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John Wycliffe Bible 1382
| 37:1 | Forsothe Beseleel made also an arke of the trees of Sechym, hauynge twey cubitis and an half in lengthe, and a cubit and an half in breede; forsothe the hiynesse was of o cubit and an half; and he clothide the arke with purest gold, with ynne and without forth. |
| 37:2 | And he made to it a goldun coroun `bi cumpas, |
| 37:3 | and yetide foure goldun ryngis, bi foure corneris therof, twey ryngis in o side, and twei ryngis in the tother side. |
| 37:4 | And he made barris of the trees of Sechym, whiche barris he clothide with gold, |
| 37:5 | and whiche barris he putte into the ryngis that weren in the sidis of the arke, to bere it. |
| 37:6 | He made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and an half in lengthe, and of o cubit and an half in breede. |
| 37:7 | Also he made twei cherubyns of gold, betun out with hamer, whiche he settide on euer eithir side of the propiciatorie, |
| 37:8 | o cherub in the hiynesse of o part, and the tother cherub in the hiynesse of the tothir part; twei cherubyns, oon in ech hiynesse of the propiciatorie, stretchynge out the wengis, |
| 37:9 | and hilynge the propiciatorie, and biholdynge hem silf togidere and that. |
| 37:10 | He made also a boord of `the trees of Sechym, in the lengthe of twey cubitis, and in the breede of o cubit, whiche boord hadde `a cubit and an half in heiythe. |
| 37:11 | And he cumpaside the boord with clenneste gold, and made to it a goldun brynke bi cumpas; |
| 37:12 | and he made to that brynke a goldun coroun, rasid bitwixe of foure fyngris; and on the same coroun he made anothir goldun coroun. |
| 37:13 | Also he yetide foure goldun serclis whiche he settide in foure corneris, |
| 37:14 | bi alle the feet of the boord ayens the coroun, and he puttide barris in to the serclis, that the `boord may be borun. |
| 37:15 | And he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and cumpasside tho with gold. |
| 37:16 | And he made vesselis to dyuerse vsis of the boord, vessels of vynegre, violis, and litle cuppis, and censeris of pure gold, in whiche the fletynge sacrifices schulen be offrid. |
| 37:17 | And he made a candilstike, betun out with hamer, of clenneste gold, of whos barre yerdis, cuppis, and litle rundelis and lilies camen forth; |
| 37:18 | sixe in euer eithir side, thre yerdis on o side, and thre on the tother side; thre cuppis in the maner of a note bi ech yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; |
| 37:19 | and thre cuppis at the licnesse of a note in the tother yerde, and litle rundels to gidere, and lilies; forsothe the werk of sixe schaftis, that camen forth of the `stok of the candilstike, was euene. |
| 37:20 | Sotheli in that barre weren foure cuppis, in the maner of a note, and litle rundels and lilies weren bi alle cuppis; |
| 37:21 | and litle rundels vndur twei schaftis, bi thre placis, whiche to gidre be maad sixe schaftis comynge forth of o barre; |
| 37:22 | therfor and the litle rundels, and schaftis therof, weren alle betun out with hamer, of pureste gold. |
| 37:23 | He made also seuene lanternes, with her `snytyng tongis, and the vessels where `tho thingis, that ben snytid out, ben quenchid, of clennest gold. |
| 37:24 | The candilstike with alle his vessels weiyede a talent of gold. |
| 37:25 | He made also the auter of encense, of trees of Sechym, hauynge a cubit bi square, and twei cubitis in heiythe, of whos corneris camen forth hornes. |
| 37:26 | And he clothide it with clenneste gold, and the gridele, and wallis, and hornes; |
| 37:27 | and he made to it a litil goldun coroun bi cumpas, and twei goldun ryngis vndur the coroun, bi ech syde, that barris be put in to tho, and the auter mow be borun. |
| 37:28 | Forsothe he made tho barris of the trees of Sechym, and hilide with goldun platis. |
| 37:29 | He made also oile to the oynement of halewyng, and encense of swete smellynge spiceries, moost clene, bi the werk of `a makere of oynement. |
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.