face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
their beestes flee to house and they that regarded not the worde of the Lorde left their servauntes and their beestes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche forth thine hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egipte apoÌ„ maÌ„ aÌ„d beest aÌ„d apoÌ„ all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the loÌ„de of Egipte that there was hayle aÌ„d fyre meÌ„gled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent aÌ„d called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe aÌ„d the barly were smytteÌ„ for the barly was shott vp aÌ„d the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth wheÌ„ Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn aÌ„d hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest theÌ„ and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte aÌ„d the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses aÌ„d Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene aÌ„d they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the EgiptiaÌ„s after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute aÌ„d went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters aÌ„d with oure shepe and oxeÌ„ must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe aÌ„d all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte aÌ„d the Lorde brought an east wynde vppoÌ„ the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers aÌ„d the greshoppers weÌ„t vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and AaroÌ„ in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away froÌ„ me this deth only And he weÌ„t out froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d prayd vnto the Lorde aÌ„d the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast theÌ„ in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte â—o that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte eueÌ„ that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was a darke myst vppoÌ„ all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no maÌ„ sawe another nether rose vp froÌ„ the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childreÌ„ of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoosâ—e be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we caÌ„not knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
oâ— of his holy Gospell it and all that belonge thereto that it maye be holye And anoynte the altar of the burntoffringes and all his vessels and sanctifye the altar that it maye be most holye And anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifye it Than brynge Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and wash them with water And put apon Aaron the holye vestmentes and anoynte him and sanctifye him that he maye ministre vnto me that their * anoyntige maie be an euerlastinge preast hode vnto theÌ„ thorow out their generacions And Moses dyd acordige to all that the Lorde commaunded him Thus was the tabernacle reared vp the first moneth in the secoÌ„de yere And Moses rered vp the tabernacle aÌ„d fastened his sokettes aÌ„d set vp the bordes aÌ„d put in their barres aÌ„d rered vp the pillers aÌ„d spred abrode the teÌ„t ouer the habitacioÌ„ aÌ„d put the coueringe of the tent an hye aboue it as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he toke aÌ„d put the testimonye in the arke aÌ„d sett the staues to the arcke and put the merciseate an hye apon the arcke and broughte the arcke in to the habitacioÌ„ and hanged vp the vayle aÌ„d couered the arcke of witnesse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the table in the tabernacle off witnesse in the north syde of the habitacioÌ„ with out the vayle and set the bred in ordre before the Lorde eueÌ„ as the Lorde had commaunded Moses And he put the candelsticke in the tabernacle of witnesse ouer agaynst the table in the south syde of the habitacion and set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the golden alter in the tabernacle of witnesse before the vayle aÌ„d brent swete cens there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And set vp the hangynge in the dore of the habitacion and set the burntoffringe alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and offred burntoffringes and meatofferinges there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he set the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and poured water there in to wash with all And both Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their haÌ„des and their fete there at both when theywent in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ„ they went to the alter as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he â—ered vp the courte rounde aboute the habitacion and the alter and set vp the hanginge of the courte gate and so Moses fynished the worke And the clowde couered the tabernacle of witnesse and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion so that Moses coude not entre in to the tabernacle of witnesse because the clowde abode there in and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion When the