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departinge that she must dye she called his name Ben O●i But his father called him Ben Iamin And thus dyed Rahel ād was buryed in the waye to Ephrath which now is called Bethlehem And Iacob sett vp a piller apon hir graue which is called Rahels graue piller vnto this daye And Israell went thēce and pitched vp his tent beyonde the toure of Eder And it chaunced as Israel dwelt in that lande that Ruben went laye with Bilha his fathers concubyne it came to Israels eare The sonnes of Iacob were .xij. in nombre The sonnes of Lea. Ruben Iacobs eldest sonne Simeō Leui Iuda Isacha● Zabulon The sonnes of Rahel Ioseph Ben Iamin The sonnes of Bilha Rahels mayde Dan Nepthali The sonnes of Zilpha Leas mayde Gad Aser Thes are the sōnes of Iacob which were borne him in Mesopotamia Then Iacob went vnto Isaac his father to Mamre a prīcipall cyte otherwise called Hebron where Abrahā Isaac sogeorned as straungers And the dayes of Isaac were an hundred .lxxx. yeres than fell he seke dyed ād was put vnto his people beynge olde and full of dayes And his sonnes Esau ād Iacob buried him The .xxxvi. Chapter THese are the generations of Esau which is called Edō Esau toke his wyues of the doughters of Canaan Ada the doughter of Elon an Hethite Ah●libama the doughter of Ana which Ana was the sonne of Zibeon an heuyte And Basmath Ismaels doughter sister of Nebaioth And Ada bare vnto Esau Eliphas and Basmath bare Reguel And Ahalibama bare Ieus Iaelam and Korah These are the sonnes of Esau which were borne him in the lande of Canaan And Esau toke his wyues his sonnes and doughters and all the soules of his house his goodes and all his catell and all his substance which he had gott in the land of Canaan ād went in to a countre awaye from his brother Iacob for their ryches was so moch that they coude not dwell together and that the land where in they were straungers coude not receaue thē because of their catell Thue dwelt Esau in moūte Seir which Esau is called Edō These are the generations of Esau sather of the Edomytes in mounte Seir these are the names of Esaus sonnes Eliphas the sonne of Ada the wife of Esau ād Reguel the sonne of Basmath the wife of Esau also And the sonnes of Eliphas were Theman Omar Zepho Gactham and kenas And th●●na was concubyne to Eliphas Esaus sonne and bare vnto Eliphas Amalech And these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wyfe And these are the sonnes of Reguel Nahath Serah Samma and Misa these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe And these were the sonnes of Ahalibama Esaus wyfe the doughter of Ana sonne of Zebcō which she bare vnto Esau Ieus Iealam and Rorah These were dukes of the sonnes of Esau The childern of Eliphas the first sōne of Esau were these duke Theman duke Omar duke Zepho duke Renas duke Rorah duke Gaetham duke Amalcch these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom ād these were the sonnes of Ada ▪ These were the childern of ●eguel Esaus sonne duke ●●ahath duke Serah duke Samma duke Misa These are the dukes that came of Reguel in the lande of Edom ād these were the sonnes of Basmath Esaus wyfe These were the childern of Ahalibama Esaus wife duke Ieus duke Iaelam duke Rorah these dukes ame of Ahalibama the doughter of Ana Esaus wife These are the childern of Esau and these are the dukes of them which Esau is called Edom These are the childern of Seir the Horite the in habitoure of the lande Lothan Sobal Zibeon Ana Dison Eser and Disan These are the dukes of the horites the childern of Seir in the lande of Edom. And the childern of Lothan were Hori and Hemam And Lothans sister was called Thimna The childern of Sobal were these Alvan Manahath Ebal Sepho Onam These were the childern of Zibeō A●a ana this was y● Ana y● soūde the mules in the wildernes as be fed his father Zibeons asses The childern of Ana were these Dison and Ahalibama the doughter of Ana. These are the childern of Dison Hemdan Esban Iethran C●erā The childern of E●e● were these Bilhan Seavan Aka● The childern of Disan were Vz and Aran. These are the dukes that came of Hori duke Lothan duke Sobal duke Zibeō duke Ana duke Dison duke Ezer duke Disan These be the dukes that came of Hory in their duked●s in the land of Seir. These are the kynges that reigned in the lande of Edom before there reigned any kynge amonge the childern of Israel Bela the sonne of Bcor reigned in ●domca and the name of his cyte was Sinhaba And when Bela dyed Iobab the sonne of Serah out of Bezara reigned in his steade When Iobab was dead Husam of the lande of Themany reigned in his steade And after the deth of Husam Hadad the sonne of Bedad which stewe the Madianytes in the feld of the Moabytes reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Av●●h Whē Hadad was dead Samla of Masteka reigned in his steade Whē Samla was dead Saul of the ryver Rchoboth reigned in his steade When Saul was dead Baal hanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his steade And after the deth of Baal Hanan the sonne of Achbor Hadad reigned in his steade and the name of his cyte was Pagu And his wises name Mchetabeel the doughter of matred the doughter of Mesaab These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau in their kynreddds places and names Duke Thimma duke Alua duke Ietheth duke Ahalibama duke Ela duke Pinon duke Renas duke Theman duke Mibzar duke Magdiel duke Iram These be the dukes of Edomea in their habitations in the lande of their possessions This Esau is the father of the Edomytes ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter ANd Jacob dwelt in the lande wherein his father was a straunger that is to saye in the lande of Canaan And these are the generations of Jacob when Ioseph was x●ij yere olde he kepte shepe with his brethren and the lad was with the sonnes of Bilha of Zilpha his fathers wyues And he brought vnto their father an euyll saynge that was of them And Israel loued Joseph more than all his childern because he begat hym in his olde age and he made him a coote of many coloures When his brothren sawe that their father loued him more than all his brethern they hated him and coude not speke one kynde worde vnto him Moreouer Joseph dreamed a dreawe and tolde it his brethren wherfore they hated him yet the more And he sayde vnto them heare I praye yow this dreame which I haue dreamed Beholde we were makynge she●●s in the folde and loo my shefe arose and stode vp right and youres stode rounde aboute and made obeysaunce to my shefe Than sayde his brethren vnto him what shalt thou be oure kynge or shalt thou
that which thou hast spoken is good to be done And then I toke the heedes of youre trybes men of wysdome and that were expert and made them ruelers ouer you captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes ouer fyftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre Iudges the same tyme Iudges sayenge heare youre brethern and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunges that is with him Se that ye knowe no man in Iudgement but heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the lawe is Gods And the cause that is to harde for you brynge vnto me and I will heare it And I commaunded you the same season all the thinges which ye shul de doo And then we departed from Horeb and walked thorow all that greate and terreble wildernesse as ye haue sene alonge by the waye that ledeth vnto the hilles of the Amorites as the Lorde oure God commaunded us and came to Cades bernea And there I sayed vnto you Ye are come vnto the hilles of the Amorites which the Lorde oure God doth geue vnto us Beholde the Lorde thi God hath sett the londe before the goo vpp and conquere it as the Lorde God of thy fathers sayeth vnto the feare not nether be discoraged And then ye came vnto me euery one and sayed Let us sende men before us to serche us out the londe and to brynge us worde agayne both what waye we shall goo vpp by and vnto what cities we shall come And the sayenge pleassed me well and I toke .xij. men of you of euery trybe one And they departed and went vp in to the hye contre and came vnto the ryuer Escoll and serched it out and toke of the frute of the londe in their hondes and brought it doune vnto us and brought us worde agayne and sayde it is a good lande which the Lorde oure God doeth geue us Notwithstondinge ye wolde not consente to goo vpp but were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the Lorde youre God ād murmured in youre tentes and sayde because the Lorde hateth us therfore he hath brought us out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer us in to the handes of the Amorites and to destroye us How shall we goo vpp Oure brethern haue discoraged oure hartes sayenge the people is greater and taller than we ād the cities are greatte and walked euen vpp to heauen and moreouer we haue sene the sonnes of the Enakimes there And I sayed vnto you dreade not nor be afrayed of thē The Lorde youre God which goeth before you he shall fyghte for you acordynge to all that he dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eies ād in the wildernesse as thou hast sene how that the Lorde thy God bare the as a man shulde beare his sonne thorow out all the waye which ye haue gone vntill ye came vnto this place And yet for all this sayenge ye dyd not beleue the Lorde youre God which goeth the waye before you to serche you out a place to pitche youre tentes in in fyre by nyght that ye myghte se what waye to go and in a cloude by daye And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes and was wroth and swore sayenge there shall not one of these men of this frowarde generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shall se it and to him I will geue the londe which he hath walked in ād to his childern because he hath contynually folowed the Lorde Likewise the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes sayenge thou also shalt not go in thiter But Iosua the sōne of Nun which stondeth before the he shall go in thither Bolde him therfore for he shall deuyde it vnto Israel Moreouer youre childern which ye sayed shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which knowe nether good nor bad this daye they shall goo in thither ād vnto them I will geue it ād they shall enioye it But as for you turne backe and take youre iurneye in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the reed see Than ye answered and sayed vnto me We haue synned agenst the Lorde we will goo vp and fyghte acordinge to all that the Lorde oure God cōmaunded us And whē ye had gyrde on euery man his wepons of warre and were ready to goo vp in to the hilles the Lorde sayed vnto me saye vnto thē se that ye go not vp and that ye fighte not for I am not amōge you lest ye be plaged before youre enemies * And whē I told you ye wold not heare but Here thou se●st the verey image of the papistes For thei like wise where Gods worde is there they beleue not ād where it is not there they be bold disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde and went presumptously vp in to the hilles Thē the Amorites which dwelt in those hilles came out agenst you and chased you as bees doo and hewed you in Seir euē vnto Horma And ye came agayne and wepte before the Lorde but the Lorde wolde not heare youre voyce nor geue you audience And so ye abode in Cades alōge season acordinge vnto the tyme that ye there dwelt The .ij. Chapter THen we turned and toke oure iurney in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the red see as the Lord cōmaunded me And we compassed the mountayns of Seir a lōge tyme Thē the Lorde spake vnto me saienge Ye haue cōpassed this mountayns lōge ynough turne you northwarde And warne the people sayenge Ye shall goo thorow the costes of youre brethern the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir and they shal be afrayed of you But take good hede vnto youreselues that ye prouoke thē not for I wil not geue you of their lōde no not so moch as a fo●e breadeth because I haue geuē mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse Ye shall bye meate of thē for money to 〈◊〉 and ye shall bye water of thē for money to dr●k● For the Lorde thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thine hāde ād knew the as thou wē test thorow this greate wildernesse Moreouer the Lorde thi God hath bene with the this xl yeres so that thou hast lacked nothinge And whē we were departed from oure brethern the childern of Esau which dwelt in Seir by the felde waye from Elath ād Ezion Gaber we turned ād went the waye to the wildernesse of Moab Thē the Lorde sayed vnto me se that thou vexe not the Moabites nether prouoke thē to batayle for I will not geue the of their lōde to possesse because I haue geuē Ar vnto the childern of loth to possesse The Emimes dwelt there in in tymes past a people greate many ād tal as the Enakimes which also were takē for geantes as the Enakimes And the Moabites called thē Emymes In like maner the Horimes dwelt in Seir before time which the childern of Esau cast
out ād destroyed thē before them and dwelt there in their stede as Israel dyd in the londe of his possessiō which the Lorde gaue them Now ryse vpp sayed I ād get you ouer the ryuer Zared ād we went ouer the ryuer Zared The space in which we came from Cades bernea vntill we were come ouer the ryuer Zared was .xxxviij. yeres vntill all the generacion of the men of warre were wasted out of the host as the Lorde sware vnto thē For in dede the hande of the Lorde was agēst thē to destroye them out of the host till they were consumed And as soone as all the men of warre were consumed and deed from amonge the people then the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge Thou shalt goo thorow Ar the coste of Moab this daye and shalt come nye vnto the childern of Ammon se that thou vexe them not nor yet prouoke them For I will not geue the of the londe of the childern of Ammon to possesse because I haue geuen it vnto the childern of loth to possesse That also was taken for a londe of geauntes and geauntes dwelt therim in olde tyme and the Ammonites called them Zamzumyms A people that was great many and taule as the Enakyms But the Lorde destroyed them before the Ammonites and they cast them out and they dwelt there ī their steade as he dyd for the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir euē as he destroyed the horyms before them ād they cast them out and dwell in their steade vnto this daye And the Avims which dwelt in Hazarim euē vnto Aza the Caphthoryms which came out of Caphthor destroyed them and dwelt in the ir rowmes Ryse vp take youre yourney and goo ouer the ryuer Arnon Beholde I haue geuen in to thy hād Sihō the Amorite kynge of Hesbō ād his londe Goo to and conquere and prouoke hīto batayle This daye I will begynne to send the feare and dreade of the vppon all nacions that are vnder al portes of heauen so that whē they heare speake of the they shall tremble and quake for feare of the. Then I sent messengers out of the wildernesse of kedemoth vnto Syhon kynge of Hesbon with wordes of peace saynge Let me goo thorow thy londe I will goo allweyes alonge by the hye waye and will nether turne vnto the righte hande nor to the left Sell me meate for money for to eate and geue me drinke for money for to drynke I will goo thorowe by fote only as the childern of Esau dyd vnto me whiche dwell in Seir and the Moabites whiche dwell in Ar vntyll I be come ouer Iordayne in to the londe which the Lorde oure God geueth vs. But Sihon the kinge of Hesbon wolde not let vs passe by him for the Lord thy God had hardened his sprite and made his herte tough because he wold delyuer him in to thy hondes as it is come to passe this daye And the Lorde sayed vnto me beholde I haue begonne to set Sihon and his londe before the goo to and conquere that thou mayst possesse his londe Then both Sihon and all his people came out agenst vs vnto batayle at Iahab And the Lorde set him before vs and we smote hym and his sonnes and all hys people And we toke all his cities the same season and destroyed all the cities with men wemen and childern ād let nothinge remayne saue the catell only we caught vnto oure selues and the spoyle of the cities which we toke from Aroer vppon the brynke off the riuer off Arnon and the citie in the ryuer vnto Gilead there was not one citye to stronge for vs. The Lorde oure God delyuered all vnto vs only vnto the londe of the childern of Ammon ye came not nor vnto all the coste of the riuer labockner vnto the cities in the mountaynes nor vnto what soeuer the Lorde oure God forba de vs. ¶ The .iij. Chapter THen we turned and went vpp the waye to Basan And Og the kinge of Basan came out agenst vs. both he and all his people to batayle at Edrey And the Lorde