16 “Gunyenye lentse la Chawuta lati, ‘Thangwe lanyi kuchita umaluku tenepa kwa Mulungu wa Izraeli. Mwapandukila Chawuta, nakubzimangila kwamwachita mbuto yakupelekela ntsembe?
Wanthu wa Izraeli adabva kuti, “Wanthu wa Rubheni nawa Gadhi nakati-nakati yanshowo wa Manase amanga pakupelekela ntsembe kumalile kwadziko la Kenani, pafupi na Jorodhani, ng'ambu ino mudziko lawanthu wa Izraeli.”
Paadafika mudziko la Giliyadhi, kwawanthu wa Rubheni nawa Gadhi nakati-nakati yanshowo wa Manase, adati kwayiwo,