Unumeri 26:48-62 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

48. Amadodana kaNafetali ngemindeni yawo:kwaJaseli: ngumndeni wakwaJaseli;kwaGuni: ngumndeni wakwaGuni;

49. kwaJeseri: ngumndeni wakwaJeseri;kwaShilemi: ngumndeni wakwaShilemi.

50. Yileyo eyimindeni kaNafetali ngemindeni yayo; ababalwayo kubo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nanhlanu namakhulu amane.

51. Yilabo ababalwayo babantwana bakwa-Israyeli, izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha nanye namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi amathathu.

52. UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:

53. “Izwe liyakwahlukaniselwa bona labo, libe yifa labo njengokomumo wamagama.

54. Abaningi uyakubanika ifa elikhulu, abayingcosana uyakubanika ifa elincane, yilowo nalowo anikwe ifa ngokwababalwayo kuye.

55. Izwe liyakwahlukaniswa nokho ngenkatho; bayakulidla ifa ngokwamagama ezizwe zawoyise.

56. Ngokwenkatho izwe liyakwahlukaniswa phakathi kwabaningi nabayingcosana.”

57. Nampa ababalwayo babaLevi ngemindeni yawo:kwaGereshoni: ngumndeni wakwaGereshoni;kwaKohati: ngumndeni wakwaKohati;kwaMerari: ngumndeni wakwaMerari.

58. Nansi imindeni yamaLevi:ngumndeni wakwaLibini,nomndeni wakwaHebroni,nomndeni wakwaMaheli,nomndeni wakwaMushi,nomndeni wakwaKora.UKohati wazala u-Amramu.

59. Igama lomka-Amramu lalinguJokebedi indodakazi kaLevi, owazalelwa uLevi eGibithe; wazalela u-Amramu o-Aroni noMose noMiriyamu udadewabo.

60. U-Aroni wazala oNadabi, no-Abihu, no-Eleyazare, no-Itamari.

61. ONadabi no-Abihu bafa, lapho benikela ngomlilo ongafanele phambi kukaJehova.

62. Ababalwayo kubo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nantathu, bonke abesilisa kusukela kwabanenyanga kuya phezulu; ngokuba ababalwanga phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, lokhu abanikwanga ifa phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.

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