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more, nethir he that made redi lesse fond lesse, but alle gaderiden bi that that thei myyten ete.

      ¹⁹ And Moises seide to hem, Noon leeue therof in to the morewtid; whiche herden not him,

      ²⁰ but summe of hem leften til to the morewtid, and it bigan to buyle with wormes, and it was rotun; and Moises was wrooth ayens hem.

      ²¹ Forsothe alle gaderiden in the morewtid as myche as `miyte suffice to be eten; and whanne the sunne was hoot, it was moltun.

      ²² Sotheli in the sixte dai thei gaderiden double metis, that is, `twei gomor by ech man. Forsothe alle the princis of the multitude camen, and telden to Moises, which seide to hem,

      ²³ This it is that the Lord spak, The reste of the sabot is halewid to the Lord, do ye what euer thing schal be wrouyt to morewe, and sethe ye tho thingis that schulen be sodun; sotheli what euer thing is residue, kepe ye til in to the morewe.

      ²⁴ And thei diden so as Moises comaundide, and it was not rotun, nether a worm was foundun ther ynne.

      ²⁵ And Moises seide, Ete ye that in this dai, for it is the sabat of the Lord, it schal not be foundun to dai in the feeld; gadere ye in sixe daies,

      ²⁶ forsothe the sabat of the Lord is in the seuenthe dai, therfor it schal not be foundun.

      ²⁷ The seuenthe dai cam, and summe of the puple yeden out `to gadire, and thei founden not.

      ²⁸ Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Hou long `nylen ye kepe my comaundementis, and my lawe?

      ²⁹ Se ye that the Lord yaf to you the sabat, and for this he yaf to you in the sixte dai double meetis; ech man dwelle at him silf, noon go out of his place in the seuenthe dai.

      ³⁰ And the puple kepte sabat in the seuenthe dai.

      ³¹ And the hous of Israel clepide the name therof man, which was whijt as the seed of coriandre, and the taast therof was as of flour with hony.

      ³² Forsothe Moises seide, This is the word which the Lord comaundide, Fille thou a gomor therof, and be it kept in to generaciouns to comynge aftirward, that thei knowe the breed bi which Y fedde you in the wildirnesse, whanne ye weren led out of the lond of Egipt.

      ³³ And Moises seide to Aaron, Take thou o vessel, and putte therinne man, as myche as gomor mai take, and putte bifore the Lord, to be kept in to youre generaciouns,

      ³⁴ as the Lord comaundide to Moises; and Aaron puttide that to be kept in the tabernacle.

      ³⁵ Forsothe the sones of Israel eeten manna in fourti yeer, til thei camen in to the lond abitable; thei weren fed with this mete til thei touchiden the endis of the lond of Canaan.

      ³⁶ Forsothe gomor is the tenthe part of efy.

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      ¹ Therfor al the multitude of the sones of Israel yede forth fro the deseert of Syn, bi her dwellyngis, bi the word of the Lord, and settiden tentis in Rafidym, where was not watir to the puple to drynke.

      ² Whiche puple chidde ayens Moises, and seide, Yyue thou water to vs, that we drynke. To whiche Moises answeride, What chiden ye ayens me, and whi tempten ye the Lord?

      ³ Therfor the puple thristide there for the scarsnesse of watir, and grutchiden ayens Moises, and seide, Whi madist thou vs to go out of Egipt, to sle vs, and oure fre children, and beestis, for thrist?

      ⁴ Forsothe Moises criede to the Lord, and seide, What schal Y do to this puple? yit a litil, also it schal stone me.

      ⁵ The Lord seide to Moises, Go thou bifore the puple, and take with thee of the eldre men of Israel, and take in thin hond the yerde, `bi which thou hast smyte the flood, and go; lo!

      ⁶ Y schal stonde there before thee, aboue the stoon of Oreb, and thou schalt smyte the stoon, and water schal go out therof, that the puple drynke. Moises dide so byfore the eldere men of Israel;

      ⁷ and he clepide the name of that place Temptacioun, for the chidyng of the sones of Israel, and for thei temptiden the Lord, and seiden, Whether the Lord is in vs, ether nay?

      ⁸ Forsothe Amalech cam, and fauyt ayens Israel in Rafidym.

      ⁹ And Moises seide to Josue, Chese thou men, and go out, and fiyte to morewe ayens men of Amalech; lo! Y schal stonde in the cop of the hil, and Y schal haue `the yerde of God in myn hond.

      ¹⁰ Josue dide as Moises spak, and fauyt ayens Amalech. Forsothe Moises, and Aaron, and Hur stieden on the cop of the hil;

      ¹¹ and whanne Moises reiside the hondis, Israel ouercam; forsothe if he let down a litil, Amalech ouercam.

      ¹² Sotheli `the hondis of Moises weren heuy, therfor thei token a stoon, and puttide vndir hym, in which stoon he sat. Forsothe Aaron and Hur susteyneden hise hondis, on euer eithir side; and it was don, that hise hondis weren not maad weri, til to the goyng down of the sunne.

¹³ And Josue ^[1] droof a wey Amalech and his puple, in `the mouth of swerd, that is, bi the scharpnesse of the swerd.

      ¹⁴ Forsothe the Lord seide to Moises, Wryte thou this in a book, for mynde, and take in the eeris of Josue; for Y schal do a wei the mynde of Amalech fro vndur heuene.

      ¹⁵ And Moises bildide an auter, and clepide the name therof The Lord myn enhaunsere,

      ¹⁶ and seide, For the hond of the Lord aloone, and the bateil of God schal be ayens Amalech, fro generacioun in to generacioun.

      1 ↑ [Note: Josue drof awey, in Ebreu it is, made feble, for as Ebreus seien, he killide alle the stronge men of Amalech in that batel.]

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¹ And whanne Jetro, the prest of Madian, `the alye of Moises ^[1] , hadde herd alle thingis which God hadde do to Moises, and to Israel his puple, for the Lord hadde led Israel out of the lond of Egipt,

      ² he took Sefora, `the wijf of Moises, whom he hadde sent ayen,

      ³ and hise twei sones, of which oon was clepid Gersan, for the fadir seide, Y was a comelyng in alien lond,

      ⁴ forsothe the tother was clepid Eliezer, for Moises seide, God of my fadir is myn helpere, and he delyuerede me fro the swerd of Farao.

      ⁵ Therfor Jetro, `alie of Moises, cam, and the sones of Moises and his wijf camen to Moises, in to deseert, where Jetro settide tentis bisidis the hil of God;

      ⁶ and sente to Moises, and seide, Y Jetro, thin alie, come to thee, and thi wijf, and thi twei sones with hir.

      ⁷ And Moises yede out into the comyng of his alie, and worschipide, and kiste hym, and thei gretten hem silf to gidere with pesible wordis.

      ⁸ And whanne he hadde entrid in to the tabernacle, Moises tolde to `his alie alle thingis whiche God hadde do to Farao, and to Egipcians, for Israel, and he tolde al the trauel which bifelle to hem in the weie, of which the Lord delyuerede hem.

      ⁹ And Jetro was glad on alle the goodis whiche the Lord hadde do to Israel, for he delyuerede Israel fro the hond of Egipcians.

      ¹⁰ And Jetro seide, Blessid be `the Lord, that delyuerede you fro the hond of Egipcians, and

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