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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. XXVII.

1   Moyses forsothe hath comaundid, and the eldren, to the puple of Yrael, seiynge, Keep &yogh;e eche maundement that I comaunde to &yogh;ow to day. 2   Whanne &yogh;e han passid ouere Jordan, into the loond that the Lord thi God shal &yogh;yue to thee, thow shalt arere greet stonus, and with plastre thow shalt dawbe hem, 3   that thow mowe wryte in hem alle the wordis of this lawe, Jordan ouergoon, that thow goo into the lond that the Lord thi God shal &yogh;yue to thee, the loond mylk and hony flowynge, as he hath swore to thi fadres. 4   Whanne thanne thow shalt ouerpas Jordan, arere the stonus that Y to day comaunde to thee, in the mownt of Hebal; and thow shalt dawbe hem with plastre. 5   And thow shalt bild there up an auter to the Lord thi God, of stonus whom yrun hath not towchid, 6   and of stonus vnfourmed and vnpolishid; and

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thow shalt offre vpon it brent sacrificis to the Lord thi God; 7   and thow shalt offre pesible oostis, and thow shalt eete there, and `make metship before the Lord thi God. 8   And thow shalt wryte vpon the stonus alle the wordis of this lawe, pleynly and cleerli. 9   And Moyses and the preestis of Leuyte kynde seiden to al Yrael, Tak hede, and here thow, Yrael; to day thow art maad the puple of the Lord thi God; 10   thow shalt here the voice of hym, and do the heestis, and ry&yogh;twisnesses, that I comaunde to thee. 11   And Moyses comaundide to the puple in that day, 12   seiynge, Thes shulen stoond to blesse the Lord vpon the hil of Garysym, Jordan put ouer; Symeon, Leuy, Judas, Ysachar, Joseph, and Beniamyn. 13   `And forn a&yogh;ens thes shulen stoond to curse in the hil of Hebal, Ruben, Gad, and Aser, Zabulon, Dan, and Neptalym. 14   And the Leuytes shulen pronounce, and seye to alle men of Irael, 15   with an hi&yogh;e voice, Cursid be the man that makith grauen thing and &yogh;otun, abomynacioun of the Lord, the werk of the hoondis of crafti men, and shal put it in hidils; and al the puple shal answer, and seye, Amen! 16   Cursid that honoureth not his fader and moder; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 17   Cursid that ouerberith the teermes of his nei&yogh;bore; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 18   Cursid that makith to erre the blynde in the weye; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 19   Cursid that peruertith doom of comlynge, faderles child, and widewe; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 20   Cursid that slepith with the wijf of his fader, and opneth the couerynge of his bed; and al the puple shal seie, Amen! 21   Cursid that slepith with eny beest; and al the puple shal seye, Amen!

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Cursid that slepith with his sister, 22   dou&yogh;ter of his fader, or of his moder; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 23   Cursid that slepith with his wyues moder; and al the puple shal seie, Amen! 24   Cursid that priuely smytith his nei&yogh;bour; and al the puple shal seie, Amen! 25   Cursid that slepith with the wijf of his nei&yogh;bour; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 26   Cursid that takith &yogh;iftis, that he smyte the soule of the innocent blood; and al the puple shal seye, Amen! 27   Cursid that dwellith not in the wordis of this lawe, ne hem in deede fulfillith; and al the puple shal seye, Amen!
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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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