CAP. X.
1 Selers forsothe weren Neemias, Athersata,
sone of Achelai,
2 and Sedechias, Saraias,
Azarias,
3 Jeremias, Fasur, Amaria,
Melchia,
4
5 Accus, Sebenia, Mellucharem,
Nerimuth,
6 Oddias, Daniel, Jenthon, Baruch,
Mosollam,
7
8 Abia, Mianymy, Mazia,
Belga, Semeia; these preestis.
9 But the
Leuitus; Jesue, sone of Azarie, Bennuy,
of the sonus of Ennadab,
10 Cediniel, and
the brether of hem, Sechenia, Odomia,
Thelitha,
11 Falaia, Anam, Micha, Roob,
Azabia,
12
13 Zaccur, Zerebias, Zabanya, Odias,
Bani, Hanyim.
14 The hedis of the
puple, Fethos, Moab, Elam, Zecu, Banni,
Bonni,
15
16 Asgad, Bebai Donai, Bagoai,
Adin,
17
18 Ather, Azothia, Asin, Adonia,
Asuyn,
19 Bessaia, Ares, Anathoth, Nebay,
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Methpia,
20 Mosollam, Azir, Meisabel, Sadoc,
Reddua,
21
22 Felthia, Anania, Ozee, Anania,
Azub,
23
24 Aloes, Faleam, Sobeth, Reu,
Azebina,
25
26 Mathsia, Ethaia, Anam, Mellucharem,
Baana;
27
28 and othere of the puple,
prestus, Leuitus, porteres, and singeres,
sodeknes, and alle that seuereden
hemself fro the puplis of londis to the
lawe of God, ther wiues, and ther sonus,
and ther do&yogh;tris;
29 alle that my&yogh;ten sauouren,
behotende for ther brethern,
ther most wrshipeful men, and thei that
camen to behoten, and swern, that thei
shulden gon in the lawe of the Lord,
that he hadde &yogh;iue in the hond of Moises,
his seruaunt, that thei shulde don and
kepe alle the maundemens of the Lord
ther God, and his domys, his cerymonies;
and that wee shulden not &yogh;iuen
30
oure do&yogh;tris to the puple of the lond, and
there do&yogh;tris wee shulde not take to oure
sones.
31 The puplis forsothe of the lond,
that bringen in chaffaris, and alle thingus
to vsen bi the dai of sabot, that thei selle,
wee shul not taken of hem in the sabot,
and in the halewid dai; and wee shuln
for&yogh;iue the seuenthe &yogh;er, and exaccioun of
alle hond.
32 And we shul setten vp on vs
hestus, that we &yogh;iue the thridde part of
an ounce bi the &yogh;er to the werc of the
Lord oure God,
33 to the loues of proposicioun,
and to the sacrifise euermor durende,
and in to brent sacryfise euermor
lastende, in sabatis, in calendis, in solempnetees,
in halewid da&yogh;is, and for
synne, that it be pre&yogh;ed for Irael, and
in to alle vse of the hous of oure God.
34 Thanne we leiden lotis vp on the offring
of trees, betwe prestis and Leuitis and
the puple, that thei shulden bringen in
-- --
to the hous of oure God, bi the housis of
oure fadris bi times, fro times of the&yogh;er
vn to a &yogh;er, that thei shulden brennen
vp on the auter of the Lord oure God,
as it is writen in the lawe of Moises;
35 and that we bringe forth oure firste
goten of oure lond, and the firste of alle
frut of eche tree, fro &yogh;er in to &yogh;er, in to
the hous of the Lord,
36 and the firste of
oure childer, and of oure bestus, as it is
writen in the lawe, and the firste of
oure oxen, and of oure shep, that thei be
offrid in the hous of oure God, to prestis
that seruen in the hous of oure God;
and the firste of oure metus,
37 and of oure
sacrifises of likouris, and appilis of eche
tree, also of vindage, and of oile, bringe
wee to prestis, to the tresorie of the
Lord, and the tenthe part of oure lond
to Leuitus; thoo Leuitis shul take dimes
of alle the cites of oure werkis.
38 Forsothe
the sone of Aron, prest, shal be
with the Leuitus in the dimes of Leuitis;
and Leuitus shuln offre the tenthe part of
ther dime in the hous of oure God, to
the tresorie, in the hous of the tresor.
39 To the tresorie forsothe shul bern the
sonus of Irael and the sonus of Leui the
firste of whete, and of win, and of oile;
and there shul ben the halewid vesselis
and prestus, and singeris, and porteris, and
seruauns; and we shul not leue the hous
of oure God.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
