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26 Ngemva kwesibetho,+ uJehova wathi kuMosi no-Elazara indodana ka-Aroni umphristi: 2 “Balani yoke ihlangano yakwa-Israyeli kusukela kwabaneminyaka ema-20 ukuya phezulu ngokweenkoro zaboyise, nibale boke abangakghona ukuya epini kwa-Israyeli.”+ 3 Nje-ke uMosi no-Elazara+ umphristi bakhuluma nabantu emmangweni othabaleleko wakwaMowabi+ hlanu kweJordani eJerikho,+ bathi: 4 “Balani kusukela kwabaneminyaka ema-20 ukuya phezulu njengombana uJehova ayale uMosi.”+

Amadodana ka-Israyeli aphuma enarheni yeGibhide bekungu: 5 Rubeni+ izibulo laka-Israyeli; amadodana kaRubeni:+ KuRhanoki kwavela umndeni wamaRhanoki; kuPalu umndeni wamaPalu; 6 kuRhetsironi kwavela umndeni wamaRhetsironi; kuKarimi kwavela umndeni wamaKarimi. 7 Le bekumindeni yabakwaRubeni, abatloliswako bebazii-43 730.+

8 Indodana kaPalu bekungu-Eliyabu. 9 Amadodana ka-Eliyabu bekunguNemuweli, uDatani no-Abiramu. UDatani no-Abiramu bebabajameli behlangano abalwa noMosi+ no-Aroni basekela isiqhema sakaKhorarhi+ lokha nasilwa noJehova.+

10 Iphasi lavuleka labaginya. UKhorarhi yena wafa nabasekeli bakhe lokha umlilo nawutjhisa amadoda ama-250.+ Okwenzeka kibo kwaba siyeleliso kwabanye.+ 11 Kodwana amadodana kaKhorarhi akhenge afe.+

12 Amadodana kaSimiyoni+ ngokwemindenawo: KuNemuweli kwavela umndeni wamaNemuweli; kuJamini kwavela umndeni wamaJamini; kuJakini kwavela umndeni wamaJakini; 13 kuZerarhi kwavela umndeni wamaZerarhi; kuSawula kwavela umndeni wamaSawula. 14 Laba ngabatloliswako emindenini yamaSimiyoni: 22 200.+

15 Amadodana kaGadi+ ngokwemindenawo: KuTsefoni kwavela umndeni wamaTsefoni; kuRhagi kwavela umndeni wamaRhagi; kuTjhuni kwavela umndeni wamaTjhuni; 16 ku-Ozini kwavela umndeni wama-Ozini; ku-Eri kwavela umndeni wama-Eri; 17 ku-Arodi kwavela umndeni wama-Areli; ku-Areli kwavela umndeni wama-Areli. 18 Le bekumindeni yamadodana wakwaGadi, atloliswako bewazii-40 500.+

19 Amadodana kaJuda+ bekungu-Eri no-Onani.+ Kodwana u-Eri no-Onani bahlongakalela enarheni yeKanana.+ 20 Amadodana kaJuda ngokwemindenawo: KuTjhela+ kwavela umndeni wamaTjhela; kuPeretsi+ kwavela umndeni wamaPeretsi;+ kuZerarhi kwavela umndeni wamaZerarhi. 21 Amadodana kaPeretsi: KuRhetsironi+ kwavela umndeni wamaRhetsironi; kuRhamulu+ kwavela umndeni wamaRhamulu. 22 Le bekumindeni yabakwaJuda, abatloliswako bebazii-76 500.+

23 Amadodana ka-Isakari+ ngokwemindenawo: KuTola+ kwavela umndeni wamaTola; kuPuva kwavela umndeni wamaPuva; 24 kuJatjhubi kwavela umndeni wamaJatjhubi; kuTjhimroni kwavela umndeni wamaTjhimroni. 25 Le bekumindeni yakwa-Isakari, abatloliswako bebazii-64 300.+

26 Amadodana kaZebuloni+ ngokwemindenawo: KuSeredi kwavela umndeni wamaSeredi; ku-Eloni kwavela umndeni wama-Eloni; kuJarhiliyeli kwavela umndeni wamaJarhiliyeli. 27 Le bekumindeni yakwa-Zebuloni, abatloliswako bebazii-60 500.+

28 Amadodana kaJosefa+ ngokwemindenawo bekunguManase no-Efrayimu.+ 29 Amadodana kaManase:+ KuMakiri+ kwavela umndeni wamaMakiri; uMakiri waba nguyise kaGiliyadi,+ kuGiliyadi kwavela umndeni wamaGiliyadi. 30 La bekumadodana kaGiliyadi, ku-Iyezeri kwavela umndeni wama-Iyezeri; kuRhelekhi kwavela umndeni wamaRhelekhi; 31 ku-Asriyeli kwavela umndeni wama-Asriyeli; kuTjhekemu kwavela umndeni wamaTjhekemu; 32 kuTjhemida kwavela umndeni wamaTjhemida; kuRheferi kwavela umndeni wamaRheferi. 33 UTselofirhadi indodana kaRheferi beyinganawo amadodana, beyinamadodakazi kwaphela.+ Amagama wamadodakazi kaTselofirhadi+ bekunguMarhila, uNowa, uRhogila, uMilika noTiritsa. 34 Le bekumindeni kaManase, abatloliswako bebazii-52 700.+

35 La bekumadodana ka-Efrayimu+ ngokwemindenawo: KuTjhuthelarhi+ kwavela umndeni wamaTjhuthelarhi; kuBhekeri kwavela umndeni wamaBhekeri; kuTarhani kwavela umndeni wamaTarhani. 36 La bekumadodana kaTjhuthelarhi: Ku-Erani kwavela umndeni wama-Erani. 37 Le bekumindeni yamadodana ka-Efrayimu, abatloliswako bebazii-32 500.+ La bekumadodana kaJosefa ngokwemindenawo.

