21 Kodwa kumele ukhethe amadoda ahlakaniphileyo+ phakathi kwabantu, amadoda amesabayo uNkulunkulu futhi athembekileyo, azonda inzuzo yobuqili.+ Wabeke ukuthi abe zinduna zabantu abayinkulungwane, lezinduna zabantu abalikhulu, lezinduna zabantu abangamatshumi amahlanu kanye lezinduna zabantu abalitshumi.+

16 Laba yibo abakhethwe ebandleni, bangabakhokheli+ bezizwana zaboyise, abakhokheli bezinkulungwane zako-Israyeli.”+

2 abakhokheli bako-Israyeli,+ ababengabakhokheli bezindlu zaboyise basebenikela umnikelo. Abakhokheli laba bezizwana ababebona ngokubhaliswa kwabantu

15 Ngakho ngathatha abakhokheli bezizwana zenu, amadoda ahlakaniphileyo futhi alolwazi ngawabeka ukuthi abe zinduna zabantu abayinkulungwane, lezinduna zabantu abalikhulu, lezinduna zabantu abangamatshumi amahlanu, lezinduna zabantu abalitshumi kanye labaphathi bezizwana zenu.+

23 “Kodwa lathi lisizwa ilizwi livela emnyameni ngesikhathi umlilo uvutha entabeni,+ bonke abakhokheli bezizwana zenu kanye labadala babuya kimi.