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CAP. XII.

[verse 1] Thes ben the heestes and domes, that ȝe owen to doon in the loond that the Lord God [God of thy faders E.] is to ȝyue to thee, that thow weelde it, alle dayes in the whiche vpon the [Om. C.] erthe thow shalt goon. [verse 2] Turne ȝe doun alle places in the [Om. C.] whiche the gen|tilis that ȝe ben to weelde, heried [han heried BCDE.] her goddis, vpon hiȝe mounteyns, and hillis, and vndir al thik braunchid tree. [verse 3] Scatre ȝe the auters of hem, and brekith togidre the ymagis; the [and A.] mawmet wodes [templis E pr. m.] bren|neth with fier, and the mawmettis de|struy ȝe; scatre ȝe the names of hem fro the [thoo CH.] places. [verse 4] Ȝe shulen not doo so to the [verse 5] Lord ȝoure God; but to the place that the Lord ȝoure God chesith of alle ȝoure lynages, that he putte his name there, [verse 6] and dwelle in it; ȝe shulen come, and offre in that place brent sacrificis, and ȝoure slayn offryngis, and dymes, and first fruytis of ȝoure hoondis, and auowis [vowys BCDEFH.] and ȝiftis, the first goten of oxen, and of sheep. [verse 7] And ȝe shulen eete there in the siȝt of the Lord ȝoure God; and ȝe shu|len glade in alle thingis, to which putten hoond, ȝe and ȝoure howses, in the whiche the Lord ȝoure God blesse to ȝou. [verse 8] Ȝe shulen not doo there that we doon here to day, eche that to hym self semeth riȝt. [verse 9] Forsothe ne vnto the tyme that is nowe ȝe comen to rest and to the possessioun, that the Lord God is to ȝeue to ȝow. [verse 10] Ȝe shulen passe Jordan, and dwelle in the loond that the Lord ȝoure God is to ȝyue to ȝow, that ȝe resten fro alle enemyes bi enuyroun, and dwellen with outen eny drede. [verse 11] In the place that the Lord ȝour

God chesith, that his name be in it. Thidre alle thingis that Y comaunde ȝe shulen bere, brent sacrifices, and oostis, and dymes, and first fruytis of ȝoure hoondes, and what euer thing cheefe is in ȝiftis, that ȝe han vowid to the Lord. [verse 12] There ȝe shulen eete before the Lord ȝoure God, ȝe, and sones, and ȝoure douȝ|tres, men seruauntis, and wymmen ser|uauntis, and Leuytis, that in ȝoure cytees dwellen; forsothe ne thei han other part and possessioun [possessiouns F pr. m.] among ȝow. [verse 13] Be war that thou offre not thi brent sacrifices in [verse 14] alle places that thou shalt se, but in it that the Lord shal chese in oon of thi lynagis thow shalt offre oostis, and doo alle thingis that Y comaunde to thee. [verse 15] Forsothe if thow wolt eete, and thee the etynge of flesh delyte, sle, and eete after the blessynge of the Lord thi God, that he hath ȝeue to thee in thy [her A.] cytees, other [or C.] vnclene it were, that is, wemmed and feble, other [or C.] cleene, that is, hool and withouten wemme, that is leueful to ben offrid, and as capret and hert thow shalt [verse 16] eete; with outen etynge oonli of the blood, that [and ABDFH.] vpon the erthe as water thow shalt heeld out. [verse 17] Thow shalt not [no B.] mowe eete in thy [her A.] burghtownes dimes of whete, of wyn, and of thin oyle, the first geten of [Om. C.] droues, and beestis, and alle thingis that thow auowist, and wilfulli wolt offre, [verse 18] and the first fruytis of thin hoondes; but bifore the Lord thi God thow shalt ete hem, in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, thow, and thi sone, and thi [Om. CE.] douȝter, knaue seruaunt, and meyde ser|uaunt, and the Leuyte that dwellith in thi citees; and thow shalt glade, and be fulfild [fyllyd BCDEFH.] before the Lord thi God, in alle thingis to the [Om. C.] which thou strecchist thin

hoond. [verse 19] Be war that thow forsake not the Leuyte in al tyme, in the [Om. C.] which thow dwellist in erthe. [verse 20] Whanne the Lord thi God shal large thi termes, as he hath spoke to thee, and thow wolt ete flesh, [verse 21] that thi soule desireth, forsothe the place that the Lord thi God chesith, that his name be there, if it were ferre, thow shalt slee of the [thi D.] droues, and of thi beestis, `the whiche [that C.] thow hast, as he hath comaundid to thee; and thow shalt eete in thi burȝtouns, as it plesith to thee. [verse 22] As is etun a capret and an hert, so thow shalt eete hem; and cleene and unclene in comun shulen be ete. [verse 23] That oonli shun, lest thow eete blood; forsothe blood of hem is for the soule, and therfore thow [verse 24] shalt not eete a soule with flesh, but as [verse 25] water thow shalt heeld vpon erthe, that wel it be to thee, and to thi sones after thee, whanne thow dost that plesith [plese CE.] in the siȝt of the Lord. [verse 26] And that thow auowist and halowist to the Lord, thow shalt take, and come to the place that [verse 27] the Lord chesith, and offre thin offryngis, flesh and blood, vpon the auter of the Lord thi God; the blood of the oostis thou shalt heelde in the auter, and flesh thi silf shalt eete. [verse 28] Kepe wel and here alle thingis that I comaunde to thee, that it wel be to thee, and to thi sones after thee, into with outen eende, whanne thow dost that is good and plesaunt in the siȝt of the Lord thi God. [verse 29] Whanne the Lord thi God scaterreth before thi face the gentilis, to the whiche to be weeldid [to weeldid A.] thou shalt goon yn, and weelde hem, and [verse 30] dwelle in the loond of hem, be war that thow folwe not hem, after that the com|ynge yn thei weren vnder turned, and seche the cerymoyns of hem, seiynge, As these gentils heryden her goddis, so and

Y shal hery. [verse 31] Thow shalt not do lijk maner to the Lord thi God; forsothe alle abhomynaciouns that the Lord contrari|eth thei [that ABDFH.] han doon to her goddis, of|frynge sones, and dowȝtris, and bren|nynge with the fier. [verse 32] What I comaunde to thee, that thow oonly do to the Lord, ne adde thow eny thing, ne lasse.