Sal ic don ðe bi-foren gon." 3608
Ebrus ſeigen it waſ michael
Engel ðe ſiðen ledde hem wel.
Moyſes faſtede ſiðen to pligt
xl. daiges and xl. nigt; 3612
Moses received
other tables.
Oðere tables he brogte eft(.) writen,
And ſunne-bem brigt ſon iſ wliten
[Fol. 70b.]
ðat folc on him ne migte ſen
But a veil wore hem bi-twen. 3616
The Israelites
offer Moses gold
and silver for the
tabernacle.
Ðo waſ ðiſ folc frigti and rad
To don al ðat moyſes he_m_ bad;
Offreden him ſiluer and golde,
And oðer metal ſwilc he wolde; 3620
Bezaleel and
Aholiab are appointed
for the
work of the
tabernacle.
He it bi-tagte beſſeleel,
And eliab, he maden wel
ðe tabernacle alſ he_m_ was tagt,
Goten and grauen wið witt_er_ dragt; 3624
Seven months
they were about
it.
.vii. moneð ðor-buten he ben,
And here ſwinc wel he bi-ten;
for ſwilc huſ was ear neu_er_e wrogt,
Ne ſwilc ſafte her on werlde brogt; 3628
God taught Moses
the fashion of it.
God it tagte al ear moyſen
Wiſlike hu it wrogt ſulde ben,
Q_u_ilc ſrud, q_u_at offrende, q_u_ilc[339] lage,
And q_u_at for luue, and q_u_at for age. 3632
Aaron and others
of his kin were
appointed to
serve in the
tabernacle.
Aaron biſſop, oðere of ðat kin,
Sette he he_m_ for to ſeruen ðor-in.
Bokes he wrot of lore wal,
Hu ðiſ folc hem rigt leden ſal, 3636
Bette_n_ miſ-dedes, and clene lif
Leden, wið-uten [h]ate and ſtrif.
Twelve months
passed ere the
people departed
from Sinai.
Twelf moneð forð ben alle cumen,
Or he fro ſynay ben forð numen; 3640
[Fol. 71.]
On the twentieth
day of the second
month (in the
second year),
On ðat oðer twentiðe[340] dai,
of ðe oðe[r] moneð[341] tagte he wei;
ðat brigte ſkie bi-foren hem fleg,[342]
[339] MS. q_u_il.
[340] MS. twentide.
[341] MS. moned.
[342] MS. flegt.