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the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.

¹⁷ Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi wijf ^[4] , and of hir douyter; thou schalt not take the douytir of hir sone, and the douytir of hir douyter, that thou schewe hir schenschip; thei ben the fleisch of hir, and siche letcherie is incest.

¹⁸ Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijf, in to concubynage <sup>[5]</sup> of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hir, while thi wijf lyueth yit.

      ¹⁹ Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe.

      ²⁰ Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed.

      ²¹ Thou schalt not yyue of thi seed, that it be offrid to the idol Moloch, nether thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.

      ²² Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.

²³ Thou schalt not do letcherie with ony beeste, nethir thou schalt be defoulid with it. A womman schal not ligge vnder a beeste, nether schal be medlid therwith ^[6] , for it is greet synne.

      ²⁴ Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,

      ²⁵ of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.

      ²⁶ Kepe ye my lawful thingis and domes, that ye do not of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng which is a pilgrym at you.

      ²⁷ For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.

      ²⁸ Therfor be ye war, lest it caste out viliche also you in lijk manere, whanne ye han do lijk synnes, as it castide out vileche the folk, that was bifor you.

      ²⁹ Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple.

      ³⁰ Kepe ye myn heestis; nyle ye do tho thingis, whiche thei that weren bifor you diden, and be ye not defoulid in tho; Y am youre Lord God.

      1 ↑ [Note: nyy, onely degrees of consanguinyte expressid in this co. ben forbedun in mariage.]

      2 ↑ [Note: at hoome ether withoute, that is, in wedloc, ether out therof.]

      3 ↑ [Note: neece, that is, the douytir of thi douytir.]

      4 ↑ [Note: of thi wijf, etc., in Ebrew it is, the filthe of a womman, and of hir douytir.]

      5 ↑ [Note: In Ebru it is, to anguish of hire.]

      6 ↑ [Note: nether schal be medlid therwith, that is, defoulid bi fleisly knowing therof.]

      Chapter 19

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      ¹ The Lord spak to Moises, and seide,

      ² Speke thou to al the cumpenye of the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seie to hem, Be ye hooli, for Y am hooli, youre Lord God.

      ³ Ech man drede his fadir and his modir. Kepe ye my sabatis; Y am youre Lord God.

      ⁴ Nyle ye be turned to ydols, nether ye schulen make to you yotun goddis; Y am youre Lord God.

      ⁵ If ye offren a sacrifice of pesible thingis to the Lord, that it be quemeful,

      ⁶ ye schulen ete it in that day, in which it is offrid, and in the tother dai; sotheli what euer thing is residue in to the thridde dai, ye schulen brenne in fier.

      ⁷ If ony man etith therof aftir twei daes, he schal be vnhooli, and gilti of vnfeithfulnes `ether wickidnesse; and he schal bere his wickidnesse,

      ⁸ for he defoulide the hooli thing of the Lord, and his soule schal perische fro his puple.

      ⁹ Whanne thou schalt repe the fruytis of thi lond, thou schalt not kitte `til to the ground the corn of the lond, nether thou schalt gadere the eeris of corn that ben left;

      ¹⁰ nethir in thi vyner thou schalt gadere reysyns and greynes fallynge doun, but thou schalt leeue to be gaderid of pore men and pilgryms; Y am youre Lord God.

      ¹¹ Ye schulen not do thefte. Ye schulen not lye, and no man disseyue his neiybour.

      ¹² Thou schalt not forswere in my name, nethir thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.

      ¹³ Thou schalt not make fals chalenge to thi neiybore, nethir thou schalt oppresse hym bi violence. The werk of thin hirid man schal not dwelle at thee til the morewtid.

      ¹⁴ Thou schalt not curse a deef man, nether thou schalt sette an hurtyng bifor a blynd man; but thou schalt drede thi Lord God, for Y am the Lord.

      ¹⁵ Thou schalt not do that, that is wickid, nether thou schalt deme vniustli; biholde thou not the persoone of a pore man, nethir onoure thou the face of a myyti man; deme thou iustli to thi neiybore.

¹⁶ Thou schalt not be a sclaunderere, nether a priuey bacbitere in the puplis; thou schalt not stonde ayens the blood of thi neiybore ^[1] ; Y am the Lord.

      ¹⁷ Thou schalt not hate thi brothir in thin herte, but repreue hym opynly, lest thou haue synne on hym.

      ¹⁸ Thou schalt not seke veniaunce, nether thou schalt be myndeful of the wrong of thi cyteseyns; thou schalt loue thi freend as thi silf; Y am the Lord.

      ¹⁹ Kepe ye my lawis. Thou schalt not make thi beestis to gendre with the lyuynge beestis of another kynde. Thou schalt not sowe the feeld with dyuerse sede. Thou schalt not be clothid in a cloth, which is wouun of twei thingis.

²⁰ If a man slepith with a womman by fleischly knowyng of seed, which womman is an `hand maide, ye, a noble womman of kyn, and netheles is not ayenbouyt bi prijs, nethir rewardid with fredom, bothe ^[2] schulen be betun, and thei schulen not die, for sche was not fre.

      ²¹ Sotheli the man for his trespas schal offre a ram to the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng;

      ²² and the preest schal preye for hym, and for his trespas, bifor the Lord; and the Lord schal be merciful to hym, and the synne schal be foryouun.

      ²³ Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond of biheest, and han plauntid therynne appil trees, ye schulen do awei the firste flouris; the applis whiche tho trees bryngen forth, schulen be vncleene to you, nethir ye schulen ete of tho.

²⁴ Forsothe in the fourthe yeer al the fruyt of tho trees schal be `halewid preiseful ^[3] to the Lord;

      ²⁵ forsothe in the fifthe yeer ye schulen ete fruytis, and schulen gadere applis, whiche tho trees bryngen forth; Y am youre Lord God.

      ²⁶ Ye schulen not ete fleisch with blood. Ye schulen not make veyn diuynyng, nether ye schulen kepe dremes;

      ²⁷ nether ye schulen clippe the heer in round, nether ye schulen schaue the beerd;

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