sayed vnto me feare him not for I haue delyuered him and all his people ād his lande in to thy hande ād thou shalt deale with hī as thou dealest with Sihon kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And so the Lorde oure God delyuered in to oure handes Og also the kinge off Basan and al his folke And we smote him vntyll noughte was left him And we toke all his cities the same ceason for there was not a citie whiche we toke not from them euen .iij. score cities all the region of Argob the kyngdome of Og in Basan All these cities were made stronge with hye walles gates and barres besyde vnwalled townes a greate maynye And we vtterly destroyed them as we played with Sihon kynge off Hesbon bringing to nought al the cities with men wemen and childern But all the catell and the spoyle of the cities we caughte for oure selues And thus we toke the same ceason the lōde out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which Hermon the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senyr all the cities in the playne ād all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan For only Og kynge of Basan remayned of the remnaūt of the geauntes beholde his yernen bed is yet at Rabath amonge the childern off Ammō .ix. cubettes longe ād iiij cubetes brode of the cubettes of a man And when we had conquered this londe the same tyme I gaue from Aroer which is apon the riuer of Arnon and halfe mount Gile ad and the cities thereof vnto the Rubenites and Gadites And the rest of Gilead and all Basan the kingdome of Og I gaue vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse all the regiō of Argob with all Basan was called the londe of geauntes Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the costes of Gesuri ād Ma●chati and called the townes of Basan after his owne name the townes of Iair vnto thys daye And I gaue half Gilead vnto Machir And vnto Ruben ād Gad I gaue from Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon ād half the valey ād the coste euē vnto the ryuer Iabock which is the border of the childern of Ammon and the feldes ād Iordayne with the coste from Cenereth even vnto the see in the felde which is the salt see vnder the sprynges off Pisga eastwarde And I commaunded you the same tyme ye Ruben ād Gad sayeng the Lorde your God hath geuen you this londe to enioye it se that ye go harnessed before youre brethern the childern of Israel all that are mē of warre amonge you You re wyues only youre childern ād youre catell for I wote that ye haue moch catell shall abyde in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyll the Lorde haue geuē rest vnto
make brycke ād burne it wyth fyre So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter And they sayd Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of Anā had buylded And the LORde sayd See the people is one and haue one tonge amonge them all And thys haue they begon to do and wyll not leaue of from all that they haue purposed to do Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what another sayeth Thus y● LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth And they left of to buylde the cyte Wherfore the name of it is called Babell because that the LORDE there confounded the tonge of all the world And because that the LORde from thence skatered them abrode vppon all the erth These are the generations of Sem Sē was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And Sē lyved after he had begot Arphachsad .v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters And Arphacsad lyued .xxxv. yere and begat Sala and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij hūdred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber ād lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. hūdred and thre yere ād begat sonnes and doughters When Eber was .xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Peleg when he was .xxx. yere olde begat Regu and lyued after he had begot Regu .ij. hundred and .ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Regu when he had lyued .xxxij. yere begat Serug and lyued after he had begot Serug .ij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Serug was .xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor and lyued after he had begot Nahor .ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes doughters And Nahor when he was .xxix. yere olde begat Terah and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and ▪ xix yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Terah was .lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Baran And these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram Nahor and Baran And Baran begat Lot And Baran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea And Abram and Nahor toke them wydes Abrās wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca ād of Iisca But Garat was baren and had no childe Than tofe Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Barans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe And they went wyth hym from Vr ●● Chaldea to go in to the lāde of Chanaan And they came to Baran and dwelled there And when Terah was ij hundred yere old and .v. he dyed in Baran ¶ The .xij. Chapter THen the LORde sayd vnto Abrā Gett the out of thy contre and from thy fynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge And I wyll blesse thē that blesse the ād curse thē that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram wēt as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth hym Abram was .lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Baran And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe ād Lot his brothers sonne wyth all their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in Baran And they departed to goo in to the lāde of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the lāde tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem and vnto the oke of More And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram ād sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slāde And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on the east syde of BETHEL and pytched hys tente BETHEL beynge on the west syde and Ay on the cast ● And he buylded there an aulter vnto the LORde and called on the name of that LORde And than Abram departed and toke his iourney southwarde After thys there came a derth in the lande And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there for the derth was sore in the lande And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayd vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe that thou art a fayre woman toloke apō It wyll come to passe therfore whē the Egiptians see the that they wyll say she is his wyfe And so shall they sley me and save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake As soone as he came in to Egipte the Egiptiās sawe the woman that she was very fayre And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also and praysed hir vnto Pharao So that she was taken in to Pharaos house which entreated Abram well for hir sake so that he had shepe oxsen ād he asses men seruantes mayde seruātes she asses and camels But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages because of Sarai Abrams wyfe Then Pharao called Abram and sayd why hast thou thus dealt with me Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe Why saydest thou that she was thy sister and causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe But now loo there is the wife take hir ād be walkynge Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram to leade hym out wyth his wyfe and all that he had ¶ The .xiij. Chapter THan Abram departed out of Egipte both he and his wyfe and all that he had and Lot wyth hym vnto the south Abram was very rych in catell syluer gold And he went on his iourney frō the south even vnto BETHEL ād vnto the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene BETHEL and Ay and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before And there called Abram vpon the name of the LORde Lot also which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell to gether for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together ▪ And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande Than sayd Abram vnto Lot let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene the and me
cyte called Hebron in the londe of Canaan Than Abraham came to mome Sara and to wepe for her And Abraham stode vp from the coorse and talked with the sonnes of heth saynge I am a straunger ād a foryner amonge yow geue me a possession to bury in with you that I may bury my dead oute of my sighte And the children of heth answered Abraham saynge vnto him heare vs lorde thou art a prynce of God amonge vs. In the chefest of oure sepulchres bury thy dead None of vs shall forbydd the his sepulchre that thou shuldest not bury thy deade therein Abrahā stode vp bowed hī selfe before y● people of y● lāde y● childrē of heth And he comened with them saynge Yf it be youre myndes y● I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me ād speke for me to Ephron the sonne of Zoar and let him geue me the dubill caue which he hath in the end of his felde for as moch money as it is worth let him geue it me in the presence of you for a possession to bury in For Hephron dwelled amōge the childern of heth Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyēce of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of his cyte saynge Not so my lorde but heare me The felde geue I the and the caue that therein is geue I the also And even in the presence of the sonnes of my people geve Iit the to bury thy deede in Than Abraham bowed himselfe before the people of the lāde and spake vnto Ephrō in the audyence of the people of the contre saynge I praye the heare me I will geue sylver for the felde take it of me ●o so will I bury my deed there Ephron answered Abrahā saynge vnto him My lorde harken vnto me The lande is worth iiij hundreth sycles of syluer But what is that betwixte the and me● bury thy deede And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. hūdred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Ma●re euen the felde the caue that is therein and all the trees of the felde which growe in all the borders rounde aboute made sure vnto Abraham for a possession in the syghte of the childern of Heth and of all that went in at the gates of the cyte And then Abraham buried Sara his wyfe in the double caue of the felde that lyeth before Māre otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan And so both the felde ād the caue that is therein was made vnto Abraham a sure possession to bury in of the sonnes of Heth. ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter ABraham was olde and stryken in dayes and the LORde had blessed him in allthinges And he sayde vnto his eldest servaunte of his house which had the rule over all that he had Put thy hande vnder my thye that I maye make the swere by the LORde that is God of heauen and God of the erth that thou shalt not take a wyfe vnto my sonne of the doughters of the canaanytes amonge which I dwell But shalt goo vnto my contre and to my kynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne Isaac Thā sayde the seruaunte vnto him what ād yf the womā wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lāde shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of ▪ And Abrahā sayde vnto him bewarre of that that thou b●●ge not my sonne thither The LORde God of heaven which toke me from my fathers house and from the lande where I was borne and which spake vnto me and sware vnto me saynge vnto thy seed wyll I geue this lande he shall sende his angell before the y● thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence Neuerthelesse yf the womā will not agree to come with the than shalt thou be with out daunger of this ooth But aboue all thinge brynge not my sonne thyther agayne And the seruaunte put his hand vnder the thye of Abraham and sware to him as concernynge that matter And the seruaunte toke .x. camels of the camels of his master and departed and had of all maner goodes of his master with him and stode vp and went to Mesopotamia vnto the cyr●e of Nahor And made his camels to lye doune without the cytie by a wels syde of water at euen aboute the tyme that women come out to drawe water and he sayde LORde God of my master Abrahā sende me good spede this daye shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham ●o I stonde here by the well of water and the doughters of the men of this citie will come out to drawe water Now the damsell to whome I saye stoupe doune thy pytcher and let me drynke Yf she saye drynke and I will geue thy camels drynke also y● same is she that thou hast ordened for they servaunte Isaac yee therby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my master And it came to passe yet he had leeft spakynge that Aebecca came out the doughter of Bethuell sonne to Melcha the wife of Nahor Abrahams brother and hir pytcher apon hir shulder The damsell was very fayre to loke apon and yet a mayde and vnknowen of man And she went doune to the well and fylled hyr pytcher and came vp agayne Then the seruaunte rann● vnto her and sa●de let me syppe a litle water of thi pither And she sayde drynke my lorde And she besied and la●e downe her pytcher apon ●●● arme and gaue him drinke And whē she had geven hym drinke she sayde I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue dronke ynough And she poured out hyr pitcher in to the trough hastely and ranne agayne vnto the well to fe●t water and drewe for all his camels And the felowe wondred at her But helde his peace to we●e whether the LORde had made his ●ou●ney prosperous or not And as the camels had lefte drynckynge he toke an earynge of halfe a sicle weght and. ij golden bracelettes for hyr ●ādes of .x. sycles weyght of gold and sayde vnto her whose doughter art thou tell me ys there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in ▪ And she sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of M●●cha which she bare vnto Nahor and sayde moreouer vnto him we haue litter and prauonder ynough and also rowme to lodge in And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the LORde and sayde blessed be the LORde God of my master Abraham which ceasseth not to deale mercyfully and truly with my master And hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne tolde them of her mothers house these thinges And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne out vnto the man to the well for as soone as he had sene the earynges
