And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
Forsoþe it was don, whanne þe sones of Israel hadden synned bifor her Lord God, þat ledde hem out of þe lond of Egipt, fro þe hond of Farao, kyng of Egipt, þei worschipeden alien goddis;