Sixth Commandment.
Ne ſlo ðu nogt wið hond ne wil,
Ne rend, ne beat nogt wið vn-ſkil;
Help de nedful, ðat he ne be dead
for truke of ðin helpe an[d] read. 3508
Seventh Commandment.
Oc horedom ðat ðu ne do,
Ne wend no lecherie to.
[Fol. 68b.]
Eighth Commandment.
Loke ðe wel ðat ðu ne ſtele,
Ne reflac, ne ðefte, for-hele.[324] 3512
Ninth Commandment.
Falſe witneſſe ðat[325] ðu ne bere,
Ne wið ðe leſe non ma[_n_][326] ne dere.
Tenth Commandment.
Ne giſce ðu nog[t] ðin neſtes ðing,
Huſ, ne agte, ne wif, in ðin giſcing; 3516
For if ðu it gernes and giſſe,
ðu tines vn-ended bliſce."
The Israelites at
the foot of the
mount are in
great dread and
fear.
Ðiſ for-frigted folc figeren ſtod,
dredful, and bleð, and ſori mod; 3520
Herden ðat dredful beames blaſt,
Sogen ðat figer, dred held he_m_ faſt.
ðo ſeiden he to moyſen,
They intreat
Moses to stand
between them
and God.
"Be ðu nu god and us bi-twen, 3524
Her nu q_u_at god ſal more q_ue_ðen,
And tellet uſ ſiðen her bi-neðen."
And moyſes ſteg up a-non,
God gave to
Moses many commandments
and
laws,
God hem bad bodes manige on 3528
And lages; and hu he ſulen maken
ðe tabernacle, and wor-of taken
instructed him
concerning the
making of the
Tabernacle,
ðe gold, and ſilu_er_, and ðe bras,
ðe ſyðen don ðor-on[327] was, 3532
And nemeld it beſeel,
and gave him
two tables of
stone upon
which were
written the Ten
Commandments.
And two oðere to maken it wel;
And gaf to[328] tabeles of ſton,
And .x. bodeword writen ðor-on. 3536
[Fol. 69.]
Ðor q_u_iles moyſes was up wið gode,
And liſtenede al ðat leue bode,
[324] MS. for for hele.
[325] MS. dat.
[326] MS. ma.
[327] MS. dor-on.
[328] two?