vnleauened bread that is before the Lord. 24 And put all vpoÌ„ the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng before the Lord. 25 And agayne thou shalt take it from of their handes and burne it vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng to be a sauour of sweetnes before the Lorde for it is a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lord. 26 And thou shalt take the brest of the Ramme of Aarons consecration and waue it for a waue offeryng before the Lord and it shal be thy part 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the waue offeryng and the shoulder of the heaue offeryng which is waued heaued vp of the Ramme of the consecration for Aaron and for his sonnes 28 And it shal be Aarons and his sonnes by a statute for euer from the childreÌ„ of Israel for it is an heaue offeryng it shal be an heaue offeryng froÌ„ the children of Israel of the sacrifice of theyr peace offerynges euen theyr heaue offeryng shall it be vnto the Lord. 29 And the holy garmentes of Aaron shal be his sonnes after him to be anoynted therein and to fyll theyr handes therein 30 And that sonne that is priest in his steede after hym shall put them on seuen dayes when he coÌ„meth into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minister in the holy place 31 And thou shalt take the Ramme of the consecration seethe his flesh in the holy place 32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the fleshe of the Ramme and the bread that is in the basket euen by the doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse 33 And they shall eate them because the attonement was made therwith to fyll theyr handes and to consecrate them but a straunger shall not eate therof because they are holy 34 And yf ought of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fire and it shall not be eaten because it is holy 35 Therfore shalt thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so accordyng to all thynges which I haue commaunded thee seuen dayes shalt thou fyll theyr handes 36 And thou shalt offer euery day a calfe for a sinne offeryng for to recoÌ„sile withall and thou shalt clense the aulter wheÌ„ thou reconsilest vpon it and thou shalt annoynt it to sanctifie it 37 Seuen dayes thou shalt reconsile vpoÌ„ the aulter and sanctifie it it shal be an aulter most holy and whatsoeuer toucheth the aulter shal be holy 38 This is that which thou shalt offer vpon the aulter euen two Lambes of one yere old day by day continually 39 The one thou shalt offer in the mornyng ' and the other at euen ' 40 And with the one Lambe a tenth deale of flowre mingled with the fourth part of an hyn of beaten oyle and the fourth part of an hyn of wyne for a drynk offeryng 41 And the other Lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shalt do thereto accordyng to the meate offeryng drinke offeryng in the morning to be an odour of a sweet sauour and a sacrifice by fire vnto the Lorde 42 And let this be a continuall burnt offering amongst your children after you before the doore of y e tabernacle of witnesse before the Lord where I will meete you to speake there vnto thee 43 There I will meete with the children of Israel and the place shall be sanctified in my glorie 44 And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the aulter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron his sonnes to be my priestes 45 And I will dwell amongst the chyldren ' of Israel and will be their God ' 46 And they shall knowe that I am the Lord theyr God that brought them out of the lande of Egypt for to dwell amongst them euen I the Lord their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter 1 The fourme of the aulter of incense 6 The standyng thereof 12 The monye to the vse of the tabernacle 13 A sicle 18 The brasen â—auere 23 The makyng of holye oyle 35 The makyng of incense 1 AND thou shalt make an aulter for sweete incense of Sittim wood shalte thou make it 2 A cubite long and a cubite brode eueÌ„foure square shall it be and two cubites hye the hornes therof shall proceede out of it 3 And thou shalt ouerlaye it with fine gold both the ruffe the walles round about and his hornes also and shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about 4 And two golden ringes shalt thou make to it on either side euen vnder the crowne that they maye be as places for the barres to beare it withall ' 5 And thou shalt make the barres of ' Sittim wood couer them with gold 6 And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of testimonie before the mercie seate that is vpon the testimonie where I wyll meete with thee 7 And Aaron shall burne theron sweete incense euery mornyng when he dresseth the lampes euen then shall he burne it 8 And lykewise at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne incense this incensing shall be perpetually before the Lord throughout your generations 9 Ye shall offer no straunge incense thereon â–ª nor burnt sacrifice nor meate offeryng neither powre any drinke offeryng thereon 10 And Aaron shall reconsile vppon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offeryng of reconsiling euen once in the yere shal he reconsile vpon it through your generations it is most holy vnto the Lorde ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 12 If thou takest the suÌ„me of the childreÌ„ of Israel after theyr number they shal geue euery man a recoÌ„siling of his soule vnto the Lorde when thou numbrest them that there be no plague amongst them when thou nuÌ„brest them 13 And thus much shall euery man geue that goeth into the number halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuarie A sicle is twentie halfpence an halfe sicle shal be the heaue offeryng of the Lorde 14 All that are numbred from twentie yere olde and aboue shall geue a heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde 15 The riche shall not passe and the poore shall not go vnder halfe a sicle but ye shall geue an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde that he may haue mercie on your soules 16 And thou shalt take the reconsilyng monye of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of the congregation that it may be a memoriall vnto the chyldren of Israel before the Lord that he may haue mercie vpon your soules 17 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 18 Thou shalt make a lauer of brasse his foot also of brasse to washe withall and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of the congregation and the aulter and put water therin 19 For Aaron and his
as long as he voweth and is seperated there shall no rasure come vpon his head vntyll his dayes be out in the which he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shal be holy and shall let the lockes of his heere growe 6 As long as he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shall come at no dead body 7 He shall not make hym selfe vncleane at the death of his father mother brother or sister because that the consecration of his God is vpon his head 8 All the dayes of his seperation he is ' holy vnto the Lorde ' 9 And if any man dye sodenly before him or he be ware the head of his consecration shal be defiled and he shall shaue his head the day of his cleansyng euen the seuenth day shall he shaue it 10 And the eyght day he shall bryng two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for hym as concernyng that he sinned by the dead and shall halowe his head the same day 12 And he shall consecrate vnto the Lord the tyme of his seperation shall bring a lambe of a yere olde for a trespasse offeryng but the dayes that were before are lost because his consecration was defiled 13 This is the lawe of the Nazarite when the tyme of his consecration is out he shal be brought vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 14 And he shall bryng his offeryng vnto the Lorde an hee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a burnt offeryng and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemishe for a sinne offering a ramme without blemishe also for peace offerynges 15 And a basket of vnleauened bread euen cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle and wafers of vnleauened bread annoynted with oyle with their meate offerynges and drynke offerynges 16 And the priest shall bryng them before the Lorde and offer his sinne offeryng and his burnt offeryng 17 And shall prepare the ramme for a peace offering vnto the Lorde with the basket of vnleauened bread and the priest shall make also his meat offeryng and his drynke offeryng 18 And the Nazarite shal shaue the head of his consecration at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and shal take the heere of the head of his consecration and put it in the fire which is vnder the peace offeryng 19 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme and one vnleauened cake out of the basket and one vnleauened wafer also and put them vpon the handes of the Nazarite after he hath shauen his consecration 20 And the priest shall waue them before the Lorde And these holy thynges shal be the priestes with the waue brest and the heaue shoulder and then the Nazarite may drynke wine 21 This is the lawe of the Nazarite which hath vowed his offeryng vnto the Lorde for his consecration besides those thynges that his hande can get according to the vowe which he vowed euen so he must do after the lawe of his consecration 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes saying On this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them 24 The Lorde blesse thee and kepe thee ' 25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon ' thee and be mercyfull vnto thee ' 26 The Lorde lyft vp his countenaunce ' vpon thee and geue thee peace ' 27 And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel and I wyll blesse them ' ¶ The .vij. Chapter ' 2 The offeryng of the lordes and heades of Israel 89 God speaketh from the mercie seate to Moyses 1 AND when Moyses had full set vp the tabernacle annoynted and sanctified it and all the instrumentes therof the aulter also all the vessels therof and had annoynted them sanctified them 2 Then the princes of Israel heades ouer the houses of their fathers which were the lordes of the tribes and ouer them that were numbred offered 3 And brought their sacrifice before the Lorde sixe couered charettes twelue oxen one charet for two lordes and for one an oxe and they brought them before the tabernacle ' 4 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 5 Take it of them that they may be to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation and thou shalt geue them vnto the Leuites to euery man accordyng vnto his office 6 And Moyses toke the charettes and ' the oxen gaue them vnto the Leuites ' 7 Two charettes and foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson accordyng vnto their office 8 And foure charettes eyght oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Merari according vnto their offices vnder y e hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the priest 9 But vnto the sonnes of Caath he gaue none because the charge of the sanctuarie belonged vnto them which they dyd beare vpon shoulders 10 And the princes offered for the dedicatyng of the aulter in the day that it was annoynted and brought their sacrifices before the aulter 11 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses The princes shal bring their offeringes euery day one prince for the dedicating of the aulter 12 And so on the first day dyd Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda offer his sacrifice 13 And his offeryng was a siluer charger of an hundred and thâ—rtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and they were both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 14 An incense cup of ten sicles of golde ' full of incense ' 15 A young bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 16 An hee goate for a sinne offeryng 17 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of a yere olde This was the gift of Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab 18 The seconde day Nathaniel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer Isachar did offer 19 And he offered for his gyft a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle of the sanctuarie both full of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offeryng ' 20 An incense cup of golde of ten sicles ' full of incense ' 21 One youÌ„g bullocke a ramme a lambe ' of a yere olde for a burnt offeryng ' 22 And an hee goate for a sinne offeryng 23 And for a peace offering two oxen fiue rammes fiue hee goates fiue lambes of one yere olde This was the offering of Nathanael the sonne of Zuar 24 The thirde day Eliab the sonne of Helon captayne of the children of Zabulon did offer 25 And his gyft was a siluer charger of an hundred and thirtie sicles a siluer boule of seuentie sicles after the sicle
wyll be glad in his heart 15 Therfore thou shalt speake vnto him and put these wordes in his mouth and I wil be with thy mouth and with his mouth and wyll teache you what you ought to do 16 And he shal be thy spokesman vnto the people and he shal be euen he shal be to thee in steade of a mouth and thou shalt be to him in steade of God 17 And thou shalt take this rodde in thy hande wherewith thou shalt do miracles 18 Therfore Moyses went and returned to Iethro his father in law againe and said vnto him Let me go I pray thee nowe and turne agayne vnto my brethren which are in Egypt and see whether they be yet aliue And Iethro said to Moyses go in peace 19 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses in Madian Go and returne agayne into Egypt for all the men are dead whiche went about to kill thee 20 And Moyses toke his wyfe and his sonnes and put them on an asse and went agayne to Egypt And Moyses toke the rodde of God in his hande 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses When thou art entred and come into Egypt agayne see that thou do all the wonders before Pharao whiche I haue put in thy hand but I wyll hold his heart he shal not let the people go 22 And thou shalt saye vnto Pharao Thus sayeth the Lorde Israel is my sonne euen my first borne sonne 23 And I sayde vnto thee that thou let my sonne go that he may serue me And if thou refuse to let him go beholde I do slay thy sonne euen thy first borne 24 And it came to passe by the way in the Inne that the Lorde met hym and woulde haue kylled hym 25 And Sephora toke a stone and cut away the foreskin of her sonne and cast it at his feete and sayd a blooddy husbande art thou vnto me 26 Then he let him go and she sayde a blooddy husbande because of her circumcision 27 Then said the Lorde vnto Aaron go meete Moyses in the wyldernesse And he went and met him in the mounte of God and kissed him 28 And Moyses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the Lorde whiche had sent him and all the signes whiche he had charged him withall 29 So went Moyses and Aaron and gathered all the elders of the chyldren of Israel 30 And Aaron told all the wordes which the Lord had spoken vnto Moyses and did y e miracles in the sight of the people 31 And the people beleued And when they hearde that the Lorde had visited the children of Israel and had looked vpon their tribulation they bowed thē selues and worshipped ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Moyses and Aaron go vnto Pharao 15 The gouernours ouer Israel crye out vnto Pharao 20 Moyses and Aaron accused of the people 22 Moyses complayneth to God 1 MOyses and Aaron went in afterward and told Pharao Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel let my people go that they maye holde a feast vnto me in the wyldernesse 2 And Pharao sayde who is the Lorde that I shoulde heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the Lorde neyther wyll I let Israel go 3 And they sayde The God of the Hebrewes is called ouer vs let vs go we pray thee three dayes iourney into the desert and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God lest he smyte vs with pestilence or with the sworde 4 Then saide the kyng of Egypt vnto them wherfore do ye Moyses and Aaron let the people from their workes get you vnto your burthens 5 And Pharao sayde furthermore beholde there is much people nowe in the lande and you make them leaue theyr burthens 6 And Pharao cōmaunded the same day y e taskmaisters which were amongest the people and the officers saying 7 Ye shall geue the people no more strawe to make brycke withal as ye did in tyme passed let them go and gather them strawe them selues 8 And the number of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed lay vnto their charges also and minishe nothing therof for they be idell and therfore crye saying we wyll go and do sacrifice vnto our God 9 They must haue more worke layed vpon them that they may labour therin and not regarde vayne wordes 10 Then went the taskemaisters of the people and the officers out and tolde the people saying Thus sayeth Pharao I wyll geue you no more strawe 11 Go your selues and gather you straw where ye can finde it yet shall none of your labour be minished 12 And so were the people scattered abrode throughout all y e land of Egypt for to gather stubble in steade of strawe 13 And the taskemaisters hasted them forwarde saying fulfyll your worke your dayly taskes in their due tyme as if you had strawe 14 And the officers of the children of Israel which Pharaos taskemasters had set ouer them were beaten And they sayde vnto them wherfore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in makyng of brycke both yesterday and to day as well as in tymes past 15 The officers also of the children of Israel came complayned vnto Pharao saying Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruauntes 16 There is no strawe geuen vnto thy seruauntes and they say vnto vs make brycke and thy seruauntes are beaten and the fault is thyne owne people 17 He sayde you are idle idle are you and therfore you say we will go and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde 18 Go therfore nowe worke and there shall no strawe be geuen you yet shall ye deliuer the whole tale of bricke 19 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in worse case after it was sayde ye shall minishe nothyng of your brycke of your dayly taske in due tyme 20 And they met Moyses and Aaron which stoode in their way as they came out from Pharao 21 And saide vnto them The Lorde looke vpon you iudge you which hath made the sauour of vs to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharao and in the eyes of his seruauntes and haue put a sworde in their hande to slay vs. 22 Moyses returned vnto the Lorde and sayd Lorde wherfore hast thou so euyll intreated this people And wherfore hast thou sent me 23 For since I came to Pharao to speake in thy name he hath fared foule with this folke and yet thou hast not deliuered thy people at all ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 God remembreth his promisses 5 God promiseth deliueraunce and the land of Chanaan 9 The people of Israel be not contented with the warninges of Moyses 10 Moyses and Aaron are sent to Pharao 14 The descentes of Ruben 16 The descent of Leui. 20 Amram the father of Moyses and Aaron 23 Aaron the father of Nadab and Abiu 25 Eleazer father of Phinees 29 Moyses is commaunded to speake to Pharao 1 THen the Lorde sayde
