1 WYC And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide, Speke thou to the sones of Israel, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 WYC and thou schalt seie to hem, Y am youre Lord God; BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
3 WYC ye schulen not do by the custom of the lond of Egipt, in which ye dwelliden; ye schulen not do bi the custom of the cuntrei of Canaan, `to which Y schal brynge you yn, nethir ye schulen go in the lawful thingis of hem. BSB BSB: You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
4 WYC Ye schulen do my domes, and ye schulen kepe myn heestis, and ye schulen go in tho; Y am youre Lord God. BSB BSB: You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
5 WYC Kepe ye my lawis and domes, whiche a man `schal do, and schal lyue in tho; Y am youre Lord God. BSB BSB: Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
7 WYC Thou schalt not diskyuere the filthe of thi fadir and the filthe of thi modir; sche is thi modir, thou schalt not schewe hir filthe. BSB BSB: You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8 WYC Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
9 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sistir, of fadir `ether of modir, which sister is gendrid at hoome ether without forth. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
10 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of thi sone, ether of neece of thi douyter, for it is thi filthe. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
11 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the douyter of the wijf of thi fadir, which sche childide to thi fadir, and is thi sistir. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
12 WYC Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
13 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14 WYC Thou schalt not shewe the filthe of the brothir of thi fadir, nethir thou schalt neiye to his wijf, which is ioyned to thee bi affinyte. BSB BSB: You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
15 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi sones wijf, for sche is the wijf of thi sone, nether thou schalt diskiuere hir schenschip; and no man take his brotheris wijf. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
16 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
17 WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of thi wijf, and of hir douyter; thou schalt not take the douytir of hir sone, and the douytir of hir douyter, that thou schewe hir schenschip; thei ben the fleisch of hir, and siche letcherie is incest. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
18 WYC Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijf, in to concubynage of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hir, while thi wijf lyueth yit. BSB BSB: You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
19 WYC Thou schalt not neiye to a womman that suffrith rennyng of blood of monethe, nethir thou schalt schewe hir filthe. BSB BSB: You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
20 WYC Thou schalt not do letcherie with `the wijf of thi neiybore, nether thou schalt be defoulid with medlyng of seed. BSB BSB: You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
22 WYC Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun. BSB BSB: You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
23 WYC Thou schalt not do letcherie with ony beeste, nethir thou schalt be defoulid with it. A womman schal not ligge vnder a beeste, nether schal be medlid therwith, for it is greet synne. BSB BSB: You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
25 WYC of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers. BSB BSB: Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
26 WYC Kepe ye my lawful thingis and domes, that ye do not of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng which is a pilgrym at you. BSB BSB: But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
27 WYC For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond. BSB BSB: For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
28 WYC Therfor be ye war, lest it caste out viliche also you in lijk manere, whanne ye han do lijk synnes, as it castide out vileche the folk, that was bifor you. BSB BSB: So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
29 WYC Ech man that doith ony thing of these abhomynaciouns, schal perische fro the myddis of his puple. BSB BSB: Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
30 WYC Kepe ye myn heestis; nyle ye do tho thingis, whiche thei that weren bifor you diden, and be ye not defoulid in tho; Y am youre Lord God. BSB BSB: You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”