21 “Khathesi-ke senginike amadodana kaLevi konke okwetshumi+ okuvela ko-Israyeli ukuthi kube lilifa lawo ngenxa yenkonzo ayenzayo, inkonzo yetende lokuhlangana.

27 Ungawakhohlwa amaLevi asemadolobheni akho+ ngoba kawaphiwanga isabelo loba ilifa phakathi kwenu.+

4 Phezu kwalokho watshela abantu abahlala eJerusalema ukuthi banike abaphristi lamaLevi+ lokho okumele bakuthole ukuze banamathele* ngokupheleleyo emthethweni kaJehova.

38 “Indodana ka-Aroni engumphristi kumele ibe khona ngesikhathi amaLevi ethatha okwetshumi. LamaLevi kumele akhiphe okwetshumi kulokho ayabe ekuqoqile akuhambise endlini kaNkulunkulu wethu,+ kufakwe eziphaleni. 39 Abako-Israyeli lamaLevi kumele balethe iminikelo+ yamabele, lewayini elitsha, lamafutha+ eziphaleni zendlu kaNkulunkulu ngoba yikho lapho okugcinwa khona izitsha ezisetshenziswa endaweni engcwele, njalo yikho lapho okusebenza khona abaphristi labalindi bamagedi kanye labahlabeleli. Asisoze siyidele indlu kaNkulunkulu wethu.”+

8 “Kambe umuntu angatshontshela uNkulunkulu? Kodwa lina liyangitshontshela.”

Lanxa kunjalo lithi: “Kungani usithi siyakutshontshela?”

“Ngoba kalilethi okwetshumi kanye leminikelo.