1   And the Lord spak to Moyses and Aaron, 2   seynge, Speke ye to the sones of Yrael, and seith to hem, The man that

suffreth the flux of seede, shal be vnclene; 3   and thanne he shal be demyd to vndur ligge to this vice, whanne bi eche momentis it cleueth to the flesh of hym, and to gidere groweth the foule humour. 4   Al the bed that he sleepith yn shal be vnclene, and where euer he sitteth. 5   Who so euer of men towchith hys bed, he shal washe his clothes, and he washid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 6   And if he sitte where he satt, he shal wassh his clothes, and wasshid with water shal ben vnclene vnto the euen. 7   He that towchith the fleshe of hym, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene to the euen. 8   And if siche a man caste out spotil vpon hym that is clene, he shal wasshe his clothes, and wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 9   The sadel vpon the which he shall sytt, shal be vnclene; 10   and what euer were vnder hym that suffreth flux of seede, shal be vnclene vnto the euen. He that berith eny thing of thes, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 11   Eche whom he that is suchon towchith with not wasshun hondes before, shal wasshe his clothes, and wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 12   The britil vessel that he towchith, shal be tobrokun; the treen vessel forsothe shal be wasshid `with water. 13   If he were helid, that suffreth siche a maner passioun, he shal noumbre seuen daies after his clensyng, and the clothes wasshid, and al the bodi in qwik watris, he shal be clene. 14   The ei&yogh;t day forsothe he shal take two turturs, other two culuer briddes, and he shal come in the si&yogh;t of the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng, and he shal &yogh;yue hem to the preest; 15   the

which shal doon oon for synne, and that other into brent sacrifice; he shal preye for him bifor the Lord, that he be clene fro the flux of his seede. 16   The man of whom goth out the seede of goyng togidris, shal wasshe with water al his body, and he shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 17   Clooth and skynne that he hath, he shal wasshe with water, and it shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 18   The womman with whom he goth togider with, shal be wasshe with water, and she shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 19   The womman that, turnynge a&yogh;en the moneth, suffreth the flux of blood, seuen daies shal be seuerd; eche that towchith hir shal be vnclene vnto euen, 20   and the place in which she sleepith or sittith the daies of her seueryng, shal be polut. 21   He that towchith her bed, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen. 22   Eche vessel vpon which she sittith who so euer towchith, shal wasshe his clothes, and he wasshid with water shal be polut vnto the euen. 23   If man goth togidere with hir in the tyme of hir blood flowynge bi monethes, he shal be vnclene seuen daies, and al the bed in which he slepith shal be polut. 24   The woman that suffrith manye daies the flux of blood, not in tyme of the flux bi the moneth, other that aftir the flux of blood bi the moneth cesith not to flowe blood, as longe as she shal vnderligge to this passioun she shal be vnclene, as it be in tyme of the flux of blood bi the moneth. 25   Al the bed in which she slepith, and the vessel in which she sittith, shal be polut. 26   Who so towchith hir, shal wasshe hys clothis, and he wasshid with water shal be vnclene vnto the euen.

27   If the blood stoonde, and ceese to flowe, she shal noumbre seuen daeis of hir purifiyng, 28   and the ei&yogh;tith day she shal offre for hir silf to the preest two turturs, or two culuer briddis, at the dore of the tabernacle of witnessyng; 29   the which shal do oon for the synne, and that other into brent sacrifice; and he shal preye for hir before the Lord, and for the flux of the vnclennes of hir. 30   &YOGH;e shulen teche therfore the sones of Yrael, that thei shonnen vnclennes, and die not in her fluxes, whanne thei defoulen my tabernacle that is among hem. 31   This is the lawe of hym that suffreth flux of seede, and that is polutid thur&yogh; goynge togidris, 32   and of hyr that thur&yogh; moneth tymes of flowing of blood is seuerd, and that flowith ful oft blood, and of the man that slepith with hir.

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