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. V.
1 If a lijf synne, and here the voyce of
a swerer, and were witnes, that other he
seeth, or to hym silf is knowun gilti, but
if he shewe, he shal bere his wickidnes.
2 The lijf that towchith eny vnclene thing,
other that is slawe of a beest, other bi
hym silf deed, or eny other crepynge
beest, and he were forgeten of his vnclennes,
he is gilti, and hath trespassid.
3 And
if he towche eny thing of the vnclennes
of man, after al vnclennes with the which
he is wont to be defowlid, and for&yogh;eten
afterward knowe, he shal vnderlye to the
trespas.
4 The lijf that swerith, and spekith
with his lippes, that or eny thing yuel
shal do, or wel, and doth not, and the
same thing with ooth or word stableth,
and for&yogh;eten afterward vndirstonde his
trespas,
5 do he penaunce for the synne,
and offre he of the flockis an shee lombe,
6
or a shee geyt; and the preest shal
preye for hym, and for his synne.
7 If
forsothe he may not offre a beeste, offre
he two turturs, or two culuer bryddis
to the Lord, oon for the synne, and another
into brent sacrifice.
8 And he shal
&yogh;yue hem to the preest, the which, the
first offrynge for the synne, shal bowe
a&yogh;en the heed of it to the fethers, so that
it cleue to the nek, and not fullich it be
broke.
9 And he shal sprenge of the blood
of it the wal of the auter; what euer forsothe
were lefte he shal make to drop at
the foundement of it, for it is for synne.
10 The tother forsothe he shal brenne in to
brent sacrifice, as it is wont to be doo,
-- --
and the preest shal preye for hym and
for his synne, and it shal be for&yogh;euen
hym.
11 And if his hoond mowe not offre
two turturs, or two culuer briddes, offre
he for his synne of tried flowre the tenthe
part of ephi; he shal not putte into it
oyle, ne leye yn eny thing of encense,
for it is for synne.
12 And he shal take it
to the preest, the which takynge of it a
ful hoondful, shal brenne vpon the auter,
into the mynde of hym that offrede,
preiynge for hym, and purgynge;
13 that
other forsothe part he shal haue in &yogh;ifte.
14 And the Lord spak to Moyses, seiynge,
If a lijf synne,
15 forfetynge the cerymonyes
bi errour, in thes thingis that ben halowed
to the Lord, offre he for his trespas a
wether with out wemme of the flockis,
the which may be bou&yogh;t with two sicles,
after the wei&yogh;te of the seyntuary.
16 And
that that he hath doo of harm he shal
restore, and the fifthe part he shal putte
a boue, takynge to the preest, the which
shal preye for hym, offrynge a wether,
and it shal be for&yogh;ouen hym.
17 The lijf
that synneth bi ignoraunce, and dooth
oon of thes thingis that ben defendid bi
lawe of the Lord, and gilti of the synne
vnderstonde his wickidnes,
18 he shall offre
a wether with outen wemme of the flockis
to the preest, after the mesure and eymyng
of the synne; the which shal preye
for hym, for vnknowynge he dide, and it
shal be for&yogh;eue to hym,
19 for bi errour he
trespasside in the Lord.
1 And the Lord
spak to Moyses,
2 seiynge, The lijf that
synneth, and, the Lord despiside, denye to
his nei&yogh;bore the laft thing that to his
feith was takun, or with fors eny thing
takith,
3 or doth wrong chalenge, or fynde
lost thing, and denyynge ouermore forswerith,
and eny other of manye doo in
the whiche men ben wonte to synne,
4 he
-- --
5 ateynt of the trespas shal &yogh;elde alle thingis
hool that thur&yogh; frawde he wolde with
hoolde, and ferthermore the fifthe part to
the lord, to whom he dide the harm.
6 For his synne forsothe he shal offre a
wether withouten wemme of the flok, and
he shal &yogh;yue it to the preest, after the
eymyng and mesure of the trespas;
7 the
which shal preye for hym before the
Lord, and it shal be for&yogh;eue to hym, for
al that in doynge he synnede.
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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