“Ma luna o ʻAʻarona ia mea, a ma luna o kāna mau keiki kāne, iā lākou e hele mai ai i loko o ka halelewa o ka ʻaha kanaka, a iā lākou e hoʻokokoke mai ai i ke kuahu, e lawelawe ma kahi kapu, i kau ʻole ai ka hewa ma luna o lākou a make. He kānāwai mau loa ia nona, a no kāna poʻe mamo ma hope ona.
‘A inā e moe aku ke kanaka me ka wahine a ka hoahānau kāne o kona makua kāne, ua wehe aʻe ʻo ia i kahi huna o kēlā makua kāne; e kau nō ko lāua hewa ma luna o lāua, e make keiki ʻole lāua.
“No laila lā, e mālama ʻoe a me āu mau keiki me ʻoe i kā ʻoukou ʻoihana kahuna no nā mea a pau o ke kuahu, a ma loko o ka pākū; a e mālama ʻoukou; ua hāʻawi aku au na ʻoukou i ka ʻoihana kahuna i ʻoihana i hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi ʻia; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻē aʻe e hele wale mai a kokoke, e make ia.”
¶ Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hoʻomoana ma ke alo o ka halelewa, ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina, i mua o ka halelewa anaina ma ka hikina, ʻo ia ʻo Mose a me ʻAʻarona a me kāna mau keiki, i mea e mālama ai i ke keʻena kapu, no ka ʻoihana a nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela; a ʻo ke kanaka ʻē ke hele mai a kokoke, e make nō ia.