17 Ke kaloku amaSirayeli enza ngokomyalelo lowo, abanye bathatha kakhulu, baza bambi bathatha kancinci.
18 Kodwa ke athe akukufaka emlinganisweni ukutya oko afumanisa ukuba othathe kakhulu akagqithisanga, kanti ke nothathe kancinci akalambathi. Umntu ngamnye wathatha ngokwentswelo yakhe.
19 UMosis wayalela ukuba kungabikho mntu ushiya mbeko.
20 Kambe ke abanye abamphulaphulanga bakubeka. Ngengomso ke kwasa kubolile kuneempethu, waza ke uMosis wakhathazeka.
21 Ngazo zonke iintsasa babethatha kangangezisu zabo. Kwakusithi ke lakuba shushu ilanga kunyibilike kuphele oko kutya kwabo.
22 Ngomhla wesithandathu ke ukutya bakuthatha ngokuphindwe kabini, umntu ngamnye waneelitha ezine. Ke iinkokheli le nto zayixela kuMosis
23 owathi yena kuzo: “UNdikhoyo usiyale wathi ngomso ngumhla owodwa wokuphumla, lusuku oluphawulelwe yena. Ngoko ke bhakani namhlanje xa nifuna, futhi nipheke kwanamhlanje, okuseleyo ke nikugcinele ingomso.”