MS. wid-uten.
MS. dat.
ðhe?
THE DEATH OF AARON AT HOR.
| Hire lich iſ biried in munt ſin, 3860 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 3864 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 3868 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[[365]] water
michil and ſtrong, 3876 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; 3880 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[[366]] he comen to
munt hor; 3884 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 3888 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, 3892 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.