CAP. I.
1 The Lord spak to Moyses in deseert
of Synay, in the tabernacle of the boond
of peese, the first day of the secounde
moneth, that other &yogh;eer of the goyng of
hem out of Egipte,
2 seiynge, Take &yogh;e the
sowme of al the congregacioun of the
sones of Yrael, by kynredis, and her
howses, and the names of eche, what euer
of the maal kynd,
3 fro the twentithe &yogh;eer
and a boue, of alle the stronge men of
Yrael; and &yogh;e shulen noumbre hem bi her
-- --
companyes, thow and Aaron.
4 And there
shulen be with &yogh;ow the prynces of the
lynages, and of the howsis, in her kynredes,
whos names ben thes;
5 of Ruben,
Elisur, the sone of Sedeur;
6 of Symeon,
Salamyel, the sone of Sury of Sadday;
of Juda, Naason, the sone of Amynadab;
7
of Ysachar, Nathanael, the sone of Suar;
8
of Zabulon, Eliab, the sone of Elon;
9
10 of
the sones forsothe of Joseph, of Effraym,
Elizama, the sone of Amyud; of Manasse,
Gamaliel, the sone of Phadasseur;
of Beniamyn, Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;
11
of Dan, Aiezer, the sone of Amysadday;
12
of Aser,
13 Phegiel, the sone of
Ochran;
14 of Gad, Elizaphan, the sone of
Duel;
15 of Neptalym, Ayra, the sone of
Henam.
16 Thes the moost noble princes of
the multitude, bi the lynages, and her
kynredes, and the heedes of the oost of
Yrael,
17 the whiche Moyses and Aaron
token, with al the multitude of the comoun.
18 And thei gadreden togidere the
first day of the secounde moneth, noumbrynge
hem bi kynredes, and howses, and
meynees, and heedes, and names of echon,
fro the twentith &yogh;eer and a boue,
19 as the
Lord comaundide to Moyses; and thei
ben noumbred in the desert of Synay.
20 Of Ruben, the fyrst goten of Yrael, bi generaciouns,
and meyneys, and his howses,
and the names of the heedes of echon,
and al that is of maal kynde, fro twenti
&yogh;eer and a boue, of men goynge forth to
batayl,
21 six and fourti thowsynd and fyue
hundreth.
22 Of the sones of Semeon, bi his
generaciouns, and meyneis, and howses of
his kynredes, ben noumbred bi names and
heedes of echon, al that is of maal kynde,
fro the twentith &yogh;eer and a boue, of men
goynge to bateil,
23 nyn and fyfti thowsynd
and thre hundreth.
24 Of the sones of Gad,
by generaciouns, and meyneis, and howses
of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi the
names of echon, fro twenti &yogh;eer and aboue,
-- --
alle that shulden goo to batail,
25 fyue and
fourti thowsynd and six hundrith and
fifti.
26 Of the sones of Juda, by generacyouns,
and meyneis, and howses of her
kynredes, bi the names of echon, fro the
twentith &yogh;eer and aboue, alle that my&yogh;ten
goo forthe to batails,
27 ben noumbred foure
and seuenti thowsyndes and six hundrith.
28 Of the sones of Ysachar, bi kynredys, and
meyneis, and howses of her kynredes, bi
the names of echon, fro the twentith &yogh;eer
and aboue, alle that shulden goo to batail,
29 ben noumbred foure and fifti thousynd
and four hundrith.
30 Of the sones of Zabulon,
bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and
houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi
names of echon, fro the twentith &yogh;eer and
a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten goo forthe to batayl,
31 seuen and fifti thousyndes and foure
hundrith.
32 Of the sones of Joseph, of the
sones of Effraym, bi generaciouns, and
meyneis, and houses of her kynredes, ben
noumbred bi the names of echon, fro the
twentith &yogh;eer and a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten
goo forth to batail,
33 fourti thousynd and
fyue hundrith.
34 Forsothe of the sones of
Manasse, bi generaciouns, and meyneis,
and houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred
by the names of echon, fro twenti
&yogh;eer and a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten goo
forthe to batail,
35 two and thretti thowsynd
and two hundrith.
36 Of the sones of Beniamyn,
bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and
houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred
with the names of echon, fro the twentith
&yogh;eer and a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten goo
forthe to batail,
37 fyue and thritti thowsynd
and foure hundrith.
38 Of the sones
of Dan, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and
houses of her kynredes, ben noumbred
with the names of echon, fro twentith
&yogh;eer and a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten goo
forthe to batayl,
39 two and sexti thousynd
and seuen hundreth.
40 Of the sones of
Aser, bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and
-- --
housis of her kynredes, ben noumbred bi
the names of echon, fro the twentith &yogh;eer
and aboue, that my&yogh;ten goo forth to batail,
41 fourti thousynd and a thousind and
fyue hundreth.
42 Of the sones of Neptalym,
bi generaciouns, and meyneis, and
houses, and her kynredes, ben noumbred
with the names of echon, fro the twentith
&yogh;eer and a boue, alle that my&yogh;ten goo to
batail,
43 thre and fifti thousynd and foure
hundrith.
44 Thes ben whom noumbred
Moyses and Aaron, and the twelue princes
of Yrael, eche bi the houses of her kynredes.
45 And `there were alle togidere of
the sones of Yrael, bi howses, and her
meyneis, fro twenti &yogh;eer and aboue, alle
that my&yogh;ten go forth to batail,
46 six hundrith
thre thousyndis of men, fyue hundrith
and fifti.
47 Leuytes forsothe in the
lynage of her meyneis ben not noumbrid
with hem.
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].
