thou shalt brynge vn to an oxe a meat offerynge of .iij. tenth deales of floure myngled with halfe an hin of oyle And thou shalt brynge for a drynk offerynge halfe an hin of wyne that is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde This is the maner that shal be done vnto one oxe one ram a lambe or a kyd And acordynge to the numbre of soche offerynges thou shalt encrease yâ— meat offerynges and the drynk offerynges All that are of youre selues shall do these thinges after this maner when he offereth an offerynge of swete sauoure vnto the Lâ—â—de And yf there be a straunger with you or be amonge you in youre generacions and will offer an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto yâ— Lorde euen as ye do so he shall doo One ordynaunce shall serue both for you of the congregacion and also for the straunger And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer amonge youre childern after you that the straunger and ye shal be lyke before the Lorde One lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for yâ— straunger that dwelleth with you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them When ye be come into the londe whether I will brynge you then wheÌ„ ye will eate of the bred of the londe ye shall geue an heue offerynge vnto the Lorde Ye shall geue a cake of the first of youre dowe vnto an heue offerynge as ye do the heue offerynge of the barne euen so ye shall heue it Of the first of youre dowe ye must geue vnto the Lorde an heue offerynge thorow out youre generacions Yf ye ouerse youre selues and obserue not all these commaundmeÌ„tes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by yâ— haÌ„de of Moses from the first daye forwarde that the Lorde commaunded amonge youre generacion when oughte is commytted ignorantly before the eyes of the congregacion then all the multitude shall offer a calfe for a burnt offerynge to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde the meat offerynge and the drynk offerynge there to acordynge to the maner and an he goote for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an aronement for all the multitude of yâ— childern of Israel aÌ„d it shal be forgeuen the for it was ignoraunce And they shall brynge their giftes vnto the offerynge of the Lorde and their synofferynge before the Lorde for their ignoraunce And it shal be forgeuen vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel vnto the straunger that dwelleth amoÌ„ge you for the ignorauncye perteyneth vnto all the people Yf any one soule synne thorow ignoraunce he shall brynge a she goote of a yere olde for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an atonement for the soule that synned ignorauntly with the synofferynge before the Lorde and reconsyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And both thou that art borne one of the childern of Israel and the straunger that dwelleth amonge you shall haue both one lawe yf ye synne thorow ignorauncye And the soule that doth ought presumpmously whether he be an Israelite or a strauÌ„ger the same hath despysed the Lorde And that soule shal be destroyed from amonge his people because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde a hath brokeÌ„ his coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes yâ— soule therfore shall perysh aÌ„d his synne shal be apon him And whyle the childern of Ysrael were in the wildernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vppon the Sabath daye And they yâ— founde him gatherynge stickes broughte him vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all yâ— congregacion aÌ„d they put him in warde for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses yâ— maÌ„ shall dye let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste And all yâ— multitude broughte him without the hoste aÌ„d stoned him with stones and he dyed as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Ysrael and byd them that they make them gardes apon the quarters of their garmeÌ„tes thorow out their generacions aÌ„d let them make the gardes of ribandes of Iacyncte And the garde shall Gods signes were to put men in remeÌ„braunce of his worde that they shuld not seke a waye to please God after their awne imaginacion be vnto you to loke apon it that ye remembre all the commaundmentes of the Lorde and doo them that ye seke not a waye after youre awne hertes and after youre awne eyes for to goo a whooringe after them but that ye remembre and doo all my commaundmentes and be holy vnto youre God for I am yâ— Lorde youre God which broughte you out of yâ— londe of Egipte to be youre God I am the Lorde God ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Cahath the sonne of Leui Dathan Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth the sonne of Ruben stode vpp before Moses with other of the childern of Israel .ij. hundred and fyftie heedes of the congregacion and councelers and men of fame and they gathered theÌ„selues together agenst Moses and Aaron sayed vnto them ye haue done ynough For all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is amonge them Why therfore heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion of the Lorde When Moses herde it he fell apon his face and spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge tomorow the Lorde will shewe who is his and who is holy and will take them vnto him and whom so euer he hath chosen he will cause to come to him This doo take fyre pannes thou Corah and all thi companye and do fyre therein aÌ„d put ceÌ„s thereto before the Lorde tomorowe And then whom soeuer the Lorde doeth chose the same is holy Ye make ynough to doo ye childern of Leui. And Moses sayed vnto Corah heare ye childern of leui Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you that yâ— God of Israel hath separated you froÌ„ the multitude of Israel to brynge you to him to doo the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the Lorde and to stonde before the people to minystre vnto them he hath taken the to him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with the and ye seke the office of yâ— preast also For which cause both thou and all thi companye are gathered together agenst the Lorde for what is Aaron that ye shulde murmure agenst him And Moses sent to call Dathan aÌ„d Abiram the sonnes of Eliab and they answered we will not come Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast broughte us out of a londe that floweth with mylke and honye to kyll us in yâ— wildernesse But that thou shuldest reygne ouer us also More ouer thou hast broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke and honye nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or of vynes Echer wilt thou pull out the