to lyue ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter THan Isaac called Jacob his sonne and blessed him ād charged him and sayde vnto him se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan but aryse ād gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father and there take the a wife of the doughters of Laban thi mothers brother And God allmightte blesse the increase the and multiplie the that thou mayst be a nombre of people and geuethe the blessynge of Abraham both to the and to thy seed with the that thou mayst possesse the lāde wherein thou art a strangere which God gaue vnto Abraham Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob to goo to Mesopotamia vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Sirien and brother to Rebecca Jacobs Esaus mother When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Mesopotamia to fett him a wife thence and that as he blessed him he gaue him a charge saynge se thou take not a wife of the doughters of Canaan and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother was gone vnto Mesopotamia and seynge also that the doughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father Then went he vnto Ismael and toke vnto the wiues which he had Mahala the doughter of Ismael Abrahams sonne the sister of Nabaioth to be his wife Jacob departed from Berseba and went toward Haran and came vnto a place and taried there all nyghte because the sonne was downe And toke a stone of the place and put it vnder his heade and layde him downe in the same place to slepe And he dreamed and beholde there stode a ladder apon the erth and the topp of it reached vpp to heauē And se the angells of God went vp and downe apon it yee ād the LORde stode apon it and sayde I am the LORde God of Abraham thi father and the God of Isaac The londe which thou slepest apon will I geue the and thy seed And thy seed shal be as the dust of the erth And thou shalt spreade abrode west east north and south And thorow the and thy seed shall all the kynreddes of the erth be blessed And se I am with the and wylbe thy keper in all places whother thou goost wyll brynge y● agayne in to this lande Nether will I leaue the vntill I haue made good all that I haue promysed the. When Jacob was awaked out of his slepe he sayde surely the LORde is in this place ād I was not aware And he was afrayde sayde how fearfull is this place it is none other but euen the house of God and the gate of heauē And Jacob stode vp early in the mornynge and toke the stone that he had layde vnder his heade and pitched it vp an ende and poured oyle on the topp of it And he called the name of the place Bethell for in dede the name of the citie was called Lus before tyme. And Jacob vowed a vowe saynge Yf God will be with me and wyll kepe me in this tourney which I goo and will geue me bread to eate and cloothes to put on so that I come agayne vnto my fathers house in saftie then shall the LORde be my God and this stone which I haue sett vp an ende shal be godes house And of all that thou shalt geue me will I geue the tenth vnto the. ¶ The .xxix. Chapter THen Jacob lyfte vp his fete wēt toward the east countre And as he loked aboute behold there was a well in the feld and .iij. flockes of shepe laye therby for at that well were the flockes watered there laye a great stone at the well mouth And the maner was to brynge the flockes thyther to roull the stone frō the welles mouth and to water the shepe and to put the stone agayne vppon the wells mouth vnto his place And Jacob sayde vnto thē brethern whēce be ye and they sayde of Haran ar we And he sayde vnto thē knowe ye Laban the sonne of Nahor And they sayde we knowe him And he sayde vnto thē is he in good health And they sayde he is in good health and boholde his doughter Rahel cometh with y● shepe And he sayde lo it is yet a great whyle to nyghte nether is it tyme that the catell shulde be gathered together water the shepe and goo and fede thē And they sayde we maye not vntill all the flockes be brought together the stone be roulled frō the wells mouth and so we water oure shepe Whyle he yet talked with thē Rahel came with hir fathers shepe for she kepte them As soone As Jacob sawe Rahel the doughter of Laban his mothers brother and the shepe of Laban his mothers brother he went and rowled the stone frō the wells mouth and watered the shepe of Labā his mothers brother And Jacob kyssed Rahel and lyfte vp his voyce and wepte and tolde her also that he was hir fathers brother and Rebeccas sonne Thē Rahel ranne and tolde hir father When Laban herd tell of Jacob his sisters sonne he ranne agaynst him and enbraced hī kyssed him ād broughte him in to his house And thē Jacob told Labā all y● matter And thē Labā sayde well thou art my bone my flesh Abyde with me the space of a moneth And afterward Laban sayd vnto Jacob though thou be my brother shuldest thou therfore serue me for nought tell me what shall thi wages be And Laban had .ij. doughters the eldest called Lea and the yongest Rahel Lea was tender eyed But Rahel was bewtifull ād well fauored And Jacob loued her well and sayde I will serue the .vij. yere for Rahel thy yongest doughter And Laban answered it is better y● I geue her the than to another man byde therfore with me And Jacob serued .vij. yeres for Rahel and they semed vnto him but a fewe dayes for the loue he had to her And Jacob sayde vnto Laban geue me my wife that I mayely e with hir for the tyme appoynted me is come Than Laban bade all the men of that place and made a feast And when euē was come he toke Lea his doughter and broughte her to him and he went in vnto her And Laban gaue vnto his doughter Lea Zilpha his mayde to be hir seruaunte And when the mornynge was come beholde it was Lea. Than sayde he to Laban wherfore hast thou played thus with me dyd not I serue the for Rahel wherfore than hast thou be gyled me Laban answered it is not the maner of this place to marre the yongest before the eldest Passe out this weke thā shall this also be geven the for y● seruyce which thou shal● serue me yet .vij. yeres more And Jacob dyd euē so and passed out that weke than he gaue hī Rahel his doughter to● wyfe also And Laban gaue to Rahel his doughter Bilha his handmayde to be hir servaūte So laye he by Rahel also and loved Rahel more than Lea and serued him yet .vij. yeres more
iourney And the angells of God came mett him And when Iacob lawe them he sayde this is godes hoost and called the name of that same place Mahanaim ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter IAcob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the londe of Seir and the felde of Edom. And he cōmaunded them saynge se that ye speake after this maner to my lorde Esau thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus I haue sogerned ād bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes we manseruauntes haue sent to shewe it un lorde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and .iiij. hundred men with hī Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him the shepe oxen and camels in to .ij. companies and sayder Yf Esau come to the one parte and smyte it the other may saue it selfe * Prayer is to cleave vnto the promyses of god with a sirōge fayth and to besech god with a fervent desyre that he will fulfyll them for his mercye truth onlye As Iacob here doth And Iacob sayde O god of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac LORde which saydest vnto me returne vnto thy cuntre and to thy kynrede and I will deall wel with the. I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue I goten .ij. droves Delyver me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare him lest he will come and smyte the mother with the childern Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make ●● seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude And he taried there that same nyghte toke of that which came to hande a preasent vnto Esau his brother ij hundred she gootes ād xx he gootes ij hundred shepe and xx rammes thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes xl kyne ād x bulles xx she asses ād x foles and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues ād sayde vnto them goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue And he cōmaunded the formestsaynge Whē Esau my brother meteth the ād axeth the saynge whose seruaūte art thou whither goost thou whose ar these that goo before the thou shalt say they be thy seruaunte Iacobs are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau and beholde he him selfe cometh after vs. And so cōmaunded he the seconde ād euen so the thirde and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau whē ye mete him ād saye more ouer Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs for he sayde I will pease his wrath with the present y● goth before me and afterward I will see him myself so per●dventure he will receaue me to grace So went the presēt before him ād he taried all that nyghte in the tente ād rose vp the same nyghte ād toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij. maydens his x● sonnes went ouer the foorde Iabok And he toke them ād sent thē ouer the ryuer ād sent ouer that he had ād taried behinde him selfe alone And there wrasiled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him he smote hī vnder the thye and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him And he sayde let me goo for the daye breaketh And he sayde I will not lett the goo excepte thou blesse me And he sayde vnto him what is thy name He answered Iacob And he sayde thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell For thou hast wrastled with God and with men ād hast preuayled And Iacob asked him sainge tell me thi name And he sayde wherfore dost thou aske after my name and he blessed him there And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face and yet is my lyfe reserved And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye wherfore the childern of Israell ●a●e not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that sh●oncke The .xxxiij. Chapter IAcob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come with him .iiij. hundred men And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto the ij maydens And he put the maydens ād their childern formest ād Lea and hir childern after and Rahel ād Ioseph hindermost And he went before them and fell on the grownde ▪ ●ij ▪ tymes vntill he came vnto his brother Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him and they wepte And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern and sayde what are these which thou there hast And he sayde they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte Than came the maydens forth ād dyd their obaysaunce Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce And last of all came Joseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce And he sayde what meanyst thou with all y● drooues which I mett And he answered to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde And Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf Jacob answered oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte receaue my preasēt of my hāde for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene that face of God wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I haue brought the for God hath geuen it me frely And I haue ynough of all thynges And so he compelled him to take it And he sayde let vs take oure iourney and goo and I will goo in thy cōpany And he sayde vnto him my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre childern ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande which yf men shulde ouerdry●● but euen one daye the hole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern be able to endure vntill I come to ●● lorde vnto Seir. And Esau sayde let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he sayde what neadeth it let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde So Esau went his waye agayne that same daye vnto Seir. And Jacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth and bylt him an house and made boothes for his catell wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth And Jacob went to Salem to y● cytie of Si them in the lande of Canaā after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyte and bought a parcell
of ground where he ●ttched his tent of the childern of Hemor Sichems father for an hundred lambes And he made there an aulter and there called vpon the myghtie God of Israell The .xxxiiij. Chapter DIna the doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Jacob went out to see the doughters of the lande And Eichē the sonne of Hemo the Heuite lorde of the countre sawe her toke her laye with her and forced her his harte laye vnto Dina y● doughter of Jacob. And he loued that damsell spake kidly vnto her spake vnto his father Hemo● saynge gett me this maydē vnto my wyfe And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and therfore he helde his peace vntill they were come Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto Iacob to comē with him And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde as soone as they herde it for it greued them and they were not a litle wrooth because he had wrought folie in Israell in that he had lyen with Iacobs doughter which thinge oughte not to be done And Hemor comened with thē sainge the soule of my sonne Sichē lōgeth for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe and make mariages with vs geue youre doughters vnto vs ād take oure doughters vnto you and dwell with vs the lande shall be at youre pleasure dwell and do youre busynes and haue youre possessions there in And Sichem sayde vnto hyr father and hir brethern let me fynde grace in youre eyes and what soeuer ye apoynte me that will I geue Axe frely of me both the dowry gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe Then the sonnes of Iacob answered to Sichem ād Hemor his father deceytefully because he had defyled Dina their syster And they sayde vnto them we can not do this thinge that we shulde geue oure syster to one that is vncircumcysed for that were a shame vnto vs. Only in this will we consent vnto you Yf ye will be as we be that all the men childern amonge you be circumcysed thā will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house Thā Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte saynge These men ar peasable with vs will dwell in the lāde and do their occupatiō therin And in the land is rowme ynough for thē let vs take their doughters to wyues and geue them oures only herm will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs and to be one people yf all the men childern that are amonge vs be circumcysed as they are Their goodes their substance and all their catell are oures only let vs consente vnto them that they maye dwell with vs. And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonneharkened all that went out at the gate of his cyte And all the men childern were circumcysed what soever went out at the gates of his cyte And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all that was male and slewe also H●m●● and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde ād toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in the feldes And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made ha●ock of all that was in the houses And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui ye haue troubled me ād made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Can●anytes and also vnto the Pherezites And I am fewe in nombre Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me ●ley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed And they answered shuld they deall with oure sister a● wyth an whoore ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd God sayd vnto Iacob aryse ād get the vp to Bethell dwell there And make there an aulter vnto God that apeared vnto the when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother Than sayd Iacob vnto hi● housholde to all that were with him put away the straūge goddes that are amonge you make youre selves cleane chaunge youre garmētes let vs aryse goo vp to Bethell that I maye make an aulter there vnto God which herde me in the daye of my tribulatiō was wyth me in the waye which I went And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge goddes which were vnder their handes ād all their carynges which were in their eares and Iacob hyd them vnder an ooke at Sichem And they departed ▪ And the feare of God fell vpon the cyties that were rounde aboute them that they durst not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob ●o came Iacob to Lus in the lande of Canaan otherwise called Bethell with all the people that was with him And he buylded there an ●ulter and called the place Elbethell because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother Then dyed Debor● Rebeccas norse and was buryed ben●●he Bethell vnder an ooke And the name of it was called the ooke of lamentation And God appeared vnto Iacob agayne after he came out of Mesopotamia blessed him and sayde vnto him thy name is Iacob Notwithstondynge thou shalt be nomore called Iacob but Israel shal be thy name And so was his name called Israell And God sayde vnto him I am God allmightie growe and multiplye for people and a multitude of people shall sprynge of the yee ād kynges shall come out of they loynes And the lande which I gaue Abrahā Isaac will I geue vnto the vnto thi seed after the will I geue it also And god departed frō him in the place where he talked with him And Iacob set vp a marke in the place where he talked with him euen a pilloure of stone powred drynkeoffringe theron and powred also oyle theron and called the name of the place where God spake with him Bethell And they departed from Bethel when he was but a feld brede from Ephrath Rahel began to trauell And in travelynge she was in perell And as she was in paynes of hir laboure the mydwyfe sayde vnto her feare not for thou shalt haue this sonne also Then as hir soule was a
