1. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose ehlane laseSinayi etendeni lokuhlangana ngolokuqala lwenyanga yesibili ngomnyaka wesibili emva kokuphuma kwabo eGibithe, wathi:
2. “Balani umumo wenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ngemindeni yabo nangezindlu zawoyise njengokomumo wamagama abo, bonke abesilisa ngezinhloko zabo;
3. kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, bonke abakwa-Israyeli abangaphuma impi, wena no-Aroni anobabala ngamabandla abo.
4. Kanye nani kuzakuba khona indoda ibe nye kuleso naleso sizwe, yileyo naleyo ibe yinhloko yendlu kayise.
5. Lawa angamagama amadoda ayakuma nani:kwaRubeni: u-Elisuri indodana kaShedewuri.
6. KwaSimeyoni: uShelumiyeli indodana kaSurishadayi.
7. KwaJuda: uNaheshoni indodana ka-Aminadaba.
8. Kwa-Isakare: uNethaneli indodana kaSuwari.
9. KwaZebuloni: u-Eliyabe indodana kaHeloni.