THE PRIESTHOOD OF AARON CONFIRMED.

And on [ilc] wond writen ſal ben
3824 ðe kindes name ðe ðor to tgen;
God ſal to-morgen token don,
Quilc kinde he wile ðiſ meſter on.
 [Fol. 74b.]
ðuſ it was don, and on a wond
3828 Wið-uten[[362]] ðo wrot he wið hond
ðe twelfte names of ðat kin;
The rods were written upon,
ðe tabernacle he dedis in,
And ðor he iſ haued god bi-tagt,
3832 And let iſ ben ðor al ðat nagt.
and laid before the Lord in the Tabernacle.
O morgen quan he com a-gen,
Quat was bitid he let hem ſen;
Ilc wond he fond of euerilc kin
3836 Alſ ſwilc alſ he iſ dede ðor-in;
On the morrow the rods were examined,
Oc on, ðe was of aaron,
(Writen was name leui ðor-on),
It was grene and leaued bi-cumen,
3840 And nutes amigdeles ðor-onne numen;
ðo wiſten he ðat[[363]] aaron
and Aaron's rod, of the house of Levi, had budded, blossomed, and brought forth almonds,
Was hem biſſop ðurg god don;
To ſen gode witneſſe ðor-on,
3844 ðat wond was in ðat arche don.
[I]N ðe deſert he wuneden ðor
so it was seen that God had appointed Aaron as bishop.
.xxx.vii. winter and mor;
Longe abuten munt ſeyr,
3848 folgede hem ðat ſkie ſcir,
Thirty-seven years and more the people abode in the desert,
And often to ðe ſe ðor-bi,
And often to ðe munt ſynay;
Her and gund ðor he biried lin,
 [Fol. 75.]
wandering about from place to place,
3852 Alle he[[364]] olde deden ðor fin.
And at ðe laſte ne-ðe-les,
Eft he come ſone to cades,
and all the old ones died.
ðor was moyſes ſiſter dead;
3856 ðat folc ðor .xxx. daiges a-bead,
And after wune faire hire bi-stod,
wið teres, rem, and frigti mod;
At Kadesh Miriam died,

[362]

MS. wid-uten.

[363]

MS. dat.

[364]

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