the sonnes of them And that whosoeuer moued any of thē to worshuppe false goddes how so euer nye of kynne he were they must accuse him ād bryng him to deth ye and wheresoeuer they hard of mā womā or citye that worshupped false goddes they must slee thē ād destroye the citie for ever ād not bild it agayne And all because they shuld worshuppe nothinge but God nor put confidence in anythinge saue in his word Yee and how warneth he to beware of witch craft sorcery inchauntment negromātie ād all craftes of the devell ād of dreamers sorthsayers and of myracledoers to destroye his worde and that they shulde suffer none soch to lyue Thou wilt happlye saye They tell a man the truthe What then God will that we care not to knowe what shall come He will haue vs care only to kepe his commaundmētes and to commytre all chaunses vnto him He hath promysed to care for vs and to kepe vs from all evell All thinges are in his hande he can remedye all thinges and wil for his truthes sake yf we praye him In his promyses only will he haue vs trust ād there rest ād to seke no farther How also doth he prouoke them to loue euer rehersynge the benefites of God done to them allready and the godly promyses that were to come And how goodly lawes of loue geveth he to helpe one another and that a man shuld not hate his neyghboure in his harte but loue him as him filf Leuitici .xix. And what a charge geueth he in euery place over the poore and neadye over the straunger frendlesse ād wedowe And when he desyreth to shew mercye he reherseth with all the benefites of God done to them at their neade that they myght sea cause at the lest waye in God to shew mercye of very loue vnto their neyghboures at the ir neade Also there is no lawe so simple in apperaunce thorow out all the fiue bokes of Moses but that there is a greate reason of the makynge therof if a man serch diligently As that a man is forbyd to seth a kyd in hys mothers milke moueth vs vnto compassyon and to be pytyefull As doth also that a man shall not offer the syre or dame and the yonge both in one daye Leuitici .xxij. For it myght seme a cruell thing in as moch as his mothers milke is as it were his bloude wherfore god will not haue him sod therin but will haue a man shewe curtesye vppon the very beastes As in another place he commaundeth that we mosell not the mouth of the oxe that treadeth oute the corne which maner of thresshinge is vsed in hote contrees and that because we shuld moch rather not grudge to be liberall and kynde vnto mē that do vs service Or happlye God wold have no soch wanton meate vsed among hys people For the kyd of it self is noryshinge and the gotes milke is restauretyue and both to gether myght be to rancke and therfore forbodē or some other like cause therewas Of the ceremonies sacrifices and tabernacle with all his glorye ād pompe vnderstōde that they were not permitted only but also commaunded of God to lead the people in the shadowes of Moses ād night of the old testamēt vntyll the light of christ ād daye of the new testamēt were come As children are ledde in the phantasies of youth vntyll the discretiō of māsage become vppon them And all was done to kepe them from idolatrye The tabernacle was ordened to the entent they might haue a place appoynted them to do their sacrifices openly in the syght of the people ād namelye of the preastes which wayted therō that it might be sene that they dyd all thīge acordīg to gods word and not after the Idolatrie of their awne imaginacion And the costlinesse of the tabernacle ād the bewtye also pertayned therevnto that they shuld se nothinge so bewtifull amonge the hethē but that they shuld se more bewtifull ād wonderfull at home because they shuld not be moued to folowe them And in like maner the diuers facions of the sacrifices and ceremonies was to occupye their mindes that they shuld haue no lust to folow the hethē ād the multitude of them was that they shuld haue so moch to do in kepinge thē that thei shuld haue no leysure to ymagine other of their awne yee and that gods word might be by in all that they dyd that they might haue their fayth and trust in God which he can not haue that ether foloweth his awne invencyons or tradicyons of mēnes makynge wyth out Gods word Finally God hath two testamentes the old and the newe The old testament is those temporall promyses which God made the childrē of Israel of a good londe and that he wolde defende them and of welth and prosperyte ād of temporall blessynges of whiche thou readest ouer all the lawe of Moses But namelye Leuitici xxv◠And Deuteromij .xxviij. ād the avoydynge of all threateninges and curses off which thou readest lykewyse everye where ▪ but specyallye in the two places aboue rehersed and the avoydinge of all punyshmēt ordened for the transgressers of the lawe And the old testamēt was bilt all to gether vppō the kepinge of the lawe ād ceremonyes and was the reward of kepinge of thē in this liffe only ād reached no further then this liffe and this world as thou readest leui .xviij. a mā that doth them shall live there in which texte Paule reherseth Rom .x. and Gala .iij. That is he that kepeth them shall haue this liffe gloriouse accordinge to all the promises and blessinges of the lawe and shall avoyde both all temporall punishment of the lawe with al the threateninges and cursinges also For nether the lawe euen of the .x. cōmaundmentes nor yet the ceremonies iustifyed in the herte before god or purifyed vnto the life to come Insomoch that Moses at his deeth euen .xl. yere after the lawe and ceremonyes were geuen complayneth sayenge God hath not geven you an hart to vnderstonde nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye As who shuld saye god hath geuen you ceremonies but ye know not the vse of them and hath geuē you a lawe but hath not wryten it in youre hartes Wherfore serveth the lawe then yf it geue vs no power to do the lawe Paule answereth the that it was geuen to vtter synne onlye and to make it appere As a corosye is layde vnto an old sore not to heale it but to stere it vp ād to make the disease alyve that a mā might feale in what ioperdye he is ād how nye deeth ād not aware ād to make awaye vnto the healinge playster Euē so sayth Paule Gala .iij. The lawe was geven because of transgressiō that is to make the synne alyve that it might be felt and sene vntill the seed came vnto whom it was promised that is to saie vntil the childern of fayth came or vntill Christ that seed in whom
