sprinckle the house seuē tymes 52 And he shall clense the house with the blood of y e birde with the running water with the liuing birde with the ceder wood the ysope and the scarlet lase 53 But he shall let the lyuyng birde flee out of the towne into the brode fieldes so make an attonement for the house and it shal be cleane ' 54 This is the lawe for all maner plague ' of leprosie and fret 55 And of the leprosie of garment house ' 36 For a swellyng for a scabbe and for a' shynyng whyte ' 57 To teache when it must be made vncleane and cleane this is the lawe of leprosie ' ¶ The .xv. Chapter ' 2 19 The maner of purgyng the vncleannesse both of men and women 31 The children of Israel must seperate them selues from vncleannesse 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue out of his fleshe is vncleane by reason of that issue 3 And this shal be his vncleannesse in his issue if his fleshe runne or yf his fleshe be stopped from his issue then it is vncleannesse 4 Euery bed wheron he lyeth that hath the issue is vncleane and euery thyng wheron he sitteth is vncleane 5 Whosoeuer toucheth his bed shall washe his clothes and bath hymselfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 6 And he that sitteth on any thing wheron he sat that hath the issue shal washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 7 He that toucheth the fleshe of him that hath the issue shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 If he also that hath the issue spyt vpon hym that is cleane he shall washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen ' 9 And what saddle soeuer he rydeth ' vpon that hath y e issue shal be vncleane 10 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that was vnder hym shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that beareth any such thynges shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 11 And whosoeuer he toucheth that hath the issue and haue not wasshed his handes in water shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 12 The vessell of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue shal be broken and all vessels of wood shal be rensed in water 13 When he also that hath any issue is clensed of his issue he shall number him seuen dayes for his clensyng and washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnyng water and so shall he be cleane 14 And the eyght day he shall take to hym two turtle doues or two young pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation geue them vnto the priest 15 And the priest shall offer them the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde as concernyng his issue 16 If any mans seede depart frō hym in his sleepe he shall washe all his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll y e euen 17 And euery garment and euery skinne wherin is such seede of sleepe shal be wasshed with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 18 And if he y e hath such an issue of seede do lye with a woman they shall both washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 19 Also yf a woman shall haue an issue and her issue in her fleshe shal be blood she shal be put apart seuen dayes whosoeuer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 20 And all that she lyeth vpon in y e tyme of her seperation shal be vncleane lyke as euery thing also that she sitteth vpon is vncleane 21 Whosoeuer toucheth her bed shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 22 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 23 So that whether he touche her bed or any vessell wheron she hath sytten he shal be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 24 And yf a man lye with her and her seperation come vpon hym he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and all the bedde wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane 25 Also if a woman haue an issue of her blood many dayes out of the tyme of her seperation or if it runne beyond her seperation let all the dayes of the issue of her vncleanenesse be euen as y e dayes of her seperation for she is vncleane 26 Euery bedde whereon she lyeth as long as her issue lasteth shal be vnto her as the bedde of her seperation and whatsoeuer she sitteth vpon shal be vncleane as the vncleanenesse of her seperation 27 And whosoeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue she shall count her seuen dayes and after that she shal be cleane 29 And in the eyght day she shall take vnto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bryng them vnto the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for her before the Lord as concernyng the issue of her vncleanenesse 31 Thus shall ye syft the chyldren of Israel from their vncleanenesse that they dye not in their vncleanenesse if they defyle my tabernacle that is among thē 32 This is the lawe of hym that hath an issue and of hym whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe and is defyled therin 33 Also of her that for her seperation is put apart of whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue whether it be man or woman and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ' ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ' 2 What Aaron must do 8 Of the scape goate 14 The clensyng of the sanctuarie 17 Of the feast of the clensyng 21 Aaron confesseth the sinnes of the children of Israel 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses after the death of y e two sonnes of Aaron when they offered before y e Lorde and dyed 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercie seate which is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the cloude vpon y e mercie seate 3 But with this thyng shal Aaron come into the holy place euen with a young bullocke for a sinne offeryng and with a ramme for a burnt offeryng 4 He shall put the holy lynnen coate vpon hym and
beastes vpon them with the furiousnesse of serpentes in the dust 25 Withoutforth shall the sworde robbe them of their children and within in the chamber feare both young men young women and the suckelynges with the men of gray heades 26 I haue sayde I wyll scatter them abrode and make the remembraunce of them to ceasse from among men 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemie lest their aduersaries should vtterly withdrawe thē selues and lest they shoulde say our hye hande hath done all this and not the Lorde 28 For it is a nation voyde of counsayle neither is there any vnderstandyng in them 29 O that they were wyse and vnderstoode this that they woulde consider their latter ende 30 Howe shoulde one chase a thousande two put ten thousand to flyght except their maker had solde them and except the Lorde had shut them vp 31 For their god is not as our God our enemies also them selues are iudges 32 For their vine is of the vineyarde of Sodome of the fieldes of Gomorra their grapes are grapes of gall and their clusters be bitter 33 Their vine is the poyson of dragons and the cruell gall of aspes 34 Is not this layde in store with me and sealed vp among my treasures 35 Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde their feete shall slyde in due tyme For the day of their destruction is at hande and the thynges that shall come vpon them make haste 36 For the Lord shal iudge his people and haue compassion on his seruaūtes when he seeth that their power is gone and that they be in a maner shut vp or brought to naught and forsaken 37 And he shall say Where are their gods their god in whom they trusted 38 The fat of whose sacrifices they dyd eate dranke the wine of their drinke offerynges let them ryse vp and helpe you and be your protection 39 See nowe howe that I I am God and there is none but I I kyll and wyll make alyue I wounde and wyll heale neither is there any that can delyuer out of my hande 40 For I wyll lift vp myne hande to heauen and wyll say I lyue euer 41 If I whet the edge of my sworde and mine hande take holde to do iustice I wyl recompence vengeaunce on mine enemies and wyll rewarde them that hate me 42 I wyll make myne arrowes drunke with blood and my sworde shal deuour fleshe that for the blood of the slayne and for their captiuitie sence the begynnyng of the wrath of the enemie 43 Prayse ye heathen his people for he wyll auenge the blood of his seruaūtes and will auenge him of his aduersaries and wyll be mercifull vnto his lande and to his people 44 And Moyses came and spake all the wordes of this song in the eares of the people he Iosuah the sonne of Nun. 45 And Moyses spake all these wordes vnto the ende to al the people of Israel 46 And sayde vnto them Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie vnto you this day and ye shall commaunde them vnto your children that they may obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe 47 And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you for in it is your lyfe and through this worde ye shall prolong your dayes in the lande whyther ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it 48 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses the same day saying 49 Get thee vp into this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Iericho and beholde the lande of Chanaan which I geue vnto the children of Israel to possesse 50 And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vnto and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people as Aaron thy brother dyed in mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people 51 Because ye trespassed agaynst me among the children of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin for ye sanctified me not among the children of Israel 52 Thou shalt therfore see the lande before thee and shalt not go thyther vnto the lande which I geue the children of Israel ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Moyses before his death blesseth all the tribes of Israel 26 There is no God lyke to the God of Israel 29 Nor any people lyke vnto his 1 THis is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death and sayde 2 The Lorde came from Sinai and rose vp from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with ten thousande of saintes and in his ryght hand a lawe of fire for them 3 And he loued the people all his saintes also are in thy handes They were smitten to go after thy feete and to receaue of thy wordes 4 Moyses gaue vs a lawe for an inheritaunce of the congregation of Iacob 5 And he was in Israel king when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together 6 Let Ruben lyue and not dye and be fewe in number 7 This same also happen to Iuda And he sayde Heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda bryng him vnto his people his handes shal be good enough for hym yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemies 8 And vnto Leui he sayde Thumim and Vrim shal be with thee and with euery one that is godly in thee Thou dyddest proue hym also in the temptation striuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe 9 He that hath sayde vnto his father to his mother I haue not seene hym and he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne children those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunt 10 They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israel thy lawe They shall put incense before thy nose and the burnt sacrifice vpon thine aulter 11 Blesse Lorde his first fruites and accept the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of thē that rise agaynst him and of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne 12 And of Beniamin he sayde The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders 13 And of Ioseph he sayde Blessed of the Lorde is his lande for the fruites of heauen through the deawe springes that lye beneath 14 And for the sweete fruites of the increase of the sunne and rype fruites of the moone 15 For the first fruites of the principall mountaynes and for the fruites that the hylles bryng foorth for euer 16 And for the fuites of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelt in the bushe shall the blessing come vpon the head of Ioseph and vpon the toppe of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethren 17 His first borne oxe
