1 INkosi isethenteni lokuhlangana yambiza uMose, yakhuluma kuye yathi:
1 UThixo wabiza uMosi, wakhuluma laye esethenteni lokuhlangana. Wathi kuye,
yatshisa umnikelo wayo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wempuphu, yathela umnikelo wokuthululwa, yakhaphazela igazi leminikelo yayo phezu kwalo.
Iminikelo yokutshiswa eyalethwa libandla yayizinkunzi ezingamatshumi ayisikhombisa, lenqama ezilikhulu, lamawundlu angamakhulu amabili; konke lokhu kwakungokomnikelo wokutshisela iNkosi.
UMose wenyukela kuNkulunkulu entabeni. INkosi yambiza isentabeni yathi: Tshono kuyo indlu kaJakobe, ubatshele abakoIsrayeli uthi:
INkosi yasisithi kuMose: Khwela uze kimi entabeni, uhlale khona; ngizakukunika amatshe engilobe kuwo umlayo lemithetho ukuba ubafundise yona.
Ngizahlangana lawe khona, ngikhulume lawe ngiphezu kwesihlalo somusa, phakathi kwamakherubi amabili aphezu komtshokotsho wobufakazi, ngikutshele konke ozakubalaya khona abakoIsrayeli.
Lo uzakuba ngumnikelo wokutshiswa wensuku zonke ezizukulwaneni zenu zonke, ngasemnyango wethente lokuhlangana phambi kweNkosi, lapho ngizahlangana khona lani, ngikhulume lawe.
INkosi isibonile ukuthi uphambukile ukuyabona, uNkulunkulu wambiza ephakathi kwesihlahla, wathi: Mose, Mose! Yena wathi: Ngilapha.
UMose wayejwayele ukuthatha ithente alimise ngaphandle kwezihonqo, khatshana lazo; walibiza ngokuthi lithente lokuhlangana. Bonke ababedinga iNkosi baphuma baya ethenteni lokuhlangana elingaphandle kwezihonqo.
Waphelake wonke umsebenzi weTabernakeli lethente lomhlangano; abakoIsrayeli bakwenza konke njengokutsho kweNkosi kuMose.
Wabeka ialtare lomnikelo wokutshiswa ngasemnyango weTabernakeli lethente lokuhlangana, wanikela kulo umnikelo wokutshiswa lomnikelo wempuphu, njengokutsho kweNkosi kuye.
iNkosi eyamlaya ngawo uMose entabeni yaseSinayi, ngosuku elaya ngalo abantu bakoIsrayeli ukuba balethe iminikelo yabo eNkosini enkangala yaseSinayi.
Waletha umnikelo wokutshiswa, wanikela ngawo njengokwesimiso.
INkosi yakhuluma kuMose enkangala yaseSinayi ethenteni lokuhlangana, ngosuku lokuqala lwenyanga yesibili, ngomnyaka wesibili emva kokuphuma kwabo eGibithe, yathi:
inkunzi eyodwa, lenqama eyodwa, lewundlu elilomnyaka munye, zibe ngumnikelo wokutshiswa;
Lapho uMose engena ethenteni lokuhlangana ukukhuluma leNkosi, wezwa ilizwi likhuluma, livela ngaphezu kwesihlalo somusa esisemtshokotshweni wobufakazi, ngaphakathi kwamakherubi amabili; lakhuluma kuye.
Ngoba umlayo wanikwa ngoMose, umusa leqiniso kweza ngoJesu Kristu.
Lakhele iNkosi uNkulunkulu wenu ialtare ngamatshe angabazwanga, linikele phezu kwalo iminikelo yokutshiswa eNkosini uNkulunkulu wenu,