vnto Moyses Nowe shalt thou see what I wyll do vnto Pharao for in a mightie hande shal he let them go and in a mightie hande shall he dryue them out of his lande 2 And God spake vnto Moyses and said vnto him I am Iehouah 3 I appeared vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob as an almightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowen vnto them 4 Moreouer I made a couenaunt with them to geue them the lande of Chanaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were straungers 5 And therefore I haue also heard the groning of the childrē of Israel whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage and haue remembred my couenaunt 6 Wherfore say vnto the children of Israel I am Iehouah I wil bryng you out from the burthens of the Egyptians and will ryd you out of their bondage and will deliuer you in a stretched out arme and in great iudgementes 7 And I will take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God which bring you out from the burthens of the Egyptians 8 And I will bryng you into the lande concerning the whiche I did lift vp my hand to geue it vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob and wyll geue it vnto you for a possession for I am Iehouah 9 And Moyses tolde the children of Israel euen so but they hearkened not vnto Moyses for anguishe of spirite and for cruell bondage 10 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 11 Go in and speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his lande 12 And Moyses spake before the Lorde saying beholde the children of Israel hearken not vnto me howe then shall Pharao heare me whiche am of vncircumcized lippes 13 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and vnto Aaron gaue them a charge concerning the chyldren of Israel and concerning Pharao king of Egypt that they shoulde bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt 14 These be the heades of theyr fathers houses The children of Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel are these Hanoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi these be the children of Ruben 15 The chyldren of Simeon Iemuel and Iamin Ohad Iachin Sohar and Saul the sonne of the Chanaanitishe woman these are the kinredes of Simeon 16 These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in their generations Gerson and Cehath and Merari Leui liued an hundred thirtie and seuen yere 17 The sonnes of Gerson Libni and ' Simi by their kinredes ' 18 The chyldren of Cehath Amram Ishar and Hebron and Vziel And Cehath liued an hundred thirtie and three yere 19 The children of Merari Mahli and Musi these are the kinredes of Leui by their generations 20 Amram toke Iochebed his fathers sister to wyfe and she bare hym Aaron and Moyses and Amram liued an hundred and thirtie and seuen yeres 21 ' And the chyldren of Ishar Corah ' Nepheg and Sichri 22 ' The chyldren of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan ' and Zithri 23 And Aaron toke Eliseba daughter of Aminadab and sister of Nahason to wyfe whiche bare hym Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 24 The chyldren of Corah Assir and Eleanah and Abiasaph these are the kinredes of the Corahites 25 Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the daughters of Putiel to wyfe whiche bare hym Phinees and these are the principal fathers of the Leuites throughout their kinredes 26 This is that Aaron and Moyses to whom the Lorde sayd Leade the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt according to theyr armies 27 These are that Moyses and Aaron which spake to Pharao king of Egypt that they might bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt 28 And in the day when the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the lande of Egypt 29 He spake vnto hym saying I am the Lorde speake thou vnto Pharao the king of Egypt all that I say vnto thee 30 And Moyses sayde before the Lorde beholde I am of vncircumcized lippes how shall Pharao geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Moyses with Aaron is sent vnto Pharao 3 God causeth signes that he onlye may be knowen mightie 10 The rodde of Moyses is turned into a serpent 11 The enchaunters do the same 19 Water turned into blood 22 The enchaunters do the same 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses behold I haue made thee Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete 2 Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde thee and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the children of Israel out of his lande 3 And I will harden Pharaos heart and multiplie my miracles my wonders in the lande of Egypt 4 But Pharao shall not hearken vnto you that I may set my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out myne armies and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the land of Egypt in great iudgmentes 5 And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out the children of Israel frō among them 6 Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them euen so did they 7 Moyses was fourescore yere olde and Aaron fourescore and three when they spake vnto Pharao 8 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 9 If Pharao speake vnto you saying shewe a miracle for you thou shalt say vnto Aaron Take thy rod and cast it before Pharao that it may be a serpent 10 Then went Moyses and Aaron in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded and Aaron caste foorth his rodde before Pharao and before his seruauntes and it turned to a serpent 11 Then Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters and those sorcerers of Egypt dyd in like maner with their sorcerie 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod and they turned to serpentes but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes 13 And he helde Pharaos heart that he hearkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde 14 The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses Pharaos heart is hardened he refuseth to let the people go 15 Get thee vnto Pharao in the morning loe he wyll come vnto the water and thou shalt stand vpō the ryuers brincke agaynst he come and the rodde whiche was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thyne hande 16 And thou shalt say vnto hym the Lorde God of the Hebrewes hath sent me vnto thee saying Let my people go that they may serue me in the wyldernesse and beholde hytherto thou wouldest not heare 17 Thus sayeth the Lord In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde beholde I wyll smyte with the rodde that is in my hande the waters whiche are in the ryuers and they shal be turned to blood 18 And the fishe that is in the riuer
Egypt foure hundreth and thirtie yeres 43 The maner of celebratyng the Passouer 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in the lande of Egypt saying 2 This moneth shal be vnto you y e begynnyng of monethes and the first moneth of the yere shall it be vnto you 3 Speake ye vnto all the congregation of Israel saying In the tenth daye of this moneth euery man take vnto hym a lambe according to y e house of the fathers a lambe throughout euery house 4 If the houshold be to litle for y e lambe let hym take his neyghbour whiche is next vnto his house accordyng to the number of the soules euery one of you accordyng to his eatyng shal make your compt for a lambe 5 And let the lambe of yours be without blemishe a male of a yere olde whiche ye shal take out from among the sheepe and from among the goates 6 And ye shall kepe hym in vntyll the fourteenth day of the same moneth and euery assemble of the congregation of Israel shall kyll hym about euen 7 And they shall take of the blood and stryke it on the two syde postes and on the vpper doore post euen in the houses where they shall eate hym 8 And they shall eate the fleshe the same nyght rost with fire and with vnleauened bread and with sowre hearbes they shall eate it 9 See that ye eate not therof rawe nor sodden with water but roste with fire the head feete and purtenaunce therof 10 And ye shall let nothyng of it remayne vnto the morning That which remayneth of it vntyll the morowe shall ye burne with fire 11 Of this maner shall ye eate it with your loynes girded and your shooes on your feete and your staffe in your hand and ye shall eate it in haste for it is the Lordes passouer 12 For I wyll passe through the lande of Egypt this same nyght and wyll smyte all the first borne of Egypt from man to beast and vpon all the gods of Egypt I wyll execute iudgement I am the Lorde 13 And the blood shal be vnto you a token in the houses wherin you are and whē I see the blood I wyll passe ouer you and the plague shall not be vpon you to destroy you when I smyte the lande of Egypt 14 And this day shal be vnto you a remēbraunce and you shall kepe it an holy feast vnto the Lorde throughout your generations ye shall kepe it holy for an ordinaunce for euer 15 Seuen dayes shal ye eate vnleauened bread so that euen the first day ye put away leauen out of your house For who so euer eateth leauened bread from the first daye vntyll the seuenth daye that soule shal be rooted out of Israel 16 The first day shal be a holy conuocation and the seuenth day shal be an holy conuocation vnto you there shal be no maner of worke done in thē saue about that only which euery man must eate that only may ye do 17 And ye shal obserue the feast of vnleauened bread for this same day haue I brought your armies out of the lande of Egypt therefore ye shall obserue this day and all your chyldren after you by an euerlastyng decree 18 The first moneth and the fourteenth daye of the moneth at euen ye shall eate vnleauened bread vnto the .xxi. day of the same moneth at euen againe 19 Seuen dayes shal ther be no leauened bread founde in your houses and whosoeuer eateth leauened bread that soule shal be rooted out from the congregatiō of Israel whether he be straunger or borne in the lande 20 Ye shall eate nothyng leauened but in all your habitations shall ye eate vnleauened bread 21 Moyses called for the elders of Israel and sayde vnto them Choose out and take you to euery housholde of you a lambe and kyll the passouer 22 And take a bunche of Isope and dip it in the blood that is in the bason strike the vpper post of the doore and the two syde postes with the blood that is in the bason none of you go out at the doore of his house vntyll the mornyng 23 For the Lord wyll passe ouer to smyte the Egyptians and when he seeth the blood vpon the vpper doore post and the two syde postes he wyll passe ouer the doore and wyll not suffer the destroyer to come into your house to plague you 24 Therfore shall ye obserue this thyng for an ordinaunce to thee thy sonnes for euer 25 And when ye be come to the lande whiche the Lorde wyll geue you accordyng as he hath promised ye shall kepe this seruice 26 And when your chyldren aske you what maner of seruice is this ye do 27 Ye shall saye it is the sacrifice of the Lordes passouer whiche passed ouer the houses of the chyldren of Israel in Egypt and he smote the Egyptians and saued our houses And the people bowed them selues and worshipped 28 And the chyldren of Israel went and dyd as the Lorde hadde commaunded Moyses and Aaron euen so dyd they 29 And at mydnyght the Lorde smote the first borne in the lande of Egypt frō the first borne of Pharao that sate on his seate vntyl the first borne of the captiue that was in prison and all the firste gendred of cattell 30 And Pharao rose in the nyght he and his seruauntes and all the Egyptians and there was a great crye in Egypt for there was not a house where there was not one dead 31 And he called vnto Moyses and Aarō by nyght saying Ryse vp and get you out from amongst my people both you and also the chyldren of Israel and go and serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde 32 And take your sheepe and your droues with you as ye haue sayde and depart and blesse me 33 And the Egyptians were fierce vpon the people that they myght sende them out of the lande in haste for they sayde we be all but dead men 34 And the people toke there dowgh before it was sowred whiche they had in store being bounde in clothes vpon their shoulders 35 And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to the saying of Moyses and they borowed of the Egyptians iewels of siluer and iewels of golde and rayment 36 And the Lord gaue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians so that they graunted such thynges as they required And they robbed the Egyptians 37 And the children of Israel toke their iourney from Rameses to Suchoth sixe hundred thousand men of foote besyde chyldren 38 And a great multitude of sundry other nations wēt also with them and sheepe and oxen and exceedyng much cattell 39 And they baked vnleauened cakes of the dowgh whiche they brought out of Egypt for it was not sowred For they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tary nether had they prepared for them selues any prouision of meate 40 The dwellyng of the chyldren of Israel which they dwelled in Egypt
was foure hundred and thirtie yeres 41 And when the foure hundred thirtie yeres were expired euen the selfe same day departed al the hoastes of the Lord out of the lande of Egypt 42 It is a nyght to be obserued vnto the Lorde in the whiche he brought them out of the lande of Egypt This is that nyght of the Lorde whiche all the chyldren of Israel must kepe throughout their generations 43 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses and Aaron This is the lawe of passouer there shall no straunger eate thereof 44 But euery seruaunt that is bought for money after that thou hast circumcised hym shall eate therof 45 A straunger an hired seruaunt shall not eate therof 46 In one house shall it be eaten thou shalt carry none of the flesshe out of the house neither shall ye breake a bone therof 47 All the congregation of Israel shall obserue it 48 If a straunger also dwell among you and wyl holde passouer vnto the Lord let him circumcise all that be males and then let him come and obserue it and he shal be as one that is borne in the lande for no vncircumcised person shall eate therof 49 One maner of lawe shal be vnto hym that is borne in the lande and vnto the straunger that dwelleth among you 50 And all the chyldren of Israel dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and Aaron euen so dyd they 51 And the selfe same day dyd the Lorde bryng the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with their armies ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 The first borne thynges must be sanctified vnto God 3 The remembraunce of the deliueraunce must be celebrate 8 Chyldren must be taught that they were deliuered frō the tirannie of Pharao 12 All first borne thynges be Gods 14 Chyldren must be taught why thynges first borne be seperate vnto the vse of God 17 Why the Lord dyd leade about the chyldren of Egypt by the desert 19 Moyses caryeth the bones of Ioseph 21 The pyller of cloude and of fire 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Moyses saying Sanctifie vnto me al the first borne what so euer openeth the wombe among y e chyldren of Israel aswell of man as of beast for it is mine 3 And Moyses saide vnto the people ye ought to remember this day in whiche ye came out of Egypt out of y e house of bondage for through a myghtie hande the Lorde brought you from thence there shall no leauened bread be eaten 4 This daye came ye out in the month Abib 5 When the Lorde hath brought thee into the lande of the Chanaanites Hethites Amorites Heuites and Iebusites which he sware vnto thy fathers that he would geue thee a lande wherin mylke and hony floweth thou shalt kepe this seruice in this same month 6 Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vnleauened bread and in the seuenth daye it is the feast of the Lorde 7 Vnleauened bread shal be eaten seuen dayes and there shal no leauened bread be seene nor yet eaten with thee in al thy quarters 8 And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in that day saying This is done because of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt 9 And it shal be as a signe vnto thee vppon thyne hande and as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes that the Lordes lawe may be in thy mouth for in a strong hande the Lorde brought thee out of Egypt 10 Kepe therfore this ordinaunce in his season from yere to yere 11 And it wyll come to passe that y e Lord shal bryng the land of the Chanaanites which he sware vnto thee and to thy fathers and shall geue it thee 12 And then thou shalt appoynt vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice and euery firstlyng that commeth of a beast which thou hast yf it be a male it shal be the Lordes 13 And euery firstlyng of an asse thou shalt redeeme with a lambe yf thou redeeme hym not thou shalt breake his necke All the first borne amongst thy chyldren also shalt thou bye out 14 And when thy sonne aske thee in time to come saying what is this Thou shalt saye vnto hym With a myghtie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt out of the house of bondage 15 And when Pharao was very loth to let vs go the Lorde slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt aswell the first borne of man as the firstlyng of beast Therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that open the matrice but all the first borne of my chyldren I redeeme 16 This shal be as a token vppon thyne hande as a remembraunce betweene thyne eyes that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt through a myghtie hande 17 It came to passe that when Pharao had let the people go God caryed them not through the way of the lande of the Philistines which was the more nygh way But God saide lest peraduenture the people repent whē they see warre and so turne agayne to Egypt 18 But God led the people about through the way of the wyldernesse of the redde sea and the chyldren of Israel went vp harnessed out of the lande of Egypt 19 And Moyses toke the bones of Ioseph with him for he made the children of Israel sweare saying God wyl surely visite you and ye shall take my bones away hence with you 20 And they toke their iourney from Sucoth and abode in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse 21 And the Lorde went before them by day in a pyller of a cloude to leade them the way and by nyght in a pyller of fire to geue them lyght that they myght go both by day and nyght 22 The piller of the cloude departed not by daye nor the pyller of fire by nyght out of the syght of the people ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 God commaundeth to pitche their pauilions in a daungerous place that he may be the more glorified 4 God hardeneth the heart of Pharao 5 Pharao pursueth Israel 10 The Israelites dispayryng of deliueraunce do grudge 13 Moyses promiseth them their safetie by God 15 Moyses crying to God is cōmaunded to deuide the sea with his rod. 19 The angell folowyng the tentes of Israel they passe through the middes of the sea 24 God drowneth Pharao with his armie 31 The Israelites do feare God when they see the miracle 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake to the chyldrē of Israel that they turne pitch their tentes before Pi-hahiroth betweene Migdol and the sea ouer agaynst Baal-sephon and before that shall they pitche by the sea 3 For Pharao wyll say of the chyldren of Israel they are tangled in the lande the wyldernesse hath shut them in 4 And I wyll harden Pharaos heart that he shall folowe after you and I wyll get me honour vpon Pharao and vpon al his hoast The Egyptians also shall knowe that I am the Lorde And they dyd euen
sonnes shall washe ' their handes and their feete therin ' 20 Euen when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation or when they go in to the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offeryng they shall washe them selues with water lest they dye 21 Likewise they shal washe their handes their feete lest they dye and it shal be an ordinaunce vnto them for euer both vnto hym his seede throughout their generations 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Take vnto thee principal spices of the most pure Mirrhe fiue hūdreth sicles of sweete Synamond halfe so much euen two hundreth and fiftie sicles of sweete Calamus two hundreth and fiftie sicles 24 Of Cassia fiue hundreth sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and of oyle Olyue an hyn 25 And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie 26 It shal be the oyle of holy oyntment and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith and the arke of the testimonie 27 And the table and al his apparell and the candlesticke and all his vessels and the aulter of incense ' 28 And the aulter of burnt sacrifice with ' all his vessels and the lauer his foote 29 And thou shalt sanctifie them that they may be most holye whatsoeuer toucheth them shal be sanctified 30 And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 31 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel saying This shal be an holy oynting oyle vnto me throughout your generations 32 Vpon mans fleshe shall it not be powred neither shal ye make any other after the makyng of it for it is holy and ' shal be holy vnto you ' 33 Whosoeuer maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a straūger shall perishe from amongst his people 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Take vnto thee sweete spices Starte Onycha sweete Galbanum these spices with pure Frankensence of eche a lyke wayght 35 And make of them sweete smellyng incense after the craft of the apoticarie mingled together pure and holy 36 And beate it to powder and put of it before the arke of the testimonie in the tabernacle of the congregation where I wyll meete with thee it shal be vnto you most holy 37 And you shal not make to your selues after the makyng of that incense which thou shalt make it shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde 38 Whosoeuer shall make lyke vnto that ' to smell thereto shall perishe from amongst ' his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 1 God geueth his spirite to Besaleel and Ooliab the workemen to inuent all thynges which appertayne to the trimme makyng of the tabernacle 13 What signe the Sabboth is 18 Tables of stone written with the finger of God 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Beholde I haue called by name Besaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda 3 And I haue fylled hym with the spirite of God in wisedome and vnderstandyng in knowledge and in all maner worke 4 To fynde out wittie deuises and to worke in golde siluer and in brasse 5 And in the craft to set stones and to carue in tymber and to worke in all maner workmanship 6 And beholde I haue geuen hym to be his companion Ooliab the sonne of Achisame◠of the tribe of Dan and in the heartes of all that are wise hearted I haue put wisedome to make all that I haue commaunded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation the arke of the testimonie the mercie seate that is thervpon and all the furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlesticke with all his furniture and the aulter of incense 9 And the aulter of burnt offeryng and all his furniture and the lauer with his foote 10 The vestmentes to minister in and the holy garmentes for Aaron the priest and the garmentes of his sonnes to minister in 11 And the annoyntyng oyle and sweete incense for the sanctuarie accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee shal they do 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 13 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say In any wyse see that ye kepe my Sabbothes for it is a signe betweene me you in your generations for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctifie you 14 Kepe my Sabboth therefore for it is holy vnto you He that defileth it shal be put to death for whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be rooted out from amongst his people 15 Six dayes shall men worke and in the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the holy rest of the Lorde whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth day shall dye the death 16 Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations it is a perpetuall couenaunt 17 For it is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer for in six dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested and was refreshed 18 And when the Lorde had made an end of commnuyng with Moyses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue hym two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone writen with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 The Israelites do pray vnto the golden calfe 7 God warneth Moyses of the sinne of the people 9 The people of Israel of a styffe necke 11 Moyses intreateth God for Israel cityng his promises 15 Moyses descendeth of the hyll The tables described of God 19 Moyses beyng angry breaketh the tables and the calfe 21 He chideth his brother Aaron 27 The Idolaters be murdered of the Leuites at Moyses commaundement 30 Moyses rebuketh the offence of the people 31 He wyll be putten out of the booke of lyfe and haue the peoples offence pardoned 33 They that be writen in the booke of God 1 ANd when y e people sawe that it was lōg or Moyses came downe out of the mountaine they gathered them selues together vnto Aaron and sayd vnto hym Vp make vs Gods to go before vs for we wote not what is become of this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt 2 And Aaron sayd vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of your wiues of your sonnes of your daughters bring them vnto me 3 And all the people plucked of the golden earinges which they had in their eares and brought them vnto Aaron 4 And he receaued them of their handes fashioned it with a grauer made of it a calfe of molten mettel and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 5 And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it and Aaron made proclamation saying To morowe is