his kingdome he went about to obtayne the lande of Egypt also that he might haue the dominion of two realmes 18 Vpon this entred he into Egypt with a strong hoast with charets Elephants horsemen and a great number of ships 19 And began to warre against Ptolome the king of Egypt But Ptolome was afrayde of him and fled and many of his people were wounded to death 20 Thus Antiochus wanne many strong cities and toke away great good out of the lande of Egypt 21 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he turned againe in the hundred fourtie and three yere and went toward Israel 22 And came vp to Hierusalem with a mightie people 23 And entred proudely into the sanctuarie and toke away the golden alter the candelsticke and al the ornaments therof the table of the shewbread the pouring vessels the chargers the golden spoones the vayle the crownes golden apparell of the temple and brake downe all in peeces 24 He toke also the siluer and golde the precious iewels and the secret treasures that he founde 25 And when he had taken away altogether caused a great murther of men and spoken very proudly the departed ino his owne lande 26 Therefore there was great lamentation throughout all Israel 27 The princes and the elders of the people mourned the young men and the maydens were defiled and the faire beautie of women was chaunged 28 The bridegrome and the bryde toke them to mourning 29 The lande and those that dwelt therein was moued for all the house of Iacob was brought to confusion 30 * After two yeres the king sent his chiefe treasurer vnto the cities of Iuda which came to Hierusalem with a great multitude of people 31 Speaking peaceable wordes vnto thē but all was deceite for when they had geuen him credence 32 He fell sodenly vpon the citie smote it sore destroyed much people of Israel 33 And when he had spoyled the citie he set fire on it casting downe houses and walles on euery side 34 The women and their children toke they captiue and led away their cattell 35 Then builded they the citie of Dauid with a great and thicke wall and with mightie towres and made it a strong holde for them 36 Beside all this they set wicked people and vngodlie men to kepe it 37 Stored it with weapons and vitailes gathered the goodes of Hierusalem and layed them vp there Thus became it a theeuishe castel 38 Thus they became a heauy burthen laying wayte for the people that went into the sanctuary and for the cruell destruction of Israel 39 Thus they shed innocent blood on euery side of the sanctuary and defiled it 40 Insomuch that the citezins were faine to depart and the citie became an habitation of straungers being desolate of her owne seede for her owne natiues were faine to leaue her 41 Her sanctuary was cleane wasted her holy dayes were turned into mourning her Sabbathes were had in derision her honour brought to naught 42 Loke how great her glory was before so great was her confusion and her ioye turned into sorowe 43 Antiochus also the king sent out a commission vnto all his kingdome that all the people should be one 44 Then they left euery man his lawe and al the heathen agreed to the commaundement of king Antiochus 45 Yea many of the Israelites consented therevnto offering vnto idols and defiling the Sabbath 46 So the king Antiochus sent his messēgers with his commission vnto Hierusalem and to all the cities of Iuda that they should folow the lawes of the heathen 47 And forbad either burnt offering meate offering or peace offering to be made in the temple of God that there should no Sabbath nor hie feast day be kept 48 But commaunded that the sanctuary and the holy people of Israel should be defiled 49 He commaunded also that there should be set vp other aulters temples idols to offer vp swines flesh and other vncleane beastes 50 That men should leaue their children vncircumcized to defile their soules with all maner of vncleannesse and abhominations 51 That they might so forget the lawe and chaunge all the holy ordinaunces of God 52 And that whosoeuer would not do according to the commaundement of king Antiochus should suffer death 53 In lyke maner cōmaunded he throughout all his realme and set rulers ouer the people for to compell them to do these thinges 54 Commaunding al the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto idols 55 Then went the people vnto the heathen by heapes forsooke the law of the Lorde and committed much euil in the lande 56 And the droue the Israelites into secrete places euen where so euer they coulde flee for succour 57 The fifteenth day of the moneth Casleu in the hundred threescore and fifth yere set king Antiochus an abhominable idoll of desolation vpon the aulter of God and they builded aulters throughout all the cities of Iuda on euery side 58 Before the doores of the houses and in the streates where they brent incense and did sacrifice 59 And as for the bookes of the lawe of God they brent them in the fire and rent them in peeces 60 Whatsoeuer he was that had a booke of the testament of the Lorde founde by him yea whosoeuer endeuoured him selfe to kepe the lawe of the Lorde the kinges cōmaundement was that they should put him to death 61 And through his aucthoritie they executed these thinges euery moneth vpon the people of Israel that were founde in the cities 62 The twentie and fifth day of the moneth what time as they did sacrifice vpon the aulter which stoode in the steade of the aulter of the Lorde 63 According to the commaundement of king Antiochus they put certaine women to death which had caused their children to be circumcized 64 Not onely that but they hanged vp the childrē by the neckes throughout al their houses and slue the circumcizers of thē 65 Yet were there many of the people of Israel which determined in thēselues that they woulde not eate vncleane thinges but chose rather to suffer death then to be defiled with vncleane meates 66 So because they would not breake the blessed lawe of God they were cruelly slaine 67 And this great tiranny encreased very sore vpon the people of Israel The .ii. Chapter 1 The mourning of Mathathias and his sonnes for the destruction of the holy citie 19 They refuse to do sacrifice vnto idols 24 The zeale of Mathathias for the lawe of God 33 They are slaine and wyll not fight againe because of the Sabbath day 49 Mathathias dying commaundeth his sonne to sticke by the worde of God after the example of the fathers 1 IN those dayes there did stand vp one Mathathias the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Simeon the priest out of the kinred of Ioarib from Hierusalem and dwelt vpon the mount of Modin 2 And had fiue sonnes Iohn called
the inhabitauntes of the lande Lotan and Sobal Sebeon Ana 21 And Dison and Eser and Disan these are the dukes of the Horites the chyldren of Seir in the lande of Edom. 22 And the chyldren of Lotan were Hori and Hemam and Lotans sister was called Thimna 23 The chyldren of Sobal were these Aluan and Manahath and Ebal Sepho and Onam 24 These are the chyldren of Sebeon both Aia and Ana this was that Ana that founde mules in the wyldernesse as she fedde her father Sebeons asses 25 The chyldren of Ana were these Dison ' Aholibama the daughter of Ana. ' 26 These are the chyldren of Dison Hemdan and Esban and Iethran and Cheran 27 The chyldren of Eser are these Bilhan ' and Saauan and Acan. ' 28 The chyldren of Disan also are these ' Vs and Aran. ' 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites duke Laton duke Sobal duke Sebeon duke Ana 30 Duke Dison duke Eser duke Disan these be the dukes that came of Hori after theyr dukedoms in the lande of Seir. 31 These are the kinges that raigned in the lande of Edom before there raigned any king vpon the chyldren of Israel 32 Bela the sonne of Beor raigned in Edom and the name of his citie was Dinhabah 33 And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bosra raigned in his steade 34 When Iobab also was dead Husam of the lande of Temani raigned in his steade 35 And after the death of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which slew the Madianites in the field of the Moabites raigned in his steade the name of his citie was Auith. ' 36 When Hadad was dead Samlah of ' Masrecah raigned in his steade 37 When Samlah was dead Saul of the ryuer of Rehoboth raigned in his steade 38 When Saul was dead Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor raigned in his steade 39 And after the death of Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadar raigned in his steade and y e name of his citie was Pau his wyfes name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab 40 These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau accordyng to their kinredes places names duke Tunna duke Aluah duke Ietheth 41 Duke Aholibamah duke Elah duke ' Pinon ' 42 Duke Cenaz duke Theman duke ' Mibsar ' 43 Duke Magdiel duke Iran These be the dukes of Edom accordyng to their habitations in the lande of their possessions This Esau is the father of the Edomites ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter 1 Iacob inhabiteth the lande of Chanaan 2 Ioseph accuseth his brethren 4 The first dreame of Ioseph 9 The other dreame of Ioseph 18 The brethren of Ioseph do consult about his death 22 Ruben deliuereth him 23 Ioseph is cast into a pyt 26 By the councell of Iudas he is solde to the Ismaelites 32 The apparell of Ioseph imbrewed with the blood of a Kyd is caryed to his father 34 Iacob lamenteth his sonne Ioseph 36 Ioseph is solde to Putiphar 1 IAcob dwelt in the land wherin his father was long a straunger euen in y e lande of Chanaan 2 These are y e generations of Iacob when Ioseph was seuenteen yeres olde he kept sheepe with his brethren and the ladde was with y e sonnes of Bilha and with the sonnes of Zilpha his fathers wyues And Ioseph brought vnto his father their euyll report 3 But Israel loued Ioseph more then all his chyldren because he begate hym in his olde age and he made hym a coate of many colours 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loued hym more then all his brethren they hated hym and coulde not speake peaceably vnto hym 5 Moreouer when Ioseph had dreamed a dreame he tolde it his brethren which hated hym yet the more 6 And he said vnto them Heare I pray you this dreame which I haue dreamed 7 Beholde we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde and lo my sheafe arose and stoode vpright beholde your sheaues stoode rounde about and made obeysaunce to my sheafe 8 To whom his brethren sayde Shalt thou be a kyng in deede on vs or shalt thou in deede haue dominion ouer vs And they hated hym yet the more because of his dreames and of his wordes 9 And he dreamed yet another dreame and tolde it his brethren saying behold I haue had one dreame more and beholde the sunne and the moone xj starres made obeysaunce to me 10 And when he had tolde it to his father and his brethren his father rebuked hym and sayde vnto him What is this dreame that thou hast dreamed Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren in deede come to bowe to thee 11 And his brethren enuied hym but his father noted the saying 12 His brethren also went to kepe his fathers cattell in Sichem 13 And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph do not thy brethren kepe in Sichem come and I wyll sende thee to them 14 He aunswered here am I. And he sayde vnto hym Go I praye thee see whether it be well with thy brethren and the cattell and bryng me worde agayne And so he sent hym out of the vale of Hebron he came to Sichem 15 And a certayne man founde hym and beholde he was wandryng out of his waye in the fielde and the man asked hym what sekest thou 16 He aunswered I seke my brethren tell me I praye thee where they kepe cattell 17 And the man sayde They are departed hence for I haue hearde them say let vs go vnto Dothan Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan 18 And when they sawe hym a farre of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst hym for to slea hym 19 For one sayde to another beholde this notable dreamer commeth 20 Come nowe therefore and let vs slaye hym and cast hym into some pit and we wyll say some naughtie beast hath deuoured hym and we shall see what wyll come of his dreames 21 When Ruben hearde that he ryd hym out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll hym 22 And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto thē shed no blood but cast hym into this pit that is in the wyldernesse and laye no hande vppon hym this he sayde namely that he myght ryd hym out of their handes and delyuer hym to his father agayne 23 And when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypt hym out of his coate his partie coloured coate that was vpon hym 24 And they toke hym and cast hym into an emptie pit wherein was no water 25 And they sate them downe to eate bread and as they lyft vp their eyes and loked about and behold there came a company of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camelles laden with spicerie bawlme and mirrhe and were goyng downe ta cary it to Egypt 26 And Iuda sayde vnto his brethren What
