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and in seuene daies ye schulen offre brent sacrifices to the Lord, and the eiythe dai schal be moost solempne and moost hooli; and ye schulen offre brent sacrifice to the Lord, for it is the day of cumpany, and of gaderyng; ye schulen not do ony seruyle werk ther ynne.

      ³⁷ These ben the feries of the Lord, whiche ye schulen clepe moost solempne and moost hooli; and in tho ye schulen offre offryngis to the Lord, brent sacrifices, and fletynge offeryngis, bi the custom of ech day,

      ³⁸ outakun the sabatis of the Lord, and youre yiftys, and whiche ye offren bi avow, ether whiche ye yyuen bi fre wille to the Lord.

      ³⁹ Therfor fro the fiftenthe day of the seuenthe monethe, whanne ye han gaderid alle the fruytis of youre lond, ye schulen halewe the feries of the Lord seuene daies; in the firste day and the eiyte schal be sabat, that is, reste.

      ⁴⁰ And ye schulen take to you in the firste day fruytis of the faireste tree, and braunchis of palm trees, and braunchis of a `tree of thicke boowis, and salewis of the rennynge streem, and ye schulen be glad bifor youre Lord God;

      ⁴¹ and ye schulen halewe his solempnyte seuene daies bi the yeer; it schal be a lawful thing euerlastynge in youre generaciouns. In the seuenthe monethe ye schulen halewe feestis,

      ⁴² and ye schulen dwelle in schadewynge placis seuene daies; ech man that is of the kyn of Israel, schal dwelle in tabernaclis, that youre aftercomers lerne,

      ⁴³ that Y made the sones of Israel to dwelle in tabernaculis, whanne Y ledde hem out of the lond of Egipt; Y am youre Lord God.

      ⁴⁴ And Moises spak of the solempnytees of the Lord to the sones of Israel.

      1 ↑ [Note: a bundel, in Ebreu it is gomor, for the eeris of corn weren sengid in fier, and the cornes, that filliden a gomor, weren schakun out, and weren offrid so.]

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      ¹ And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel,

      ² that thei brynge to thee oile of olyues, pureste oile, and briyt, to the lanternes to be ordeyned contynueli with out the veil of witnessyng,

      ³ in the tabernacle of boond of pees; and Aaron schal araye tho lanternes fro euentid `til to euentid bifor the Lord, bi religioun and custom euerlastynge in youre generaciouns;

      ⁴ tho schulen be set euere on a clenneste candilstike in the siyt of the Lord.

      ⁵ Also thou schalt take wheete flour, and thou schalt bake therof twelue looues, which schulen haue ech bi hem silf twei tenthe partis,

      ⁶ of whiche thou schalt sette sexe on euer eithir side, on a clenneste boord bifor the Lord;

      ⁷ and thou schalt sette clereste encense on tho looues, that the looues be in to mynde of offryng of the Lord;

      ⁸ bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulen be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees;

      ⁹ and tho schulen be Aarons and hise sones, that thei ete tho in the hooli place, for it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis, of the sacrifices of the Lord, bi euerlastynge lawe.

      ¹⁰ Lo! forsothe the sone of a womman of Israel, whom sche childide of a man Egipcian, yede out among the sones of Israel, and chidde in the castels with a man of Israel,

      ¹¹ and whanne he hadde blasfemyd the name of the Lord, and hadde cursid the Lord, he was brouyt to Moises; forsothe his modir was clepid Salumyth, the douytir of Dabry, of the lynage of Dan;

      ¹² and thei senten hym to prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide.

      ¹³ And the Lord spak to Moises and seide,

      ¹⁴ Lede out the blasfemere without the castels, and alle men that herden, sette her hondis on his heed, and al the puple stone hym.

      ¹⁵ And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God,

      ¹⁶ schal bere his synne, and he that blasfemeth the name of the Lord, die bi deeth; al the multitude of the puple schal oppresse hym with stoonus, whether he that blasfemede the name of the Lord is a citeseyn, whether a pilgrym, die he bi deeth.

      ¹⁷ He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;

¹⁸ he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf ^[1] .

¹⁹ If a man yyueth a wem ^[2] to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him;

      ²⁰ he schal restore brekyng for brekyng, iye for iye, tooth for tooth; what maner wem he yaf, he schal be compellid to suffre sich a wem.

²¹ He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid ^[3] .

      ²² Euene doom be among you, whether a pilgrym ethir a citeseyn synneth, for Y am youre Lord God.

      ²³ And Moyses spak to the sones of Israel, and thei brouyten forth out of the castels hym that blasfemede, and oppressiden with stoonus. And the sones of Israel diden, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses.

      1 ↑ [Note: liyf for liyf, that is, a beeste of the same kynde and valu, ether the priys bi the doom of iugis.]

      2 ↑ [Note: that is, meymyng ether orrible hirting.]

      3 ↑ [Note: be punyschid, in Ebreu it is, die.]

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      ¹ And the Lord spak to Moises in the hil of Synai,

      ² and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, Whanne ye han entrid in to the lond which Y schal yyue to you, `the erthe kepe the sabat of the Lord;

      ³ sixe yeeris thou schalt sowe thi feeld, and sixe yeeris thou schalt kitte thi vyner, and thou schalt gadere the fruytis ther of;

      ⁴ forsothe in the seuenthe yeer schal be sabat of the erthe of the restyng of the Lord;

      ⁵ thou schalt not sowe the feeld, and thou schalt not kitte the vyner, thou schalt not repe tho thingis whiche the erthe bryngith forth `bi fre wille, and thou schalt not gadere the grapis of thi firste fruytis, as vyndage; for it is the yeer of restyng of the lond; but tho schulen be to you in to mete,

      ⁶ to thee, and to thi seruaunt, to thin handmaide, and to thin hirid man, and to the comelyng which is a pilgrym at thee; alle thingis that `comen forth,

      ⁷ schulen yyue mete to thi werk beestis and smale beestis.

      ⁸ Also thou schalt noumbre to thee seuene woukis of yeeris, that is, seuene sithes seuene, whiche togidere maken nyn and fourti yeer;

      ⁹ and thou schalt sowne with a clarioun in the seuenthe monethe, in the tenthe dai of the monethe, in the tyme of propiciacioun, `that is, merci, in al youre lond.

      ¹⁰ And thou schalt halewe the fiftithe yeer, and thou schalt clepe remissioun to alle the dwellers of thi lond; for thilke yeer is iubilee; a man schal turne ayen to hys

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