Isahluko 26
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Kwathi emva kwaleso sifo uJehova wakhuluma kuMose naku-Eleyazare indodana ka-Aroni umpristi, wathi:
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“Balani umumo wenhlangano yonke yabantwana bakwa-Israyeli kusukela kwabaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, ngezindlu zawoyise, bonke abakwa-Israyeli abangaphuma impi.”
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OMose no-Eleyazare umpristi bakhuluma nabo emathafeni akwaMowabi ngaseJordani ngaseJeriko, bathi:
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“Yebo, bona abaneminyaka engamashumi amabili kuya phezulu, njengalokho uJehova eyalile uMose nabantwana bakwa-Israyeli abaphuma ezweni laseGibithe.”
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URubeni, izibulo lika-Israyeli: amadodana kaRubeni: kwaHanoki: ngumndeni wakwaHanoki; kwaPhalu: ngumndeni wakwaPhalu;
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kwaHesironi: ngumndeni wakwaHesironi; kwaKarmi: ngumndeni wakwaKarmi.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yabakwaRubeni; ababalwayo kuyo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nantathu namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi amathathu.
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Amadodana kaPhalu: ngu-Eliyabe.
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Amadodana ka-Eliyabe: ngoNemuweli, noDathani, no-Abiramu. Laba bangoDathani no-Abiramu labo ababizwa yinhlangano ukuba balwe noMose no-Aroni bekulo iviyo likaKora, lilwa noJehova;
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umhlaba wavula umlomo wawo, wabagwinya kanye noKora ekufeni kwalelo viyo, lapho umlilo waqeda amadoda angamakhulu amabili namashumi ayisihlanu, aba yisixwayiso.
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Kepha amadodana kaKora awafanga.
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Amadodana kaSimeyoni ngemindeni yawo: kwaNemuweli: ngumndeni wakwaNemuweli; kwaJamini: ngumndeni wakwaJamini; kwaJakini: ngumndeni wakwaJakini;
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kwaZera: ngumndeni wakwaZera; kwaShawule: ngumndeni wakwaShawule.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yabakwaSimeyoni, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nambili namakhulu amabili.
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Amadodana kaGadi ngemindeni yawo: kwaSefoni: ngumndeni wakwaSefoni; kwaHagi: ngumndeni wakwaHagi; kwaShuni: ngumndeni wakwaShuni;
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kwa-Ozini: ngumndeni wakwa-Ozini; kwa-Eri: ngumndeni wakwa-Eri;
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kwa-Arodi: ngumndeni wakwa-Arodi; kwa-Areli: ngumndeni wakwa-Areli.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yamadodana kaGadi ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane namakhulu ayisihlanu.
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Amadodana kaJuda: ngo-Eri no-Onani; o-Eri no-Onani bafela ezweni laseKhanani.
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Amadodana kaJuda ngemindeni yawo: kwaShela: ngumndeni wakwaShela; kwaPheresi: ngumndeni wakwaPheresi; kwaZera: ngumndeni wakwaZera.
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Amadodana kaPheresi: kwaHesironi: ngumndeni wakwaHesironi; kwaHamule: ngumndeni wakwaHamule.
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Yileyo eyimindeni kaJuda ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisikhombisa nesithupha namakhulu ayisihlanu.
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Amadodana ka-Isakare ngemindeni yawo: kwaThola: ngumndeni wakwaThola; kwaPhuva ngumndeni wakwaPhuva;
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kwaJashubi: ngumndeni wakwaJashubi; kwaShimroni: ngumndeni wakwaShimroni.
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Yileyo eyimindeni ka-Isakare ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisithupha nane namakhulu amathathu.
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Amadodana kaZebuloni ngemindeni yawo: kwaSeredi: ngumndeni wakwaSeredi; kwa-Eloni: ngumndeni wakwa-Eloni; kwaJaleli: ngumndeni wakwaJaleli.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yabakwaZebuloni ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisithupha namakhulu ayisihlanu.
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Amadodana kaJosefa ngemindeni yawo: ngoManase no-Efrayimi.
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Amadodana kaManase: kwaMakiri: ngumndeni wakwaMakiri; uMakiri wazala uGileyadi; kwaGileyadi: ngumndeni wakwaGileyadi.
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Lawa angamadodana kaGileyadi: kwa-Iyezeri: ngumndeni wakwa-Iyezeri; kwaHeleki: ngumndeni wakwaHeleki;
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kwa-Asiriyeli: ngumndeni wakwa-Asiriyeli; kwaShekemi: ngumndeni wakwaShekemi;
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kwaShemida: ngumndeni wakwaShemida; kwaHeferi: ngumndeni wakwaHeferi.
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USelofehadi indodana kaHeferi wayengenamadodana enamadodakazi odwa; amagama amadodakazi kaSelofehadi ayengoMahela, noHogila, noMilka, noTirisa.
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Yileyo eyimindeni kaManase; ababalwayo kubo babeyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu nambili namakhulu ayisikhombisa.
