Exodus · Chapter 34

[ edit] And þerafter, Cut, he ſeiþ, to þee two ſtonun tables at þe liknes of þe former, and Y ſhal write vpon hem þe wordes þat hadden þe tablis, þat þow brak. Be redi eerli, þat þow ſtie vp anone into þe hil of Synay; and þow ſhalt ſtonde wiþ me vpon þe cop of þe hil; no man ſtie vp wiþ þee, ne be ſeen eny man þurȝ out al þe hil; oxen forſoþe and ſheep, be þei not fedde þere aȝens. Þanne he hewide out two ſtonun tables, what manere þei weren before, and fro nyȝt aryſynge he ſtiede vp into þe hil of Synay, as þe Lord comaundide to him, berynge wiþ hym þe tables.

And whanne þe Lord had ſtiede vp bi þe clowde, Moyſes ſtood wiþ hym, inwardli clepynge þe name of þe Lord, whom paſſynge before hym, ſeiþ, Lordſhiper, Lord God, mercyable, and goodliche, and pacient, and of myche mercy, and verrey, þat kepiſt couenaunt and mercy into þowſandes, þat doſt awei wickidnes, and hidows giltis, and ſynnes, and no man anentis þee bi him ſilf is innocent, þat ȝeldiſt wickidnes of fadris to ſones and neces, into þe þridde and þe ferþe progenye.

And Moyſes haſtynge is bowid redi into þe erþe, and anowrynge, ſeiþ, If Y haue founde grace in þi ſiȝt, Lord, I biſeche þat þow goo wiþ vs, forſoþe þe puple is of hard nol, and þat þow do awey oure wickidnes, and ſynnes, and þat þow welde vs. Þe Lord anſwerde, Y ſhal goo in couenaunt, ſeynge alle men, I ſhal do ſignes, þat neuere weren ſeen vpon erþe, ne in eny folkis of kynde, þat þis puple ſeen, in whos myddil þow art, þe feerful werk of þe Lord, þat Y am to do. Kep alle þingis þat to day I haue comaundide to þee; Y my ſilf ſhal þrowe out before þi face Amorrey, Chananey, and Eþei, Phereſei forſoþe, and Euei, and Jebuzei.

Be war, leſt eny tyme þow ioyne frendſhips wiþ þe dwellers of þat loond, þat ben to þee into fallyng. But and þe auteers of hem deſtrye, brek togidere þe ymages, and þe mawmete woodes hew down; wole þow not anowre an alien God; þe Lord gelows þe name of hym, God is a louer; ne go þow not into couenaunt wiþ men of þat regioun, leſt whanne þei han do fornycacioun wiþ her goddes, and anourden þe mawmetis of hem, eny man clepe þee, þat þow eete of þe þingis þat ben offerd. Ne wijf of þe dowȝtris of hem þow ſhalt tak to þi ſones, leſt after þat þei han do fornycacioun, þei maken to do fornycaciouns and þi ſones into her goddis. Ȝotun goddis þow ſhalt not make to þee.

Þe ſolempnyte of þerf looues þow ſhalt kepe; ſeuen dayes þow ſhalt eete þerf looues, as I haue comaundide to þee, in þe tyme of þe moneþ of new þinges; in þe moneþ forſoþe of veer tyme þow ȝedeſt out of Egipte. Al þat openiþ þe wombe of maal kynde ſhal be myn, of alle hauynge lijf, as wel of oxen, as of ſheep, ſhal be myne. Þe firſt goten of an aſſe þow ſhalt bigge wiþ a ſheep; ellis forſoþe if þow ȝyueſt not for it þe priys, it ſhal be ſlawn. Þe firſt gotun of þi ſones þow ſhalt aȝenbigge; ne þow ſhalt not apere in my ſiȝt voide. Six dayes þow ſhalt worche, þe ſeuenþe day þow ſhalt ceeſe to eeren and to repen.

Þe ſolempnyte of weekis þow ſhalt make to þee in þe firſt bigynnyng of fruytis of þi whete herueſt, and þe ſolempnete whanne, þe tyme turnynge aȝen of þe ȝeer, alle þinges ben putte vp. Þre tymes of þe ȝeer ſhal apere eche maal child þat is þin in þe ſiȝt of þe Almyȝti Lord, þi God, Yrael. Whanne forſoþe Y ſhal take þe gentiles fro þi face, and I ſhal ſprede abrood þi teermes, no man ſhal putte ſpies to þi loond, þee ſtyinge vp and apperynge in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord þi God, þries in þe ȝeer. Þou ſhalt not offre vpon þe ſowr dowȝ þe blood of my ſacrifice, neþer ſhal not leeue vnto þe morwe tide of þe ſacrifice of þe ſolempnyte of paſk.

Þe chefe of þe fruytes of þi loond þow ſhalt offre in þe hows of þe Lord þi God. Þow ſhalt not ſeeþe a kidde in þe mylk of his moder. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, Write to þee þes wordes, wiþ whiche Y haue couenauntide a boond of pees, wiþ þee and wiþ Yrael. Þanne Moyſes was þere wiþ þe Lord fourti dayes and fourti nyȝtis, and eete no breed, ne drank water; and he wroot in þe tables þe ten wordes of þe boond of pees. And whanne Moyſes deſcendide fro þe mownt of Synay, he held two tables of teſtymonye, and he wiſte not þat his face was horned of þe cumpanye of þe word of God.

Aaron forſoþe and þe ſones of Yrael, ſeynge þe face of Moyſes horned, þei dredden to comen nyȝ, and þei clepid of hym turneden aȝen, as wel Aaron as þe princes of þe ſynagoge; and after þat he had ſpokun, comen to hym alſo alle þe ſones of Yrael; to whom he comaundide alle þinges þat he hadde herd of þe Lord in þe mownt of Synay. And fulfillid þe wordes, he putte a veyle vpon his face; þe which, he goon yn to þe Lord, and ſpekynge wiþ him, dide awey, to þe tyme þat he ſhulde goo out; and þanne he ſpak to þe ſones of Yrael alle þinges, þat to hym weren comaundid; þe whiche ſeen þe face of Moyſes goynge out be horned, but eft he couerde his face, if eny tyme he ſpak to hem.