Numbers · Chapter 15

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, and þow ſhalt ſeye to hem, Whanne ȝe weren goon into þe loond of ȝoure dwellynge þat I ſhal ȝyue to ȝow, and ſhulen doo offrynge to þe Lord into brent ſacrifice, or ſlayn peſible ſacrifice, quytynge þe auowes, oþir wilfulli offrynge ȝiftis, oþer in ȝoure ſolempnytees brennynge ſmelle of ſwetnes to þe Lord, of oxen, or of ſheep; who ſo euer offriþ ſlayn offrynge, þe ſacrifies of tryed flour, þe tenþe part of ephi, ſpreynt wiþ oyle, þe which þe meſure ſhal haue þe fourþe part of hyn, and wyn to helde þe ſacrifices of licours, of þe ſame meſure, he ſhal ȝyue into brent ſacrifyce, or into ſlayn.

Bi eche loombis and weþers ſhal be þe ſacrifice of tryed flour, of two dymes, þat be ſpreynt wiþ oyle, of þe þridde part of hyn; and wyn to þe ſacrifice of licour, of þe þridde part of þe ſame meſure, he ſhal offre into þe ſmelle of ſwetnes to þe Lord. Whanne forſoþe of oxen he doþ brent ſacrifice, oþer ooſt, þat þow fulfille þe vowe, oþer peſible ſlayn ſacrifices, þow ſhalt ȝyue, bi eche oxen, of tryed flour ten dymes, ſpreynt wiþ oyle, þat ſhal haue half of þe meſure of hyn, and wyn to þe ſacrifices of licours to ben helde, of þe ſame meſure, into offrynge of mooſt ſwete ſmell to þe Lord.

So ȝe ſhulen doo bi eche oxen, and weþers, and loombes, and geetis; as wel wiþ ynne getun as pilgrymes wiþ þe ſame rijt ſhulen offre ſacrifices; o maundement ſhal be and dome, as wel to ȝow as to þe comlyngis of þe loond. Þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, and þow ſhalt ſeie to hem, Whanne ȝe comen into þe loond þat I ſhal ȝyue to ȝou, and eete of þe looues of þat regioun, ȝe ſhulen ſeuer þe firſt fruytis to þe Lord of ȝoure meetis; as of þe flores þe firſt fruytis ȝe ſhulen ſeuere, ſo and of ſowelis ȝe ſhulen ȝyue þe firſt fruytis to þe Lord.

Þat if bi ignoraunce ȝe paſſen biſides eny þing of þes þat þe Lord haþ ſpokun to Moyſes, and haþ comaundide bi hym to ȝow, fro þe day þat he bigunne to comaunde, and ouer, and weren forȝetun to do, þe multitude ſhal offre a calf of þe droue, brent ſacrifice into mooſt ſwete ſmelle to þe Lord, and ſacrifices of it, and offerd lycours, as þe cerymonyes of it axen, and a goot for ſynne.

And þe preeſt ſhal preye for al þe multitude of þe ſones of Irael, and it ſhal be forȝeuen, for not wilfuli þei ſynneden; neþeles offrynge þe encens to þe Lord for hem ſilf, and for ſynne, and her errour; and it ſhal be forȝouun to al þe folk of þe ſones of Irael, and to þe comlyngis þat pilgrymagen amonges hem, for þe blame is of al þe puple bi ignoraunce. Þat if a lijf vnknowynge ſynne, he ſhal offre a ſhe goot of o ȝeer for his ſynne; and þe preeſt ſhal preye for hym, for vnwityngly he ſynnede before þe Lord; and he ſhal purchaſe to hym forȝyuenes, and it ſhal be forȝeue to hym. As wel to þe wiþynne born as to þe comlyngis, o lawe ſhal be of alle þat ſynnen vnknowynge.

A lijf forſoþe þat bi pride eny þing of ſynne doþ, wheþer citeſeyn he be, oþer pilgrime, for aȝens þe Lord he was rebel, he ſhal periſhe fro his puple; þe word forſoþe of þe Lord he diſpiſide, and þe heeſt of hym he made at nouȝt; þerfor he ſhal be doon awey, and he ſhal bere his wickidnes. And it was doon whanne þe ſones of Yrael weren in wildernes, and þei fonden a man gederynge ſtikkis in þe holi day, þei brouȝten hym to Moyſes and Aaron, and to al þe multitude; þe whiche cloſeden hym into priſoun, vnknowynge what vpon hym þei oweden to doo. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Bi deeþ die þis man; þrow hym down wiþ ſtonus al þe folk wiþ out þe tentis.

And whanne þei hadden ladde hym wiþ out, þei þrewen hym down wiþ ſtonus, and he was deed, as þe Lord comaundide. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, and þou ſhalt ſeie to hem, þat þei maken to hem hemmes bi foure corners of þe mantils, puttynge in hem iacynctyn filetis; þe whiche whanne þei ſeen, þei recorden of alle þe maundementis of þe Lord, þat þei folowen not her owne þouȝtis and eyen, by dyuerſe þingis lecherynge; but more þei hauynge mynde of þe heeſtis of þe Lord, doon hem, and ben holy to her God. I þe Lord ȝoure God, þat haue ladde ȝow out of þe loond of Egipte, þat Y were ȝoure God.