vpon his heade and put the holy crowne vpon the mytre Then shalt thou take the anoyntinge oyle and youre it vpon his hed and anointe hym And bringe his sonne◠and put albes vpon them and gyrde them with gyrdles aswell Aaron as hys sonnes And put the myters on them and the prestes office shall be theyrs for a perpetual lawe Euery one that toucheth the aulter let him be holye The xxx Chapter HAron and his sonnes shal washe theyr handes theyr feete euen when they go into the tabernacle of wytnes or when they go vnto the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offerynge they shall washe them selues wyth water lesse they dye The .xxxi. Chapter HAd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge be holde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of vry the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuds And I haue fylled him wyth the sprete of God in wyldome and vnderstandinge in knowledge and in al maner of worke to fynde out such feattes and to worke golde syluer and brasse and in the crafte to set stones and to carue in tymbre and to worcke in all maner of worckeman shippe And when the Lorde had made an ende of comenynge with Moses vpon the monte Sinay he gaue him two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone wrytten with the fynger of God The .xxxii. Chapter THE people sat them downe to eate and drynke and rose vp againe to playe And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I haue sene this people and beholde it is a slyfnecked people nowe suffer me that my wrath maye ware hote against them and consume them And Moses turned his backe and wente downe frome the hyll and the two tables of wytnes were in his hande and the same tables were wrytten on bothe leues and were the worke of God and the wryttinge was the wrytynge of God grauen in tables Moses wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables oute of his handes and brake them beneth the hyll Moses sayde Oh this people haue synned a greate synne and haue made them goddes of golde And nowe I praye the eyther forgeue them theyr sinnes or yf thou wylt not wype me out of the boke whiche thou hast wrytten The .xxxiii. Chapter THE Lorde spake to Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende I wyll be called in this name of the Lord before the wyll shewe mercye to whome I wyll shewe mercye and wyll haue compassion on whome I wyl haue compassiō Thou mayste not se my face for there shall no man se me and lyue And I wyll take awaye myne hande and thou shalte se my backe partes but my face shall not be sene The .xxxiiii Chapter HAD Moses was there with the Lorde tortye dayes and fortye nyghtes and dyd neyther eate nor drynke water Moses wyste not that the skinne of his face shone in maner of an horne whyle he talked with hym ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ALl the golde the was ocupied for all the worke of the holy place was the golde of the waue offering euē .xxix. hūdrech weyght seuen hūdred .xxx. sykeles according to the sycle of the sactuarye And the seme of syluer that came of the multytude was fyue score hundred weyght and a thousand seuen hundred and .lxxv. sicles after the sicles of the sanctuarye ¶ The fyrste Chapter of Leuiticus IF any man of you brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lord ye shall bringe your sacrifyce from amonge these cattell euen frome the oxen from the shepe Yf his sacryfyce be a burnte offering let him offer a male of the oxe without blemyshe and brynge him of his owne voluntary wyll vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnes before the lord And yf his sacrifyce be of the clockes namely of the shepe or goates let hym bringe a male without blemysh for avurnte sacryfice Yf the burnte offeryng for the facrifyce of the Lord be of the foules he shall bringe his sacrifyce of the turtyll doues or of the yonge pygeons The .ii. Chapter THe soule that wyl offer a meate offeringe vnto the Lorde the same offering shall be of fyne floure and he shall poure oyle vpon it put frankencens theron and shall bring it vnto Aacons sonnes the Preastes All the meate offeringes whiche ye shall bring vnto the Lorde shall be made without leuen for ye shall nether burne leuen nor hony in any offeringe of the lorde All the meate offeringes also that thou seasonest with salte neyther shalte thou suffer the salte of the couenaunte of God to be lackinge frome thy meate offerynge but vpon all thine offeringes thou shalt bring salte The .iii. Chapter ANd yf it be a sacrifice of peace offeringes he take it from among the droues whether it be male or female he shal bring such as is with out blemishe before the Lorde The .iiii. Chapter IF a soule synne thorowe ignoraunce hath done anye of those thinges whiche the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundementes to be done as yf the preast that is anoynted do synne according to the sinne of the people let him bring for his sinne whiche he hath sinned a yong oxe with out blemyshe vnto the Lorde for a syn offering And yf he brynge a shepe for a synne offeringe he shall bringe a female with out blemyshe The .v. chapter IF a soule touch anye vncleane thing whether it be a cariō of an vncleane beast or of vncleane cattel or vncleane worme or if he touch any vnclennes of man whatsoeuer vnclennes it be that a man is wont to be defyled withall and is not ware of it and cometh to the knowledge of it he hath trespassed and shall confesse that he hath synned in one of these thinges Therfore shall he bringe hys trespace offeeinge vnto the Lorde for his sinne whiche he hath synned a female frome the flocke lambe or a she goate for a synne offerynge The .vi. Chapter IF a soule synne