Ezekiel · Chapter 45

[ edit] Whann ȝe ſhuln bygynne for to departe þe lond by lot, departe ȝe þe firſt fruytis to þe Lord, and halewid þinge of þe lond, þe lengþe fyue and twenti þouſandus, and þe breed ten þouſandus; it ſhal be halewid in al þe terme þerof by cumpas. And on eche part it ſhal be halewid in fyue hundrid by fyue hundrid, four maner by cumpas, and in fifti cubitis in to þe ſuburbis þerof bi cumpas. And of þis meſure þou ſhalt meſure þe lengþe of fyue and twenty þouſandis, and þe breed of ten þouſandus; and in þat þe temple ſhal be, and þe holy of holy þingus.

Þe halewid þing of þe lond ſhal be to preſtis, mynyſtris of þe ſayntuarye, whiche cummen to þe ſeruyce of þe Lord; and a place ſhal be to hem in þe hous, in to ſayntuarie of halewyng. Soþely fyue and twenti þouſandis ſchulen ben of lengþe, and ten þouſandus of breede; forſoþe þe dekenys þat miniſtren to þe hous, þei ſhuln weelde twenty treſories. And ȝe ſhuln ȝeue poſſeſſiouns of þe citee, fyue þouſandus of breed, and of lengþe fyue and twenti þouſandis, after þe departyng of ſayntuarie, to eche hous of Yrael.

And to þe prince on þis half and on þat half, and in to þe departynge of ſayntuarie, and in to poſſeſſioun of þe citee, aȝeinus þe face of departyng of þe ſayntuarie, and aȝeinus þe face of poſſeſſioun of þe citee, fro þe ſyde of þe ſee vn to þe ſee, and fro þe ſyde of þe eeſt vn to þe eeſt. Forſoþe þe lengþe byſydis eche of þe parties, fro þe weſt terme vnto þe eeſt terme of þe lond, ſhal be poſſeſſioun in Yrael; and princis ſhuln namore ſpuyle my peple, but ſhuln ȝeue lond to þe hous of Yrael, after þe lynagis of hem.

Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, Ȝe princis of Yrael, be it ynewȝ to ȝow, leue ȝe wickidneſſe and raueyns, and do ȝe dome and riȝtwijſneſſe; departe ȝe ȝour niȝ cooſtus fro my peple, ſaiþ þe Lord God. A iuſt balaunce, and iuſt meſure of drye þingis, þat is clepid ephi, and iuſt meſure of fleetynge þingus, þat is cleepid bachus, ſhal be to ȝou. Ephi and bachus ſhuln be euen, and of oo meſure, þat bachus take þe tenþe part of corus, þat is a meſure of þritti buſſhellis, and ephi þe tenþe part of chorus; after þe meſure of corus þer ſhal be euen weiȝt of hem. Forſoþe a ſicle ſhal haue twenti halpenns; forſoþe twenti ſyclis, and fyue and twenti ſyclis maken a beſaunt.

And þeſe ben þe firſt þingus whiche ȝe ſhuln take; þe ſixt part of ephi, of þe meſure corus of whete, and þe ſixte part of ephi, of þe meſure corus of barly. And þe meſure of oyle; bachus of oyle is þe tenþe part of þe meſure corus, and ten meſuris of bachus maken þe meſure corus; for ten meſuris of bachus fulfillen þe meſure corus. And oo weþer of a floc of two hundrid, of þeſe whiche þe ſones of Yrael nuryſhen, in to ſacrifice, and in to brend ſacrifice, and in to peſible, for to fulli clenſe for hem, ſaiþ þe Lord God. Al þe peple of þe lond ſhal be holden in þeſe primiſſes to þe prince of Yrael.

And vpon þe prince ſhuln be brend ſacrifices, and ſacrifice of offryngus of fleetyng þingus, in ſolempniteeſe, and in kalendus, and in ſaboþis, and in alle þe ſolempnytees of þe hous of Yrael; he ſhal make ſacrifice for ſynne, and brend ſacrifice, and peſible, for to fulli clenſe for þe hous of Yrael. Þeſe þingus ſaiþ þe Lord God, In þe firſt moneþe, in oon of þe moneþ, þou ſhalt take a calf vnſpottid of þe droue, and þou ſhalt fully clenſe þe ſayntuarie. And þe preſt ſhal take of þe bloode, þat ſhal be for ſynne; and ſhal putte in poſtis of þe hous, and in four corners of þe heiȝt of þe auter, and in poſtus of þe ȝate of þe ynner hous.

And ſo þou ſhalt in þe ſeuenþe of þe moneþe, for eche man þat vnknewe, and by errour is diſceyued, and þou ſhalt fully clenſe for þe hous. In þe firſt moneþ, in þe fourtenþe day of þe moneþ, þe ſolempnytee of paſk ſhal be to ȝou; in ſeuen days þerf þingus ſhuln be eten. And þe prince ſhal do in þat day, for hym and for al þe peple of þe lond, a calf for ſynne. And in þe ſolempnyte of ſeuen days he ſhal do brend ſacrifice to þe Lord; ſeuen calues and ſeuen weþeris vnſpottid day by day, in ſeuen days, and for ſynne a geet buc eche day. And þe ſacrifice of þe meſure ephi bi a calf, and ephi by a weþer, he ſhal do, and þe meſure hyn of oyle, by eche ephi.

In þe ſeuenþe moneþ, þe fiftenþe day of þe moneþe, in þe ſolempnytee, he ſhal do as þei ben aboue ſayde, by ſeuen days, as wele for ſynne as for brent ſacrifice, and in ſacrifice, and in oyle.