A hāʻawi mai lākou i ko lākou mau lima e hoʻokuke aku i kā lākou mau wāhine; a kaumaha aku lākou i ka hipa kāne o ka poʻe hipa i mōhai hala no ko lākou lawehala ʻana.
A e lawe mai i nā mea i ʻohi mua ʻia o ko mākou ʻāina, a me nā mea i ʻohi mua ʻia o kēlā hua kēia hua o nā lāʻau a pau, i kēlā makahiki kēia makahiki, ma ka hale o Iēhova;
“A ʻo ke keʻena e nānā ana i ke kūkulu ʻākau, no nā kāhuna nō ia ka poʻe iā lākou ka mālama i ke kuahu; ʻo ia nā keiki a Zadoka i waena o nā mamo a Levi, ka poʻe hoʻokokoke iā Iēhova, e mālama iā ia.”
“A e lawe ke kahuna i kekahi o ua mau keiki hipa kāne lā, a e kaumaha aku i mōhai hala, a me ka loga ʻaila, a e hoʻoluli aʻe ia mau mea i mōhai hoʻāli i mua o ke alo o Iēhova.
“Inā e hana kekahi i ka hewa, a lawehala no ka ʻike ʻole, ma nā mea hoʻāno o Iēhova, a laila e lawe mai ʻo ia iā Iēhova no kona hewa, i ka hipa kāne kīnā ʻole no loko mai o nā ʻohana, me ka mea āu i manaʻo ai ma nā sekela kālā, ma muli o ke sekela o ke keʻena kapu, i mōhai hala.
“A e lawe mai ʻo ia i ka hipa kāne kīnā ʻole no loko mai o ka ʻohana, me ka mea āu i manaʻo ai, i ke kahuna i mōhai hala; a e hana ke kahuna i kalahala nona, no kona ʻike ʻole i hewa ai a ʻike ʻole hoʻi, a e kala ʻia nō ia.
¶ ‘A inā ʻaʻole e hiki i kona lima ke lawe mai i ke keiki holoholona, a laila e lawe mai ʻo ia no kona hewa āna i hana ai, i ʻelua mau kuhukukū, a i ʻole ia, ʻelua manu nūnū ʻōpiopio iā Iēhova, i kekahi i mōhai lawehala, a i kekahi hoʻi i mōhai kuni.