trespace against the lorde and denye vnto his neighboure that which was taken him to kepe or that was put into his handes or doeth violent robbery or wronge vnto his neyghboure or yf he haue foūd that whiche was loste and denyeth it and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thinge it be that a man doeth sinneth therin Yf he haue so synned or trespaced he shall restore againe that he toke violently awaye or the wronge whiche he dyd or that whiche was delyuered him to kepe or the lost thinge whiche he fonnde and all that about whiche he hathe sworne falsely he shall restore it againe in the whole summe shall adde the fyfte parte more therto and geue it vnto him to whō it perteyneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace And let him bringe for his trespace vnto the Lorde a Ram without blemyshe that is estymed worth a trespace offeringe vnto the preaste The fyre vpon the aultar shal burne styl and neuer be put out The .vii. Chapter ANd the Preaste the offereth any mans burnt offerynge
shall haue the shynne of the burnt offeringe whiche he hath offered Yf any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offerynge that pertayneth vnto the Lorde hauing his vncleanesse vpon him or that doeth touche anye vncleane thing that is of the vnclennesse of man or of any vncleane beaste or anye abhominacion that is vncleane and then eate of the fleshe of the peace offeringe whiche pertayneth vnto the Lord that soule shal peryshe frome hys people Ye shall not eate no maner of bloude whether it be of foule or of beaste whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth anye maner of bloude the same soule shall perishe from his people ¶ The .ix. Chapter MOses saide vnto Aaron go vnto the anltar and offer thy secrifice for synne and make an attonement for the and the people and thou shalt offer the offeringe of the people to reconcile them as the Lorde commaunded ¶ The .x. Chapter NAdab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of them his censor and put fyre therin and putte cens therupon and offered straūge fyre before the Lorde whiche he commaunded them not and there went a fyre out from the lord and consumed them they dyed before the lorde And the lorde spake vnto Aaron saying Thou shalt not drincke wyne and stronge drincke thou and thy sonnes that are with the when ye go into the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer thorowout youre generatiōs and that ye may haue knowlege to put difference betwene holy and vnholy betwene cleane and vncleane and that ye maye teache the children of Israell all the statutes whiche the Lorde hath spoken vnto them by the hande of Moses ¶ The .xi. Chapter WHese are the beastes whiche ye shall eate Amonge all the catell that are on the earth whatsoeuer parteth the hose and deuideth it into two clawes chaweth cud amonge the beastes that shall ye eate These shal ye eate of al that are in the waters whatsoeuer hath synnes and skales in the waters sees and ryuers that shall ye eate let all other be abhomination vnto you Let euery crepinge thinge that crepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination vnto you The .xij. Chapter IF a woman hathe conceaued and borne a man chylde she shalt be vncleane .vij. dayes euen in lyke maner as when she his put a part in tyme of her naturall disease And in the .viij. daye the fleshe of the childes foreskynne shall be cut awaye and she shall then continue in the bloude of her purifyinge .xxxiij. dayes She shall touche no halowed thinge nor come into the sanctuary vntyl the tyme of her purifyinge be out Yf she beare a mayde childe she shal be vncleane two weakes as when she hath her naturall disease and she shal continue in the bloud of her purifyinge lxvj dayes ¶ The .xiij. Chapter WHen there appeareth a rysing in any mans fleshe eyther a scabbe or a glistering white and the plage of leprosye be in the skynne of his fleshe he shal be brought vnto Aaron the priest or vnto one of his sonnes the priestes the priest shall loke on the sore in the skynne of his fleshe And as longe as the disease lasteth vpon hym he shal be defyled and vncleane he shall dwell alone euen without the hoost shalt his habitation be ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ANd if I put the plage of the leprosie in a house of the lande of your possessiō he that oweth the house shall come and tell the preast sayinge my thinke that there is as it were ▪ a leprosye in the house And the preast shall commaunde them to emptie the house before the preast go into it to se the plage that all that is in the house be not made vncleane and then must the priest go in to se the house Yf the preast also se that the plage is in the walles of the house and that theyr be holowe strakes pale or red whiche seme to be lower then the wall it selfe the preast shall go out at the house doores and shut vp the house seuen dayes And the preast shall come agayne the seuenth daye and yf he se that the plage be increased in the walles of the house the priest shall commaunde them to take away the stones in whiche the plage is and let them cast them into a foule place without the citie and he shall commaunde the house to be scraped within rounde aboute powre out the duste that they scrape of without the cytie into a soule place And they shall take other stones and put they in the places of those stones and other morter to plaster the house withall The .xv. Chapter IF any mans sede departe from hym in his slepe he shall washe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntill euen And all the clothes and all the furres wherin is suche sede of slepe shal be washed with water be vncleane vnto the euen And yf he that