Numbers · Chapter 34

[ edit] The Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Comaunde to þe ſones of Yrael, and þow ſhalt ſeye to hem, Whanne ȝe goon into þe loond of Chanaan, and into poſſeſſioun to ȝow felle bi lot, wiþ þes eendis it ſhal be endid.

Þe ſouþ part ſhal bigyn fro þe wildirnes of Syn, þat is biſide Edom, and it ſhal haue termes aȝens þe eeſt, and mooſt ſalt ſee, þe which ſhal enuyroun þe ſouþ cooſt bi þe ſtiyng up of ſcorpioun, ſo þat þei paſſen into Sennam, and camen to þe ſouþ, vnto Cades Barne; fro whens ſhulen goo oute, þe nyȝ cooſtis, to a toun, Abder bi name, and þei ſhulen ſtrecche vnto Aſſemonam; and þe cooſt ſhal goo bi enuyroun fro Aſſemona vnto þe rennynge water of Egipte, and it ſhal be endid in þe brenk of þe greet ſee. Þe weſt plage forſoþe ſhal begynne fro þe greet ſee, and wiþ þat his eend ſhal be cloſid.

Forſoþe to þe norþ plage, fro þe greet ſee teermes ſhulen begynne, ful comynge vnto þe mooſt hiȝe hil, fro þe which þei ſhulen come into Emaþ, vnto þe eendis of Sedeba; and þe nyȝ cooſtis ſhulen go vnto Effrona, and þe town of Enan. Þes ſhulen be þe teermes in þe part of þe norþ. Þens ſhulen be ſett þe eendis aȝens þe eeſt plage, fro þe toun of Henam vnto Sephama; and fro Sephama þe termes ſhulen deſcende vnto Reblaþ, aȝens þe welle of Daphym; þens þei ſhulen come aȝens þe eeſt to þe ſee of Cenereþ; and þei ſhulen ſtretche vnto Jordan, and at þe laſt þei ſhulen be cloſid wiþ þe mooſt ſalt ſee. Þis loond ȝe ſhulen haue bi ȝoure cooſtis in enuyroun.

And Moyſes comaundide to þe ſones of Yrael, ſeiynge, Þis ſhal be þe loond þat ȝe ſhulen welde bi lot, and þat þe Lord comaundide to be ȝeuen to nyne lynagis, and to þe half lynage; forſoþe þe lynage of þe ſones of Ruben bi her meynees, and bi þe lynage of þe ſones of Gad, aftir þe kynrede and noumbre, and þe half lynage of Manaſſe, þat is, two lynagis and an half, token her parte beȝonde Jordan, aȝens Jericho, at þe eeſt plage.

And þe Lord ſeiþ to Moyſes, Þes ben þe names of þe men þat ſhulen dyuyde þe loond to ȝow, Eleazar, þe preeſt, and Joſue, þe ſone of Nun, and alle þe prynces of alle lynagis; of whom þe names ben þes, of þe lynage of Juda, Caleph, þe ſone of Jephone; of þe lynage of Symeon, Samuel, þe ſone of Amyud; of þe lynage of Beniamyn, Elyad, þe ſone of Caſſelon; of þe lynage of þe ſones of Dan, Bochri, þe ſone of Jogli; of þe ſones of Joſeph and þe lynage of Manaſſe, Hamyel, þe ſone of Ephoþ; of þe lynage of Effraym, Camuel, þe ſone of Sepþan; of þe lynage of Zabulon, Elizaphan, þe ſone of Pharnaþ; of þe lynage of Yſachar, duke Phaltiel, þe ſone of Ozan; of þe lynage of Aſer, Abyud, þe ſone of Salomy; of þe lynage of Neptalym, Fedahel, þe ſone of Amyud.

Þes ben, to whom þe Lord comaundide, þat þei ſhulden dyuyde to þe ſones of Yrael þe loond of Chanaan.