5. Kuzakuthi ngosuku lwesithupha bakulungise abakungenisileyo; kuzakuba ngokuphindwe kabili kwalokhu abakubutha imihla ngemihla.”
6. OMose no-Aroni bathi kubo bonke abantwana bakwa-Israyeli: “Ngakusihlwa niyakwazi ukuthi uJehova unikhiphile ezweni laseGibithe.
7. Kusasa niyakubona inkazimulo kaJehova, lokhu ezwile izinkonono zenu ngoJehova; thina siyini ukuba nikhonone ngathi na?”
8. UMose wathi: “Lokhu kuzakwenzeka, lapho uJehova eyakuninika inyama kusihlwa ukuba nidle, nasekuseni isinkwa ukuze nisuthe; ngokuba uJehova uyezwa izinkonono zenu enikhonona ngaye ngazo; thina siyini? Izinkonono zenu azingathi, zingoJehova.”
9. UMose wathi ku-Aroni: “Yisho kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuthi: ‘Sondelani phambi kukaJehova, ngokuba uzwile izinkonono zenu.’ ”
10. Kwathi u-Aroni esakhuluma kuyo yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, babheka ngasehlane; bheka, inkazimulo kaJehova yabonakala efwini.
11. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
12. “Ngizwile izinkonono zabantwana bakwa-Israyeli; khuluma kubo, uthi: ‘Ngakusihlwa niyakudla inyama, kusasa nisuthe isinkwa, nize nazi ukuthi nginguJehova uNkulunkulu wenu.’ ”
13. Kwathi kusihlwa kwenyuka izigwaca, zasibekela ikamu;* ngakusasa kwakulele amazolo ekamu nxazonke.
14. Esenyukile amazolo akade elele khona, bheka, nakho okuthile okuncane okunjengenkwethu, kuncane njengongqoqwane emhlabathini.
15. Bakubona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli, bathi omunye komunye: “Yini le?” ngokuba babengazi ukuthi kuyini. UMose wathi kubo: “Kuyisinkwa uJehova aninike sona ukuba nisidle.
16. Lokhu kuyikho uJehova ayalile ngakho ukuthi: ‘Kubutheni, kube yilowo nalowo njengokudla kwakhe; anothatha iyomere* ngomuntu ngokwenani labantu benu, yilowo nalowo abathathele abasetendeni lakhe.’ ”
17. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benze njalo: abanye babutha okuningi abanye okuyingcosana.
18. Lapho sebelinganisa ngeyomere,* yena owayebuthe okuningi akabanga nokuseleyo, nowayebuthe okuyingcosana akaswelanga. Yilowo nalowo wabutha njengokudla kwakhe.
19. UMose wayesethi kubo: “Makungashiywa lutho kukho ngumuntu kuze kuse.”
20. Kodwa abamlalelanga uMose; abanye kubo bashiya okunye kwaze kwasa, kwazala izimpethu, kwanuka, uMose waze wabathukuthelela.
21. Bakubutha ekuseni njalo imihla ngemihla, kwaba yilowo nalowo muntu njengokudla kwakhe; kepha nxa ilanga selibalele, kwancibilika.
22. Kwathi ngosuku lwesithupha babutha isinkwa esiphindwe kabili, amayomere* amabili kumuntu munye; zonke izinduna zomhlangano zafika, zamtshela uMose.
23. Wathi kuzo: “Lokhu kuyikho uJehova akukhulumileyo: kusasa kulusuku lokuphumula, isabatha elingcwele likaJehova; yosani lokho eniyakukosa, nipheke lokho eniyakukupheka, nizibekele konke okuseleyo, kulondolozwe kuze kuse.”