Deuteronomy 18

¹ he schal mynystre in the name of his Lord God as alle hise britheren dekenes, that schulen stonde in that tyme byfore the Lord. ² He schal take the same part of meetis, which and othere dekenes schulen take; outakun that that is due to hym in his citee, bi successioun ethir eritage of fadir. 3 Whanne thou hast entrid in to the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee, be thou war lest thou wole sue abhomynaciouns of tho folkis; 4 noon be foundun in thee that clensith his sone, ether his douytir, and ledith bi the fier, ethir that axith questiouns of dyuynouris that dyuynen aboute the auteris, and that taketh hede to dremes and chiteryng of bryddis; nethir ony wicche be, 5 nethir an enchauntere, that is, that disseyueth mennus iyen that a thing seme that is not; nether a man take counsel at hem that han a feend spekynge in the wombe, nether take counsel at false dyuynouris nethir seke of deed men the treuthe. 6 For the Lord hath abhomynacioun of alle these thingis, and for siche wickidnessis he schal do awei hem in thin entryng. 7 Thou schalt be perfit and without filthe, with thi Lord God. 8 These hethen men, the lond of whiche thou schalt welde, heren hem that worchen bi chiteryng of briddis, and false dyuynouris; forsothe thou art tauyt in other maner of thi Lord God. ⁹ Thi Lord God schal reise a prophete of thi folk and of thi britheren as me, thou schalt here hym; ¹⁰ as thou axidist of thi Lord God in Oreb, whanne the cumpany was gaderid, and thou seidist, Y schal no more here the vois of my Lord God, and Y schal no more se this grettiste fier, lest Y die. 11 And the Lord seide to me, Thei spaken wel alle thingis. 12 Y schal reise to hem a prophete, lijk thee, of the myddis of her britheren, and Y schal putte my wordis in his mouth, and he schal speke to hem alle thingis, whiche I schal comaunde to him. 13 Forsothe Y schal be vengere of that man, that nyle here the wordis of hym, whiche he schal speke in my name. 14 Sotheli a prophete schal be slayn, which is bischrewid with pride, and wole speke in my name tho thingis, whiche Y comaundide not to hym, that he schulde seie, ethir bi the name of alien goddis. 15 That if thou answerist bi pryuy thouyt, Hou may Y vndirstonde the word, which the Lord spak not? thou schalt haue this signe to knowe a false prophete fro a trewe prophete. , 16 The Lord spak not this thing which thilke prophete biforseid in the name of the Lord, and it bifallith not, but the prophete feynede bi the pride of his soule, and therfor thou schalt not drede hym. ¹⁸ Whanne thi Lord God hath distried the folkis, whose lond he schal yyue to thee, and thou hast weldid it, and hast dwellid in the citees and housis therof; ¹⁹ thou schalt departe thre citees to thee in the myddis of the lond which thi Lord God schal yyue to thee into possessioun. 20 Thou schalt make redi diligentli the weye, and thou schalt departe euenly in to thre partis al the prouynce of thi lond, that he that is exilid for mansleyng, haue of nyy whidur he may ascape. ²¹ This schal be the lawe of a mansleere fleynge, whos lijf schal be kept. If a man smytith vnwityngli his neiybore, and which is preuyd to haue not had ony hatered ayens hym yistirdai and the thridde dai agoon, ²² but to haue go sympli with hym in to the wode to hewe doun trees, and in the fellyng doun of trees the axe fleeth fro the hond, and the yrun slidith fro the helue, and smytith, and sleeth his freend; this man schal flee to oon of the forseid citees, and schal lyue;