1. Abantu sebebone ukuthi uMose ulibele ukwehla entabeni, abantu babuthana ku-Aroni, bathi kuye: “Vuka usenzele onkulunkulu abazakuhamba phambi kwethu, ngokuba uMose lowo, umuntu owasikhuphula ezweni laseGibithe, asazi ukuthi wehlelwe yini.”
2. U-Aroni wayesethi kubo: “Khumulani amacici egolide asezindlebeni zawomkenu, nakwezamadodana enu, nakwezamadodakazi enu, niwalethe kimi.”
3. Bonke abantu bakhumula-ke amacici egolide asezindlebeni zabo, bawayisa ku-Aroni.
4. Wawamukela ezandleni zabo, wawabumba ngengwedo, wawenza aba yithole elibunjiweyo, bathi: “Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.”
5. U-Aroni wakubona, wakha i-altare phambi kwalo; u-Aroni wamemezela wathi: “Kusasa kuzakuba khona umkhosi kaJehova.”
6. Bavuka ekuseni ngakusasa, banikela ngeminikelo yokushiswa, baletha iminikelo yokuthula; abantu bahlala phansi ukuba badle, baphuze; bavuka ukuyodlala.
7. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: “Hamba wehle, ngokuba abantu bakho owabakhuphula ezweni laseGibithe benzile isono;
8. baphambukile masinyane endleleni engabayala ngayo. Bazenzele ithole elibunjiweyo, balikhonza, balihlabela, bathi: ‘Nampa onkulunkulu bakho, Israyeli, abakukhuphula ezweni laseGibithe.’ ”
9. UJehova wathi kuMose: “Ngibabonile laba bantu; bheka, bangabantu abantamo ilukhuni.
10. Ngalokho ngiyeke ukuba ulaka lwami lubavuthele, ngibaqede, ngikwenze ube yisizwe esikhulu.”
11. UMose wamshweleza uJehova uNkulunkulu wakhe, wathi: “Jehova, ulaka lwakho lubavuthelelani abantu bakho owabakhuphula ezweni laseGibithe ngamandla amakhulu nangesandla esiqinileyo na?
12. AbaseGibithe bayakusholoni ukuthi: ‘Wabakhiphela okubi ukuba ababulale ezintabeni, abaqothule ebusweni bomhlaba.’ Phenduka olakeni lwakho oluvuthayo, uguquke kulobu bubi ngakubantu bakho.
13. Khumbula o-Abrahama, no-Isaka, no-Israyeli, izinceku zakho, owazifungela kubo, wathi kubo: ‘Ngiyakwandisa inzalo yenu ibe ngangezinkanyezi zezulu, nginike inzalo yenu lonke leli zwe engikhulumile ngalo, idle ifa lalo kuze kube phakade.’ ”
14. UJehova wayesephenduka ebubini abethi uzakubenza kubantu bakhe.
15. UMose waphenduka, wehla entabeni enezibhebhe zombili zobufakazi esandleni sakhe, izibhebhe ezazilotshwe nxazombili, zalotshwa ngalapha nangalapha.