so it was seen that God had appointed Aaron as bishop. Was hem biſſop ðurg god don; To ſen gode witneſſe ðor-on, ðat wond was in ðat arche don. 3844 [I]N ðe deſert he wuneden ðor Thirty-seven years and more the people abode in the desert, .xxx.vii. winter and mor; Longe abuten munt ſeyr, folgede hem ðat ſkie ſcir, 3848 [Fol. 75.] wandering about from place to place, And often to ðe ſe ðor-bi, And often to ðe munt ſynay; Her and gund ðor he biried lin, and all the old ones died. Alle he[364] olde deden ðor fin. 3852 And at ðe laſte ne-ðe-les, Eft he come ſone to cades, At Kadesh Miriam died, ðor was moyſes ſiſter dead; ðat folc ðor .xxx. daiges a-bead, 3856 And after wune faire hire bi-stod, wið teres, rem, and frigti mod; [362] MS. wid-uten. [363] MS. dat. [364] ðhe? THE DEATH OF AARON AT HOR. 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.