Numbers 14:13-23

¹³And Moises seide to the Lord, Egipcians `here not, fro whos myddil thou leddist out this puple,

¹⁴and the dwelleris of this loond, whiche herden that thou, Lord, art in this puple, and art seyn face to face, and that thi cloude defendith hem, and that thou goist bifore hem in a pilere of cloude bi dai,

¹⁵and in a piler of fier bi nyyt, that thou hast slayn so greet a multitude as o man,

¹⁶and seie thei, He myyte not brynge this puple in to the lond for whiche he swoor, therfor he killide hem in wildirnesse;

¹⁷therfor the strengthe of the Lord be magnified, as thou hast swore. And Moises seide,

¹⁸Lord pacient, and of myche mercy, doynge awei wickidnesse and trespassis, and leeuynge no man vngilti, which visitist the synnes of fadris in to sones in to the thridde and fourthe generacioun, Y biseche,

¹⁹foryyue thou the synne of this thi puple, aftir the greetnesse of thi merci, as thou were merciful to men goynge out of Egipt `til to this place.

²⁰And the Lord seide, Y haue foryouun to hem, bi thi word.

²¹Y lyue; and the glorie of the Lord schal be fillid in al erthe;

²²netheles alle men that sien my mageste, and my signes, whiche Y dide in Egipt and in the wildirnesse, and temptiden me now bi ten sithis, and obeieden not to my vois,

²³schulen not se the lond for which Y swore to her fadris, nethir ony of hem that bacbitide me, schal se it.