me Let my people go that they may serue me 4 Or els if thou refuse to let my people go beholde to morowe wyll I bryng greshoppers into thy coastes 5 And they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be seene and they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and is escaped from the hayle and they shall eate euery greene tree that beareth you fruite in the fielde 6 And they shall fill thy houses and all thy seruauntes houses and the houses of all the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue seene since the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned him selfe about and went out from Pharao 7 And Pharaos seruauntes sayde vnto him howe long shall he be hurtfull vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed 8 And Moyses Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the Lorde your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Moyses aunswered we will go with our young and with our olde yea and with our sonnes with our daughters and with our sheepe and with our oxen we must go for we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord be so with you as I will let you go and your chyldren take heede for ye haue some mischiefe in hande 11 Nay not so but go they that are men and serue the Lorde for that was your desire And they were thrust out of Pharaos presence 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretch out thyne hand ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eate all the hearbes of the lande and all that the hayle left behynde 13 And Moyses stretched foorth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt and the Lorde brought an east winde vpon the lande all that day and all that nyght and in the morning the east winde brought the greshoppers 14 And the greshoppers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypt and remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greeuouslye before them were there no suche greshoppers neither after them shal be 15 For they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke and they did eate al the hearbes of the land and all the fruites of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no greene thyng left in the trees hearbes of the fielde through al y e land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharao called for Moyses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue sinned agaynst the Lord your God and agaynst you 17 And nowe forgeue me my sinne only this once and pray vnto the Lord your God that he may take awaye from me this death only 18 And Moyses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde 19 And the Lorde turned a myghtie strong west wynde and it toke awaye the grashoppers and cast them into the red sea so that there was not one grashopper in all the coastes of Egypt 20 And the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the children of Israel go 21 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Stretche out thy hande vnto heauen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darknesse which may be felt 22 And Moyses stretched foorth his hand vnto heauen and there was a thicke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypt three dayes long 23 No man sawe another neither rose vp from the place where he was by the space of three dayes But al the children of Israel had light where thei dwelled 24 And Pharao called for Moyses and sayde Go and serue the Lorde onlye let your sheepe your oxen abyde and let your chyldren go with you 25 And Moyses sayde Thou must geue vs also offeringes and burnt offeringes for to do sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God 26 Our cattell also shall go with vs and there shall not one hoofe be left behynd for therof must we take to serue y e Lorde our God neither do we knowe with what we must do seruice vnto the Lord vntyll we come thyther 27 But the Lorde hardened Pharaos heart and he woulde not let them go 28 And Pharao sayde vnto hym Get thee from me and take heede vnto thy selfe that thou seest my face no more for whensoeuer thou commest in my syght thou shalt dye 29 And Moyses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyll see thy face no more ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The Lorde commaundeth the Hebrewes to robbe the Egyptians 4 The death of the first borne of all thynges 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Yet wyl I brynge one plague more vpō Pharao and vpon Egypt and after that he wyll let you go hence when he shal let you go quite he shall vtterly dryue you hence 2 Speake thou therfore in the eares of the people that euery man borowe of his neighbour and euery woman of her neighbour iewels of syluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lorde shall geue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moyses was a very great man in the lande of Egypt in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people 4 And Moyses sayde Thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out into the myddest of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in all the land of Egypt shall dye euen frō the first borne of Pharao that sytteth on his seate vnto the first borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the myll and all the first gendred of the cattell 6 And there shal be a great crye throughout all the lande of Egypt such as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be 7 But amongst the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tounge from a man vnto a beast that ye may knowe how that the Lord putteth a difference betweene the Egyptians and Israel 8 And these thy seruauntes shal al come downe vnto me and fall before me and say Get thee out and all the people that are vnder thee and then wyll I depart And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce 9 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Pharao shall not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 And Moyses and Aaron dyd all these wonders before Pharao And the Lord hardened Pharaos heart so that he woulde not let the chyldren of Israel go out of his lande ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The charge and maner of eatyng of the Passouer 26 A charge is geuen parentes to teache their chyldren the misterie of the Passouer 29 The murder of the first borne of Egypt 31 Pharao casteth out the chyldren of Israel 35 The Iewes do robbe the Egyptians of golden and syluer vessels 37 The chyldren of Israel do go out 40 They dwelt in
euen in the borders therof towarde the inside of the ephod ouer agaynst it 27 And yet two other ringes of gold thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of y e Ephod beneath ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sides are ioyned together vpon the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod 28 And they shall bynde the brestlap by his ringes vnto y e ringes of the Ephod with a lase of blewe silke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod and that the brestlap be not loosed from the Ephod 29 And Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway 30 And thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgment the Vrim the Thummim and they shal be euen vpō Aarons heart whē he goeth in before the Lord and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lorde alway ' 31 And thou shalt make the tunicle vnto ' the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And there shal be an hole for the head in the middest of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it as it were the coller of a partlet that it rent not 33 And beneath vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe sylke and of purple and of scarlet rounde about the hem and belles of gold betweene them rounde about 34 And let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunicle 35 And Aaron shall haue it vpon hym when he ministreth and the sound shal be hearde when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde when he commeth out and he shall not dye 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and graue theron as signettes are grauen the holynes of the Lorde 37 And put it on a blewe sylke lase to be vpon the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it 38 And it shal be vpon Aarons forehead that Aaron may beare the sinne of the holy thinges whiche the children of Israel halowe in all their holy gyftes and it shal be alwayes vpon his forehead for the reconciling of them before the Lorde 39 And thou shalt make a coate of white sylke embrodered with knottes thou shalt make a mytre of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of needle worke 40 And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also coates and thou shalt make for them gyrdles bonettes shalt thou make for them glorious and bewtiful 41 And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt annoynt them and fill their handes sanctifie them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 42 And thou shalt make them lynnen sloppes to couer their priuities frō the loynes vnto y e thighes they shal reache 43 And they shal be vpon Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the tabercle of the congregatiō or whē they come vnto the aulter to minister in holines that they beare no sinne so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron and his seede after him ' ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ' 1 The maner to consecrate priestes vnto God and the rite to offer for them 38 The continuall dayly sacrifice 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou halowest thē to be my priestes Thou shalt take one young calfe and two rammes y t are without blemyshe 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened annoynted with oyle of wheaten floure shalt thou make thē 3 And thou shalt put them in a maunde and bryng them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes 4 And bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation washe thē with water 5 And take the garmentes and put vppon Aaron the coate the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod it selfe and the brestlap gyrde them to hym with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod 7 Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his head and anoynt hym 8 And bryng