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Lawa angamadodana ka-Efrayimi ngemindeni yawo: kwaShuthela: ngumndeni wakwaShuthela; kwaBekeri: ngumndeni wakwaBekeri; kwaThahani: ngumndeni wakwaThahani.
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Lawa angamadodana kaShuthela: kwa-Eranu: ngumndeni wakwa-Eranu.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yamadodana ka-Efrayimi ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi amathathu nambili namakhulu ayisihlanu. Lawo angamadodana kaJosefa ngemindeni yawo.
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Amadodana kaBenjamini ngemindeni yawo: kwaBela: ngumndeni wakwaBela; kwa-Ashibeli: ngumndeni wakwa-Ashibeli; kwa-Ahiramu: ngumndeni wakwa-Ahiramu;
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kwaShefufamu: ngumndeni wakwaShufamu; kwaHufamu: ngumndeni wakwaHufamu.
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Amadodana kaBela ayengo-Arida noNahamani; kwa-Arida: ngumndeni wakwa-Arida; kwaNahamani: ngumndeni wakwaNahamani.
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Yilawo angamadodana kaBenjamini ngemindeni yawo; ababalwayo kubo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nanhlanu namakhulu ayisithupha.
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Lawa angamadodana kaDani ngemindeni yawo: kwaShuhamu: ngumndeni wakwaShuhamu. Yileyo eyimindeni kaDani ngemindeni yayo.
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Yonke imindeni yabakwaShuhamu ngokwababalwayo kubo yayiyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisithupha nane namakhulu amane.
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Amadodana ka-Asheri ngemindeni yawo: kwaJimna: ngumndeni wakwaJimna; kwaJishiwi: ngumndeni wakwaJishiwi; kwaBeriya: ngumndeni wakwaBeriya.
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Kumadodana kaBeriya: kwaHebere: ngumndeni wakwaHebere; kwaMalikiyeli: ngumndeni wakwaMalikiyeli.
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Igama lendodakazi ka-Asheri lalinguSera.
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Yileyo eyimindeni yamadodana ka-Asheri ngokwababalwayo kubo, izinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu nantathu namakhulu amane.
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Amadodana kaNafetali ngemindeni yawo: kwaJaseli: ngumndeni wakwaJaseli; kwaGuni: ngumndeni wakwaGuni;
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kwaJeseri: ngumndeni wakwaJeseri; kwaShilemi: ngumndeni wakwaShilemi.
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Yileyo eyimindeni kaNafetali ngemindeni yayo; ababalwayo kubo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane nanhlanu namakhulu amane.
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Yilabo ababalwayo babantwana bakwa-Israyeli, izinkulungwane ezingamakhulu ayisithupha nanye namakhulu ayisikhombisa namashumi amathathu.
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UJehova wakhuluma kuMose, wathi:
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“Izwe liyakwahlukaniselwa bona labo, libe yifa labo njengokomumo wamagama.
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Abaningi uyakubanika ifa elikhulu, abayingcosana uyakubanika ifa elincane, yilowo nalowo anikwe ifa ngokwababalwayo kuye.
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Izwe liyakwahlukaniswa nokho ngenkatho; bayakulidla ifa ngokwamagama ezizwe zawoyise.
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Ngokwenkatho izwe liyakwahlukaniswa phakathi kwabaningi nabayingcosana.”
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Nampa ababalwayo babaLevi ngemindeni yawo: kwaGereshoni: ngumndeni wakwaGereshoni; kwaKohati: ngumndeni wakwaKohati; kwaMerari: ngumndeni wakwaMerari.
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Nansi imindeni yamaLevi: ngumndeni wakwaLibini, nomndeni wakwaHebroni, nomndeni wakwaMaheli, nomndeni wakwaMushi, nomndeni wakwaKora. UKohati wazala u-Amramu.
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Igama lomka-Amramu lalinguJokebedi indodakazi kaLevi, owazalelwa uLevi eGibithe; wazalela u-Amramu o-Aroni noMose noMiriyamu udadewabo.
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U-Aroni wazala oNadabi, no-Abihu, no-Eleyazare, no-Itamari.
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ONadabi no-Abihu bafa, lapho benikela ngomlilo ongafanele phambi kukaJehova.
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Ababalwayo kubo babe yizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili nantathu, bonke abesilisa kusukela kwabanenyanga kuya phezulu; ngokuba ababalwanga phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli, lokhu abanikwanga ifa phakathi kwabantwana bakwa-Israyeli.
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Yilabo ababalwa nguMose nangu-Eleyazare umpristi ababala abantwana bakwa-Israyeli emathafeni akwaMowabi ngaseJordani ngaseJeriko.
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Kepha phakathi kwalabo kwakungekho muntu wababebaliwe nguMose nangu-Aroni umpristi, ababala abantwana bakwa-Israyeli ehlane laseSinayi.
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Ngokuba uJehova wayeshilo ngabo wathi: “Bayakufa nokufa ehlane.” Akusalanga muntu kubo ngaphandle kukaKalebi indodana kaJefune noJoshuwa indodana kaNuni.