7 Ngakho abadala bakoMowabi labadala bakoMidiyani basuka bephethe imbadalo yokuhlahlula baya kuBhalamu+ bafika bamtshela umlayezo ovela kuBhalakhi.

25 Abako-Israyeli bathi sebehlala eShithimi,+ basebeqalisa ukufeba lamadodakazi akoMowabi.+ 2 Abesifazana laba banxusa abantu emihlatshelweni yabonkulunkulu babo+ njalo abantu baqalisa ukudla kanye lokukhothamela onkulunkulu babo.+ 3 Ngakho abako-Israyeli baqalisa ukukhonza uBhali wasePheyori+ futhi uJehova wabathukuthelela kakhulu.

17 “Wathwaliseni nzima amaMidiyani liwabulale,+ 18 ngenxa yokuthi abelokhu elithwalise nzima ngezenzo zawo zobuqili endabeni kaPheyori+ lekaKhozibhi indodakazi yomkhokheli wakoMidiyani, eyabulawa+ ngelanga lohlupho olwabangelwa* yindaba kaPheyori.”+

8 Kasingafebi* njengabanye babo abafebayo* kwacina kufe abangu-23 000 ngelanga elilodwa.+

14 “‘Lanxa kunjalo, kulokulutshwana engikusolayo kuwe, ukuthi ulabantu abanamathele emfundisweni kaBhalamu+ owafundisa uBhalakhi+ ukuthi abeke isikhubekiso phambi kwabantu bako-Israyeli, esokuthi badle izinto ezihlatshelwe izithombe futhi bafebe.*+