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CAP. XVII.

[verse 1] And the Lord spak to Moises, `and seide [seiynge IS.] , [verse 2] Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and take thou ȝerdis, bi her kynredis, bi ech kyn|rede o [a IS.] ȝeerde, take thou of alle the princes of the lynagis twelue ȝerdis; and thou schalt write the name of each lynage [verse 3] aboue [vpon IS.] his ȝerde; forsothe [sothely IS.] the name of Aaron schal be [be writen IS.] in the lynage of Leuy, and o ȝerde schal conteyne alle the meynees of hem [hem, that is, of the meynees of the lynage of Leuy BCGKQX. Leuy IS.] . [verse 4] And thou schalt putte tho ȝerdis in the tabernacle of boond of pees, bifor the witnessyng, where Y schal speke to [with K.]

thee; the ȝerde of hym schal buriowne, [verse 5] whom Y schal chese of hem [hem to the office of presthoode S.] ; and Y schal [schal herbi S.] refreyne [refreyne or quenche S.] fro me the playnyngis [pleynyngis or grucchingis S.] of the sones of Israel, bi whiche thei grutchen aȝens ȝou. [verse 6] And Moyses spak to the sones of Israel; and alle princes [the princes BGIKS.] ȝauen to hym ȝerdis, bi alle [alle her IS.] lynagis; and the ȝerdis weren twelue, without the ȝerde of Aaron. [verse 7] And whanne Moises hadde put tho ȝerdis bifor the Lord, in the tabernacle of witnessyng, [verse 8] he ȝede aȝen [aȝens to biholde the ȝerdis S.] in the day [day next IS.] suynge, and [and he IS.] founde [founde in the house or lynage of Leuy S.] that the ȝerde of Aaron, `in the hows of Leuy [Om. S.] , buriounnede [hadde buriouned BC sec. m.] ; and whanne knoppis [the knoppis I. the knoppis or buriounynges S.] weren greet [woxen greet S.] , the blossoms `had|den broke [braken IS.] out, whiche [the whiche I.] weren alargid in leeuys, and weren [thei weren IS.] fourmed in to ale|maundis. [verse 9] Therfor Moyses brouȝte forth alle the ȝerdis fro the siȝt of the Lord to al the sones of Israel; and thei sien, and res|seyueden ech his ȝerde. [verse 10] And the Lord seide to Moises, Bere [Bere thou IS.] aȝen the ȝerde of Aaron in to the tabernacle of witnessyng, that it be kept there in to `the signe [a tokene IS.] of the rebel sones of Israel, and that her `playntis reste [playnyngis ceesse I. pleynynges or grucchinges ceese S.] fro me, lest thei dien. [verse 11] And Moises dide, as the Lord comaundide. [verse 12] For|sothe [sothely IS.] the sones of Israel seiden to Moises, Lo! we ben wastid, alle we perischiden [han perishede IS.] ; [verse 13] who euer neiȝeth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he dieth; whethir [wher, etc. thei seiden this, not in grucch|inge aȝenus God, but in ax|inge remedy, and therfor thei weren not pu|nischid. Lire here. CGKQX. This was her sorwful con|fessioun, de|siring merci. S.] we schulen be [alle be IS.] doon awei alle [Om. S.] `til to [vnto I. to O sec. m. vnto the S.] deeth?