art not able to do it thi selfe alone But heare my royce and I will geue the councell and God shal be with the. Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde and brynge the causes vnto God and prouyde them ordinaunces and lawes â—d shewe them the waye wherin they must walke and the werkes that they must doo Morouer seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite * which feare God and men Oure prelates nether feare God for they preach not his vvor de true lyâ—ner are lesse cove touse theÌ„ ludas for they haue receâ—â—ed of the de vâ—ll the kyng dames of the â—â—â—h and the â—â—â—rie there â—â— vvhich christ refused Mathe â—4 that are true aÌ„d hate covctuousnes and make them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fyftie and ouer ten And let them iudge the people at all seasons Yf there beany greate matter let them brynge that vnto the and let them iudge all small causes them selues and ease thi selfe aÌ„d let them bere with the. Yf thou shalt doo this thinge then thou shalt be able to endure that which God chargeth the with all and all this people shall goo to their places quietly And Moses herde the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he had sayde and chose actyue men out of all Israel and made them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftie and ouer ten And they iudged the people at all seasons aÌ„d broughte the harde causes vnto Moses and iudged all small maters them selues And thâ— Moses let his father in lawe departe and he went in to his awne londe The .xix. Chapter THe thyrde moneth after the childern of Israel were gone out of Egipte the same daye they came in to the wildernesse of Sinai For they were departed from Raphâ— dim and were come to the deserte of Sinay and had pitched their tentes in the wildernesse And there Israel pitched before the mounte And Moses went vpp vnto God And the Lorde called to him out of the mountayne saynge thus saye vnto the housse of lacob and tell the childern of Israel ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egiptians and how I toke you vpp apon Egles wynges and haue broughte you vnto my selfe Now therfore yf ye will heare my voyce and kepe myne appoyntment ye shall be myne awne aboue all nations for all the erth is myne Ye shall be vnto me a kyngdome of preastes and and holie people these are the wordes which thou shalt saye vnto the childern of Israel And Moses came and called for the elders of Ifrael and layde before them all these wordes which the Lorde had comma unded him And the people answered all together and sayde All that the Lorde hath sayde we will doo And Moses broughte the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Loo I will come vnto the in a thicke clowde that the people maye heare when I talke with the and also beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctific them to daye and tomorow and let them wash their clothes that they maye be redie agaynst the thyrde daye For the thyrde daye the Lorde will come doune in the sighte of all the people vpon mounte Sinai And sett markes rounde aboute the people and saye beware that ye go not vp in to the mounte and that ye twych not the bordres of it for whosoeuer twicheth the mounte shall surely dye There shall not an hande twych it but that he shall ether be stoned or els shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shall nor lyue when the horne bloweth than let theÌ„ come vp in to the mounten And Moses went doune from the mounte vnto the people and sanctifyed them aÌ„d they wasshed their clothes And he sayde vnto the people be redie agenst the thirde daye and se that ye come not at youre wiues And the thirde daye in the mornynge there was thunder and lightenynge and a thicke clowde apoÌ„ the mounte aÌ„d the voyce of the horne waxed â—â—ceadynge lowde and all the people that was in the hoste was afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the teÌ„tes to mete with God and they stode vnder the hyll And mounte Sinai was all togither on a smoke because the Lorde descended doune vpon it in fyre And the smoke therof asceÌ„ded vp as it had bene the smoke of a kylle and all the mounte was exceadinge fearfull And the voyce of the horne blewe and waxed lowder aÌ„d lowder Moses spake aÌ„d God answered hiÌ„ aÌ„d that with a voyce And the Lord came doune vppon mounte Sinai euen in the toppe of the hyll aÌ„d called Moses vp in to the toppe of the hyll And Moses went vppe And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go doune and charge the people that they prease not vp vnto the Lorde for to se hiÌ„ aÌ„d so many off theÌ„ perissn And let the preastes also which come to the Lordes presence sanctifie them selues lest the Lorde smyte them Then Moses sayde vnto the Lorde the people cannot come vp in to mounte Sinai for thou chargedestrs saynge sett markes aboute the hyll and sanctifie it And the Lorde sayde vnto him awaye and get the doune and come vp both thou aÌ„d Aaron with the. But let not the preastes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the Lorde lest he smyte them And Moses weÌ„t doune vnto the people and tolde them ¶ The .xx. Chapter ANd God spake all these wordes aÌ„d saide I am the Lorde thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte aÌ„d out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my syght Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage nether any symilitude that is in heauen aboue ether in the erth beneth or in the water that ys beneth the erth Se that thou nether bowe thyself vnto them nether serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God and viset the synne of the fathers vppon the childern vnto the third and fourth generacion of theÌ„ that hate me and yet shewe mercie vnto thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne RemeÌ„bre the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes mayst thou laboure aÌ„d do al that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nether thy manservaunte nor thy maydeservaunte nether thy catell nether yet the straunger that is within thi gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made both heauen and erth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye and halowed it Honoure
