7 Nje-ke abadala bakwaMowabi nabadala bakwaMidiyani baya kuBhalami+ baphethe imali yokuthukula bamtjela umlayezo ovela kuBhalaki.

25 Lokha ama-Israyeli nawahlala eTjhitimu,+ athoma ukuziphatha kumbi ngokomseme namadodakazi wakwaMowabi.+ 2 Abafazaba bamema abantu bona bakhambe nabo lokha nabayokwenzela abozimu babo imihlatjelo.+ Abantwaba bathoma ukudla, bakhothamela nabozimu babo.+ 3 Nje-ke ama-Israyeli ahlanganyela ekulotjheni uBhali wePewori,+ uJehova wasilingeka khulu ngebanga lama-Israyeli.

17 “Tshwenyani bakwaMidiyani benibabulale,+ 18 ngebanga lokuthi nani banitshwenya, ngobukirikitjani baniyenga ngoKozibi indodakazi yekosana yakwaMidiyani bona nilotjhe uPewori,+ udadwabo owabulawa+ ngelanga ekwafika ngalo isibetho phezu kwenu ngebanga lokulotjha uPewori.”+

8 Singaziphathi kumbi ngokomseme* njengombana abanye babo benza njalo, kwafa abantu abazii-23 000 ngelanga linye.+

14 “‘Nanyana kunjalo, nginezinto ezimbalwa engizisolako ngawe ukuthi lapho kuwe unababambelele efundisweni kaBhalami,+ owafundisa uBhalaki+ ukubeka isiqabo phambi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli bona badle izinto ezihlatjelwe iinthombe begodu baziphathe kumbi ngokomseme.*+