Leviticus 24
1 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 that thei brynge to thee oile of olyues, pureste oile, and briyt, to the lanternes to be ordeyned contynueli with out the veil of witnessyng,
Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
3 in the tabernacle of boond of pees; and Aaron schal araye tho lanternes fro euentid `til to euentid bifor the Lord, bi religioun and custom euerlastynge in youre generaciouns;
Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening to the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.
4 tho schulen be set euere on a clenneste candilstike in the siyt of the Lord.
He shall order the lamps on the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.
5 Also thou schalt take wheete flour, and thou schalt bake therof twelue looues, which schulen haue ech bi hem silf twei tenthe partis,
And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
6 of whiche thou schalt sette sexe on euer eithir side, on a clenneste boord bifor the Lord;
And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure table before the LORD.
7 and thou schalt sette clereste encense on tho looues, that the looues be in to mynde of offryng of the Lord;
And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD.
8 bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulen be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees;
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 and tho schulen be Aarons and hise sones, that thei ete tho in the hooli place, for it is hooli of the noumbre of hooli thingis, of the sacrifices of the Lord, bi euerlastynge lawe.
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
10 Lo! forsothe the sone of a womman of Israel, whom sche childide of a man Egipcian, yede out among the sones of Israel, and chidde in the castels with a man of Israel,
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
11 and whanne he hadde blasfemyd the name of the Lord, and hadde cursid the Lord, he was brouyt to Moises; forsothe his modir was clepid Salumyth, the douytir of Dabry, of the lynage of Dan;
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan: )
12 and thei senten hym to prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide.
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them.
13 And the Lord spak to Moises and seide,
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
14 Lede out the blasfemere without the castels, and alle men that herden, sette her hondis on his heed, and al the puple stone hym.
Bring forth him that has cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
15 And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God,
And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.
16 schal bere his synne, and he that blasfemeth the name of the Lord, die bi deeth; al the multitude of the puple schal oppresse hym with stoonus, whether he that blasfemede the name of the Lord is a citeseyn, whether a pilgrym, die he bi deeth.
And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
17 He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;
And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
18 he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf.
And he that kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
19 If a man yyueth a wem to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him;
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him;
20 he schal restore brekyng for brekyng, iye for iye, tooth for tooth; what maner wem he yaf, he schal be compellid to suffre sich a wem.
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
21 He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid.
And he that kills a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.
22 Euene doom be among you, whether a pilgrym ethir a citeseyn synneth, for Y am youre Lord God.
You shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
23 And Moyses spak to the sones of Israel, and thei brouyten forth out of the castels hym that blasfemede, and oppressiden with stoonus. And the sones of Israel diden, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses.
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
