Leviticus 24:7-20

⁷and thou schalt sette clereste encense on tho looues, that the looues be in to mynde of offryng of the Lord;

⁸bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulen be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees;

⁹and 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.

¹⁰Lo! 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,

¹¹and 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;

¹²and thei senten hym to prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide.

¹³And the Lord spak to Moises and seide,

¹⁴Lede out the blasfemere without the castels, and alle men that herden, sette her hondis on his heed, and al the puple stone hym.

¹⁵And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God,

¹⁶schal 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.

¹⁷He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth;

¹⁸he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf.

¹⁹If a man yyueth a wem to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him;

²⁰he 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.