Al bi ðhuſenz ðiſ folc was told, Ilc ðhuſent adde a meiſter wold; 3412 And vnder ðiſ tgen[317] ſteres ben, rulers of hundreds, Ilc here on hundred to bi-ſen; Vnder ðis ilc two ſteres wunen, rulers of fifties, And vnder hem fif oðere numen; 3416 and rulers of tens. Ilc of ðe .v. ſteres-men Vnder hem welden in ſtere tgen.[317] An appeal to be made from the ruler of ten, If ymong .x. wurð ogt miſ-don, Here ſtere rigten [ſulde] ðor-on, 3420 And if he ne mai it rigten wel, to the ruler of hundreds, Taunet iſ meiſter eu_er_ilc del; And if he rigten it ne can, and thence to the superior ruler. He taune it al hiſ ouer-man, 3424 Ai ſo forð fro man to man, Til he it here, ðe rigten can; The final appeal to be made to Moses. If it ne mai or rigted ben, ſo ſal it cumen to moysen. 3428 These rulers were to be able men, god-fearing, lovers of truth, and haters of covetousness. He bad him cheſen ſtereſ-men Migti, ðe gode-frigti ben, ðe ſoð-faſtneſſe lef ben, And ðe niðing [and] giſcing flen. 3432 [316] MS. ðahankede. [317] ten? THE PEOPLE COME TO SINAI. [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,