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John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 24:1 | And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Comaunde thou to the sones of Israel, |
| 24:2 | 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, |
| 24:3 | 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; |
| 24:4 | tho schulen be set euere on a clenneste candilstike in the siyt of the Lord. |
| 24:5 | Also thou schalt take wheete flour, and thou schalt bake therof twelue looues, which schulen haue ech bi hem silf twei tenthe partis, |
| 24:6 | of whiche thou schalt sette sexe on euer eithir side, on a clenneste boord bifor the Lord; |
| 24:7 | and thou schalt sette clereste encense on tho looues, that the looues be in to mynde of offryng of the Lord; |
| 24:8 | bi ech sabat tho schulen be chaungid bifor the Lord, and schulen be takun of the sones of Israel bi euerlastynge boond of pees; |
| 24:9 | 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. |
| 24:10 | 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, |
| 24:11 | 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; |
| 24:12 | and thei senten hym to prisoun, til thei wisten what the Lord comaundide. |
| 24:13 | And the Lord spak to Moises and seide, |
| 24:14 | Lede out the blasfemere without the castels, and alle men that herden, sette her hondis on his heed, and al the puple stone hym. |
| 24:15 | And thou schalt speke to the sones of Israel, A man that cursith his God, |
| 24:16 | 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. |
| 24:17 | He that smytith and sleeth a man, die bi deeth; |
| 24:18 | he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf. |
| 24:19 | If a man yyueth a wem to ony of hise citeseyns, as he dide, so be it don to him; |
| 24:20 | 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. |
| 24:21 | He that smytith werk beeste, yeelde another; he that smytith a man, schal be punyschid. |
| 24:22 | Euene doom be among you, whether a pilgrym ethir a citeseyn synneth, for Y am youre Lord God. |
| 24:23 | 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. |
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.