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].
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[Prologue on the book of Numbers.]
This book clepid Numeri, that is to seie, the book of Noumbre, makith mencioun,
how the Lord comaundide Moises and Aaron to noumbre the sones of Israel bi her
names writen, alle men that weren fro twenti &yogh;eer and aboue, of stronge men and able
to batel. Sothli the Leuytis weren not noumbrid with hem, bi the comaundement of
the Lord, but bi hem self in to the seruyse of the tabernacle. And the Lord comaundide
to Moises to sende aspiers to biholde the lond of Canaan, of ech lynage o man; whiche
whanne thei hadden biholde, and weren comen a&yogh;en, discomforteden al the peple, out
taken Josue and Caleph, whiche a&yogh;enseiden the othere aspiers. And al the peple
mournede and wepte, wherfore the Lord turnede hem a&yogh;en in to desert, and seide, that
noon of tho that weren noumbrid scholde come in the lond of Canaan, but Josue and
Caleph; but walke aboute in wildernesse fourti &yogh;eer, and deie therinne; and after
fourti &yogh;eer the sones of hem, that weren not noumbrid, scholden entre, and welde the
lond. Also of alle dissenciouns that bifellen in the desert, and veniaunces of the peple,
and how thei wunnen al the londe bi&yogh;ende Jordan; and of the deeth of Aaron; and
how the peple was noumbrid eftsone by Moises and Eleasar prest; and the Lord bad
Moises to take veniaunce of the peple of Madian, and thanne he scholde be gaderid to
his peple. Here endith the prologe and here bigynneth the book of Numeri.
Numeri.
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].
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