[The Pentateuch]

Then let the priests the sons of Levi come forth (for the Lord thy God hath chosen them to minister and to bless in the name off the Lord and therefore at their mouth shall all strife and plague be tried). And all the elders of the city that is next to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the plain, and shall answer and say: our hands have not shed this blood ne ⟨image 356⟩there have our eyes seen it. Be merciful Lord unto thy people Israel which thou hast delivered and put not innocent blood unto thy people Israel: and the blood shall be forgiven them ¹And so shalt thou put innocent blood from thee, when thou shalt have done that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

Then let the preastes the sonnes of Leui come forth (for the Lorde thy God hath chosen them to ministre and to blesse in the name off the Lorde and therfore at their mouthe shall all strife and plage be tryed). And all the elders of the citie that is nexte to the slayne man shall wasshe their handes ouer the heyffer that is beheded in the playne, and shall answere ād saye: oure handes haue not shed this bloude ne ⟨image 356⟩ther haue oure eyes sene it. Be mercifull Lord vnto thy people Israel which thou hast delyuered and put not innocent bloude vnto thy people Israel: and the bloude shalbe forgeuen thē ¹And so shalt thou put innocent bloud frō the, when thou shalt haue done that which is right in the syght of the Lorde.

1. 1Right in the lords sight, and not in thine imagination.Right in the lordes sighte, ād not in thyne imaginacion.