Deuteronomy · Chapter 16

[ edit] Kepe wel þe monþe of þe newe fruytis, and of þe firſt veer tyme, þat þou doo paſk to þe Lord þi God; for in þis monþe þe Lord þi God ladde þee out of Egipt bi nyȝt. And þou ſhalt offre paſke to þe Lord þi God, of ſheep, or of oxen, in þe place þat þe Lord þi God chees, þat þe name of hym dwelle þere. Þou ſhalt not eete in it ſowred breed; ſeuen days þou ſhalt eete wiþ outen ſourdowȝ, breed of greet traueyle, for in inward drede þou wentiſt out of Egipt, for þou ſhuldiſt haue mynde of þe day of þi goynge out of Egipt, alle þe days of þi lijf.

Þere ſhal not apere ſowred breed ſeuen days in alle þi teermys, and þere ſhal not leeue of þe fleſh of it þat is offerd þe euen, in þe firſt day þe morwen. Þou ſhalt not mowe offre paſke in eche of þes þi citees þat þe Lord þi God is to ȝyue to þee, but in þe place þat þe Lord þi God cheſiþ, þat þe name of hym dwelle þere; þou ſhalt offre paſke þe euen, at þe ſunne goynge down, whanne þow wentiſt out of Egipt. Þou ſhalt make it ynowȝ, and eete, in þe place þat þe Lord þi God cheſiþ, and erly ryſyng þow ſhalt goo into þi tabernaclis. Sexe dayes þou ſhalt eete þeerf looues; and in þe ſeuenþe day, for it is þe quylet of þe Lord þi God, þou ſhalt not doo werk.

Seuen wekis þou ſhalt noumbre to þee, fro þat day þat þou puttiſt þi kuttynge yren into þe corn; and þou ſhalt halwe þe feeſt day of þe ſeuen wekes to þe Lord þi God, a wilful offrynge of þin hoond, þat þow ſhalt offre after þe bleſſynge of þe Lord þi God. And þou ſhalt eete before þe Lord þi God, þou, and þi ſone, and þi douȝtre, and þi ſeruaunt, and þin handmayde, and Leuyte þat is wiþ ynne þi ȝatis, and comlynge, and faderles child, and wydowe, þat dwellen wiþ ȝow, in place þat þe Lord þi God cheſiþ, þat his name dwelle þere. And þou ſhalt record for ſeruaunt þou were in Egipt, and kepen and doon þat ben comaundid.

And þe ſolempte of þe tabernaclis þou ſhalt halwe, bi ſeuen days, whanne þou haſt gedrid of þe flore, and of þe preſſe þi fruytis; and ſhalt eete in þi feeſt day, þou, and þi ſone, and þi douȝter, and þi ſeruaunt, and handmayd, Leuyte alſo and comlynge, and faderleſſe child, and widew, þat ben wiþ ynne þi ȝatis. Seuen days to þe Lord þi God feeſtis þou ſhalt halowe, in þe places þat þe Lord cheſiþ; and þe Lord þi God ſhal bleſſe to þee, in alle þi fruytis, and in al werk of þin hoondis, and þou ſhalt be in gladnes.

Þre ſiþes in þe ȝeer ſhal apere eche þi maal child in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God, in þe place þat he cheſiþ, in þe ſolempnyte of þerf looues, and þe ſolempnyte of wekis, and in þe ſolempnyte of tabernaclis. He ſhal not apere before þe Lord voyd; but echon ſhal offre, after þat he haþ, after þe bleſſynge of þe Lord his God, þat he ȝyueþ to hym. Domeſmen and mayſtris þow ſhalt ordeyn in alle þi ȝatis, þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee, bi alle þi lynagis, þat þei demen þe puple bi riȝt doom, ne into anoþer paart declinen. Þou ſhalt not accept perſone, ne ȝiftis, for ȝiftis blynden eyen of wiſe men, and chaungen wordis of riȝtwis men.

Riȝtwiſly þat is riȝt þou ſhalt purſue, þat þou lyue, and weeld þe loond, þat þe Lord þi God ſhal ȝyue to þee. Þou ſhalt not plaunt a mawmet wode, and al tree biſide þe auter of þe Lord þi God; ne þou ſhalt make to þee and ordeyn ymage; þe whiche þingis hatiþ þe Lord þi God.