Numbers · Chapter 6

[ edit] And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to þe ſones of Yrael, and þow ſhalt ſeye to hem, A man or womman, whanne he doþ auowe, þat þei ben halowid, and þei wolen him ſelf ſacre to þe Lord, fro wiyn, and fro al þat may make dronkun, þei ſhulen abſteyne; eiſel of wiyn, and of eny oþir maad drynke, and what þing of grape is out preſſid, þei ſhulen not drynke; new grapes and dried þei ſhulen not eete, alle þe daies in þe which of auowe to þe Lord þei ben ſacryd; what þing may be of vyn, of grape dried vnto þe popyn, þei ſhulen not eete.

Al þe tyme of his ſeuerynge a raſour ſhal not paſſe vpon his heed, vnto þe fulfillid day in þe which he is ſacred to þe Lord; he ſhal be holy, growynge þe heer of his heed. Alle tyme of his ſacrynge he ſhal not goo yn vpon þe deed, ne vpon faders forſoþe, and moders, and breþeren, and ſiſtren careyn he ſhal be defoulid, for þe ſacrynge of his God is vpon his heed; eche day of his ſeuerynge ſhal be holy to þe Lord.

If forſoþe eny man were ſodeynlich deed before hym, þe heed of his conſecracioun ſhal be polut, þe which anoon he ſhal ſhaue in þe ſame day of his purgacioun, and eftſones þe ſeuenþe day; in þe eiȝtiþ forſoþe day he ſhal offre two turturs, or two culuer briddes, to þe preeſt, in þe entre of þe boond of pees of witneſſynge. And þe preeſt ſhal do oon for þe ſynne, and anoþir in to brent ſacrifice; and he ſhal preye for hym, for he haþ ſynned vpon þe deed, and he ſhal halowe þe heed of hym in þat day. And he ſhal ſacre to þe Lord þe daies of his ſeuerynge, offrynge a lombe of o ȝeer for þe ſynne, ſo neuerþelater þat þe raþer daies ben maad as for noȝt, for polut is þe halowynge of hym.

Þis is þe lawe of conſecracioun. Whanne þe daies which of auow he demed ben fulfillid, he ſhal brynge hym to þe dore of þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees, and he ſhal offre his offrynge to þe Lord, a lombe of o ȝeer wiþ outen wemme, into brent ſacrifice, and a ſheep of o ȝeer wiþ outen wemme, for ſynne, and a weþir wiþ outen wemme, a peſible ooſt; a leepe forſoþe of þeerf looues, þat ben ſpreynt wiþ oyle, and þinne cakys wiþ out ſourdowȝ, anoynt wiþ oyle, and of echon þe ſacrifices of licours; þe whiche þe preeſt ſhal offre before þe Lord, and he ſhal doo as wel for ſynne as into brent ſacrifices.

A weþir forſoþe he ſhal offre a peſible ooſt to þe Lord, offrynge to gidre a leepe of þerf looues, and ſacryfices of licours, þat of maner ben owed. Þanne þe Nazare ſhal be ſhaued at þe dore of þe tabernacle of þe boond of pees, fro þe heere of his conſecracioun; and he ſhal take his heeres, and putte vpon þe fijr, þat is vndurput to þe ſacrifice of peſible þinges; and a ſhuldre ſoþen of þe weþer, and a caake of breed wiþ outen ſowrdowȝ, oon of þe leepe, and o þinne þerf caake, and he ſhal take in þe hoondes of þe Nazare, after þat were ſhauun þe heed of hym. And þe takun þingis eftſones of hym he ſhal arere in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord.

And þe halowid þinges ſhal be of þe preeſt, as þe litil breſt þat is comaundid to be ſeuered, and þe hippe. Aftir þes þingis þe Nazare may drynke wiyn. Þis is þe lawe of þe Nazare, whanne he auowiþ his offrynge to þe Lord, þe tyme of his conſecracioun, out taak þes þingis þe whiche þe hoond fyndeþ. Aftir þat þat he haþ auowid in þouȝt, ſo he ſhal do, to þe perfeccioun of his holynes. And þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Spek to Aaron and his ſones, So ȝe ſhulen bleſſe to þe ſones of Yrael, and ȝe ſhulen ſeie to hem, Þe Lord bleſſe to þee, and kepe þee; þe Lord ſhewe his face to þee, and haue mercy of þee; þe Lord conuerte his chere to þee, and ȝeue to þee pees.

Þei ſhulen inwardly clepe my name vpon þe ſones of Yrael, and Y ſhal bleſſe to hem.