10 Balame a re ho Modimo wa nnete: “Balake mora wa Zipore, morena wa Moabe, o rometse molaetsa ho nna a re, 11 ‘Setjhaba se tswang Egepeta se kwahetse lefatshe.* Jwale tloo mme o se bitsetse bomadimabe bakeng sa ka.+ Mohlomong nka kgona ho se lwantsha mme ke se leleke.’”

11 Yaba Balake o re ho Balame: “Ke hobaneng ha o nkentse tjee? Ke o tlisitse mona hore o tlo bitsetsa dira tsa ka bomadimabe empa wena o di hlohonolofaditse.”+

13 Letsatsing leo, buka ya Moshe ya balwa moo batho ba ntseng ba utlwa.+ Ho ne ho ngotswe hore le ka mohla Moamone kapa Momoabe+ ha a lokela ho kena ka phuthehong ya Modimo wa nnete+ 2 hobane Baamone ha ba a ka ba fa Baiseraele bohobe le metsi. Ho ena le hoo, ba ile ba hira Balame hore a lakaletse Baiseraele hore ba hlahelwe ke dintho tse mpe.*+ Le ha ho le jwalo, Modimo wa rona o ile a fetola thohako eo hore e be tlhohonolofatso.+