Deuteronomy 13

¹ and thi fadris, of alle the folkis in cumpas, that ben niy ether fer, fro the bigynnyng til to the ende of the lond, ² assente thou not to hym, nether here thou, nether thin iyen spare hym, that thou haue mercy, ³ and hide hym, but anoon thou schalt sle hym anoon thou schalt sle him, whanne he is demed bi iugis. . Thin hond be fyrst on him and aftir thee al the puple putte to hond. ⁴ He schal be oppressid with stoonus, and schal be slayn; for he wolde drawe thee awei fro thi Lord God, that ledde thee out of the lond of Egipt, fro the hous of seruage, 5 that al Israel here and drede, and do no more ony thing lijk this thing. 6 If thou herist ony men seiynge in oon of thi citees, whiche thi Lord God schal yyue to thee to enhabite, 7 The sones of Belial yeden out fro the myddis of thee, and turneden awei the dwelleris of the citee, and seiden, Go we, and serue alien goddis whiche ye knowen not, 8 enquere thou bisili, and whanne the treuthe of the thing is biholdun diligentli, if thou fyndist that this thing is certeyn, which is seid, and that this abhominacioun is doon in werk, 9 anoon thou schalt smyte the dwelleris of that citee bi the scharpnesse of swerd, and thou schalt do it awey, and alle thingis that ben ther ynne, til to beestis. 10 Also what euer thing of purtenaunce of houshold is, thou schalt gadere in the myddis of the stretis therof, and thou schalt brenne with that citee, so that thou waste alle thingis to thi Lord God, and it be a biriel euerlastynge; it schal no more be bildid. 11 And no thing of that cursyng schal cleue in thin hond, that the Lord be turned awei fro the yre of his strong veniaunce, and haue mercy on thee, and multiplie thee, as he swoor to thi fadris. 12 Whanne thou hast herd the vois of thi Lord God, thou schalt kepe alle hise heestis whiche Y comaunde to thee to day, that thou do that that is plesaunt in the siyt of thi Lord God. 14 Be ye the sones of youre Lord God; ye schulen not kitte you kitte you, in Ebreu it is, ye schulen not to-reende you. , nether ye schulen make ballidnesse, 15 on a deed man, for thou art an hooli puple to thi Lord God, and he chees thee that thou be to hym in to a special puple, of alle folkis that ben on erthe. 16 Ete ye not tho thingis that ben vncleene. 17 This is a beeste which ye schulen ete; an oxe, and a scheep, and a goet, an hert, 18 a capret, a wielde oxe, tregelafun, that is, a beeste in parti lijk a buk of geet, and in parti liik an hert, a figarde, an ostrich, a camelioun, that is, a beeste lijk in the heed to a camel, and hath white spottis in the bodi as a parde, and is lijk an hors in the necke, and in the feet is lijc a `wilde oxe, and a parde.