hath suche an yssue of sede do lye with a woman they shal bothe washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntil euen The .xvj. Chapter WHen Aaron hath made an ende of reconcilynge the holy pace and the tabernacle of wytnes and the aultar he shall bringe the lyue goate and Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the heade of the lyue goate and confesse ouer him all the misdedes of the children of Israel and all there trespaces in all theyr synnes putting them vpon the head of the goate and send hym awaye by the hande of a couenient man into the wyldernes And the goate shall beare vpon him all they re misdedes vnto the wildernes and he shall let the goate go free into the wyldernes ¶ The xvij Chapter AND whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my face against that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy hym from amonge his people for the lyfe of the fleshe is in the bloude I haue geuē it vnto you vpō the aultar to make an attonement for your soules for bloude shall make an attonement for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the children of Israel let no soule of you eate bloude The .xviij. Chapteer HE shall kepe myne ordinaunces and my iudgementes whiche if a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wyfe for that is thy brothers priuite Thou shalt not lye with mankinde as with woman kynde for it is abhomination Thou shalt lye with nomaner of beaste to defylethy selfe therewith neither shal any womā stande before a beast to lye downe therto for it is abhomination ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHen ye reape downe the ripe corne of your lande ye shall not reape downe the vtmost border of your fylde neyther shalt thou gather that whiche is lefte behinde in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde cleane neyther gather in the grapes whiche
the tast of it was lyke vnto wafets made with hony And the the children of Israell dyd eate Manna fortye yere vntyll they came vnto a lande inhabited ¶ The .xvij. Chapter IOsua dyd as Moses bad kym and foughte with Amalech And Moses and Aaron and Hut wente vp to the toppe of the hyll And it happened that when Moses helde vp his hand Israell had the better And wheÌ„ he let hys hande downe Amalech had the better The .xviii. Chapter THou shalt seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite and suche as feare God true men harynge couerouskes and make them hedes ouer the people euer hit bredes ouer fyfty and ouer ten And set them iudge the people at al seasons The .xix. Chapter NOw therfore if ye wil here my voice inded kepe myne appoyntemeÌ„t ye shal be my owne aboue al nacions for al the earth to myne ye shal be vnto me also a kyngedome of Preastes an holy people And he sayde vnto the people Be readye agaynste the thyrde daye and come not at youre wyues Let the Preastes also which come to the Lorde sâ—nctifye them selues lest the Lorde destroye them ¶ The .xx. Chapter THou shalt haue non other godes I my sight Thou shalte make the no grauen ymage neither any similitude that is in heaueÌ„ aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not worshyppe them neyther serue them for I the Lorde thy GOD am a gelouse god And visit the synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde god in vainâ— For the lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne ¶ The .xx. Chapter REmember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Syxe dayes shalt thou laboure and doo al that thou haste to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy men seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattel and the straunger that is within thy gates for in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen and earthe the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabboth daye halowed it Honour thy father thy mother that thy dayes maye be longe in the lande which the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghboures wyfe or his man seruant or his mayde or his oxe or his asse or whatsoeuer thy neyghboure hath ¶ The .xxi. Chapter HE that smyteth a man that he dye shall be slayne for it He that smiteth his father or his mother lette him be slayne for it He that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death for it Yf men stryue together one smite another with a stone or with his fyrste and he dye not but lyeth in bed if he ryse againe and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote him go quyte saue only he shal beare his charges for lesing his tyme and shall paye for his healing Yf an oxe gore a maÌ„ or a woman that they dye then the oxe shall be stoned and his fleshe shal not be caten but the owner of the oxe shall go quite Yf the oxe were wont to pushe in tyme past and it hathe bene tolde his maister and he hath not kepte him but that he hath hylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shall dye also Yf there be sett to him asumme of money then he shall geue for the deliueraunce of his lyfe whatsoeuer is put to him Yf a man open a wel or digge a pitte and couer it not and an oxe or an asse fall therein the owner of the pytt shall make it good and geue money vnto there master and the dede best shall be his ¶ The .xxij. Chapter IF a these be founde breakinge vp and be smitten that he dye there shall no bloude be shed for him but yf the sunne be vp â–ª when he is founde then there shalt be bloude shed for him Yf a maÌ„ entise a mayde that is not be trouthed and lye with her he shal endowe her and take her to his wyfe Whosoeuer lieth with a beast shal be slayne for it He that offereth vnto any goddes saue vnto the lorde onely let him be vtterly rooted out Vexe not a straunger neyther