wist ye not that soch a man as I can prophesie Then sayde Juda what shall we saye vnto my lorde what shall we speake or what excuse can we make God hath founde out the wekednesse of thy seruauntes Beholde ●oth we and he with whom the cuppe is founde are thy seruauntes And he answered God forbyd y● I shulde do so the man with whom the cuppe is founde he shal be my seruaunte but goo ye in peace vn to youre father Then Juda went vnto him and sayde oh my lorde let thy servaunte speake a worde in my lordes audyence and be not wrooth with thi servaunte for thou art euen as Pharao My lorde axed his seruaunte sainge haue ye a father or a brother And we answered my lord we haue a father that is old and a yonge lad which he begat in his age ād the brother of the sayde lad is dead he is all that is left of that mother And his father loueth him Then sayde my lorde vnto his seruauntes brynge him vnto me that I maye sett myne eyes apon him And we answered my lorde that the lad coude not goo from his father for if he shulde leaue his father he were but a deed man Than sayde st thou vnto thy servauntes excepte youre yongest brother come with you lo●e that ye se my face no moare And when we came vnto thy servaunt oure father we shewed him what my lorde had sayde And when oure father sayde vnto vs goo agayne and bye vs a litle fode we sayd that we coude not goo Neverthelesse if oure youngeste brother go with vs then will we goo for we maye not see the mannes face excepte oure yongest brother be with vs. Then sayde thy servaunt oure father vnto vs. Ye knowe that my wyfe bare me .ij. sonnes And the one went out from me and it is sayde of a suertie that he is torne in peaces of wyld beastes and I sawe him not se●ce Yf ye shall take this also awaye frō me and some mys fortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave Now therfore whē I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me seinge that his lyfe hāgeth by the laddes lyfe then as soone as he seeth that the lad is not come he will dye So shall we thy servaūtes brynge the gray hedde of thy servaunt oure father with sorow vnto the grave For I thy servaunt became suertie for the lad vnto my father sayde yf I bringe him not vnto the agayne I will bere the blame all my life lōge Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for y● lad be my lordes bondman let the lad goo home with his brethern For how can I goo vnto my father and the lad not wyth me lest I shulde see the wretchednes that shall come on my father The .xlv. Chapter ANd Joseph coude no longer refrayne before all them that stode aboute him but commaunded that they shuld goo all out from him and that there shuld be no man with him whyle he vt●red him selfe vnto his brethern And he wepte alowde so that the Egiptians and the house of Pharao herde it And he sayde vnto his brethern I am Joseph doth my father yet lyue But his brethern coude not answere him for they were abasshed at his presence And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern come nere to me and they came nere And he sayde I am Joseph youre brother whom ye sold in to Egipte And now be not greued therwith nether let it seme a cruel thinge in youre eyes that ye solde me hither For God dyd send me before you to saue lyfe For this is the seconde yere of derth in the lande and fyue moo are behynde in which there shall nether be earynge nor hervest Wherfore God sent me before you to make prouision that ye myghte continue in the erth and to save youre lyues by a greate delyuerance So now it was not ye that sent me hither but God and he hath made me father vnto Pharao and lorde ouer all his house and ●ueler in all the land of Egipte Hast you ād goo to my father and tell him this sayeth thy sonne Joseph God hath made me lorde ouer all Egipte Come downe vnto me and tarye not And thou shalt dwell in the londe of Gosan be by me both thou and thi childern and thi childerns childern and thy shepe and beestes and all that thou hast There will I make provision for the for there remayne yet v yeres of derth lest thou and thi houshold and all that thou hast perish Beholde youre eyes do se and the eyes also of my brother Ben Jamin that I speake to you by mouth Therfore tell my father of all my bonoure which I haue in Egipte and of all that ye haue sene ād make hast and brynge in father hither ¶ And he fell on his brother Ben Jamis necke wepte Ben Jamin wepte on his necke Moreouer he kyssed all his brethern and wepte apon them And after that his brethern talked with him And when the ridynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Josephes brethern were come ●● pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Joseph saye vnto thy brethern this do ye lade youre beestes ād get you hence And when ye be come vnto the londe of Canaan take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me and I will geue you the beste of the lande of Egipte and ye shall eate the fatt of the londe And commaunded also This do ye take charettes with you out of the lande of Egipte for youre childern and for youre wyues and brynge youre father and come Also regarde not youre stuff for the goodes of all the londe of Egipte shal be youres And the childern of Israell dyd euen so And Joseph gaue them charettes at the commaundment of Pharao and gaue them ●●tayle also to spende by the waye And he gaue vnto eche of them chaunge of rayment but vnto Ben Jamin he gaue iij. hundred peces of syluer and .v. chaunge of rayment And vnto his father he sent after the same maner x. he asses laden with good out of Egipte and .x. she asses laden with corne bred and meate to serue his father by the waye So sent he his brethern awaye and they departed And he sayde vnto them se that ye fall no● out by the waye And they departed from Egipte and came in to the land of Canaan vnto Jacob their father and told him saynge ▪ Joseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte And Jacobs hert wauered for he beleued thē not And they tolde him all the wordes of Joseph which he had sayde vnto them But when he sawe the charettes which Joseph had sent to carie him then his sprites reviued And Israel sayde I haue ynough yf Joseph my sonne be yet alyue I will goo and se him yer that I dye
The .xlvi. Chapter ISrael toke his iourney with all that he had and came vnto Berseba and offred offrynges vnto the God of his father Isaac And God sayde vnto Israel in a vision by nyghte and called vnto him Jacob Jacob. And he answered here am I. And he sayde I am that mightie God of thy father feare not to goo downe in to Egipte For I will make of the there a great people I will go downe with y● in to Egipte I will also bringe the vp agayne Joseph shall put his hand apon thine eyes And Jacob rose vp from Berseba And the sonnes of Israel caried Jacob their father ād their childern and their wyues in the charettes which Pharao had sent to carie him And they toke their catell ād the goodes which they had gotten in the land of Canaan and came in to Egipte both Jacob and all his seed with him his sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him his doughters and his sonnes doughters and all his seed brought he with him in to Egipte These are the names of the childern of Israel which came in to Egipte both Jacob and his sonnes Rubē Jacobs first sonne The childern of Ruben Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charnn The childern of Simeon Jemuel Jamin Ohad Jach● Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananitish woman The childern of Leu● Gerson Rahath and Merari The childern of Iuda Er Onan Sela Pharez and Zerah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan The childern of Pharez Hezrō Hamul The childern of Isachar Tola Phuva Iob and Sem●on The childern of Sebulon Sered Elon and Jaheleel These be the childern of Lea which she bare vnto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. All these soulles of his sonnes and doughters make xxx and .vi. The childern of Gad Ziphion Haggi Suni Ezbon Eri Arodi and Ar●li The childern of Affer Jemna Jesua Jesui Brya and Serah their sister And the childern of Biya were Heber and Malchiel These are the childern of Silpha whom Lobā gaue to Lea his doughter And these she bare vnto Jacob in nombre xvi soules The childern of Rahel Jacobs wife Joseph and ben Jamin And vnto Joseph in the lōde of Egipte were borne Manasses and Ephraim which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him The childern of Ben-Jamin Bela Becher Asbel Gera Naeman Ehi Ros Mupim Hupun and Ard. These are the childern of Rahel which were borne vnto Jacob xiiij soules all to gether The childern of Dan Husim The childern of Nepthali Jahezeel Guni Jezer and Sistem These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his doughter and she bare these vnto Jacob all together .vij. soulles All the soulles that came with Jacob in to Egipte which came out of his loyns besyde his sonnes wifes were all togither .lx. and .vi. soulles And the sonnes of Joseph which were borne him in egipte were .ij. solles So that all the soulles of the house of Jacob which came in to Egipte are lxx And he sent Iuda before him vnto Joseph that the waye myghte be shewed him vnto Gosan and they came in to the lande of Gosan And Joseph made redie his charett and went agaynst Jsraell his father vnto Gosan ād presented him selfe vnto him and fell on his necke and wepte vpon his necke a goode whyle And Israel sayd vnto Joseph Now C●am cōtēt to dye in somoch I haue sene the that thou art yet alyue And Joseph sayde vnto his brethrē and vnto his fathers house I will goo shewe Pharao and tell him that my brethern and my fathers housse which were in the lāde of Canaan are come vnto me and how they are shepardes for they were men of catell and they haue brought their shepe and their oxen and all that they haue with them Yf Pharao call you and axe you what youre occupation is saye thi seruauntes haue bene occupyed aboute catell frō oure chilhode vnto this tyme both we and oure fathers that ye maye dwell in the lande of Gosan For an abhominacyon vnto the Egiptians are all that seade shepe ¶ The .xlvij. Chapter ANd Joseph wēt and tolde Pharao and sayde my father and my brethern their shepe and their beastes and all that they haue are come out of the lāde of Canaan and are in the lande of Gosan And Joseph toke a parte of his brethern euen fyue of them and presented them vnto Pharao And Pharao sayde vnto his brethern what is youre occupation And they sayde vnto Pharao seaders of shepe are thi seruauntes both we ād also oure fathers They sayde moreouer vnto Pharao for to sogeorne in the lande are we come for thy seruauntes haue no pasture for their shepe so sore is the fameshment in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let thy seruauntes dwell in the lande of Gosan And Pharao sayde vnto Joseph thy father and thy brethren are come vnto the. The londe of Egipte is open before the In the best place of the lande make both thy father and thy brothren dwell And even in the lond of Gosan let them dwell Moreouer yf thou knowe any men of actiuyte amonge them make them ruelars ouer my catell And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and sett him before Pharao And Jacob blessed Pharao And Pharao axed Jacob how old art thou And Jacob sayde vnto Pharao the dayes of my pilgremage are an hundred and .xxx. yeres ▪ Few and euell haue the dayes of my lyfe bene and haue not attayned vnto the yeres of the lyfe of my fathers in the dayes of their pilgremages And Jacob blessed Pharao and went out ▪ from him And Joseph prepared dwellinges for his father and his brethern and gaue them possessions in the londe of Egipte in the best of the londe euē in the lande of Raemses as Pharao commaunded And Joseph made prouysion for his father his brethern and all his fathers housholde as yonge childern are fedd with bread There was no bread in all the londe for the derth was exceadige sore so that the lōde of Egipte the lōde of ●anaan were fameshyd by the reason of y● derth And Joseph brought together all y● money that was founde in that lāde of Egipte and of Canaan for the come which they boughte he layde vp the money in Pharaos housse When money fayled in the lāde of Egipte of Canaan all the Egiptians came vnto Joseph and sayde geue us sustenaunce wherfore suffrest thou vs to dye before the for oure money is spent Then sayde Joseph brynge youre catell and I will geue yow for youre catell yf ye be without money And they brought their catell vnto Joseph And he gaue them bread for horses and shepe and oxen and asses so he fed them with bread for all their catell that yere When that yere was ended they came vnto him the nexte yere and sayde vnto him we will not hyde it from my lorde how that we haue nether money nor catell for my lorde there
is no moare left for my lorde but euen oure bodies and oure londes Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte bye us and oure landes for bread and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao Eeue vs seed ▪ that we may lyue not dye that the londe god not to wast And Joseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apō them and so the londe became Pharaos And he appoynted the people vnto the cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other only the londe of the Prestes bought he not For there was an ordinaūce made by Pharao for y● * The blīde gydes gett previleges frō bearīge with their brethrē contrarye to Christes lawe of love And of these prestes of idolles did ●ure cōpassīge yvetrees lerne to crepe vp by litle litle to cōpasse y● greate trees of the world with hypocrisye ād to thrust y● ro●es of idola tysse super●tition in to hē to su 〈…〉 out y●●uce f thē with heir poe●●ye till all be seer bowes and no thinge grene save their awne com● welth pre astes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke beholde I haue boughte you this daye ād you●e landes for Pharao Take there seed and goo sowe the londe And of the encrease ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao and .iiij. partee shal be youre awne for seed to sowe the feld and for you and them of youre housholdes and for youre childern to eate And they answered Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde and let us he Pharaos servaūtes And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the lāde of Egipte vnto this daye that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte excepte the londe of the preastes only which was not bond vnto Pharao And Israel dwelt in Egipte euen in the countre of Gosan And they had their possessions therein and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere When the tyme drewenye that Israel must dye he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully ād truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte but let me lye by my fathers and c●rie me out of Egipte and burie me in their buryall And he answered I will do as thou hast sayde And he sayde swere vnto me ād he sware vnto him And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head The .xlviij. Chapter AFter these deades tydīges were brought vnto Ioseph that his father was seke And he toke with him his ij ●ōnes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it sayde vnto Iacob beholde thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him and satt vp on the bedd and sayde vnto Ioseph God allmightie appeared vnto me at ●us in the lande of Canaan ād blessed me and sayde vnto me beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will ma ke a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after y● vnto an euerlastinge possession Now therfore thy .ij. sōnes Manasses ād Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the into Egipte shal be myne euen as Ruben and Simeō shall they be vnto me And the childern which thou getest after them shal be thyne awne but shal be caller with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces And after I came from Mesopotamia Rabel dyed apon my ●ande in the lande of Canaā by the waye when I had but a feldes brede to goo vnto Ephrat And I buried her there in the waye to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem And Israel behelde Iosephes sonnes sayde what are these And Ioseph sayde vnto his father they are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here And he sayde brynge them to me and let me blesse them And the eyes of Israell were dymme for age so that he coude not see And he broughte them to him ād he kyssed thē and embraced them And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph I had not thoughte to haue sene thy face and yet loo God hath shewed it me and also thy seed And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him Than toke Ioseph them both Ephraim in his ryghte hande towarde Israels left hande ād Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels ryghte hande and brought them vnto him And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft hāde apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder And he blessed Ioseph saynge God before whome my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd wal●e and the God which hath fedd me all my life longe vnto this daye And the angell which hath delyuered me frō all euyll blesse these laddes that they maye be called after my name and after my father Abraham and Isaac and that they maye growe ād multiplie ap● the erth When Ioseph sawe that his father layd his ryghte hande apon the heade of Ephraim it displeased him And he lifte vpp his fathers hāde to haue removed it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head and sayde vnto his father Not so my father for this is the eldest Put thy right hande apon his head And his father wold not but sayde I ●nowe it well my sonne I ●nowe it well He shal be also a people ād shal be great But of a troth his yonger brother shal be greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people And he blessed them sainge At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye God ma●e the as Ephraim and as Manasses Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph beholde I dye And god shal be with you and bringe you agayne vnto the land of youre fathers Moreover I geue vnto the a porcyon of lande aboue thy brethern which I gatt out of the handes of the Amoo●tes with my swerde and wyth my bowe The .xlix. Chapter ANd Iacob called for his sonnes ād sayde come together that I maye tell you what shall happē you in the last dayes Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and her●en vnto Israel youre father Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power As vnstable as water wast thou thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpō thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepōs In to their secrettes come
