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].
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[Prologue on the book of Leviticus.]
This book of Leuitici makith mencioun, how God tau&yogh;te the sones of Israel, by
Moyses, to offre sacrifises to the Lord of oxen, and of scheep, of lambren, and of geet;
and for which synne what sacrifise owith to be doon to the Lord; and the manere of
brennyng, and of offring; and that the prest preie for the offrer; and if the man is
pore, and is not of power to offre beestis for his synne, he shal offre whete flour, or
therf loues, or briddis. Also it is contened therinne the ordre of halewing of the
bisschop, and of prestis, and of alle holi vessels of the tabernacle; and how the Lord
slow&yogh; Nadab and Abyu, prestis, the sones of Aaron, for necligence doon in the auter.
Also the Lord techith the children of Israel discrecioun bitwixe clene beestis and
vnclene, and of fisschis, and of foulis, that thei vse the clene to mete, and leue the
vnclene; and the verrei knowing of lepre, and he that is preued lepre to be put out of
the comynycacioun of men, till he be maad clene, and to do sacrifise for his clensing.
Also the Lord techith hem to fle abhomynaciouns, whiche the peple of Canaan vseden,
for whiche thei weren cast out of her lond; and to kepe hise comaundementis and
lawis; and to vse trewe mesure, and trewe wei&yogh;te, in biyng and silling, for the drede
of God. Here endith the prologe, and here bigynneth the book of Leuitici.
Here begynneth the bok of Leuiticus.
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].
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