oppresse kym for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypte Yf thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by the thou shalt not be as a tyrauÌ„t vnto him nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury Yf thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge thou shalt deliuer it vnto him agayne by that the sunne go downe for that is his couering onely eueÌ„ the raymeÌ„t for his skinne where in he slepeth And when he crieth vnto me I wyll heare hym for I am mercyfull Thou shalte not rayle vpon the goddes neyther blaspheme the ruler of the people The .xxiii. Chapter IF thou mete thyne enemyes oxe or his asse goynge astraye thou shalte bringe them to hym againe Yf thou se thy enemyes asse to synke vnder his bâ—â—then thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalte helpe him to lyfte him vp againe Thou shalte take no gyftes for gyftes blyndeth the seynge and peruert the wordes of the ryghteous Se that no man appeare before me emptye The .xxiiii. Chapter MOses was in the mount fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter THey shal make an Arke of set him wood two cubytes and a halfe long a cubyte and an halfe brode and an cubyte a halfe hye And thou shalte ouerlaye it with pure golde within and wythout shalte than ouerlaye it and shalt make hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalte make two cherubins of golde The xxvi Chapter HAd thou shalt make a vaile of yelowe silke of purple scarlet and with twyned sylke Of broeder worke wyth pictures shalte thou make it The .xxviii. Chapter HAd beneth vpon the hem thou shalte make pomgranates of yelowe sylke and purple and scarlate rounde aboute hym and belles of golde betwene theÌ„ rounde aboute and let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgarnat a golding bell and a pomgarnate rounde aboute the hem of the tunycle The .xxix. Chapter BRyng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and washe theÌ„ with water and take the garmentes and put vpoÌ„ Aaron the strayte cote the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod and the brastlap and gyrd them to him wyth the brode red gyrdell whiche is in the Ephod And but the mytre
doth and haue trespaced against the Lorde that soule hath done amysse Therfore they shall knowledge theyr synne whiche they haue done and let hym restore agayne the hurt that he hath done in the hole putte the fyfte part of it more therto geue it vnto hym whome he hath treaspaced againste But and if there be not a man to restore the hurt vnto nor a kynsman of his lette the trespace be made good vnto the Lorde and it shal be the priestes besyde the ram of the attonement wherby an attonement shal be made for hym ¶ The .vi. Chapter WHen eyther man or womā doth seperate thē selues to vowe a vowe of an absteiner and appointe them selues vnto the Lorde he shal seperate hym selfe from wyne and strōge drincke and shall drincke no vyneagre of wyne or of stronge drincke nor shall drincke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes and shall eate no freshe grapes neyther yet dried As longe as his abstinence endureth shall he eate nothing that is made of the vynetre or of the carnels or of the huske of the graye The Lord blesse the and kepe the. The Lorde make his face shyne vpon the and be mercyfull vnto the. The Lorde lyfte vp his countenaunce vpon the and geue the peace And they shall put my name vpon the children of Israell and I wyl blesse them The .viii. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge this is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites from .xxv. yere vpwarde they shal go in to waite vpon the seruice of the tabernacle of witnes and from the age of fyftye yere they shall cease waytynge vpon the seruice thereof and shall serue no more but shall minister vnto theyr brethren in the tabernacle of wytnes to wayte but shal do no more seruice The .ix. Chapter ANd the same daye that the tabernacle was reared vp a cloude couered the habitacion whiche was a tabernacle of the wytnesse and at euen there was vpon the habitacion as it were the symilytude of fyre vntyll the morninge So it was alwaye the cloude couered it by daye and the symilytude by nyght and when the cloud was taken vp frome the tabernacle then the chyldren of Israel iourneyed and where the cloude abode there the chyldren of Israel pytched theyr tentes At the mouth of the Lorde the chyldrē of Israel iourneyed and at the mouth of the Lorde they pytched And as longe as the cloud abode vpon the habitacion they laye slyll and when the cloude taiyed styll vpon the habitacion longe tyme the chyldren of Israell kepte the watche of the Lorde iourneyed not And it chaunced that when the cloude abode afewe dayes vpon the habitacyon they abode in theyr tentes according to the commaundemente of the Lord and they iourneyed also at the commaundement of the Lorde The .xi. Chapter THe rascall people that was among them fel a lustynge and turned them selues wepte euen as Did also the chyldren of Israell sayd who shal geue vs fleshe to eate we remembre the fleshe whiche we dyd eate in Egypte for naught And the cucumbers and Melones Lekes onions and garleke But now our soules is dryed awaye for we can se nothing saue Manna Manna was as coriander sede and to se to lyke Bedellyon And there went forth a wynde frome the Lorde and brought quayles from the see and let them fall about the hoste euen a dayes iourney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoste and they dyd flee in the ayre as it were two cubytes hye ouer the earth And the people stode vp al that daye and all the night and on the morow they gathered quayles The .xii. Chapter MOses was a very