17 OMose no-Aroni base bethatha lawo madoda aseshiwo ngamagama.
18 Babutha inhlangano yonke ngolokuqala lwenyanga yesibili, basho okhokho babo ngemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama, kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, ngezinhloko zabo.
19 Njengalokho uJehova eyalile uMose, wababala kanjalo ehlane laseSinayi.
20 Abantwana bakwaRubeni, izibulo lika-Israyeli, izizukulwane zabo ngemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama, ngezinhloko zabo, bonke abesilisa kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, bonke abangaphuma impi:
21 labo ababalwayo kubo, abesizwe sakwaRubeni, babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nesithupha namakhulu ayisihlanu.
22 Kubantwana bakwaSimeyoni, izizukulwane zabo ngemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise, labo ababalwayo kubo njengokomumo wamagama, ngezinhloko zabo, bonke abesilisa kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, bonke abangaphuma impi:
23 labo ababalwayo kubo, abesizwe sakwaSimeyoni, babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu nesishiyagalolunye namakhulu amathathu.