the chyldren of Aaron shall eate of it It shal be a statute for euer in your generations concerning the sacrifice of the Lorde made by fire let euery one that toucheth it be holy 19 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sonnes whiche they shall offer vnto the Lord in the day when he is annoynted The tenth part of an Epha of floure for a meate offering perpetuall halfe of it in the morning and halfe therof at nyght 21 In the frying panne it shal be made with oyle and when it is fryed thou shalt bryng it in and the baken peeces of the meate offeringes shalt thou offer for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 22 And the priest of his sonnes that is annoynted in his steede shall offer it It is the Lordes ordinaunce for euer it shal be burnt altogether 23 For euery meate offering that is made for the priest shal be burnt altogether and shall not be eaten ' 24 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 25 Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and say This is the lawe of the sinne offering In the place where the burnt offering is kylled shall the sinne offering be kylled before the Lorde for it is most holy 26 The priest that offereth it shall eate it In the holy place shall it be eaten euen in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation 27 Whatsoeuer shall touche the fleshe thereof shal be holy and when there droppeth of the blood therof vpon any garment thou shalt washe that wheron it droppeth in the holy place 28 But the earthen pot that it is sodden in shal be broken And yf it be sodden in a brasen pot it shal be scoured rensed in the water 29 All the males among the priestes shal ' eate therof for it is most holy ' 30 And no sinne offeryng whose blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withall in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fire ' ¶ The .vii. Chapter ' 1 Trespasse offerynges Sinne offerynges 11 Of peace offerynges 23 The fat and the blood may not be eaten 1 LIkewyse this is the lawe of the trespasse offering it is moste holy 2 In the place where they kyll the burnt offering shall they kyll the trespasse offering also the blood thereof shall he sprinckle rounde about vpon the aulter 3 All the fat thereof shall he offer the rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes 4 And the two kydneys and the fat that is on them and vpon the flankes and the kall that is on the liuer shalt thou take away with the kydneys 5 And the priest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde for it is a trespasse offering 6 All the males among the priestes shall eate thereof it shal be eaten in the holy place for it is most holy 7 As the sinne offering is so is the trespasse offering one law serueth for both that wherwith the priest shall make attonement shal be his 8 And the priest that offereth any mans burnt offering shall haue the skynne of y e burnt offering whiche he hath offred 9 And all the meate offering that is baken in the ouen and that is dressed in the panne and in the frying panne shal be the priestes that offereth it 10 And euery meate offering that is mingled with oyle and that is drye shall pertayne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as muche as another 11 This is the law of the peace offering ' whiche he shall offer vnto the Lorde ' 12 If he offer it to geue thankes he shall bryng vnto his thanke offering vnleauened cakes mingled with oyle and vnleauened wafers annoynted with oyle and cakes mingled with oyle of fine floure fryed 13 He shall bryng his offering with cakes of vnleauend bread for his peace offeringes to geue thankes 14 And of all the sacrifice he shall offer one for an heaue offering vnto the Lorde and it shal be the priestes that sprinckled the blood of the peace offeringes 15 And the fleshe of his peace offeringes for thankesgeuing shal be eatē the same day that it is offred And let hym leaue nothyng of it vntill the morowe 16 But if the offering of his sacrifice be a vowe or of his owne free wyll it shal be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice and if ought remayne vntill the morowe it may be eaten 17 But as muche of the offered fleshe as remayneth vnto the thirde day shal be burnt with fire 18 And if any of the flesh of his peace offeringes be eaten in the thirde day then shall he that offereth it obtayne no fauour neither shall it be reckened vnto him but shal be an abhomination therfore the soule that eateth of it shal beare his sinne 19 And the fleshe that toucheth any vncleane thing shal not be eaten but burnt with fire and of this fleshe all that be cleane shall eate therof 20 But if any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offering that pertayneth vnto the Lord hauing his vnclennesse vpon him the same soule shall be cut of from among his people 21 Moreouer the soule that doth touche any vncleane thyng that is of the vncleannesse of man or of any vncleane beast or any abhomination that is vncleane and then eate of the fleshe of the peace offering whiche pertayneth vnto the Lorde that soule shal be cut of from his people ' 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 23 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say Ye shall eate no maner fat of beeues of sheepe and of goates 24 Neuerthelater the fat of the beast that dyeth alone and the fat of that which is torne with wilde beastes shal be occupied in any maner of vse but ye shall in no wyse eate of it 25 For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast of which men vse to bryng an offering made by fire vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shall be cut of from his people 26 Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of blood whether it be of foule or of beast in any your dwellynges 27 Whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth any maner of blood the same soule shall be cut of from his people ' 28 And the Lorde talked with Moyses ' saying 29 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say He that bringeth his peace offeryng vnto the Lorde let hym bryng his gift vnto the Lord of his peace offering 30 Let his owne handes bryng the offeringes of the Lorde made by fire euen the fat with the brest shal he bryng that the brest may be waued for a waue offering before the Lorde 31 And the priest shall burne the fat vpon the aulter and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes 32 And the ryght shoulder shall ye geue vnto the priest for an heaue offeryng
of your peace offerynges 33 The same that offereth the blood of the peace offeringes and the fat among the sonnes of Aaron shall haue the right shoulder for his part 34 For the waue brest and the heaue shoulder haue I taken of the chyldren of Israel eueÌ„ of their peace offeringes and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the priest vnto his sonnes by a statute for euer froÌ„ among the chyldren of Israel 35 This is the annoynting of Aaron and the annoynting of his sonnes coÌ„cerning the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire in the day when he offred them to be priestes vnto the Lorde 36 And these be the portions whiche the Lorde commaunded to be geuen them in the day of their annoynting from among the chyldren of Israel by a statute for euer in their generations 37 This is the law of the burnt offering and of the meate offering and of the sacrifice for sinne and trespasse for consecrations and for the peace offering 38 Whiche the Lord commaunded Moyses in the mount of Sinai wheÌ„ he commaunded the children of Israel to offer their sacrifices vnto the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai ' ¶ The .viij. Chapter ' ' 6 The annoyntyng of Aaron and his sonnes ' ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Take Aaron and his sonnes with hym and the vestures and the annoynting oyle and a bullocke for a sinne offering and two Rammes and a basket of vnleauened bread 3 And gather thou all the congregation together vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 4 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him and the people were gathered together vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 5 And Moyses sayd vnto the congregation This is the thing which the Lord commaunded to be done ' 6 And Moyses brought Aaron and his ' sonnes and washed them with water 7 And put vpon him the coate and gyrded hym with a gyrdle and put vpon hym the robe and put the Ephod theron whiche he gyrded with the brodered garde that was in the Ephod and bounde it vnto him therewith 8 And he put the brestplate theron and put in the brestplate the Vrim and the Thummim 9 And he put the cap of estate vpon his head and put vpon the cap euen vpon the forefront the golden plate the holy crowne as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And Moyses toke the annoyntyng oyle and annoynted the tabernacle and al that was therin and sanctified them 11 And sprinckled therof vpon the aulter seuen tymes and annoynted the aulter and all his vesselles the lauer and his foote to sanctifie them 12 And he powred of the annoynting oyle vpon Aarons head annoynted hym to sanctifie hym 13 And Moyses brought Aarons sonnes and put coates vpon them and gyrded them with gyrdles and put bonettes vpon their heades as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 14 And he brought the Bullocke for the sinne offering and Aaron his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Bullocke for the sinne offering 15 And Moyses slewe hym and toke the blood which he put vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde about with his finger and purified the aulter and powred the blood at the bottome of the aulter sanctified it to make reconciliatioÌ„ vpoÌ„ it 16 And he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kydneys and their fat and Moyses burned it vpon the aulter 17 But the Bullocke his hide his flesh and his dounge he burnt with fyre without the hoast as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 18 And he brought the Ramme for the burnt offering and Aaron his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Ramme ' 19 Whiche Moyses killed and sprinckled the blood vpoÌ„ the aulter rounde about ' 20 And Moyses cut the Ramme into his peeces and burnt the head the peeces and the fat 21 And washed y e inwardes the legges in water Moyses burnt the Ramme euerywhyt vpon the aulter for it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweete sauour and an offering made by fire vnto the Lord as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 22 And he brought the other Ramme namely the Ramme of consecrations and Aaron and his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the Ramme 23 Which Moyses slewe and toke of the blood of it and put it vpon the tip of Aarons right eare and vpon the thumbe of his ryght hande and vpon the great toe of his ryght foote 24 And Moyses brought Aarons sonnes and put of the blood on the â—ippe of the right eare of them vpon the thumbes of theyr right handes vpon the great toes of their ryght feete and Moyses sprinckled the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 25 And he toke the fat and the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kydneys with their fat and the ryght shoulder 26 And out of the basket of vnleauened bread that was before the Lorde he toke one vnleauened cake and a cake of oyled bread and one wafer put them on the fat and vpon the right shoulder 27 And put altogether vpon Aarons handes vpon his sonnes handes and waued it a waue offering before the Lord. 28 And Moyses toke them from of their handes and burnt them vpon the aulter for a burnt offering These were consecrations for a sweete sauour and sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde 29 And Moyses toke the brest and waued it for a waue offering before the Lorde for of the Ramme of consecrations it was Moyses part as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 30 And Moyses toke of the annoynting oyle and of the blood which was vpon the aulter sprinckled it vpon Aaron and vpon his garmentes and vpon his sonnes and on his sonnes garmentes with him and sanctified Aaron and his vestures and his sonnes and his sonnes vestures with hym 31 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron and his sonnes Boyle the fleshe at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and there eate it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration and as I commaunded saying Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it 32 And that whiche remayneth of the fleshe and of the bread shall ye burne with fyre 33 And ye shall not depart from the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation seuen dayes vntyll the dayes of your consecrations be at an ende for seuen dayes shall he fill your hande 34 As he did this day euen so the Lorde hath commaunded to do to make an attonement for you 35 Therefore shall ye abyde at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation day and nyght seuen dayes long and kepe the watch of the Lord and ye shal not dye for so I am commaunded 36 And so Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thinges whiche the Lorde commaunded by the hande of Moyses ' ¶ The .ix. Chapter ' 8 The fyrst offeringes
of Aaron 22 Aaron blesseth the people 23 The glorie of the Lorde is shewed 1 AND in the eyght day Moyses called Aaron and his sonnes and the elders of Israel 2 And he sayd vnto AaroÌ„ Take thee a young Calfe for a sin offering and a Ramme for a burnt offering both without blemishe and bryng them before the Lorde 3 And vnto the chyldren of Israel thou shalt speake saying Take ye an hee Goate for a sinne offering and a Calfe a Lambe both of a yere olde without blemishe for a burnt sacrifice 4 Also a Bullocke a Ramme for peace offeringes to offer before the Lord and a meate offering mingled with oyle for to day the Lord will appeare vnto you 5 And they brought that whiche Moyses commaunded before the tabernacle of the congregation and all the congregation came and stode before the Lord. 6 And Moyses sayd This is the thyng whiche the Lord commaunded that ye should do the glory of the Lorde shall appeare vnto you 7 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron Go vnto the aulter and offer the sacrifice for thy sinne thy burnt offering and make an attonement for thee and for the people thou shalt offer the offering of the people and make an attonement for them as y e Lord coÌ„maunded 8 Aaron therfore went vnto the aulter and slewe the Calfe of the sinne offering whiche was for him selfe 9 And the sonnes of Aaron brought the blood vnto him and he dypt his finger in the blood and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter and powred the blood at the bottome of the aulter 10 But the fat and the two kydneys and the kall of the liuer of the sinne offering he burnt vpon the aulter as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 11 The flesh and the hyde he burnt with ' fyre without the hoast ' 12 And he slewe the burnt offering and Aarons sonnes brought vnto hym the blood whiche he sprinckled rounde about vpon the aulter 13 And they brought the burnt offering vnto hym with the peeces therof the head and he burnt them vpoÌ„ the aulter 14 And he dyd washe the inwardes and the legges and burnt them vpon the burnt offeryng in the aulter 15 And then he brought the peoples offering taking the Goate whiche was the sinne offering for the people slewe it offered it for sinne as he dyd the first 16 And brought the burnt offering and ' offered it as the maner was ' 17 And he brought the meate offering and filled his hande therof and burnt it vpon the aulter beside the burnt sacrifice of the mornyng 18 He slewe also the Bullocke and the Ramme for the peace offering whiche was for the people and Aarons sonnes brought vnto hym the blood which he sprinckled vpon the aulter round about 19 And the fat of the Bullocke and of the Ramme the rumpe and that couereth the inwardes and the kidneyes and the kall of the liuer 20 And they put the fat vpon the breastes ' and he burnt the fat vpon the aulter ' 21 But the breastes and the ryght shoulder ' Aaron waued for a waue offering before the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 22 And Aaron lift vp his hande ouer the people and blessed them came downe froÌ„ offering of â—he sinne offering burnt offering and peace offeringes 23 And Moyses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation came out and blessed the people and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the people 24 And there came a fire out from before the Lorde and consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offering the fat Whiche when all the people sawe they gaue thankes and fell on their faces ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 Nadab and Abihu are slayne 6 Israel mourneth for them 9 The priestes are forbidden wyne 1 ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of theÌ„ his censar and put fire therein and put cense therevpon and offred straunge fire before the Lorde whiche he commaunded them not 2 And there went a fire from the Lord and consumed them and they dyed before the Lorde 3 Then Moyses sayde vnto Aaron This is it that the Lorde spake saying I wyll be sanctified in them that come nye me and before all the people I wylbe glorified And Aaron helde his peace 4 And Moyses called Misael and Elsaphan the sonnes of Oziel the vncle of Aaron sayd vnto them Come neare cary your brethren from before the sanctuarie out of the hoast 5 And they went to them caryed them in their coates out of the hoast as Moyses had sayde 6 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar Ithamar his sonnes Vncouer not your heades neither rent your clothes lest ye dye and lest wrath come vpon all the people But let your brethren the whole house of Israel bewayle the burnyng whiche the Lorde hath kyndled 7 And go not ye out from the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation lest ye dye for the annoynting oyle of God is vpon you And they dyd as Moyses sayde 8 And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron saying 9 Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke thou nor thy sonnes that are with thee when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation lest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer throughout your generations 10 And that ye may put difference betweene holy and vnholy betweene vncleane and cleane 11 And that ye may teache the chyldren of Israel all the statutes whiche the Lorde hath spoken vnto them by the handes of Moyses 12 And Moyses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the meate offering that remayneth of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire and eate it without leauen beside the aulter for it is most holy 13 Ye shall eate it in the holy place because it is thy duetie thy sonnes duetie of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire for so I am commaunded 14 And the waue brest and heaue shoulder shall ye eate in a cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy daughters with thee For they be thy duetie and thy sonnes duetie geuen out of the peace offeringes of the children of Israel 15 The heaue shoulder the waue brest shall they bryng in with the sacrifices made by fire of the fat to waue it for a waue offering before the Lorde and it shal be thyne and thy sonnes with thee by a lawe for euer as the Lorde hath commaunded 16 And Moyses sought the goate that was offred for sinne see it was burnt And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron whiche were left aliue saying 17 Wherefore haue ye not eaten the sinne offering in the holy place seing it is most holy God hath geuen it you to beare the sinne of the congregation to make agreement for them before the Lorde 18 Beholde y e blood of it was not brought in within the holy place