clowde was taken vp from of the habitacyoÌ„ the childern of Israel toke their iornayes as oft as they iornayed And yf the clowde departed not they iornayed nott till it departed for the clowde of the Lorde was apon the habitacion by daye and fyre by nyghte in the sighte of all the house of Israel in all their iornayes The ende of the seconde boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ A prologe in to the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus THe ceremonies which are described in the boke folowinge were cheflye ordined off God as I sayde in the ende of the prologe vppon Exodi to occupye the mindes of that people the Israelites and to kepe them from servinge of God after the imaginacyon of their blinde zele and good entent that their conscienceâ— might be stablished and they sure that they pleased God therein which were impossible yf a man did of his awne heed that which was not commaunded of God nor depeÌ„ded of any appoyntement made betwene him and God Soch ceremonies were vnto them as an A. B C. to lerne to spelle and read and as a nurce to fede them with milke and pappe and to speake vnto them after their awne capacyte and to lispe the wordes unto them acording as the babes and childern of that age might sounde them agayne For all that were before Christ were in the infancye and childhod of the worlde and sawe that sonne which we se openlye but thorowe a cloude and had but feble and weake imaginacions of Christ as childern haue of mennes deades a fewe prophetes excep â—â— whiche yet described him vnto other in sacrifices and ceremonies likenesses rydles prouerbes and darke and straunge speakinge vntyil the full age were come that God wold shewe him openlye vnto the whole worlde and delyuer them from their shadowes and cloudelight and the hethen out of their dead slepe of starcke blinde ignorancye And as the shadowe vanisheth awaye at the comynge of the light euen so doo the ceremonyes and sacrifices at the comynge of Christ and are henceforth no moare necessarye then a token left in remembraunce of a bargayne is necessary wheÌ„ the bargayne is fulfilled And though they sâ—me playne childish yet they be not altogither frutelesse as the popettes and .xx. maner of try fles which mothers permitte vnto their yonge childern be not all in vayne For all be it that soch phantasyes be permytted to satisfie the childers lustes yet in that they are the mothers gifte and be done in place and tyme at hir coÌ„maundement they kepe the childern in awe and make them knowe the mother and also make them more apte agenste a more stronger age to obaye in thinges of greater â—rneste And moraouer though sacrifices and ceremonies can be no ground or fundacion to bild apon that is though we can proue noughte with them yet when we haue once sound oute Christ and his misteries then we maye borow figures that is to saye allegoryes similitudes or examples to open Christ and the secrettes off God hyd in Christ euen vnto the quycke and to declare them more lyuely and sensebly with them than with all the wordes of the worlde For similitudes haue more vertue and power with them than bare wordes and lead a mans wittes further in to the pithe and marye and spirituall vnderstondinge of the thinge than all the wordes that can be imagined And though also that all the ceremonies and sacrifices haue as it were a slerrelyght of Christ yet some there be that haue as it were the lighte of the brode daye a litle before the sonne risinge and expresse him and the circumstaunces and vertue of his deth so playnly as if we shulde playe his passyon on a scaffold or in a stage play opeÌ„lye before the eyes of the people As the scape gote the brasen serpent the oxe burnt without the hoste â–ª the passeouerlambe c. In so moch that I am fully persuaded and can not but beleue that God had shewed Moses the secrettes of Christ and the verey maner of his deth before hande and commaunded him to ordene them for the confirmacion of oure faythes whiche are now in
handes off all the people And thou shalt stone hym with stones that he dye because he hath gone aboute to thrust the awaye from the Lord thy God which brought the out of Egipte the housse of bondage And all Israel shall heare and feare aÌ„d shall doo no moare any soche wekednesse as this is amonge them Yf thou shalt heare saye of one of thy cities which the Lorde thy God hath geuen the to dwell in that certen beyng the childern of Beliall are gone out from amonge you and haue moued the enhabiters of their citie sayeng lat vs goo and serue straunge Goddes whiche ye haue not knowen Then seke and make serche and enquere diligently Yf it be true and the thinge of a suertie that soch abhominacion is wrought among you then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that citie with the edge of the swerde and destroye it mercylesse and all that is the rin and euen the very catell thereof with the edge of the swerde And gather all the spoyle of it in to the myddes of the streates thereof and burne with fire both the citie and all the spoyle thereof euery whitte vnto the Lord thy God And it shal be an hepe for euer and