Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
were not smyten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citye from Pharao and spred abrode his handes vnto the lorde and the thonder and hayle ceased neyther rayned it vpon the earth And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thonder were ceased he synÌ„ed agayne hardened his herte he and his seruauÌ„tes And the herte of Pharao was hardened neyther wolde he let the Chyldren of Israell go as the Lorde had sayde by ☞ the hande of Moses ¶ The herte of Pharao is hardened of God The greshoppers The thycke darnesse CAPI X. ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his herte the herte of his seruauntes that I myght put these my sygnes amongest them and that thou tel in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes son what thynges I haue done in Egypt the myracles which I haue done among them that ye may know howe that I am the Lorde And so Moses Aaron came vnto Pharao and sayde vnto hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shal it be or thou wylt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people god that they maye serue me Dr els †yf thou do resyst and wylte not let my people go beholde to morowe wyl I brynge greshoppers into thy coostes and they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be sene and they shal eate the residewe whiche remayneth vnto you and is escaped froÌ„ the hayle and they shall eate euery grene tree that beareth you fruyte in the felde they shal fyl thy houses and all thy seruauÌ„tes houses and the houses of al the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene synce the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned himselfe aboute and went out from Pharao And Pharaos seruauÌ„tes sayd vnto hym Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the lorde theyr god knowest thou not yet that Egypte is destroyed And Moses and Aaron were brought agayne vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the lorde your god Who are they that shal go And Moses answered we wyll go with our younge and with our olde yea and with our sonnes and with our doughters and with our shepe and with our oxen must we god For we muste holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them let it be so The Lorde be with you When I let you go and your chyldreÌ„ also take hede for ye haue some myscheyfe in hande Naye not so but go they that are men and serue the lorde for that was your desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the lande of Egypte and eate all the herbes of the lande all that the hayle lefte behynde And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt the lorde brought an East wynde vpon the lande all that daye and all that nyght And in the mornynge the East wynde brought the greshoppers and the greshop pers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypte remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greuously Before them were there no such greshoppers neyther after them shal be for they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke And they dyd eate all the herbes of the lande and al the fruytes of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no grene thynge lefte in the trees herbes of the felde thorow al the land of Egypt Therfore Pharao called for Moses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the lorde your god and agaynst you And nowe forgyue me my Synne onely this once and praye vnto the Lorde your god that he may take awaye froÌ„ me ☞ this death onely And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde turned a myghtye stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast them into the redde see so that there was not one greshopper in al the coost of Egypt And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande vnto heuen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse whiche may be felte And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heuen and there was a thycke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypte thre dayes longe no man sawe another neyther rose vp from the place where he was by the space of thre dayes but all the chyldreÌ„ of Israel had lyght where they dwelled And Pharao called for Moses and sayd go and serue the Lorde onely let your shepe and your oxen abyde and let youre chyldren go with you And Moses sayde thou muste gyue vs also offeryngê and burntoffrynges for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God our cattel also shal go with vs and there shal not one hooffe be lefte behynde for therof muste we take to serue the lorde our God Neyther do we knowe what we shall offre vnto the Lorde vntyll we come thyther But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte and he wolde not let them goo And Pharao sayde vnto hym get the from me and take hede to thy selfe and se my face no more For when soeuer thou comest in my syght thou shalte dye And Moses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyl se thy face no more ¶ The lorde coÌ„maundeth to robbe the Egyptians The death of all the fyrst begotten in Egypte CAPI XI ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses yet wyll I brynge one plage more vppon Pharao and vpon Egypte and after that he wyll let you go hence And when he letteth you goo he shall vtterly dryue you hence Speake thou therfore in the cares of the people that euery maÌ„ borow of his nyghbour and euery woman of her neyghbourresse iewels of syluer and iewels of golde And the Lorde shal gyue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moses was very greate in the lande of Egypte in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people And Moses sayde thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out in to the myddes of Egypt al the fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt shal dye euen from the fyrste borne of Pharao that ☞ sytteth on his seate vnto the fyrst borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the mylle and all the fyrste gendred of the cattell And there shall be a greate crye thorowout all the lande of Egypte suche as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be But amonge all the Chyldren of Israell shal not a dogge moue his tongue nor yet man or beast that ye maye knowe howe that the lorde †by a great miracle putteth
hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen so that whyther he touche her couche or any vessel wheron she hath sytten he shall be vnclene vnto the euen And yf a man lye with her and her vnclennes come vpon hym he shall be vncleane vii dayes and all the couche wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloode runneth longe tyme out of the tyme of her natural course or yf it runne beyonde her natural coâ—â—ese let al the dayes of the yssue be iudged vncleane euen as the dayes of her natural disease she shall be vncleane Al her couches wheron she lyeth as longe as her yssue lasteth shal be as her couche wheÌ„ she hath her naturall dysease And whatsoeuer she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is her vnclennesse when she is put apart And who soeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shal wasshe his clothes bath hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And after that she is cleÌ„sed of her yssue she shal counte her vii dayes and after that she shal be cleane In the. viii daye she shall take vnto her two turtels or two yong pygeons and brynge them vnto the preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shal offre the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for her before the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the yssue of her vncleÌ„nes Therfore shall ye seperate the chyldren of Israel from theyr vnclennesse that they dye not in theyr vnclennes yf they defyle my habytacyoÌ„ that is amonge them This is the lawe of hym that hath a runnyng yssue and of him whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe and is defyled therin and of her that for her naturall disease is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge yssue whyther it be man or womaÌ„ and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ¶ What Aaron must do The clensynge of the sanctuarye Of the feast of clensynge Aaron coÌ„fesseth the synnes of the chyldren of Israell CAPI XVI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the death of the. ii sonnes of Aaron when they offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayd vnto Moses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercyseate whiche is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the clowde vpon the mercyseate But with this thyng shall Aaron come in to the holy place euen with a bullocke ☞ for synne and with a ram for a burntoffrynge He shall put the holy lynnen albe vpon hym shall haue a lynnen breche vpon his flesshe and shal be gyrded with a lynnen gyrdle and put the lynnen mytre vpon his heade These are holy garmentes therfore shal he wasshe his fleshe with water when he doth put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the chyldren of Israel two he gootes for synne and a ram for a burntoffrynge And Aaron shall offre his bullocke for synne ☞ and make an attonement for hym and for his house And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two gootes one lot shal be for the Lorde and an other for the scapegoote And Aaron shall brynge the goote vpon whiche the lordes Lotte fell and offre hym for synne But the goote on which the lot fell to scape shall be set alyue before the lorde to reconcyle with and to let hym go as a scape goote fre in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal offre his bullocke for synne and reconcyle for hym selfe an for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for synne And he shall take a censer ful of burnyng coles out of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fyll his handfull of swete sence beaten smal bryng them wtin the vayle put the sence vpon the fyre before the Lorde that the cloude of the sence may couer the mercyseate that is vpon the wytnesse that he dye not And he shal take of the bloode of the bullocke and sprynkle it with his fynger vpon the mercyseate eastwarde and before the mercyseate shall he sprynkle of the bloode with his fynger seuen tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferyng and bryng his bloode within the vayle and do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprynklyng it vpon the mercyseate before the mercyseate And he shall reconcyle the holy place from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel and from theyr trespaces in all theyr synnes And so shall he do for the tabernacle of wytnesse that is set among them euen among theyr vnclennesses And let there be no body in the tabernacle of wytnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out And let hym make an attonemente for hym selfe and for his houssholde and for all the multitude of Israel And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcyle vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goote put it vpon the hornes of the aulter round aboute and sprynkle of the blood vpon it w t his fynger seuen tymes and clense it and halowe it from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel And when he hath made an ende of reconcylynge the holy place and the tabernacle of wytnesse and the aulter he shall brynge the lyue goote and Aaron shall put bothe his handes vpon the head of the lyue goote and confesse ouer hym all the myssededes of the chyldren of Israel and all theyr trespaces in all theyr synnê puttyng them vpon the head of the goote sende hym away by the hande of a conuenyent man in to the wyldernesse And the goote shal beare vpon hym all theyr mysdedes vnto the wyldernesse and he shall let the goote go free in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal come in to the tabernacle of wytnes put of the lynnen clothes whiche he put on wheÌ„ he went in into the holy place and leaue them there let hym wasshe his flesshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out offre his burntoffryng and the burntoffring of the people and make an attonemente for hymselfe and for the people and the fat of the synnoffryng shal he burne vpon the aulter And he that caryed forth the goote to ☞ As a zel shal wasshe his clothes bathe his fleshe in water and then come in to the hoost And the bullocke whiche is for his synne the goote that is for synne whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoost to be burnt in the fyre with theyr skynnes theyr flesshe theyr dong And he that burneth them shal
Baall Peor And the indygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take all the prynces of the people hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel †Euery one sleye his men that were ioyned vnto Baall Peor And behold one of the chyldren of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Madiaâ—â—tyshe woman euen in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell that wepte before the dore of the â—abernacle of wytnes And wheÌ„ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it he rose vp out of the myddes of the company and toke a weapon in his hande and went after the man of Israell ☞ in to the tent and thrust them thorowe bothe the man of Israell and also the woman euen thorowe the belly of her And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel And there dyed in the plage xxiiii thousaÌ„d And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye Wherfore saye beholde I gyue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace he shall haue it and his seed after hym euen the couenauÌ„t of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake and made an atonement for the Chyldren of Israell The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman was Zamri the son of Salâ— a Lorde of an house and kynred of Simeon And the name of the Madianityshe woman that was sleyne was Cozbi the doughter of Zur a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they trouble you with theyr wyles whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the doughter of a Lorde of the Madianytes whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake ¶ The chyldren of Israell are nombred CAPI XXVI ANd it fortuned that after the plage the Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazar the son of Aaron the preest sayenge take the nombre of all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell from xx yere and aboue thorowout theyr Fathers houses all that are able to go to warre in Israell And Moses and Eleazar the Preest spake vnto them in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne ouer agaynst Ierico from xx yere aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the chyldren of Israell wheÌ„ they were come out of Egypt Ruben the Eldest son of Israell The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whome commeth the kynred of the Hanochites and Palu of whome commeth the kynred of the Paluites Of Hesron commeth the kynred of the Hesronites of Carmi coÌ„meth the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites and they were in nombre xliii thousand seuen hundred â–ª and thyrtye And the sonnes of Palu Eâ—â—ab And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuell Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram whiche were famous in the congregacion stroue agaynst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fyre consumed two hundred and fiftye men and they became a sygne Notwithstandynge the Chyldren of Corah dyed not And the Chyldren of Simeon after theyr kynreds were Nemuell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whome commeth the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iachinites of Zareh commeth the kynred of the Zarehites And of Saull commeth the kynred of the Saulâ—tes These are the kynredê of Simeon euen xxii â–ª thousande and two hundred The Chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds were Zephon of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zephonites Haggi of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Haggites Suni of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sunâ—tes Of Aseni commeth the kynred of the Asenites and of Eri commeth the kynred of the Erites Of Arod coÌ„meth the kynred of the Arodites Of Aâ—â—ell commeth the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynreds of the Chyldren of Gad aâ—dynge to theyr nombres xl thousande and fyue hundred The Chyldren of Iuda Er and Dnan and Er and Dnan dyed in the land of Canaan But the Chyldren of Iuda after theyr kynreds were Sela of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whome commeth the kynred of the Pharesites Zareh of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zarehites And the Chyldren of Phares were â–ª Hesron of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesâ—onites Hamull of whome commeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of fuda after theyr noÌ„bres lxxvi thousande and fyue hundred The chyldren of Isachar after theyr kynreds were Thola of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Phuuaites of Iasub coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iasubites of Symron coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar after theyr nombres ixiiiâ— â–ª thousande and thre hundred The Chyldren of Zabalon after theyr kynreds were Sered of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Seredites Elon of whome commeth the kynred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iahelielites These are the kynreds of the Zabulonites after theyr nombres threscore thousand and fyue hundred The chyldren of Ioseph thorowout theyr kynreds were Manasse Ephraim The chyldren of Manasse Machir â–ª of whome commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begaâ— Gilead of Gilead coÌ„meth the kynred of the Gileadites And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hieser of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hieserites Helech of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Helechites and Asriell of whome commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichâ—â—â— of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sichemites Simida of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simidites and Hepher of whom coÌ„meth the kynredde of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the Sonne of Hepher had no sonnê but doughters And the names of the doughters of Zelaphead were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza These are the kynreds of Manasse and the nombre of them iii. thousande seuen hundred These are the Chyldren of Ephraim after theyr kynreds Suthelah of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of suthelahites Becher of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Becherites Thahen of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Thahenites And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whome commeth the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynreds of the chyldren of Ephraim after theyr nombres
the cityes which ye shal gyue shal be out of the possessyoÌ„ of the chyldren of Israel They that haue many shall gyue many but of them that haue fewe ye shall take fewe Euery one shall gyue of his cityes vnto the Leuites accordyng to the enheritauÌ„ce which he enheryteth And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them when ye be come ouer Iordan into the lande of Canaan ye shall appoynte you cities to be cities of refuge for you that he which sleeth ☞ a soule vnwares may flee thyther And the cities shall be to flee from the auenger of blood that he whiche kylleth dye not vntyl he stande before the congregacyoÌ„ in iudgement And of these syx free cities whiche ye shall gyue ye shall gyue thre on this syde Iordan and thre in the lande of Canaan And these syxe free cities shall be a refuge bothe for the chyldren of Israel and for the straunger and for hym that dwelleth amonge you that all they whiche kyl any persone vnwares may flee thyther And yf any man smyte an other with an instrument of yron that he dye then is he a murtherer and shall dye for it If he smyte hym with a throwyng stone that a man may dye with and yf he dye he that smote hym is a murtherer let the same murtherer be â—leyn therfore Or yf he smyte hym with a hande weapon of wood that a man maye dye with then yf he dye he is a murtherer let the murtherer be sleyne therfore The Iustyce of blood shall slee the murtherer wheÌ„ he meteth hym he may sley hym But yf he thruste at hym of hate or hurle at hym with layenge of wayte that he dye or smyte hym with his hande of Enuye that he dye he that smote hym shall dye for he is a murtherer The iustyce of blood shall sley the murtherer as soone as he fyndeth hym But and yf he pusshed hym by chaunce and not of hate or cast at hym with any maner of thyng and not of laynge of wayte or cast any maner of stone at hym that a man may dye with and sawe hym not And he cast it vpon hym and he dye was not his enemy neyther sought hym any harme Then the cogregacyon shal iudge bytwene the sleer and the executer of blood in suche cases And the congregacyon shal delyuer the sleer out of the hande of the auenger of blood and the congregacion shal restore hym agayne vnto the cytie of his refuge whyther he was fled And he shall byde there vnto the death of the hye preest which was anoynted with holy oyle But and yf the sleer come without the borders of his preuyleged cytie whyther he