meke man aboge all the men of the earth The .xiii. Chapter ANd they came vnto the Riuer of Escolle cut downe there a branche with a clouster of grapes and twayne bare it vpon a staffe The xiiii Chapter THe Lord is long yet he be angry and ful of mercye and suffereth iniquytie and synne and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnryghteousnes of the fathers vpon the chyldren in the thyrde and fourth generacyon The .xv. Chapter ANd whyle the chyldren of Israell were in the wyldernes they founde a man the gathered styckes vpon the Sabboth daye And they that founde him gatheringe stickes brought him vnto Moses Aaran and vnto al the congregacion and they put him in ward seinge it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Let the man dye◠and let all the multytude stone hym with stones with out the hoste And all the multytude brought him without the hoste and stoned him with stoues he dyed as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ANd Eleazar cōmaunded that no straunger which is not of the sede of Aarō come nere to offer cens before the Lord that it happen not vnto him lyke as vnto Corab and his companye The .xvij. Chapter ANd Moses put the .xij. Roddes before the Lorde in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And on the morow Moses went into the Tabernacle of witnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leut was budded and bare blossomes and almondes ¶ The .xviii. Chapter ALl that breake the matrice in al fleshe that men bring vnto the Lord whether it be of men or of beastes shal be thyne Neuer the later the first borne of vncleane beastes shalt thou redeme lykewyse And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron thou shalt haue none inheritaunce in they re lande neyther shalt thou haue any parte amonge them I am thy parte and thy inheritaunce amonge the children of Israel Beholde I haue geuen the childrē of Leui al the tenthe in Israel to inherite for the seruice whiche they serue in the tabernacle of wytnesse ¶ The .xx. Chapter MOses Aaron gathered the cōgregatiō together before the rocke Moses said vnto thē heare ye rebelliōs must we fet you water out of this rocke And Moses lifte vp his hande with his rod he smote the rocke two times the water came out aboundātly and the multitude dranke and they re beastes allo And the Lord spake vnto Moses and Aaron because ye beleued me not to sanctyfye the in the eyes of the children of Israell therefore ye shall not brynge this congtegacion into the lande whiche I haue geuen them This is the water of strife because the chyldren of Israel stroue with the lorde he was sanctified in the. When all the multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aaron thyrtye dayes and thorowout all the housholdes of Israell The .xxi. Chapter OUre soule lotheth this lyght breade The Lorde sente fyerye serpentes amonge the people whiche stonge them and muche people of Israell dyed And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses make the a fycrye serpente and set yt vp for a sygne that as manye as are bytten maye lohe vpon it and lyue And Moses made a serpente of brasse and set it vp for a sygne and when the serpentes
had bytte any man he beholde the serpente of brasse and was healed The .xxii. Chapter ANd when the asse sawe the Aungell of the Lorde she fell downe vnder Balaam and Balaam was wrothe and smote the Asse with a staffe And the Lorde opened the mouth of the Asse she sayde vnto Balaam what haue I done vnto the that thou haste smytten me nowe thre tymes And Balaam sayde vnto the Asse because thou hast moched me I wolde also there were a sworde in myne hande for euen nowe wolde I hyll the. And the Asse sayde vnto Balaam am not I thyne Asse whiche thou haste rydden vpoÌ„ sence thou was borne vnto this daye was I euer wonte to do so vnto the he sayde naye The .xxiii. Chapter GOd is not aman that he shulde lye neyther the sonne or a man that he shulde repente shulde he saye and not do or shulde he speake and not make it good The .xxiiii. Chapter THere shall come a starre of Iacob and ryse a scepter of Israell and shall smyte the costes of Moab and vndermyne all the chyldren of Neth and Edom shall be possessed and â—ey shal fall to the possession of they enemies and Israel shall do manfully Out of Iacob shall come he that shall haue domynyon and shall destroye the remnaunt of the cytie The .xxv. Chapter ANd beholde one of the chyldren of Israell came and brought vnto the brethren a Madianity she wyfe in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of that chyldren of Israel that wepte before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse And when Phynehes the soune of Eleater the sonne of Aaron the preast sawe yt he tose vp out of the myddes of the companye and toke a weapon in his hande and wente after the man of Israell into the tente and thrust them thorow bothe the man of Israell and also the woman eue thorowe the belly of her and the plage ceassed from the chyldren of Israell The .xxvii. Chapter IF a man dye haue nosoÌ„ne ye shal turne hys inheritaunce vnto his brother yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his inherytaunce vnto his brethren yf he also haue no brethren ye shall gyue his inherytaunce vnto hys fathers brethren and if his father haue no brethren ye shall geue hys inheritaunce vnto hym that is nexte to him of his hindred and he shall possesse it The .xxx. Chapter IF a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or sweare an a the to hynde his soule he shal not go bathe with his worde but shall fulfyll all that is proceded out of his mouth ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter AAron was a hundred and .xxiii. yeares