Numbers · Chapter 9

[ edit] The Lord ſpak to Moyſes, in deſeert of Synay, þe ſecounde ȝeer aftir þat þei weren went out of þe loond of Egipte, þe firſt moneþ, ſeiynge, Þe ſones of Yrael doo þei paſke in his tyme, þe fourtenþe day of þis moneþ, at euen, aftir alle þe ſerymonyes and þe iuſtifiyngis of it. And Moyſes comaundide to þe ſones of Irael, þat þei ſhulden doo paſke; þe whiche diden in his tyme, þe fourtenþe day of þe moneþ, at euen, in þe mount of Synay; aftir alle þingis þat þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes, diden þe ſones of Yrael.

And loo! ſumme vnclene vpon þe ſoule of man, þat myȝten not doo paſke in þat day, goynge to Moyſes and Aaron, ſeiden to hem, Vnclene we ben vpon þe ſoule of a man; whi be we bigilid, þat we mowen not offre þe offrynge to þe Lord in his tyme, amonge þe ſones of Yrael? To whom anſwerde Moyſes, Stoonde ȝe, þat I counſeil, what þe Lord comaundiþ of ȝow. And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, A man þat were vnclene vpon a ſoule, oþer in þe fer weye, in þe folk of ȝoure kynde, do he paſke to þe Lord þe ſecounde moneþe, þe fourtenþe day of þe moneþ, at euen; wiþ þerf looues and wijlde letuſes he ſhal eete it.

Þei ſhulen not leeue of it eny þing vnto þe morwe, and boon of it þei ſhulen not breeke; al þe rijt of phaſe þei ſhulen kepe. And if eny forſoþe is clene, and was not in þe weye, and ȝit dide not þe paſke, þat ſoule ſhal be out putte fro his puples, for ſacrifice he offrede not to þe Lord in his tyme; his ſynne he ſhal bere. A pilgrime forſoþe and a comlynge, if þere were anentis ȝow, do he paſke to þe Lord, aftir þe cerymonyes and iuſtifiyngis of it; þe ſame heeſt ſhal be anentis ȝou, as wel of þe comlyng as of þe wiþ ynne born. Þerfor þe day in þe which þe tabernacle is arerid, couerde it a clowd; fro euen forſoþe vpon þe tent was as liknes of fier vnto þe morwe.

So it was doon contynuly, bi þe day couerde it a clowd, and bi þe nyȝt as liknes of fier. And whanne þe clowd was takun awey, þat kepte þe tabernacle, þanne wenten forþe þe ſones of Yrael, and in þe place where ſtood þe clowd, þere þei ſetten tentes. At þe maundement of þe Lord þei wenten forþe, and at þe maundement of hym þei picchiden þe tabernacle. Al þe daies in þe whiche ſtood þe clowd vpon þe tabernacle, þei dwelten in þe ſame place. And if it felle þat myche tyme it dwelte vpon it, þe ſones of Yrael weren in þe biſi waardes of þe Lord, and þei wenten not forþe, as feel dais as þe clowde were vpon þe tabernacle.

At þe maundement of þe Lord, þei arereden tentes, and at þe maundement of hym þei putten down. And if þe clowd were fro euen to þe morwe, and anoon þe morwe tide laft of, þei wenten forþe; and if aftir day and nyȝt it ȝede awey, þei ſcaterden þe tentes. Wheþer twey or o moneþ, or lenger tyme, it were vpon þe tabernacle, þe ſones of Yrael dwelliden in þe ſame place, and wenten not forþe; anoon forſoþe as it wente a wey, þei meueden þe tentes. Bi þe word of þe Lord þei piȝten tentes, and bi þe word of hym þei wenten forþe; and þei weren in þe biſy waardes of þe Lord, after þe heeſt of hym, bi þe hoond of Moyſes.