1 Ke kaloku ukumkani waseAradi, umKanana, owayemi emazantsi eKanana, wathi akuva ukuba amaSirayeli ayeza ngendlela esinga eAtarim, wawahlasela, wada wawathimba amanye.
2 AmaSirayeli ke asuka enza isifungo *kuNdikhoyo, athi: “Ukuba usiphile amandla, saboyisa abo bantu, inene siya kubatshabalalisa ngokupheleleyo ndawonye nezixeko zabo.”
3 Ngenene ke uNdikhoyo waweva amaSirayeli, waza wawanceda awoyisa awatshabalalisa tu amaKanana ndawonye nezixeko zawo. Loo ndawo ke ayithiya igama eliyiHoma.
4 Ukumka kwawo kwintaba iHore amaSirayeli ahamba ngendlela esinga kuLwandle oluBomvu, khon' ukuze bawucezele umhlaba wamaEdom. Endleleni ke apho amaSirayeli akruquka,
5 aza amkhalazela uThixo ndawonye noMosis, athi: “Kwakutheni kakade ukuze usikhuphe eJiputa, sizokufela kule ntlango? Akukho kutya namanzi apha! Okokwayo ke yona le nkatshu-nkatshu isikruqule!”
6 Ke *uNdikhoyo wawathumela isibetho seenyoka ezinobuhlungu, zawaluma amaSirayeli, kwafa amaninzi.
7 AmaSirayeli ke athi akuqonda ukuba enze imposiso, aya kuMosis, avuma athi: “Sonile ngokukrokrela uNdikhoyo ndawonye nawe. Khawusitarhuzisele, uNdikhoyo azisuse ezi nyoka.” Ngoko ke uMosis wawathandazela amaSirayeli.