¹ Kwase kusondela amadodakazi kaSelofehadi kaHeferi kaGileyadi kaMakiri kaManase, awemindeni kaManase indodana kaJosefa ; lawa angamagama amadodakazi akhe: oMahela, noNowa, noHogila, noMilka, noTirisa. ² Ema phambi kuk aMose naphambi kuka -Eleyazare umpristi , naphambi kwezikhulu, naphambi kwayo yonke inhlangano ngasemnyango wetende lokuhlangana, athi: ³ Ubaba wafela ehlane ; wayengekho phakathi kweviyo labahlanganyela uJehova kulo iviyo likaKora; kepha wafa ngesakhe isono engenamadodana. ⁴ Igama likababa liyakusulelwani emndenini wakhe , lokhu engenandodana na? Siphe ifa phakathi kwabafowabo bakababa. ⁵ UMose wayiletha indaba yawo phambi kukaJehova. ⁶ UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi: ⁷ Amadodakazi kaSelofehadi akhulume kahle; uyakuwanika nokuwanika izwe eliyifa phakathi kwabafowabo bakayise ngokulidlulisela kuwo ifa likayise. ⁸ Wokhuluma kubantwana bakwa -Israyeli ngokuthi : U ma umuntu efa engenandodana, wolidlulisela ifa lakhe kuyo indodakazi yakhe. ⁹ Uma engenandodakazi, niyakunika abafowabo ifa lakhe. ¹⁰ Uma engenabafowabo, niyakunika abafowabo bakayise ifa lakhe. ¹¹ Uma uyise engenabafowabo , niyakunika isihlobo sakhe esiseduze naye emndenini wabo ifa lakhe , alidle. Lokhu kuyakuba yisimiso sesahlulelo kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli, njengalokho uJehova emyalile uMose. Ukumiswa kukaJoshuwa abe ngumholi ¹² UJehova wathi kuMose : Khuphukela entabeni yase -Abarimi, ubheke izwe engibanikile lona abantwana bakwa-Israyeli. ¹³ Lapho ulibonile , nawe uyakubuthelwa kubantu bakini , njengalokho wabuthwa u-Aroni, ¹⁴ ngokuba ehlane laseSini ekulweni kwenhlangano nahlubuka ezwini lami lokungingcwelisa ngasemanzini phambi kwamehlo abo . Lawa angamanzi aseMeriba laseKadeshi ehlane laseSini. ¹⁵ UMose wayesekhuluma kuJehova, wathi: ¹⁶ UJehova uNkulunkulu wemimoy a yenyama yonke makamise umuntu phezu kwenhlangano, ¹⁷ ongaphuma phambi kwabo, angene phambi kwabo, abakhiphe, abangenise, ukuze inhlangano kaJehova ingabi njengezimvu ezingenamalusi. ¹⁸ UJehova wathi kuMose : Zithabathele uJoshuwa indodana kaNuni , umuntu onomoya, ubeke isandla sakho phezu kwakhe, ¹⁹ ummise ngaphambi kuka -Eleyazare umpristi naphambi kwayo yonke inhlangano, umnike isikhundla emehlweni abo. ²⁰ Uyakubeka udumo lwakho phezu kwakhe ukuba yonke inhlangano yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli ilalele. ²¹ Uyakuma p hambi kuka -Eleyazare umpristi oyakumbuzela ngokunquma kwe-Urimi phambi kukaJehova; ngezwi lakhe bayakuphuma nangezwi lakhe bayakungena, yena nabo bonke abantwana bakwa -Israyeli kanye naye, yebo, yonke inhlangano. ²² UMose wenza -ke njengalokho uJehova emyali le; wamthatha uJoshuwa , wambeka phambi kuka-Eleyazare umpristi naphambi kwenhlangano yonke, ²³ wabeka izandla zakhe phezu kwakhe , wamnika isikhundla , njengalokho uJehova ekhulumile ngesandla sikaMose.