Textus Receptus Bibles
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 21:1 | And the Lord seide to Moyses, Speke thou to preestis, the sones of Aaron, and thou schalt seie to hem, A preest be not defoulid in the deed men of hise citeseyns, |
| 21:2 | no but oneli in kynesmen and niy of blood, that is, on fadir and modir, and sone and douyter, |
| 21:3 | and brother and sister, virgyn, which is not weddid to man; |
| 21:4 | but nether he schal be defoulid in the prince of his puple. |
| 21:5 | Preestis schulen not schaue the heed, nether beerd, nether thei schulen make keruyngis in her fleischis; thei schulen be hooli to her God, |
| 21:6 | and thei schulen not defoule his name; for thei offren encense of the Lord, and the looues of her God, and therfore thei schulen be hooli. |
| 21:7 | A preest schal not wedde a wijf a corrupt womman, and a `foul hoore, nether he schal wedde `hir that is forsakun of the hosebonde, for he is halewid to his God, |
| 21:8 | and offrith the looues of settyng forth; therfor be he hooly, for `Y am the hooli Lord that halewith you. |
| 21:9 | If the `doutir of a preest is takun in defoulyng of virgynite, and defoulith the name of hir fadir, sche schal be brent in flawmes. |
| 21:10 | The bischop, that is the moost preest among hise britheren, on whose heed the oile of anoyntyng is sched, and whose hondis ben sacrid in preesthod, and he is clothid in hooli clothis, schal not diskyuere his heed, he schal not tere hise clothis, |
| 21:11 | and outirli he schal not entre to ony deed man; and he schal not be defoulid on his fadir and modir, |
| 21:12 | nether he schal go out of hooli thingis, lest he defoule the seyntuarie of the Lord, for the oile of hooli anoyntyng of his God is on hym; Y am the Lord. |
| 21:13 | He schal wedde a wijf virgyn; |
| 21:14 | he schal not take a widewe, and forsakun, and a foul womman, and hoore, but a damesele of his puple; |
| 21:15 | medle he not the generacioun of his kyn to the comyn puple of his folk, for Y am the Lord, that `halewe hym. |
| 21:16 | And the Lord spak to Moyses, |
| 21:17 | and seide, Speke thou to Aaron; a man of thi seed, bi meynes, that hath a wem, schal not offre breed to his God, |
| 21:18 | nethir schal neiy to his seruyce; |
| 21:19 | if he is blind; if he is crokid; if he is ether of litil, ether of greet, and wrong nose; if he is `of brokun foot, ethir hond; |
| 21:20 | if he hath a botche; ether if he is blereiyed; if he hath whijt colour in the iye, that lettith the siyt; if he hath contynuel scabbe; if he hath a drye scabbe in the bodi; ethir `is brokun `in the pryuy membris. |
| 21:21 | Ech man of the seed of Aaron preest, which man hath a wem, schal not neiye to offre sacrifices to the Lord, nether `to offre looues to his God; |
| 21:22 | netheles he schal ete the looues that ben offrid in the seyntuarie, |
| 21:23 | so oneli that he entre not with ynne the veil; he schal not neiye to the auter, for he hath a wem, and he schal not defoule my seyntuarie; Y am the Lord that halewe hem. |
| 21:24 | Therfor Moises spak to Aaron, and to hise sones, and to al Israel, alle thingis that weren comaundid to hym. |
John Wycliffe Bible 1382
The Wycliffe Bible is the only Bible here that was not translated from the Textus Receptus. Its inclusion here is for the Bible's historic value and for comparison in the English language.
John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in the 1380's. While it is doubtful Wycliffe himself translated the versions that bear his name, he certainly can be considered the driving force behind the project. He strongly believed in having the scriptures available to the people.
Wycliffe, was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible. With the help of his followers (called Lollards), Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river.