18 Bonke abantu babona ukuduma nokunyazima kombani, nezwi lecilongo, nentaba ithunqa; kwathi abantu sebebonile, bathuthumela, bema kude.
19 Bathi kuMose: “Khuluma wena kithi, sizwe; kepha uNkulunkulu makangakhulumi kithi, funa sife.”
20 UMose wayesethi kubantu: “Ningesabi, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uze ukuba anivivinye, ukumesaba kube semehlweni enu, ukuze ningoni.”
21 Abantu bema kude; uMose wasondela ebumnyameni obunzima, lapho ekhona uNkulunkulu.
22 UJehova wayesethi kuMose: “Yisho kanje kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, uthi: ‘Nibonile nani uqobo ukuthi ngikhulumile kini ngisezulwini.
23 Aniyikwenza lutho olungaphandle kwami; onkulunkulu besiliva nawonkulunkulu begolide aniyikuzenzela bona.
24 “ ‘Wongenzela i-altare lomhlabathi, unikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yakho yokushiswa neminikelo yakho yokuthula, izimvu zakho nezinkomo zakho; ezindaweni zonke lapho ngilenza ukuba likhunjulwe khona igama lami, ngiyakuza kuwe, ngikubusise.