Ye shoulde haue eaten it in the holy place as I commaunded 19 And Aaron sayde vnto Moyses Beholde this day haue they offered their sinne offering and their burnt offering before the Lorde and suche thinges are come vnto me if I had eaten the sinne offering to day shoulde it haue ben accepted in the sight of the Lorde 20 And when Moyses hearde that he was content ⧠The xi Chapter 1 Of beastes fisshes and byrdes whiche be cleane and whiche be vncleane 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them 2 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say These are the beastes whiche ye shall eate among all the beastes that are on the earth 3 Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe and is clouen footed and chaweth cud among the beastes that shall ye eate 4 Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chawe cud and deuideth the hoofe onlye as is the Camell whiche chaweth cud but he deuideth not the hoofe therefore is he vncleane vnto you 5 Euen so the Connie whiche chaweth the cud but deuideth not the hoofe he is vncleane to you 6 And the Hare though he chaweth the cud yet because he deuideth not y e hoofe he is therefore vncleane to you 7 And agayne the Swyne though he deuide the hoofe and is clouen footed yet he chaweth not the cud he is vncleane to you 8 Of their fleshe shall ye not eate and their carkasses shall ye not touche but let them be vncleane to you 9 These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters whatsoeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters seas and riuers that shall ye eate 10 And all that haue not finnes nor skales in the sea and riuers of all that moue and liue in the waters let them be abhomination vnto you 11 They I say shal be an abhomination vnto you ye shall not eate of their flesh but abhorre their carkasses 12 Let all that haue no finnes nor skales in the waters be abhominable vnto you 13 These are they whiche ye shall abhorre among the foules and that ought not to be eaten for they are an abhomination The Egle the Goshauke and the Ospray 14 The Vultur and the Kyte after his ' kinde ' 15 And all Rauens after their kinde ' 16 The Estrich the nyght Crowe the Coockowe and the Hauke after his kynde ' 17 The Falcon the Cormorant the great ' Owle ' 18 The Backe the Pellicane the Pye ' ' 19 The Storke the Iay after his kinde ' the Lapwyng and the Swalowe 20 Let all foules that creepe and go vpon all foure be an abhomination vnto you 21 Yet these may ye eate of euery creepyng thyng that hath wynges and go vpon foure feete euen those that haue not bowynges aboue vpon their feete to leape withall vpon the earth 22 Euen these of them ye may eate the Arbe after his kinde the Selaam after his kinde the Hargol after his kinde and the Hagab after his kinde 23 All other foules that creepe and haue foure feete shal be abhomination vnto you 24 In such ye be vncleane and whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of them shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 25 And whosoeuer beareth the carkasse of them shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen 26 And euery beast that hath hoofe and is not clouen footed nor chaweth cud such are vncleane vnto you euery one that toucheth them shal be vncleane 27 And whatsoeuer goeth vppon his pawes among all maner beastes that go on all foure feete such are vncleane vnto you and who so doth touche their carkasse shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 And he that beareth the carkasse of them shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen for such are vncleane vnto you 29 And let these also be vncleane to you among the thynges that creepe vpon the earth the Weasel and the Mouse and the Toade after ther kinde ' 30 The Hedhogge the Stellio the ' Lacert the Snayle and the Moole 31 These are vncleane to you among all that creepe whosoeuer doth touche them when they be dead shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 32 And whatsoeuer any of the dead carkasses of them doth fall vpon shal be vncleane whether it be vessell of wood or rayment or skinne or sacke or whatsoeuer vessell it be that any worke is wrought in and it must be plunged in the water and it shal be vncleane vntyll the euen and so shall it be cleansed 33 All maner of earthen vessell wherinto any of them falleth shal be vncleane with all that therein is and it shal be broken 34 All maner meate also that is vsed to be eaten yf any such water come vpō it shal be vncleane And all maner drynke that is vsed to be drunke in all maner such vessels shal be vncleane 35 And euery thyng that their carkasse falleth vpon shal be vncleane whether it be ouen or kettle let it be broken For they are vncleane and shal be vncleane vnto you 36 Neuerthelater yet the fountaynes and welles and collection of waters shal be cleane styll but that which toucheth their carkasses shal be vncleane 37 If the dead carkasse of any such fall vpon any seede vsed to sowe it shall yet be cleane styll 38 But and yf any water be powred vpon the seede and a dead carkasse fall theron it shal be vncleane vnto you 39 If any beast of which ye may eate dye and any man touche the dead carkasse thereof he shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 40 He that eateth of the dead carkasse of it shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen And he also that beareth the carkasse of it shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen 41 Let euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination and not be eaten 42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the brest and whatsoeuer goeth vpon foure or that hath mo feete among all creepyng thynges that creepe vpon the earth of that see ye eate not for they are abhominable 43 Ye shall not make your soules abhominable with nothyng that creepeth neither make your selues vncleane with them that ye shoulde be defyled therby 44 For I am the Lorde your God Be sanctified therfore and ye shal be holy for I am holy and ye shall not defyle your soules with any maner of creeping thyng that creepeth vpon the earth 45 For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt to be your God ye shal be holy therfore for I am holy 46 This is the lawe of beastes foules and of euery lyuyng creature that moueth in the waters and of euery creature that creepeth vpon the earth 47 That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane and betweene the beast that may be eaten and the beast that ought not to be eaten ' ¶ The .xij. Chapter ' ' 2 A lawe howe women shoulde be purged after their delyueraunce '
lande of his inheritaunce may be solde or redeemed for euery thyng seperate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde 29 Nothing seperate from the common vse whiche shal be seperate from man shal be redeemed but dye the death 30 Euery tithe of the lande also both of the seede of the lande and of the fruite of the trees is the Lordes and is sanctified vnto the Lorde 31 And if a man wyll redeeme ought of his tithes let hym adde the fift part thereto 32 And euery tythe of oxe and of sheepe and of euery beast that goeth vnder the rod euen euery tenth shal be holy vnto the Lorde 33 He shall not looke if it be good or bad nor chaunge it els if he chaunge it both it and that it was chaunged withall shal be halowed and may not be redeemed 34 These are the commaundementes whiche the Lorde commaunded by Moyses vnto the chyldren of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The ende of the thirde booke of Moyses ⧠The fourth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrewe Vaiedabbar and in the Latin Numeri ' ¶ The first Chapter ' 1 All that are apt for battaile are numbred 49 The tribe of Leui must minister in the tabernacle 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Moyses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of the congregation the first day of the seconde moneth in the second yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt saying 2 Take ye the summe of all the multitude of the children of Israel after their kinredes housholdes of their fathers with the number of their names all that are males head by head 3 From twentie yeres olde and aboue euen all that go foorth to the warre in Israel thou and Aaron shall number them throughout their armies 4 And with you shal be men of euery tribe such as are the heades of the houses of their fathers 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you of the tribe of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur ' 6 Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of ' Suri Saddai ' 7 Of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of ' Aminadab ' 8 Of Isachar Nathanael the sonne ' of Zuar ' 9 Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helō 10 Among the chyldren of Ioseph of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Ammihud of Manasse Gameliel the sonne of Pedazur ' 11 Of Beniamin Abidan the sonne of ' Gedeon ' 12 Of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi ' Saddai ' 13 Of Aser Pagiel the sonne of Ocran ' 14 Of Gad Elisah the sonne of Duel ' 15 Of Nephthali Ahira y e sonne of Enan 16 There were of great fame in the congregation princes of the tribes of their fathers and heades ouer thousandes in Israel ' 17 And Moyses Aaron toke these men ' whiche are expressed by their names 18 And they called all the congregation together the first day of the second moneth and they were reckened throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names from twentie yeres olde and aboue head by head 19 As the Lorde commaunded Moyses euen so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai 20 So were the chyldren of Ruben Israels eldest sonne throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers accordyng to the number of their names head by head all males from twentie yeres old aboue as many as did go foorth to the warre 21 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ruben was fourtie sixe thousande and fiue hundred 22 Of the chyldren of Simeon throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the summe of thē in the number of names head by head all the males from twentie yeres and aboue whosoeuer myght go foorth to the warre 23 The summe of them that were of the tribe of Simeon fiftie nine thousande and three hundred 24 Of the chyldren of Gad throughout their generations and their kinredes housholdes of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres aboue all that went foorth to y e warre 25 The number of them that were of the tribe of Gad was fourtie and fiue thousand sixe hundred and fiftie 26 Of the chyldren of Iuda throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names frō twentie yeres aboue all that were able to go foorth to y e warre The number of them that were of the tribe of Iuda was threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred 28 Of the chyldren of Isachar throughout their generations their kinredes houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue whiche went all foorth to the warre 29 The number of them that were of the tribe of Isachar was fiftie and foure thousande and foure hundred 30 Of the chyldren of Zabulon through out their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all whiche were able to go foorth in the hoast 31 The number of them that were of the tribe of Zabulon was fiftie and seuen thousande and foure hundred 32 Of the chyldren of Ioseph namely of the chyldren of Ephraim throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres aboue all that went out to the warre 33 The number of them that were of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousand and fiue hundred 34 Of the chyldren of Manasse throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went out to the warre 35 The number of them that were of the tribe of Manasse was thirtie and two thousande and two hundred 36 Of the chyldren of Beniamin throughout their generations their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 37 The number of them that were of the tribe of Beniamin was thirtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 38 Of the chyldren of Dan throughout their generations and kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres olde and aboue all that went foorth to the warre 39 The number of them that were of the tribe of Dan was threscore and two thousande and seuen hundred 40 Of the chyldren of Asar throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of the names from twentie yeres and aboue all that went out to the warre 41 The number of them that were of the tribe of Aser was fourtie and one thousande and fiue hundred 42 Of the children of Nephthali throughout their generations and their kinredes and houses of their fathers the number of names from twentie yeres and aboue all that myght go foorth to the warre 43 The number of them that were of the tribe of Nephthali was fiftie
and three thousande and foure hundred 44 These are the summes whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred and the princes of Israel those twelue men which were euery one for the house of their fathers 45 So were all the numbers of the chyldren of Israel throughout the houses of their fathers from twentie yeres and aboue all that went foorth to the warre in Israel 46 All they I say were in number sixe hundred thousand and three thousand fiue hundred and fiftie 47 But the Leuites after the tribes of their fathers were not numbred among them 48 For the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui neither take the summe of them among the chyldren of Israel 50 But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the tabernacle of wytnesse ouer all the vessels therof and ouer all thinges that are in it Yea they shall beare the tabernacle and all the vessels therof and they shall minister in it and shall dwell rounde about the tabernacle 51 And whē the tabernacle goeth foorth the Leuites shall take it downe and when the tabernacle is to be pitched the Leuites shal set it vp and if any straunger come nye he shall dye 52 And the chyldren of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne campe and euery man vnder his owne standerd throughout their hoastes 53 But the Leuites shall pitche rounde about the tabernacle of wytnesse that there be no wrath vpon the congregation of the chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shall kepe the watche of the tabernacle of wytnesse 54 And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moyses euen so dyd they ' ¶ The .ij. Chapter ' ' 2 The order of the tentes The heades of the kinredes of Israel ' 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Euery man of the chyldren of Israel shal pitche vnder his owne standerd vnder the ensigne of their fathers houses farre of about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitche 3 On the east side towarde the rising of the sunne shall they of the standerd of the hoast of Iuda pitche throughout their armies And Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab shal be captayne of the sonnes of Iuda 4 And his hoast the number of them threscore and fourteene thousande and sixe hundred 5 Next vnto hym shall they that be of the tribe of Isachar pitch and Nathanael the sonne of Zuar shal be captayne of the chyldren of Isachar ' 6 His hoast and the number thereof fiftie ' foure thousand and foure hundred 7 And then the tribe of Zabulon and Eliab the sonne of Helon shal be captayne ouer the chyldren of Zabulon 8 And his hoast the number of them fiftie and seuen thousand and foure hundred 9 So that the whole number of the whole hoast of Iuda are an hundred thousande fourscore and sixe thousand and foure hundred throughout their armies and these shall first moue 10 On the southside shal be the standerd of the hoast of Ruben according to their armyes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben shal be Elizur the sonne of Sedeur 11 And his hoast the number of them fourtie and sixe thousand and fiue hundred 12 And fast by hym shall the tribe of Simeon pitche and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Simeon shal be Salumiel the sonne of Zuri Saddai 13 And his hoast the number of them fiftie and nine thousande and three hundred 14 And the tribe of Gad also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad shal be Eliasaph the sonne of Duel 15 And his hoast the number of them fourtie and fiue thousande sixe hundred and fiftie 16 Al that were numbred with the campe of Ruben an hundred thousande fiftie and one thousande foure hundred and fiftie throughout their armies and thei shall set foorth in the seconde place 17 And the tabernacle of the congregation shall go with the hoast of the Leuites in the middes of the campe And as they lye in their tentes euen so shall they proceede in the iourney euery man in his degree and vnder their owne standerdes 18 On the west side shal be the standerd of the campe of Ephraim accordyng to their armies and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Ephraim shal be Elisama the sonne of Amihud 19 His hoast and the number of them ' fourtie thousande and fiue hundred ' 20 And fast by hym shal be the tribe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse shal be Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur 21 His hoast and the number of them thirtie and two thousande and two hundred 22 And the tribe of Beniamin also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shal be Abidan y e sonne of Gedeon 23 His hoast the number of them thirtie ' and fiue thousande foure hundred ' 24 All the number of the campe of Ephraim were an hundred thousande eyght thousande and an hundred thorowout their armies and they shall go in the thirde place 25 The standerd of the hoast of Dan shal kepe the north side with their armies and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Dan shal be Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Saddai 26 His hoast and the number of them threscore and two thousande and seuen hundred 27 And fast by hym shal the tribe of Aser pitch and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Aser shal be Pagiel y e sonne of Ocran 28 His hoast the number of them fourtie ' and one thousand and fiue hundred ' 29 And the tribe of Nephthali the captayne ouer the chyldren of Nephthali shal be Ahira the sonne of Enan 30 His hoast and the number of them fiftie and three thousande and foure hundred 31 All they that were numbred with the hoast of Dan were an hundred thousande fiftie and seuen thousand and sixe hundred And they shall go hinmost with their standerdes 32 These are the summes of the chyldren of Israel throughout the houses of their fathers euen all the numbers that pitched throughout their hoastes sixe hundred thousande three thousand fiue hundred and fiftie 33 But the Leuites were not numbred among the chyldren of Israel as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 34 And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moyses so they pitched with their standerdes and so they iourneyed euery one throughout their kinredes according to the housholdes of their fathers ' ⧠The .iij. Chapter ' 5 The Leuites go not to battell but minister in the sanctuarie 21 They pitche their tentes next to the habitation 1 THese also are the generations of Aaron and Moyses in y e day that the Lorde spake with Moyses in mount Sinai 2 And these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest sonne and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 3 These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted and whose hande was consecrated to minister 4 And Nadab and Abihu dyed
full of incense conteynyng ten sicles a peece after y e sicle of the santuarie so that all y e golde of the incense cuppes was an hundred and twentie sicles 87 All the bullockes for the burnt offeryng were twelue the rammes twelue the lambes of a yere olde twelue with their meate offerynges and the hee goates for sinne offeryng twelue 88 And all the oxen for the peace offerynges were twentie and foure the rammes sixtie the hee goates sixtie the lambes of a yere olde sixtie This was the dedication of the aulter after that it was annoynted 89 And when Moyses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregatiō to speake with hym he hearde the voyce of one speakyng vnto hym from of the mercie seate that was vpon the arke of witnesse betweene the two Cherubims and he talked with hym ' ¶ The .viii. Chapter ' 2 The order of the lampes 4 The fourme of the candlesticke 6 The cleansyng and offeryng of the Leuites 24 The age of the Leuites when they be receaued into seruice or dimissed ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and say vnto hym When thou settest vp the lampes the seuen lampes shal geue light towarde y e forefront of the candlesticke 3 And Aaron dyd euen so and lyghted the lampes thereof towarde the forefront of the candlesticke as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 4 And this was the worke of the candlesticke euen of golde beaten out with the hammer both the shaft and the flowres therof was beaten out with y e hammer accordyng vnto the paterne which the Lorde had shewed Moyses euen so he made the candlesticke ' 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 6 Take the Leuites from among the ' children of Israel and cleanse them 7 And thus shalt thou do vnto them when thou cleansest them Sprinckle water of purifiyng vpon them and let them shaue all their fleshe and let them washe their clothes and so make them selues cleane 8 Then let them take a young bullocke with his meate offeryng euen fine floure minged with oyle and another young bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offeryng 9 And thou shalt bryng the Leuites before the tabernacle of the congregation thou shalt gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together 10 And bryng the Leuites before the Lorde and the children of Israel shall put their handes vpon the Leuites 11 And Aaron shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waue offeryng of the children of Israel that they may execute the ministration of the seruice of the Lorde 12 And the Leuites shal put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde that thou mayest make an attonement for the Leuites 13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes and waue them for a waue offeryng vnto the Lorde 14 And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the children of Israel and the Leuites shal be myne 15 After that shall the Leuites go in to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation And thou shalt cleanse them waue them for a waue offering 16 For they are geuen and deliuered vnto me from among the children of Israel for such as open euery wombe euen for the first borne of all the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me 17 For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine both man and beast since the day that I smote euery first borne in the lande of Egypt I sanctified them for my selfe 18 And I haue taken the Leuites for all' the first borne of the children of Israel ' 19 And haue geuen the Leuites as a gift to Aaron and his sonnes from among the children of Israel to do the seruice of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation and to make an attonement for the children of Israel that there be no plague among the children of Israel if the children of Israel come nye vnto the sanctuarie 20 And Moyses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel dyd with the Leuites accordyng vnto all that the Lorde cōmaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites euen so did the children of Israel vnto them 21 And the Leuites were purified and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them as a waue offeryng before the Lorde and made an attonement for them to cleanse them 22 After that went the Leuites in to do their seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron and his sonnes as the Lorde had cōmaunded Moyses concernyng the Leuites euen so they dyd vnto them 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 24 This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites From twentie and fiue yeres olde and vpwarde they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation 25 And from the age of fiftie yeres they shall ceasse waytyng vpon the seruice therof and shall serue no more 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation to kepe thynges committed to their charge but shall do no more seruice Thus therfore shalt thou do vnto the Leuites touchyng their charge ' ¶ The .ix. Chapter ' ' 2 The Passouer 13 Punishment for such as kepeth it not 15 Of the cloude ' 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the first moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt saying 2 Let the children of Israel celebrate the Passouer at the tyme appoynted thervnto 3 Euen y e fourteenth day of this moneth at euen ye shall kepe it in his season accordyng to all the ceremonies of it and according to all the maners therof shall ye kepe it 4 And Moyses spake vnto the children of Israel that they should celebrate the Passouer 5 And they kept the Passouer the foureteenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai according to all that the Lorde cōmaunded Moyses euen so dyd the children of Israel 6 And certayne men were defiled by a dead man that they myght not kepe the Passouer the same day and they came before Moyses Aaron the same day 7 And those men sayde vnto hym we are defiled by a dead man wherfore are we kept backe that we may not offer an offeryng vnto the Lorde in due season among the children of Israel 8 And Moyses sayd vnto them Stande styll and I wyll heare what the Lorde wyll commaunde concernyng you 9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 10 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say If any man be vncleane by the reason of a coarse or be in a way farre distaunt from you and from your generations he shall kepe the Passouer vnto the Lorde 11 The fourteenth day of the seconde moneth at euen let them kepe it and eate
