4 Ngeli xesha ke kwakusemveni kokoyiswa kokumkani uSihon wama-Amori owayehlala eHeshbhon; ngokunjalo nokumkani uOgi waseBhashan owayekwiidolophu iAshtaroti ne-Edreyi.
5 Apho phesheya kweJordan kumhlaba waseMowabhi uMosis wasuka wayichaza imithetho kaThixo, wenjenje:
6 “Xa sasikwintaba iHorebhe uNdikhoyo uThixo wethu wathetha nathi, wathi: ‘Seninethuba elide nikule ntaba.
7 Ngoko ke ndulukani, nisinge ngakumhlaba weentaba wama-Amori, niye kwizizwe eziwungqongileyo kwintili yeJordan, nommandla weentaba ngokunjalo, namathafa kumazantsi aloo ngingqi, ukuya kuthi xhaxhe kunxweme lolwandle. Ewe, jongani kwelaseKanana, niphumele kwiintaba zeLebhanon, niyokuthi gaa ngomlambo omkhulu iEfrati.
8 Niyabona, lo mhlaba ndiwunika nina. Ngoko ke hambani niwuthathe, nime kuwo. Kaloku ndênza isibhambathiso sokuwunika ookhokho benu, uAbraham, uIsake, noYakobi, ngokunjalo nezizukulwana zabo.’ ”
9 “Kaloku ngelo thuba sasikwintaba iHorebhe ndathetha nani, ndathi: ‘Mna andinakunithwala ndindodwa.
10 Kaloku *uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu unandise nayinyambalala enjengeenkwenkwezi ezisesibhaka-bhakeni.