ngokuba abalindi abane abakhulu ababe ngamaLevi babe sesikhundleni njalo, bephethe amakamelo nengcebo endlini kaNkulunkulu.

Ekufikeni kwami labo enibakhethayo ngizakubathuma , bephethe izincwadi, ukuba bayise izipho zenu zothando eJerusalema;

Anixoshanga yini abapristi bakaJehova , amadodana ka -Aroni namaLev i, nazenzela abapristi ngendlela yabantu bezizwe ; bonke abafika ukwahlukaniselwa, bephethe iduna nezinqama eziyisikhombisa , bangaba ngabapristi babangesibo onkulunkulu.

AmaLevi ayesema ephethe izinto zokubethwa zikaDavide , ekanye nabapristi bephethe amacilongo.

kusemi ngasempumalanga kwe -altare amaLevi, abahlabeleli bonke, kanye no-Asafa, noHemani, noJeduthuni, namadodana abo, nabafowabo, bembethe ilineni elicolekileyo , bephethe amasimbali , nezingubhu, namahabhu, kukhona kanye nabo abapristi abayikhulu namash umi amabili bekhalisa amacilongo

Abantu bakwa -Efrayimi, sebehlomile bephethe iminsalo , babuyela emuva ngosuku lokulwa.

Kepha ngosuku lokuqala lweviki , kuntwela ngenzansi , bafika ethuneni bephethe amakha ababewalungisile.

UMiriyamu umprofethikazi , udadewabo ka -Aroni, waphatha isigubhu ngesandla sakhe ; bonke abesifazane baphuma emva kwakhe bephethe izigubhu, besina.

ngiyakukuguqula, ngifake izingwegwe emihlathini yakho , ngikukhiphe kanye nayo yonke impi yakho , amahhashi nabamahhashi, bonke bembethe kahle kakhulu , iviyo elikhulu elinamahawu nezihlangu , bonke bephethe izinkemba,

kwafika amadoda angamashumi ayisis hiyagalombili evela eShekemi , naseShilo, naseSamariya, izilevu zawo ziphuculiwe nezingubo ziklejuliwe , bezisikile, bephethe iminikelo yempuphu nempepho ezandleni zabo ukuba bakulethe endlini kaJehova.

Ukuhashaza kokuhamba kwalo kunjengokwenyoka ; ngokuba bahamba nempi, balifikele bephethe amazembe njengabagawuli bemithi.

nabafowabo oShemaya , no-Azareli, noMilalayi, noGilalayi, noMahayi, noNethaneli, noJuda, noHanani, bephethe izinto zokubethwa zikaDa vide, umuntu kaNkulunkulu; u-Ezra, umbhali, wayengaphambi kwabo.

nabapristi o -Eliyakimi, noMahaseya, noMiniyamini, noMikhaya, no- Eliyohenayi, noZakariya, noHananiya, bephethe amacilongo,