22 Kambe ke uMosis noAron bakhahlela, bawa ngamadolo, badanduluka bathi: “Awu, Thixo, wena mthombo wobomi, kaloku kone umntu wamnye qha, ungathini ke ukusuka ulwe namaSirayeli ephela?”
23 UNdikhoyo wayalela uMosis ukuba
24 athi kumaSirayeli: “Khwelelani kwimizi yooKora noDatan noAbhiram.”
25 Ke kaloku uMosis wahamba waya kuDatan noAbhiram elandelwa ziinkokheli zamaSirayeli.
26 Wabhekisa kumaSirayeli, wathi: “Khwelelani kwimizi yala madoda akhohlakeleyo, ningakhe nichukumise nento le yawo, hleze nani nitshayelwe kunye nawo ngenxa yezono zawo.”
27 Ngoko ke amaSirayeli azikhwebula kwimizi yooKora noDatan noAbhiram.Ke kaloku uDatan noAbhiram babephumile, bema kwiminyango yezindlu zabo, ndawonye nabafazi nabantwana kwaneentsana.
28 Ke uMosis wabhekisa kumaSirayeli, wathi: “Ngoku kuza kucaca kuni, kuba ngenene ezi zinto andizenzeli ngokuthanda kwam, koko nguNdikhoyo ondithuma ukuba ndizenze.