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[verse 1] Also [Also and D. And E.] the Lord spak to Moises, and [verse 2] seide, Halewe thou to me ech firste gen|drid [bigeten I.] thing that openeth the wombe among the sones of Israel, as wel of men as of beestis, for whi alle ben myn. [verse 3] And Moises seide to the puple, Haue ȝe mynde of this dai, in which ȝe ȝeden [wenten I.] out of Egipt, and
of the hows of seruage, for in strong hond the Lord ledde ȝou out of this place, that ȝe ete not [no F.] breed diȝt with sour dow. [verse 4] To dai ȝe gon out, in the monethe of new [verse 5] fruytis; and whanne the Lord hath led thee in to the lond of Cananey, and of Ethei, and of Amorrei, and of Euei, and of Jebusei, which [for which I.] lond he swoor to thi fadris, that he schulde ȝyue to thee, a lond flowynge with mylk and hony, thou schalt halowe this custom of holy thingis in this monethe. [verse 6] In [Om. B. And G.] seuene daies thou schalt ete therf looues, and the solempnete of the [verse 7] Lord schal be in the seuenthe dai; ȝe schulen ete therf looues seuene [in seuene B.] daies, no thing diȝt with sour dow schal appere at thee, nether in alle thi coostis. [verse 8] And thou schalt telle to thi sone [sones IS.] in that dai, and schalt seie, This it is that the Lord dide to me, whanne Y ȝede out of Egipt. [verse 9] And it schal be as a signe in thin hond, and as a memorial before thin iȝen, and that the lawe of the Lord be euere in thi mouth; for in a strong hond the Lord ledde thee out of Egipt, and of the hows of seruage. [verse 10] Thou schalt kepe siche a worschipyng in tyme ordeined, `fro daies in to daies [daies, that is, fro ȝeer in to ȝeer. BQX. d. that is, fro ȝeeris into ȝeeris. G.] . [verse 11] And whanne the Lord hath brouȝt thee in to the lond of Cananey, as he swoor to thee, and to thi fadris, and hath ȝoue it to thee, [verse 12] thou schalt departe to the Lord al the [Om. IKOSX.] thing that openeth the [thi BCFGNQRTW.] wombe, and that that is the [Om. S.] firste [firste fruyt I. firste or cheef S.] in thi [the L.] beestis; what euer thing thou hast of male kynde, thou schalt halewe [halewe it IS.] to the Lord. [verse 13] Thou schalt chaunge the firste gendrid of an asse for a scheep, that if thou aȝen biest [aȝenbiest it IS.] not, thou schalt sle [sle it IS.] ; forsothe thou schalt aȝen bie with prijs al the [thi G.] firste gendrid [bigeten I.] of man [a man IS.] of thi sones. [verse 14] And whanne thi sone schal axe thee to morewe, and seie, What is this? thou schalt answere to hym, In a strong hond the Lord ladde vs out of the lond of Egipt, of the hows of seruage; [verse 15] for whanne Farao was maad hard [hard in herte IS.] , and
nolde [wolde not I.] delyuere vs, the Lord killide [slouȝe I.] alle the firste gendrid [bigeten I.] thing [thingus EM sec. m. LP. Om. O.] in the lond of Egipt, fro the firste gendrid [bigeten I.] of man til to the firste gendrid of beestis; therfor Y offre to the Lord al thing of male kynde that openeth the wombe, and Y [Om. K.] aȝen bie alle the firste gendrid [bigeten I.] thingis of my sones. [verse 16] Therfor it schal be as a signe in thin hond, and as a [Om. C.] thing hangid for mynde bifore thin iȝen, for in a strong hond the Lord ledde vs out of Egipt [the londe of Egipt IS.] . [verse 17] Therfor whanne Farao hadde sent out the puple, God ledde not hem [him plures. it I. hem, that is, that peple S.] out bi the weie of `the lond of [Om. IS. lond of W.] Filisteis, which [the which I.] is niȝ; and arettid [bifore thinkynge IS. arettinge K.] lest per|auenture [Om. G.] it wolde repente the puple, if he [it IS.] had seyn batelis rise aȝens hym [it IS.] , and `the [verse 18] puple [thanne thei IS.] wolde turn [han turned IS.] aȝen [Om. E.] in to Egipt; but God ledde [ledde it I. ledde the peple S.] aboute by the weie of deseert, which [the which I.] weie is bisidis the reed see. And the sones of Israel weren armed, and stieden [wenten vp I. stieden vp S.] fro the lond of Egipte. [verse 19] And Moises took the boonus of Joseph with hym, for he hadde chargid the sones of Is|rael, and hadde seid [seid to hem IS.] , God schal visite ȝou, and bere ȝe out `fro hennus [thanne hennus I. fro hennus thanne S.] my boonus with ȝou. [verse 20] And thei ȝeden forth fro [to GL.] So|coth, and settiden tentis in Etham, in the laste endis [coostes I.] of wildirnesse [the wildernesse IS.] . [verse 21] Forsothe the Lord ȝede bifore hem to schewe [schewe hem S.] the weie, bi dai in a piler of clowde [a clowde IS.] , and [Om. G.] bi nyȝt in a piler of fier, that he schulde be ledere [verse 22] of the weie in euer either time; the piler of clowde failide neuere bi dai, nether the piler of fier bi niȝt, bifor the puple.