Numbers · Chapter 36

[ edit] Camen nyȝ forſoþe and þe prynces of þe meynees of Galaad, þe ſone of Machir, þe ſone of Manaſſe, of þe lynage of þe ſones of Joſeph, and ſpeken to Moyſes before þe princes of Yrael, and ſeyden, To þee oure lord comaundide þe Lord, þat þe loond bi lot þow ſhuldiſt dyuyde to þe ſones of Yrael, and þat to þe douȝtres of Salphaad, oure broþer, þow ſhuldeſt ȝyue poſſeſſioun duwe to þe fader.

Þe whiche if men of anoþer lynage taken to wyues, ſhulen folwe her poſſeſſioun, and tranſlatid to anoþer lynage, of oure herytage ſhal be laſſid; and ſo ſhal be doo, þat whanne þe iubyle, þat is þe fiftiþe ȝeer of remyſſioun, come, be confoundid þe delynge of lottis, and oþer mennus poſſeſſioun paſſe to oþir. And Moyſes anſwerde to þe ſones of Yrael, and, þe Lord comaundynge, ſeiþ, Ryȝt þe lynage of þe ſones of Joſeph haþ ſpoken, and þis lawe vpon þe douȝtren of Salphaad of þe Lord is opynly ſhewid; wedden þei to whom þei wolen, oonly to þe men of her lynage; leſt þe poſſeſſyouns of þe ſones of Yrael be mengid fro lynage into lynage.

Forſoþe alle men ſhulen take wyues of her lynage, and of her kynrede, and alle wymmen houſboondes of þe ſame lynage take þei, þat þe herytage dwelle in þe meynees, ne to hemſilf be mengid þe lynagis, but ſo dwelle þei, as of þe Lord þei ben ſeuerd. And þe douȝters of Salphaad diden, as to hem was comaundid. And Maala, and Therſa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Noha, weren weddid to þe ſones of þe broþer of her fader, of þe meynee of Manaſſe, þat was þe ſone of Joſeph. And þe poſſeſſioun þat was to hem delyuerd, abood in þe lynage and þe meynee of þe fader of hem.

Þes ben þe maundementis and domes, þat þe Lord comaundide bi þe hoond of Moyſes, to þe ſones of Yrael, in þe wijlde feeldis of Moab, vpon Jordan, aȝens Jericho. Here endiþ þe book of Numeri and nowe bygynneþ þe book of Deutronomy.