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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CAP. XVII.
1 And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge,
Spek to Aaron and his sones,
2 and to alle
-- --
the sones of Yrael, seiynge to hem, This
is the word that the Lord hath comaundide,
seiynge,
3 Eche man of the hows of
Yrael, if he slee an oxe, or a sheep, or a
she goot in the tentes, or out of the
tentes,
4 and offreth not at the dore of the
tabernacle offrynge to the Lord, he shal
be gilti of blood; as he hadde shedde
blood, so he shal perishe fro the myddil
of his puple.
5 Therfor the sones of Yrael
shulen offre to the preest her oostes, that
thei slewen in the feelde, that thei ben
halowid to the Lord, before the dore of
the tabernacle of witnessyng, and offre
thei the oostes pesible to the Lord.
6 And
the preest shal heelde the blood vpon the
auter of the Lord, at the dore of the
tabernacle of witnessyng; and he shal
brenne the talw&yogh; into smel of swetnes to
the Lord.
7 And thei shulen no more offre
her oostes to feendes, with the whiche
thei han do fornycacioun; lawful euerlastynge
it shal be to hem, and to the
after comers of hem.
8 And to hem thow
shalt seye, A man of the hows of Yrael,
and of the comlinges that pilgrimagen
anentis &yogh;ow, that offrith brent sacrifice,
other slayn offryng,
9 and to the dore of
the tabernacle of witnessyng bryngith it
not, that it be offred to the Lord, he shal
spille fro his puple.
10 Eche man of the
hows of Yrael, and of comlyngis that pilgrimagen
among &yogh;ow, if he eete blood, Y
shal a&yogh;en fastne my face a&yogh;ens the soule
of hym, and Y shal lese hym fro his puple;
for the soule of flesh is in blood,
11 and
I haue &yogh;ouun it to &yogh;ow, that &yogh;e purgen
myn auter for &yogh;oure soules, and blood
be fore the hidows gilt of soule.
12 And
therfor Y seide to the sones of Yrael,
Eche lijf of &yogh;ow ete no blood, ne of the
comlyngis that pilgrymagen among &yogh;ow.
13 Eche man of the sones of Yrael, and of
-- --
the comelyngis that pilgrymagen anentis
&yogh;ow, whether with huntyng or with foulyng,
take wilde beeste, or bridd, the which
it is leeful to eete, sheed he his blood,
and couer it the erthe;
14 the soule forsothe
of al flesh is in blood. Wherfor Y seide
to the sones of Yrael, The blood of al
flesh &yogh;e shulen not eete, for the soule of
flesh is in blood, and who so euer etith
it, shal dye.
15 The lijf that etith faln to
deth, other the takun of a beeste, as wel
of with ynne getun, as of comlyngis, shal
washe his clothis and hym silf with water,
and he shal be defowlid vnto the
euen, and bi this ordre he shal be maad
clene;
16 that if he wasshe not his clothes,
or body, he shal bere his wickidnes.
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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