Hire lich iſ biried in munt ſin,
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Hire ſowle iſ reſted ſtede wið-in.
It bi-tidde after hire dead | and her body was buried in Mount Zin. |
ðat ðis folc ſorge in ðriſte abead.
And ðer roſ wreððe and ſtrif a-non
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Agen moyſen and aaron; | The people murmur for water. |
God [bad] ſemelen folc and gon,
And foren hem ſmiten on ðe ſton
And ſeide, ut of ðe ſmiten ſton
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Ynog hem ſulde water gon;
He and hiſ folc comen ðer-to,
Ic wene frigtlike ðat he do;
Ones he ſmot ðor on ðe ſton, | Moses is commanded to gather the people before the rock at Meribah. |
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And miſte, and ſag ðe water gon;
An oðer ſiðe he went iſ ðogt
Betre and ſoftere, and ne miſte nogt, | Moses smote the rock twice, and the water flowed forth, |
ðo flew ðor water michil and ſtrong,
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Al folc and erue a-nog a-mong. | [Fol. 75b.]
and the folk and cattle had enough. |
Ðvrg lond edom ne migten he faren,
ðor-fore he ſulen a-buten charen
Bi ðe deſert of arabie lond;
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Long weige and coſtful he ðor fond,
forð bi archim ðat meiſter burg;
ðe deſert aren he walkeden ðurg, | The people are denied a passage through Edom. |
Til ðat he comen to munt hor;
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Aaron ðo wente of liwe ðor, | They come to Mount Hor, |
Eleazar, iſ ſune, him neſt
Was mad biſſop and meiſter preſt. | where Aaron dies. |
xxx. daiges ðat folc in wep
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Wið bedes, and gret, and teres wep;
Get iſt ſene, on ðe munt on ðat ſtede,
Quor men aaron in birieles dede; | Thirty days the folk mourned for him. |
vii. ſcore ger and.iii. told,
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ðor he lið doluen on ðat wold.
Forð ðeðen he comen to ſalmona, | The age of Aaron. |
| for-weried grucheden he ðoa, | The people murmur, |
MS. dor.
MS. dat.