10 ngobe phela Levi abeselukhalweni lwakhokho wakhe Abrahama ngesikhatsi ahlangana naMelkhisedeki.
Nkulunkulu wachubeka watsi kuye: “NginguNkulunkulu, Somandla. Tala, wandze ube sive. Tive letinyenti titawuphuma kuwe, ube ngukhokho wemakhosi.
Sebabonkhe bantfu bekutalwa nguJakobe labaya eGibhithe babengema-66, ngaphandle kwabomalukatana bakakhe.
Noko-ke wena awusiye lotangakhela lithempeli, kodvwa yindvodzana yakho, lowo loyinyama yakho naloyingati yakho cobo, nguye-ke lotakwakha lithempeli alakhele Libito lami.’
Uphindze atsi kulenye indzawo: “Wena ungumphristi loyawuhlala akhona kuze kube phakadze, ngekuma kwaMelkhisedeki.”
Baka-Israyeli bemukela umtsetfo ngaphansi kwebaphristi. Nangabe kuphelela kwemukeleka ngebuphristi bakaLevi, sasiyawuba khona yini lesinye sidzingo semphristi ngekuma kwaMelkhisedeki, kunalowo lowemiswa ngekuma kwa-Aroni?
Titukulwane taLevi letemukela buphristi tinemiyalo emtsetfweni kutsi titsatse kwelishumi kubo bonkhe bantfu. Phela bakutsatsa kubantfu besive sakubo lesaphuma ku-Abrahama.
Kungashiwo nekutsi naLevi matfupha, lowemukela kwelishumi, abekukhipha nga-Abrahama,