shall not be bylt agayne And se that their cleaue nought of the damned thinge in thine hande that the Lorde maye turne froÌ„ his fearse wrath and shewe the mercye aÌ„d haue compassion on the and multiplye the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers when thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe all his coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the thys daye so that thou doo that which is right in the eyes of the Lorde thy God ¶ The .vj. Chapter YE are the childern of the Lorde youre God cut not youre selues nor make you any baldnes betwene the eyes for any maÌ„s deeth For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God aÌ„d the Lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto him selfe of all the nacyons that are vppon the erth Ye shall eate no maner of abhominacyon These are the beestes which ye shall eate of oxen shepe and gootes hert too and bugle hertâ— goote vnicorne origen and Camelion And all beestes that cleaue the hoste and slytte it in to two clawes and chewe the cud them ye shal eate Neuerthelesse these ye shall not eate of them that chew cud aÌ„d of theÌ„ that deuyde and cleaue the hoffe the camell the hare aÌ„d the conye For they chew cud but deuyde not the hoffe aÌ„d therfore are vncleane vnto you aÌ„d also the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe yet he cheweth not cud aÌ„d therfor is vncleane vn to you Ye shall not eate of the flesh of theÌ„ nor twich the deed carkasses of them These ye shall eate off all that are in the waters All that haue fynnes and scales And what soeuer hath not finnes and scales of that ye may not eate for that is vncleane vn to you Of all cleane byrdes ye shall eate but these are they of which ye maye not eate the egle the goshauke the cormerant the ixion the vultur the kyte and hyr kynde and all kynde off rauens the Estrich the nyghtâ—roâ—â— the kuckoo the sparowhauke and all hir kynde the litle oule the great oule the backe the bytture the pye the storke the heron the Iaye in his kynde the lapwynge the swalowe And all crepynge foules are vncleane vnto you and maye not be eaten of but of all cleane foules ye maye well eate Ye shall eate of nothinge that dyeth alone But thou mayst geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie that he eate it or mayst sell it vnto an AlieÌ„t For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not seth a kyd in his mothers mylke Thou shalt tyeth all the encrease of thy seed that cometh out of the felde yere by yere And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche he hath chosen to make his name dwell there the tyth off thy corne of thy wyne and of thyne oyle and the firstborne of thine oxen and of thy flocke that thou mayst lerne to feare the Lorde thy God allwaye Yf the waye be to longe for the so that thou art not able to carie it because the place is to farre from the whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there for the Lorde thy God hath blessed the then make it in money and take the money in thyne hande and goo vnto the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen and bestowe that moneye on what soeuer thy soule lusteth after on oxen shepe wyne and good drynke and on what soeuer thy soule desyreth and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery both thou and thyne housholde and the Leuite that is in thy cytye Se thou forsake not the Leuite for he hath nether partenor enheritaunce with the. At the ende of thre yere thou shalt brynge forth all the tithes of thine encrease the same yere and laye it vpp whitin thyne awne cytye and the Leuite shall come because he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with the and the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are whithin thy citie and shall eate and fyll them selues that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thine hond which thou doest ¶ The .xv. Chapter AT the ende of seuen yere thou shalt make a fre yere And this is the maner off the fre yere whosoever lendeth ought with his hande vnto his neyghboure maye not axe agayne that which he hath lent of his neyghboure or of his brother because it is called the lordes fre yere yet of a straunger thou maist call it home agayne But that which thou hast with thy brother thyne hande shall remytt and that in any wyse that there be no begger amonge you For the Lorde shall blesse the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the an heritaunce to possesse it so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God â–ª to obserue aÌ„d doo all these commaundmentes which I commaunde you this daye ye and then the Lorde thy God shall blesse the as he â—ath promysed the and thou shalt lende vnto many nacyons and shalt borowe of no man and shalt raygne ouer many nacyons but none shal reygne ouer the. When one of thi brethern amonge you is waxed poore in any of thi cities within thi loÌ„de which the Lorde thi God geueth the se that thou harden not thine hert nor shetto thyne hande from thi poore brother But open thyne hande vnto him and lende him sufficient for his nede which he hath And beware that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert that thou woldest saye The seuenth yere the yere of fredome is at honde and therfore it greue the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest him nought and he then crye vnto the Lorde agenst the and it be synne vnto the
