and her body was
buried in Mount
Zin.
Hire lich iſ biried in munt ſin,
Hire ſowle iſ reſted ſtede wið-in. 3860
It bi-tidde after hire dead
The people
murmur for
water.
ðat ðis folc ſorge i_n_ ðriſte abead.
And ðer roſ wreððe and ſtrif a-non
Agen moyſen and aaron; 3864
Moses is commanded
to gather
the people before
the rock at
Meribah.
God [bad] ſemelen folc and gon,
And foren he_m_ ſmiten on ðe ſton
And ſeide, ut of ðe ſmiten ſton
Ynog hem ſulde wat_er_ gon; 3868
He and hiſ folc comen ðer-to,
Ic wene frigtlike ðat he do;
Ones he ſmot ðor on ðe ſton,
Moses smote the
rock twice, and
the water flowed
forth,
And miſte, and ſag ðe water gon; 3872
An oðer ſiðe he went iſ ðogt
Betre and ſoftere, and ne miſte nogt,
[Fol. 75b.]
and the folk and
cattle had
enough.
ðo flew ðor[365] water michil and ſtrong,
Al folc and erue a-nog a-mong. 3876
The people are
denied a passage
through Edom.
Ðvrg lond edom ne migte_n_ he faren,
ðor-fore he ſulen a-buten charen
Bi ðe deſert of arabie lond;
Long weige and coſtful he ðor fond, 3880
forð bi archim ðat meiſt_er_ burg;
ðe deſert aren he walkeden ðurg,
They come to
Mount Hor,
Til ðat[366] he comen to munt hor;
Aaron ðo wente of liwe ðor, 3884
where Aaron dies.
Eleazar, iſ ſune, him neſt
Was mad biſſop and meiſt_er_ p_re_ſt.
Thirty days the
folk mourned for
him.
xxx. daiges ðat folc in wep
Wið bedes, and gret, and teres wep; 3888
Get iſt ſene, on ðe mu_n_t on ðat ſtede,
Q_u_or men aaron i_n_ birieles dede;
The age of Aaron.
vii. ſcore ger and .iii. told,
ðor he lið doluen on ðat wold. 3892
Forð ðeðen he comen to ſalmona,
The people
murmur,
for-weried grucheden he ðoa,
[365] MS. dor.
[366] MS. dat.