his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And gyrde them with gyrdels aswell Aaron as his sonnes and put the bonnettes on them and the priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuall lawe and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron and the handes of his sonnes 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe 11 And thou shalt kyll hym before the Lord by the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse 12 And take of the blood of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy finger and powre all the rest of the blood beside the bottome of the aulter 13 And take all the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter 14 But the flesh of the calfe and his skin and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoast it is a synne offeryng 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme 16 And when thou hast slaine the Rāme thou shalt take his blood and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter 17 And cut the Ramme in peeces and washe the inwardes of hym and his legges and put them vnto the peeces and vnto his head 18 And then burne the whole Ramme vpō the aulter for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 19 And take the other Ramme and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head 20 Then shalt thou kyll hym and take of his blood and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr right handes and vpon the great toe of theyr right foot and sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the aulter of the anoyntyng oyle and sprinckle it vpon Aaron his vestmentes and vpon his sonnes and vpon theyr garmentes with hym and he shal be halowed and his clothes and his sonnes and theyr clothes with him 22 And thou shalt take the fat of the Ramme his rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and the right shoulder for that Ramme is a ful offeryng 23 And a synmell of bread and a cake of oyled bread and a wafer out of the basket of
And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them Ye take much vpon you seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is among them Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord 4 And when Moyses hearde it he fell vpon his face 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company saying To morowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his who is holy and who ought to approche nye vnto hym and whom he hath chosen he will cause to come neare vnto hym 6 This do therfore Take you firepannes both Corah all his companie 7 And do fire therin and put incense in them before the Lorde to morowe And the man whom the Lorde doth chose the same shal be holy Ye take much vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel and brought you to hym selfe to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to minister vnto them 10 He hath taken thee to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seeke ye the office of the priest also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde And what is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym 12 And Moyses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab which sayde We wyll not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of the land that floweth with mylke and honie to kyll vs in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe lorde and ruler ouer vs also 14 Moreouer thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke honie neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men We wyll not come vp 15 And Moyses waxed very angry and sayde vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto their offeryng I haue not taken so much as an asse from them neither haue I hurt any of them 16 And Moyses sayde vnto Corah Be thou al thy company before the Lord both thou they and Aaron to morowe 17 And take euery man his censer and put incense in them and bryng ye before the Lorde euery man his censer euen two hundreth and fiftie censers thou also and Aaron euery one his censer 18 And they toke euery man his censer and put fire in them and layde incense theron and stoode in the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moyses and Aaron 19 And Corah gathered all the congregation agaynst them vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the congregation ◠And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 21 Seperate your selues from among this congregation that I may consume them at once 22 And they fell vpon their faces and sayde O God the God of spirites of all fleshe hath not one man sinned Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 24 Speake vnto the congregation and say Get you away from about the tabernacle of Corah Dathan Abiram 25 And Moyses rose vp and went vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel folowed hym 26 And he spake vnto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothyng of theirs lest ye perishe in all their sinnes 27 And so they gate them from the tabernacle of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan Abiram came out stoode in the doore of their tentes with their wiues their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Moyses sayde Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde 29 If these men dye the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng and the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked y e Lorde 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp and their houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goodes 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit and the earth closed vpon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were about them fled at the crye of them And they sayde lest the earth swalowe vs vp also 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense 36 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censers out of the burnyng and scatter the fire here and there for they are halowed 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter For they offered them before the Lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shal be a signe vnto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter 40 To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron come neare to offer incense before the Lorde that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses 41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron saying Ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde 42 And whē the multitude was gathered agaynst Moyses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of the congregation And beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lorde appeared 43 And Moyses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 45 Get you from among this congregation that I may consume thē quickly And they fell vpon their faces 46 And Moyses sayd vnto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therin out of the aulter and powre on incense and go quickly vnto the congregation make an attonement for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plague begunne 47 And Aaron toke as Moyses cōmaunded hym and ranne into the middes of y e congregation and beholde the plague was begunne among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement
die 23 But the Leuites shal do y e seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation beare their sinne It shal be a lawe for euer in your generations that among y e childrē of Israel they possesse no inheritaunce 24 But the tithes of the childrē of Israel which they pay as an heaue offeryng vnto the Lord I haue geuen y e Leuites to inherite and therfore I haue sayde vnto them Among the children of Israel ye shall possesse no inheritaunce 25 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 26 Speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I haue geuen you of thē for your inheritaunce ye shal take an heaue offering of y e same for the Lorde euen the tenth part of that tithe 27 And this your heaue offeryng shal be reckened vnto you euen as though it were of the corne of the barne or as the fulnesse of the wine presse 28 Of this maner ye shall therfore offer an heaue offeryng vnto the Lorde of all your tithes which ye receaue of the children of Israel and ye shall geue therof the Lordes heaue offeryng to Aaron the priest 29 Of all your giftes ye shall offer all the Lordes heaue offeryng euen all the fat of the same to wit the holy thynges therof 30 Therfore thou shalt say vnto them When ye haue taken away the fat of it from it it shal be counted vnto the Leuites as if it were y e increase of the corne floore or the increase of the winepresse 31 And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and your householdes for it is your rewarde for your seruice in the tabernacle of the congregation 32 And ye shall beare no sinne by the reason of it when ye haue offered from it the fat of it neither shall ye pollute the holy thynges of the children of Israel lest ye dye ' ¶ The .xix. Chapter ' 2 Of the redde Cowe 14 The lawe of hym that dyeth in a tent 16 and of hym also that toucheth any vncleane thyng 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses Aaron saying 2 This is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lord hath commaunded saying Speake vnto the children of Israel that they bring thee a redde cowe without spot and wherin is no blemishe and vpon which neuer came yoke 3 And ye shall geue her vnto Eleazar the priest that he may bryng her without the hoast and cause her to be slayne before his face 4 And let Eleazar the priest take of her blood with his finger and sprinckle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seuen tymes 5 And cause the cowe to be burnt in his sight with her skinne fleshe blood and the doung of her shal he burne also 6 And let the priest take Cedar wood and hysope and scarlet lase and cast it in the middes of the burnyng of the cowe 7 Then let the priest washe his clothes and he shall bathe his fleshe in water and then come into the hoast and the priest shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 And he that burneth her shall washe his clothes in water bathe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll euen 9 And a man that is cleane shall gather vp the asshes of the cowe and lay them without the hoast in a cleane place and it shal be kept for the multitude of the children of Israel for a water of seperation It is a sinne offeryng 10 Therfore he that gathereth the asshes of the cowe shall washe his clothes and remayne vncleane vntill euen And it shal be vnto the children of Israel and vnto the straūger that dwelleth among them a statute for euer 11 He that toucheth the dead body of ' any man shal be vncleane seuen dayes ' 12 And he shall purifie hym selfe with this water the thirde day the seuenth day he shal be cleane But if he purifie not hym selfe the thirde day then the seuenth day he shall not be cleane 13 Whosoeuer toucheth the dead coarse of any man that is dead purgeth not hym selfe defileth the tabernacle of the Lorde and that soule shal be cut of from Israel because the water of seperation was not sprinckled vpon hym he shal be therfore vncleane his vncleanesse is yet vpon hym 14 This is the lawe of a man that dyeth in a tent All that come into the tent and all that is in the tent shal be vncleane seuen dayes 15 And all the vessels that be open which haue no coueryng bounde vpon them shal be vncleane 16 And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a sworde in the fieldes or a dead person or a bone of a dead man or a graue shal be vncleane seuen dayes 17 Therfore for an vncleane person they shal take of the burnt asshes of the sinne offeryng and runnyng water shal be put therto in a vessell 18 And let a cleane person take hysope dippe it in the water and sprinckle it vpon the tent and vpon all the vessels and on the persons