Egypt to bryng vs into this euyll place which is no place of seede nor of fygges nor vines nor pomgranates neither is there any water to drynke 6 And Moyses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation and fel vpon their faces and the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto them 7 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 8 Take the rodde and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the congregation together and speake vnto the rocke before their eyes and it shall geue foorth his water And thou shalt bryng them water out of the rocke to geue the companie drynke and their beastes also 9 And Moyses toke the rodde from before the Lord as he commaunded hym 10 And Moyses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rocke and Moyses sayde vnto them Heare ye rebelles must we fetch you water out of this rocke 11 And Moyses lyft vp his hande and with his rodde he smote the rocke two tymes and the water came out aboundauntly and the multitude dranke and their beastes also 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel therfore ye shall not bryng this congregation into the lande which I haue geuen them 13 This is the water of strife because the children of Israel stroue with y e Lorde and he was sanctified in them 14 And Moyses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kyng of Edom thus sayeth thy brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauayle that we haue had 15 Our fathers went downe into Egypt we haue dwelt in Egypt a long tyme and the Egyptians vexed vs and our fathers 16 And when we cryed vnto the Lorde he hearde our voyce and sent an angell and hath fet vs vp out of Egypt And beholde we are in Cades euen in the vttermost citie of thy border 17 Let vs passe I pray thee through thy countrey but we wyll not go through the fieldes or vineyardes neither wyll we drynke of the water of the fountaynes we wyll go by the kynges hye way and neither turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left vntyll we be past thy borders 18 And Edom aunswered hym Thou shalt not go by me lest I come out agaynst thee with the sworde 19 The children of Israel sayd vnto him we wyll go by the beaten way and if I and my cattell drynke of thy water I wyll pay for it I wyll but only without any harme go through on my feete 20 He aunswered Thou shalt not go through And Edom came out agaynst hym with much people and with a mightie power 21 And thus Edom denied to geue Israel passage through his countrey wherfore Israel turned away from hym 22 And the children of Israel departed from Cades and came vnto mount Hor with all the congregation 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in mount Hor harde by the coast of the lande of Edom saying 24 Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people for he shall not come into the lande which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and bryng them vp into mount Hor. 26 And cause Aaron to put of his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there 27 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded and they went vp into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude 28 And Moyses toke of Aarons clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount And Moyses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount 29 When all y e multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aarō thirtie dayes all the housholde of Israel ⧠The .xxj. Chapter 1 Israel vanquissheth kyng Arad 6 The firie serpentes styng them 24 The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle 1 ANd when kyng Arad the Chananite which dwelt towarde the south hearde tell that Israel came by the way that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prisoners 2 And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayde If thou wylt deliuer this people into my hande I wyll vtterly destroy their cities 3 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of Israel and deliuered them the Chanaanites And they destroyed them and their cities and called the name of the place Horma 4 And they departed frō mount Hor by the way of the red sea to compasse the lande of Edom and the soule of the people was sore greeued because of y e way 5 And the people spake agaynst God and agaynst Moyses Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt for to dye in the wildernesse for here is neither bread nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght bread 6 Wherfore the Lorde sent fierie serpentes among the people which stong them and much people of Israel dyed 7 Therfore the people came to Moyses sayd We haue sinned for we haue spoken agaynst the Lord and agaynst thee make intercession to the Lord that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moyses made intercession for y e people 8 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Make thee a fierie serpent and set it vp vpon a pole that as many as are bitten may loke vpon it and lyue 9 And Moyses made a serpent of brasse and set it vpon a pole and when the serpent had bitten any man he behelde the serpent of brasse and lyued 10 And the children of Israel departed thence and pitched in Oboth 11 And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the east syde 12 And they remoued thence and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared 13 And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wildernesse and commeth out of the coastes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betweene Moab and the Amorites 14 Wherfore it shal be spoken in the booke of the warres of the Lord what thyng he dyd in the red sea and in the riuers of Arnon 15 And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwellyng of Ar and lyeth vpon the border of Moab 16 From thence they returned vnto Beer The same is the well wherof the Lord spake vnto Moyses Gather the people together and I will geue them water 17 Then Israel sang this song Spryng vp well syng ye vnto it 18 The princes digged this well the captaynes of the people digged it with the lawe geuer and with their staues And from the wildernesse they went to Mathana 19 And from Mathana to Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth 20 And from Bamoth of the valley that is in the fielde of Moab vnto the top of
our sheepe for our cattell and walled cities for our children 17 But we our selues wyl go redy armed before the children of Israel vntyll we haue brought them vnto their place And our children shall dwell in the fensed cities because of the inhabiters of the lande 18 We wyll not returne vnto our houses vntyll the children of Israel haue inherited euery man his inheritaunce 19 Neither wyll we inherite with them on yonder side Iordane forwarde because our inheritaunce is fallen to vs on this side Iordane eastwarde 20 And Moyses sayde vnto them If ye wyll do this thyng and go harnessed before the Lorde to warre 21 And will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before the Lord vntil he haue cast out his enemies from his sight 22 And vntyll the lande be subdued before the Lorde then ye shall returne and be without sinne before the Lorde and before Israel and this lande ▪ shal be your possession before the Lorde 23 But and if ye wyll not do so beholde ye haue sinned agaynst the Lorde and be sure your sinne wyll finde you out 24 Nowe therfore builde cities for your children and foldes for your sheepe and do that ye haue spoken 25 The children of Gad and the children of Ruben spake vnto Moyses saying Thy seruauntes wyll do as my Lorde commaundeth 26 Our children our wyues our sheepe and our cattell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead 27 But thy seruauntes wyll go all harnessed for the warre and vnto battayle before the Lorde as my Lorde sayth 28 And for their sakes Moyses commaunded Eleazar the priest Iosuah the sonne of Nun and the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel 29 And Moyses sayde vnto them If the children of Gad and the children of Ruben wyl go with you ouer Iordane all armed to fyght before the Lorde then when the lande is subdued before you ye shall geue them the lande of Gilead to possesse 30 But and if they wyll not go ouer with you in harnesse they shall haue their possessions among you in the lande of Chanaan 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Ruben aunswered saying As the Lorde hath sayde vnto thy seruauntes so wyll we do 32 * We wyll go harnessed before y e Lorde into the lande of Chanaan that the possession of our inheritaunce may be geuen vs on this side Iordane 33 And Moyses gaue vnto the children of Gad and to the children of Ruben and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sehon kyng of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Og kyng of Basan the lande with the cities therof in y e coastes and cities of the countrey rounde about 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer 35 And Atoth Sophan Iaaser and Iogbea 36 Bethnimra and Betharan fensed cities they built foldes for the sheepe 37 And the children of Ruben built Hesbon Eleale Kiriathaim 38 Nebo Baalmeon and turned their names and Sibama also and gaue other names vnto the cities which they builded 39 And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites that dwelt therin 40 And Moyses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therin 41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse went and toke the smal townes therof and called them Hauoth Iair 42 And Nobah went and toke Kenath and the townes longyng therto and called it Nobah after his owne name ' The .xxxiij. Chapter ' 1 The iourneis of Israel are numbred 52 They are commaunded to kyll the Chanaanites 1 THese are the iourneis of the children of Israel which went out of the land of Egypt with their armies vnder the hand of Moyses and Aaron 2 And Moyses wrote their goyng out by their iourneis accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde euen these are the iourneis of their goyng out 3 They departed from Rameses the fifteene day of the first moneth on the morowe after the Passouer and the childrē of Israel went out with an hie hande in the sight of the Egyptians 4 For the Egyptians buryed all their first borne which the Lord had smitten among them and vpon their gods also the Lorde dyd execution ' 5 And the children of Israel remoued ' from Rameses and pitched in Sucoth 6 And they departed from Sucoth and pitched their tentes in Etham which is in the edge of the wildernesse 7 And they remoued from Etham and turned agayne vnto Pihairoth which is before Baal Zephon and they pitched before Migdol 8 And they departed from Pihairoth and went through the middes of the sea into the wildernesse and went three dayes iourney in the wildernesse of Etham and pitched in Marah 9 And they remoued from Marah and came vnto Elim where were twelue fountaynes of water and threescore ten Palme trees they pitched there ' 10 And they remoued from Elim and ' camped fast by the red sea ' 11 And they remoued from the red sea ' and camped in the wildernesse of Zin 12 And they toke their iourney out of the wildernesse of Zin and set vp their tentes in Daphka 13 And they departed from Daphka and ' lay in Alus ' 14 And they remoued from Alus and lay at Raphidim where was no water for the people to drynke 15 And they departed from Raphidim ' pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai ' 16 And they remoued from the desert of ' Sinai pitched at the graues of lust ' 17 And they departed from y e sepulchres ' of lust and lay at Hazeroth ' 18 And they departed from Hazeroth ' and pitched in Rithma ' 19 And they departed from Rithma and ' pitched at Rimon Pharez ' 20 And thei departed from Rimon Pharez ' and pitched in Libna ' 21 And they remoued from Libna and ' pitched at Rissa ' 22 And they iourneyed from Rissa and ' pitched in Kehelatha ' 23 And they went from Kehelatha and ' pitched in mount Sepher ' 24 And they remoued from mount Sepher ' and lay in Harada ' 25 And they remoued from Harada and ' pitched in Makeloth ' 26 And they remoued from Makeloth ' and lay at Thahath ' 27 And they departed from Thahath ' and pitched at Tharath ' 28 And they remoued from Tharath ' and pitched in Mithca ' 29 And they went from Mithca and pitched ' in Hasmona ' 30 And they departed from Hasmona ' and lay at Moseroth ' 31 And they departed from Moseroth ' and pitched in Bene Iaakan ' 32 And they remoued frō Bene Iaakan ' and lay at Horgadgad ' 33 And they went from Horgadgad and ' pitched in Iethebatha ' ' 34 And they remoued from Iethebatha ' and lay at Abrona ' 35 And they departed from Abrona and ' lay at Ezeon gaber 36 And they
remoued from Ezeon gaber and pitched in the wyldernesse of Sin whiche is Cades 37 And they remoued from Cades and pitched in mount Hor whiche is in the edge of the lande of Edom. 38 And Aaron the priest went vp into mount Hor at the commaundement of the Lorde and dyed there euen in the fourteeth yere after the chyldren of Israel were come out of y e lande of Egypt and in the first day of the fifth moneth 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twentie and three yeres olde when he dyed in mount Hor. 40 And king Erad the Chanaanite which dwelt in the south in the lande of Chanaan heard of the comming of the children of Israel 41 And they departed from mount Hor ' and pitched in Zalmona ' 42 And they departed from Zalmona ' and pitched in Phunon ' 43 And they departed from Phunon ' and pitched in Oboth ' 44 And they departed from Oboth and pitched in Iim abarim in the border of Moab 45 And they departed from Iim abarim ' and pitched in Dibon Gad. ' 46 And they remoued from Dibon Gad ' and lay in Almon Diblathaim ' ¶ This Charte sheweth the way that the people of Israel passed the space of fourtie yeres from Egypt through the desertes of Arabia tyll they entred into the lande of Chanaan as is mention in the bookes of Exodus Numeri and Deuteronomium It contayneth also the fourtie and two iourneyes or stations named in this thirtie and three chapter of Numeri with the obseruations of the degrees aswell of the longitude as of the latitude of the places of the sayde iourneyes and also the order of the numbers of them ' 47 And they remoued from Almon Diblathaim ' and pitched in the mountaines of Abarim before Nabo 48 And they departed from the mountaynes of Abarim and pitched in the fieldes of Moab fast by Iordane ouer against Iericho 49 And they pitched by Iordane from Beth Iesimoth vnto the playne of Sittim in the fieldes of Moab 50 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the fielde of Moab by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho saying 51 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them When ye are come ouer Iordane to enter into the lande of Chanaan 52 Ye shall dryue out all the inhabiters of the lande before you and destroy all their pictures breake a sunder al their images of mettall and plucke downe all their hye places 53 And possesse the lande and dwell therin for I haue geuen you the lande to enioy it 54 And ye shall deuide the inheritaunce of the land by lot among your kinredes and geue to the moe the more inheritounce and to the fewer the lesse inheritaunce And your inheritaunce shal be in the tribes of your fathers euery mans inheritaunce in the place where his lot falleth 55 But and if ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters of the lande before you then those whiche ye let remayne of them shal be prickes in your eyes and dartes in your sides and shall vexe you in the lande wherein ye dwell 56 Moreouer it wyll come to passe that I shall do vnto you as I thought to do vnto them ' ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter ' 1 The coastes and borders of the lande of promise 17 Certayne men are assigned to deuide the lande ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Commaunde the children of Israel and say vnto them When ye come into the lande of Chanaan this is the lande that shall fall vnto your inheritaunce euen the lande of Chanaan with her coastes 3 And your south quarter shal be from the wyldernesse Zin along by the coast of Edom so that your south quarter reache vpon the syde of the salt sea eastwarde 4 And fet a compasse from the south vp to Acrabim and Recahe to Zinna And go out frō the south to Cades Barnea and go out also to Hazar Adar and go along to Azmon 5 And fet a compasse agayne from Azmon vnto the riuer of Egypt and shall go out at the sea ' 6 And let your west quarter be the great ' sea let the same sea be your west coast 7 And this shal be your north quarter ye shall compasse your border from the great sea vnto mount Hor. 8 And from mount Hor ye shall describe your border tyll it come vnto Hemath the end of the coast shal be at Zedada 9 And the coast shall reache out to Ziphron and go out at Hazar Enan This shal be your north quarter 10 And ye shall describe your east quarter ' from Hazar Enan to Sepham ' 11 And the coast shall go downe from Sepham to Ribla on the east syde of Ain And the same border shall descend and go out at the side of the sea of Cenereth eastwarde 12 And then go downe along by Iordane and leaue at the salt sea And this shal be your land with the coastes therof rounde about 13 And Moyses commaunded the chyldren of Israel saying This is the land which ye shal inherite by lot and which the Lorde commaunded to geue vnto nine tribes and an halfe 14 For the tribe of the chyldren of Ruben according to the housholdes of their fathers and the tribe of the chyldren of Gad accordyng to their fathers householdes and halfe the tribe of Manasse haue receaued their inheritaunce 15 Two tribes and an halfe haue receaued their inheritaunce on the other side of Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde ' 16 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 17 These are the names of the men which shall deuide the lande vnto you Eleazar the priest and Iosuah the sonne of Nun. ' 18 And ye shall take also a Lorde of ' euery tribe when ye deuide the lande 19 The names of the men are these Of the tribe of Iuda Caleb the sonne of Iephune ' 20 Of the tribe of the chyldren of Simeon ' Semuel the sonne of Amiud ' 21 Of the tribe of Beniamin Elidad the ' sonne of Cislon ' 22 Of the tribe of the chyldren of Dan ' the lorde Bucki the sonne of Iogli 23 From among the chyldren of Ioseph for the tribe of the chyldren of Manasse the lorde Haniel the sonne of Ephod 24 Of the tribe of the childrē of Ephraim the lorde Camuel the sonne of Siphtan 25 Of the tribe of the sonnes of Zabulon the lorde Elisaphan the sonne of Pharnach 26 Of the tribe of the chyldren of Isachar the lorde Palthiel the sonne of Asan 27 Of the tribe of the sonnes of Aser the' lorde Ahihud the sonne of Salomi ' 28 Of the tribe of the chyldren of Nephthali the lorde Pedael the sonne of Ammihud 29 These are they whom the Lord commaunded to deuide the inheritaunce vn-the chyldren of Israel in the lande of Chanaan ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 2 Vnto the Leuites are geuen cities and suburbes 11 The cities of refuge 16 The lawe of