was fled yf the auenger of blood fynde hym with out the borders of his fretowne and sley the murtherer he shall be gyltlesse bycause he shulde haue bydden in his free towne vntyll the death of the hye preest after the deathe of the hye preest to returne agayne vnto the lande of his possessyon These coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes shall be a lawe vnto you for youre generacyons in all your dwellynges Who soeuer kylleth ☞ a soule the same mansleer must be sleyne hym selfe thorowe wytnesses Neyther shal one wytnes answere to put a maÌ„ to death Moreouer ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye But he shall be put to death Also ye shall take no money of hym that is fled to a free citye that he shulde come agayne dwell in the lande before the death of the hyghe preest And se that ye polute not the lande whiche ye shall dwell in for blood ☞ defileth the lande And the lande can none otherwyse be clensed of the blood that is shed therin but by the bloode of hym that shedde blood Defyle not therfore the lande whiche ye shall enhabyte for I am the myddes therof euen I the Lorde dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell ¶ An ordre for the maryage of the doughters of zelaphead One of the trybes may not marrye with another CAPI XXXVI ANd the auncyent fathers of the chyldren of Gilead the son of Machir the sonne of Manasse of the kynred of the chyldren of Ioseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces and auncyent fathers of the chyldren of Israell and sayde The Lorde coÌ„maunded my Lorde to gyue the land to enheryte by lot to the chyldren of Israell And my lorde coÌ„maunded in Gods behalfe to gyue the enherytaunce of Zelaphead our brother vnto his doughters Whom yf any of the sonnes of the other tribes of Israel toke to wyues theÌ„ shal theyr enherytaunce be taken from the enheritauÌ„ce of our fathers and shall be put vnto the enherytaunce of the trybe which they are receyued into and shall be taken from the lot of our enherytaunce And when the yere of Iubilye of the chyldren of Israell coÌ„meth then shall theyr enherytaunce be put vnto the enherytaunce of the Trybe where into they are receyued and so shall theyr enherytaunce be taken away froÌ„ the enherytaunce of the tribe of oure fathers And Moses coÌ„maunded the chyldren of Israell accordynge to the worde of the Lorde sayenge The chyldren of the trybe of Ioseph haue sayde well This therfore doth the lorde coÌ„maund the doughters of Zelaphead saynge let them be wyues to whome they them selues thynke best only to the kynred and trybe of theyr father shall they marrye so shall not the enherytaunce of the Chyldren of Israell remoue from trybe to trybe when the chyldren of Israel abyde euery man in the enheritaunce of the trybe of his fathers And euery doughter that possesseth any enheritaunce in any tribe of the chyldren of Israel shall be wyfe vnto one which is of the kynred of the trybe of hâ—r father that the chyldren of Israel may enioy euery man the enherytaunce of his fathers Neyther ought the enheryaunce to go from one trybe to an other but euery one of the tribes of the chyldren of Israell must abyde in his owne enherytaunce And as the Lorde commaunded Moses eueÌ„ so dyd the doughters of Zelaphead And Mahela Thirza Hagla Milcha and Noâ— were maryed vnto theyr Fathers brothers sonnes which were of the kynred of the chyldren of Manasses the sonne of Ioseph and so theyr enherytaunce remayned in the trybe of the kynred of theyr father These are the coÌ„maundements lawes which the Lorde coÌ„maunded by the hande of Moses vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel in the feldê of Moab by Iordan ouer agaynst Ierico ⧠The ende of the fourth boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uaiedabber and in the Latyn Numeri ¶ The fyfth boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Elle haddebarim and in the Latyn Deuteronomium ¶ A brefe rehersall of thynges done before CAPI Primo THese be the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israell on the other syde Iordan in the wyldernesse in the playne ouer agaynst the red see
his cause in the eares of the elders of the citye And they shal take hym into the citye vnto them and gyue hym a place that he may dwel among them And yf the auenger of blood folowe after hym they shall not delyuer the sleyer into his hande bycause he smote his frende ygnorantly and hated hym not before tyme. And he shall dwell in the sayde citye ☞ vntyll he stande before the congregacyon in Iudgement and vntyll the death of the hye preest that shall be in those dayes for then shall the sleyer returne come vnto his owne Citye and vnto his owne house and vnto the citye from whence he fled And they ☞ sanctifyed Kedes in Galile in mount Nephthali and Sichem in mount Ephraim and Kiriatharbe which is EbroÌ„ in the mountayne of Iuda And on the other syde IordaÌ„ ouer agaynst Ierico Eastwarde they appoynted Bozor in the wyldernes vpoÌ„ the playne out of the trybe of Ruben Ramoth in Gilead out of the trybe of Gad and GolaÌ„ in BasaÌ„ out of the trybe of Manasses These were the Cityes appoynted for all the chyldren of Israel for the strauÌ„ger that sosourned among them that whosoeuer kylled any person ygdorauntly the same myghteflee thyther shulde not dye by the hande of the auenger of bloode vntyll he stode before the congregacion †to declare his cause the aulter of the Lorde oure God Dyd not Acan the son of Zareh trespasse in the excommunicate thyng and wrath fell on all the coÌ„gregacyon of Israell so that he alone perysshed not for his wyckednesse Then the chyldren of Ruben the chyldeÌ„ of Gad halfe the tribe of Manasses answered sayde vnto the heades ouer the thousandes of Israell The God of Goddes the Lorde God of goddes euen the lorde he knoweth Israell also shall know Yf it be to rebell or to transgresse agaynst the Lorde then thou Lorde saue vs not this daye Or els yf we haue buylde vs an aulter to turne from folowyng the lorde or to offre theron burntofferynge or meatofferynge or to offre peace offerynges theron Let the lorde require it †and iudge And yf we haue not rather done it of a carefulnes and of a sure occasyon sayenge In tyme to come your chyldren myght saye vnto oures what haue ye to do with the Lorde God of Israell the Lorde hath made Iordan a border bytwene vs you ye chyldren of Ruben and of God ye haue no parte therfore in the lorde so shall your chyldren make our childreÌ„ cease froÌ„ fearyng the lorde Therfore we †toke better aduisement and sayde We wyll make vs an aulter not for burntofferynge nor for sacrifyce but for a wytnesse bytwene vs you oure generacyons after vs that we shulde serue the lorde with our offerynges sacrifices peace offerynges before hym and that youre chyldren shulde not say to ours in tyme to come Ye haue no parte in the lorde Therfore sayde we that yf they shulde so saye to vs or to our generacyons in tyme to come that we wolde saye agayne Behold the facion of the aulter of the lorde whiche our Fathers made neyther for burntoffryngê nor sacrifices but for a wytnesse bytwene vs and you God forbyd that we shulde rebell agaynst the Lorde and turne this daye from after