5. Kwesi sithuba ke uMosis noAron bathi guqaqa apho phambi kwebandla lakwaSirayeli liphela.
6. Ke yena uYoshuwa unyana kaNune, noKalebhi unyana kaJefune, abanye bezaa ntlola, basuka baziqwenga iimpahla zabo ngenxa yokukhathazeka,
7. baza babhekisa kumaSirayeli, bathi: “Hayi bo! Elaa lizwe sivela kulijonga lelihle kunene.
8. Ukuba uNdikhoyo uyakholwa sithi, uza kusisa kulo, alinikezele kuthi, yeka ke kambe indyebo yalo – liyintombazana!
9. Nto nje nina musani ukumvukela uNdikhoyo, ningabaxhaleli nabemi belo lizwe, kuba siya kuboyisa lula. UNdikhoyo ungakuthi, ibe ke bona bakukutya kwethu, kuba *izithixo zabo azinakubanceda. Hayi bo, sanukuba nadyudyu ngenxa yabo!”
10. Ke kaloku amaSirayeli ephela athi selezimisele ukubaxuluba ngamatye, suka abona ngobukhazi-khazi bokukhazimla kukaNdikhoyo bukhakhaba phezu kwesibingelelo.
11. *UNdikhoyo ke wadanduluka wathi: “Koda kube nini aba bantu bendidela? Koda kube nini bengandithembi, nangona sendenze imimangaliso engaka nje phakathi kwabo?