not my soule and vnto their congregation be my honoure not coupled ▪ forin their wrath they slewe a man and in their selfe will they houghed an oxe Cursed be their wrath for it was stronge and their fearsnes for it was cruell I will therfore deuyde them in Iacob scater them in Israel Iuda thy brethern shall prayse the thine hande shal be in the necke of thyne enimies thy fathers childern shall stoupe vnto the. Iuda is a lions whelpe Frō spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye he layde him downe and couched himselfe as a lion and as a lionesse Who dare stere him vp The sceptre shall not departe from Iuda nor a ruelar from betwene his legges vntill Silo come vnto whome the people shall herken He shall bynde his fole vnto the vine and his asses colt vnto the vyne braunche ād shall wash his garment in wyne and his mantell in the bloud of grapes his eyes are roudier than wyne ād his teeth whit●er then mylke Zabulon shall dwell in the hauen of the see and in the porte of shippes shall reache vnto Sidon Isachar is a stronge asse he couched him doune betwene .ij. borders and sawe that rest was good and the lande that it was pleasant and bowed his shulder to beare and became a servaunte vnto trybute Dan shall iudge his people as one of the trybes of Israel Dan shal be a serpent in the waye and an edder in the path and byte the horse heles so that his ryder shall fall backwarde After thy sauynge loke I LORde God men of warre shall ●●ade him And he shall turne them to flyght Off Asser cometh fatt breed and he shall geue pleasures for a kynge Nepthali is a swyft hynde ād geueth goodly wordes That florishynge childe Ioseph that florishing childe and goodly vn to the eye the doughters come forth to bere ruele The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him ād hated him and yet his bowe bode fast his armes and his handes were stronge by the handes of the myghtye God of Iacob out of him shall come an herde mā a stone in Israel Thi fathers God shall helpe the the almightie shall blesse the with blessinges from heaven aboue and with blessinges of the water that lieth vnder with blessinges of the brestes of the womb● The blessinges of thy father were stronge euen as the blessinges of my elders after the desyre of the hiest in the worlde and these blessinges shall fall on the head of Ioseph and on the toppe of the head of him that was separat from his brethern Ben Iamin is a raucshynge wolfe In the mornynge he shall deuoure his praye ād at nyghte he shall deuyde his spoyle All these are the .xij. tribes of Israel this is that which their father spake vnto them whē he blessed them euery man with a severall blessinge And he charged them and sayde vnto them I shall be put vnto my people se that ye burye me with my fathers in the caue that is in the felde of Ephron the Hethyte in the double caue that is in the felde before Mamre in the lande of Canaan Which felde Abraham boughte of Ephron the Hethite for a possessiō to burye in There they buryed Abrahā and Sara his wyfe there they buryed Isaac Rebecca his wyfe And there I buried Lea which felde the caue that is therin was bought of the childern of Heth. When Iacob had commaunded all that he wold vnto his sonnes be plucked vp his fete apon the bedd and dyed and was put vnto his people And Ioseph fell apon his fathers face and wepte apon him and kyssed him The .l. Chapter ANd Ioseph commaunded his seruauntes that were Phisicions to embawme his father and the Phisiciōs ē●awmed Israel .xl. dayes lōge for so lōge doth y● embawminge last the Egiptians bewepte him .lxx. dayes And when the dayes of wepynge were ended Ioseph spake vnto the house of Pharao saynge Yf I haue founde fauoure in youre eyes speake vnto Pharao and tell him how that my father made me swere and sayde loo I dye se that thou burye me in my graue which I haue made me in the lande of Canaan Now therfore let me goo and burye my father ād thā will I come agayne And Pharao sayde goo and burye thy father acor●ynge as he made the swere And Ioseph went vp to burie his father and with him went all the seruauntes of Pharao that were the elders of his house ād all the elders of Egipte and all the house of Ioseph ād his brethern his fathers house only their childern their shepe and their catell lefte they behinde them in the lande of Gosan And there went with him also Charettes and horsemen so that they were an exceadynge great companye And when they came to that feld of Atad beyonde Iordane there they made great exceadinge sore lamentaciō And he morned for his father .vij. dayes When the enhabiters of the lande the Cananytes sawe the moornynge in y● felde of A●ad they saide this is a greate moornynge which the Egiptians make Wherfore y● name of the place is called Abel mizraim which place lyeth beyonde Jordane And his sonnes dyd vnto him acordynge as he had commaunded them And his sonnes caried him in to the land of Canaan and buryed him in the double caue which Abrahā had boughte with the felde to be a place to burye in of Ephron the Hethite before Mamre And Joseph returned to Egipte agayne and his brethern and all that went vp with him to burye his father assone as he had buryed him Whē Josephs brethern sawe that their father was deade they sayde Joseph myghte for tune to hate us and rewarde us agayne a●● the euell which we dyd vnto him They dyd therfore a commaundment vnto Joseph saynge thy father charged before his deth saynge This wise say vnto Joseph forgeue I praye the the trespace of thy brethern their synne for they rewarded the euell Now therfore we praye the● forgeue the trespace of the servauntes of thy fathers God And Joseph wepte when they spa●e vnto him And his brethern came ād fell before him and sayde beholde we he thy servauntes And Joseph sayde vnto them feare not for am not I vnder god Ye thoughte euell vnto me but God turned it vnto good to bringe to passe as it is this daye euen to saue moch people a lyue feare not therfore for I will care for you and for youre childern and he spake kyndly vnto them Joseph dwelt in Egipte and his fathers house also ād lyved an hundred .x. yere And Joseph sawe Ephraims childern euē vnto the thyrde generation And vnto Machir the sonne of Manasses were childern borne satt on Josephs knees And Joseph sayde vnto his brethern I die And God will suerlie vysett you and bringe you out of this lande vnto the lande which he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Jacob. And Joseph toke an ooth of
the sonnes of them And that whosoeuer moued any of thē to worshuppe false goddes how so euer nye of kynne he were they must accuse him ād bryng him to deth ye and wheresoeuer they hard of mā womā or citye that worshupped false goddes they must slee thē ād destroye the citie for ever ād not bild it agayne And all because they shuld worshuppe nothinge but God nor put confidence in anythinge saue in his word Yee and how warneth he to beware of witch craft sorcery inchauntment negromātie ād all craftes of the devell ād of dreamers sorthsayers and of myracledoers to destroye his worde and that they shulde suffer none soch to lyue Thou wilt happlye saye They tell a man the truthe What then God will that we care not to knowe what shall come He will haue vs care only to kepe his commaundmētes and to commytre all chaunses vnto him He hath promysed to care for vs and to kepe vs from all evell All thinges are in his hande he can remedye all thinges and wil for his truthes sake yf we praye him In his promyses only will he haue vs trust ād there rest ād to seke no farther How also doth he prouoke them to loue euer rehersynge the benefites of God done to them allready and the godly promyses that were to come And how goodly lawes of loue geveth he to helpe one another and that a man shuld not hate his neyghboure in his harte but loue him as him filf Leuitici .xix. And what a charge geueth he in euery place over the poore and neadye over the straunger frendlesse ād wedowe And when he desyreth to shew mercye he reherseth with all the benefites of God done to them at their neade that they myght sea cause at the lest waye in God to shew mercye of very loue vnto their neyghboures at the ir neade Also there is no lawe so simple in apperaunce thorow out all the fiue bokes of Moses but that there is a greate reason of the makynge therof if a man serch diligently As that a man is forbyd to seth a kyd in hys mothers milke moueth vs vnto compassyon and to be pytyefull As doth also that a man shall not offer the syre or dame and the yonge both in one daye Leuitici .xxij. For it myght seme a cruell thing in as moch as his mothers milke is as it were his bloude wherfore god will not haue him sod therin but will haue a man shewe curtesye vppon the very beastes As in another place he commaundeth that we mosell not the mouth of the oxe that treadeth oute the corne which maner of thresshinge is vsed in hote contrees and that because we shuld moch rather not grudge to be liberall and kynde vnto mē that do vs service Or happlye God wold have no soch wanton meate vsed among hys people For the kyd of it self is noryshinge and the gotes milke is restauretyue and both to gether myght be to rancke and therfore forbodē or some other like cause therewas Of the ceremonies sacrifices and tabernacle with all his glorye ād pompe vnderstōde that they were not permitted only but also commaunded of God to lead the people in the shadowes of Moses ād night of the old testamēt vntyll the light of christ ād daye of the new testamēt were come As children are ledde in the phantasies of youth vntyll the discretiō of māsage become vppon them And all was done to kepe them from idolatrye The tabernacle was ordened to the entent they might haue a place appoynted them to do their sacrifices openly in the syght of the people ād namelye of the preastes which wayted therō that it might be sene that they dyd all thīge acordīg to gods word and not after the Idolatrie of their awne imaginacion And the costlinesse of the tabernacle ād the bewtye also pertayned therevnto that they shuld se nothinge so bewtifull amonge the hethē but that they shuld se more bewtifull ād wonderfull at home because they shuld not be moued to folowe them And in like maner the diuers facions of the sacrifices and ceremonies was to occupye their mindes that they shuld haue no lust to folow the hethē ād the multitude of them was that they shuld haue so moch to do in kepinge thē that thei shuld haue no leysure to ymagine other of their awne yee and that gods word might be by in all that they dyd that they might haue their fayth and trust in God which he can not haue that ether foloweth his awne invencyons or tradicyons of mēnes makynge wyth out Gods word Finally God hath two testamentes the old and the newe The old testament is those temporall promyses which God made the childrē of Israel of a good londe and that he wolde defende them and of welth and prosperyte ād of temporall blessynges of whiche thou readest ouer all the lawe of Moses But namelye Leuitici xxv● And Deuteromij .xxviij. ād the avoydynge of all threateninges and curses off which thou readest lykewyse everye where ▪ but specyallye in the two places aboue rehersed and the avoydinge of all punyshmēt ordened for the transgressers of the lawe And the old testamēt was bilt all to gether vppō the kepinge of the lawe ād ceremonyes and was the reward of kepinge of thē in this liffe only ād reached no further then this liffe and this world as thou readest leui .xviij. a mā that doth them shall live there in which texte Paule reherseth Rom .x. and Gala .iij. That is he that kepeth them shall haue this liffe gloriouse accordinge to all the promises and blessinges of the lawe and shall avoyde both all temporall punishment of the lawe with al the threateninges and cursinges also For nether the lawe euen of the .x. cōmaundmentes nor yet the ceremonies iustifyed in the herte before god or purifyed vnto the life to come Insomoch that Moses at his deeth euen .xl. yere after the lawe and ceremonyes were geuen complayneth sayenge God hath not geven you an hart to vnderstonde nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye As who shuld saye god hath geuen you ceremonies but ye know not the vse of them and hath geuē you a lawe but hath not wryten it in youre hartes Wherfore serveth the lawe then yf it geue vs no power to do the lawe Paule answereth the that it was geuen to vtter synne onlye and to make it appere As a corosye is layde vnto an old sore not to heale it but to stere it vp ād to make the disease alyve that a mā might feale in what ioperdye he is ād how nye deeth ād not aware ād to make awaye vnto the healinge playster Euē so sayth Paule Gala .iij. The lawe was geven because of transgressiō that is to make the synne alyve that it might be felt and sene vntill the seed came vnto whom it was promised that is to saie vntil the childern of fayth came or vntill Christ that seed in whom
newe vnderstōd the bowenge of a mans self vppon the grounde As wee oftymes as weknele in oure prayers ●owe oure selves ād lye on oure armes ād handes with oure face to the grounde The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus ¶ The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus ¶ The first Chapter THese are the names of the children of Israel which came to Egipte with Iacob euery man with his housholde Rubē Simeon Leui Iuda Isachar Zabulon Beniamin Dan Neptali Gad ād Aser All the soules that came out of the Ioynes of Iacob were .lxx. and Ioseph was in Egipte all redie when Ioseph was dead and all his brethern and all that generation the children of Israel grewe encreased multiplied and waxed enceadinge myghtie so that the londe was full of them Then there rose vp a new kynge in Egipte which knewe not Ioseph And he sayde vnto his folke beholde the people of the childrē of Israel are moo ād mightier than we Come on let vs playe wisely with them lest they multiplie and then yf there chaunce any warre they ioyne them selues vnto oure enimies and fyghte ageynst vs and so gete them out of the lande And he sette taskemasters ouer them to ke●pe them vnder with burthens And they bylvnto Pharao treasurecities Phiton and Raamses But the more they vexed thē the moare they multiplied and grewe so that they abhorred the childrē of Israel And the Egiptiās helde the childern of Israel in bondage without mercie and made their lyues bitter vnto them with cruell laboure in claye and bricke and all maner worke in the feldes and in all maner of service which they caused thē to worke cruelly And the kynge of Egipte sayde vnto the mydwiues of the Ebrues women of which the ones name was Ziphra ād the other Pua whē ye mydwiue the women of the Ebrues and se in the byrth tyme that it is a boye kyll it But yf it be a mayde let it lyue Notwithstonding the mydwiues feared God and dyd not as the kinge of Egipte commaūded them but saued the menchildern Thē the kinge of Egipte called for the midwiues ād sayde vnto thē why haue ye delt on this maner and haue saued the menchildern And the mydwiues answered Pharao that the Ebrues wemen were not as the wemen of Egipte but were sturdie women and were delyuered yer the midwyues came at them And God therfore delt well with the midwyues And the people multiplied and waxed very mightie And because the mydwiues feared God he made them houses Than Pharao charged all his pepple sayng All the menchildern that are borne cast in to the ryuer and save the maydchildern a lyue ¶ The seconde Chapter ANd there wēt a mā of the house of Leui ād