INumeri 19

19 ¹UBaba wethu wakhuluma kuMose no-Aroni, wathi:

²"Lesi yisimiso somthetho uBaba wethu awuyalayo: Tshela abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ukuba bakulethele ithokazi elibomvu, elingenasici, elingenaphutha, elingakaze liboshwe ejokeni. ³Linike u-Eleyazare umpristi; liyakukhishelwa ngaphandle kwekamu lihlatshwe phambi kwakhe. ⁴U-Eleyazare umpristi uyakucwilisa umunwe wakhe egazini lalo afafaze kasikhombisa ngasentla kwetende lokuhlangana. ⁵Ithokazi liyakushiswa ebukele—isikhumba, inyama, igazi, nomswane kanyekanye. ⁶Umpristi uyakuthatha ukhuni lomsedari, ihisopi, nentambo ebomvu, akuphonse emlilweni oshisa ithokazi. ⁷Umpristi uyakuhlamba izingubo zakhe, ageze umzimba wakhe ngamanzi, abese engena ekamu—kodwa uhlala engcolile kuze kuhlwe. ⁸Noshisa lona uyakuhlamba izingubo zakhe ngamanzi, ageze umzimba wakhe ngamanzi, ahlale engcolile kuze kuhlwe.

⁹"Umuntu ohlanzekile uyakubutha umlotha wethokazi awubeke endaweni ehlanzekile ngaphandle kwekamu. Ibandla lakwa-Israyeli liyakuwugcinela amanzi okuhlanza—asusa isono. ¹⁰Obutha umlotha wethokazi uyakuhlamba izingubo zakhe ahlale engcolile kuze kuhlwe. Lona ngumthetho ongunaphakade kubantwana bakwa-Israyeli nakowezizwe ohlala phakathi kwabo.

¹¹"Othinta isidumbu somuntu uyakuba ngongcolile izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. ¹²Uyakuzihlanza ngawo ngosuku lwesithathu nangolwesikhombisa; abese ehlanzeka. Uma engazihlanzi ngosuku lwesithathu nangolwesikhombisa, akayikuhlanzeka. ¹³Wonke othinta isidumbu—umzimba womuntu ofile—angazihlanzi ungcolisa itabernakele likaBaba wethu; lowo muntu uyakunqunywa asuswe kwa-Israyeli. Njengokuba amanzi okuhlanza engafafazwanga phezu kwakhe, uhlala engcolile; ukungcola kwakhe kuhlezi phezu kwakhe.

¹⁴"Nanku umthetho: lapho umuntu efela etendeni, wonke ongena kulo nawo wonke okulo ungcolile izinsuku eziyisikhombisa. ¹⁵Nazo zonke izitsha ezivulekile ezingenaso isivalo esiqiniselwe kuzo ziyakuba ngezingcolile.

¹⁶"Othinta, endle evulekile, obulewe ngenkemba, noma ofe ngokwemvelo, noma ithambo lomuntu, noma ithuna, uba ngongcolile izinsuku eziyisikhombisa.

¹⁷"Ngongcolile, bayakuthatha umlotha womnikelo wokuhlanza oshisiwe, bawubeke esitsheni, bathele amanzi ageleza amasha phezu kwawo. ¹⁸Umuntu ohlanzekile uyakuthatha ihisopi, ayicwilise emanzini, afafaze phezu kwetende, naphezu kwazo zonke izitsha, naphezu kwabo bonke ababelapho, naphezu kothinte ithambo, noma obuleweyo, noma isidumbu, noma ithuna. ¹⁹Ohlanzekile uyakumfafaza ongcolile ngosuku lwesithathu nangolwesikhombisa, amhlanze ngosuku lwesikhombisa. Uyakuhlamba izingubo zakhe, ageze ngamanzi, abe ehlanzekile ngakusihlwa. ²⁰Wonke ongcolile ongazihlanzi uyakunqunywa asuswe ebandleni, ngokuba ungcolise indlu engcwele kaBaba wethu; amanzi okuhlanza awazange afafazwe phezu kwakhe—ungcolile. ²¹Lesi yisimiso esihlezi njalo kubo: ofafaza amanzi okuhlanza uyakuhlamba izingubo zakhe; othinta amanzi okuhlanza ungcolile kuze kuhlwe. ²²Konke akuthintayo ongcolile kuyangcola; othinta lokho ungcolile kuze kuhlwe."