The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
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The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D.
Bible. Exodus -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Bible. Genesis -- History of Biblical events -- Poetry; Christian poetry, English (Middle)
Moses filled an
omer of the
manna,
Moyſen dede ful ðe gomor,
In a gold pot, for muning ðor. 3344
Held it ſundri in clene ſtede,
and placed it in
the tabernacle.
And in ðe tabernacle he it dede.
Wið ðiſ mete weren he fed,
fowerti winter vten leð,[309] 3348
Til he to lond canaan
Comen(.) ðat god hem giuen gan.
Forth came this
folk, and came to
Rephidim,
Forð nam ðiſ folc, ſo god tagte him,
to ðe deſert of rafadim;[310] 3352
where they murmured
for thirst,
and did chide
with Moses.
Tidlike hem waſ ðat wat_er_ wane,
ðor he grucheden for ðriſt hane;[311]
[Fol. 65b.]
Harde he bi-haluen ðer moyſes,
And to god he made is bi-men. 3356
"Lou_er_ed," q_u_ad he, "q_u_at ſal ic don?
He ſulen me werpen ſtones on."
God sent him for
water to a rock
in Horeb.
Q_u_að god, "go ðu to erebiſ ſton,
And ſmit wið ðin gerde ðor-on." 3360
[306] MS. rin.
[307] MS. logen.
[308] ? ic.
[309] led?
[310] MS. rafaclim.
[311] MS. haue.
THE ISRAELITES OVERCOME THE AMALEKITES.
It was a ſtede henden ðor-bi,
Moses smote the
rock,
On a ſyde of munt ſynay;
And he ſmot wið his wond ðor-on,
And water gan ðor-vten gon; 3364
and the people
had enough to
drink without
toiling for it.
Anog adden he ðanne drinc,
Redi funden wið litel ſwinc;
This place was
called Temptation.
ðat ſtede waſ cald temptatio,
for he ðo god fondeden so. 3368
Amalek comes to
war against Israel.
Amalec, yſmaeles ſune,
Was ðor hende rafadim[312] wune,
He welte ðor ſtone and iaboch,
ðat herdes folc him lou_er_d toch; 3372
Wopened he ben a-gen iſrael.
Moses sends
Joshua with the
army to fight
with Amalek.
Moyſes ear it wiſte wel,
And ſente agen hem king ih_esu_m,
w_i_ð folc iſrael wopened ſum; 3376
He let bi-aften ðe[313] more del,
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