46. bonke ababalwayo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha nantathu namakhulu ayisihlanu namashumi ayisihlanu.
47. Kepha amaLevi ngokwesizwe sawoyise awabalwanga phakathi kwabo.
48. Ngokuba uJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
49. “Isizwe sakwaLevi kuphela awuyikusibala, ungabali umumo waso phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli,
50. kepha beka amaLevi phezu kwetabernakele* lobufakazi, naphezu kwazo zonke izimpahla zalo, nakho konke okwalo; ayakuthwala itabernakele nayo yonke impahla yalo; ayakukhonza kulo, amise alihaqe.
51. Ekusukeni kwetabernakele* amaLevi ayakulisusa, ekumisweni kwalo amaLevi alimise; umfokazi osondelayo uyakubulawa.
52. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli bayakumisa amatende abo, kube yilowo nalowo ekamu* labo, yilowo nalowo ngasebhaneleni* labo, ngamabandla abo.
53. Kepha amaLevi ayakumisa nxazonke zetabernakele* lobufakazi, ukuze kungabikho lulaka phezu kwenhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, amaLevi agcine izimfanelo zetabernakele lobufakazi.”
54. Abantwana bakwa-Israyeli benze njalo; benza kukho konke njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose.