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and telde alle thingis to hem.

      1 ↑ [Note: in this day, that is, the firste daye of the thridde monethe.]

      2 ↑ [Note: In Ebru it is, ye shulen be a frendshipe, that is, a thing louyd excellently.]

      3 ↑ [Note: Here halowyng was, to waische hem self and here clothis, and neiye not her wifes.]

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      ¹ And the Lord spak alle these wordis, Y am thi Lord God,

      ² that ladde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage.

      ³ Thou schalt not haue alien goddis bifore me.

      ⁴ Thou schalt not make to thee a grauun ymage, nethir ony licnesse of thing which is in heuene aboue, and which is in erthe bynethe, nether of tho thingis, that ben in watris vndur erthe; thou schalt not `herie tho,

      ⁵ nether `thou schalt worschipe; for Y am thi Lord God, a stronge gelouse louyere; and Y visite the wickidnesse of fadris in to the thridde and the fourthe generacioun of hem that haten me,

      ⁶ and Y do mercy in to `a thousynde, to hem that louen me, and kepen myn heestis.

      ⁷ Thou schalt not take in veyn the name of thi Lord God, for the Lord schal not haue hym giltles, that takith in veyn the name of his Lord God.

      ⁸ Haue thou mynde, that thou halowe the `dai of the sabat;

      ⁹ in sixe daies thou schalt worche and schalt do alle thi werkis;

      ¹⁰ forsothe in the seuenthe day is the sabat of thi Lord God; thou schalt not do ony werk, thou, and thi sone, and thi douytir, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmaide, thi werk beeste, and the comelyng which is withynne thi yatis;

      ¹¹ for in sixe dayes God made heuene and erthe, the see, and alle thingis that ben in tho, and restide in the seuenthe dai; herfor the Lord blesside the `dai of the sabat, and halewide it.

      ¹² Onoure thi fadir and thi moder, that thou be long lyuyng on the lond, which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee.

      ¹³ Thou schalt not sle.

      ¹⁴ Thou schalt `do no letcherie.

      ¹⁵ Thou schalt `do no theft.

      ¹⁶ Thou schalt not speke fals witnessyng ayens thi neiybore.

      ¹⁷ Thou schalt not coueyte `the hous of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt desyre his wijf, not seruaunt, not handmaide, not oxe, not asse, nether alle thingis that ben hise.

      ¹⁸ Forsothe al the puple herde voices, and siy laumpis, and the sowne of a clarioun, and the hil smokynge; and thei weren afeerd, and schakun with inward drede, and stoden afer,

      ¹⁹ and seiden to Moises, Speke thou to vs, and we schulen here; the Lord speke not to vs, lest perauenture we dien.

      ²⁰ And Moises seide to the puple, Nyle ye drede, for God cam to proue you, and that his drede schulde be in you, and that ye schulden not do synne.

      ²¹ And the puple stood afer; forsothe Moises neiyede to the derknesse, wherynne God was.

      ²² And the Lord seide ferthermore to Moises, Thou schalt seie these thingis to the sones of Israel, Ye seiyen that fro heuene Y spak to you;

      ²³ ye schulen not make goddis of silver, nethir ye schulen make to you goddis of gold.

      ²⁴ Ye schulen make an auter of erthe to me, and ye schulen offre theronne youre brent sacrifices, and pesible sacrifices, youre scheep, and oxun, in ech place in which the mynde of my name schal be; Y schal come to thee, and Y schal blesse thee.

      ²⁵ That if thou schalt make an auter of stoon to me, thou schalt not bilde it of stoonys hewun; for if thou schalt reise thi knyif theronne, it schal be `polluted, ether defoulid.

      ²⁶ Thou schalt not stye bi grees to myn auter, lest thi filthe be schewid.

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      ¹ These ben the domes, whiche thou schalt sette forth to hem.

      ² If thou biest an Ebrew seruaunt, he schal serue thee sixe yeer; in the seuenthe yeer he schal go out fre,

      ³ with out prijs; with what maner clooth he entride, with siche clooth go he out; if he entride hauynge a wijf, and the wijf schal go out to gidere.

⁴ But if the lord of the servaunt yaf a wijf ^[1] to hym, and sche childide sones and douytris, the womman and hir children schulen be hir lordis; sotheli the seruaunt schal go out with his owne clooth.

      ⁵ That if the seruaunt seith, Y loue my lord, and wijf, and children, Y schal not go out fre;

      ⁶ the lord brynge hym to goddis, that is, iugis; and he schal be set to the dore, and postis; and the lord schal perse his eere with a nal, and he schal be seruaunt to hym til in to the world.

      ⁷ If ony man sillith his douyter in to seruauntesse, sche schal not go out as handmaidis weren wont to go out;

      ⁸ if sche displesith in the iyen of hir lord, to whom sche was bitakun, he schal delyuere hir; sotheli he schal not haue power to sille hir to an alien puple, if he forsakith hir.

      ⁹ Forsothe if he weddith hir to his sonne, he schal do to hir `bi the custom of douytris;

¹⁰ that if he ^[2] takith another womman to hym, he schal puruey to the damysele weddingis, and clothis, and he schal not denye the prijs of chastite.

      ¹¹ If he doith not these thre, sche schal go out freli without money.

      ¹² He that smytith a man, and wole sle, die bi deeth;

      ¹³ forsothe if a man settide not aspies, but God `bitook hym in to hise hondis, Y schal ordeyne a place to thee, whidur he owith to fle.

      ¹⁴ If ony man sleeth his neiybore bi biforecastyng, and bi aspies, drawe thou hym awey fro myn auter, that he die.

      ¹⁵ He that smytith his fadir, ether modir, die by deeth.

      ¹⁶ He that cursith his fadir, ether modir, die bi deeth.

      ¹⁷ He that stelith a man, and sillith hym, if he is conuyt of the gilt, die bi deeth.

      ¹⁸ If men chiden, and the tother smyte his neiybore with a stoon, ether with the fist, and he is not deed, but liggith in the bed,

      ¹⁹ if he risith, and goith forth on his staf, he that smoot schal be innocent; so netheles that he restore hise trauelis, and costis in lechis.

      ²⁰ He that smytith his seruaunt, ether handmayde, with a yerde, and thei ben deed in hise hondis, schal be gilti of cryme.

      ²¹ Sotheli if the seruaunt ouerlyueth o dai, ether tweyne, he schal not be suget to peyne, `that is of deeth, for the seruaunt is his catel.

      ²² If men chiden, and a man smytith a womman with childe, and sotheli makith the child deed borun, but the womman ouerlyueth, he schal be suget to the harm, as myche as the `hosebonde of the womman axith, and the iugis demen.

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