38 Amadodana kaBhenjamini+ ngokwemindenawo: KuBhela+ kwavela umndeni wamaBhela; ku-Atjhibeli kwavela umndeni wama-Atjhibeli; ku-Arhiramu kwavela umndeni wama-Arhiramu; 39 kuTjhefufani kwavela umndeni wamaTjhefufani; kuRhufamu kwavela umndeni wamaRhufamu. 40 Amadodana kaBhela bekungu-Aridi noNamani;+ ku-Aridi kwavela umndeni wama-Aridi; kuNamani kwavela umndeni wamaNamani. 41 La bekumadodana kaBhenjamini ngokwemindenawo, abatloliswako bebazii-45 600.+

42 La bekumadodana kaDani+ ngokwemindenawo: KuTjhurhamu kwavela umndeni wamaTjhurhamu. Le bekumindeni kaDani ngokwemindenawo. 43 Yoke imindeni yamaTjhurhamu, abatloliswako bebazii-64 400.+

44 Amadodana ka-Atjheri+ ngokwemindenawo: KuJimna kwavela umndeni wamaJimna; kuYitjhivi kwavela umndeni wamaYitjhivi; kuBheriya kwavela umndeni wamaBheriya; 45 emadodaneni kaBheriya: KuRhebheri kwavela umndeni wamaRhebheri; kuMalikiyeli kwavela umndeni wamaMalikiyeli. 46 Igama lendodakazi ka-Atjheri bekunguSerarhi. 47 Le bekumindeni yamadodana ka-Atjheri, abatloliswako bebazii-53 400.+

48 Amadodana kaNafitali+ ngokwemindenawo: KuJarhitsiyeli kwavela umndeni wamaJarhitsiyeli; kuGuni kwavela umndeni wamaGuni; 49 kuJetseri kwavela umndeni wamaJetseri; kuTjhilemu kwavela umndeni wamaTjhilemu. 50 Le bekumindeni kaNafitali ngokwemindenawo, abatloliswako bebazii-45 400.+

51 Leli linani lama-Israyeli atloliswako: Zii-601 730.+

52 Ngemva kwalokho, uJehova wakhuluma noMosi wathi: 53 “Hlukanisa inarha ngokwesibalo samadodana ka-Israyeli ekorweni ngayinye bona ibe lilifa lawo.+ 54 Nangabe basiqhema esikhulu kufuze wandise ilifa lawo, nangabe basiqhema esincani kufuze uphungule ilifa labo.+ Ilifa lesiqhema ngasinye kufuze labiwe ngokwenani lalabo abatlolisiweko. 55 Inarha kufuze ihlukaniswe ngefumbe.+ Kufuze bafumane ilifa labo ngokwamagama weenkoro zaboyise. 56 Ilifa ngalinye lizokuhlukaniswa labelwe iinqhema ezikulu nezincani.”

57 Laba ngabatloliswako kumaLevi+ ngokwemindenawo: KuGeritjhoni kwavela umndeni wamaGeritjhoni; kuKhehathi+ kwavela umndeni wamaKhehathi; kuMerari kwavela umndeni wamaMerari. 58 Le mindeni yamaLevi: Umndeni wamaLibini,+ umndeni wamaRhebroni,+ umndeni wamaMarhili,+ umndeni wamaMutjhi,+ umndeni wamaKhorarhi.+

UKhehathi waba nguyise ka-Amramu.+ 59 Igama lomka-Amramu bekunguJokobedi+ indodakazi kaLevi, loyo ambelethela uLevi eGibhide. UJokobedi wabelethela u-Amramu u-Aroni, uMosi nodadwabo uMiriyamu.+ 60 U-Aroni wabelethelwa uNadabi, u-Abihu, u-Elazara no-Itamara.+ 61 UNadabi no-Abihu bahlongakala ngebanga lokunikela ngomlilo ongakavumeleki phambi kwakaJehova.+

62 Inani lalabo abatloliswako belizii-23 000 boke abaduna kusukela kwabanenyanga yinye ukuya phezulu.+ Akhenge batloliswe hlangana nama-Israyeli+ ngombana akunalifa abazokunikelwa lona hlangana nama-Israyeli.+

63 Laba ngabatloliswa nguMosi no-Elazara umphristi lokha nabatlolisa ama-Israyeli emmangweni othabaleleko wakwaMowabi eduze neJordani eJerikho. 64 Kodwana hlangana nabo, akekho owatloliswa nguMosi no-Aroni umphristi lokha nababala ama-Israyeli emmangweni weSinayi.+ 65 UJehova wathi ngabo: “Bazokufela emmangweni.”+ Nje-ke akhenge kusale namunye ngaphandle kwakaKalebi indodana kaJefune noJotjhuwa indodana kaNuni.+