27 Umnikelwenu wokwetjhumi lowo uzakubalwa ngasuthi mnikelo weenthoro ophuma eselelweni senu newayini kanye namafutha we-oliva aphuma ebutlhodlhelweni benu.
Lokha nabafika eGoreni-Hayathadi ngaphetjheya kweJordani bahlaba umkhosi omkhulu wesililo. Lapho uJosefa wadlulisa amalanga alikhomba wokuzilela uyise.
Ikosi yaphendula yathi: “Nakubanyana uSomnini uZimu akakusizi, mina ngizalifunyanaphi isizo lokusizana nawe? Kghani ngizalifumana eselelweni samabele namkha ebutlhodlhelweni bewayini?”
Ehlamenenu yokuthoma nikelani isikwa esimasongo, kube sibiko kuSomnini njengombana ninikela isibiko esiphuma eselelweni.
akakhulume namaLevi athi kiwo: “Lokha nanamukela kwetjhumi kuma-Israyeli engininikele khona bona kube ngokwenu, khuphani kwetjhumi emnikelweni lowo kube ngokwakaSomnini. Lokho kuzakuba ngokwetjhumi kokwetjhumi.
Ngendlela leyo nani nizakhupha kuSomnini umnikelo wokwetjhumi kwakho koke kwenu enikwamukela kuma-Israyeli. Nje-ke nizakuthatha umnikelo kaSomnini lowo niwunikele u-Aroni umphristi.
Godu uSomnini wakhuluma noMosi wathi akakhulume namaLevi athi: “Lokha nina maLevi naninikela okukhethekileko kweminikelo leyo bese ithathwa ingasuthi sivuno esivela eselelweni nebutlhodlhelweni,
kodwana mtshayele ngokutjhaphulukileko ezimvini neembuzini, umabele eselelweni nebutlhodlhelweni bakho ukuya ngendlela uSomnini uZimenu akubusise ngayo.