that were therin and vpon hym that touched a bone or a slaine person or a dead body or a graue 19 And the cleane person shall sprinckle vpon the vncleane the thirde day and the seuenth day And the seuenth day he shall purifie hym selfe and washe his clothes bathe hym selfe in water and shal be cleane at euen 20 But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not him selfe the same soule shal be cut of from among the congregation because he hath defiled the sanctuarie of the Lorde and the water of seperation hath not ben sprinckled vpon hym therfore shall he remayne vncleane 21 And it shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them that he that sprinckleth the water of seperation shall washe his clothes and he that toucheth the water of seperation shal be vncleane vntyll euen 22 And whatsoeuer the vncleane person toucheth shal be vncleane And the soule that toucheth the thyng that was touched of the vncleane person shal be vncleane vntyll euen ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Miriam dyeth 2 The people murmure 8 They haue water euen out of the rocke 12 Moyses and Aaron shall not go into the lande of promise 14 Edom denieth the Israelites passage through his realme 25 The death of Aaron in whose rowme Eleazar succeedeth 1 AND the children of Israel came with the whole multitude into the desert of Zin in the first moneth and the people abode at Cades And there died Miriam and was buryed there 2 But there was no water for the multitude and they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron 3 And the people chode with Moyses and spake saying Woulde God that we had perished when our brethren dyed before the Lorde 4 Why haue ye brought the congregation of the Lorde into this wildernesse that both we and our cattell shoulde dye in it 5 Wherfore haue ye made vs to come vp out of
Ye shall number the people From twentie yeres aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moyses and the children of Israel when they were come out of Egypt 5 Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whom commeth the kinred of the Hanochites and Pallu of whom commeth the kinred of the Palluites 6 Of Hesron commeth the kinred of the Hesronites of Charmi commeth the kinred of the Charmites 7 These are the kinredes of the Rubenites and they were in number fourtie and three thousand seuen hundred and thirtie ' 8 And the sonnes of Pallu Eliab 9 And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuel Dathan Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation and stroue against Moyses and Aaron in the company of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde 10 And the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fire consumed two hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe ' 11 Notwithstanding the chyldren of Corah ' dyed not 12 And the chyldren of Simeon after their kinredes were Nemuel of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iaminites Iachin of whom commeth the kinred of the Iachinites 13 Of Zareh commeth the kinred of the Zarehites And of Saul commeth the kinred of the Saulites 14 These are the kinredes of Simeon euen twentie and two thousande and two hundred 15 The chyldren of Gad after their kinredes were Zephon of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zephonites Haggi of whom commeth the kinred of the Haggites Suni of whom commeth the kinred of the Sunites 16 Of Ozni commeth the kinred of the Oznites and of Eri commeth the kinred of the Erites 17 Of Arod commeth the kinred of the Arodites Of Ariel commeth the kinred of the Arielites 18 These are the kinredes of the children of Gad according to their numbers fourtie thousande and fiue hundred 19 The children of Iuda Er and Onan and Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan 20 But the chyldren of Iuda after their kinredes were Sela of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Selanites Phares of whom commeth the kinred of the Pharezites Zareh of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Zarehites 21 And the children of Phares were Hesron of whom commeth the kinred of the Hesronites Hamul of whom commeth the kinred of the Hamulites 22 These are the kinredes of Iuda after their numbers threscore and sixteene thousande and fiue hundred 23 The chyldren of Isachar after their kinredes were Thola of whom commeth the kinred of the Tholaites Phuua of whom commeth the kinred of the Phuuaites 24 Of Iasub commeth the kinred of the Iasubites of Simron commeth the kinred of the Simronites 25 These are the kinredes of Isachar after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and three hundred 26 The chyldren of Zabulon after their kinredes were Sered of whom commeth y e kinred of the Seredites Elon of whom commeth the kinred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whom commeth the kinred of the Iahelelites 27 These are the kinredes of the Zabulonites after their numbers threscore thousande and fiue hundred 28 The chyldren of Ioseph throughout their kinredes were Manasse and Ephraim 29 The chyldren of Manasse Machir of whom commeth the kinred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead and of Gilead commeth the kinred of the Giliadites 30 And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hiezer of whom commeth the kinred of the Hiezerites Helech of whom commeth the kinred of the Helechites 31 And Asriel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asrielites and Sechem of whom commeth the kinred of the Sechemites 32 Semida of whom commeth the kinred of the Semidites and Hepher of whom commeth the kinred of the Hepherites 33 And Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes but daughters And the names of the daughters of Zalphaad were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza 34 These are the kinredes of Manasse and the number of them fiftie and two thousande and seuen hundred 35 These are the chyldren of Ephraim after their kinredes Suthelah of whom commeth the kinred of the Suthelahites Becher of whom commeth the kinred of the Becherites Thahen of whom commeth the kinred of the Thahenites 36 And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whom commeth the kinred of the Eranites 37 These are the kinredes of the children of Ephraim after their numbers thirtie and two thousande and fiue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after their kinredes 38 These are the chyldren of Beniamin after their kinredes Bela of whom commeth the kinred of the Belaites Asbel of whom commeth the kinred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whom commeth the kinred of the Ahiramites 39 Supham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suphamites Hupham of whō came the kinred of y e Huphamites 40 And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence commeth the kinred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kinred of the Naamites 41 These are the chyldrē of Beniamin after their kinredes after their numbers fourtie fiue thousande sixe hundred 42 These are the chyldren of Dan after their kinredes Suham of whom commeth the kinred of the Suhamites These are the housholdes of Dan after their kinredes 43 All the kinredes of the Suhamites were after their numbers threscore and foure thousande and foure hundred 44 The chyldren of Aser after their kinredes were Iemna of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom commeth the kinred of the Iesuites Bria of whom cōmeth the kinred of the Brites 45 The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whom commeth the kinred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kinred of the Malchielites 46 And the daughter of Aser was called ' Sarah ' 47 These are the kinredes of Aser after their numbers fiftie and three thousand and foure hundred 48 The children of Nephthali after their kinredes were Iaheziel of whom came the kinred of the Iahezielites Guni of whom came the kinred of the Gunites 49 Iezer of whom came the kinred of the Iezerites Sellem of whom came the kinred of the Sellemites 50 These are the kinredes of Nephthali accordyng to their housholdes whose numbers is fourtie and fiue thousande and foure hundred 51 These are the numbers of the children of Israel sixe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thirtie 52 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 53 Vnto these the lande shal be deuided to inherite accordyng to the number of names 54 To many thou shalt geue the more inheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euerie tribe shall the inheritaunce be geuen according to the number therof 55 Notwithstanding the lande shal be deuided by lot according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe 57 * These are the numbers of
Beelzebub the god of Ekrom as though there had ben no God in Israel whose word thou mightest seeke after therfore thou shalt not come downe of the bed on which thou art gone vp but shalt dye the death 17 And so he dyed according to the worde of the Lorde which Elias had spoken And Iehoram his brother began to raigne in his steade in the second yere of Iehoram the sonne of Iehosaphat king of Iuda because he had no sonne 18 The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahazia what thinges he dyd are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Israel The .ij. Chapiter 8 Elias deuideth the waters with his cloke 11 He is taken vp into heauen 13 Elisa taketh his cloke and deuideth Iordane 20 The bitter and venemous waters are healed 23 The children that mocke Elisa are rent in peeces with beares 1 AND it chaunced that whē the Lord would take vp Elias into heauen by a whorle wind Elias went with Elisa from Gilgal 2 And Elias saide vnto Elisa Tary here I praye thee for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel Elisa saide vnto him As the Lorde lyueth and as thy soule liueth I will not leaue thee And they came downe to Bethel 3 And the children of the prophetes that were at Bethel came out to Elisa and saide vnto him knowest thou not how that the Lord wyll take away thy maister from thy head this day He saide I knowe it also holde you your peace 4 And Elia saide vnto him Elisa tary here I praye thee for the Lorde hath sent me to Iericho He saide As the Lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth I will not leaue thee And so they came to Iericho 5 And the children of the prophetes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and said vnto him Knowest thou not that the Lorde wil take away thy maister from thy head this day He aunswered I know it also holde ye your peace 6 And Elias said vnto him Tary I pray thee here for the Lorde hath sent me to Iordane He saide As the Lord liueth as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue thee And so they two went together 7 And fiftie men of the sonnes of the prophetes came stoode on the other syde a farre of and they two stoode by Iordane 8 And Elias toke his mantell wrapt it together and smote the waters and they were deuided parte the one way and part the other so that they two went ouer through the drye lande 9 And it fortuned that assoone as they were ouer Elias saide vnto Elisa Aske what I shal do for thee yer I be taken away from thee And Elisa saide I pray thee let thy spirite be double vpon me 10 And he said Thou hast asked an hard thing Neuerthelesse if thou see me whē I am taken away from thee thou shalt haue it so yf thou do not it shall not be 11 And it fortuned that as they went walking and talking beholde there appeared a charet of fyre and horses of fyre parted them both a sunder and Elias went vp through the whorle winde into heauen 12 And Elisa sawe and cryed O my father O my father the charet of Israel and the horsemen thereof And he sawe him no more and he toke his owne clothes and rent them in two peeces 13 He toke vp also the mantell of Elias that fell from