hym and buylde any other aulter for burntofferynges oblacions or sacrifices saue the aulter of the lord our God that is before his tabernacle And when Phinehes the Preest and the lordes of the congregacion and heades ouer the thousandes of Israell whiche were with hym herde these wordes that the chyldren of Ruben the chyldren of Gad and the chyldren of Manasses spake they were well content And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the preest sayde vnto the children of Ruben and to the chyldren of Gad and to the chyldren of Manasses this daye we perceyue that the lorde is among vs bycause ye haue not done this trespasse agaynst the Lorde Nowe ye haue ryd the Chyldren of Israell out of the hande of the Lorde And Phinehes the Son of Eleazar the preest with the Lordes returned from the Chyldren of Ruben from the Chyldren of Gad out of the lande of Gilead vnto the lande of Canaan to the chyldren of Israell brought them this worde agayne And the sayenge pleased the chyldren of Israell they ☞ blessed God and dyd not entende to go agaynst them in battayle and to destroye the lande which the chyldren of Ruben Gad dwelte in And the chyldren of Ruben the Chyldren of Gad called the aulter Our wytnesse that the Lorde is God ¶ Iusua exhorteth the people that they ioyne not them selues to the gentyles CAPI XXIII ANd it came to passe a longe ceason after that the lorde had gyuen reste vnto Israell from all theyr enemyes rounde aboute that Iosua waxed olde was stryckeÌ„ in age And Iosua called for all Israell and for theyr elders theyr heades theyr Iudges and officers and sayd vnto them I am olde and stryken in age And ye haue sene all that the Lorde your God hath done vnto all these nacions before you howe the lorde your god hath fought for you Beholde I haue subdued vnto you these nacyons that remayne to be an enheritaunce for your trybes euen from Iordane and from the lande of all the nacions that I haue destroyed euen vnto the great See westwarde †And there remayne yet many nacyons And the Lorde your God shall expell them before you cast them from out of your syght and ye shal conquere theyr lande as the Lorde your GOD hath sayde vnto you Go to therfore as strongly as ye maye that ye take hede and do all that is wrytten in the booke of the lawe of Moses that ye bowe not a syde therfrom to the ryght hande or to the lefte and lest that when ye come amonge these nacions euen amonge these that are lefte with you ye make mencion or sweare by the names of theyr Goddes and that ye neyther serue them nor bowe youre selues vnto them But that ye stycke fast vnto the lorde your God as ye haue done vnto this daye So shall the Lorde cast out before you great nacyons myghtye as no man hath ben able to stand before you hytherto One man of you shall chase a thousande for the lord your god he fyghteth for you as he hath promysed you Take good hede therfore vnto your soules that ye loue the Lorde youre god Els yf ye go backe cleue vnto the rest of these nacyons that remayne with you shall make maryages with them and go in vnto them and they to you be ye sure that the lorde youre god wyll no more cast out all these nacions from before you But they shall be snares and trappes vnto you and scourgê in your sydes pryckê in your eyes vntyll ye perysshe from of this good lande which the Lorde your God hath gyuen you And beholde this
For thou arte a man of wysdome knowest what thou oughtest to do to hym his hoore heade shalte thou brynge to the graue with bloode And so Dauid slepte with his fathers and was buryed in the citye of Dauid And the dayes whiche Dauid reygned vpon Israel were fourtye yeres seuen yeres reygned he in Hebron and thyrtye and thre yeares reygned he in Ierusalem Then sat Salomon vpon the seate of Dauid his father and his kyngdome was stablysshed myghtely And Adonia the sonne of Hagith came to Bethsabe the mother of Salomon And she sayde Commest thou peaceably And he sayde peaceably He sayde moreouer I haue somwhat to say vnto the. She sayde say on And he sayde thou knowest that the kyngdome was myne and that all Israel set theyr faces on me that I shulde reygne howe be it the kyngdome is turned awaye and gyuen to my brother for it is appoynted hym of the Lorde and nowe I aske a peticyon of the denye me not And she sayde vnto hym Say on And he sayde speake I praye the vnto Salomon the kynge for he wyll not say the nay that he gyue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe And Bethsabe sayde well I wyll speake for the vnto the kynge Bethsabe therfore went vnto kynge Salomon to speake vnto hym for Adonia And the kynge rose vp to mete her bowed hymselfe vnto her sat hym downe on his seate And there was a seate set for the kynges mother and she sat on his ryght syde Then she sayd I desyre a lytell peticyon of the I pray the saye me not naye And the kynge sayde vnto her Aske on my mother For I wyll not say the naye She sayde let Abisag the Sunamite be gyuen to Adonia thy brother to wyfe And kynge Salomon answered and sayde vnto his mother why doest thou aske Abisag the Sunamite for Adonia aske for hym the kyngdome also for he is myne elder brother hath for hym Abiathar the preest and Ioab the sonne of Zaruia Then kynge Salomon sware by the Lorde sayenge God do so and so to me yf Adonia haue not spoken this worde agaynst his owne lyfe Nowe therfore as truly as the lorde lyueth whiche hath ordeyned me and set me on the seate of Dauid my father and ☞ made me an house as he promysed Adonia shall dye this day And kynge Salomon sent by the hande of Banaiahu the Sonne of Iehoiada and he smote hym that he dyed And vnto Abiathar the Preest sayde the kynge get the to Anatoth vnto thyne owne feldes for thou arte worthy of death but I wyll not at this tyme kyll the bycause thou barest the arke of the Lorde God before Dauid my father and bycause thou hast suffered with my father in all his afflyctyons And so Salomon put away Abiathar from beynge preest vnto the Lorde that he myght fulfyll the wordê of the lorde which he spake ouer the house of Eli in Silo. Then tydyngê came also to Ioab for Ioab had turned after Adonia †though he turned not after Absalom And Ioab fled vnto the tabernacle of the Lorde and caught holde on the hornes of the aulter And it was tolde kynge Salomon howe that Ioab fled vnto the tabernacle of the lorde stode by the aulter Then Salomon sent Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada sayenge go and fall vpon hym And Banaiahu came in to the tabernacle of the lorde sayde vnto hym thus sayth the kynge come out And he sayde nay But I wyll dye euen here And Banaiahu brought the kyng word agayne sayenge thus sayde Ioab thus he answered me And the kynge sayde do euen as he hath sayde smyte hym and bury hym that thou mayst take awaye the blood which Ioab shed causelesse from me and from the house of my father And the lorde shall bryng his blood vpon his owne heade for he smote two men ryghtwyser better then he slue them with the swerde my father Dauid not knowynge therof euen Abner the sonne of Ner captayne of the hooste of Israell and Amasa the sonne of Iether captayne of the hoost of Iuda Theyr blood shall therfore returne vpon the heade of Ioab and