Ezer And the singers sange loude hauing Iesrahiah for their ouersear 43 And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced for God had geuen them great gladnesse so that both the wiues children were ioyfull the mirth of HierusaleÌ„ was hearde farre of 44 At the same time were the men appoynted ouer the treasure houses wherin were the heaue offeringes the firstlinges and the tythes that they shoulde gather them out of the fieldes about the cities to distribute them vnto the priestes and Leuites according to the lawe for Iuda was glad of the priestes and Leuites that serued â—â— And there stoode and wayted vpon the office of their God whiche is a pure office both the singers and porters after the commaundement of Dauid and of Solomon his sonne 46 For in the time of Dauid and Asaph of olde were the chiefe singers founded the songes of prayse and thankesgeuing vnto God 47 In the time of Zorobabel and Nehemia did all they of Israel geue portions vnto the singers and porters euery day his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the children of Aaron The .xiii. Chapter 1 The lawe is read â— They separate from them all straungers 15 Nehemia reproueth â–ª them that breake the Sabbath â–ª â— An ordinaunce to serue God 1 ANd that day dyd they read in the booke of Moyses in the audience of the people and therein was founde written that the Ammonites Moabites shoulde neuer come into the congregation of God 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them and our God turned the curse into a blessing 3 Nowe when they had hearde the law they separated from Israel euery one that had mixt him selfe therin 4 And before this had the priest Eliasib the ouersight of the treasurie of the house of our God and he was kynsman vnto Tobia â— And had made hym a great chamber and there had they afore time layed the offringes frankencence vessels and the tythes of corne wine and oyle according to the commaundementes geuen to the Leuites singers and porters and the heaue offringes of the priestes â— But in all this time was not I at Hierusalem for in the two and thirtie yere of Artaxerâ—es king of Babylon came I vnto the king after certayne dayes obtayned I licence of the king to come to Hierusalem 7 And I gat knowledge of the euyll that Eliasib dyd for Tobia in that he had made hym a chamber in the court of the house of God 8 And it greeued me sore therefore I cast foorth all the vessels of the house of Tobia out of the chamber â— And commaunded them to clense the chambers and thyther brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense 10 And I perceaued that the portions of the Leuites had not ben geuen them and that euery one was fled to his land euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke 11 Then reproued I the rulers and sayd Why is the house of God forsaken And I gathered them together and set them in their place 12 Then brought all Iuda the tythes of corne and wine and oyle vnto the treasure 13 And I made treasures ouer the treasure euen Selemiah the priest and Zadoc the scribe and of the Leuites Phadaâ—a and vnder their hand was Hanan the sonne of Zacur the sonne of Mathania for they were counted faythful and their office was to distribute the portions vnto their brethren 14 Thinke vpon me O my God herein and wype not out my mercie that I haue shewed on the house of my God and on the offices therof 15 And the same time sawe I in Iuda some treading wine presses on the Sabbath and bringing in sheues and which laded asses also with wine grapes and figges and all burthens and brought them into Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath day And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they solde the vittayles 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein which brought fish and all maner of ware and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childreÌ„ of Iuda euen in Hierusalem 17 Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda sayd vnto them What euyl thing is this that ye do breake the Sabbath day 18 Dyd not your fathers euen thus and our God brought all this plague vpon vs and vpon this citie And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel in that ye breake the Sabbath 19 And when the poâ—s of Hierusalem began to be darke in the euening before the Sabbath I commaunded to shut the gates â–ª and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates that there shoulde no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day 20 Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares 21 Then reproued I them sore and sayde vnto them Why tary ye all night about the wall If ye do it once againe I will lay handes vpon you From that time foorth came they no more on the Sabbath 22 And I said vnto the Leuites that they should clense them selues and that they shoulde come and kepe the gates to halowe the Sabboth day Thinke vpon me O my God concerning this also and spare me according to thy great mercie 23 In those dayes also sawe I Iewes that maried wyues of Asdod of Ammon and of Moab 24 And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod and could not speake in the Iewes language but according to the language of the one people and of the other people 25 Then I reproued them and cursed them and smote certayne men of them and made them bare and toke an oth of them by God Ye shall not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes or for your selues 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges and yet among many heathen was there no king like him which was deare vnto his God God made hym king ouer all Israel and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne 27 Shall we then obey vnto you to do al this great euyll and to transgresse against our God and marie straunge wyues 28 And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite but I chased him from me 29 O my God thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites 30 Thus clensed I them from all such as were outlandishe and appoynted the courses of the priestes and Leuites euery one in his office 31 And to offer the wood at times appoynted and the first fruites Thinke thou vpon me O my God for the best The ende of the seconde
them selues against me rounde about 7 Arise vp O God saue thou me O my Lorde for thou hast smitten all myne enemies vpon the cheeke bone thou hast broken the teeth of the vngodly 8 Saluation is of God thy blessing is vpon thy people Selah ¶ The argument of the .iiii. psalme ¶ Dauid at the rebellion of his sonne Absalom cryeth to God for helpe He reproueth the chiefe doers of his aduersaries and exhorteth them to repent He is glad that they haue plentie of victuals and other necessaries seyng that he him selfe is assured of God his fauour ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth a psalme of Dauid 1 HEare me when I call O God of my righteousnesse thou hast set me at libertie when I was in distresse 2 O ye sonnes of men how long wyll ye go about to bryng my glory to confusion ye loue vanitie ye seeke after lyes Selah 3 For ye must know that God hath chosen to him selfe a godly man God wyl heare when I call vnto hym 4 Be ye angry but sinne not commune with your owne heart in your chaumber and be styll Selah 5 Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse and put your trust in God 6 There be many that say who wyll shewe vs any good O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs. 7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart since the time that their corne and wine increased 8 I wyll lay me downe in peace and take my rest for thou God only makest me to dwell in safetie The argument of the .v. psalme ¶ Dauid afflicted with enemies requireth God to heare his prayers to guide him and to destroy wicked flattering rebels trusting most assuredly that the godly shall be of hym defended and blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Nehiloth a psalme of Dauid 1 GEue eare vnto my wordes O God vnderstande thou my pensifnesse 2 Hearken thou vnto the voyce of my crying my kyng and my Lorde for vnto thee I wyll make my prayer 3 Thou shalt heare my voyce betymes O God I wyll early in the morning direct a prayer vnto thee and I wyll looke for helpe from thee 4 For thou art the Lorde that hath no pleasure in wickednesse neither can any euyll dwell with thee 5 Suche as be foolishe can not stande in thy sight thou hatest all workers of iniquitie 6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye God wyll abhorre both the blood-thirstie and deceiptfull man 7 As for me I wyll come into thyne house trusting in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy feare I will humble my selfe in thyne holy temple 8 Leade me O God in thy righteousnesse because of myne enemies make thy way playne before my face 9 For no trueth is in their mouth their inwarde partes are very wickednesse their throte is an open sepulchre they flatter with their tongue 10 Destroy thou them O Lord let them perishe through their owne counsailes cast them out in the multitude of their vngodlinesse for they haue rebelled against thee 11 And all they that trust in thee wyll reioyce they wyll triumph for euer because thou defendest them and they that loue thy name wyll be ioyfull in thee 12 For thou O God wylt blesse the righteous and thou wylt compasse hym about with beneuolence as with a shielde The argument of the .vj. psalme ¶ Dauid besecheth God of his mercy to mitigate the afflictions whiche he felt in his body and soule to this ende that he in this lyfe might prayse God And forsomuch as he assureth him selfe that God hath hearde his prayer he pronounceth that his enemies shall be put to shame ¶ To the chiefe musition on Neginoth vpon eyght a psalme of Dauid 1 O God rebuke me not in thine indignation neither chasten me in thy wrath 2 Haue mercy on me O God for I am weake O God heale me for my bones be very sore 3 My soule also is greatly troubled but O God howe long shall I be in this case 4 Turne thee O God and deliuer my soule Oh saue me for thy mercies sake 5 For in death no man remembreth thee and in the graue who can acknowledge thee 6 I am weerie of my groning I washe my bed euery nyght and I water my coutche with my teares 7 Mine eye is almost put out through griefe and worne out through all mine enemies 8 Away from me all workers of iniquitie for God hath hearde the voyce of my weeping 9 God hath hearde my petition God wyll receaue my prayer 10 All myne enemies shal be confounded and sore vexed they shal be turned backe they shal be put to shame sodainlye The argument of the .vii. psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth God to deliuer him from such as do persecute him to death for that he is innocent and hath deserued no suche thing at their handes comforting him selfe therfore in God he threatneth destruction to his enemies ¶ Siggaion of Dauid whiche he song vnto God in the busines of Chus the sonne of Iemini 1 O God my Lord in thee I haue put my trust saue me from all them that do persecute me and deliuer thou me 2 Lest he like a Lion seasoneth on my soule teareth it in peeces hauyng no rescue 3 O God my Lord if I haue done any such thing or if there be any wickednesse in my handes 4 If I haue done euyll vnto hym that had peace with me and if I haue not deliuered hym that is without a cause myne aduersarie 5 Then let myne enemie persecute my soule and take me yea let hym put me to death and lay myne honour in the dust Selah 6 Arise O God in thy wrath and stand thou vp agaynst the rage of myne enemies stirre thou for me according to the iudgement whiche thou hast geuen 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee for their sakes therfore place thy selfe on high 8 God wyll iudge the people geue thou sentence with me O God according to my righteousnesse and according to my perfection that is within me 9 My desire is that y e wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende and that thou wouldest assist the iust who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes O most righteous Lorde 10 My buckler is with God who preserueth them that be vpright in heart 11 The Lorde is a righteous iudge and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day 12 If the wicked wyll not turne he wyll whet his sworde bende his bowe and haue it in a redinesse to shoote 13 He hath prepared hym instrumentes of death he hath ordayned his arrowes agaynst them that be persecutors 14 Beholde he wyll be in trauayle of a mischiefe for he hath conceaued a labour but yet he shall be brought to bed of a falsehood 15 He hath made a graue and digged it but he hym selfe
at the prosperitie of the wicked or withdrawen therby from godlynes as though God had no regarde of iustice innocencie and vpright dealing when they see commonly the worst sort of men to haue the world at their wyll abounding in health riches and aucthoritie He sheweth that the condition of the godly and the vngodly be diuers and how that God at the last rooteth out those that do euill notwithstanding all their posteritie and defendeth those that put their trust in him God guydeth the faythfull and neuer forsaketh them or their seede ¶ Of Dauid 1 FRet not thy selfe because of the vngodly neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers 2 For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse and be withered euen as the greene hearbe 3 Put thou thy trust in God and be doing good dwell in the land and feede in trueth 4 Delight thou also in God and he shall geue thee thy heartes desire 5 Commit thy way vnto God and put thy trust in hym and he shall bryng it to passe 6 He shall make thy righteousnesse appeare as cleare as the light and thy iust dealing as the noone tyde 7 Holde thee still in God and wayte paciently vpon him fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper at the man that doth abhominations 8 Leaue of from wrath and let go displeasure fret not thy selfe lest thou be moued to do euill 9 For the malitious doers shal be rooted out and they that paciently wayte after God they shall inherite the lande 10 Looke at them yet a litle whyle and the vngodly shal be cleane gone thou shalt looke after his place and he shall not be there 11 But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth and shal be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace 12 The vngodly busieth his head all against the iust and gnasheth vpon him with his teeth 13 The Lorde shall laugh him to scorne for he seeth that his day is comming 14 The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde and haue bended their bowe to cast downe the poore and needie and to sâ—ay such as be of right conuersation 15 But their sworde shal go thorow their owne heart their bow shal be broken 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better then great riches of y e vngodly 17 For the armes of the vngodly shal be broken and God vpholdeth the righteous 18 God knoweth the dayes of them that be perfect and their inheritaunce shall endure for euer 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous tyme and in the dayes of dearth they shall haue inough 20 As for the vngodly they shall perishe and the enemies of God shall consume as the fat of lambes yea euen with the smoke they shall vanishe away 21 The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally 22 Suche as be blessed of God shall possesse the lande and they that be cursed of hym shal be rooted out 23 The pathes of man is directed by God and his way pleaseth 24 Though he fall he shall not be vndone for God vpholdeth him with his hande 25 I haue ben a young chylde and nowe I am olde and yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken nor his seede begyng bread 26 The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth and his seede is blessed 27 Flee from euill do good and dwell for euer 28 For God loueth iudgement he forsaketh not his saintes they are preserued for euermore but the seede of the vngodlye shal be rooted vp 29 The righteous shal inherite the land and dwell therin for euer 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart therfore his feete shall not slide 32 The vngodly spyeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay hym 33 God wyll not leaue him in his hande nor suffer hym to be condemned when he is iudged 34 Wayte thou on God kepe his way and he wyll promote thee that thou mayest possesse the lande when the vngodly shal be cut of thou shalt see it 35 I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power and florishing lyke a greene bay tree 36 And he vanished away so that he could be no more seene I sought hym but he coulde no where be founde 37 Marke hym that is perfect and beholde him that is iust for the ende of suche a man is peace 38 As for wicked transgressours they shal be destroyed all together and the ende of the vngodly shal be rooted vp at the last 39 But saluation of the righteous commeth of God whiche is also their strength in time of trouble 40 And God wyll ayde them and deliuer them he wyl deliuer them from the vngodly and he wyll saue them because they put their trust in him The argument of the .xxxviii. psalme ¶ Dauid greeuously sicke besecheth God to turne away his wrath from hym and to helpe hym He complayneth of his afflictions of the greeuousnes of his disease of the great burden of his sinnes and of the vnfaythfulnes of his frendes He also declareth his trust in God Finally he sheweth that beyng chastened of God he forgetteth not what he suffereth wherfore how long with how much torment and what helpe he receaued at Gods hande ¶ A psalme of Dauid to reduce in remembraunce 1 REbuke me not O God in thyne anger neither chasten me in thy heauie displeasure 2 For thyne arrowes sticke fast in me and thy hande presseth me sore 3 There is no helath in my flesh through thy displeasure neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sinne 4 For my manyfolde wickednes is gone ouer my head and like a sore burthen is to heauie for me to beare 5 My woundes stinke and are corrupt through my foolishnes 6 I am become crooked and am exceedingly pulled downe I go a mourning all the day long 7 For my loynes are filled with heate and there is no whole part in my body 8 I am feeble and sore smitten I haue rored for the very disquietnesse of my heart 9 Lorde thou knowest all my desire and my gronyng is not hyd from thee 10 My heart panteth my strength hath fayled me and the lyght of myne eyes is gone from me 11 My louers and my neygbours dyd stande on the other syde lokyng vpon my plague and my kinsmen stoode a farre of 12 They also that sought after my lyfe layde snares for me and they that went about to do me euyll talked of wickednesse and imagined deceipt all the day long 13 As for me as one deafe I woulde not heare and I was as one that is dumbe who coulde not open his mouth 14 I became euen as a man that heareth not and who hath no replies in his mouth 15 For on thee O God I haue wayted thou shalt aunswere for me O Lorde my God 16 For I
trueth is cleane rooted out of their mouth 29 Wherefore cut of thine heere O Hierusalem and cast it away take vp a complaint on hye for the Lorde hath cast away and forsaken the people that he is displeased withall 30 For the chyldren of Iuda haue done euyll in my sight saith the Lorde they haue set vp their abhominations in the house that hath my name and haue defiled it 31 They haue also buylded an aulter at Topheth whiche is in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom that they might burne their sonnes and daughters in fire whiche I neuer commaunded them neither came it euer in my thought 32 And therfore beholde the dayes shall come saith the Lorde that it shall no more be called Topheth or the valley of the chyldren of Hennom but the valley of slaughter for in Topheth they shall be buried because they shall els haue no roome 33 Yea the dead bodyes of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre and wylde beastes of the earth and no man shall fray them away 34 And as for the voyce of mirth and gladnesse of the cities of Iuda and Hierusalem the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride I wyll make them ceasse for the lande shal be desolate The .viij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes 4 The Lorde moueth the people to amendement reckening vp their sinnes 10 He reprehendeth the lying doctrine of the prophetes and priestes 1 AT the same tyme saith the Lorde the bones of the kinges of Iuda the bones of his princes the bones of the preachers and prophetes yea and the bones of the citizens of Hierusalem shal be brought out of their graues 2 And layde against the sunne the moone all the heauenly hoast whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought and worshipped they shall neither be gathered together nor buried but shall lye as dunge vpon the earth 3 And all they that remaine of this wicked generation shal desire rather to die then to line whersoeuer they remaine and where as I scatter them saith the Lorde of hoastes 4 Thus shalt thou say vnto them also Thus saith the Lorde Do men fall so that they arise not vp againe or if Israel repent wyll not God turne againe to them 5 Wherefore then is this people of Hierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe They are euer the longer the more obstinate and wyll not be conuerted 6 For I haue loked and considered but there is no man that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repentaunce for his sinne that wyll so muche say what haue I done but euerie man turneth to his owne course like a fierce horse headlong to the battaile 7 The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme the Turtle doue the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde 8 Howe dare ye say then we are wyse we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne and vainely haue the writers written it 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded they shal be afraide and taken for lo they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde what wisdome can then be among them 10 Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes and their fields to destroyers For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies 11 Neuerthelesse they heale the hurt of my people very slenderly saying peace peace where there is no peace at all 12 Fye for shame howe abhominable thinges do they and yet they be not ashamed yea they knowe of no shame Wherefore in the tyme of their visitation they shal fal among the dead bodies and be ouerthrowne saith the Lorde 13 Moreouer I wyll consume them in deede saith the Lorde so that there shall not be one grape vpon the vine neither one figge vpon the figge tree and the leaues shal be pluckt of and the thing that I haue geuen them shal be taken from them 14 Why prolong we the time Let vs gather our selues together and go into the strong citie there shall we be in rest for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke because we haue sinned against hym 15 We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of health and lo â—re is nothing but trouble 16 The noyse of his horses is heard from Dan the whole lande is afraide at the neighing of his strong horses for they are come in and haue deuoured the lande withall that is in it the cities and those that dwell therin 17 Moreouer I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you whiche wyl not be charmed and they shall bite you saith the Lorde 18 I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe but sorowe is come vpon me and heauinesse vexeth my heart 19 For lo the voyce of the crying of my people is hearde for feare of them that come from a farre countrey Is not the Lord in Sion Is not her king in her Wherefore then haue they greeued me shall the Lorde say with their images and foolishe straunge fashions of a forraine god 20 The haruest is gone the sommer hath an ende and we are not helped 21 I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heauie and abashed 22 Is there not triacle at Gilead Is there no phisitioÌ„ there why then is not the health of my people recouered The .ix. Chapter 1 The complaint and bewayling of the prophete 3 the malice of the people 24 In the knowledge of God ought we onlye to reioyce 26 The vncircumcision of the heart 1 O Who wyll geue my head water inough and a wel of teares for mine eyes that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people 2 Woulde God that I had a cottage somewhere farre from folke that I might leaue my people and go from them for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort 3 They bend their tongues like bowes to shoote out lyes they waxe strong vppon earth As for the trueth they may nothing away withall in the worlde for they go from one wickednes to another and wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 4 Yea one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermindeth another one neighbour beguileth another 5 Yea one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practised their tongues to lye and taken great paynes to do mischiefe 6 Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I wyll melt them and trye them
