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clense the man; and whanne his clothis ben waischun, he schal be cleene.

      ³⁵ Ellis if aftir the clensyng a spotte wexith eft in the skyn,

      ³⁶ the preest schal no more enquere, whether the heer is chaungid in to whijt colour, for apeertli he is vncleene.

      ³⁷ Sotheli if the spotte stondith, and the heeris ben blake, knowe the preest that the man is heelid, and tristili `pronounce he the man cleene.

      ³⁸ A man ethir a womman, in whos skyn whijtnesse apperith, the preest schal biholde hem;

      ³⁹ if he perseyueth, that whijtnesse `sum deel derk schyneth in the skyn, wite he, that it is no lepre, but a spotte of whijt colour, and that the man is cleene.

      ⁴⁰ A man of whos heed heeris fleten awei, is calu, and clene;

      ⁴¹ and if heeris fallen fro the forheed, he is ballid,

      ⁴² and is cleene; ellis if in the ballidnesse bifore, ether in the ballidnesse bihynde, whijt ether reed colour is bred, and the preest seeth this,

      ⁴³ he schal condempne the man without doute of lepre, which is bred in the ballidnesse.

      ⁴⁴ Therfor whoeuer is defoulid with lepre, and is departid at the doom of the preest,

      ⁴⁵ he schal haue hise clothis vnsewid, bareheed, the mouth hilid with a cloth, he schal crye hym silf defoulid, and viyl;

      ⁴⁶ in al tyme in which he is lepre and vnclene, he schal dwelle aloone without the castels.

      ⁴⁷ A wollun cloth, ethir lynnun, that hath lepre in the warp,

      ⁴⁸ ethir oof, ethir certis a skyn, ether what euer thing is maad of skiyn,

      ⁴⁹ if it is corrupt with a whijt spotte, ethir reed, it schal be arettid lepre, and it schal be schewid to the preest;

      ⁵⁰ which schal close it biholden bi seuene daies.

      ⁵¹ And eft he schal biholde in the seuenthe dai, and if he perseyueth, that it wexide, it schal be contynuel lepre; he schal deme the cloth defoulid, and al thing in which it is foundun;

      ⁵² and therfor the cloth schal be brent in flawmes.

      ⁵³ That if he seeth that the spotte wexide not, he schal comaunde,

      ⁵⁴ and thei schulen waische that thing wherynne the lepre is, and he schal close it ayen bi seuene othere daies;

      ⁵⁵ and whanne he seeth the formere face not turned ayen, netheles that nether the lepre wexede, he schal deme that thing vnclene, and he schal brenne it in fier, for lepre is sched in the ouer part of the cloth, ether thorouy al.

      ⁵⁶ Ellis if the `place of lepre is derkere, aftir that the cloth is waischun, he schal breke awey that place, and schal departe fro the hool.

      ⁵⁷ That if fleynge lepre and vnstidefast apperith ferthermore in these places, that weren vnwemmed bifore, it owith be brent in fier; if it ceessith,

      ⁵⁸ he schal waische the secounde tyme tho thingis that ben cleene, and tho schulen be cleene.

      ⁵⁹ This is the lawe of lepre of cloth, wollun and lynnun, of warp and of oof, and of al purtenaunce of skiyn, hou it owith to be clensyd, ethir `to be defoulid.

      1 ↑ [Note: the prest schal clense him, that is, schal deme him [to be] cleene.]

      2 ↑ [Note: chaungith the siyt of heeris, that is, the formere kyndly colour.]

      3 ↑ [Note: defoule him, that is, deme him [to be] foul.]

      4 ↑ [Note: that is, aeme him foul.]

      Chapter 14

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      ¹ And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, This is the custom of a leprouse man,

      ² whanne he schal be clensid. He schal be brouyt to the preest,

      ³ which preest schal go out of the castels, and whanne he schal fynde that the lepre is clensid,

⁴ he schal comaunde to the man which is clensid, that he offre for hym silf twei quyke sparewis, whiche it is leueful to ete, and a `tree of cedre, and vermylyoun ^[1] , and isope.

      ⁵ And the preest schal comaunde that oon of the sparewes be offrid in `a vessel of erthe,

      ⁶ on quyke watris; sotheli he schal dippe the tother sparewe quyk with the `tre of cedre, and with a reed threed and ysope, in the blood of the sparewe offrid,

      ⁷ with which he schal sprenge seuensithis hym that schal be clensid, that he be purgid riytfuli; and he schal delyuere the quyk sparewe, that it fle in to the feeld.

      ⁸ And whanne the man hath waische hise clothis, he schal schaue alle the heeris of the bodi, and he schal be waischun in watir, and he schal be clensid, and he schal entre in to the castels; so oneli that he dwelle without his tabernacle bi seuene daies;

      ⁹ and that in the seuenthe dai he schaue the heeris of the heed, and the beerd, and brewis, and the heeris of al the bodi. And whanne the clothis and bodi ben waischun,

      ¹⁰ eft in the eiyetithe dai he schal take twei lambren without wem, and a scheep of o yeer without wem, and thre dymes of wheete flour, in to sacrifice, which be spreynte with oile, and bi it silf a sextarie of oyle.

      ¹¹ And whanne the preest, that purgith the man, hath set hym and alle hise thingis bifor the Lord, in the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, he schal take a lomb,

      ¹² and schal offre it for trespas, and schal offre the sextarie of oyle; and whanne alle thingis ben offrid bifor the Lord,

      ¹³ he schal offre the lomb, where the sacrifice for synne and the brent sacrifice is wont to be offrid, that is, in the hooli place; for as for synne so and for trespas the offryng perteyneth to the preest; it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis.

      ¹⁴ And the preest schal take of the blood of sacrifice which is offrid for trespas, and schal putte on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thumbis of the riyt hond and foot.

      ¹⁵ And he schal putte of the sextarie of oyle in to his left hond,

      ¹⁶ and he schal dippe the riyt fyngur therynne, and schal sprynge seuensithis bifor the Lord.

      ¹⁷ Sotheli he schal schede that that is residue of the oile in the left hond, on the laste part of the riyt eere `of hym which is clensid, and on the thombis of the riyt hond and foot, and on the blood which is sched for trespas,

      ¹⁸ and on the heed `of hym.

      ¹⁹ And the preest schal preye for hym bifor the Lord, and schal make sacrifice for synne; thanne he schal offre brent sacrifice,

      ²⁰ and schal putte it in the auter with hise fletynge sacrifices, and the man schal be clensid riytfuli.

      ²¹ That if he is pore, and his hoond may not fynde tho thingis that ben seid, he schal take for trespas a lomb to offryng, that the preest preie for him, and the tenthe part of wheete flour spreynt togidire with oile in to sacrifice, and a sextarie of oile,

      ²² and twei turtlis, ethir twei `briddis of culueris, of whiche oon be for synne, and the

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