on the heade of his seede for euer But vpon Dauid vpon his seede vpon his house vpoÌ„ his seate shal there be peace for euermore of the lorde So Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada went vp and smote hym and slue hym and buryed hym in his owne house in the wyldernesse And the kynge put Banaiahu the son of Iehoiada in his rowme ouer the hoost and put Sadocke the preest in the rowme of Abiathar And the kynge sent and called Semei sayde vnto hym buylde the an house in Ierusalem and dwell there se that thou go not forth thence any whyther For be thou sure that the day that thou goest out passest ouer the ryuer of Cedron thou shalt dye that daye thy bloode shall be on thyne owne heade And Semei sayde vnto the kynge This is a good thynge as my Lorde the kynge hath sayd so wyl his seruaunt do And Semei dwelte in Ierusalem many a daye And it chaunced after thre yeares that two of the seruauntes of Semei ran awaye vnto Achis son of Maacha kynge of Geth And they tolde Semei sayenge beholde thy seruauntes be in Geth And Semei stode vp and sadled his Asse and gat hym to Geth to Achis to seke his seruauÌ„tes returned and brought his seruauntes agayne from Geth And it was tolde Salomon howe that Semei had gone from Ierusalem to Geth and was come agayne And the kynge sent and called Semei and sayde vnto hym dyd I not charge the by the lorde with an othe and testifyed vnto the saynge be sure that when soeuer thou goest out walkest abrode any whyther thou shalt dye the death And thou saydest vnto me it is good tydynges that I haue herde Why then hast thou not kepte the othe of the lorde and the coÌ„maundement that I charged the withall The kyng sayde moreouer to Semei thou remembrest all the wyckednes whiche thyne herte knoweth and that thou dydest to Dauid my father The lorde also shal brynge thy wyckednesse vpon thyne owne heade and kynge Salomon shall be blessed and the seate of Dauid stablysshed before the lorde for euer So the kynge commaunded Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada whiche went out smote hym that he dyed And the kyngdome was stablysshed in the hande of Salomon ¶ Salomon taketh Pharaos doughter to wyfe The Lorde appeareth to hym and gyueth hym wysdom The pleatynge of the two Harlottes who shulde owe the lyuyng chylde and Salomons sentence therin CAPI III. SAlomon made affinite w t Pharao kynge of Egypt and toke Pharaos doughter and brought her into ☞ the citye of Dauid vntyll he had made an ende of buyldyng his owne house and the house of the Lorde and the wall of Ierusalem rounde aboute Only the people sacrificed in aulters made on hylles bycause there was no house buylde vnto
mayster sayeth My tyme is at hande I wyll kepe myne Easter by the with my disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them and they made redy the Passecuer When the euen was come he sat downe with the twelue And as they dyd eate he sayd Uerely I say vnto you that one of you shall betraye me And they were excedyng forowfull began euery one of them to say vnto him Lorde is it I He an swered sayd he that dyppeth his hand with me in the dysshe the same shall betray me The sonne of man truely gothe as it is wrytten of hym but wo vnto that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed It had bene good for that man yf he had not bene borne Then Iudas whiche betrayed hym answered and sayde Mayster is it I He sayde vnto hym thou hast sayde When they were eatyng Iesus toke brende when he had gyuen thankê he brake it gaue it to the disciples sayd Take eate this is my body And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them sayenge drynke ye all of this For this is my bloode whiche is of the newe testament that is shed for many for the remyssyon of synnes But I saye vnto you I wyll not drynke hence forth of this fruyte of the vyne tree vntyll that daye when I shall drinke it newe with you in my fathers kyngdome And when they had sayd grace they went out vnto mount Oliuete Then sayeth Iesus vnto them all ye shall be offended bycause of me this nyght For it is wrytten I wyl smyte the shepeheerde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scattered abrode But after I am rysen agayne I wyll go before you in to Galile Peter answered and sayde vnto hym Though all men be offended bycause of the yet wyll I not be offended Iesus sayd vnto hym Uerely I say vnto the that in this same nyght before the cocke crowe y u shalte denye me thryse Peter sayde vnto hym Yea though I shulde dye with the yet wyl I not deny the. Likewyse also sayd al the disciples Then came Iesus with them vnto a farme place whiche is called Gethsemane sayde vnto the disciples syt ye here whyle I go and praye yonder And he toke with hym Peter the two sonnes of Zebede and began to waxe sorowfull and heuye Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heuye euen vnto the death Tary ye here and watche with me And he went a lytell further and fell flat on his face and prayed sayenge O my father yf it be possyble let this cup passe from me neuerthelesse not as I wyl but as thou wylt And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayeth vnto Peter What coulde ye not watche w t me one houre watch and pray that ye enter not into temptacyon The spirite is wyllynge but the flesshe is weyke He went away once agayn prayed sayenge O my father yf this cup maye not passe away from me excepte I drynke of it thy wyll be fulfylled And he came and found them a slepe agayn for theyr eyes were heuy And he left them and went agayne prayed the thyrde tyme sayenge the same wordes Then cometh he to his disciples and sayeth vnto them Slepe on nowe take your rest Beholde the houre is at hande and the son of man is betrayed in to the handes of synners Ryse let vs be goynge Behold he is at hande that dothe betray me Whyle he yet spake lo Iudas one of the nombre of the twelue came and with hym a great multitude with swerdes and staues sent from the cheyfe Preestes elders of the peple But he that betrayed hym gaue them a token sayenge Whom so euer I kysse that same is he holde hym fast And forthwith he came to Iesus and sayde hayle mayster and kyssed him And Iesus sayd vnto him frende wherfore arte thou come Then came they and layde handes on Iesus and toke hym And beholde one of them whiche were with Iesus stretched out his hande and drewe his swerde and stroke a seruaunte of the hyghe preest smote of his eare Then sayde Iesus vnto him put vp thy swerde into his sheeth For ☞ all they that take the swerde shall peryshe with the swerde Thynkest thou that I can not now pray to my father and he shal gyue me †euen novve more then xii ☞ lâ—gions of angels But howe then shall the scriptures be fulfylled for this must it be In that same houre sayd Iesus to the multitude ye be come out as it were vnto a there with swerdê and staues for to take me I sat dayly with you teachynge in the temple and ye toke me not But all this is done that the scriptures of the prophettes myght be ful fylled Then all the disciples forsoke hym and fled And they toke Iesus led hym to Cayphas the hygh preest where the Scribes and the elders were assembled But Peter folowed hym a farre of vnto the hygh preestes palace