toke a doughter of Leui. And the wife cōceaued ād bare a sonne And whē she sawe that it was a propre childe she hyd him thre monethes longe And whē she coude no longer hyde him she toke a basket of bulrusshes ād dawbed it with slyme ād pytche ād layde the childe therin ād put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke And his sister stode a ferre of to wete what wold come of it And the doughter of Pharao came doune to the riuer to washe her selfe and hir maydens walked a longe by the riuers syde And when she sawe the basket amōge the flagges she sent one of hir maydes and caused it to be fet And whē she had opened it she sawe the childe and behold the babe wepte And she had cōpassiō on it ād sayde it is one of the Ebrues childern Then sayde his sister vnto Pharaos doughter shall I goo and call vnto the a nurse of the Ebrues wemen to nurse the the childe And the mayde ranne and called the childes mother Thē Pharaos doughter saide vnto her Take this childe awaye ād nurse it for me ād I will rewarde the for thi laboure And the woman toke the childe and nursed it vp And whē the childe was growne she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it was made hir sonne and she called it Moses because sayde she I toke him out of the water And it happened in these dayes when Mo ses was waxte great that he went out vnto his brethern ād loked on their burthens and spied an Egiptian smytynge one of his brethern an Ebrue And he loked round aboute and when he sawe that there was no man by he sle we the Egiptian and hyd hī in the sonde And he went out a nother daye and beholde two Ebrues stroue to gether And he sayde vnto him that dyd the wronge wherfore smytest thou thine neyghboure And he answered who hath made the a ruelar or aiudge ouer vs intendest thou to kill me as thou killedst the Egiptain Then Moses feared and sayde of a suertie the thinge is knowne And Pharao her de of it and went aboute to slee Moses but he fled from Pharao ād dwelt in the lāde of Madian and he satt doune by a welles syde The preast of Madianh a d .vij. doughters which came ād drew water and fylled the troughes for to water their fathers shepe And the shepardes came and drove them awaye But Moses stode vp and helped them and waterd their shepe And when they came to Raguel their father he sayde how happeneth it that ye are come so soone to daye And they answerede there was an Egiptiā that delyuered vs frō the shepardes and also drewe vs water waterd the shepe And he sayde vnto his doughters where is he why haue ye lefte the man Goo call him that he maye eate bread And Moses was content to dwell with the man And he gaue Moses Zipora his doughter which bare a sonne ād he called him Gerson for he sayde I haue bene a straunger in a straunge lande And she bare yet another sonne whom he called Elieser sayng the God of my father is myne helper and hath rid me out of the handes of Pharao And it chaunced in processe of tyme that the kinge of Egipte dyed and the childern of Israel syghed by the reason of laboure and cryed And their complaynt came vp vnto God from the laboure And God remembred his promise with Abraham Isaac ād Iacob And God loked apon the children of Israel and knewe them ¶ The thyrde Chapter MOses kepte the shepe of Iethro his father in law preast of Madian and he droue the flocke to the backesyde of the deser te ād came to the moūtayne of God Horeb. And the angell of the Lorde apeared vnto hī in a flame of fyre out of a bush And he perceaued that the bush burned with fyre and consumed not Than Moses sayde I will goo hēce and see this grete syghte howe it cometh that the bushe burneth not And whē the Lorde sawe that he came for to see he called vnto him out of the bush and sayde Moses Moses And he answered here am I. And he sayde come not hither but put thy shooes off thi fete for the place whereon
Pharao thus sayth the Lorde Israel is mine eldest sonne and therfore sayth vnto the let my sonne goo that he may serue me Yf thou wilt not let hī goo beholde I will slee thine eldest sonne And it chaunced by the waye in the ynne that the Lorde mett him and wolde haue kylled him Than Zepora toke a stone ād circumcised hyr sonne and fell at hys fette and sayde a bloudy husband art thou vnto me And he lett him goo She sayde a bloudy husbonde because of the circumcision Than sayde the Lorde vnto Aaron go mete Moses in the wildernesse And he went and mett him in the mounte of God and kissed hi And Moses told Aaron all the wordes of the Lorde which he had sent by him ād all the tokens which he had charged him with all So went Moses and Aaron and gatherd all the elders of the childern of Israel And Aarō told all the wordes which the Lorde had spokē vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people beleued And whē they herde that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and had loked vpon their tribulacion they bowed them selues and worshipped ¶ The .v. Chapter THen Moses ād Aarō wēt and told Pharao thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Let my people goo that they may kepe holye daye vnto me in the wildernesse And Pharao answered what felowe is the Lord that I shulde heare his voyce for to let Israel goo I knowe not the Lorde nether will let Israel goo And they sayde the God of the Ebrues hath mett with vs let vs goo we praye the iij. dayes iourney in to the deserte that we maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde oure God lest he smyte vs ether with pestilence or with swerde Then sayde the kinge of Egipte vnto them wherfore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people frō their worke gett you vnto youre laboure And Pharao sayde further more beholde there is moch people in the londe and ye make them playe and let their worke stonde And Pharao commaunded the same daye vnto the taskem asters ouer the people and vnto the officers saynge se that ye geue the people no moare strawe to make brycke with all as ye dyd in tyme passed let them goo and gather them strawe them selues and the nombre of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed laye vnto their charges also and minysh nothinge therof For they be ydill ād therfore crye saynge let vs goo and do sacrifice vnto oure God They must haue more worke layed vpon them that they maye laboure theryn and than will they not turne them selues to false wordes Than went the taskemasters of the people and the officers out and tolde the people saynge thus sayeth Pharao I will geue you no moare strawe but goo youre selues ād gather you strawe where ye can fynde it yet shall none of youre laboure be minyshed Than the people scatered abrode thorowe out all the lande of Egipte for to gather them stubyll to be in stead of strawe And the taskemasters hastied thē forward sayng fulfill youre worke daye by daye euē as when strawe was geuen you And the officers of the childern of Israel which Pharaos task-masters had settouer them were beaten And it was sayde vnto them wherfore haue ye not fulfilled youre tas●e in makinge brycke both yesterdaye and to daye as well as in tymes past Than went the officers of the childern of Israel ād complayned vnto Pharao saynge wherfore dealest thou thus with thy servauntes there is no strawe geuen vnto thy servauntes and yet they saye vnto vs make brycke And loo thy servauntes ar beaten and thy people is foule intreated And he answered ydill ar ye ydill and therfore ye saye let vs goo ād do sacrifice vnto the Lorde Goo therfore and worke for there shall no strawe be geuen you and yet see that ye delyuer the hole tale of brycke when the officers of the childern of Israel sawe them silfe in shrode case in that he sayde ye shall minysh nothinge of youre dalye makīge of brycke than they mett Moses and Aarō stondinge in there waye as they came out frō Pharao and sayde vnto them The Lorde loke vnto you and iudge for ye haue made the sauoure of vs stincke in the sighte of Pharao and of his servauntes and haue put a swerde in to their handes to slee vs. Moses returned vnto the Lorde and sayde Lorde wherfore dealest thou cruelly with this people and wherfore hast thou sent me For sence I came to Pharao to speke in thy name he hath fared foull with this folke ād yet thou hast not delyuered thy people at all Then the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou see what I will doo vnto Pharao for with a myghtie hande shall he let them goo and with a mightye hande shall he dryue them out of hys lande ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayng vnto him I am the Lorde and I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them Moreouer I made an appoyntment with them to geue them the londe of Canaā the londe of their pilgremage wherin they were straungers And I haue also herde the gronyng of the childern of Israel because the Egiptians kepe them in bondage ād haue remembred my promysse wherefore saye vnto the childern of Israel I A ꝓmyse or a testamēt am the Lorde and will brynge you out from vnder the burdens of the Egiptians and wyll rydd you out of their bondage and wyll delyuer you wyth a stretched out arme and wythe great iudgementes And I wil take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre God which bringe you out from vnder the burthens of the Egiptians And I wyll brynge you vnto the londe ouer the which I dyd lyfte vpp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and will geue it vnto you for a possessyon euē Temptacy o●●●ieth faith I the Lorde And Moses tolde the children of Israel euen so But they harkened not vnto Moses for anguyshe of sprete and for cruell bondage And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Goo and bydd Pharao kynge of Egipte that he let the childern of Israel g●o out of his londe And Moses spake before the Lorde saynge beholde the childern of Israell herken not vnto me how than shall Pharao heare me seynge that I haue vncircumcised lippes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron and gaue them a charge vnto the childern of Israel ād vnto Pharao kyng of Egipte to brynge the childern of Israel out of the londe of Egipte These be the heedes of their fathers housses The children of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel are these Hanoh Pallu Hezron Charmi these be the housholders of Ruben The childern of Symeon ar these Gemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananytesh
wife these are the kynreddes of Symeon These are the names of the children of Leui in their generations Gerson Kahath and Merari And Leui lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The sonnes of Gerson Libni ād Semei in their kinreddes The childern of Kahath Amram Iesear Hebron and Vsiel And Kahath lyued an hundred and .xxxiij. yere The children of Merari are these Mahely and Musi these are the kynreddes of Leui in their generations And Amram toke Iochebed his nece to wyfe which bare him Aaron and Moses And Amram lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The childern of Iezear Korah Nepheg and Sichri The childern of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan and Sithri And Aaron toke Elizaba doughter of Aminadab ād sister of Nahason to wife which bare him Nadab Abehu Eleazar and Ithamar The childern of Korah Assir Elkana ād Abiassaph these are the kynreddes of the Korahites And Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the doughters of Putuel to wife which bare him Pinchas these be the principall fathers of the Leuites in their kynreddes These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord sayde carie the childern of Israel out of the lond of Egipte with their armyes The se are that Moses and Aaron whiche spake to Pharao kynge of Egipte that they myghte brīge the childern of Israel out of Egipte And in the daye whē the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the londe of Egipte he spake vnto him saynge ▪ I am the Lorde se that thou speake vnto Pharao the kinge of Egipte all that I saye vnto the. And Moses answered before the Lorde I am of vncircumcised lippes howe shall Pharao than geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde saide vnto Moses beholde I haue made the Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde the and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the childern of Israel out of his londe But I will harden Pharaos hert that I may multiplie my myracles and my wondres in the land of Egipte And yet Pharao shall not herken vnto you that I maye sett myne honde vpon Egipte and brynge out myne armyes euē my people the childern of Israel out of the lāde of Egipte with great iudgementes And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue stretched forth my hande vpō Egipte and haue brought out the childern of Israel from amonge thē Moses and Aaron dyd as the Lorde commaunded them And Moses was lxxx yere olde and Aaron .lxxxiij. when they spake vnto Pharao And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge when Pharao speaketh vn to you and sayth shewe a wondre than shalt thou saye vnto Aaron take the rodd and cast it before Pharao and it shall turne to a serpent Than went Moses and Aarō in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded And Aaron cast forth his rodd before Pharao and before his servauntes and it turned to a serpente Than Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters of Egipte dyd yn En● so d● o● re charmars novv deceau● all princes vvith theire sophistri● ▪ ād turne thē clene from repētaūce tovvarde the lavve of god ād frō the fayth that is in Christ lyke maner with there sorcery And they cast doune euery mā his rodd ād they turned to serpētes but Aarons rodd ate vp their roddes ād yet for all that Pharaos herte was hardened so that he herkened not vnto thē euen as the Lorde had sayde Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses Pharaos herte is hardened and he refuseth to let the people goo Get the vnto Pharao in the mornynge for he will come vnto the water and frō de thou apon the ryuers brynke agenst he come and the rodd whiche turned to a serpente take in thine hande And saye vnto him the Lorde God of the Hebrues hath sente me vnto the saynge let my people goo that they maye serue me in the wildernes but hither to thou woldest not heare wherfore thus sayth the Lorde hereby thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. Behold I will smyte with the staffe that is in myne hand apon the waters that are in the ryuer and they shall turne to bloude And the fishe that is in the riuer shall dye and the riuer shall stinke so that it shall greue the Egiptiās to drinke of the water of the ryuer And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron take thy staffe and stretch out thyne hande ouer the waters of Egipte ouer their streames ryuers pondes and all pooles off water that they maye be bloude and that there may be bloude in all the lande of Egipte both in vessells of wodd and also of stone And Moses and Aaron dyd euen as the Lorde commaunded And he lifte vp the staffe and smote the waters that were in the riuer in the syghte of Pharao and in the syghte of his servauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned in to bloude And the fish that was in the riuer dyed and the ryuer stanke so that the Egiptians coude not drinke of the water of the ryuer And there was bloude thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the Enchaunters of Egipte dyd lyke wyse with their enchauntmentes so that Pharaos herte was hardened and dydnot regarde them as the Lorde had sayde And Pharao turned himselfe and went in to his housse and set not his herte there vnto And the Egiptians dygged round aboute the ryuer for water to drynke for they coude not drynke of the water of the ryuer And it contynued a weke after that the Lorde had smote the ryuer ¶ The .viij. Chapter THe Lorde spake vnto Moses Goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo beholde I will smyte all thy londe with frogges And the ryuer shall scrale with frogges ād they shall come vp and goo in to thine housse and in to thy chaumbre where thou slepest ād vppō thy bedd and in to the housses of thy servauntes and vppon thy people and in to thyne ovens and vppon thy vitels which thou hast in store And the frogges shall come vpon the and on thy people and apon all thy servauntes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron stretche forth thine hande with thy rodd ouer the stremes riuers ād pondes And bringe vp frogges apon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his hande ouer the water of Egipte and the frogges came vp ād couered the londe of Egipte And the sorcerers dyd likewise with theire sorcery and the frogges came vp apon the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and Aarō and sayde praye ye vnto the Lorde that he may take awaye the frogges from me and from my people and I will let the people goo that they maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses sayde vnto Pharao Appoynte thou the tyme vnto me when I shall praye for the
