The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

of Effraym, Elisama, the sone of Amyud; of Manasses, Gamaliel the sone of Phadussur;

of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;

of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amysadday;

of Aser, Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;

of Gad, Elisaphan, the sone of Duel;

of Neptalym, Hayra, the sone of Henam.

These weren the noblest princes of the multitude, bi her lynagis, and kynredis, and the heedis of the oost of Israel,

whiche pryncis Moises and Aaron token, with al the multitude of the comyn puple.

And thei gaderiden in the firste dai of the secounde monethe, and telden hem bi kynredis, and housis, and meynees, and heedis, and names of alle by hem silf, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue,

as the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And of Ruben the firste gendrid of Israel weren noumbrid, in the deseert of Synai, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis, and bi the names of alle heedis, al thing that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

sixe and fourti thousynd and fyue hundrid.

Of the sones of Symeon, bi her generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kyneredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names and heedis of alle, al that is of male kynde, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, of men goynge forth to batel,

nyn and fifty thousand and thre hundrid.

Of the sones of Gad, by generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

fyue and fourti thousand sixe hundrid and fifti.

Of the sones of Juda, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, by the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go to batels,

weren noumbrid foure and seuenti thousand and sixe hundrid.

Of the sones of Ysacar, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that yeden forth to batels,

weren noumbrid foure and fifti thousande and foure hundrid.

Of the sones of Zabulon, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

Of the sones of Joseph, of the sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

Forsothe of the sones of Manasses, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

two and thretti thousynd and two hundrid.

Of the sones of Beniamyn, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro twenti yeer and aboue, alle men that miyten go forth to batels,

fyue and thretti thousinde and foure hundrid.

Of the sones of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yere and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.

Of the sones of Aser, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

fourti thousynde and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.

Of the sones of Neptalym, bi generaciouns, and meynees, and housis of her kynredis, weren noumbrid, bi the names of alle, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, alle men that myyten go forth to batels,

thre and fifty thousynde and foure hundrid.

These men it ben, whiche Moises and Aaron and the twelue princes of Israel noumbriden, alle bi the housis `of her kynredis.

And alle men of the sones of Israel bi her housis, and meynees, fro `the twentithe yeer and aboue, that myyten go forth to batels, weren togidere

sixe hundrid thousynde and thre thousynde of men, fyue hundred and fifti.

Sotheli the dekenes in the lynage of her meynes weren not noumbrid with hem.

And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, `Nyle thou noumbre the lynage of Leuy,

nether sette thou the summe of hem with the sones of Israel;

but thou schalt ordeyne hem on the tabernacle of witnessing, and on alle the vessels therof, and what euer thing perteyneth to cerymonyes ether sacrifices. Thei schulen bere the tabernacle, and alle purtenaunces therof, and thei schulen be in seruyce, and schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle.

Whanne me schal go, the dekenes schulen do doun the tabernacle; whanne the tentis schulen be sette, thei schulen `reise the tabernacle. Who euer of straungeris neiyeth, he schal be slayn.

Sotheli the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis, ech man bi cumpenyes, and gaderyngis, and his oost;

forsothe the dekenes schulen sette tentis bi the cumpas of the tabernacle, lest indignacioun be maad on the multitude of the sones of Israel; and thei schulen wake in the kepyngis of the `tabernacle of witnessyng.

Therfor the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises.

And the Lord spak to Moises and to Aaron, and seide,

Alle men of the sones of Israel schulen sette tentis bi the cumpenyes, signes, and baneris, and housis of her kynredis, bi the cumpas of the tabernacle of boond of pees.

At the est Judas schal sette tentis, bi the cumpenyes of his oost; and Naason, the sone of Amynadab, schal be prince of the sones of Juda;

and al the summe of fiyteris of his kynrede, foure and seuenty thousynde and sixe hundrid.

Men of the lynage of Ysachar settiden tentis bysydis hym, of whiche the prince was Nathanael, the sone of Suar;

and al the noumbre of hise fiyteris, foure and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

Eliab, the sone of Elon, was prince of the lynage of Zabulon;

al the oost of fiyteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Judas, weren an hundrid thousynde `foure scoore thousynde and sixe and foure hundrid; and thei schulen go out the firste bi her cumpanyes.

