1 AmaSirayeli ahlala eShitim. Baqala abantu bahenyuza neentombi zakwaMowabhi.
2 Zababizela abantu emibingelelweni yoothixo bazo; badla abantu, banqula oothixo bazo.
3 AmaSirayeli azibandakanya ke noBhahalipehore.*Wavutha umsindo kaYehova kumaSirayeli.
4 Wathi uYehova kuMoses, Thabatha bonke abaziintloko zabantu, ubabethelele abanetyala emnqamlezweni kuYehova phambi kwelanga, kubuyiswe ukuvutha komsindo kaYehova kumaSirayeli.
5 Wathi uMoses kubagwebi bakwaSirayeli, Bulalani elowo abantu bakhe, abazibandakanyileyo noBhahali-pehore.
6 Kwabonakala ke indoda yakoonyana bakaSirayeli, ifika isondeza kubazalwana bayo umMidiyanekazi emehlweni kaMoses, nasemehlweni ebandla lonke loonyana bakaSirayeli, ababelila emnyango wentente yokuhlangana.
7 Wabona uPinehasi, unyana kaElazare, unyana ka-Aron umbingeleli, wesuka phakathi kwebandla, wathabatha umkhonto ngesandla sakhe.