londe shal be deuyded by lott acordinge to the names of the tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett acordinge 〈…〉 lott thou shalt deuyde their lond hâ—th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of yâ— leuites in the in kinredes of Gerson came the kynred of the Gersonites and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites These are the kynredes of Leui the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Rarahites Rahath begate Amram and Amrams wife was called Jochebed a doughter oflein which was borne him in Egipte And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Jam their syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Jthamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And the numbre of them was .xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge the children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Jordane nye to Jericho And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in the wildernesse that there shulde not be lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune Josua the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chaptre ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machirthe sonne of Manasse of the kinredes of Manasse the sonne of Joseph whose names were Mahcla Noa Hagla Melcha and Thirza came stode before Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌ„d before the lordes all the multitude in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge oure father dyed in the wildernesse was not amonge the companye of them that gathered them selues together agenst the Lorde in the congregacion of Corah But dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde the name of oure fathers be taken awaye from amonge hys kynred because he had no sonne Geue vnto vs a possessyon amonge the brethern of oure father And Moses broughte their cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speke righte thou shalt geue them a possession to en herett amonge their fathers brethern shall turne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Yf a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his brethern Yf he haue no brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers brethern Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred let him possesse it And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded Moses And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses get the vpp in to this mount Aabrun and beholde the londe which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel And wheÌ„ thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in yâ— stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin And Moses O faithfull mercifull Moses ful onlike oure Balams spake vnto the Lorde sayenge let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion which maye goo in out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses take Josua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon him and set There was â—f likelyhod a â—ryght stonne â—â— the ephod â—â—hereâ— the hie â—reast loked â—awe the will â—f God in tyâ—â—es of neade â—s thou mayst â—e in the story of Dauid This was the â—aner of the Ebrues to maâ—e their officeâ—s of this maner did the apostle make deâ—kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou â—eist iÌ„ thactes aÌ„d mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takeÌ„ for all maner of sode generally him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their fyghte And put of thi prayse apon him that all the companye of the childern of Israel maye heare And he shall stonde before Eleazer yâ— preast which shall axe councell for him after yâ— maner of the * lighte before the Lorde And atthe mouth of Eleazer shall both he and all the childern of Israel with him and all the congregacion goo in and out And Moses dyd as the Lorde commauÌ„ded him and he toke Josua and sett him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion * put his handes apon him gaue him a charge as the Lorde commaunded thorow the hande of Moses ¶ The .xxviij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge geue the childern of Israel a charge and saye vnto them that they take hede to offer vnto me yâ— offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto theÌ„ This is yâ— offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. laÌ„bes of a yeare olde with out spot daye by daye to be a burntofferynge perpetually One lambe thou shalt offer in the mornynge and the other â—t euen And thereto yâ— teÌ„th parte of an Epha offloure for a meâ—â—offerynge myngled with beten oyle the fourth parte of an hin which is a dayly offerynge ordened in the mount Sinai vnto a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of yâ— Lorde And the drynkofferynge of the same the fourth parte of an hin vnto one lambe poure the drynkofferynge in the holy place to be good drynke vnto the Lorde And yâ— other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after yâ— maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a sweâ—e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle and the drynkofferynge thereto This is the burrtofferynge of euery Sabbath besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And in the first daye of youre monethes ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde two yonge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and .iij. teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled