Numbers · Chapter 26

[ edit] Aftir þat þe blood of gilti men is ſhed, þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes and to Eleazar, þe ſone of Aaron, þe preeſt, Noumbre ȝe al þe ſumme of þe ſones of Yrael, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, by howſes, and þer kynredis, and alle þat mowen goo forþ to batails. And ſo ſpeken Moyſes and Eleazar, þe preeſt, in þe wijlde feeldes of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jerico, to hem þat weren of twenti ȝeer and aboue, as þe Lord comaundide; of whom þis is þe noumbre. Ruben, þe firſt getun of Yrael; of þis þe ſone Enoch, of whom þe meyne of Enochitees; and Fallu, of whom þe meyne of Falluytees; and Eſrom, of whom þe meyne of Eſromytees; and Charmy, of whom þe meyne of Charmytis.

Þes ben þe meyneis of þe lynage of Ruben, whos noumbre is foundun þre and fourty þowſandes ſeuen hundrid and þretti. Þe ſone of Fallu of Heliab; of þis þe ſones, Namuel, and Datan, and Abiron. Þes ben Daþan and Abyron, þe princes of þe puple, þat ryſen aȝens Moyſes and Aaron, in þe diſſencyoun of Chore, whanne aȝens þe Lord þei rebelden, and þe erþe openynge his mouþ, deuowride Chore, diynge many, whanne þe fier brente two hundrid and fifti men; and a greet myracle was done, þat Chore periſhynge, his ſones perſhiden not.

Þe ſones of Symeon bi her kynredes; Namuel, of þis þe meyne of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of þis þe meyne of Jamynytees; Jachym, of þis þe meyne of Jachymytis; Zare, of þis þe meyne of Zarenytis; Saul, of þis þe meyne of Saulitis. Þes ben þe meynees of þe lynage of Symeon, of whom al þe noumbre was two and twenti þouſandis and two hundrid. Þe ſones of Gad bi her kynredes; Sephon, of þis þe meyne of Sephonytis; Aggy, of þis þe meyne of Aggitis; Sumy, of þis þe meyne of Sumytis; Ozny, of þis þe meyne of Oznytis; Hery, of þis þe meyne of Hereytis; Arod, of þis þe meyne of Aroditis; Ariel, of þis þe meyne of Aryelitis. Þes ben þe meyne of Gad, of whom al þe noumbre was fourti þowſand and fyue hundred.

Þe ſones of Juda, Her and Onan, þe whiche boþ ben deed in þe loond of Chanaan. And þere weren þe ſones of Juda bi his kynredis, Sela, of whom þe meyne of Selaytis; Phares, of whom þe meyne of Phareſitis; Zare, of whom þe meyne of Zareitis. Forſoþe þe ſones of Phares; Eſrom, of whom þe meyne of Eſromytis; and Amul, of whom þe meine of Amulitis. Þes ben þe meynees of Jude, of whom al þe noumbre was ſeuenti þowſynd and fyue hundrid. Þe ſones of Yſachar bi her kynredis; Thola, of whom þe meyne of Tholaytis; Phua, of whome þe meyne of Phuaytis; Jaſub, of whom þe meyne of Jaſubitis; Semram, of whom þe meyne of Semramytis.

Þes ben þe kynredis of Yſachar, of whom þe noumbre was foure and ſexti þowſandis and þre hundrid. Þe ſones of Zabulon bi her kynredes; Sared, of whom þe meyne of Saradites; Helon, of whom þe meyne of Helonytis; Jalel, of whom þe meyne of Jelelitis. Þes ben þe kynredis of Zabulon, of whom þe noumbre was ſexti þouſynd and fyue hundrid. Þe ſones of Joſeph bi his kynredis, Manaſſes and Effraym. Of Manaſſe is commen Machir, of whom þe meyne of Macherytis. Machir gat Galaad, of whom þe meyne of Galaditis.

Galaad hadde ſones; Yezer, of whom þe meyne of Yezerytis; and Helech, of whom þe meyne of Helechitis; and Ariel, of whom þe meyne of Arielitis; and Sechem, of whom þe meyne of Sechemytis; and Semyda, of whom þe meyne of Semydaytis; and Epher, of whom þe meyne of Epherytis. Epher forſoþe was fader of Saphaad, þat had no ſones, but oonli douȝtres, of whom þes ben þe names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Therſa. Þes ben þe meynees of Manaſſe, and þe noumbre of hem two and fifti þowſand and ſeuen hundryd. Þe ſones forſoþe of Effraym bi her kynredis weren þes; Suþala, of whom þe meyne of Suþalitis; Beþer, of whom þe meyne of Beþeritis; Theen, of whom þe meyne of Theennytis.

