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and whanne he hadde halewid and hadde spreynt the auter seuen sithes, he anoyntide it, and halewide with oile alle the vessels therof, and the `greet waischyng vessel with his foundement.

And he clothide with lynnun cootis, and girdide with girdils `his sones offrid, and settide on mytris, as the Lord comaundide.

And whanne Moises hadde offrid the ram, he took of the blood, and touchide the laste part of the riyt eere of Aaron, and the thombe of his riyt hond, in lijk maner and of the foot.

eft `he brente tho takun of her hondis, on the auter of brent sacrifice, for it was the offryng of halewyng, in to the odour of swetnesse of sacrifice `into his part to the Lord.

He took also the brest of the ram of consecracioun in to his part, and reiside it bifor the Lord, as the Lord comaundide to hym.

Moises seide, This is the word, which the Lord comaundide, do ye, and his glorie schal appere to you.

And anoon Aaron neiyede to the auter, and offride a calf for his synne;

These thingis ben of foulis whiche ye schulen not ete, and schulen be eschewid of you; an egle, and a grippe, aliete, and a kyte, and a vultur by his kynde;

and al of `rauyns kynde bi his licnesse;

and nyyt crowe, a lare, and an hauke bi his kinde;

a fawcun, a iay bi his kynde; a leepwynke, and a reremows.

as is a bruke in his kynde, and acatus, and opymacus, and a locuste, alle bi her kynde.

and if it is nede, that he bere ony deed thing of these, he schal waische his clothis, and he schal be vnclene til to the goyng doun of the sunne.

ethir berith, schal waische his clothis, and schal be vnclene `til to euentid.

forsothe if it stondith in his place, it is a signe of botche, and the man schal be cleene.

ellis if the whijtnesse stondith in his place, and is not cleer ynow, it is a wounde of brennyng, and therfor the man schal be clensid, for it is a signe of brennyng.

if the wem waxith not, and the heer is of his colour, and the place of wounde is euene with the tother fleisch,

If in the seuenthe day the wounde is seyn to haue stonde in his place, nether is lowere than the tother fleisch, the preest schal clense the man; and whanne his clothis ben waischun, he schal be cleene.

And whanne the man hath waische hise clothis, he schal schaue alle the heeris of the bodi, and he schal be waischun in watir, and he schal be clensid, and he schal entre in to the castels; so oneli that he dwelle without his tabernacle bi seuene daies;

And he schal putte of the sextarie of oyle in to his left hond,