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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. 4 UJehova wasesithi kuMosi: “Thatha bonke abakhokheli babantu laba ubalengise phambi kukaJehova emini libalele ukuze ulaka lukaJehova oluvuthayo lusuke ebantwini bako-Israyeli.” 5 UMosi wasekhuluma labahluleli bako-Israyeli+ wathi: “Ngamunye wenu kumele abulale abantu laba abakhonze uBhali wasePheyori.”+
6 Khonokho nje kwathutsha omunye umuntu wako-Israyeli ezihonqweni elowesifazana ongumMidiyani,+ phambi kukaMosi labo bonke abako-Israyeli, ngesikhathi bekhala besemnyango wetende lokuhlangana. 7 UFiniyasi+ indodana ka-Eliyazari indodana ka-Aroni umphristi wathi ekubona lokhu wahle wasukuma phakathi kwebandla lonke wathatha umkhonto 8 wayilanda indoda yako-Israyeli etendeni wafika wabagwaza bobabili, yona lowesifazana lowo, umkhonto wabahlaba wayathutshela ngale udabula esithweni sensitha sowesifazana. Isifo esasesibehlele abako-Israyeli sahle saphela.+ 9 Isifo leso sabulala abantu abangu-24 000.+
10 UJehova wasesithi kuMosi: 11 “UFiniyasi+ indodana ka-Eliyazari, indodana ka-Aroni umphristi, ulususile ulaka lwami ebantwini bako-Israyeli ngoba kazange avumele ukuthi kube lomuntu ongathembekanga kimi phakathi kwabo.+ Ngakho lanxa ngifuna abantu bazinikele kimi kuphela angisazange ngibatshabalalise abako-Israyeli.+ 12 Yikho mtshele ukuthi sengisenza laye isivumelwano sami sokuthula. 13 Lesi kuzakuba yisivumelwano sobuphristi esizahlala sikhona kuye labantwabakhe abazalandela ngemva kwakhe+ ngoba kazange avumele ukuthi kube lomuntu ongathembekanga kuNkulunkulu wakhe+ njalo uhlawulele abantu bako-Israyeli.”
14 Kwatholakala ukuthi ibizo lendoda yako-Israyeli eyabulawa kanye lowesifazana ongumMidiyani kwakungu-Zimri indodana kaSalu eyayingumkhokheli wabendlu yakoSimiyoni. 15 Ibizo lowesifazana ongumMidiyani owabulawayo kwakunguKhozibhi indodakazi kaZuri+ umkhokheli wabosendo lwabendlu kayise koMidiyani.+
16 Ngemva kwesikhathi uJehova wathi kuMosi: 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.”+