Numbers · Chapter 28

[ edit] The Lord forſoþe ſeide to Moyſes, Comaund to þe ſones of Yrael, and þow ſhalt ſeye to hem, Myn offrynge, and looues, and encenſe of mooſt ſwete ſmelle offre ȝe bi ȝoure tymes. Þes ben þe ſacrifices þat ȝe ſhulen offre; loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, two eche day into brent ſacrifice euerlaſtynge. Oon ȝe ſhulen offre eerliche, and anoþer at euen. Þe tenþe part of ephi of tryed flour, þat be ſpreynt wiþ mooſt pure oyle, and haue þe ferþe part of hyn. Þe biſy ſacrifice is, þat ȝe offreden in þe mownt of Synay, into ſmelle of mooſt ſwete enſence to þe Lord. And ȝe ſhulen offre of wyn þe ferþe part of hyn, bi eche loombes, in þe ſeyntuarye of þe Lord.

And anoþer loomb alſo ȝe ſhulen offre at euen, and aftir al þe rijt of þe morwtide ſacrifice, and of þe offryd licours of it, an offrynge of mooſt ſwete ſmelle to þe Lord. Þe ſaboþ day forſoþe ȝe ſhulen offre two loombes of oo ȝeer, vnwemmed, and two dymes of tried flour ſpreynt wiþ oyle, in þe ſacrifice, and þe offryd licours, þat lawfullich ben held, bi eche ſabotis, into brent ſacrifice euerlaſtynge.

In þe calendis forſoþe, þat is, in þe bigynnyngis of monþes, ȝe ſhulen offre brent ſacrifice to þe Lord, calues of þe droue two, o weþer, ſeuen loombis of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, and þre dymes of tryed flour ſpreynt wiþ oyle, in ſacrifice, bi eche calues, and two dymes of tryed flour ſpreynt wiþ oyle, bi eche weþers; and þe tenþe of þe tenþe of tried flour of oyle, in ſacrifice, bi eche loombis; brent ſacrifice, and of mooſt ſwete ſmelle, and of encenſe it is to þe Lord.

Þe offryngis forſoþe of wyn, þat bi eche ſlayn ſacrifices ben to be held, ſhulen be þes; half part of hyn bi eche calues, þe þridde bi a weþer, þe ferþe bi a loomb; þis ſhal be þe brent ſacrifiſis bi eche monþis, þat to hem ſilf þe ȝeer turnynge about comen aftir. A goot forſoþe ſhal be offred to þe Lord for ſynnes, into brent ſacrifice euerlaſtynge, wiþ þis offryngis of licours. Þe firſte forſoþe moneþ, þe fourtenþe day of þe monþe, ſhal be þe paſk of þe Lord; and in þe fiftenþe day þe ſolempnyte of þerf looues. Seuen daies þei ſhulen eete þerf looues; of þe whiche þe firſte day worſhipful and holy ſhal be; al ſeruyle werk ȝe ſhulen not doon in it.

And ȝe ſhulen offre into encenſe brent ſacrifice to þe Lord, calues of þe droue two, o weþer, loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, ſeuen; and þe ſacrifices of eche, of tried flour, þat be ſpreynt wiþ oyle, þre dymes bi eche calues, and two dymes bi o weþer, and þe tiþe of þe tiþe bi eche loombis, þat is, bi ſeuen loombis; and o goot for ſynne, þat it be purgid for ȝow, biſide þe morwtide brent ſacrifice, þat euermore ȝe ſhulen offre. So ȝe ſhulen doo bi eche dayes of þe ſeuen dayes, into þe noriſhynge of þe fier, and into þe mooſt ſwete ſmel to þe Lord, þe which ſhal ryſe of þe brent ſacrifice, and of þe offred licours of echon.

Þe ſeuenþe forſoþe day ſhal be mooſt ſolempne and holi to ȝou; al ſeruyle werk ȝe ſhulen not don in it. Þe dayes alſo of þe fyrſte fruytis, whanne ȝe ſhulen offre newe cornys to þe Lord, þe ſeuen wykis fulfillid, worſhipful and holy ſhal be; al ſeruyle werk ȝe ſhulen not do in it.

And ȝe ſhulen offre brent ſacrifice to þe Lord, into mooſt ſwete ſmel; calues of þe droue two, o weþer, loombes of o ȝeer, vnwemmed, ſeuen; and in þe ſacrifices of hem, of tried flour ſpreynt wiþ oyle, þree dymes bi eche calues, bi weþers two, bi loombes þe tenþe of þe tiþe, þe whiche ben to gidre ſeuen loombes; a goot forſoþe þat is offred for þe purgynge, biſyde þe brent ſacrifice euerlaſtynge, and þe offrid licours of it; ȝe ſhulen offre alle þingis vnwemmed, wiþ her ſacrified licours.