and thy servauntes ād thy people to dryue awaye the frogges from the and thy housse so that they shall remayne but in in the riuer only And he sayde tomorow And he sayde euen as thou hast sayde that thou mayst knowe that there is none like vnto the Lorde oure God And the frogges shall departe from the ād from thyne houses and from thy servauntes and from thy people and shall remayne in the riuer only And Moses and Aaron went out frō Pharao and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde apō the apoyntment of frogges which he had made vnto Pharao And the Lorde dyd accordinge to the saynge of Moses And the frogges dyed out of the housses courtes and feldes And they gathred them to gether vppon heppes so that the lande stanke of them But when Pharao sawe that he had rest geuen him he hardened his herte and herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Saye vnto Aarō stretch out thy rodd and smyte the dust of the lande that it maye turne to lyse in all the londe of Egipte And they dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodd and smote the dust of the erth ād it turned to lyse both in man and beest so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyse thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the enchaunters assayde lykewyse with their enchauntmentes to brynge forth lyse but they coude not And the lyse were both apon man and beest Then sayde the enchaunters vnto Pharao it is the fingre of God Neuerthelater Pharaos herte was hardened and he regarded them not as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao for he will come vnto the water and saye vnto him thus sayth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde I will sende all maner flies both apon the and thy servauntes ād thy people and into thy housses And the housses of the Egiptians shal be full of flies and the grounde where on they are But I will seperate the same daye the londe of Gosan where my people are so that there shall no flyes be there that thou mayst knowe that I am the Lorde vppon the erth And I will put a deuision betwene my people and thine And euen tomorow shall this myracle be done And the Lorde dyd euen so and there came noysom flyes in to the housse of Pharao and in to his servauntes housses and in to all the lōde of Egipte so that the londe was marred with flyes Then Pharao sent for Moses and Aaron and sayde Goo and do sacrifice vnto youre God in the land And Moses answered it is not mete so to do for we must offer vnto the Lorde oure God that whiche is an abhominatyon vnto the Egiptians beholde shall we sacrifice that which is an abhominacion vnto the Egiptians before their eyes and shall they not stone vs we will therfore goo .iij. dayes yournay in to the deserte and sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God as he hath cōmaunded vs. And Pharao sayde I will late you goo that ye maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde youre God in the wildernes only goo not ferrre awaye ād se that ye praye for me And Moses sayde beholde I will goo out from the and praye vnto the Lorde and the flyes shall departe frō Pharao and from his servauntes and from his people tomorow But let Pharao from hēce forth desceaue no moare that he wolde not lett the people goo to sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde And the Lorde dyd as Moses had saide ād toke awaye the flies frō Pharao and from his servauntes ād from hys people so that there remayned not one But for all that Pharao hardened his herte euen then also and wolde not let the people goo ¶ The .ix. Chaptre ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues sende out my people that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo but wilt holde them styll beholde the hande of the Lorde shal be apō thy catell which thou hast in the feld apon horses asses camels oxen and shepe with a mightye great morrayne But the Lorde shall make a deuysion betwene the beestes of the Israhelites ād the beestes of the Egiptias so that there shal nothing dye of all that perteyneth to the children of Israel And the Lorde appoynted a tyme saynge tomorow the Lorde shall do this thinge in the londe And the Lorde dyd the thinge on the morow and all the catell of Egipte dyed but of the catell of the children of Israel dyed not one And Pharao sent to wete but ther was not one of the catell of the Israhelites dead Notwithstondinge the hert of Pharao hardened and he wolde not let the people goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses and Aaron take youre handes full of asshes out of the fornace and let Moses sprynkel it vp in to the ayre in the syghte of Pharao and it shall turne to dust in all the londe of Egipte and shal make swellynge soores with blaynes both on mā and beest in all the londe of Egipte And they toke asshes out of the fornace and stode before Pharao ād Moses sprynkeld it vp in to the ayre And there brake out soores with blaynes both in mā and beest so that the sorcerers coude not stonde before Moses by the reason of botches on the enchaunters and apon all the Egiptians But the Lorde hardened the herte of Pharao that he herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde vnto Moses And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao and tell him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Ebrues Let my people goo that they may serue me or els I will at this tyme sende all my plages apon thine herte and apon thy servauntes and on thy people that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke me in all the erth For now I will stretch out my hande and will smyte the and thy people with pestilence so that thou shalt perisshe from the erth Yet in very dede for this cause haue I sterred the vpp for to shewe my power in the and to declare my name thorow out all the worlde Yf it be so that thou stoppest my people that thou wilt not let them goo beholde tomorow this tyme I will send doune a mightie great hayle euē soch one as was not in Egipte sence it was grounded vnto this tyme. Sende therfore and fet home thy beestes and al that thou hast in the felde For apon all the men and beestes which are founde in the felde ād not broughte home shall the hayle fall ād they shall dye And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde among the servauntes of Pharao made the ir servauntes ād
their beestes flee to house and they that regarded not the worde of the Lorde left their servauntes and their beestes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche forth thine hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egipte apō mā ād beest ād apō all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the lōde of Egipte that there was hayle ād fyre mēgled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent ād called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto thē I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe ād the barly were smyttē for the barly was shott vp ād the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie frō Pharao ād sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth whē Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn ād hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest thē and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte ād the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses ād Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene ād they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the Egiptiās after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute ād went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters ād with oure shepe and oxē must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust thē out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe ād all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte ād the Lorde brought an east wynde vppō the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers ād the greshoppers wēt vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and Aarō in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away frō me this deth only And he wēt out frō Pharao ād prayd vnto the Lorde ād the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast thē in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte ●o that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heauē ād let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte euē that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heauē ād there was a darke myst vppō all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no mā sawe another nether rose vp frō the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childrē of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoos●e be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we cānot knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
let thē goo And Pharao sayde vnto him get the frō me ād take heade to thy selfe that thou see my face no moare For whē soeuer thou comest in my syghte thou shalt dye And Moses saide let it be as thou hast sayde I will see thy face no moare ¶ The .xj. Chapter ANd the Lord sayde vnto Moses yet wil I brynge one plage moare vppon Pharao and vppon Egipte and after that he wyll lett you goo hence And when he letteth you goo he shall vtterly dryue you hence But byd the people that euery man borowe of his neghbour and euery woman of hir neghbouresse ie wels off syluer and i●wels of golde And the Lorde gatt the people fauoure in the syghte of the Egiptians Moreouer Moses was very great in the lande of Egipte both in the syghte of Pharao and also in the syghte of the people And Moses sayde thus sayth the Lorde Aboute mydnyghte will I goo out amonge the Egiptians and all the firstborne in the land of Egipte shall dye euen from the firstborne off Pharao that sitteth on his seate vnto the first-borne of the maydeservaunte that is in the mylle and all the firstborne of the catell And there shall be a great crye thorow out all the lande off Egipte so that there was neuer none lyke nor shall be And among all the childern of Israel shall not a dogg move his tongue nor yet man or beest that ye may knowe how the Lorde putteth a difference betwene the Egiptiās and Israel And all these thy servauntes shal come downe vnto me and fall before me ād saye get the out and all the people that are vnder the and than will I departe And he went out from Pharao in a great anger And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Pharao shall not regarde you that many wondres may be wrought in the lande of Egipte And Moses ād Aarō dyd all these wondres before Pharao But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the childern of Israel goo out of his londe ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in the londe of Egipte saynge This moneth shall be youre chefe moneth euē the first moneth of the yere shal it be vnto you Speake ye unto all the felowshipe of Israel saynge that they take the .x. daye of this moneth That I here cal ashepe is in Ebrue a vvorde indifferent to a shepe and a go●●e both to euery housholde a shepe Yf the housholde be to few for a shepe then lett him and his neghbour that is nexte vnto his house take acordinge to the nombre of soulles and counte vnto a shepe acordinge to euery mans eatinge A shepe with out spott and a male of one yere olde shall it be and from amonge the lambes ād the gootes shall ye take it And ye shall kepe him in warde vntyll the xiiij daye of the same moneth And euery mā of the multitude of Israel shall kyll him aboute euē And they shall take of the bloud ād strike it on the .ij. syde postes ād on the vpper dor post of the houses wherī they eate hī And thei shall eate the flesh the same nyght rost with fyre ād with vnleuēded bread ād with sowre her bes they shall eate it S● that ye eate not therof sodē in water but rost with fyre both head fete ād purtenance together And se that ye let nothinge of it remayne vnto the mornynge yf oughte remayne burne it with fyre Off this maner shall ye eate it with youre loines girded ād shoes on youre fete ād youre staves in youre handes And ye shall eate i● in haste The la●be vvas ●alled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●● ▪ a● the very ●am●●● self 〈◊〉 ●d put th● in remēbraunce vvh●●●● signified f●● the signes that god ordin●d 〈◊〉 signified the benefites done or promyses to come ād vv●re not do me as are the signes of oure dom●●e ▪ God the Pope for it is the Lordes * passeouer for I will go aboute ī the lāde of Egipte this same nyghte ād will smyte all the firstborne in the lande off Egipte both of mā ād d●●st ād apō al the goddes off Egipte will I the Lorde do execution And the bloude shall be vnto you a tokē vppon the houses where in ye are for whē I se the bloude I will passe ouer you ād the plage shall not be vppō you to destroye you when I smyte the londe off Egipte And this daye shall be vnto you a remēbraunce ād ye shall kepe it holie vnto the Lorde euen thorow out youre generacions after you shall ye kepe it holie daye that it be a custome for euer .vij. dayes shal ye eate vnlevēded breed so that euen the first daye ye shall put awaye leuen out off youre housses For whosoeuer eateth leuended bread from the first daye vntyll the .vij. daye that soule shall ▪ be plucked out frō Israel The first daye shall be a holie feast vnto you and the. vij ▪ also There shal be no maner off worke done in thē saue aboute that only which euery man must eate that only may ye do And see that ye kepe you to vnleuēded breed For vppō that same daye I will brynge youre armyes out off the londe of Egipte therfore ye shall obserue this daye and all youre childern after you that yt be a custume for euer The first moneth and the .xiiij. daye off the moneth at euen ye shall eate swete brede vnto the .xxj. daye off the moneth at euen agayne Seuen dayes se that there be no leuended bred foūde in youre housses For whosoeuer eateth leuended bred that soule shall be roted out frō the multitude of Israel whether he be a straunger or borne in the londe Therfore se that ye eate no leuended bred but in all youre habitacions eate swete bred And Moses called for the elders off Israel and sayde vnto them chouse our and take to euery housholde a shepe ād kyll passeouer And take a bunch of ysope ād dyppe it in the bloud that is in the basyn and stryke it vppon the vp perposte and on the .ij. syde postes and se that none of you goo out at the doore of his house vntyll the mornynge For the Lorde will goo aboute and smyte Egipte And when he seyth the bloude vppon the vpper doorposte ād on the .ij. syde postes he will passe ouer the doore and will not su●●re the destroyer to come into youre housse to plage you Therfore se that thou obserue this thinge that it be an ordinaunce to the and thy sonnes for ouer And when ye be come into the land which the Lorde will geue you acordinge as he hath Oure signes be dōme vve knovv not the reason of oure baptim ▪ ye and vve must saye oure prayers ād oure belesse in a tō gevve vnder●●onde not And yet yf vve ansvvere not our prelates vvhen thei be angrie euen as thei vvolde haue it vve must to the fyre vvith out redemption or
