1 ↑ [Note: or coueitide lusty metis. marg.]
2 ↑ [Note: This word of fleischis is not in Ebreu, nether in bokis amendid, for thei desiriden fleischis and fischis and othere thingis; as it is seid with ynne.]
3 ↑ [Note: or oure mynde is wery.]
4 ↑ [Note: and Y schal take a wey of thi spirit, that is, of the spirit of grace youun to thee, not that Moises hadde the lesse, but they weren liytned with out decreessing of the grace of Moises, as many candils ben liytned of the liyt of oon, with out decreessing of his liyt. As yif many candlis weren liytid by o candil and yit that candil hath neuer the lesse liyt.]
5 ↑ [Note: twey men dwelliden stille in the tentis, not bi dispit, but by mekenesse, aretting hem silf vnworthi to so greet auaunsing; and therfor they resseyueden the yifte of God, as and othere men.]
6 ↑ [Note: This is not in Ebreu.]
Chapter 12
1 And Marie spak and Aaron ayens Moises, for his wijf a womman of Ethiope,
2 and seiden, Whethir God spak oneli by Moises? whethir he spak not also to vs in lijk maner? And whanne the Lord hadde herd this, he was wrooth greetli;
3 for Moises was the myldest man, ouer alle men that dwelliden in erthe.
4 And anoon [1] the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron and to Marye, Go out ye thre aloone to the tabernacle of boond of pees. And whanne thei weren gon yn,
5 the Lord cam doun in a piler of cloude, and he stood in the entryng of the tabernacle, and clepide Aaron and Marie.
6 And whanne thei hadden go, he seide to hem, Here ye my wordis; if ony among you is a profete of the Lord, Y schal appere to hym in reuelacioun, ethir Y schal speke to hym bi `a dreem.
7 And he seide, And my seruaunt Moises is not siche [2] , which is moost feithful in al myn hows;
8 for Y speke to hym mouth to mouth, and he seeth God opynli [3] , and not bi derke spechis and figuris. Why therfor dredden ye not to bacbite `ether depraue my seruaunt Moises?
9 And the Lord was wrooth ayens hem, and he wente a wei.
10 And the cloude yede awei, that was on the tabernacle and lo! Marie apperide whijt with lepre as snow. And whanne Aaron biheelde hir, and siy hir bispreynd with lepre,
11 he seide to Moises, My lord, Y beseche, putte thou not this synne on vs,
12 which we diden folili, that this womman be not maad as deed, and as a deed borun thing which is cast out of the `wombe of his modir; lo! now the half of hir fleisch is deuourid with lepre.
13 And Moises criede to the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche, heele thou hir.
14 To whom the Lord answerid, If hir fadir hadde spet in to hir face, where sche ouyte not to be fillid with schame, nameli in seuene daies? Therfor be sche departid out of the tentis bi seuen daies, and aftirward sche schal be clepid ayen.
15 And so Marie was excludid out of the tentis bi seuene daies; and the puple was not mouyd fro that place, til Marie was clepid ayen.
1 ↑ [Note: In Ebru it is, sodeynly.]
2 ↑ [Note: or so straunge to me.]
3 ↑ [Note: or clerli passinge other.]
Chapter 13
1 And the puple yede forth fro Asseroth, whanne the tentis weren set in the deseert of Pharan.
2 And there the Lord spak to Moises,
3 and seide, Sende thou men that schulen biholde the lond of Canaan, which Y schal yyue to the sones of Israel, of ech lynage o man of the princes.
4 Moises dide that that the Lord comaundide [1] , and sente fro the deseert of Pharan princes, men of whiche these ben the names.
5 Of the lynage of Ruben, Semmya, the sone of Zectur.
6 Of the lynage of Symeon, Saphat, the sone of Hury.
7 Of the lynage of Juda, Caleph, the sone of Jephone.
8 Of the lynage of Isachar, Igal, the sone of Joseph.
9 Of the lynage of Effraym, Osee, the sone of Nun.
10 Of the lynage of Beniamyn, Phalti, the sone of Raphu.
11 Of the lynage of Zabulon, Gediel, the sone of Sodi.
12 Of the lynage of Joseph, of the gouernaunce of Manasses, Gaddi, the sone of Susy.
13 Of the lynage of Dan, Amyel, the sone of Gemalli.
14 Of the lynage of Aser, Sur, the sone of Mychael.
15 Of the lynage of Neptalym, Nabdi, the sone of Napsi.
16 Of the lynage of Gad, Guel, the sone of Machi.
17 These ben the names of men, which Moises sente to biholde the lond of Canaan; and he clepide Osee, the sone of Nun, Josue.
18 Therfor Moises sente hem to biholde the lond of Canaan, and seide to hem, `Stie ye bi the south coost; and whanne ye comen to the hillis,
19 biholde ye the lond, what maner lond it is; and biholde ye the puple which is the dwellere therof, whether it is strong, ethir feble, `whether thei ben fewe in noumbre, ether manye;
20 whether that lond is good, ethir yuel; what maner citees ben, wallid, ether without wallis;
21 whether the lond is fat, ether bareyn, `whether it is ful of woodis, ethir without trees. Be ye coumfortid, and `brynge ye to vs of the fruytis of that lond. Sotheli the tyme was, whanne grapis first ripe myyten be etun thanne.
22 And whanne thei hadden stied, thei aspieden the lond, fro the deseert of Syn `til to Rohob, as men entryth to Emath.
23 And thei stieden to the south, and camen in to Ebron [2] , where Achyman, and Sisai, and Tholmai, the sones of Enach, weren; for Hebron was maad bi seuen yeer bifor Thamnys, the citee of Egipt.
24 And thei yeden til to the stronde of clustre, and kittiden doun a sioun with his grape, which twei men baren in a barre; also thei token of pumgarnadis, and of the figis of that place which is clepid Nehelescol,
25 that is, the stronde of grape, for the sones of Israel baren a clustre fro thennus.
26 And the aspieris of the lond, whanne thei hadden cumpassid al the cuntrey, after fourti daies camen to Moises and