1   Kepe wel the monthe of the newe fruytis, and of the first veer tyme, that thou doo pask to the Lord thi God; for in this monthe the Lord thi God ladde thee out of Egipt bi ny&yogh;t. 2   And thou shalt offre paske to the Lord thi God, of sheep, or of oxen, in the place that the Lord thi God chees, that the name of hym dwelle there. 3   Thou shalt not eete in it sowred breed; seuen days thou shalt eete with outen sourdow&yogh;, breed of greet traueyle,

for in inward drede thou wentist out of Egipt, for thou shuldist haue mynde of the day of thi goynge out of Egipt, alle the days of thi lijf. 4   There shal not apere sowred breed seuen days in alle thi teermys, and there shal not leeue of the flesh of it that is offerd the euen, in the first day the morwen. 5   Thou shalt not mowe offre paske in eche of thes thi citees that the Lord thi God is to &yogh;yue to thee, 6   but in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, that the name of hym dwelle there; thou shalt offre paske the euen, at the sunne goynge down, whanne thow wentist out of Egipt. 7   Thou shalt make it ynow&yogh;, and eete, in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, and erly rysyng thow shalt goo into thi tabernaclis. 8   Sexe dayes thou shalt eete theerf looues; and in the seuenthe day, for it is the quylet of the Lord thi God, thou shalt not doo werk. 9   Seuen wekis thou shalt noumbre to thee, fro that day that thou puttist thi kuttynge yren into the corn; 10   and thou shalt halwe the feest day of the seuen wekes to the Lord thi God, a wilful offrynge of thin hoond, that thow shalt offre after the blessynge of the Lord thi God. 11   And thou shalt eete before the Lord thi God, thou, and thi sone, and thi dou&yogh;tre, and thi seruaunt, and thin handmayde, and Leuyte that is with ynne thi &yogh;atis, and comlynge, and faderles child, and wydowe, that dwellen with &yogh;ow, in place that the Lord thi God chesith, that his name dwelle there. 12   And thou shalt record for seruaunt thou were in Egipt, and kepen and doon that ben comaundid. 13   And the solempte of the tabernaclis thou shalt halwe, bi seuen days, whanne thou hast gedrid of the flore, and of the presse thi fruytis; 14   and shalt eete in thi feest day, thou, and thi sone, and thi dou&yogh;ter, and thi seruaunt, and handmayd, Leuyte

also and comlynge, and faderlesse child, and widew, that ben with ynne thi &yogh;atis. 15   Seuen days to the Lord thi God feestis thou shalt halowe, in the places that the Lord chesith; and the Lord thi God shal blesse to thee, in alle thi fruytis, and in al werk of thin hoondis, and thou shalt be in gladnes. 16   Thre sithes in the &yogh;eer shal apere eche thi maal child in the si&yogh;t of the Lord thi God, in the place that he chesith, in the solempnyte `of therf looues, and the solempnyte of wekis, and in the solempnyte of tabernaclis. He shal not apere before the Lord voyd; 17   but echon shal offre, after that he hath, after the blessynge of the Lord his God, that he &yogh;yueth to hym. 18   Domesmen and maystris thow shalt ordeyn in alle thi &yogh;atis, that the Lord thi God shal &yogh;yue to thee, bi alle thi lynagis, that thei demen the puple bi ri&yogh;t doom, 19   ne into another paart declinen. Thou shalt not accept persone, ne &yogh;iftis, for &yogh;iftis blynden eyen of wise men, and chaungen wordis of ri&yogh;twis men. 20   Ri&yogh;twisly that is ri&yogh;t thou shalt pursue, that thou lyue, and weeld the loond, that the Lord thi God shal &yogh;yue to thee. 21   Thou shalt not plaunt a mawmet wode, and al tree biside the auter of the Lord thi God; 22   ne thou shalt make to thee and ordeyn ymage; the whiche thingis hatith the Lord thi God.

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