Numbers · Chapter 10

[ edit] The Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Mak to þee two beten out ſilueren trompes, wiþ þe whiche þow mayſt clepe togidere þe multitude, whanne þe tentis ben to be meued. And whanne þow ſowneſt wiþ þi trompes, al þe folk ſhal be gederid to þee at þe dore of þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees. If onys þow ſowneſt, ſhulen come to þee þe princes and þe heedis of þe multitude of Irael; if forſoþe lenger and ſtowndmeel trompynge ſowne, þe firſte, þat ben at þe eeſt plage, ſhulen meue þe tentis. In þe ſecounde forſoþe ſownynge and euen ȝollynge of þe trompe, ſhulen rere þe tentys þat dwellen at þe ſowþ; and aftir þis maner þat oþer ſhulen doo, ȝollynge þe trompes into weendynge forþe.

Whanne forſoþe þe puple is to gederynge togidre, ſhal be ſymple criynge of trompes, and not ſtowndmeel þei ſhulen ȝolle. Þe ſones of Aaron preeſt ſhulen ſowne wiþ þe trompes, and þis ſhal be lawful euerlaſtynge in ȝoure generaciouns. If ȝe goon out to batayle fro ȝoure loond aȝens þe enemyes þat ſtryuen aȝens ȝow, ȝe ſhulen crye wiþ ȝollynge trompes, and it ſhal be recordynge of ȝow before þe Lord ȝour God, þat ȝe ben delyuerid fro þe hondes of ȝoure enemyes. And if eny tyme ȝe ſhulen haue meetſhip, and feeſte daies, and kalendes, ȝe ſhulen ſynge wiþ trompes vpon þe brent ſacrifices and þe peſible ſleyn ſacrifices, þat þei ben to ȝow into recordynge of ȝoure God; Y þe Lord ȝoure God.

Þe ſecounde ȝeer, þe ſecounde moneþ, þe twentiþe day of þe moneþ, þe clowd rered vp fro þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees. And þe ſones of Yrael ben goon forþe bi her companyes, fro þe deſeert of Synay; and þe clowd reſtyde in þe wildernes of Pharan. And þe firſt meueden tentes, after þe heeſt of þe Lord doon in þe hoond of Moyſes, þe ſones of Juda bi her companyes, of whom þe prince was Naaſon, þe ſone of Amynadab. In þe lynage of þe ſones of Yſachar prince was Naþanael, þe ſone of Suar. In þe lynage of Zabulon prince was Heliab, þe ſone of Helon. And þe tabernacle is ſett down, þe which berynge wenten out þe ſones of Gerſon, and of Merarye.

And þe ſones of Ruben wenten forþe bi companyes in her ordre, whos prince was Eliſur, þe ſone of Sedeur. In þe lynage forſoþe of þe ſones of Symeon prince was Salamyel, þe ſone of Suryſadday. Forſoþe in þe lynage of Gad was prynce Heliſaphat, þe ſone of Duel. And wenten forþe þe Caatþites, berynge þe ſeyntuarie; as longe þe tabernacle was bore, to þe tyme þat þei camen to þe rerynge place. And þe ſones of Effraym meueden tentis, by her companyes, in whos ooſt prince was Elizama, þe ſone of Amyud. In þe lynage forſoþe of þe ſones of Manaſſe prynce was Gamaliel, þe ſone of Phadaſſur. And in þe lynage of Beniamyn duke was Abidan, þe ſone of Gedeon.

Laſte of alle þe tentes wenten forþe þe ſones of Dan, bi her companyes, in whos ooſt prynce was Aiezer, þe ſone of Amyſadday. In þe lynage forſoþe of þe ſones of Aſer prynce was Phegiel, þe ſone of Ochran. And in þe lynage of þe ſones of Neptalym prince was Ahira, þe ſone of Henan. Þeſe ben þe tentes and þe goyngis forþe of þe ſones of Yrael, bi her companyes, whanne þei wenten out. And Moyſes ſeide to Heliab, þe ſone of Raguel Madianyte, his coſyn, We goon forþe to þe place þat þe Lord is to ȝyuynge to vs; com wiþ vs, þat we doon good to þee, for þe Lord good þingis haþ bihoot to Irael. To whom he anſwerde, I ſhal not goo wiþ þee, but I ſhal turne aȝen into my loond, in þe which Y am bore.

And he, Wole þow not, he ſeiþ, vs forſaak; þow forſoþe haſt knowe in what places bi deſeert we owen to ſette tentes, and þow ſhalt be oure leder; and whanne þow comyſt wiþ vs, what þing beſt were of þe ritcheſſis þat þe Lord is to ȝyuynge to vs, we ſhulen ȝyue to þee. Þanne þei wenten forþe fro þe mownt of þe Lord, weie of þre daies; and þe arke of þe boond of pees of þe Lord wente before hem, bi þree daies, purueiynge þe place of þe tentes. And þe clowd of þe Lord was vpon hem bi þe day, whanne þei ſhulden goon.

And whanne þe arke ſhulde be arered, Moyſes ſeide, Aryſe, Lord, and be ſcateryd þin enemyes, and fleeȝ þei fro þi face þat haten þee; whanne forſoþe it was ſette down, he ſeide, Torn aȝen, Lord, to þe multitude of þe ooſt of Yrael.