAroni enkangala. |
| 3. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesithi kubo: Kungathi ngabe safa ngesandla se Nkosi elizweni leGibhithe lapho sasihlezi embizeni zenyama, lapho sadla isinkwa sasutha; ngoba lisikhuphele kulinkangala ukuze libulale lelibandla lonke ngendlala. |
| 4. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Khangela, ngizalinisela isinkwa sivela emazulwini; labantu bazaphuma ukubutha isabelo sosuku ngosuku lwaso, ukuze ngibalinge ukuthi bazahamba ngomlayo wami yini kumbe hayi. |
| 5. | Kuzakuthi-ke ngosuku lwesithupha bazalungisa lokho abakulethileyo, njalo kuzabe kuphindwe kabili kulokho abakubuthayo insuku ngensuku. |
| 6. | UMozisi loAroni basebesithi kubo bonke abantwana bakoIsrayeli: Kusihlwa, khona lizakwazi ukuthi i Nkosi ilikhuphile elizweni leGibhithe; |
| 7. | njalo kusisa, khona lizabona inkazimulo ye Nkosi, ngoba izwile ukukhonona kwenu limelene le Nkosi. Thina-ke siyini ukuthi lisikhononele? |
| 8. | UMozisi wasesithi: Lapho i Nkosi ilinika inyama yokudla kusihlwa, lesinkwa ekuseni, ukuze lisuthe, ku ngoba i Nkosi izwile ukukhonona kwenu elikukhonona limelene layo. Ngoba thina siyini? Ukukhonona kwenu kakumelananga lathi, kodwa kumelene le Nkosi. |
| 9. | UMozisi wasesithi kuAroni: Tshono kunhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli uthi: Sondelani phambi kwe Nkosi, ngoba izwile ukukhonona kwenu. |
| 10. | Kwasekusithi uAroni esakhuluma kunhlangano yonke yabantwana bakoIsrayeli, bakhangela ngasenkangala, khangela-ke, inkazimulo ye Nkosi yabonakala eyezini. |
| 11. | I Nkosi yasikhuluma kuMozisi isithi: |
| 12. | Sengizwile ukukhonona kwabantwana bakoIsrayeli; batshele uthi: Kusihlwa lizakudla inyama, lekuseni lisuthe isinkwa, njalo lizakwazi ukuthi ngiyi Nkosi uNkulunkulu wenu. |
| 13. | Kwasekusithi ntambama kwenyuka izagwaca, zasibekela inkamba; lakusisa kwakulomlalela wamazolo uzingelezele inkamba. |
| 14. | Kwathi umlalela wamazolo usuwenyukile, khangela-ke, phezu kobuso benkangala into eyisigaqa encinyane, incinyane njengongqwaqwane emhlabathini. |
| 15. | Kwathi abantwana bakoIsrayeli be zi bona bathi omunye komunye: Kuyini lokhu? Ngoba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Kuyisinkwa i Nkosi elinike sona ukuze lidle. |
| 16. | Le yinto i Nkosi elilaye ngayo yathi: Ngulowo lalowo kabuthe kuyo okulingene ukudla kwakhe, i-omeri* ngekhanda, njengenani lemiphefumulo yenu, ngulowo uzathathela abasethenteni lakhe. |
| 17. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli basebesenza njalo, babutha, omunye okunengi lomunye okulutshwana. |
| 18. | Sebelinganise nge-omeri*, lowo owayebuthe okunengi kabanga lokusalayo, lowayebuthe okulutshwana kaswelanga; babutha, ngulowo lalowo okulingene ukudla kwakhe. |
| 19. | UMozisi wasesithi kubo: Kakungabi lamuntu otshiya kukho kuze kube sekuseni. |
| 20. | Kodwa kabamlalelanga uMozisi; kodwa abanye batshiya kukho kwaze kwaba sekuseni, kwasekuphethuza impethu, kwaba levumba. Ngakho uMozisi wabathukuthelela. |
| 21. | Bakubutha ukusa ngokusa, ngulowo lalowo okulingene ukudla kwakhe; lapho ilanga selitshisa, kwancibilika. |
| 22. | Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha isinkwa esiphindwe kabili, ama-omeri* amabili ngamunye. Njalo zonke izinduna zenhlangano zeza zamtshela uMozisi. |
| 23. | Wasesithi kuzo: Lokhu yikho i Nkosi ekutshiloyo: Kusasa yikuphumula, isabatha elingcwele le Nkosi. Bhakani elizakubhaka, lipheke elizakupheka, konke lokho okuseleyo lizibekele kugcinwe kuze kube sekuseni. |
| 24. | Basebekubeka kwaze kwaba sekuseni njengokulaya kukaMozisi. Njalo kakubanga levumba, kwakungelampethu kukho. |
| 25. | UMozisi wasesithi: Dlanini lokhu lamuhla, ngoba lamuhla kulisabatha le Nkosi; lamuhla kaliyikukuthola egangeni. |
| 26. | Lizakubutha insuku eziyisithupha; kodwa ngosuku lwesikhombisa, isabatha, kakuyikuba khona kulo. |
| 27. | Kwasekusithi ngosuku lwesikhombisa abanye babantu baphuma ukubutha, kodwa kaba ku tholanga. |
| 28. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuMozisi: Koze kube nini lisala ukugcina imilayo yami lemithetho yami? |
| 29. | Bonani, ngoba i Nkosi ilinikile isabatha, ngakho ilinika ngosuku lwesithupha isinkwa sensuku ezimbili; hlalani kube ngulowo lalowo endaweni yakhe, kakungaphumi muntu endaweni yakhe ngosuku lwesikhombisa. |
| 30. | Ngakho abantu baphumula ngosuku lwesikhombisa. |
| 31. | Indlu yakoIsrayeli yasibiza ibizo lakho ngokuthi yimana; njalo kwakunjengenhlanyelo yekhoriyanderi* emhlophe, lokunambitheka kwayo kwakunjengezinkwana eziyizipatalala eziloluju. |
| 32. | UMozisi wasesithi: Le yinto i Nkosi elaye ngayo ukuthi: Gcwalisani i-omeri ngayo igcinelwe izizukulwana zenu, ukuze zibone isinkwa engalinika sona ukuthi lidle enkangala ekulikhupheni kwami elizweni leGibhithe. |
| 33. | UMozisi wasesithi kuAroni: Thatha inqayi eyodwa, ufake kuyo i-omeri* eligcwele imana, uyibeke phambi kwe Nkosi, igcinelwe izizukulwana zenu. |
| 34. | Njengokulaya kwe Nkosi kuMozisi, uAroni wayibeka phambi kobufakazi ukuze igcinwe. |
| 35. | Abantwana bakoIsrayeli-ke badla imana iminyaka engamatshumi amane baze bafika elizweni elakhiweyo. Badla imana baze bafika emngceleni welizwe leKhanani. |
| 36. | I-omeri-ke* iyingxenye yetshumi ye-efa*. |
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