In the castels of the sones of Ruben, at the south coost, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur, schal be prince; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

Men of the lynage of Symeon settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Salamyhel, the sone of Surisaddai; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

that weren noumbrid, nyne and fifty thousynde and thre hundrid.

Eliasaph, sone of Duel, was prince in the lynage of Gad; and al the oost of his fiyteris,

that weren noumbrid, fyue and fourti thousynde sixe hundrid and fifti.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fifty thousinde and a thousinde foure hundrid and fifty; thei schulen go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes.

Sotheli the tabernacle of witnessyng schal be reisid bi the offices of dekenes, and bi the cumpenyes `of hem; as it schal be reisid, so and it schal be takun doun; alle schulen go forth bi her places and ordris.

The castels of the sones of Effraym schulen be at the west coost, of whiche the prince was Elisama, the sone of Amyud;

and al the oost of his fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.

And with hem was the lynage of `the sones of Manasses, of whiche the prince was Gamaliel, the sone of Fadassur;

al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and thretti thousande and two hundrid.

In the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn the prince was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;

and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Effraym weren an hundrid thousynde and eiyte thousynde and oon hundrid; thei schulen go forth `the thridde bi her cumpenyes.

At the `part of the north the sones of Dan settiden tentis, of whiche the prince was Abiezer, the sone of Amysaddai;

al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.

Men of the lynage of Aser settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;

and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde `and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.

Of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym the prince was Ahira, the sone of Henam; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,

thre and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.

Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Dan weren an hundrid thousynde seuene and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid; thei schulen go forth the laste.

This is the noumbre of the sones of Israel, bi the housis of her kynredis, and bi cumpenyes of the oost departid, sixe hundrid thousynde thre thousynde fyue hundrid and fifti.

Sotheli the dekenes weren not noumbrid among the sones of Israel; for God comaundide so to Moises.

And the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide; thei settiden tentis bi her cumpenyes, and yeden forth bi the meynees, and housis of her fadris.

These ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moises, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises, in the hil of Synay.

And these ben the names of `the sones of Aaron; his first gendrid, Nadab; aftirward, Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; these ben the names of `Aarons sones,

preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillid and halewid, that thei schulden `be set in preesthod.

Nadab and Abyu, whanne thei offeriden alien fier in the `siyt of the Lord, in the deseert of Synay, weren deed without fre children; and Eleazar and Ythamar `weren set in preesthod bifor Aaron hir fadir.

And the Lord spak to Moises,

`and seide, `Presente thou the lynage of Leuy, and make to stonde in the siyt of Aaron, preest, that thei mynystre to hym;

and wake, and that thei kepe what euer thing perteyneth to the religioun of multitude, bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng;

and that thei kepe the vessels of the tabernacle, and serue in the seruyce therof.

And thou schalt yyue bi fre yifte the Leuytis to Aaron and hise sones, to whiche thei ben youun of the sones of Israel.

Sotheli thou schalt ordeyne Aaron and hise sones on the religioun of preesthod; a straungere, that neiyeth for to mynystre, and schal die.

And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seide,

Y haue take the Leuytis of the sones of Israel for ech firste gendrid thing that openeth the womb in the sones of Israel; and the Leuytis schulen be myne,

for ech firste gendrid thing is myn; sithen Y smoot the firste gendrid in the lond of Egipt, Y halewide to me what euer thing is borun first in Israel; fro man `til to beest thei ben myne; Y am the Lord.

And the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert

of Synay, and seide, Noumbre thou the sones of Leuy bi `the housis of her fadris, and bi meynees, ech male fro o monethe and aboue.

Moises noumbride, as the Lord comaundide.

And the sones of Leuy weren foundun, bi her names, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary;

the sones of Gerson weren Lebny, and Semey;

the sones of Caath weren Amram, and Jessaar, Hebron, and Oziel;

and the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi.

Of Gerson weren twei meynees, of Lebny, and of Semei;