him and went backe againe and stoode by Iordanes syde 14 And toke the mantel of Elias that fel from him and smote the waters he said Where is the Lord God of Elias he him selfe And when he had smitten the waters they parted this waye and that waye and Elisa went ouer 15 And when the childrē of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe him from a farre they sayde The spirite of Elias doth rest on Elisa And they came to meete him and fel to the grounde before him 16 And saide vnto him See now there be with thy seruauntes fiftie strong men let thē go we pray thee seeke thy maister yf happly the spirite of the Lorde hath taken him vp and cast him vpon some mountaine or into some valley And he saide Ye shall send none 17 And when they laye vpon him tyll he was ashamed he said Send They sent therefore fiftie men which sought him three dayes but found him not 18 And when they came againe to him which taryed at Iericho he saide vnto them Did I not saye vnto you that ye should not go 19 And the men of the citie saide vnto Elisa beholde sir the dwelling of this citie is pleasaunt as thou thy selfe seest but the water is naught the grounde barren 20 He saide Bring me a new cruse and put salt therein And they brought it to him 21 And he went vnto the spring of the waters and cast the salt in thyther and saide thus saith the Lord I haue healed these waters there shall not come hencefoorth either death or barennesse 22 So the waters were healed vnto this day according to the saying of Elias which he spake 23 And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel And as he was going vp the way there came litle children out of the citie and mocked him saide vnto him Go vp thou balde head go vp thou balde head 24 And he turned backe and loked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde And there came two shee beares out of the wood and tare fourtie and two children of them 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel and from thence he turned againe to Samaria ¶ The .iii. Chapter 1 The raigne of Iehoram 6 He and Iehosaphat go to warre against Moab which rebelled 13 Elisa reproueth him ▪ 17 and geueth their hoast water 24 The Moabites are ouercome 27 Their king sacrificeth his sonne 1 NOW Iehoram the sonne of Ahab began to raigne vpon Israel in Samaria the eyghtteenth yere of Iehosaphat king of Iuda and raigned twelue yeres 2 And he wrought euil in the sight of the Lorde but not lyke his father and lyke his mother for he put away the images of Baal that his father had made 3 Neuerthelesse he cleaued vnto the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which made Israel to sinne and departed not therefrom 4 And Mesa king of Moab was a lorde of sheepe and rendered vnto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambes and an hundred thousand rammes with the wooll 5 But when Ahab was dead it fortuned that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel 6 And king Iehoram went out of Samaria the same season and numbred all Israel 7 And went sent to Iehosaphat the king of Iuda saying The king of Moab hath rebelled against me wilt thou come with me against Moab in battell He aunswered I will come vp for as I am so art thou and as my people be so are thy people thy horses as myne 8
and go to him and make him arise vp from among his brethren cary him to a secrete chamber 3 Then take the boxe of oyle and powre it on his head and say thus saith the Lord I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer Israel And then open the doore and flee without any tarying 4 And so the seruaunt of the prophete gat him to Ramoth Gilead 5 And when he came in beholde the captaynes of the hoast were sitting together And he sayde I haue an errand to thee O captayne 6 And Iehu sayd Vnto whiche of al vs He sayd To thee O captayne And he arose and went into the house and he powred the oyle on his head and sayde vnto him Thus saith the Lord God of Israel I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer the people of the Lorde euen ouer Israel 7 Thou shalt smyte the house of Ahab thy maister that I may auenge the blood of my seruauntes the prophetes the blood of all the seruauntes of the Lord of the hande of Iezabel 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall be destroyed and I will destroy from Ahab euen hym that maketh water against the wal and him that is prysoned and forsaken in Israel 9 And I wil make the house of Ahab like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat and like the house of Baasa the sonne of Ahia 10 And as for Iezabel the dogges shall eate her in the fielde of Iezrahel and there shal be none to burie her And he opened the doore and fled 11 Iehu came out to the seruauntes of his lord and one sayd vnto him Is al well Wherfore came this madde felowe to thee And he sayd vnto them Ye knowe what maner of man it is and what his communication is 12 They said vnto him againe It is not so tell vs. He said Thus thus spake he to me saying thus saith the Lord I haue annoynted thee to be king ouer Israel 13 Then they hasted and toke euery man his garment and put it vnder him on the toppe of the staires and blewe with trumpettes saying Iehu is king 14 And so Iehu the sonne of Iehosaphat the sonne of Nimsi conspired against Ioram Ioram kept Ramoth Gilead he and al Israel because of Hazael king of Syria 15 And king Ioram returned to be healed in Iezrahel of the woundes which the Syrians had geuen him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria And Iehu sayde If it be your mindes then let no man depart and escape out of the citie to go and tell in Iezrahel 16 So Iehu gat vp into a charet went to Iezrahel where Ioram lay and Ahaziahu king of Iuda was come downe thyther to see Ioram 17 And the watchman that stoode on the towre in Iezrahel spied the companie of Iehu as he came and sayde I see a companie And Ioram sayde Take an horsman and send to meete them that he may aske whether it be peace 18 And so there went one on horsbacke to meete him and sayde Thus sayth the king is it peace And Iehu sayd What hast thou to do with peace turne thee behind me And the watchman told saying The messenger came to them but he commeth not againe 19 Then he sent out another on horsbacke whiche came to them and sayde Thus sayth the king is it peace Iehu aunswered What hast thou to do with peace turne thee behynd me 20 And the watchman tolde saying He came to them also and commeth not againe And the driuing is lyke the driuing of Iehu the sonne of Nimsi for he driueth the charet as he were mad 21 And Ioram sayde Make redy And the charet was made redy And Ioram king of Israel and Ahaziahu king of Iuda went out eyther of them in his charet against Iehu and met him in the fielde of Naboth the Iezrahelite 22 And it fortuned that when Ioram sawe Iehu he sayd Is it peace Iehu He aunswered What peace should there be so long as the whordoms of thy mother Iezabel and her wytchcraftes are so great 23 And Ioram turned his hande and fled and sayde to Ahaziahu There is falshood O Ahaziahu 24 And Iehu toke a bow in his hande and smote Ioram betweene the armes the arrowe went through his heart and he fell downe flat in his charet 25 Then said Iehu to Bidkar a captayne Take him and cast him in the plat of the ground of Naboth the Iezrahelite For I remember that when I thou rode together after Ahab his father the Lorde layed this heauy burthen vpon him 26 I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth the blood of his sonnes sayde the Lord and I wil quite it thee in this ground sayth the Lord. Nowe therfore take him and cast him in the plat of ground according to y e word of the Lord. 27 But when Ahaziahu the king of Iuda sawe this he fled by the way of the garden house And Iehu folowed after him and sayde Smyte him also in the charet at the goyng vp to Gur by Iebleam And he fled to Megiddo and ther died 28 And his seruauntes caryed him in a charet to Hierusalem and buried him there in his sepulchre with his fathers in the citie of Dauid 29 And in the eleuenth yere of Ioram the sonne of Ahab began Ahaziahu to raigne ouer Iuda 30 And when Iehu was come to Iezrahel Iezabel hearde of it paynted her face and tired her head and loked out at a wyndowe 31 And as Iehu entred at the gate she sayd Had Zimri peace which slue his maister 32 And he lift vp his eyes to the windowe and sayde Who is of my side who And there loked out to him two or three chamberlaynes 33 And he sayd Throwe her downe So they threwe her downe her blood dasshed toward the wall and towarde the horses and he troade her vnder foote 34 And when he was come in he dyd eate and drinke sayd Go and visite I pray you yonder cursed creature and burie her for she is a kinges daughter 35 And so when they came to burie her they founde no more of her then the skull and the feete and the palmes of her handes 36 Wherfore they came againe and tolde him And he sayd This is the worde of the Lorde whiche he spake by the hand of his seruaunt Elias the Thesbite saying In the fielde of Iezrahel shall dogges eate the fleshe of Iezabel 37 And so the carkasse of Iezabel was euen as dounge vpon the earth in the fielde of Iezrahel so that no man might say This is Iezabel The .x. Chapter 6 Iehu causeth the seuentie sonnes of Ahab to be slayne 13 And after that fourtie and two of Ahaziahs brethren 25 He killeth also all the priestes of Baal 35 After his death his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 AHab had threescore ten sonnes in Samaria And Iehu wrote letters and sent to Samaria vnto the rulers of Iezrahel to
37 And Eliezer the sonne of Dodauah of Maresa prophesied against Iehosaphat saying Because thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziahu y e lord hath broken thy workes And the shippes were brokē that they were not able to go to Tharsis The .xxi. Chapter 3 Iehosaphat dieth 1 Iehoram succedeth him 4 Which killeth his brethren 6 He was brought to idolatrie 11 and seduceth the people 16 He is oppressed of the Philistines 18 His miserable ende 1 IEhosaphat also slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Iehoram his sonne raigned in his steade 2 And he had brethren whiche were the sonnes of Iehosaphat Azaria Iehiel Zacharia Azariahu Michael and Sephatiahu All these are the sonnes of Iehosaphat king of Iuda 3 And their father gaue thē many great giftes of gold and siluer and other speciall substaunce with strong cities in Iuda but the kingdome gaue he to Iehoram for he was the eldest 4 And Iehoram rose vp against the kingdome of his father and preuayled and siue all his brethren with the sworde and diuers of the lordes of Israel 5 Iehoram was thirtie and two yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned eyght yeres in Hierusalem 6 And he walked in the way of the kinges of Israel like as dyd the house of Ahab for he had the daughter of Ahab to wise and he wrought euyll in the eyes of the Lorde 7 Howbeit the Lord woulde not destroy the house of Dauid because of the couenaunt that he had made with Dauid as he promised to geue a light to hym and to his sonnes for euer 8 In his dayes the Edomites rebelled when they were vnder the dominion of Iuda and made them selues a king 9 And Iehoram went foorth with his lordes and all his charets were with him and he rose vp by night and smote the Edomites which compassed him in and the captaynes of the charets 10 But Edom rebelled still so that they woulde not be vnder the hande of Iuda vnto this day That same time also dyd Libna depart from being vnder his hande because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers 11 Moreouer he made high places in the mountaynes of Iuda caused the inhabiters of Hierusalem to commit fornication and prouoked Iuda to idolatrie 12 And there came a writing to him from Elia the prophete saying Thus sayth the Lord God of Dauid thy father Because thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehosaphat thy father and in the wayes of Asa king of Iuda 13 But walkedst in the wayes of the kinges of Israel and hast made Iuda and the dwellers of Hierusalem to go a whoring like to the whordome of the house of Ahab and hast slayne thy brethren euen thy fathers house whiche were better then thou 14 Beholde with a great plague will the Lorde smite thy folke thy children thy wyues and all thy goods 15 And thou shalt suffer great payne euen a disease of thy bowels vntill thy guttes fall out by reason of thy sicknes day by day 16 And so the Lorde stirred vp against Iehoram the spirite of the Philistines and the Arabians that were besyde the blacke Moores 17 And they came vp into Iuda and wasted it caried away all the substaunce that was found in the kinges house and his sonnes and his wyues so that there was neuer a sonne left hym saue Iehohahaz which was the youngest among his sonnes 18 And after all these thinges the Lorde smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease 19 And it came to passe that in processe of time euen after the ende of two yeres his guttes fell out in his sicknes and so he died of very euyll diseases And they made no burning for him lyke the burning of his fathers 20 When he began to raigne he was thirtie and two yeres olde and raigned in Hierusalem eyght yeres and liued wretchedly howebeit they buried him in the citie of Dauid but not among the sepulchres of the kinges The .xxii. Chapter 1 Ahaziahu raigneth after Iehoram 8 Iehu king of Israel killeth Ahaziahu 10 Athaliahu putteth to death all the kinges linage 11 Ioas escapeth 1 ANd the inhabiters of Hierusalem made Ahaziahu his young sonne king in his stead For the men of warre that came with the hoast of the Arabians had slayne all his eldest sonnes And so Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram king of Iuda was made king 2 Two fourtie yeres old was he when he began to raigne and he raigned one yere in Hierusalem His mothers name was Athaliahu the daughter of Amri 3 And he walked also in the wayes of the house of Ahab for his mother by her counsel enticed him to do wickedly 4 Wherfore he dyd that which was euyll in the sight of the Lord as dyd they that were of the house of Ahab for they were his counselers after the death of his father to his destruction 5 And he walked after their counsel and went with Iehoram sonne of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth in Gilead and the Syrians smote Iehoram 6 And he returned to be healed in Iezrahel of the woundes whiche were geuen him at Rama whē he fought with Hazael king of Syria and Ahaziahu the sonne of Iehoram king of Iuda went downe to see Iehoram the sonne of Ahab at Iezrahel because he was diseased 7 At it came of God that Ahaziahu shoulde be dispised for his comming to Iehoram for when he was come he went out with Iehoram against Iehu the sonne of Nimsi whom y e Lord had annointed to destroy the house of Ahab 8 And so it came to passe that when Iehu was executing iustice vpon the house of Ahab and had founde the lordes of Iuda and the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziahu that wayted on Ahaziahu he slue them 9 And he sought Ahaziahu they caught him where he was hid in Samaria and brought him to Iehu and when they had slayne him they buried him because said they he is the sonne of Iehosaphat whiche sought the Lorde with all his heart And the house of Ahaziahu had no powre to kepe still the kingdome 10 But when Athaliahu the mother of Ahaziahu sawe that her sonne was dead she arose and destroyed all the kinges seede in the kinred of the house of Iuda 11 And Iehosabeth the daughter of the king toke Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu and stale him from among the kinges sonnes that were slayne put him and his nurse in a priuie chamber and so Iehosabeth the daughter of king Iehoram the wyfe of Iehoiada the priest and the sister of Ahaziahu hid him from Athaliahu that he was not slayne 12 And so he was with them hyd in the house of God sixe yeres and Athaliahu raigned ouer the lande The .xxiii. Chapter 1 Ioas the sonne of Ahazia is made king 3 Athaliahu is put to
said Come that we way see either other 18 And Ioas king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda saying A thistle that is in Libanon sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon saying Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wyfe And there came a wylde beast of Libanon and trode downe the thistle 19 Thou sayest Loe thou hast smitten the Edomites thyne heart maketh thee proude to glorifie thy selfe Now therefore byde at home why doest thou prouoke vnto euyll that thou mayest perishe both thou and Iuda with thee 20 But Amaziahu woulde not hearken to him for it came of God euen to delyuer them into the hande of their enemies because they sought counsell at the gods of Edom. 21 And so Ioas the king of Israel came vp and they sawe either other both he and Amaziahu king of Iuda at Bethsames which is in Iuda 22 And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel and they fled euery man to his tent 23 And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames and brought him to Hierusalem and tare the wall of Hierusalem from the gate of Ephraim vnto the gate that was ouer against it foure hundred cubites 24 And he toke away also all the golde and siluer and all the iewels that were founde in the house of God with Obed Edom and the treasures of the kinges house and the young wardes and returned to Samaria 25 And Amaziahu the sonne of Ioas king of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas sonne of Iehoahaz king of Israel fifteene yere 26 The rest of the actes of Amaziahu first and last are they not written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 27 And after the time that Amaziahu did turne away from the Lorde they conspired treason against him in Hierusalem and when he was fled to Lachis they sent to Lachis after him and slue him there 28 And brought him vp with horses and buryed him with his fathers in the citie of Iuda ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter 14 Vzzia obeying the Lorde prospereth in his enterprises 16 He waxeth proude and vsurpeth the priestes office 19 The Lorde plagueth him 20 The priestes dryue him out of the temple and exclude him out of the Lordes house 23 His buriall and his successour 1 THen all the people of Iuda toke Vzzia which was sixteene yeres olde made him king in the roome of his father Amaziahu 2 And he built Eloth and brought it againe to Iuda after that the king was layde to sleepe with his fathers 3 Sixteene yeres olde was Vzzia when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and two yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Iecholia of Hierusalem 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde according to all as did his father Amaziahu 5 And it came to passe that he sought God in the dayes of Zachariahu who had vnderstanding in the visions of God And as long as he sought the Lorde God made him to prosper 6 And he went to battaile against the Philistines and brake downe the wall of Geth and the wall of Iabne and the wall of Asdod built cities about Asdod and among the Philistines 7 And God holpe him against the Philistines and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur baal and Hamehunim 8 And the Ammonites gaue tribute to Vzzia his name spread abrode euen to the entring in of Egypt for he played the man exceedingly 9 Moreouer Vzzia built towres in Hierusalem by the corner gate and by the valley gate and at the turning of the wall and made them strong 10 And he built towres in the wildernesse and digged many welles For he had much cattaile in the valleyes playnes plowmen and vinedressers in the mountaines and in Charmel for he loued husbandry 11 And Vzzia had an hoast of fighting men that went out to warre in the armie according to the number of their office vnder the hande of Ieiel the scribe and Maasiahu the ruler and vnder the hand of Hananiahu which was one of the kinges lordes 12 And the whole number of the auncient fathers and of the men of might were two thousand and sixe hundred 13 And vnder the hand of them was the armie of the men of warre euen three hundred and seuen thousand and fiue hundred that made warre with the power of an armie helping the king against the enemies 14 And Vzzia prouided them throughout all the hoast shieldes speares helmets haberginnes bowes and slinges for to cast stones 15 And he made subtyll engins in Hierusalem which he inuented and layed on the towres and corners to shoote arrowes and great stones withall And his name spread farre abrode because he had prepared to him selfe marueylous strength 16 But in his strength his heart arose to his destruction For he transgressed against the Lorde his God and went into the temple of the Lorde to burne incense vpon the aulter of incense 17 And Azariahu the priest went in after him and with him fourescore priestes of the Lorde that were valiaunt men 18 And they stoode by Vzzia the king and saide vnto him * It parteyneth not to thee Vzzia to burne incense vnto the Lorde but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the sanctuary for thou hast trespassed and it is no worship to thee before the Lorde God 19 And Vzzia was wroth had incense in his hande to burne it and so while he had indignation against the priestes the leprosie sprang in his forehead before the priestes in the house of the Lorde euen beside the incense aulter 20 And Azariahu the chiefe priest with al the other priestes loked vpon him and beholde he was become a leaper in his forehead and they vexed him thence and he was fayne to go out because the Lorde had smytten him 21 And Vzzia the king continued a leper vnto the day of his death dwelt seuerall in an house being a leper and shut out of the house of the Lorde and Iotham his sonne had the gouernaūce of the kinges house and iudged the people of the lande 22 The rest of the acres of Vzzia first and last did Isai the prophete the sonne of Amos write 23 And so Vzzia slept with his fathers and they buried him with his fathers in the fielde of the buriall which was beside the sepulchres of the kinges for they saide he is a leper And Iotham his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Iotham raigneth and ouercommeth the Ammonites 8 His raigne and death 6 Ahaz his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 IOtham was fiue and twentie yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned sixteene yeres in Hierusalem His mothers name also was Ierusa the daughter of Zadoc 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lorde in all poyntes