with stones aÌ„d they shall dye At the mouth of .ij. or iij witnesses shal he that is worthy of deeth dye but at the mouth of one witnesse he shall not dye And the handes of the witnesses shal be first vppon him to kyll him aÌ„d afterwarde the handes of all the people so shalt thou put wekednesse awaye from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgemeÌ„t betwene bloud and bloude plee and plee plage and plage in maters of strife within thi cities Then Arise and gett the vpp vnto the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen and goo vnto the preastes the leuites and vnto the iudge that shal be in those dayes and axe and they shall shewe the how to iudge And se that thou doo acordinge to that which they of that place which the Lorde hath chosen shew the and se that thou obserue to doo acordinge to all that they enforme the. Acordinge to the lawe which they teach the and maner of iudgement which they tell the se that thou doo and that thou bowe not from that which they she we the nether to the right hande nor to the lyfte And that man that will doo presumptuously so that he will not herken vnto the preast that stondeth there to mynistre vnto the Lorde thi God or vnto the iudge shall dye and so thou shalt put awaye euell from Israel And all the people shall heare and shall feare and shall doo nomare presumptuosly When thou art come vnto the loÌ„de which the Lorde thi God geueth the and enioyest it and dwellest therin Yf thou shalt saye I will sett a kinge ouer me like vnto all the nacions kyuâ—â—s that are aboute me Then thou shalt make him kinge ouer the whom the Lorde thi God shal chose One of thi brethern must thou make kinge ouer the and mayst not sett a straunger ouer the which is not of thi brethern But in ani wyse let hiÌ„ not holde to many horsses that he bringe not the people agayne to Egipte thorow the multitude of horsses for as moch as the Lorde hath sayed vnto you ye shall hence forth goo no moare agayne that waye Also he shall not haue to many wyues lest his hert turne awaye nether shall he gather him syluer and godlde to moch And when he is seten vppon the seate off his kingdome he shall write him out this seconde lawe in a boke takynge a copye of the preastes the leuites And it shal be with him and he shall reade there in all dayes of his lyfe * that he maye lerne to feare the Lorde his God for to kepe all the wordes of this lawe aÌ„d these ordinaunces for to doo them that his hert aryse not aboue his brethern and that he turne not from the commaundment ether to the righte hande or to the lifte that both he aÌ„d his childern maye prolonge their dayes in his kingdome in Israel ¶ The .xviij. Chapter THe preastes the Leuites all the trybe off Leui shall haue no parte nor enheritaunce I meruel that oure diffigured coude â—â—â—ke no figure of this all this while with Israel The offrynges of the Lorde aÌ„d his enheritaunce they shall eate but shall haue no enheritaunce amonge their brethern the Lorde he is their enheritaunce as he hath sayed vnto them And this is the dutie of the preastes of the people and of them that offer whether it be oxe or shepe They must geue vnto the preast the shulder and the two chekes and the maw the firstfrutes of thy corne wyne and oyle and the first of thy shepesheryng must thou geue him For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and to ministre in the name of the Lorde both hiÌ„ and his sonnes for euer Yf a Leuite come out of any of thy cities or any place of Israel where he is a segeorner aÌ„d come with all the lust of his herte vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen he shall there ministre in the name of the Lorde his god as all his brethern the Leuites doo whiche stonde there before the Lord. And they shall haue lyke porcyons to eate besyde that whiche cometh to hym of the patrimonye of hys elders When thou art come in to the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the se that thou lerne not to doo after the abhominacyoÌ„s of these nacyons Let there not be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his doughter go thorow fyre ether a bruterar or a maker of dismale dayes or that vseth witchcraft or a sorcerar or a charmar or that speaketh with a spirite or a sothsayer or that talketh with them that are deed For all that doo soch thinges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde and because of these abhominacyons the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before the be pure therfore with the Lorde thy God For these nacyons whiche thou shalt conquere herken vnto makers off dysemall dayes and bruterars But the Lorde thy God permytteth not that to the. The Lorde thy God will sterre vpp a prophete amonge you eueÌ„ of thy brethern like vnto me and vnto him ye shall herken acording to all that thou desyredest of the Lorde thy Christ is