“Ua lohe au i nā ʻōhumu ʻana a nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela; e ʻōlelo aku ʻoe iā lākou, e ʻī aku, ‘A ahiahi, e ʻai ana ʻoukou i ka iʻa, a kakahiaka aʻe, e māʻona ʻoukou i ka ʻai; a e ʻike auaneʻi ʻoukou, ʻo wau nō Iēhova, ko ʻoukou Akua.’”
“A kakahiaka, a laila ʻoukou e ʻike ai i ka nani o Iēhova; no kona hoʻolohe ʻana i ka mea a ʻoukou i ʻōhumu aku ai iā Iēhova; he aha hoʻi māua, i ʻōhumu mai ai ʻoukou iā māua?”
ʻŌhumu aʻela nā mamo a pau a ʻIseraʻela iā Mose a me ʻAʻarona; ʻī akula ke anaina kanaka a pau iā lāua, “E aho ko mākou make ma ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAigupita! E aho ko mākou make ma kēia wao nahele!
“Akā, mai kipi aku ʻoukou iā Iēhova, mai makaʻu hoʻi i nā kānaka o ka ʻāina; no ka mea, he mea ʻai lākou na kākou; ua hala akula ko lākou malu mai o lākou aku lā, me kākou nō hoʻi ʻo Iēhova; mai makaʻu iā lākou.”
Hōʻuluʻulu aʻela lākou e kūʻē iā Mose a iā ʻAʻarona, ʻī maila iā lāua, “He nui loa kā ʻolua; no ka mea, ua laʻa ke anaina kanaka a pau loa, a ʻo Iēhova kekahi i waena o lākou; no ke aha lā hoʻi ʻolua e hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe nei iā ʻolua iho ma luna o ke anaina kanaka o Iēhova?”
Aia ʻākoakoa aʻe ke anaina kanaka e kūʻē iā Mose a iā ʻAʻarona, nānā aʻela lākou i ka halelewa o ke anaina, aia hoʻi, uhi maila ke ao, a ʻikea maila hoʻi ka nani o Iēhova.
ʻŌlelo ʻino akula nā kānaka i ke Akua, a iā Mose, “No ke aha lā ʻolua i kaʻi mai nei iā mākou mai loko mai o ʻAigupita e make ma ka wao nahele? No ka mea, ʻaʻohe berena, ʻaʻole hoʻi he wai; a ke hoʻopailua nei ko mākou naʻau i kēia ʻai māmā.”