God bad Moses numberHis folk who were first preserved from deathEither twenty winters or more old,Who in Egypt were not before numbered.
God bad Moses number
His folk who were first preserved from death
Either twenty winters or more old,
Who in Egypt were not before numbered.
4096All others were driven in death's web.4106-8 Leave thou not thy folk helpless, and do thou, O God, cause them to be governed just as it may be advantageous for them.
P. 117. l.4110loder-man. Seenoteon l. 3723.
4119-22
Whilst to him lasted life-days,Them he taught precious laws,And written hath committed them to them,Unless they them keep, on them shall be sorrow (misfortune shall befall them).
Whilst to him lasted life-days,
Them he taught precious laws,
And written hath committed them to them,
Unless they them keep, on them shall be sorrow (misfortune shall befall them).
In line4121the firsthemshould be omitted.
P. 118. l.4143-4 Idolatry, that was pleasing to them, oft out-wrought (effected) for them sorrow's trouble, i. e. brought sorrow and trouble upon them.
4159-60
In such virtues grant us to come;Through which we shall be toeverlastinglife taken.
In such virtues grant us to come;
Through which we shall be toeverlastinglife taken.
[396]See "The History of Our Lord," vol. i. p. 53.
See "The History of Our Lord," vol. i. p. 53.
[397]The Northumbrian version readsgedroefed, from which the O.E. vb.drove.
The Northumbrian version readsgedroefed, from which the O.E. vb.drove.
[398]Writtenleasowe.
Writtenleasowe.