[Fol. 67.]
Moses accepts the
counsel.
ðiſ red ðhugte moyſes ful god,
And leuelike it under-ſtod.
Ietro wente in-to his lond a-gen;
Al[ſ] he redde, al-ſo gan it ben. 3436
In the third
month of the year
Exodus, and in
the forty-seventh
day after they
left Egypt,
Ðe ðridde moneð in iſ cumen,
To ſynay ðiſ folc iſ numen;
ðe ſeuene and forwerti dai
ðat he nomen fro egipte awei, 3440
the people come
to the desert of
Sinai.
Vnder ðiſ munt he funden ſteden,
And here teldes ðor he deden.
On oðer daiges morgen q_u_ile,
God tauned[318] moyſi q_u_at he wile. 3444
"Sei ðiſ folc ðat nu ðolen,
God's message by
Moses unto the
people out of the
mount.
for iſ here ðhogt nogt me for-holen;
'If ye liſten lefful to me,
Ic wile min folc owen be.'" 3448
And moyſes tolde ðiſ iſrael,
And him heten eu_er_ilc del,
ðat hem bideð, ſulen he don.
God dede moyſes ðiſ bodeword on, 3452
The people are to
be prepared
against the third
day.
"Clenſe ðiſ folc wel ðiſ to daiges,
And bidde hem leden clene la[i]ges;
Abute ðiſ munt ðu merke make,[319]
If erf or man ðor-one take, 3456
The mountain
must not be
touched.
It dead ðolen, wið ſtones ſlagen,
Or to dead wið goren dragen;
[Fol. 67b.]
ðiſ frig[t]ful [folc] ðus a-biden,
Q_u_iles ðiſ daiges for[ð] ben gliden." 3460
On the third day
there were thunders
and lightning
and a thick
cloud upon the
mount.
Ðe ðridde daiges morge q_u_ile,
ðunder and leuene made ſpile,
On ðiſ munt ſtod, and ſkies caſt,
And dinede an migtful hornes blast; 3464
Smoke up reeked
and the mount
quaked.
Smoke up-rekeð and munt q_u_akeð,
Slep ðor non ðe[320] ðane up-wakeð;
Ai was moſes one in ðis dine,
ðiſ folc wende haue_n_ for-loren hine;[321] 3468
[318] ? tauneð.
[319] MS. made.
[320] MS. de.
[321] MS. hi_m_ine.