CAP. VI.
16 The sonis than of Leuy; Jersan, Caath,
and Merery.
17 And thes the namys of the
sonys of Jersan; Lobeni, and Semei.
18 The
sonys of Caath; Amram, and Ysachar, and
Ebron, and Osiel.
19 The sonys of Merery;
Mooli, and Musi. Thes forsothe the kynredis
of Leuy aftir the meynees of hem;
Jersan;
20 Lobeni, the sone of hym; Jaath, the
sone of hym;
21 Sama, the sone of hym; Joath,
the sone of hym; Addo, the sone of hym;
Zara, the sone of hym; Jethrai, the sone
of hym.
22 The sonys of Caath; Amynadab,
the sone of hym; Chore, the sone of hym;
Asura, the sone of hym;
23 Elchana, the
sone of hym; Abiasaf, the sone of hym;
Aser, the sone of hym;
24 Caath, the sone
of hym; Vriel, the sone of hym; Osias,
the sone of hym; Saul, the sone of hym.
25 The sonys of Helchana; Amasay, Achymooth,
and Helchana.
26 The sonys of Helchana;
Sophai, the sone of hym; Naath,
the sone of hym;
27 Eliab, the sone of hym;
Heroan, the sone of hym; Elchana, the
sone of hym.
28 The sonys of Samuel; the
first goten Nasen, and Abiam.
29 The sonys
forsothe of Mereri; Moli, the sone of
hym;
30 Lobeny, the sone of hym; Semey,
the sone of hym; Osa, the sone of hym;
-- --
Sama, the sone of hym; Aggias, the sone
of hym; Azaia, the sone of hym.
31 Thes
ben the whiche Dauid ordeynde vpon the
syngers of the hous of the Lord, sithen
the arke was brou&yogh;t to;
32 and thei mynystreden
before the tabernacle of witnessynge
syngynge, to the tyme that Salomon
hadde byld the hous of the Lord
in Jerusalem; thei stoden forsothe aftir
their order in their seruyse.
33 Thes forsothe
ben that stoden to with their sonys.
Of the sonys of Caath; Eman syngere,
the sone of Joel,
34 sone of Samuel, sone of
Elchana, sone of Jeroam, sone of Heliel,
sone of Thou,
35 sone of Suph, sone of Elchana,
sone of Meath, sone of Amazi,
sone of Elchana,
36 sone of Johel, sone of
Azarie,
37 sone of Sophonie, sone of Caath,
sone of Aser, sone of Abiesaf, sone of
Chore,
38 sone of Ysaar, sone of Caath,
sone of Leuy, sone of Yrael.
39 And the
brother of hym, Asaf, that stode on the
ri&yogh;t syde of hym, Asaf, the sone of Barachie,
sone of Samaa,
40 sone of Mychael,
sone of Basie,
41 sone of Melchie, sone of
Attay,
42 sone of Zara, sone of Adala, sone
of Edan, sone of Zama, sone of Semei,
sone of Jeth,
43 sone of Jersan, sone of
Leuy.
44 The sonys forsothe of Mereri,
the bretheren of hem, at the left; Ethan,
the sone of Cusy, sone of Abdi, sone of
Moloch,
45 sone of Asabie, sone of Amasie,
sone of Elchie,
46 sone of Amasai, sone of
Bonny,
47 sone of Somer, sone of Mooly,
sone of Musy, sone of Merari, sone of
Leuy.
48 The bretheren forsothe of hem,
Leuytis, that ben ordeynd in to al the
seruyse of the tabernacle of the hous of
the Lord.
49 Aaron forsothe and his sonys
brenden encense vpon the auter of brent
sacrifices, and vpon the auter of the maad
encense, in to al the werk of the holy
of halowes; and that they preyen for
Yrael, aftir alle thingis that Moyses, the
seruaunt of God, comaundyde.
50 Thes forsothe
ben the sonys of Aaron; Eliazar,
the sone of hym; Phynees, the sone of
-- --
hym;
51 Abisue, the sone of hym; Boccy,
the sone of hym; Ogzi, the sone of hym;
Zara, the sone of hym;
52 Meraioth, the
sone of hym; Amarias, the sone of hym;
Achitob, the sone of hym;
53 Sadoch, the
sone of hym; Achymaas, the sone of hym.
54 And thes the dwellynge placis of hem, by
tounnes and nee&yogh; coostis, of thilk sones,
that is, of Aaron, aftir the kynredis of
Caathitis; to hem forsothe by lott thei
fellen.
55 Thanne thei &yogh;euen to hem Ebron
in the lond of Juda, and the suburbis of
it by enuyroun;
56 the feeldis forsothe of
the cyte, and the touns, to Caleph, the
sone of Jephone.
57 Forsothe to the sonys
of Aaron thei &yogh;euen cytees to fleen to;
Ebron, and Lobna, and the suburbis of
it,
58 Jether forsothe, and Escamo with his
suburbis, and Helon, and Aber, with their
suburbis,
59 Aaron forsothe, and Bethsames,
and the suburbis of hem.
60 Of the lynage
forsothe of Benjamyn, Gabee, and the
suburbis of it, and Alamath with his
suburbis, Anathoth forsothe with his
suburbis; alle the cytees thrittene with
their suburbis, by their kynredis.
61 To the
sonys forsothe of Caph, residue of ther
kynrede, thei &yogh;euen of the half lynage of
Manasse in to possessioun tenn cytees.
62 Forsothe to the sonys of Jersan bi their
kynredis, of the lynage of Ysachar, and
of the lynage of Aser, and of the lynage
of Neptalym, and of the lynage of Manasse
in Basan, fouretene cytees.
63 To the
sonys forsothe of Merery by their kynredis,
of the lynage of Ruben, of the
lynage of Gad, of the lynage of Zabulon
thei &yogh;euen lottis, twelue cytees.
64 Forsothe
the sonys of Yrael &yogh;euen to the
Leuytis cytees and the suburbis of hem;
and thei &yogh;euen by lott,
65 of the lynage of
the sonys of Juda, and of the lynage of
the sones of Symeon, and of the lynage
of the sonys of Benjamyn, thes cytees
that thei clepen of their namys;
66 and of
hem that weren of the kynrede of the
-- --
sonys of Caath, and there weren cytees
in the termys of hem of the lynage of
Effraym.
67 And thei &yogh;euen to hem cytees
to fleen to; Sychym with his suburbis in
the mount of Effraym, and Gasa with
his suburbis,
68 Hicmaan forsothe with his
suburbis, and Betheron also.
69 Also of the
lynage of Dan, Ebethe, Jebethor, and
Heielan, and Helon with his suburbis,
and Jethremon into the same maner.
70 Forsothe of the half lynage of Manasse,
Aner, and the suburbis of it, Balaham,
and the suburbis of it; to thes, that is,
that of the kynrede of the sonys of Caath
weren laft.
71 To the sonys forsothe of Jerson,
of the kynrede of the half lynage of
Manasse, Gawlon in Basan, and the suburbis
of it, and Astaroth with his suburbis.
72 Of the lynage of Ysachar, Cedes,
and the suburbis of it, and Daberith with
his suburbis,
73 Samoth forsothe, and his
suburbis, and Anen with his suburbis.
74 Of the lynage forsothe of Aser, Masal
with his suburbis, and Adon lijc maner,
Asach forsothe,
75 and the suburbis of it,
and Roob with his suburbis.
76 Bot of the
lynage of Neptalym, Cedes in Galilee, and
the suburbis of it, Amon with his suburbis,
and Cariathiarym, and the suburbis
of it.
77 To the sonys forsothe of Mereri
residue, of the lond of Zabulon, Remon,
and the suburbis of it, and Thabor with
his suburbis.
78 Be&yogh;onde Jordan forsothe,
forn a&yogh;eynst Jericho, a&yogh;einus the est of
Jordan; of the lynage of Ruben, Bozor
in wildirnesse with his suburbis, and
Jaza with his suburbis,
79 Cademoth forsothe,
and the suburbis of it, and Myphaath
with his suburbis.
80 Also of the
lynage of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad, and
the suburbis of it, Manaym with his
suburbis,
81 bot and Esebon with his suburbis,
and Jezer with his suburbis.
Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