and went 〈◊〉 and sat w t the seruauntes to se the ende The theyf preestes and the elders and all the counsell sought false wytnesse agaynst Iesus for to put hym to death but founde none yea wheÌ„ many false wytnesses came yet founde they none At the last came two false wytnesses sayde This felowe sayde I am able to destroy the temple of God to buylde it agayn in thre dayes And the cheyfe preest arose sayde vnto hym answerest thou nothynge Why do these beare wytnesse agaynst the But Iesus helde his peace And the cheyfe preest answered sayde vnto hym I charge the by the lyuyng God that thou tel vs whyther thou be Chryst the sonne of God Iesus sayeth vnto hym thou hast sayde Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you here after shall ye se the sonne of man syttyng on the ryght hande of power comyng in the cloudê of the skye Then the hygh preest rent his clothes say enge he hath spoken blasphemye what nede we of any mo wytnesses Beholde nowe ye haue herde his blasphemye what thynke ye They answered sayde he is worthy to dye Then dyd they spyt in his face bufferted him with fystes And other smote hym on his face with the palme of theyr handê sayenge tell vs thou Christ who is he that smote the Peter sat without in the palace And a damsel came to hym sayeng Thou also wast with Iesus of Galile but he denyed before them al sayeng I wote not what thou sayest When he was gone out in to the porche an other wenche sawe hym and sayd vnto them that were there This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth And agayne he denyed with an othe sayenge I do not knowe the man And after a whyle came vnto hym they that stode by and sayd vnto Peter surely thou arte euen
be in an agonye and sayeth vnto them My soule is heuy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche And he went forth a lytel and fel downe flat on the grounde prayed that yf it were possyble the houre myghte passe from hym And he sayd Abba father all thynges are possyble vnto the take away this cup from me Neuerthelesse not that I wyll but that thou wylte be done And he came and founde them slepynge and sayeth to Peter Simon slepest thou Couldest not thou watche one houre Watche ye praye lest ye entre in to temptacyon the spirite trulye is redy but the flesshe is weyke And agayne he went asyde and prayed and spake the same wordes And he returned and founde them a slepe agayne For theyr eyes were heuye neyther wyst they what to answere hym And he came the thirde tyme sayde vnto them slepe henceforth and take your ease it is ynough The houre is come beholde the sonne of maÌ„ is betrayed in to the handes of synners Ryse vp let vs go Lo he that betrayeth me is at hande And immediatly whyle he yet spake cometh Iudas whiche was one of the twelue and with him a great nombre of people with swerdes and staues from the hygh preestes and Scribes and elders And he that betrayed hym had gyuen them a general token sayenge Who soeuer I do kysse that same is he Take hym and leade hym awaye warely And as soone as he was come he goeth streyghte waye to hym and sayeth vnto him Mayster mayster and kyssed hym And they layde theyr handê on hym and toke hym And one of them that stode by drue out a swerde and smote a seruaunt of the hygh preest and cur of his care And Iesus answered sayd vnto them ye be come out as vnto a thefe with swerdê with staues for to take me I was dayly w t you in the Temple teachynge ye toke me not but these thynges come to passe that the scriptures shulde be fulfylled And they al forsoke hym ran away And there folowed hym a certayne yong man clothed in lynnen vpon the bare and the yonge men caughte hym he lefte his lynnen garment and fled from them naked And they lâ—d Iesus away to the hyghest preest of all with hym came all the hygh preestes the elders and the Scribes And Peter folowed hym a greate way of euen tyl he was come in to the palace of the hyghe preest and he sat with the 〈…〉 and warmed hym selfe at the fyre And the hygh preestes and all the counsell sought for wytnes agaynst Iesus to put hym to death founde none for many bare false wytnesse agaynst him but theyr wytnesses agreed not togyther And there arose cerâ—ayn brought false wytnes agaynst hym sayeng We herâ—e hym saye I wyll destroy this temple that is made with handes and within thre dayes I wyl buylde an other made without handê but yet theyr wytnesses agreed not togyther And the hygh Preest stode vp amongest them and asked Iesus sayenge Answerest thou nothynge Howe is it that these beare wytnesse agaynst the But he helde his peace answered nothynge Agayne the hyghest preest asked hym and sayde vnto hym Arte thou Christ the son of the blessed And Iesus sayde I am And ye shal se the sonne of man syttyng on the ryght hande of power comynge in the cloudes of heuen Then the hygh Preest rent his clothes sayde What nede we any further of wytnesses Ye haue herde blasphemye what thynke ye and they al condemned hym to be worthy of death And some began to spyt at hym to couer his face to beate him with fystes and to say vnto hym Arede And the seruauntê buffetted hym on the face And as Peter was byneth in the palace there came one of the wenches of the hyghest preest and when she sawe Peter warmyng hym selfe she loketh on hym and sayeth Wast not thou also with Iesus of Nazareth And he denyed sayenge I knowe hym not neyther wote I what thou sayest And he went out in to the porche and the cocke crewe And a damsel when she sawe hym began agayne to say to them that stode by this is one of them And he denyed it agayn And anone after they that stode by sayde agayne to Peter surely thou arte one of them for thou art of Galile and thy speache agreeth therto But he began to curse and to swere sayenge I know not this maÌ„ of whom ye speake And agayne the cocke crewe and Peter remembred the worde that Iesus sayd vnto hym before the cocke crowe twyse thou shalte denye me thre tymes And he began to wepe ¶ Of the Passyon death and buryall of Chryst. CAPI XV. ANd anone in the downyng the hygh Preestes helde a counsell with the elders and the Scribes and the hole congregacion and bounde Iesus and led hym away and delyuered hym to Pilate And Pilate asked hym Arte thou the kynge of the Iues And he answered and sayd vnto him thou sayest it And the hygh preestes accused hym of many thyngê So Pilate asked hym agayne sayeng Answerest thou nothyng Beholde howe many thynges they lay vnto thy charge Iesus yet answered nothynge so that Pilate meruayled At that feast Pilate dyd delyuer vnto them a prysoner whom soeuer they wolde desyre And there was one that was named Barrabas which lay bounde with them that made insurreccyon he had coÌ„mytted murther And the people called vnto hym and began to desyre hym that he wolde do accordynge as he had euer done vnto them Pilate answered them sayenge Wyll ye that I let loose vnto you the kyng of the Iues For he knew that the hygh preestes had deliuered him of enuy But the high preestê moued the people that he shulde rather delyuer Barrabas vnto them Pilate answered agayne sayde vnto them What wyll ye then that I do vnto hym whom ye call the kyng of the Iues And they cryed agayne crucifie hym Pilate sayd vnto them what euyll hath he done And they cryed the more feruently Crucifie hym And so Pilate wyllyng to content the people let loose Barrabas vnto them and delyuered vp Iesus when he had scourged hym for to be crucified And the souldioures led hym away into the comen hall and called togyther the hole multitude they clothed hym with purple and they platted a crowne of thornes and crowned hym withall and began to salute hym Hayle kyng of the Iues. And they smote hym on the head with a reede and dyd spyt vpon hym and bowed theyr knees and worshypped hym And wheÌ„ they had mocked hym they toke the purple of him and put his owne clothes on hym and led hym out to crucifie hym And they compelled one that passed by called Simon of Cyrene the father of Alexander and Rufus whiche came out of the felde to beare his crosse And they broughte
