1 Ke kaloku kwathi amaSirayeli eselapho kwintlango yeSinayi *uNdikhoyo wathetha noMosis *esesibingelelweni. Lo ke yayingumhla wokuqala wenyanga yesibini kunyaka wesibini amaSirayeli andulukayo eJiputa. Wamyalela wenjenje:
2-3 “Wena noAron yenzani ubalo, niwabale onke amaSirayeli ngokwezindlu nemizi yawo. Ewe, balani onke amadoda ayintanga yokuphuma aye emfazweni, oko kukuthi lawo akumashumi amabini eminyaka nangaphezulu.
4 Kwindlu nganye thathani inkulu inincedise.”
5-15 Nanga ke amagama ezo nkulu zakhethelwa lo msebenzi: Indlu Inkulu KwaRubhen uElizure kaShedeyure KwaSimon uShelumiyeli kaZurishadayi KwaJuda uNashon ka-Aminadabhi KwaIsakare uNataniyeli kaZuware KwaZebhulon uEliyabhi kaHelon KwaEfrayim (kaJosefu) uElishama ka-Amihudi KwaManase (kaJosefu) uGamaliyeli kaPedazure KwaBhenjamin uAbhidan kaGidiyoni KwaDan uAhiyezere ka-Amishadayi Kwa-Ashere uPagiyeli kaOkran KwaGadi uEliyasafu kaDuweli KwaNafetali uAhira kaEnan
16 Ngawo ke la amadoda âkhethwáyo ebandleni beziinkulu zezindlu zakowawo, izindlu zakwaSirayeli ukutsho.
17 UMosis noAron ke benala madoda