againe with shame towarde his owne lande And when he was come into the house of his god they that came of his owne body slue him therewith the sworde 22 And so the Lorde saued Hezekia and the inhabiters of Hierusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians and from the hande of all other and mayntayned them on euery side 23 And many brought offeringes vnto the Lorde to Hierusalem and presentes to Hezekia king of Iuda so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thence foorth 24 In those dayes Hezekia was sicke to the death and prayed vnto the Lorde which aunswered him and shewed him a wonderfull miracle 25 But Hezekia dyd not againe vnto God according to it that he had shewed him for his heart arose there came wrath vpon hym and vpon Iuda and Hierusalem 26 Notwithstanding Hezekia submitted him selfe after that his heart was risen vp he and the inhabiters of Hierusalem and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekia 27 And Hezekia had exceeding much riches and honour And he gat him treasures of siluer and gold pretious stones and spices shieldes and of all maner pleasaunt iewels 28 And made store houses for the fruites of corne for wine and oyle and stalles for all maner of beastes and foldes for sheepe 29 And he made him cities had of sheepe and oxen great aboundaunce For God had geuen him substaunce exceeding much 30 This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water springes of Gihon and brought them downe to the west side of the citie of Dauid And Hezekia prospered in all his workes 31 And when the princes of Babylon sent vnto him ambassadours to enquire of the wonder that chaunced in the lande God left him to trye him and that all that was in his heart might be knowen 32 The rest of the deedes of Hezekia and his goodnes beholde they are written in the vision of Esai the prophet the sonne of Amoz in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel 33 And Hezekia slept with his fathers and they buried hym in the most worthy place of the sepulchres of the sonnes of Dauid and all Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem dyd him worship at his death and Manasse his sonne raigned in his steade The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 Manasses an idolater 9 He causeth Iuda to erre 11 He is led away prisoner into Babylon 12 He prayeth to the Lorde and is deliuered 15 He abolisheth idolatrie 16 and setteth vp true religion 20 He dieth and Amon his sonne succeedeth 24 whom his owne seruauntes slay 1 MAnasse was twelue yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned fiftie and fiue yeres in Hierusalem 2 But dyd euyll in the sight of the Lorde like vnto the abhominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he went to and buylt the high places whiche Hezekia his father had broken downe And he reared vp aulters for Baalim and made groues and worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued them 4 And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lorde where as the Lord yet had sayd In Hierusalē shal my name be for euer 5 And he buylded aulters for all the hoast of heauen in the two courtes of y e house of the Lorde 6 And he burnt his children in fire in the valley of the sonne of Hinnon He was a sorcerer he regarded the crying of birdes vsed inchauntmentes and mayntayned workers with spirites and sears of fortunes and wrought much euyll in the sight of the Lorde to anger hym withall 7 And he put the carued image and an idol whiche he had made in the house of God Of which house God had sayd to Dauid and to Solomon his sonne In this house and in Hierusalem whiche I haue chosen afore all the tribes of Israel will I put my name for euer 8 Neither will I make the foote of Israel to remoue any more out of the land whiche I haue ordeyned for your fathers yf so be that they wil be diligent and do all that I haue commaunded them in all the law and statutes and ordinaunces by the hande of Moyses 9 And so Manasse made Iuda and the inhabiters of Hierusalem to erre and to do worse then the heathen whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel 10 And the Lord spake to Manasse and to his people but they woulde not regarde 11 Wherfore the Lord brought vpon them the captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians whiche toke Manasse in holde and bounde him with chaynes and caried him to Babylon 12 And when he was in tribulation he besought the Lord his God and humbled him selfe exceedingly before the God of his fathers 13 And made intercession to him and God was intreated of him and hearde his prayer and brought him againe to Hierusalem into his kingdome and then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God 14 After this he buylt a wall without the citie of Dauid on the west side of Gion in the valley as they came to the fishe gate and round about Ophel brought it vp of a very great heyght and put captaynes of warre in all the strong cities of Iuda 15 And he toke away straunge gods and images out of the house of God and all the aulters that he had buylt in the mount of the house of God and Hierusalem and cast them out of the citie 16 And he prepared the aulter of the Lord and sacrifised thereon peace offeringes and thanke offeringes and charged Iuda to serue the Lorde God of Israel 17 Neuerthelesse the people dyd offer stil in the high places howbeit vnto the Lorde their God only 18 The rest of the actes of Manasse and his prayer vnto his God the wordes of the sears that spake to him in the name of the Lorde God of Israel behold they are written in the sayinges of the kinges of Israel 19 And his prayer and howe that he was hearde and all his sinnes and his trespasse and the places where he made high places and set vp groues and images before he was meekened beholde they are written among the sayinges of the sears 20 And Manasse slept with his fathers they buried him in his owne house and Amon his sonne raigned in his roome 21 Amon was two and twentie yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned two yeres in Hierusalem 22 But he did euill in the sight of the Lord like as dyd Manasse his father for Amon sacrifised to all the carued images whiche Manasse his father had made and serued them 23 And submitted not him selfe before the Lorde as Manasse his father had meekened him selfe but Amon trespassed greatly 24 And his owne seruauntes conspired against him and slue him in his owne house 25 But the people of the lande slue al them that had conspired against king Amon
an hoast which gaue them battaile slue many of them led away their wynes and children captiue spoyled them toke possession of their lande and destroyed their strong holdes and subdued them to be their bondmen vnto this day 11 Moreouer how that as for other kingdomes and Iles which sometime with stoode them they destroyed them and brought them vnder their dominion 12 But kept amitie with their owne frendes and those that were confederate with them and conquered kingdomes both farre and nye that whosoeuer heard of their renowme was afrayde of thē 13 For whom they woulde helpe to their kingdomes those raigned and whom it lyked not them to raigne they put them downe And howe they were come to great preheminence 14 Hauing no king among them neither any man clothed in purple to be magnified therethrough 15 But had ordained them selues a parliament wherin there fat three hundred and twentie senatours dayly vpon the counsell to dispatch euer the busines of the people and to kepe good order 16 And howe that euery yere they chose a Maire to haue the gouernaunce of al their lande to whom euery man was obedient and there was neither euill wyll nor discention among them 17 Then Iudas chose Eupolemus the sonne of Iohn the sonne of Iacob and Iason the sonne of Eleazar and sent them to Rome for to make frendship and a bonde of loue with them 18 That they might take from them the bondage of the Grekes for the Iewes saw that the Grekes would subdue the kingdome of Israel 19 So they went vnto Rome a very great iourney came vnto the parliament and saide 20 Iudas Machabeus with his brethren and the people of the Iewes hath sent vs vnto you to make a bond of frendship and peace with you and ye to note vs as your louers and friendes 21 And that matter pleased the Romanes right well 22 Wherefore it was written vp of the which the Romanes made a writing in tables of brasse and sent it to Hierusalem that they might haue by them a memoriall of the same peace and bonde of frendship after this maner 23 God saue the Romanes and the people of the Iewes both by sea by lande and kepe the sworde and enemie from them for euermore 24 If there come first any warre vpon the Romanes or any of their friendes throughout all their dominion 25 The people of the Iewes shall helpe them as the time requireth and that with all their heartes 26 Also they shall neither geue nor send vnto their enemies vitailes weapons money nor shippes but fulfil their couenauntes at the Romanes pleasure taking nothing of them therefore 27 Againe if the people of the Iewes happen first to haue warre the Romanes shal stand by them with a good wyl according as the time wyll suffer 28 Neither shall they geue vnto the Iewes enemies vitailes weapons money or shippes Thus are the Romanes content to do and shall fulfill their charge without any disceite 29 According to these articles the Romanes made y e bond with the Iewes 30 Now after these articles saide they if any of the parties wyll put to them or take any thing from them they shall do it with the consent of both and whatsoeuer they adde vnto them or take from them it shall stande fast 31 And as touching the euill that Demetrius hath done vnto the Iewes we haue writtē vnto him saying Wherfore layest thou thy heauie yoke vpon the Iewes our friendes and louers 32 If they make any complaint of thee againe vnto vs we shall defende them and fight with thee by sea and by lande according to iustice The .ix. Chapter 1 After the death of Nicanor Demetrius sendeth his armie against Iudas 18 Iudas is slaine 34 Ionathas ▪ is put in the steade of his brother 47 The strife betweene Ionathas and Bacchides 55 Alcimus is taken with the paulsie and dyeth Bacchides returneth againe vnto the king 68 He commeth vpon Ionathas by the counsell of certaine wicked persons and is ouercome 70 The truice of Ionathas with Bacchides 1 IIn the meane season whē Demetrius heard that* Nicanor and his hoast was slaine in the fielde he proceeded further to send Bacchides and Alcimus againe into Iurie the chiefe strength of his hoast with them 2 So they went foorth by the way that leadeth vnto Galgala and pitched their tentes before Masalothw hich is in Arbellis and wan the citie and slue much people 3 In the first moneth of the hundred fiftie and two yere they brought their hoast and layde their siege against Hierusalem 4 But raysing their campe they came to Berea with twentie thousand footemen and two thousand horsemen 5 Nowe Iudas had pitched his tent at Laisa with three thousand chosen men 6 And when they sawe the multitude of the other armie that it was so great they were sore afrayde and many conueyed them selues out of the hoast insomuch that there abode no mo of them but eyght hundred men 7 When Iudas sawe that his hoast failed him and that he must needes fight it brake his heart that he had no time to gather them together wherefore the man was in extreme trouble 8 Neuerthelesse he saide vnto them that remayned with him Vp let vs go against our enemies peraduenture we shall be able to fight with them 9 But they woulde haue stopped him saying We shall not be able therefore now let vs saue our lyues and turne againe to our brethren for shoulde we fight against them being so fewe 10 And Iudas saide God forbyd that we should flee from them wherefore if our time be come let vs dye manfully for our brethren and let vs not stayne our honour 11 Then the hoast remoued out of the tentes and stoode against them and the horsemē were deuided in two partes the sling casters and archers went before the hoast and all the mightie men were formost in the fielde 12 Bacchides him selfe was in the right wing of the battaile and the hoast drew nye in two partes and blewe the trumpettes 13 They of Iudas side blewe the trumpettes also and the earth shooke at the noyse of the hoastes and they strake a fielde from the morowe till night 14 And when Iudas sawe that Bacchides hoast was strongest of the right side he toke with him all the hardie men 15 And brake the right wing of their order folowed vpon them vnto mount Azot 16 Now when they which were the left wing sawe that the right side was discomfited they persecuted Iudas and them that were with him hard at the heeles 17 Then was there a sore battaile for many were slaine wounded on both the partes 18 Iudas also him selfe was killed and the remnaunt fled 19 So Ionathas and Simon toke Iudas their brother and buried him in his fathers sepuchre in the citie of Modin 20 And al the people of Israel made great lamentatiō for him and mourned long saying 21