they layd theyr handes on them And the worde of God encreased and the nombre of the disciples multiplied in Ierusalem greatly and a great company of the preestes were obedient to the fayth ✚ And Steuen full of fayth and power dyd great wonders and myracles among the people Then there arose certayne of the Synagoge whiche is called the Synagoge of the Libertines and Syrenites and of Alexandria and of Celicia and of Asia disputyng with Steuen And they coulde not resyst the wysdome the spirite which spake ⊢ Then sent they in men whiche sayde We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God And they moued the people and the elders and the scribes and came vpon hym and caught him and brought hym to the counsell brought forth false wytnesses whiche sayde This maÌ„ ceaseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the law For we herde hym say This Iesus of Nazareth shal destroy this place and shall chaunge the ordinaunces whiche Moses gaue vs. And all that sat in the counsell loked stedfastly on hym and saw his face as it had bene the face of an angell ¶ Steuen maketh answere to his accusacyon rebuketh the styffe necked Iuâ—â— and is stoned vnto death CAPI VII THen sayd the cheyfe preest it is euen so And he sayde ye men brethren and fathers herken The God of glorye appered vnto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he dwelte in Charran and sayd vnto hym Get the out of thy countrey and from thy kynred and come in to the lande whiche I shall shewe the. Then came he out of the lande of Chaldey dwelt in Charran And from thence when his father was deade he broughte hym in to this lande in whiche ye nowe dwell and he gaue hym none enheritanÌ„ce in it no not the bredth of a fote and promysed that he wolde gyue it to hym to possesse and to his seed after hym when as yet he had no chylde God verely spake on this wyse that his seed shulde soiourne in a straunge lande and that they shulde kepe them in bondage and entreate them euyll iiiii C. yeres And the nacyon to whom they shall be in bondage wyll I iudge sayde God And after that shal they come forth and serue me in this place And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision And he begat Isaac and cyrcumcised hym the. viii day and Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob begat the. xii Patriarkes And the Patriarkes hauyng indygnacion folde Ioseph into Egypte And god was w t hym delyuered hym out of all his aduersities and gaue hym fauour wysdome in the syght of Pharao kynge of Egypte And he made hym gouernour ouer Egypte ouer all his housholde But there came a derthe ouer all the lande of Egypte Canaan and great affliccyon that our fathers founde no sustenaunce But when Iacob herde that there was corne in Egypte he sent oure fathers fyrst and at the seconde tyme Ioseph was knowen of his brethren and Iosephs kynred was made knowen vnto Pharao Then sent Ioseph a message caused his father to be brought and all his kyn thre score xv ☞ soules And Iacob descended in to Egypt dyed both he our fathers were caried ouer in to Sichem and layde in the sepulcre that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of Emor ☞ the son of Sichem But when the tyme of the promesse drewe nygh whiche god had sworne to AbrahaÌ„ the people grew and multiplied in Egypt tyll an other kynge arose whiche knewe not of Ioseph The same delt subtelly with our kynred and euyll entreated our fathers made them to cast oute theyr yonge chyldren that they shulde not remayne a lyue The same tyme was Moses borne and was acceptable vnto God and nourysshed vp in his fathers house thre monethes When he was cast out Pharoes doughter toke hym vp and nourysshed hym vp for her owne sonne And Moses was lerned in all maner a wysdom of the Egypcyans and was myghtye in dedes and in wordes And when he was full fourtye yere olde it came in to his herte to visite his brethren the chyldren of Israel And when he sawe one of them suffre wronge he defended hym and auenged his quarell that had the harme done vnto hym and smote the Egypcian For he supposed his brethreÌ„ wolde haue vnderstand how that god by his hande shuld delyuer them But they vnderstode not And the nexte daye he shewed hym selfe vnto them as they stroue and wolde haue set them at one agayne sayenge Syrs ye are brethren why hurte ye one an other But he that dyd his neyghboure wronge thrust hym away sayenge Who made the a ruler and a iudge ouer vs Wylte thou kyl me as thou dydest the Egypcyan yesterday Then fled Moses at that sayeng and was a straunger in the lande of Madian where he begat two sonnes And when fourtye yeres were expired there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mounte Sinay an angell of the Lorde in a flambe of fyre in a busshe When Moses saw it he wondred at the syght And as he drewe nere to beholde the voyce of the Lorde came vnto hym I am the God of thy fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Moses trembled and durste not beholde Then sayde the Lorde to hym Put of thy shoes from thy fete for the place where thou standest is holy grounde I haue perfytely sene the affliccyon of my people whiche is in Egypte and I haue herde theyr grenynge and am come downe to delyuer them And nowe come and I wyll sende the in to Egypte This Moses whom they forsoke sayeng who made the a ruler and a iudge the same dyd God sende to be a ruler and a delyuerer by the handes of the angell whiche appeared to hym in the busshe And the same broughte them out shewynge wonders and sygnes in Egypte and in the reed see and in the wyldernesse fourtye yeres This is that Moses whiche sayde vnto the chyldren of Israell A prophet shall the Lorde your god rayse vp vnto you of your brethreÌ„ lyke vnto me hym shall ye heare This is he that was in the coÌ„gregacyon in the wyldernesse with the angell whiche spake to hym in the mount Sinay and with our fathers This man receyued the worde of lyfe to gyue vnto vs to whome oure fathers wolde not obeye but cast it from them and in theyr hertes turned backe agayne in to Egypte sayenge vnto Aaron Make vs goddê to go before vs for as for this Moses that brought vs out of the lande of Egypte we wote not what is become of hym And they made a calfe in those dayes and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed ouer the workes of theyr owne handes Then God turned hym selfe and gaue them