1 Morena a bua ho Moshe, ha Moshe a ne a le diphuleng tsa Moabe, pela Jorodane, mabapa le Jeriko, a re:
2 “Laela bana ba Iseraele hore lefeng la bona ba abele Balevi metse eo ba tla phela ho yona; le makgulo a potapotileng metse eo o a abele Balevi.
3 “Metse ena ba tla aha ho yona, mme makgulo a e potapotileng e tla ba a dikgomo tsa bona, le a maruo wohle a bona, le a diphoofolo tsohle tsa bona.
4 “Bonamo ba makgulo a potapotileng metse, ao o tla a abela Balevi, e be dimethara tse makgolo a mane le mashome a mahlano ho tloha marakong a motse, ho o potapota.
5 “Kathoko ho motse bolelele ba moedi e be dimethara tse makgolo a robong ka lehlakoreng le ka botjhabela, le dimethara tse makgolo a robong ka lehlakoreng le ka borwa, le dimethara tse makgolo a robong ka lehlakoreng le ka bophirimela, le dimethara tse makgolo a robong ka lehlakoreng le ka leboya, motse o be hare. Ana e tla ba wona makgulo a metse ena.
6 “Metse eo le tla e abela Balevi e tla ba metse e tsheletseng, eo ho tla tshabelwa ho yona, eo le e abelang ba bolaileng batho, hore ba balehele ho yona, mme kantle ho ena o tla ba abela metse e meng e mashome a mane a metso e mmedi.