2 Tsa bua le bona ba le Shilo, naheng ya Kanana, tsa re: “Morena o ile a laela ka molomo wa Moshe, hore re newe metse eo re tla phela ho yona, le makgulo a yona, moo dikgomo tsa rona di tla fula teng.”
3 Ho ya ka taelo ya Morena, bana ba Iseraele ba nea Balevi metse ena e naheng ya bona, mmoho le makgulo a yona.
4 Lotho la malapa a Kohate la tswa. Bana ba moprista Arone, e leng Balevi, ba abelwa ka lotho metse e leshome le metso e meraro, e tswang ho ba morabe wa Juda, le ho ba morabe wa Simeone, le ho ba morabe wa Benjamine.
5 Bana ba Kohate ba setseng ba abelwa ka lotho metse e leshome, e tswang malapeng a morabe wa Efraime, le a morabe wa Dane, le a karolo e nngwe ya morabe wa Manase.
6 Naheng ya Bashane bana ba Gereshone ba abelwa ka lotho metse e leshome le metso e meraro, e tswang malapeng a morabe wa Isakare, le a morabe wa Ashere, le a morabe wa Nafthali, le a karolo e nngwe ya morabe wa Manase.
7 Bana ba Merari, ho ya ka malapa abo bona, ba abelwa metse e leshome le metso e mmedi, e tswang ho ba morabe wa Rubene, le ho ba morabe wa Gade, le ho ba morabe wa Sebulone.
8 Bana ba Iseraele ba abela Balevi metse ena le makgulo a yona ka lotho, jwalokaha Morena a ne a laetse ka molomo wa Moshe.