Numbers 15:22-41

²²That if bi ignoraunce ye passen ony of tho thingis whiche the Lord spak to Moyses,

²³and comaundide bi hym to you, fro the dai in which he bigan to comaunde,

²⁴and ouer, and the multitude hath foryete to do, it schal offre a calf of the drooue, brent sacrifice in to swettist odour to the Lord, and the sacrificis therof, and fletynge offryngis, as the cerymonyes therof axen; and it schal offre a `buc of geet for synne.

²⁵And the preest schal preie for al the multitude of the sones of Israel, and it schal be foryouun to hem, for thei synneden not wilfuli. And neuerthelesse thei schulen offre encense to the Lord for hemsilf, and for her synne and errour;

²⁶and it schal be foryouun to al the puple of the sones of Israel, and to comelyngis that ben pilgryms among hem, for it is the synne of al the multitude bi ignoraunce.

²⁷That if a soule synneth vnwityngli, it schal offre a geet of o yeer for his synne; and the preest schal preye for that soule, for it synnede vnwityngli bifor the Lord;

²⁸and the preest schal gete foryyuenesse to it, and synne schal be foryouun to it.

²⁹As wel to men borun in the lond as to comelyngis, o lawe schal be of alle that synnen vnwityngli.

³⁰Forsothe a man that doith ony synne bi pride, schal perische fro his puple, whether he be a citeseyn, ethir a pilgrym, for he was rebel ayens the Lord;

³¹for he dispiside the word of the Lord, and made voide his comaundement; therfor he schal be doon awei, and schal bere his owne wickidnes.

³²Forsothe it was doon, whanne the sones of Israel weren in wildirnesse, and hadde founde a man gaderynge woode in the `day of sabat,

³³thei brouyten hym to Moises, and to Aaron, and to al the multitude; whiche closiden hym in to prisoun,

³⁴and wisten not what thei schulden do of hym.

³⁵And the Lord seide to Moises, This man die bi deeth; al the cumpeny oppresse hym with stoonus with out the tentis.

³⁶And whanne thei hadden led hym with out forth, thei oppressiden him with stoonus, and he was deed, as the Lord comaundide.

³⁷Also the Lord seide to Moises,

³⁸Speke thou to the sones of Israel, and thou schalt seye to hem, that thei make to hem hemmes bi foure corneris of mentils, and sette laces of iacynct `in tho;

³⁹and whanne thei seen thoo, haue thei mynde of alle comaundementis of the Lord, lest thei suen her thouytis and iyen, doynge fornycacioun bi dyuerse thingis;

⁴⁰but more be thei myndeful of the `Lordis heestis, and do thei tho, and be thei hooli to her God.

⁴¹Y am youre Lord God, which ledde you out of the lond of Egipt, that Y schulde be youre God.