geue the doctrine of peace vnto the heathen and his dominion shal be from the one sea to the other from the ryuer to the ende of the worlde 11 Thou also shalt be saued through the blood of thy couenaunt I haue loosed thy prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water 12 Turne you now to the strong holde ye that be in prison long sore to be deliuered euen this day I bring thee word that I wyl reward thee double againe 13 For Iuda haue I bent as a bowe for me Ephraim his hande haue I filled thy sonnes O Sion wyl I rayse vp against the Grekes and make thee as a Giauntes sworde 14 The Lorde God shal be seene aboue them and his dartes shall go foorth as the lightning the Lorde God shall blowe the trumpet shall come foorth as a storme out of the south 15 The lord of hoastes shal defend them they shal consume deuour and subdue them with sling stones they shall drincke rage as it were through wine they shal be filled lyke the basons and as the hornes of the aulter 16 The Lorde their God shall deliuer them in that day as the flocke of his people For as precious stones of a Dâ—ademe they shal be set vp ouer his lande 17 O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be For the corne shall make the young men cheareful and the newe wine the maydens ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The people is moued to require the doctrine of trueth of the Lorde 3 The Lorde promyseth to visite and comfort the house of Israel 1 PRay the Lorde then betimes to geue the latter rayne so shall the Lorde make bright cloudes and geue you rayne inough and to euery one grasse in the fielde 2 For vaine is the aunswere of idols the soothsayers see lyes the dreamers tell but vaine thinges the comfort that they geue is nothing worth therefore they went away lyke a flocke of sheepe and were troubled because they had no shephearde 3 My wrothfull displeasure was moued against the shepheardes and I wyll visite the goates for the Lorde of hoastes wyl visite his flocke the house of Iuda and wyll make them as a goodly fayre horse in the battaile 4 Out of Iuda shall come the corner the nayle the battel bowe and the appoynter of tribute also 5 They shal be as giauntes which in the battaile treade downe their enemies in the myre of the streetes they shal fight for the Lorde shal be with them and the horsemen shal be confounded 6 I wyll comfort the house of Iuda preserue the house of Ioseph I wyll bring them againe for I pitie them and they shal be like as they were when I had not cast them of for I the lord am their God and wyll heare them 7 Ephraim shal be as a giaunt and their heart shal be cheareful as through wine yea their children shal see it and be glad and their heart shal reioyce in the Lord. 8 I wyll hisse for them gather them together for I wyl redeeme them they shal encrease as they encreased afore 9 I wyll sowe them among the people that they may thincke vpon me in farre countryes they shal liue with their children and turne againe 10 I wyll bring them againe also from the land of Egypt and gather them out of Assyria I wyll cary them into the lande of Gilead to Libanus and place shall not be founde for them 11 He shal go vpon the sea of trouble and smyte the sea waues so that all the depe floodes shal be dryed vp the proude boasting of Assur shal be cast downe the scepter of Egypt shal be taken away 12 I wil comfort them in y e lord that they may walke in his name saith the Lord. ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The destruction of the temple 4 The care of the faithfull is committed to Christe by the father 7 A greeuous vision against Hierusalem and Iuda 1 OPen thy doores O Libanus that y e fire may consume thy Cedar trees 2 Howle ye firre trees for the Cedar is fallen yea all the proude are wasted away Howle O ye Oke trees of Basan for the mightie strong wood is cut downe 3 Men may heare the shepheardes mourne for their glory is destroyed men may heare the lions whelpes roare for the pride of Iordane is wasted away 4 Thus saith the Lorde my God Feede the sheepe of the slaughter 5 Which haue ben slaine of those that possessed them yet they toke it for no sinne but they that solde them said The Lorde be thanked for I am riche yea their owne shepheardes spare theÌ„ not 6 Therefore wyl I no more spare those that dwell in the lande saith the Lorde but lo I wyll deliuer the people euery man into his neighbours hande and into the hande of his king that they may smite the lande and out of their handes I wyll not deliuer them 7 I my selfe fed the slaughter sheepe a poore flocke veryly and toke vnto me two staues the one called Beautie the other called Bandes and so fedde the sheepe 8 Three shepheardes I put out of office in one moneth for I might not away with them neither had they any delight in me 9 Then saide I I wyll feede you no more the thing that dyeth let it dye and that that wyll perishe let it perishe and let the remnaunt eate euery one the fleshe of his neighbour 10 I toke also my staffe euen Beautie and brake it that I might disanull the couenaunt which I made with all people 11 And so it was broken in that day Then the poore simple sheepe that had a respect vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde 12 And I saide vnto them If ye thinke it good bring hither my wages if no then leaue So they wayed downe thirtie siluer pence the value that I was prysed at 13 And the Lorde saide vnto me Cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them And I toke the thirtie siluer pence and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde 14 Then broke I my other staffe also namelyâ— Bandes that I might loose the brotherhood betwixt Iuda and Israel 15 And the Lorde saide vnto me Take thee also the staffe of a foolishe shephearde 19 For lo I wyll rayse vp a shepheard in the lande which shal not seeke after the thinges that be lost nor seeke the tender lambes he shal not heale the wounded he shal not nourish the thinges that are whole but he shal eate the fleshe of such as be fat and teare their clawes in peeces 17 O idol shepheard that leaueth the flocke the sworde shall come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye his arme shal be cleane dryed vp and his right eye shal be sore blynded ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Of the destruction and building againe of Hierusalem
can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are and yet without sinne 16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obteyne mercie and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede The .v. Chapter 5 He compareth Iesus Christe with the Leuiticall priestes she wyng wherein they eyther agree or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euery hye priest taken from among men is ordeined for men in things parteynyng to God to offer gyftes sacrifices for sinne 2 Which can sufficiently haue compassion on the ignoraunt on them that erre out of the waye forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for y e same infirmitie he is bounde to offer for sinnes aswell for hym selfe as for the people 4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 Euen so Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made y e hye priest but he that sayde vnto hym thou art my sonne to day haue I begotten thee gaue it hym 6 As he saith also in another place thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech ☜ 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death and was hearde in that which he feared 8 Though he were the sonne yet learned he obediēce by these thinges which he suffred 9 And being perfect was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech 11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say and harde to be vttered seing ye are dull of hearyng 12 For when as concernyng the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of mylke and not of strong meate 13 For euery one that vseth mylke is vnexpert of the worde of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte euen those whiche by reason of vse haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He proceadeth in reprouyng them and exhorteth them not to faynt 12 but to be stedfast and pacient 18 forasmuch as God is sure in his promise 1 THerefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe let vs go foorth vnto perfection not laying agayne the foundatiō of repentaunce from dead workes and of fayth towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and of laying on of handes and of resurrection of the dead and of eternall iudgement 3 And this wyll I do yf God permit 4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holy ghost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and the powers of the worlde to come 6 And they fall away shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce hauyng crucified to thē selues the sonne of God a fresshe and made a mocke of hym 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed receaueth blessyng of God 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned 9 Neuerthelesse deare frendes we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you and thynges whiche accompanie saluation though we thus speake 10 For God is not vnryghteous to forget your worke labour of loue whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name hauyng ministred to the saintes and do minister 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence to the full assuraunce of hope vnto the ende 12 That ye faynt not but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises 13 For when God made promise to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by hym selfe 14 Saying Surely blessyng I wyll blesse thee and multipliyng multiplie thee 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promise 16 For men veryly sweare by the greater and an oth for confirmation is to them an ende of all stryfe 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise the stablenesse of his counsayle confirmed by an oth 18 That by two immutable thynges in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye we myght haue a strong consolation which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast and entryng in into that thing which is within the vayle 20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer ⧠The .vij Chapter 1 He compareth the priesthood of Christe vnto Melchisedech 11 also Christes priesthood with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchisedech kyng of Salem priest of the most hye God who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges and blessed hym 2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges first being called by interpretatiō king of righteousnes after y t also kyng of Salem which is kyng of peace 3 Without father without mother without kynne hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes neither ende of lyfe but lykened vnto the sonne of God and continueth a priest for euer 4 Nowe consider howe great this man was vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles 5 And veryly * they which are of the children of Leuie which receaue the office of the priesthood haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe that is of their brethren though they came out of y e loynes of Abraham 6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them receaued tythe of Abraham and blessed hym that had the promises 7 And without all controuersie the lesse is blessed of the better 8 And here men that dye receaue tithes but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth 9 And to say the trueth Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes payed tythes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father when Melchisedech met Abraham 11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of y e Leuites For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech and not to be called after the order of Aaron 12 For yf the priesthood be translated of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe 13 For he of whom these thynges are
the holy day of the Lorde 6 And they rose vp in the mornyng and offered burnt offeringes and brought peace offeringes also and the people sat them downe to eate and drinke and rose vp agayne to play 7 And the Lord sayd vnto Moyses Go get thee downe thy people which thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypt hath marred all 8 They are turned quickly out of the way whiche I commaunded them for they haue made them a calfe of moulten mettall and haue worshipped it and haue offred thervnto saying These be thy goddes O Israel whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 9 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses I haue seene this people and beholde it is a styfnecked people 10 And nowe suffer me that my wrath may waxe whot against them and consume them and I wyll make of thee a mightie people 11 And Moyses besought the Lorde his God and sayd O Lord why doth thy wrath waxe whot agaynst thy people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt with great power and with a mightie hande 12 Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out euen for to slay them in the mountaynes to consume them from the face of the earth Turne from thy fierce wrath and repent of this euyll deuise agaynst thy people 13 Remember Abraham Isahac and Israel thy seruauntes to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe and saydest vnto them I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede and they shall inherite it for euer 14 And the Lorde refrayned hym selfe from the euill whiche he sayd he would do vnto his people 15 And Moyses turned his backe went downe from the hyll the two tables of the testimonie were in his hande 16 And the same tables were written in both the leaues euen on the one side on the other were they written And these tables were the worke of God and the writing was the writing of God grauen in the tables 17 And when Iosuah hearde the noyse of the people as they showted he sayde vnto Moyses there is a noyse of warre in the hoast 18 And he aunswered It is not the crie of them that haue the masterie nor of thē that haue the worse but I do heare the noyse of them that sing 19 And assoone as he came nigh vnto the hoast he sawe the calfe and the daunsing and Moyses wrath waxed whot and he cast the tables out of his handes and brake them beneath the hyll 20 And he toke the calfe whiche they had made and burned it in the fire stampt it into pouder strawed it in the water made the childrē of Israel drinke of it 21 And Moyses said vnto Aaron What did this people vnto thee that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them 22 And Aaron aunswered Let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fierce thou knowest the people that they are euen set on mischiefe 23 For they sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we wote not what is become of Moyses the man that brought vs out of y e land of Egypt 24 And I said vnto them Let them that haue gold plucke it of And thei brought it vnto me and I did cast it into the fire and therof came out this calfe 25 Moyses therfore sawe that the people were naked and that Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame amongest their enemies 26 And Moyses stode in the gate of the hoast and sayd Who pertayneth to the Lorde let hym come vnto me And all the sonnes of Leui gathered thēselues together vnto hym 27 And he said vnto them Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel Put euery mā his sworde by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the hoast and slay euery man his brother euery man his companion and euery man his neighbour 28 And the chyldrē of Leui dyd as Moyses had said And there fel of the people y e same day about three thousande men 29 And Moyses sayd Fill your handes vnto the Lord this day euery man vpō his sonne vpō his brother that there may be geuen you a blessing this day 30 And on the morowe Moyses said vnto y e people Ye haue sinned a great sinne And nowe I will go vp vnto the Lord peraduenture I may purchase an attonement for your sinne 31 Moyses therefore went agayne vnto the Lorde and sayde Oh this people haue sinned a great sinne and haue made them gods of golde 32 And nowe forgeue them their sinne or if thou wylt not wype me I pray thee out of thy booke whiche thou hast written 33 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses I wyll put hym out of my booke that hath sinned agaynst me 34 And nowe go thou bryng the people vnto the place whiche I said vnto thee behold mine angell shal go before thee Neuerthelater in that day when I visite I wyl visite their sinne vpō them 35 And the Lorde plagued the people because they made the calfe whiche Aaron made ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 God geueth the people an angell to guyde them 3 God refuseth to go vp with his people 4 The people mourneth 7 The tabernacle of the congregation or of the couenaunt 9 Moyses talketh with God familiarly 12 He requireth God to be with him in reducing the people and the way to be shewed him To finde grace before God 17 Moyses is mercyfully hearde 18 He desireth to see the glory of God 22 He is bydden to stande in a rocke 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Depart and go vp hence thou and the people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt vnto the land which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac Iacob saying vnto thy seede wyll I geue it 2 And I will send an angell before thee and I wyll cast out the Chanaanites the Amorites the Hethites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites 3 Vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony For I wyll not go amongest you my selfe for ye are a styfnecked people lest I consume thee in the way 4 And when the people hearde this euil tidinges they sorowed and no man dyd put on his best rayment 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses Say vnto the chyldren of Israel ye are a styfnecked people I must come once sodaynly vpon you and make an ende of you therefore nowe put thy goodly rayment from thee that I may wyt what to do vnto thee 6 And the children of Israel layde their goodly rayment from them euen by the mount Horeb. 7 And Moyses toke the tabernacle and pitched it without the hoast a farre of from the hoast and called it the tabernacle of the congregation And so it came to passe that euery one whiche woulde pray vnto the Lorde went out
before the day and brought the power of his hoast into the way to Bethzacarā where the hoastes made them redie to the battaile blowing the trumpettes 34 And to prouoke the Elephantes for to fight they shewed them the sappe of red grapes and mulberies 35 And deuided the Elephantes among the hoast so that by euery Elephant there stoode a thousand men well harnessed helmettes of steele vpon their heades yea vnto euery one of the Elephantes also were ordained fiue hundred horsemen of the best 36 Which wayted on the Elephant going wheresoeuer he went and departed not from him 37 Euery Elephant was couered with a strong towre of wood fastened thereon with instrumentes whereupon were thirtie and two valiaunt men with weapons to fight and within was a man of Inde to rule the beaste 38 As for the remnaunt of the horsemen he set them vpon both the sides in two partes with trumpettes to prouoke the hoast to stirre vp such as were slowe in the armie 39 And when the sunne shone vpon their shieldes of golde and steele the mountaines glistered againe at them were as bright as the cressets of fire 40 The kinges hoast also was deuided one parte vpon the hie mountaines the other low beneath so they went on taking good heede and keping their order 41 And all they that dwelt in the lande were afrayd at the noyse of their hoast when the multitude went foorth and when the weapons smote together for the hoast was both great and mightie 42 Iudas also and his hoast entred into the battaile and slue sixe hundred men of the kinges armie 43 Now when Eleazar the sonne of Saura did see one of the Elephantes deckt with the kinges badge and was a more goodly beast then the other he thought the king should be vpon him 44 And ieoparded him selfe to deliuer his people to get him a perpetual name 45 Wherfore he ranne with a courage vnto the Elephant in the middest of the hoast smiting them downe on both the sides and slue many about him 46 So went he to the Elephantes feete and gat him vnder him and slue him then fel the Elephant downe vpon him and there he dyed 47 Iudas also and his men seeing the power of the king and the mightie violence of his hoast departed from them 48 And the kinges armie went vp against them toward Hierusalem and pitched their tentes in Iurie beside mount Sion 49 Moreouer the king toke truice with them that were in Bethsura but whē they came out of the citie because they had no vitayles but were shut vp within and the lande lay vntilled 50 The king toke Bethsura and set men to keepe it and turned his hoast to the place of the sanctuary 51 And layed siege to it a great while where he made all maner ordinaunce handbowes firie dartes racketts to cast stones scorpions to shoote arrowes and slinges 52 The Iewes also made ordinaunce against theirs and fought a long season 53 But in the citie there were no vittailes for it was the seuenth yere of y e warres and those heathen that remayned in Iurie had eaten vp all their store 54 And in the sanctuary were fewe men left for the hunger came so vpon them that they were scattred abrode euery man to his owne place 55 So when Lysias heard that Philip whom Antiochus the king while he was yet liuing had ordained to bring vp Antiochus his sonne that he might be king 56 Was come againe out of Persia Medea with the kinges hoast and thought to obtaine the kingdome with the gouernaunce of all thinges 57 He gate him to the king in al the haste and to the captaynes of the hoast and saide We decrease dayly and our vittailes are but small Againe the place that we laye siege vnto is very strong it were our part to see for the realme 58 Let vs agree with these men and take truice with them and with al their people 59 And graunt them to lyue after their lawe as they did afore for they be greeued and do all these thinges against vs because we haue despised their lawe 60 So the king and the princes were content and sent vnto them to make peace and they receaued it 61 Now when the king and the princes had made an oth vnto them they came out of the castle 62 And the king went vp to mount Sion but when he saw that the place was well fenced he brake the oth that he had made and commaunded to destroy the wall rounde about 63 Then departed he in all the haste and returned vnto Antioch where he found Philip hauing dominion of the citie So he fought against him and toke the citie againe into his handes The .vij. Chapter 1 Demetrius raigned after he had killed Antiochus and Lysias 5 He troubleth the children of Israel through the counsel of certaine wicked persons 37 The prayer of the priestes against Nicanor 41 Iudas killeth Nicanor after he hath made his prayer 1 IN the hundred fiftie and one yere came Demetrius the sonne of Seleucus from the citie of Rome with a smal company of men vnto a citie of the sea coast and there he bare rule 2 And when he came to Antioch the citie of his progenitours his hoast toke Antiochus and Lysias to bring them vnto him 3 But when it was tolde him he saide let me not see their faces 4 So the hoast put them to death Now whē demetrius was set vpon the throne of his kingdome 5 There came vnto him wicked and vngodlie men of Israel whose captayne was Alcimus that woulde haue ben made hie priest 6 These men accused the people of Israel vnto the king saying Iudas and his brethren haue slaine thy frendes and driuen vs out of our owne lande 7 Wherfore send now some man to whō thou geuest credence that he may go and see al the destruction which he hath done vnto vs and to the kinges lande and let him be punished with all his friendes and fauourers 8 Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of his which was a man of great power in the realme beyond the water and faithful vnto the king and sent him to see the destruction that Iudas had done 9 And as for that wicked Alcimus he made him hie priest and commaunded him to be auenged of the children of Israel 10 So they departed from the king and came with a great hoast into the lande of Iuda sending messengers to Iudas and his brethren speaking vnto them with peaceable wordes but vnder disceite 11 Therefore Iudas and his people beleued not their saying for they saw that they were come with a great hoast 12 After this came the scribes together vnto Alcimus Bacchides to entreate of reasonable couenauntes 13 And the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that required peace of them 14 Saying Alcimus the priest is come of the seede of Aaron how can
