Numbers · Chapter 12

[ edit] And Mary ſpak and Aaron aȝens Moyſes, for þe Eþiopis his wijf, and ſeiden, Wheþer oonli bi Moyſes haþ þe Lord ſpokun? wheþer not and to vs alſo he haþ ſpokun? Þe which whann þe Lord hadde herde, he was ful wrooþ. Moyſes forſoþe was mooſt mylde man, ouer alle men þat dwelten on erþe. And þe Lord anoon ſpak to hym and Aaron and Mary, Goo ȝe þre alone out to þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees.

And whanne þei weren comyn ynne, þe Lord deſcendide in a piler of a clowde, and ſtood in þe entre of þe tabernacle, clepynge Aaron, and Marye; þe which whanne weren goon, ſeide to hem, Here ȝe my wordes; if eny were amonge ȝow þe prophete of þe Lord, in viſioun Y ſhal apere to hym, oþer bi ſweuen I ſhal ſpeke to hym. And he ſeiþ, And not ſichon my ſeruaunt Moyſes, þat in al myn hows is mooſt trewe; mouþ forſoþe to mouþ I ſhal ſpeke to hym, and opynly, and not bi derkneſſes and figuris he ſeeþ God. Whi þanne dreden ȝe not to bacbite to my ſeruaunt Moyſes? And wrooþ aȝens hem, wente aweie. Þe clowde forſoþe wente awey, þat was vpon þe tabernacle, and loo!

Marye aperide ſhynynge wiþ lepre as ſnowe. And whanne Aaron hadde beholdun hir, and ſawȝ hir þurȝ hilid wiþ lepre, ſeiþ to Moyſes, My lord, Y preye, ne ſett þow not to vs þis ſynne, þat folily we han doon, ne þis be maad as deed, and as deed wiþ ynne wombe þat is þrowun out fro þe wombe of his moder; loo! now þe myddil of her fleſh is deuowrid wiþ lepre. And Moyſes cryed to þe Lord, ſeiynge, Lord, I preye, heel hir. To whom anſwerde þe Lord, If þe fader of hir hadde ſpitte into hir face, wheþer ſhulde ſhe not namelich ſeuen days wiþ reednes be vnderhilid? Be ſhe ſeuered ſeuen days out of þe tentis, and afterward ſhe ſhal be aȝen clepid.

And ſo Mari is putte out of þe tentis ſeuen dayes; and þe puple is not meued fro þat place, to þe tyme þat Marye is aȝenclepid. And þe puple wente forþe fro Aſſeroþ, piȝte þe tentes in þe deſeert of Pharan.