1. Iintloko zezindlu zakwaLevi zaya kumbingeleli uElazare noYoshuwa unyana kaNune, bekunye neentloko zezindlu zakwaSirayeli.
2. Zaya kubo eShilo kwelamaKanana, zafika zathi: “*UNdikhoyo wayethe kuMosis thina masinikwe izixeko kunye namadlelo azo.”
3. AmaSirayeli ke ngoko, ethobela umyalelo kaNdikhoyo, acaphula kwilifa lawo, abanika ezinye izixeko zawo abaLevi kunye namadlelo azingqongileyo.
4. *Iqashiso lokuqala laphumela imizi yendlu yabaLevi bakwaKohati, babelwa izixeko ezilishumi linantathu, ezazikummandla wakwaJuda, nowakwaSimon, kunye nowakwaBhenjamin.
5. Inxalenye yemizi kaKohati yabelwa ishumi lezixeko ezazikwaEfrayim, kwaDan, nakwisiqingatha sasentshonalanga sakwaManase.
6. Indlu yakwaGershon yabelwa ishumi elinantathu lezixeko kummandla wakwaIsakare, nakwa-Ashere, kwaNafetali, nakwisiqingatha sakwaManase esiseBhashan.
7. Indlu yakwaMerari ngokwemizi yayo yabelwa ishumi elinambini lezixeko kummandla wakwaRubhen nakwaGadi nakwaZebhulon.
8. Njengoko uNdikhoyo wayetshilo kuMosis amaSirayeli ababela abaLevi ezi zixeko namadlelo ngokwenza amaqashiso.
9-10. Nazi ke izixeko ezabelwa abazukulwana baka-Aron, inzala kaLevi, bendlu kaKohati, ezazikummandla kaJuda noSimon: iqashiso laphumela bona kuqala,