here promysed a preacher off better tydinges then Moâ—es god in Horeb in the daye when the people were gathered sayenge Let me heare the voyce of my Lorde God nomoare nor se this greate fire any moare that I dye not And the Lorde sayed vnto me they haue well spoken I will rayse them vpp a prophett from amonge their brethern like vnto the aÌ„d will put my wordes in to his mouth and he shall speake vnto theÌ„ al that I shall commaunde him And whosoeuer will not kerken vnto the wordes which he shall speake in my name I will requyre it off him But the prophete which shall presume to speake ought in my name which I commaunded him not to speake and he that speaketh in the name of straunge Goddes the same prophete shall dye And yf thou saye in thine hert howe shall I knowe that whiche the Lorde hath noâ— spoken When a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lorde yf the thynge folow not nor come to passe that is the thinge which the Lorde hath not spoken But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously be not aferde therfore of him ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHen the Lorde thy Gad hath destroyed the nacyons whose londe the Lorde thy God geueth the and thou hast conquered theÌ„ and dwellest in their cities and in their housses thou shalt appoynte .iij. cities in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to possesse it thou shalt prepare the waye and deuyde the costes of thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret in to .iij. partes that whosoeuer committeth murthur may flee thither And this is the cause of the sleyer that shal The popis seÌ„tuaries are of an other purpose For he had leuer haue the frenshep of the
howe that I I am he and that there is no God but I. I can kyll and make alyue aÌ„d what I haue smyten that I can heale nether yâ— there that can delyuer any man oute off my honde For I will lifte vp myne hande to heaueÌ„ aÌ„d will saye I lyue euer Yf I whett the lyghtenynge of my swerde and myne hande take in hande to doo iustyce I wyll shewe vengeaunce on myne enemyes and will rewarde them that hate me I will make myne arowes dronkeÌ„ with bloude and my swerde shall eate flesh of the bloud of the slayne and of the captyue and of the bare heed of the enemye Reioyse hethen wyth hys people for he wyll auenge the bloude off his servauntes and wyll auenge hym off hys aduersaryes and wil be mercyfull vnto the londe off hys people And Moses went aÌ„d spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people both he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And when Moses had spoken all these wordes vnto the ende to all Israel then he sayed vnto them Sett youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde them vnto youre childern to obserue and doo all the wordes off thys lawe For it is not a vayne worde vnto you but it is youre lyfe and thorow thys worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lond whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge get the vpp in to this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the londe of Moab ouer agenst Iericho And beholde the londe of Canaan whiche I geue vnto the childern of Israel to possesse And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vppon and be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor aÌ„d was gathered vnto his people For ye trespased agenst me amonge the childern of Israel at the waters off striffe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin because ye sanctified me not amonge the childern of Israel Thou shalt se the londe before the but shall not goo thither vnto the londe which I geue the childern off Israel The .xxxiij. Chapter THis is the blessinge where with Moses gods man blessed the childern of Israel before his deeth sayenge The Lord came froÌ„ Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appered gloriously from mount Paran and he came with thousandes of sayntes and in his right hande a lawe of fyre for them How loued he the people All his sayntes are in his honde They yoyned theÌ„ selues vnto thy fote and receaued thi wordes Moses gaue us a lawe which is the enheritaunce of the coÌ„gregacion of Iacob And he was in Israel kinge when he gathered the heedes of the people and the tribes of Israel to gether Ruben shall lyue and shall not dye but his people shal be few in numbre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayed heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda and bringe him vnto his people let his handes fyght for him but he thou his helpe agenst his enemies And vnto Leui he sayed thy perfectnesse aÌ„d thi light be after thy mercyfull maÌ„ whoÌ„ thou temptest at Masa aÌ„d with whom thou striuedst at the waters of strife He that saieth vnto his father aÌ„d mother I sawe him not aÌ„d vnto his brethern I knewe not and to his sonne I wote not for they haue obserued thi wordes and kepte thy testament They shall teach Iacob thi iudgementes aÌ„d Israel thi lawes They shall put cens before thi nose and whole sacrifices apon thine altare Blesse Lorde their power and accepte the workes of their hondes smyte the backes