Bible. Anonymous

in my greet hete, `ether strong veniaunce.

¹² Therfor speke thou to hym, Lo! Y yyue to hym the pees of my couenaunt ^[1] ,

      ¹³ and it schal be an euerlastynge couenaunt of preesthod, as wel to hym silf as to his seed; for he louyde feruentli for his God, and he clenside the greet trespas of the sones of Israel.

      ¹⁴ Forsothe the name of the man of Israel, that was slayn with the womman of Madian, was Zambri, the sone of Salu, duyk of the kynrede and lynage of Symeon.

      ¹⁵ Forsothe the womman of Madian that was slayn togidere, was clepid Cobri, the douyter of Sur, the nobleste prince of Madianytis.

      ¹⁶ And the Lord spak to Moises and seide,

      ¹⁷ `Madianytis feele you enemyes, and smyte ye hem;

      ¹⁸ for also thei diden enemyliche ayens you, and disseyueden thorow tresouns, bi the idol of Phegor, and bi `the douyter of Corbri, duyk of Madian, her sister, which douyter was sleyn in the dai of veniaunce, for the sacrilege of Phegor.

      1 ↑ [Note: couenaunt, that is, the dignete of presthod aftir his fadir.]

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      ¹ Aftir that the blood of gilti men was sched out, the Lord seide to Moises and to Eleasar,

      ² preest, sone of Aaron, Noumbre ye al the summe of the sones of Israel, fro twenti yeer and aboue, bi her housis, and kynredis, alle men that mowen go forth to batels.

      ³ And so Moises and Eleasar, preest, spaken in the feeldi places of Moab, ouer Jordan, ayens Jerico, to hem that weren of twenti yeer and aboue,

      ⁴ as the Lord comaundide; of whiche this is the noumbre.

      ⁵ Ruben, the firste gendrid of Israel; the sone of hym was Enoch, of whom was the meynee of Enochitis; and Phallu, of whom the meynee of Phalluytis; and Esrom,

      ⁶ of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Charmy, of whom the meynee of Charmytis.

      ⁷ Thes weren the meynees of the generacioun of Ruben, of whiche meynees the noumbre was foundun thre and fourti thousand seuene hundrid and thretti.

      ⁸ The sone of Phallu was Heliab;

      ⁹ the sones of hym weren Namuel, and Dathan and Abiron. `These weren Dathan and Abiron, prynces of the puple, that riseden ayens Moises and Aaron, in the rebelte of Chore, whanne thei rebelliden ayens the Lord;

      ¹⁰ and the erthe openyde his mouth, and deuouride Chore, while ful many men dieden, whanne the fier brente two hundrid men and fifti; and a greet myracle was maad,

      ¹¹ that whanne Chore perischide, hise sones perischiden not.

      ¹² The sones of Symeon bi her kynredis; Namuel, of hym was the meynee of Namuelitis; Jamyn, of hym was the meynee of Jamynytis; Jachin, of hym was the meynee of Jachynytis;

      ¹³ Zare, of hym the meynee of Zarenytis; Saul, of hym the meynee of Saulitis.

      ¹⁴ These weren the meynees of Symeon, of whiche all the noumbre was two and twenti thousynde and two hundrid.

      ¹⁵ The sones of Gad bi her kynredis; Sephon, of hym the meynee of Sephonytis; Aggi, of hym the meynee of Aggitis; Sumy, of hym the meynee of Sumytis;

      ¹⁶ Ozny, of hym the meynee of Oznytis; Heri, of hym the meynee of Hereytis;

      ¹⁷ Arod, of hym the meynee of Aroditis; Ariel, of hym the meynee of Arielitis.

      ¹⁸ These weren the meynees of Gad, of whiche al the noumbre was fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

      ¹⁹ The sones of Juda weren Her and Onan, whiche bothe weren deed in the lond of Canaan.

      ²⁰ And the sones of Juda weren bi her kynredis; Sela, of whom the meynee of Selaitis; Phares, of whom the meynee of Pharesitis; Zare, of whom the meynee of Zareitis.

      ²¹ Sotheli the sones of Phares weren Esrom, of whom the meynee of Esromytis; and Amul, of whom the meynee of Amulitis.

      ²² These weren the meynees of Juda, of whiche al the noumbre was seuenty thousynde and fyue hundrid.

      ²³ The sones of Isachar bi her kynredis; Thola, of whom the meynee of Tholaitis; Phua, of whom the meynee of Phuitis;

      ²⁴ Jasub, of whom the meynee of Jasubitis; Semran, of whom the meynee of Semranytis.

      ²⁵ These weren the kynredis of Isachar, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynd and three hundrid.

      ²⁶ The sones of Zabulon bi her kinredis; Sarad, of whom the meynee of Sareditis; Helon, of whom the meynee of Helonytis; Jalel, of whom the meynee of Jalelitis.

      ²⁷ These weren the kynredis of Zabulon, of whiche the noumbre was sixti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

      ²⁸ The sones of Joseph bi her kynredis weren Manasses and Effraym.

      ²⁹ Of Manasses was borun Machir, of whom the meynee of Machiritis. Machir gendride Galaad, of whom the meynee of Galaditis.

      ³⁰ Galaad hadde sones; Hizezer, of whom the meynee of Hizezeritis; and Helech, of whom the meynee of Helechitis;

      ³¹ and Ariel, of whom the meynee of Arielitis; and Sechem, of whom the meynee of Sechemytis;

      ³² and Semyda, of whom the meynee of Semydaitis; and Epher, of whom the meynee of Epheritis.

      ³³ Forsothe Epher was the fadir of Salphath, that hadde not sones, but oneli douytris; of whiche these weren the names; Maala, and Noha, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.

      ³⁴ These weren the meynees of Manasse, and the noumbre of hem was two and fifty thousynde and seuene hundrid.

      ³⁵ Forsothe the sones of Effraym bi her kynredis weren these; Suthala, of whom the meynee of Suthalaitis; Bether, of whom the meynee of Betherytis; Tehen, of whom the meynee of Thehenytis.

      ³⁶ Forsothe the sone of Suthala was Heram, of whom the meynee of Heramytis.

      ³⁷ These weren the kynredis `of the sones of Effraym, of whiche the noumbre was two and thretti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

      ³⁸ These weren the sones of Joseph, bi her meynees. The sones of Beniamyn in her kynredis; Bale, of whom the meynee of Baleytis; Azbel, of whom the meynee of Azbelitis; Ahiram, of whom the meynee of Ahiramitis;

      ³⁹ Suphan, of whom the meynee of Suphanitis; Huphan, of whom the meynee of Huphanitis.

      ⁴⁰ The sones of Bale, Hered and Noeman; of Hered, the meyne of Hereditis; of Noeman, the meynee of Noemanitis.

      ⁴¹ Thes weren the sones of Beniamyn bi her kynredis, of whiche the noumbre was fyue and fourti thousynde and sixe hundrid.

      ⁴² The sones of Dan bi her kynredis; Suphan, of whom the meynee of Suphanytis. These weren the kynredis of Dan bi her meynees;

      ⁴³ alle weren Suphanytis, of whiche the noumbre was foure and sixti thousynde and foure hundrid.

      ⁴⁴ The sones of Aser bi her kynredis; Jemma, of whom the meynee of Jemmaytis; Jesuy, of whom the meynee of Jesuytis; Brie, of whom the meynee of Brieitis.

      ⁴⁵ The sones of Brie; Haber, of whom the meynee of Haberitis; and Melchiel, of whom the meynee of Melchielitis.

      ⁴⁶ Sotheli the