8   And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, 9   Comaunde thou to Aaron, and to hise sones, This is the lawe of brent sacrifice; it schal be brent in the auter al ny&yogh;t til the morewe; fier that is &yogh;ouun fro heuene schal be of the same auter. 10   The preest schal be clothid with a coote, and `pryuy lynnun clothis; and he schal take awei the aischis, which the fier deuourynge brente, and he schal putte bisidis the auter; 11   and he schal be spuylid of the formere clothis, and he schal be clothid with other, and schal bere aischis out of the castels, and in a moost clene place he schal make tho to be wastid til to a deed sparcle. 12   Forsothe fier schal brenne euere in the auter, which fier the preest schal nurische, puttynge trees vndur, in the morewtid bi ech dai; and whanne brent sacrifice is put aboue, the preest schal brenne the ynnere fatnessis of pesible thingis. 13   This is euerlastynge fier, that schal neuer faile in the auter. 14   This is the lawe of sacrifice, and of fletynge offryngis, whiche `the sones of Aaron schulen offre bifore the Lord, and bifor the auter. 15   The preest schal take an handful of wheete

flour, which is spreynd with oile, and al the encense which is put on the wheete flour, and he schal brenne it in the auter, in to mynde of swettist odour to the Lord. 16   Forsothe Aaron with hise sones schal ete the tother part of wheete flour, without sour dow; and he schal ete in the hooli place of the greet street of the tabernacle. 17   Sotheli herfor it schal not be `di&yogh;t with sour dow, for a part therof is offrid in to encense of the Lord; it schal be hooli `of the noumbre of holi thingis, as for synne and for trespas. 18   Malis oonli of the kynrede of Aaron schulen ete it; it is a lawful thing and euerlastynge in &yogh;oure generaciouns, of the sacrifice of the Lord; ech man that touchith tho schal be halewyd. 19   And the Lord spak to Moises, 20   and seide, This is the offryng of Aaron, and of hise sones, which thei owen offre to the Lord in the day of her anoyntyng ^note; thei schulen offre the tenthe part of ephi of wheete flour, in euerlastynge sacrifice, the myddis therof in the morewtid, and the myddis therof in the euentid; 21   which schal be spreynt with oile in the friyng panne, and schal be fried. 22   Sotheli the preest which is successour to the fadir `bi ri&yogh;t, schal offre it hoot, in to sweteste odour to the Lord; and al it schal be brent in the auter. 23   For al the sacrifice of preestis schal be wastid with fier, nether ony man schal ete therof. 24   And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, 25   Spek thou to Aaron and to hise sones, This is the lawe of sacrifice for synne; it schal be offrid bifor the Lord, in the place where brent sacrifice is offrid; it is hooli `of the noumbre of hooli thingis. 26   The preest that offrith it, schal ete it in the hooli place, in the greet street of the tabernacle. 27   What euer thing schal touche the fleischis therof, it schal

be halewid; if a cloth is bispreynt of the blood therof, it schal be waischun in the hooli place. 28   Sotheli the erthun vessel, in which it is sodun, schal be brokun; that if the vessel is of bras, it schal be scourid, and `schal be waischun with watir. 29   Ech male of preestis kyn schal ete of the fleischis therof; for it is hooli `of the noumbre of hooli thingis. 30   Sotheli the sacrifice which is slayn for synne, whos blood is borun in to the tabernacle of witnessyng to clense in the seyntuarie, schal not be etun, but it schal be brent in fier. 1   And this is the lawe of sacrifice for trespas; it is hooli `of the noumbre of hooli thingis. 2   Therfor where brent sacrifice is offrid, also the sacrifice for trespas schal be slayn; the blood therof schal be sched bi the cumpas of the auter. 3   Thei schulen offre the tail therof, and the fatnesse that hilith the entrailis, 4   the twei litle reynes, and the fatnesse which is bisidis ilioun, and the calle of the mawe, with the litle reynes. 5   And the preest schal brenne tho on the auter; it is encense of the Lord, for trespas. 6   Ech male of the preestis kyn schal ete these fleischis in the hooli place, for it is hooli `of the noumbre of hooli thingis. 7   As a sacrifice is offrid for synne, so and for trespas, o lawe schal be of euer eithir sacrifice; it schal perteyne to the preest, that offrith it. 8   The preest that offrith the beeste of brent sacrifice, schal haue the skyn therof. 9   And ech sacrifice of wheete flour, which is bakun in an ouene, and what euer is maad redi in a gridile, ethir in a friyng panne, it schal be that preestis, of whom it is offrid, 10   whether it is spreynt with oile, ethir is drye. To alle the sones of Aaron euene mesure schal be departyd, `to ech `bi hem silf.

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