Oc for iſ benes and for iſ ſake[n], get he ſal wið hem milche maken, 3732 The murmurers are deprived of entering the land. Oc alle he ſulen wenden a-gen, And in ðe deſert longe ben; And on ðe .xx. winter hold or mor ut of egipte told, 3736 ðat hauen ðuſ often fand, Ne ſulden welden ðat leue land, Joshua and Caleb are excepted. Wið-vten Ioſue & calef, Here rigt-wiſed waſ gode lef. 3740 Much sorrow came upon the people. Moyſes told hem al ðis anſwere, And he ben ſmiten i_n_ ſorweſ dere; Yet thirty-seven years shall they be in the desert. Get he ſulen .xxx.vii. ger In ðe deſert ben vten her. 3744 [Fol. 73.] Agen he maden here dragt, Al-ſo ðat ſkie haueð[354] tagt. Oſwas was moyſes eam,[355] And chore was iſ bernteam; 3748 Korah, with two hundred and fifty princes, rebel against Moses. Ille nið iſ herte wexe on A-gen moyſen and aaron, [353] MS. ðragen. [354] MS. haued. [355] MS. cam. THE REBELLION OF KORAH AND ABIRAM. Hem two .ii. hundred men, And two[356] ðo .xl. and ten; 3752 They said they were more worthy to perform the services of the Tabernacle. He ſeiden he weren wurði bet to ðat ſeruiſe to ben ſet; And two migtful he hauen taken, Meiſtres princes he wolden he_m_ make_n_, 3756 Dathan and Abiram were joined to Korah. On dathan(.) an oðer Abiron. Moyſes it herde and ſeide a-non, "To-morwen beð her alle redi, Moses' directions to the company of Korah. And ilc gure oðer ſtonde bi; 3760 And ilc gure hiſe reklefat, And fier ðor-inne and timi_n_ge on ðat, And ðan ſulde we brigte ſen, Q_u_ilc gure ſal god q_u_emest ben." 3764 And ðuſ it waſ on morgen don, Dathan and Abiram would not obey the command of Moses.