Numbers 2
Numbers chapter 2 from the John Wycliffe Bible (c.1395)
1 Eliab, the sone of Elon, was prince of the lynage of Zabulon;
2 al the oost of fiyteris of his kynrede, seuene and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.
3 Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Judas, weren an hundrid thousynde foure scoore thousynde and sixe and foure hundrid; and thei schulen go out the firste bi her cumpanyes.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="4"><sup>4</sup> In the castels of the sones of Ruben, at the south coost, Elisur, the sone of Sedeur, schal be prince; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="5"><sup>5</sup> that weren noumbrid, sixe and fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="6"><sup>6</sup> Men of the lynage of Symeon settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Salamyhel, the sone of Surisaddai; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="7"><sup>7</sup> that weren noumbrid, nyne and fifty thousynde and thre hundrid.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="8"><sup>8</sup> Eliasaph, sone of Duel, was prince in the lynage of Gad; and al the oost of his fiyteris,</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="9"><sup>9</sup> that weren noumbrid, fyue and fourti thousynde sixe hundrid and fifti.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="10"><sup>10</sup> Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Ruben, an hundrid thousynde fifty thousinde and a thousinde foure hundrid and fifty; thei schulen go forth in the secounde place bi her cumpenyes.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="11"><sup>11</sup> Sotheli the tabernacle of witnessyng schal be reisid bi the offices of dekenes, and bi the cumpenyes of hem; as it schal be reisid, so and it schal be takun doun; alle schulen go forth bi her places and ordris.
12 The castels of the sones of Effraym schulen be at the west coost, of whiche the prince was Elisama, the sone of Amyud;
13 and al the oost of his fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde and fyue hundrid.
14 And with hem was the lynage of the sones of Manasses, of whiche the prince was Gamaliel, the sone of Fadassur;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="15"><sup>15</sup> al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and thretti thousande and two hundrid.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="16"><sup>16</sup> In the lynage of the sones of Beniamyn the prince was Abidan, the sone of Gedeon;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="17"><sup>17</sup> and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fyue and thretti thousynde and foure hundrid.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="18"><sup>18</sup> Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Effraym weren an hundrid thousynde and eiyte thousynde and oon hundrid; thei schulen go forth the thridde bi her cumpenyes.
19 At the part of the north the sones of Dan settiden tentis, of whiche the prince was Abiezer, the sone of Amysaddai;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="20"><sup>20</sup> al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, two and sixti thousynde and seuene hundrid.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="21"><sup>21</sup> Men of the lynage of Aser settiden tentis bisidis hym, of whiche the prince was Fegiel, the sone of Ochran;</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="22"><sup>22</sup> and al the oost of hise fiyteris, that weren noumbrid, fourti thousynde and a thousynde and fyue hundrid.
23 Of the lynage of the sones of Neptalym the prince was Ahira, the sone of Henam; and al the oost of hise fiyteris,
24 thre and fifti thousynde and foure hundrid.
25 Alle that weren noumbrid in the castels of Dan weren an hundrid thousynde seuene and fifti thousynde and sixe hundrid; thei schulen go forth the laste.
26 This is the noumbre of the sones of Israel, bi the housis of her kynredis, and bi cumpenyes of the oost departid, sixe hundrid thousynde thre thousynde fyue hundrid and fifti.
27 Sotheli the dekenes weren not noumbrid among the sones of Israel; for God comaundide so to Moises.
28 And the sones of Israel diden bi alle thingis whiche the Lord comaundide; thei settiden tentis bi her cumpenyes, and yeden forth bi the meynees, and housis of her fadris.
30 These ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moises, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises, in the hil of Synay.
31 And these ben the names of the sones of Aaron; his first gendrid, Nadab; aftirward, Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; these ben the names of Aarons sones,
32 preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillid and halewid, that thei schulden be set in preesthod.</span> <span class="verse" data-verse="33"><sup>33</sup> Nadab and Abyu, whanne thei offeriden alien fier in the siyt of the Lord, in the deseert of Synay, weren deed without fre children; and Eleazar and Ythamar `weren set in preesthod bifor Aaron hir fadir.
34 And the Lord spak to Moises,