Numbers · Chapter 25

[ edit] Irael forſoþe dwelt þat tyme in Sechym, and þe puple dide fornycacioun wiþ þe douȝtres of Moab; þe which clepen hem to her tabernacles, and þei eten, and honoureden þe goddis of hem; and Irael ſacrifiede to Belphagor. And þe Lord was wrooþ to Moyſes; Tak, he ſeiþ, alle þe prynces of þe puple, and honge hem aȝens þe ſunne in iebettis, þat my woodnes be turned a wey fro Yrael. And Moyſes ſeide to þe domeſmen of Yrael, Sle echon his neiȝbors, þat han ſacrifiede to Belphegor. And loo! oon of þe ſones of Yrael wente yn before his bryþeren to a Madyanyte ſtrompet, ſeeynge Moyſes, and al þe puple of þe ſones of Yrael, þe whiche wepten before þe ȝatis of þe tabernacle.

Þe which þinge whanne hadde ſeen Phynees, þe ſone of Eleazar, ſone of Aaron, preeſt, roos fro þe myddil of þe multitude, and, cauȝt a ſwerd, wente yn after þe man of Yrael into þe hoorhows, and he ſtikide þurȝ boþ togidre, þe man, þat is, and þe womman, in þe genytale places. And þe veniaunce ceſide fro þe ſones of Yrael, and þere ben ſlawe foure and twenti þowſandis of men. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Phynees, þe ſone of Eleazar, ſone of Aaron, preeſt, haþ tak awey my wraþ fro þe ſones of Irael; for þurȝ my loue he is ſtyryd aȝens hem, þat I my ſilf dide not a wey þe ſones of Yrael in my gelouſte. Þerfore ſpek to hym, Loo!

I ȝyue to hym þe pees of my boond of pees, and it ſhal be, as wel to hym as to his ſeed, euerlaſtynge couenaunt of preſþod; for he haþ loued for his God, and haþ purgid þe hidows ſynne of þe ſones of Yrael. Þe name forſoþe of þe man of Yrael, þat was ſlayn wiþ þe Madianyte, was Zambri, þe ſone of Salu, duke of þe kynrede of þe lynage of Symeon. Forſoþe þe womman of Madianyte þat togidre was ſlayn, was clepid Chobry, þe douȝtre of Sur, mooſt noble prynce of Madianytees.

And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Enemyes feele ȝow þe Madianytees, and ſmyte ȝe hem; for and þei enemylich han doo aȝeyns ȝow, and han bigilid bi aſpies, bi þe mawmet of Phegor, and þe douȝtre Chobry of þe duke of Madian, hys ſiſter, þat is ſmytun in þe day of veniaunce, for þe ſacrilegie of Phegor.