Forſoþe þe ſone of Suþala was Heram, of whom þe meyne of Heramytis. Þes ben þe kynredis of þe ſones of Effraym, of whom þe noumbre was two and þretti þowſand and fyue hundrid. Þes ben þe ſones of Joſeph, bi his meynees. Þe ſones of Beniamyn in his kynredis; Bale, of whom þe meyne of Baleytis; Aſbel, of whom þe meyne of Azbelitis; Ahiram, of whom þe meyne of Ahyramytis; Suphan, of whom þe meyne of Suphanytis; Huphan, of whom þe meyne of Huphanytis. Þe ſones of Bale, Hered, and Noeman; of Hered þe meyne of Heredytis; of Noeman þe meyne of Noemanytis. Þes ben þe ſones of Beniamyn bi his kynredis, of whom þe noumbre was fyue and fourti þowſand and ſix hundryd.

Þe ſones of Dan bi his kynredis; Suhan, of whom þe meyne of Suhanytis. Þes ben þe kynredis of Dan bi his meynees; alle weren Sunanitis, of whom þe noumbre was foure and ſixti þowſynd and foure hundrid. Þe ſones of Aſer bi his kynredes; Jemma, of whom þe meyne of Jemmanytis; Jeſuy, of whom þe meyne of Jeſuitis; Brye, of whom þe meyne of Brieytis. Þe ſones of Brye; Haber, of whom þe meyne of Haberytis; and Melchiel, of whom þe meyne of Melchielitis. Þe name forſoþe of þe douȝter of Azar was Sara. Þes ben þe kynredes of þe ſones of Aſer, and þe noumbre of hem foure and fyfty þowſand and foure hundryd.

Þe ſones of Neptalym bi his kynredis; Jeſyel, of whom þe meyne of Jeſyelitis; Guny, of whom þe meyne of Gunytis; Jeſer, of whom þe meyne of Jeſerytis; Sellem, of whom þe meyne of Sellemytis. Þes ben þe kynredis of þe ſones of Neptalym bi his meynees, of whom þe noumbre was fyue and fourti þouſyndis and foure hundrid. Þis is þe ſumme of þe ſones of Yrael, þat ben noumbred, ſix hundryd þowſand and a þowſand and ſeuen hundrid and þretti.

And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, To þes ſhal þe loond be dyuydid, aftir þe noumbre of þe names into her poſſeſſiouns; to þe moo þe more part þow ſhalt ȝyue, and to þe fewer þe laſſe; to eche as þei ben noumbred ſhal be take þe poſſeſſioun; ſo oonli þat lot dyuyde þe loond to þe lynagis and meynes. What euer þing bi lot falle, þat oþere mo taken or fewe. Þis forſoþe is þe noumbre of þe ſones of Leuy bi her meynees; Gerſon, of whom þe meyne of Gerſonytis; Caaþ, of whom þe meyne of Caaþitis; Merary, of whom þe meyne of Meraritis. Þes ben þe meynees of Leuy; þe meyne of Lobny, þe meyne of Ebron, þe meyne of Mooli, þe meyne of Muſy, þe meyne of Chory.

And forſoþe Caaþ geet Amram, þat hadde a wijf, Jochobeþ, þe dowȝter of Leuy, þat is bore to hym in Egipte. Þes geet to hir man Amram ſones, Aaron, and Moyſen, and Mary, þe ſiſtir of hem. Of Aaron ben comen forþe Nadab, and Abyu, and Eleazar, and Yþamar; of whom Nadab and Abyu ben deed, whanne þei hadden offred alien fier before þe Lord. And alle þat ben noumbred weren þre and twenty þowſynd of maal kynde, fro o moneþ and aboue, þe whiche ben not noumbred amonge þe ſones of Yrael, ne to hem wiþ oþere is ȝouen poſſeſſioun.

Þis is þe noumbre of þe ſones of Yrael, þat ben diſcryued of Moyſes and Eleazar, þe preeſt, in þe wijld feeldis of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jerycho; among whoom noon of hem was þat before ben noumbred of Moyſes and Aaron, in þe deſeert of Synay; þe Lord forſoþe ſeide before, þat alle þei ſhulden dye in wildernes, and noon of hem abood but Caleph, þe ſone of Jephone, and Joſue, þe ſone of Nun.