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CAP. XVI.

[verse 1] Kepe wel the monthe of the [Om. BDEFH.] newe fruytis, and of the first veer tyme, that thou doo pask to the Lord thi God; for in this monthe the Lord thi God ladde thee out of Egipt bi nyȝt. [verse 2] And thou shalt offre paske to the Lord thi God, of sheep, or [and BCDEFH.] of oxen, in the place that the Lord thi God chees, that the name of hym dwelle there. [verse 3] Thou shalt not eete in it sowred breed; seuen days thou shalt eete with outen sourdowȝ, breed of greet tra|ueyle,

for in inward drede thou wentist out of Egipt, for thou shuldist haue mynde of the day of thi goynge out of Egipt, alle the days of thi lijf. [verse 4] There shal not apere sowred breed seuen days in alle thi teermys, and there shal not leeue of the flesh of it that is offerd the euen, in the first day the morwen. [verse 5] Thou shalt not mowe offre paske in eche of thes thi [Om. E pr. m.] citees that the Lord thi God is [verse 6] to ȝyue to thee, but in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, that the name of hym dwelle there; thou shalt offre paske the euen, at the sunne goynge down, whanne thow wentist out of Egipt. [verse 7] Thou shalt make it ynowȝ, and eete, in the place that the Lord thi God chesith, and erly rysyng thow shalt goo into thi taber|naclis. [verse 8] Sexe dayes thou shalt eete theerf looues; and in the seuenthe day, for it is the quylet [quyet A. gedrynge D.] of the Lord thi God, thou shalt not doo werk. [verse 9] Seuen wekis [werkes A.] thou shalt noumbre to thee, fro that day that thou puttist thi kuttynge yren into the [verse 10] corn; and thou shalt halwe the feest day of the seuen wekes to the Lord thi God, a wilful offrynge of thin hoond, that thow shalt offre after the blessynge of the Lord thi God. [verse 11] And thou shalt eete before the Lord thi God, thou, and thi sone, and thi douȝtre, and thi seruaunt, and thin hand|mayde, and Leuyte that is with ynne thi ȝatis, and comlynge, and faderles child, and wydowe, that dwellen with ȝow, in place that the Lord thi God chesith, that his name dwelle there. [verse 12] And thou shalt record for seruaunt thou were in Egipt, and kepen and doon that ben comaundid. [verse 13] And the solempte [solempnyte E.] of the tabernaclis thou shalt halwe, bi seuen days, whanne thou hast gedrid of the flore, and of the presse [verse 14] thi fruytis; and shalt eete in thi feest day, thou, and thi sone, and thi [Om. BCDEFH.] douȝter, and thi seruaunt, and handmayd, Leuyte

also [forsothe E pr. m.] and comlynge, and faderlesse child, and widew, that ben with ynne thi ȝatis. [verse 15] Seuen days to the Lord thi God feestis thou shalt halowe, in the places that the Lord chesith; and the Lord thi God shal blesse to thee, in alle thi fruytis, and in [Om. E pr. m.] al werk of thin hoondis, and thou shalt be in gladnes. [verse 16] Thre sithes in [by BCDEFH.] the ȝeer shal apere eche [al E pr. m.] thi maal child in the siȝt of the Lord thi God, in the place that he chesith, in the solempnyte `of therf looues, and [in C.] the solempnyte [Om. E pr. m.] of wekis, and in the solempnyte of tabernaclis. He [verse 17] shal not apere before the Lord voyd; but echon [eche C.] shal offre, after [Om. E pr. m.] that he hath, after the blessynge of the Lord his God, that he ȝyueth to hym. [verse 18] Domesmen and may|stris thow shalt ordeyn in alle thi ȝatis, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee, bi alle thi lynagis, that thei demen the [verse 19] puple bi riȝt doom, ne into another paart declinen. Thou shalt not accept persone, ne ȝiftis, for ȝiftis blynden eyen of wise men, and chaungen wordis of riȝtwis men. [verse 20] Riȝtwisly that is riȝt thou shalt pursue, that thou lyue, and weeld the loond, that the Lord thi God shal ȝyue to thee. [verse 21] Thou shalt not plaunt [sette E pr. m.] a maw|met wode [temple E pr. m.] , and al tree biside the auter [verse 22] of the Lord thi God; ne thou shalt make to thee and ordeyn ymage; the whiche thingis hatith the Lord thi God.