olde when he dyed in Mounte Nor. The .xxxv. Chapter ANd from among the Cities whiche ye shall geue vnto the Leuites ther shalbesyre cities for refuge whiche ye shall appointe to that entente that he whiche hylleth maye fle the ther And to them ye shall adde .xlii. Lities so that all the Cyties whicheye shall geue the Leuites may be xlviii wyth theye subuthes And the Lyties whiche ye shall geue shal be out of the possession of the chyldren of Israell Yf the sleyer come wythout the borders of hys priuileged cytyes whether he was fled yf the auenger of vloud fynde him without the borders of his fre towne and sleye the Murtherer he shal be gyltelesse because he shulbe haue bydden in hys free towne vntyll the death of the hye priest and after the deathe of the hyepriest to returne again vnto the lande of his possession Neyther shallone wytnesse aunswere to puts man to deathe Ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthye to dye The fyrste Chapter of Deuteronomium HEare the cause of your brethren Iudge ryghteouslye betwene euery man and hys brother and the straunger that is wyth him Se that ye knowe no faces in iudgement but heare the smal as well as the greate and be a frayde of no man for the iudgementes is goddes The .ii. Chapter BVt Sehon the kinge of Hosbon wolde not let vs passe by hym for the Lorde thy God hardened his sprete and made his hert tough because he wolde delyuer him into thy handes as it is come to passe this daye The .iii. Chapter ONly Or king of Basan remayned of the remnaunt of the gyauÌ„tes whose bed was a bed of Iron And is it not yet at Rabah amonge the childreÌ„ of Ammon ix cubytes doth the leÌ„gth therof conteins .iiii. cubytes the bredth of it after the cubyte of a maÌ„ The .iiii. Chapter WHat nacion is so greate that goddes come so nye vnto as the Lorde out god is nye vnto vs in al thinges as ofte as we cal vnto him Take hed and make you no grauen Image and picture of any maner of figure the lykenes of man or woman the lykenesse of anye maner of beast that is on the earth or the lykenes of anye maner fethered foule that flyeth in the ayre or the lykenesse of any maner of worme that creppeth on the earth or the likenesse of any maner fyshe that is in the waters beneth the earth Ye lest thou lyfte vp thyne eyes vnto heaueÌ„ when ye seest the sonne the mone and starres with al the host of heaueÌ„ shuldest be deceaued shuldest worshippe and serue the thinges whiche the Lord thy God hathe made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen The .vi. Chapter HEare O Israell the Lord our god is Lord onely and thou shalte loue the Lorde thy God with al thyne herte and with all thy soule and with al thy myght And these wordes whiche I commaunde that this daye shal be in thy hart and thou shalt shewe them vnto thy chyldren shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thy house and as thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp and thou shalte bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande And they shal be warninges betwene thyne eyes and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thy house and vpon the gates The .vii. Chapter The Lorde thy God he is God and that a true god whiche kepeth appointement and mercye vnto them that loue him and kepe his commaundementes euen thorowe out a thousande generacions and rewardeth them that hate him before his face so that he bringeth them to nought and doth not defarre the time but rewardeth hym that hateth him before his face Yf ye harken vnto these lawes God will loue the and blesse the and multiplie the he wil also blesse the frute of thy wombe and the frute of the lande thy corne thy wine and thy oyle and the encrease of thy oxen and the flockes of thy shepe in the lande whiche he sweare vnto thy fathers to geue the. Thou shalte be blessed vnto all nacions there shal be nether man nor womaÌ„ vnfrutful amonge you nor any thinge vnfrutefull amonge youre cattell Moreouer the Lorde will take awaie from the al maner of
toke the dagger from his right thyghe thrust it in kyng Eglons bellye and the hafte wente in after the blade And the fatte closed the hafte so that he might not drawe the dagger oute of hys belly but the dynte came oute Sangat the sonne of Anath slewe of the Philistines .vi. hundred men with an Ore goade and delyuered Israel The .iiii. Chapter IAhel Habets wyfe toke a nayle of the tente and an hammer in her hande and went softly vnto hym and smote the nayle into that temples of Sisaras heade and fastened it into the ground for he slombered sore and was wery ¶ The .viii. Chapter IEdeon had .lxx. sonnes of his body begotteÌ„ for he had many wyues The .ix. Chapt. ANd whan Abunelech had fought agaynste the Litte of Sichem all that daye he toke it and slewe the people that was therein and destroyed the citie and sowed salte thorowe it ¶ The xiiii Chapter ANd beholde a yong lyon roared vpon SaÌ„son and he tare hym as he wolde haue rent a kydde and yet had nothyng in his hande ¶ The .xv. Chapter ANd Samson founde a rotten iawe bone of an Asse and put forth his hand and caught it and flewe a thousande men therewith ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ANd Samson toke his rest tyll mydnyghte and arose at mydnight and toke the dores of the gate of the citie and the two syde postes rent them of with the barre and all and put them vpon his sholdets and caried them vp to the top of an hyll that is before Hebron The .xx. Chap. ANd amoÌ„g al these folke of Gibea were seueÌ„ L. lefte banded meÌ„ which euery one could flyng stones at an heare bread the and not mysse Finis ¶ The booke of Ruth the fourth Chapter THis was the maner of olde time in Israel concernynge pourches