1   Preestis and Leuytes, and alle that ben of the same lynage, shulen not haue part

and herytage with that other puple of Yrael, for the sacrifices of the Lord, and offryngis of hym thei shulen eete; 2   and noon other thing thei shulen take of the possessioun of her bretheren; forsothe the Lord he is the herytage of hem, as he hath spoke to hem. 3   This shal be the doom of preestis of the puple, and of hem that offren slayn offryngis; whether oxe, or sheep thei offren, thei shulen &yogh;yue to the preest the shuldre, and the litil woombe, 4   the first fruytis of whete, of wyn, and of oile, and a paart of wollis of sherynge of sheep. 5   Forsothe hym the Lord thi God hath chosun, of alle thi lynages, that he stoonde and serue to the name of the Lord, he and his sones, into with outen ende. 6   If a Leuyte goo out fro oon of his citees of al Yrael, in the which he dwellith, and desyrynge a place that the Lord chesith, 7   `wol come he shal serue in the name of the Lord his God, as alle his britheren Leuytis, that shulen stoonde that tyme before the Lord. 8   That same paart of meetis he shal take, `the which and other; out take that, that in his cytee of the fadre successyoun is owed to hym. 9   Whanne thow goost into the loond that the Lord thi God shal &yogh;yue to thee, be war that lest thow wol folowe the abhomynaciouns of thilk gentils; 10   ne be foundun in thee that go aboute his sone, or his dou&yogh;ter, ledynge bi the fier, other that askith dyuynours, that he kepe sweuens and dyuynyngis; ne be ther cleper of deuels, 11   ne enchaunter, ne counseil rerers of deed men, ne dyuynours, and seche of the deed the treuth. 12   Forsothe alle thes thingis the Lord wlatith,

and for thes maner hidows synnes he shal doo hem awey in thin entre. 13   Thow shal be parfite and with outen wemme, with the Lord thi God. 14   Thes gentils, whos loond &yogh;e shulen weeld, brydd coniurers and dyuynours heren; forsothe thow of the Lord thi God otherweys art enfourmyd. 15   A prophete of thi folk and of thi britheren as me, the Lord thi God shal arere to thee, hym thow shalt here; as thow hast askid of the Lord thi God, 16    in Oreb, whanne the company was gedryd, and thow seydest, I shal here namore the voyce of the Lord my God, and this moost fier Y shal se namore, lest Y dye. 17   And the Lord seide to me, Wel alle thingis thei han spoken. 18   A prophet Y shal rere to hem, fro the myddil of her britheren, lijk thee; and I shal put my wordis in the mouth of hym, `and he shal speek to hem alle thingis that Y comaunde to hym. 19   Forsothe who the wordis of hym that spekith `in my name, wol not here, Y veniesour shal be. 20   Forsothe a prophete that thur&yogh; prijd bi shrewid, wil speke in my name thingis that Y comaundid not hym for to seye, other of name of alyen goddis, he shal be slayn. 21   And if bi stille thou&yogh;t thow answerst, What maner may I vndurstonde the word, that the Lord hath not spokun? this tokne thow shalt haue, 22   That in the name of the Lord thilk prophete seith bifore, and cometh not, that the Lord hath not spokun, but bi bolnynge of his inwit the prophet hath feyned, and therfor thow shalt not drede hym.

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