27 owazala uNuni, owazala uJoshuwa.
27 loNuni indodana yakhe kanye loJoshuwa indodana yakhe.
owazala uLadani, owazala uAmihudi, owazala uElishama,
Wasukake uMose lenceku yakhe uJoshuwa; uMose wakhwela entabeni kaNkulunkulu.
UJoshuwa esezwile umsindo wabantu beklabalala, wathi kuMose: Kulomsindo wempi ezihonqweni.
UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, inceku kaMose, omunye wabakhethiweyo, wathi: Nkosi yami, Mose, banqabele.
Nanka amabizo amadoda uMose awathumayo ukuhlola ilizwe. UMose wambiza uHosheya indodana kaNuni ngokuthi nguJoshuwa.
Owesizwe sakoEfrayimi, uHosheya indodana kaNuni.
UJoshuwa indodana kaNuni loKalebi indodana kaJefune ababephakathi kwalabo abahlola ilizwe, badabula ingubo zabo,
INkosi yathi kuMose: Thatha uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni, umuntu olomoya, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwakhe,
okhokho kanye loJoshuwa balamukela balingenisa elizweni lezizwe uNkulunkulu azixotsha phambi kwabo, lalikhona kwaze kwaba sensukwini zikaDavida.
INkosi yasilaya uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni yathi: Qina, ume isibindi, ngoba uzakubangenisa abantu bakoIsrayeli elizweni engathembisa ukubanika lona; ngizakuba lawe.
Ngoba uba uJoshuwa wayebaphumuzile, uNkulunkulu wayengayikukhuluma emva kwalokho ngolunye usuku.