and chaungyng for to stablishe althynge that a man must plucke of his shoe and geue it his neyghboure and this was a sure witnesse in Israell The .i. boke of the Kynges the .i. Chapter AH my lorde as trulye as thy soule lyueth my lorde I am the woman that stode before thee here praying vnto the lorde for this ladde I prayde and the lorde hath geuen me my desyre whiche I asked of him and therfore I haue geueÌ„ hym vnto the lorde as loÌ„g as he is mete for the lord The .ii. Chapter THereis none so holy as the Lord for without the is nothinge Nether is ther any of strengh as is our Lorde The Lord is a god of knowledge and his purposes come to passe The lorde kylleth and maketh alyue bryngeth downe to the graue and fetcheth vp agayne The lorde maketh poore maketh ritche bringeth lawe and geueth vp on hye He reyseth vp the pore out of the dust lyfteth vp the beggar froÌ„ the donghyll to set him amonge princes and to enheret them with the seate of glory Yf one man synne againste an other dayesmen may be iudges but if a man synne againste God who wylbe his daysman They that worship me I wyll worshyp they that despise me shall come to shame The .iii. Chapter I Haue tolde Ely that I wil iudge his house for euer for the wickednesse which he knoweth For wheÌ„ the people cursed his sonnes for the same wickednes he hath not corrected them and therfore I haue sworne vnto the house of Ely that the wickednesse of Elyes house shall not bee purged with sacrifice nor offering for euer The .iiii. Chapter ANd it fortuned that when he made mencioÌ„ of the at he of god Ely fell from his stole backewarde vpon the tresholde of the gate and his neckebrake and he dyed The .viii. Chapter SAmuels sonnes Ioel and Abis walked not in hie wayes but turned asyde after lucre and toke rewarde and peruerted the right The .ix. Chapter SAule was a goodly yonge man and a fayre so that among the chyldren of Israel there was none goodlyet then he For from the shoulders vpwarde he was hyer then all the other people He that is now called a prophete was in the olde tyme called a sear The .xi. Chapter AL the menne of Iabes sayth vnto Nahas make a couenaunt with vs and we wyll be thy seruauntes And Nahas the Ammonite aunswered them In this wyll I make a couenaunte with you yf I maye thruste out all your righte eyes and bryng the shame vpon all Israell The .xii. Chapter SAule sayde vnto the people I am olde and graye headed and beholde my sonnes are with you and I haue walked before you froÌ„ my chyldehode vnto this daye beholde here I am beare recorde of me before the lorde and his annoynted whose ore haue I taken or whose asse haue I taken whome haue I done wronge to whome haue I hutte or of whose hande haue I receyued any brybe to blynde my eyes there with and I wyll restore it you againe They sayde thou haste done vs no wronge nor huâ—to vs neyther hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande The .xiiii. Chapter IT is no hardnesse with the lorde to saue eyther in manye or in fewe The .xv. Chapter HAth the lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifices and offeringes as when the voyce of the lorde is obeyed Beholde to obeye is better than sacrifice and to herken is better then the fat of rammes For rebellion is as the synne of wytchecrafte and stubbernesse is as the wyckednesse of ydolatry The .xvi. Chapter GOd seeth not as man seeth for man lokethe on the outwarde apperance but god beholdeth the hert And so it fortuneth that when the euyll spirite sent of god came vpoÌ„ Saul Dauid toke an harpe and playde with his hande and so Saul was refreshed and did amende and the euyll spirite departed from him The .xvii. Chapter THen sayd Dauid to the philistine Goliath thou comest to me with a swerde a spere a shylde but I come to the in the name of the lord of hoostes the God of the hoost of Israel whome thou haste railed vpon The .xxj. Chapter ANd the priest aunswered Dauid and sayd there is no commen bread vnder my hande but here is halowed bread if the yonge men haue kepte theÌ„ selues from vncleane thinges especially women The .xxij. Chapter THe seruauntes of kynge Saule wolde not moue they re haÌ„des to fal vpon the priestes of the Lord. Doeg the edomite turned and ranne vpon the priestes and slue that same daye foure score and fyue persones that did were a fynned Ephod The .xxiiij. Chapter ANd Dauid sayde vnto his men the Lorde kepe me from doinge that thinge vnto my maister the lordes anointed to laye my hande vpon hym seinge he is the anointed of the Lorde The .xxvj. Chapter WHo can laye his hande on the lordes anointed and by gyltlesse The .xxx. Chapter AS his parte is that goeth downe and syghteth so shall his parte be that taryeth by the stuffe that it may be parteda lyke ¶ The .ii. booke of the kynges The fyrst Chapter THE bowe of Ionathas and the
temple of the Lorde to burne cense vpon the altare of incense And Azariahu the priest went in after hym and with hym fourescore priestes of the lorde that were valiaūt men And they stoode by Vzia the kyng and sayde vnto him It pertaineth not to the Vziato burne incense vnto the lord but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the Sanctuarye for thou hast trespaced and it is no worshyp to the before the lorde god And Vzia was wroth and hadde incense in his hande to burne it and so whyle he had indignaciō against the priestes the leprosy sprang in his foreheade before the priestes in the house of the lorde euen besyde the incense altare The .xxxii. Chapter PLucke vp your hertes and be strong be not afrayed nor discoraged for the king of Assur and for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with him With him is an arme of fleshe but with vs is the