of them that ryse ageÌ„st them and of them that hate them that they ryse not agayne Vnto Ben Iamin he sayed The Lordes derlynge shall dwell in saffetye by him and kepe him selfe in the hauen by hym contynually and shall dwell betwene his shulders And vnto Ioseph he sayed blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth and with frutes of the encrease of the sonne and with rype srute off the monethes and with the toppes of mountaynes that were from the begynnynge and with the dayntes of hilles that last euer and with goodly frute of the erth and off the fulnesse there of And the good will of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come vppon the heed of Ioseph and vppon the toppe of the heed of him that was separated fro amonge his brethern his bewtye is as a first-borne oxe and his hornes as the hornes of an vnycorne And with them he shall push the nacions to gether euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the many thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes off Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayed Reioyse Zabulon in thi goenge out and thou Isachar in thi tentes They shall call the people vnto the hill and there they shall offer offerynges of righteousnes For they shall sucke of the abundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sonde And vnto Gad he sayed blessed is the rowmmaker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion and caught the arme aÌ„d also the toppe of the heed He sawe his begynnynge that a parte of the teachers were hyd there aÌ„d come with the heedes of the people and executed the righteousnes of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayed Dan is a lions whelpe he shall flowe from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayed Nephali he shall haue abundance of pleasure and shal be fylled with the blessinge of the Lorde aÌ„d shall haue his possessions in the southwest And of Asser he sayed Asser shal be blessed with childern he shal be acceptable vnto his brethern and shall dyppe his fote in oyle Yern and brasse shall hange on thi showes and thine age shal be as thi youth There is none like vnto the God of the off Israel he that sitteth vppon heauen shal be thine helpe whose glorie is in the cloudes that is the dwellinge place of God from the begynnynge and from vnder the armes of the worlde he hath cast out thine enemies before the and sayed destroye And Israel shall dwell in saffetye alone And the eyes of Iacob shall loke appon a londe of corne and wyne moreouer his heauen shall droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is like vnto the A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd Moses went froÌ„ the feldes of Moab vpp in to mount Nebo which is the toppe of Pisga that is ouer agenst Iericho And the Lorde shewed him all the londe off Gilead euen vnto Dan and all nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse aÌ„d all the londe of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost see aÌ„d the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the citye of datetrees euen vnto Zoar And the Lorde sayed vnto him This is the lon de which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I will geue it vnto thy seed I haue shewed it the before thyne eyes but thou shalt not goo ouer thither So Moses the seruaunte of the Lorde dyed there in the londe of Moab at the commaundment of the Lorde And he buryed him in a valey in the londe of Moab besyde Beeth Peor but no man wyst of his sepulchre vnto this daye And Moses was an hundred and .xx. ye re olde when he dyed aÌ„d yet his eyes were not dym nor his chekes abated And the childern of Israel wepte for Moses in the feldes off Moab .xxx. dayes And the dayes off wepynge and mornynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wisdome for Moses had put his hande vppon him And all the childeâ—n of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses But there arose not a prophett sense in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face in all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent him to doo in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and in all the myghtye deades and greate tereble thinges which Moses dyd in the sight of all Israel ¶ The ende of the fifth boke of Moses Avims A kinde of geauntes and the worde signifieth crooked vnright or weked Belial weked or wekednesse he that hath cast the yoke of God of his necke aÌ„d will not obeye god Bruterar prophesiers or sothsayers Emims a kinde of geauÌ„tes so called be cause they were terreble and cruell for emin signifieth terreblenesse Enack a kinde of geauntes so called happlye because they ware cheynes aboute their neckes for enack signifieth soch a cheyne as men weer aboute their neckes Horims A kinde of geauntes aÌ„d signifieth noble because that of pride they called theÌ„ selues nobles or gentles Rocke God is called a rocke because both he aÌ„d his worde lasteth euer Whett theÌ„ on thy childern that is exercyse thy childern in theÌ„ aÌ„d putthem in vre Zamzumims a kinde of geauÌ„tes aÌ„d signifleth myscheuous or that be all waye imaginiÌ„ge