he deceaue vs though he come with an armie 15 So he gaue them louing wordes and swore vnto them saide We wyl do you no harme neither your friendes 16 And they beleued him but the very same day toke he threescore men of them and slue them according to the wordes that are written 17 They haue cast the fleshe of thy sainctes and shed their blood rounde about Hierusalem there was no man that would burie them 18 So there came a great feare and dreade among al y e people saying There is neither trueth nor righteousnesse in them for they haue broken the appoyntment and oth that they made 19 And Bacchides remoued his hoast frō Hierusalem pitched his tent at Bethzecha where he sent foorth toke many of them that had forsaken him He slue many of the people also and cast them into a great pit 20 Then committed he the lande vnto Alcimus and left men of warre with him to helpe him and Bacchides him selfe went vnto the king 21 And thus Alcimus defended his hye priesthood 22 And all such as vexed Israel resorted vnto him insomuch that they obtayned the lande of Iuda and did much euill vnto the Israelites 23 Nowe when Iudas sawe all the mischiefe that Alcunus and his company had done yea more then the heathen them selues vnto the Israelites 24 He went foorth rounde about all the borders of Iurie and punished those vnfaithfull runnagates so that they came no more out into the countrie 25 So when Alcimus sawe that Iudas his people had gotten the vpper hand and that he was not able to abide them he went againe to the king and saide all the worst of them that he coulde 26 Then the king sent Nicanor one of his chiefe princes which bare euil wil vnto Israel and commaunded him that he should vtterly destroy the people 27 So Nicanor came to Hierusalem with a great hoast and sent vnto Iudas and his brethren with friendly wordes but vnder disceyte saying 28 There shall be no warre betwixt me and you I wyll come with a fewe men to see how ye do with frendship 29 Vpon this he came vnto Iudas and they saluted one another peaceably but the enemies were appoynted to take Iudas by violence 30 Neuerthelesse it was tolde Iudas that he came vnto him but vnder disceyte wherfore he gate him away from him and would see his face no more 31 When Nicanor perceaued that his counsel was bewrayed he went out to fight against Iudas beside Capharsalama 32 Where there were slaine of Nicanors hoast fiue thousand men and the residue fled vnto the castle of Dauid 33 After this came Nicanor vp vnto mount Sion and the priestes with the elders of the people went foorth to salute him peaceably to shewe him the burnt sacrifices that were offered for the king 34 But he laughed them and the people to scorne mocked them defiled their offeringes and spake disdainefully 35 Yea and swore in his wrath saying If Iudas and his hoast be not deliuered nowe into my handes assoone as euer I come againe and fare well I shall burne vp this house With that went he out in a great anger 36 Then the priestes came in and stoode before the aulter of the temple weeping and saying 37 Forsomuch as thou O Lorde hast chosen this house that thy name might be called vpon therin and that it should be an house of prayer and petition for thy people 38 Be auenged of this man and his hoast and let them be slaine with the sword remember the blasphemies of them and suffer not them to continue any longer 39 When Nicanor was gone from Hierusalem he pitched his tent at Bethoron and there an hoast met him out of Syria 40 And Iudas came to Adarsa with three thousand men and made his prayer vnto God saying 41 O Lorde because the messengers of king Sennacherib blasphemed thee the angell went foorth and slue an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of them 42 Euen so destroy thou this hoast before vs to day that other people may knowe howe that he hath blasphemed thy santuary and punishe him according to his maliciousnes 43 And so the hoastes stroke the fielde the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar and Nicanors hoast was discomfited and he him selfe was first slaine in the battaile 44 When Nicanors men of warre sawe that he was killed they cast away their weapons and fled 45 But the Iewes folowed vpon them a whole dayes iourney from Adazer vnto Gazara blowing with the trumpettes and making tokens after them 46 So the Iewes came foorth of all the townes rounde about blew out their hornes vpon them and turned against them Thus were they all slaine and not one of them left 47 Then they toke their substaunce for a pray and smote of Nicanors head and his right hande which he helde vp so proudely and brought it with them and hanged it vp afore Hierusalem 48 Wherefore the people were exceedingly reioyced and passed ouer that day in great gladnes 49 And Iudas ordayned that the same day namely the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar shoulde be kept in mirth euery yere 50 Thus the lande of Iuda was in rest a litle while The .viij. Chapter 2 Iudas considering the power and godly pollicie of the Romaines maketh peace with them 22 The rescript of the Romaines sent vnto the Iewes 1 IVdas heard also the fame of the Romaines that they were mightie and valiaunt men and agreeable to all thinges that are required of them and make peace with all men which come vnto them 2 And how they were doughtie men of strength besides that it was tolde him of their battailes and noble actes which they did in Galatia how they had conquered them and brought them vnder tribute 3 And what great thinges they had done in Spayne how that with their wysdome and sober behauour they had wonne the mines of siluer and gold that are there 4 And obtayned al the land with other places farre from them how they had discomfited slaine downe the kinges that came vpon them from the vttermost parte of the earth and how other people gaue them tribute euery yere 5 How they had slaine and ouercome Philip and Perses kinges of Cethim and other mo in battaile which had brought their ordinaunce against them 6 How they discomfited great Antiochus king of Asia that woulde needes fight with them hauing an hundred and twentie Elephantes with horsemen charets and a very great hoast 7 How they toke him selfe aliue and ordained him with such as shoulde raigne after him to pay them a great tribute yea and to finde them good sureties and pledge besides all this 8 How they had taken from him India Media and Lydia his best landes and geuen them to king Eumenus 9 Againe how they perceauing that the Grekes were comming to vexe them 10 Sent against them a captayne of
whē they had prayed they layde their handes on them 7 And the worde of God encreased the number of y e disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to y e fayth 8 ☞ And Steuen full of fayth power dyd great wonders miracles among the people 9 Then there arose certaine of the synagogue which is called the synagogue of the Libertines and Cyrenians and of Alexandria and of Cilicia of Asia disputyng with Steuen 10 * And they coulde not resiste the wisedome and the spirite by the * whiche he spake 11 Then they priuilie prepared men whiche sayde we haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moyses and agaynst God 12 And they moued the people and the elders and the scribes and came vppon hym and caught him and brought him to the counsell 13 And brought foorth false witnesses which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe 14 For we hearde hym say that this Iesus of Nazareth shal destroy this place shall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moyses gaue vs 15 And all that sate in the counsell loking stedfastly on him saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell ¶ The .vij. Chapter 2 Steuen maketh aunswere to his accusation 51 rebuketh the harde necked Iewes 58 and is stoned to death 1 THen said y e chiefe priest Are these thynges so 2 And he said Ye men brethren and fathers hearken The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Charran 3 And sayde vnto him Get thee out of thy countrey frō thy kinrede come into the lande which I shall shew thee 4 Then came he out of the lande of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Charran and from thence whē his father was dead he brought hym into this lande wherin ye nowe dwell 5 And he gaue hym none wheritaunce in it no not the breadth of a foote and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse and to his seede after hym when as yet he had no chylde 6 God veryly spake on this wyse that his seede shoulde soiourne in a straunge lande and that they shoulde kepe it in bondage and entreate them euyl foure hundreth yeres 7 And the nation to whom they shal be in bondage wyll I iudge sayde God And after that shall they come foorth serue me in this place 8 * And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision And he begate Isaac and circumcised hym the eyght day and Isaac begate Iacob and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie solde Ioseph into Egypt and God was with hym 10 And deliuered hym out of all his aduersities and gaue hym fauour wisedome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt and he made hym gouernour ouer Egypt ouer all his housholde 11 But there came a dearth ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan and great affliction that our fathers founde no sustenaunce 12 But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt he sent our fathers first 13 And at the second time Ioseph was knowen of his brethren and Iosephes kinrede was made knowen vnto Pharao 14 Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought and all his kynne three score and fyfteene soules 15 And Iacob descended into Egypt and dyed both he and our fathers 16 And were caryed ouer into Sichem and layde in the sepulchre that Abrahā bought for money of the sonnes of Emor the sonne of Sichem 17 But when the tyme of the promyse drewe nye whiche God had sworne to Abraham * the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt 18 Tyll another king arose which knew not of Ioseph 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kinrede and euyll intreated our fathers made them caste out their young chyldren that they shoulde not remayne alyue 20 The same tyme was Moyses borne and was acceptable vnto God and norished vp in his fathers house three monethes 21 And when he was cast out Pharaos daughter toke hym vp norished hym for her owne sonne 22 And Moyses was learned in all maner of wisedome of the Egyptians and was myghtie in deedes and in wordes 23 And when he was full fourtie yeres olde it came into his heart to visite his brethren the chyldren of Israel 24 And when he sawe one of them suffer wrong he defended hym and auenged his quarrell that had the harme done to hym and smote the Egyptian 25 For he supposed his brethren woulde haue vnderstande howe that God by his hande shoulde delyuer them But they vnderstoode not 26 And the next day he shewed hym selfe vnto them as they stroue and woulde haue set them at one agayne saying Sirs ye are brethren why do ye wrong one to another 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust hym awaye saying Who made thee a ruler and a iudge ouer vs 28 Wylt thou kyll me as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday 29 Then fledde Moyses at that saying and was a straunger in the lande of Madian where he begate two sonnes 30 And whē fourtie yeres were expired there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mount Sina an Angel of the Lorde in a flambe of fire in a busshe 31 When Moyses sawe it he wondred at y e sight And as he drue neare to behold the voyce of the Lord came vnto hym 32 I am the God of thy fathers y e God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and y e God of Iacob Then Moyses trembled durst not beholde 33 Then sayde the Lorde to hym Put of thy shoes from thy feete for the place where thou standest is holy grounde 34 I haue seene I haue seene the afflictiō of my people which is in Egypt and I haue hearde their gronyng and am come downe to deliuer them And now come I wyll sende thee into Egypt 35 This Moyses whom they forsoke saying who made thee a ruler and a iudge the same dyd God sende to be a ruler and a deliuerer by the handes of the angell whiche appeared to hym in the busshe 36 He brought them out shewyng wonders and signes in Egypt in the read sea in the wyldernesse fourtie yeres 37 This is that Moyses which saide vnto the chyldren of Israel A prophete shall the Lorde your God raise vp vnto you of your brethren lyke vnto me him shall ye heare 38 This is he that was in the Churche in y e wyldernesse with the angel which spake to hym in the mount Sinai and with our fathers This man receaued the worde of lyfe to geue vnto vs. 39 To whom our fathers woulde not obey but thrust it from them and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt 40 Saying vnto Aaron Make vs gods to go before vs.
For as for this Moyses that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt we wote not what is become of hym 41 And they made a Calfe in those dayes and offred sacrifice vnto the idoll and reioyced ouer the workes of their owne handes 42 Then God turned hym selfe away gaue them vp to worship the hoast of heauen as it is written in y e booke of the prophetes O ye house of Israel haue ye offered to me slayne beastes and sacrifices by the space of fourtie yeres in the wyldernesse 43 And ye toke vnto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of your god Remphan figures whiche ye made to worship them And I wyll carry you away beyonde Babylon 44 Our fathers had y e tabernacle of witnesse in the wyldernesse as he had appoynted speakyng vnto Moyses that he shoulde make it accordyng to the fasshion that he had scene 45 Whiche also our fathers that came after brought in with Iesus into the possession of the gentiles whoÌ„ God draue out before the face of our fathers vnto the dayes of Dauid 46 Which sounde fauour before God and woulde fayne haue founde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob 47 But Solomon buylt hym an house 48 Howebeit he that is hyest of al dwelleth not in teÌ„ples made with handes as sayth the prophete 49 * Heauen is my seate and earth is my footstoole What house wyll ye buylde for me saith the Lord Or which is the place of my rest 50 Hath not my hande made all these thynges 51 Ye styfuecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares ye haue alwayes resisted the holy ghost as your fathers dyd so do ye 52 Which of the prophetes haue not your fathers persecuted And they haue slayne them which shewed before of the commyng of that iuste of whom ye are nowe the betrayers and murtherers 53 Whiche also haue receaued the lawe by the disposition of angels and haue not kept it 54 ☞ When they hearde these thynges their heartes claue a sunder and they gnasshed on hym with their teeth 55 But he being full of the holy ghost loked vp stedfastly into heauen and sawe the glory of God and Iesus standyng on the ryght hande of God 56 And sayde Beholde I see the heauens open the sonne of man standyng on the ryght hande of God 57 Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce and stopped their eares and ran vpon hym all at once 58 And cast hym out of the citie and stoned him And y e witnesses layde downe their clothes at a young mans feete whose name was Saul 59 And they stoned Steuen callyng on and saying Lorde Iesu receaue my spirite 60 And he kneeled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lorde lay not this sinne to their charge And when he had thus spoken he fell a sleepe ☜ ¶ The .viii. Chapter Saule persecuteth the Christians 4 The Apostles are scattered abrode â— Philip commeth into Samaria 1â— Simon Magus is baptized and he dissembleth â—8 Philip baptizeth the Eunuch 1 AND Saul consented vnto his death And at that time there was a great persecution against y e Churche which was at Hierusalem and they were all scattered abrode thorowout the regions of Iurie and Samaria except the apostles 2 And deuout men were carefull together touchyng Steuen and made great lamentation ouer hym 3 As for Saul he made hauocke of the Churche and entred into euery house drewe out both men and women and put them into pryson 4 Therfore they that were scattered abrode went euery where preachyng the worde of God 5 ☞ Then came Philip into the citie of Samaria preached Christe vnto theÌ„ 6 And the people gaue heede vnto those thynges whiche Philip spake with one accorde hearyng and seing the miracles which he dyd 7 For vncleane spirites crying with loude voyce came out of manye that were possessed with them And many taken with paulsies many that haulted were healed 8 And there was great ioy in that citie 9 But there was a certayne man called Simon which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft and bewitched the people of Samaria saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges 10 Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest saying This man is the great power of God 11 And hym they sette much by because that of long tyme he had bewitched theÌ„ with sorseries 12 But assoone as they gaue credence to Philips preachyng of the kyngdome of God and of the name of Iesus Christe they were baptized both men womeÌ„ 13 Then Simon him selfe beleued also And wheÌ„ he was baptized he continued with Philip wondred beholding the miracles signes which were shewed 14 ☞ When the apostles whiche were at Hierusalem hearde say that Samaria hadde receaued the worde of God they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn 15 Which when they were come downe prayed for theÌ„ that they myght receaue the holy ghost 16 For as yet he was come downe vpon none of them but they were baptized only in the name of Christ Iesu 17 Then layde they their handes on theÌ„ and they receaued the holy ghost ☜ 18 And when Simon sawe that thorow laying on of the apostles handes y e holy ghost was geuen he offred theÌ„ money 19 Saying Geue me also this power that on whomsoeuer I put the hands he may receaue the holy ghost ☜ 20 But Peter sayde vnto him Thy money perishe with thee because thou hast thought that the gyfte of God may be obteyned with money 21 Thou hast neither part nor felowship in this busynesse For thy hearte is not ryght in the syght of God 22 Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse praye God if perhaps y e thought of thyne heart may be forgeuen thee 23 For I perceaue y t thou art in the gall of bitternesse wrapped in iniquitie 24 TheÌ„ aunswered Simon said Pray ye to the Lord for me that none of these thinges which ye haue spokeÌ„ fall on me 25 And they when they had testified and preached the worde of the Lorde returned towarde Hierusalem and preached the Gospell in many townes of the Samaritanes 26 ☞ And the Angell of the Lorde spake vnto Philip saying Aryse and go towarde the South vnto the waye that goeth downe from Hierusalem vnto Gaza which is desert 27 And he arose went on and behold a man of Ethiopia and Eunuch of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the EthiopiaÌ„s had the rule of all her treasure came to HierusaleÌ„ for to worship 28 And as he returned home agayne sittyng in his charet he read Esaias the prophete 29 Then the spirite said vnto Philip Go neare ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet 30 And Philip ran thither to him heard hym reade the prophete Esaias saide vnderstandest thou what thou readest 31 And he said how can I except I had a