lorde oure god for to helpe vs and to fight oure battayles The .xxxiii. Chapter ¶ And when Manasses was in tribulation he besought the lord his god and humbled him selfe excedingly before the god of his fathere made intercessyon to him god was intreated of him and hearde his prayer and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome and then Manasse knewe that the lorde was god ¶ The fyrst boke of Esdras The .vii. Chapter AND we certifie you that ye haue no auctorite to require taxynge and custome yearly rentes vpō any of the prestes leuites singers porters Nethinuns and ministers in the house of his god The .viii. Chapter The hāde of our god is vpō all them that seke hym in goodnes his violence and wrath is against all them that forsake him ¶ The .ii. boke of Esdras The .v. Chapter I And my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money corne but as for vsury let vs leaue it The .xii. Chapter In the tyme of Zorobabell and Nehemiah dyd al they of Israell geue portions vnto the syngers porters euerye daye his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites and the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the chyldren of Aaron ¶ The .iii. boke of Esdras The .iii. Chapter WYne is a stronge thyng The kyng is stronger Women haue yet more strenghte but aboue all thynges the truthe beareth awaye the victorie ¶ The .iiii. Chapter TRuthe endureth and is alwaye stronge it lyueth conquereth for euermore worlde without ende ¶ The .viii. Chapter I Commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the preastes Leuites syngers and ministers of the temple nor of the writers and that no man haue auctorite to medle any thing against them The .iiii. boke of Esdras the .i. Chap. WHat shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obey me I wyll turne me to another people and vnto those wil I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes seynge ye haue forsaken me I will forsake you When ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shall haue no mercye vpon you Whan ye call vpon me I wyll not heare you for ye haue defiled your handes with bloude and your fete are swyfte to commit manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but your owne selues saithe the lorde ¶ The .ii. Chapter EXecute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherles geue to the peore defende the confortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man so scorne defende the crepell and let the blynde come into the lyght of my clearenes whersoeuer thou fyndest the dead take them and bury them and I shall geue the the fyrst place in my resurrection ¶ The .iiii. Chapter GO thy waye waye me the weight of the fyre or measure me the blaste of the wynde or call me againe the daye that is paste They that dowell vpon earth may vnderstande nothinge but that whiche is vpon earthe and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens maye onely vnderstande the thinges that are aboue the heuens The worlde hasteth fast to passe away and can not comprehende the thynges that are promysed for the righteous in time to come for this world is full of vnryghteousnes and weakenes The corne of euel sede hathe bene sowne in the hearte of man from the begynnynge ¶ The .v. Chapter BEholde the dayes shall come that they whiche dwell vpō the earth shal be taken in a great nombre and the waye of the truthe shal be hydde and the lande shal be barren from faithe but iniquitie shall haue the vpper hande lyke as thou hast sene nowe and as thou haste hearde long ago And he said vnto me Nombre the thinges that are yet not come gather me together the droppes that are scattered abroade make me the floures greane againe that are wythered open me the thinge that is closed brynge me forth the wyndes that are shut vp shewe me the Image of a voyce and then shall I declare the thynge that thou labourest to knowe ¶ The .vi. Chapter FRom Abraham vnto Isahar when Iacob Esau were borne of him Iacobs hande helde fyrste the heir of Esau for Esau is the ende of this worlde and Iacob is the begynnynge of it that foloweth The hande of man betwyxt the hele and the hande The earthe shall restore those that haue slepte in her and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence and the secrete places shall delyuer those that be committed vnto them ¶ The .vii. Chapter HAnd the moste hyghest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgement and all miserye shall vanyshe awaye and longe sufferynge shal be gathered togyther but the iudgement shal continue the truthe shall remayne and faith shall waxe strong the worke shall folowe and the rewarde shal be shewed the righteousnes shal watch and the vnrighteousnes shall beare no rule The daye of dome shal be the ende of this time the begynnyng of the immortalitie for to come where in all corruption is vanyshed all voluptuousnes is lowsed all mysbeleue taken awaye righteousnes growed the verite spronge vp Then shal no man be able to saue him that is destroyed nor oppresse him that hath gyuen the victory I knowe lorde that the hyghest is mercyfull in that he hath mercye vpon them whiche are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walke in his lawe and that he is pacient and long sufferynge towarde those that haue synned in they re worckes and that he is liberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of greate mercye for he multiplied his louyng kyndnesse toward those that are present and that are paste and to theym whiche are for to come for yf he multiplye not hys mercyes the worlde shall not be made liuing with those that dwell therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnes that they whiche haue done euyll