Numbers · Chapter 33

[ edit] Theſe ben þe dwellyngis of þe ſones of Yrael, þat wenten out fro Egipte, bi her companyes, in þe hoond of Moyſes and Aaron; þe whiche Moyſes diſcryuede biſide þe places of þe tentis, þe whiche weren chaungid þurȝ þe heeſt of þe Lord. Þerfor þei goon forþ fro Rameſſe, þe firſte moneþ, þe fiftenþe day of þe firſte moneþ, diden þat oþer day paſk þe ſones of Yrael, in an hiȝ hoond, ſeiynge alle þe Egipciens, and byryyng þe firſt gotun, þe whiche þe Lord hadde ſmytun; forſoþe and in þe goddis of hem he enhauncide veniaunce.

Þei ſetten tentis in Socoþ, and fro Socoþ þei camen in to Eþam, þat is in þe vttermeſt cooſtis of wildirnes; þens þei goon out, camen aȝens Phiairoþ, þat biholdiþ Beelſephon, and þei ſetten tentis before Magdalun. And þei goon forþ fro Phiairoþ, paſſiden þurȝ þe myddil ſe in wildirnes, and þei goynge þre dayes þurȝ þe deſeert of Eþan, ſetten tentis in Maara. And þei goon forþ fro Maara, camen into Helym, where weren twelue wellis of water, and ſeuenti palmes; and þere þei ſettiden tentis. But and þennes þei goon out, piȝten tentes vpon þe Reed See. And þei goon forþ fro þe Reed See, ſettiden tentis in þe deſeert of Synay, fro whens þei goon out, camen into Delpheca.

And þey goon forþ fro Delpheca, ſettiden tentis in Halijs. And þei goon fro Halijs, piȝten tentes in Raphidyn, where to þe peple water faylide to drynke. And þei goon forþ fro Raphidyn, ſettiden tentes in deſeert of Synay. But and fro þe wildirnes of Synay goon out, þei camen to þe Sepulcres of Luſt. And þei goon forþ fro þe Sepulcris of Luſt, ſettiden tentes in Aſſeroþ. And fro Aſſeroþ þei camen into Reþma. And þei goon forþ fro Reþma, ſettiden tentes in Remmon Phares; fro whens þei goon out, camen into Lemphna. And fro Lemphna þei ſettiden tentis in Reſſa. Goon out fro Reſſa camen in Celaþa; fro whens goon forþ, ſettiden tentis in þe hil of Sepher.

Goon out fro þe hil of Sepher, camen into Arada; þens goynge forþ, ſettiden tentes in Maceloþ. And goon forþ fro Maceloþ, camen into Thaat. And fro Thaat þei ſettiden tentis in Thare; fro whennus gon out, þei fitchiden tentis in Meþcha. And fro Meþcha þei ſettiden tentis in Eſmona. And gon forþ fro Eſmona, þei camen into Moſeroþ, and fro Moſeroþ þei ſettiden tentis in Benelachan. And goon forþ fro Benelachan, camen into þe hil of Galgad; fro whens goon forþ, þei ſettiden tentes in Jeþebacha. And fro Jeþebaca þei camen into Ebrona. And goon out fro Ebrona, ſettiden tentis in Aſion Gaber; and þens goon forþ, camen into þe deſeert of Syn; þis is Cades.

And goon out of Cades, ſettiden tentes in þe hil of Hor, in þe vttermooſt of þe loond of Edom. And Aaron, þe preeſt, ſteyede vp in to þe hil of Hor, comaundynge þe Lord, and þere died, þe fourtiþe ȝeer of þe goynge out of þe ſones of Yrael fro Egipte, þe fifþe moneþ, þe fyrſt day of þe moneþ; whanne he was of ȝeres an hundrid and þre and twenti. And Chanane, þe kyng Arad, þat dwelt at þe ſouþ, in þe loond of Chanaan, herde þat þe ſones of Yrael weren comen. And goon forþ fro þe hil of Hor, ſettiden tentis in Salmana; fro þens goon out, camen into Phynon. And goon forþ fro Phynon, þei ſettiden tentes in Oboþ. And fro Oboþ camen into Jeabarym, þat is in þe cooſtis of Moabitis.

And goon forþ fro Jeabarym, þei piȝten tentis in Dibongad; fro whens goon out, þei ſettiden tentis in Helmon Deblaþaym. And goon out of Helmon Deblaþaym, camen into þe hillis of Nabarym, aȝens Nabo. And goon fro þe hillis of Abarym, wenten to þe wijld feeldis of Moab, vp Jordan, aȝens Jericho. And þere þei ſettiden tentis, fro Beþſymon vnto Belſaþym, in þe more pleyn places of Moabites, where þe Lord ſpak to Moyſen, Comaund to þe ſones of Yrael, and ſey to hem, Whanne ȝe paſſen Jordan, goynge into þe loond of Chanaan, ſcater ȝe alle þe dwellers of þat region; breeke ȝe þe calues, and þe ymagis deſtrye ȝe, and alle þe hyȝe þingis waſte ȝe, clenſynge þe loond, and alle þe dwellers in it.

Y forſoþe haue ȝeue to ȝou it into poſſeſſioun, þe which ȝe ſhal dyuyde to ȝou bi lot; to þe mo ȝe ſhulen ȝyue þe bradder, and to þe fewer þe narwer; to ech as þe lot falliþ, ſo ſhal be ȝeue þe herytage; bi lynagis and meynees þe poſſeſſioun ſhal be dyuydid. Forſoþe if ȝe wolen not ſle þe dwellers of þe loond, þat abiden, þei ſhulen be to ȝow as nayles in eyen, and ſperis in ſidis; and þei ſhulen contrarye ȝou in þe loond of ȝoure dwellinge; and what euer þing I þowȝt to do to hem, I ſhal doo to ȝow.