4 UNdikhoyo uya kuzitshabalalisa ezo ntlanga kwanjengokuba wenzayo kookumkani bama-Amori, uSihon no-Ogi, awabatshabalalisayo kunye nomhlaba wabo.
5 UNdikhoyo uza kuninceda nizoyise. Ngoko ke kufuneka niziphathe kanye ngale ndlela ndiniyalele yona.
6 Qinani nikhaliphe, ningaxhali, ningabi nayo nedyudyu. Kaloku uNdikhoyo uThixo wenu ungakuni; soze arhoxe okanye anilahle.”
7 UMosis wabiza uYoshuwa, wathetha naye phambi kwawo onke amaSirayeli, wathi: “Qina ukhaliphe! Kaloku nguwe oza kukhokela aba bantu, uye kubadlisa ilifa labo kwelo lizwe uNdikhoyo wabathembisa ngalo ngesifungo ooyise-mkhulu.
8 NguNdikhoyo ngokwakhe oza kunikhokela, ahambe nani. Soze arhoxe, engasoze anilahle; ngoko ke yomelelani ningoyiki.”
9 Lo mthetho ke uMosis wawubhala, wawunikezela kubabingeleli bakwaLevi ababejongene netyesi yomnqophiso *kaNdikhoyo, ngokunjalo nakumadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli.
10 Wabayala wathi: “Njalo xa kuphela unyaka wesixhenxe, kusondela unyaka wokucinywa kwamatyala, lo mthetho mawufundwe kumsitho wamaphempe.