forsvver god promysed se that ye kepe this seruice * And when youre childern axe you what maner off seruice is this ye doo Ye shall say ▪ it is the sacrifice of the Lordes passeouer which passed ouer the housses of the childern of Israel in Egipte as he smote the Egiptians and saued oure housses Than the people bowed them selues and worshipped And the childern of Israel went and dyd as the Lorde had commaūded Moses and Aaron And at mydnyghte the Lorde smote all the firstborne in the lōde of Egipte from the first-borne of Pharao that satt on his seat vnto the firstborne of the captyue that was in presone and all firstborne of the catell Than Pharao arose the same nyghte and al his servauntes ād all the Egiptians and there was a great crieng thorowe out Egipte for there was no housse where there was not one dead And he called vnto Moses and Aaron by nyghte saynge Ryse vp and gett you out from amonge my people both ye and also the children of Israel and goo and serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde And take youre shepe and your oxen with you as ye haue sayde ād departe ād blesse me also And the Egiptians were ferce vppon the people and made haste to send thē out of the lād for they sayde we be al deed mē And the people toke the dowe before it was sowered which they had in stoare and bounde it in clothes ād put it vpō their shulders And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to the saynge of Moses ād they borowed of the Egiptians iewels of syluer and iewels of gold and rayment And the Lorde gat the people fauoure in the syghte of the Egiptians ād so they borowed and robbed the Egiptians Thus toke the childern of Israel their your ney frō Raemses to suchoth .vj. hundred thou sand mē of foote besyde childern And moch comon people went also with thē ād shepe ād oxen ād catell exceadinge moch And they baked swete cakes of the dowe which thy broughte out of Egipte for it was not sowered because they were thrust out of Egipte and coude not tarie nether had they prepared them any other prouision of meate And the tyme of the dwellinge of the childern of Israel which they dwelled in Egipte was .iiij. hundred and .xxx. yere And whē the iiij hundred and .xxx. yeres were expyred euē the selfe same daye departed all the hostes of the Lorde out of the lande of Egipte This is a nyghte to be obserued to the Lorde because he broughte them out of the lande of Egipte This is a nyghte of the Lorde to be kepte of all the childern of Israel and of their generacions after them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ād Aaron this is the maner of Passeover there shall no straunger eate there of but all the seruauntes that are bought for money shall ye circumcise and then let them eat there of A straūger and a hyerd seruaunte shall not eate thereof In one housse shall it be eatē Ye shall carie none of the flesh out at the doores moreouer se that ye breke not a bone there of All the multirude of the childern of Israel shall obserue it Yf a straunger dwell amonge you ad wyll holde Passeover vnto the Lorde let him circūcise all that be males ād thē let him come and obserue it ād be takē as one that is borne ī the lōde No vncircūcised persone shall eate there of One maner of lawe shal be vnto thē that are borne in the lōde ād vnto the straūgers that dwell amōge you And all the childern of Israel dyd as the Lorde cōmaūded Moses ād Aarō And euē the selfe same daye dyd the Lorde brynge the childern of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with their armies The .xiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge sanctifie vnto me all the firstborne that opē all maner matrices amōge the childern of Israel as well of mē as of beestes for they are myne And Moses sayde vnto the people thīke on thys daye ī which ye came out of Egipte and out of the housse of bondage for with a myghtie hāde the Lorde broughte you out frō thēce Se therfore that ye eate no leuen ded bred This daye come ye out of Egipte in the moneth of Abib whē the Lorde hath broughte the ī to the lōde of the Canaanites Hethites Amorites Heuites ād iebusites which he sware vnto thi fathers that he wolde geue the a londe where in milke ād honye floweth thē se that thou kepe this servyce in this same moneth Seuē dayes thou shalt eate swete bred ād the .vij. daye shal be fe●●●tfull vnto the Lorde Therfore thou shalt eate swete bred .vij. dayes and se that there be no leuended bred sene nor yet leuē amonge you in all youre quarters And thou shalt shewe thy sonne at that tyme The fathers novv a dayes maye not be s●fied to knovv ought of God them selves hovv can they then teach their childern vvhat the ceremonie meaneth saynge this is done because of that which the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egipte Therfore it shall be a signe vnto the vppon thine hande and a remembraunce betwene thine eyes that the Lordes lawe maye be in thy mouth For with a stronge hāde the Lorde broughte the out of Egipte se thou kepe therfore this ordinaūce in his season from yere to yere Moreouer when the Lorde hath broughte the in to the londe of the Canaanytes as he hath sworne vnto the and to thi fathers and hath geuen it the thē thou shalt appoynte vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice and all the firstborne among the beestes which thou hast yf they be males And all the firstborne of the asses thou shalt redeme with a shepe yf thou redeme him not then breake hys necke But all the firstborne amonge thi childern shalt thou bye out And when thi sonne axeth the in tyme to come Teach youre chyldern saynge what is this thou shalt saye vnto him with a mightie hande the Lorde broughte us out of Egipte out of the housse of bondage And when Pharao was looth to lete us goo the Lorde slewe all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte as well the firstborne of men as of beastes And therfore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that open the matrice but all the firstborne of my childern I must redeme And this shall be as a token in thine hande and as a thinge hanged vpp betwene thine eyes because the Lorde broughte us out of Egipte with a mightie hande when Pharao had let the people goo God caried them not thorow the londe of the Philistines though it were a nye waye For God sayde the people myghte happly repent when they se warre and so turne agayne to Egipte therfore God led thē aboute thorow the wyldernesse that bordreth on the redd see The childern of Israel went harnessed out of the lāde of Egipte And Moses toke
the bones of Ioseph with him for he made the childern of Israel swere saynge God will surely vyset you take my bones therfore away hence with you And they toke their iorney from Suchoth and pitched their tentes in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse And the Lorde went before them by daye in a piler of a cloude to lede them the waye and by nyghte in a piler of fyre to geue thē lighte that they myghte goo both by day ādnyghte And the piler of the cloude neuer departed by daye nor the piler of fyre by nyghte out of the peoples sighte The .xiiij. Chapter THan the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge byd the childern of Israel that they turne and pytch their tentes before the entrynge of Hiroth betwene Migdole and the s● toward Baal zephon euen before that shall ye pytch apon the see For Pharao will saye of the childern of Israel they are tāgled in the lōd the wildernesse hath shott thē in And I will hardē his harte that he shall folowe after thē that I maye gett me honoure vppō Pharao ād vppō all his hoste that the Egiptians maye knowe that I am the Lorde And they dyd euen so And whē it was tolde the kynge of Egipte that the people fled thā Pharaos harte and all his seruaūtes turned vnto the people ād sayde why haue we this done that we haue let Israel go out of oure seruyce and he made redie his charettes ād toke his people with hym ād toke vi hūdred chosen charettes ād all the charettes of Egipte ād captaynes vppō all his people For the Lorde hardened the harte of Pharao kynge of Egipte that he folowed after the childern of Israel which for all that went out thorow an hye hāde And the Egiptiās folowed after thē ād ouertoke thē where they pitched by the see with all the horsses ād charettes of Pharao ād with his horssemē ād his hoste euē fast by the entrynge of Hiroth before Baal Zephon And Pharao drewenye ād whē the childern of Isreal lyft vp their eyes and sawe how the Egiptiās folowed after thē they were sore a fraide ād cried out vnto the Lorde Thā sayde they vnto Moses were there no * graues for us in Egipte but thou must bringe us awaye for to dye in the wyldernesse wherfore hast thou serued us thus for to carie us out of Egipte Dyd not we tell the this in Egipte saynge let us be in rest and serue the Egiptians For it had bene better for us to haue serued the Egiptians than for to dye in the wildernesse And Moses sayde vnto the people feare ye not but stonde still and beholde how the Lorde shall saue you this daye For as ye se the Egiptians this daye shall ye see them nomore for euer till the worldes ende The Lorde shall fighte for you and ye shall holde youre peace The Lorde sayde vnto Moses wherfore criest thou vnto me speake vnto the childern of Israel that they goo forwarde But lifte thou vp thi rodd and stretch out thi hande ouer the see and deuyde it a sondre that the childern of Israel may goo on drye groūde thorow the myddest thereof And beholde I will harden the hertes of the Egiptians that they maye folowe you And I will gett me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoste vpon his charettes ād vpon his horse mē And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lord whan I haue gotten me honoure vpō Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And the angell of God which went before the hoste of Israel remoued ād went behinde them And the cloudēpiler that was before them remoued ād stode behinde them ād wēt betwene the hoste of the Egiptians ād the hoste of Israel Yt was a darke clowde and gaue lighte by nyghte so that all the nyghte long the one coude not come at the other when now Moses stretched forth his honde ouer the see the Lorde caried awaye the see with a stronge east wynde that blewe all nyghte and made the see drie londe ād the water deuyded it silfe And the childern of Israel went in thorow the myddest of the see vppon the drie grounde And the water was a walle vnto them both on their righthande ād on the ir lefte hande And the Egiptians folowed ād went in after them to the myddest of the see with all Pharaos horses and his charettes and his horssemen And in the mornynge watch the Lorde loked vnto the hoste of the Egiptiās out of the fyery and clowdie piler and troubled their hoste and smote of their charett wheles and cast them doune to the grounde Than sayde the Egiptians Let vs fle from Israel for the Lorde fyghteth for them agaynst vs. Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses stretch out thine hand ouer the see that the water maye come agayne vppō the Egiptians vppon their charettes ād horsemen Than stretched forth Moses his hande ouer the see and it came agayne to his course erly ī the mornīg ād the Egiptiās fledd agaynst it Thus the Lorde ouerthrewe the Egiptians in the middest of the see ād the water returned and couered the charettes and the housemē so that of all the hoste of Pharao that came in to the see after them there remayned not one But the children of Israel went vpon drie lōde in the myddest of the see ād the water was a walle vnto them both on the righte hand of them and also on the lifte Thus the Lorde delyuered Israel the selfe same daye out of the honde of the Egiptians and Israell sawe the Egiptians deade vpō the see syde And when Israel sawe that myghtye hande which the Lorde had shewed vppō the Egiptians they feared the Lorde and beleued both the Lorde and also his servaunte Moses ¶ The .xv. Chapter THen Moses and the childern off Israel sange this songe vnto the Lord ād saide Let vs synge vnto the Lorde for he is become glorious the horse and him that rode vpon him hath he ouerthrowne in the see The Lorde is my strength ād my songe ād is become my saluation He is my God and I will glorifie him he is my fathers God and I will lifte him vp an hie The Lorde is a mā off warre Iehouah y● his name Pharaos charettes ād his hoste hath he cast in to the see His iolye captaynes are drowned in thered see the depe waters haue couered them thei soncke to the botome as a stone Thine hande Lorde is glorious in power thine hād Lord hath all to dashed the enemye And with thy great glorie thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentest forth thy wrath ād it consumed them euē as stobell With the breth off thine anger the water gathered together and the flodes stode fiyll as a rocke ad the depe water congeled together in the myddest off the see The enymye sayde I will folowe and ouertake thē ād will deuyde the spoyle I will satysfie my lust apon thē I will drawe my swerde
and myne hande shall destroye them Thou bluest with thy breth ād the see couered thē and they sanke as leed in the myghtye waters ¶ who is like vnto the o Lord amōge goddes who is like the so glorious in holynes feerfull laudable ād that shewest wondres Thou stretchedest ou● thy righte hande ▪ ād the erth swalowed them And thou cariedest with thy mercie this people which thou deliueredest ād broughtest thē with thy strength vnto thy holie habitacion The nations herde ād were afrayde pāges came vpon the Philistines Thā the dukes of the Edomites were amased ād trēblinge came apon the myghtiest off the M●abites and all the inhabiters of Canaā waxed faynte harted Let feare and dreade fall apon thē thorow the greatnesse off thyne arme and let them be as styll as a stone while thy people passe thorow o Lorde while the people passe thorowe which thou hast goten Brynge them in and plante them in the mountayns of thine enherytaūce the place Lorde whyche thou hast made for the to dweld in the sanctuarye Lorde which thy handes haue prepared The Lorde raygne euer and allwaye For Pharao wēt in an horsebacke wyth his charettes and horsemen in to the see and the Lorde broughte the waters of the see apō thē And the childern of Israel went on drie lande thorow the myddest of the see And mir Iam a prophetisse the sister of Aaron toke a tymbrell in hir hande and all the wemen came out after her with tymbrells in a daunse And mir Iam sange before them syng ye vnto the Lorde for he is become glorious in deade the horse and his ryder hath he ouerthrowne in the see Moses broughte Israel from the redd see ād they went out in to the wildernesse of Sur. And they went thre dayes longe in the wildernesse ād coude finde no water At the last they came to Mara but they coude not drynke off the waters for bitternesse for they were better ▪ therfore the name of the place was called Mara Then the people murmured agaynst Moses saynge ▪ what shall we drinke And Moses cried vnto the Lorde and he shewed him a tre ▪ and he cast it in to the water and they waxed swete There he made them an ordinaunce and a lawe and there he tempted them and saide Yf ye will herken vnto the voyce of the Lord youre Vve must do that vvhich is right in gods sight ād as his vvorde reach eth vs and no● aftir our avvne imaginac ● o● God and will do that which is righte in his syght and will geue an ●are vnto his cōmaūdmentes and kepe all his ordinaunces thā will I put none of this diseases apon the whiche I brought vpon the Egiptiās for I am the Lorde thy surgione ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ANd they came to Elim where were xij welles of water and .lxx. date trees and they pitched there by the water And they toke their yourney frō Elim and all the hole cōpanye of the childern of Israell came to the wildernesse of Sin which lieth betwene Elim ād Sinai the .xv. daye of the seconde moneth after that they were come out of the lande of Egipte And the hole multitude of the childern * of Israel murmured agaynst Moses ād Aarō in the wildernesse and sayde vnto them wold to God we had dyed by the hande of the Lorde in the lande of Egipte when we satt by the flessh pottes and ate bred oure belies full for ye haue broughte vs out in to this wildernesse to kyll this hole multitude for honger Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses beholde I will rayne bred frō heauē doune to you ād let the people goo out ād gather daye by daye that I maye proue thē whether they wil walke in my lawe or no. The .vj. daye let thē prepare that which they will brīge in ād let it be twise as moch as they gather in dayly And Moses ād Aarō sayde vnto all the childerē of Israel at euen he shall knowe that it is the Lorde which broughte you out of the lāde of Egipte ād in the mornynge ye shall se the glorie of the Lorde because he hath herde youre grudgynges agaynst the Lorde for what are we that ye shuld murmure against vs. And moreouer spake Moses At euē the Lorde will geue you flesh to eate ād in the mornynge bred ynough ▪ because the Lord hath herde youre murmur whiche ye murmur agaynst hī for what ar we youre murmurynge is not agaynst vs but agaynst the Lorde And Moses spake vnto Aarō Say vnto all the cōpanye of the childerē of Israel come forth before the Lorde for he hath herde youre grudgīges And as Aarō spake vnto the hole multitude of the childerē of Israel they loked toward the wildernesse ād beholde the glorie of the Lord apeared ī a clowde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng I haue herde the murm●rīg of the childrē of Israel tell thē therfore ād saye that at euē they shall eate flesh ādi the morninge they shall be filled with bred ād ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre god And at euē the quayles came ād couered the groūde where they laye And in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the hoste And whē the dewe was fallē behold it laye apō the grounde in the wildernesse small ād roūde ād thyn as the hore frost on the groūde when the childrē of Israel sawe it they sayde one to another what is this for they wist not what it was And Moses sayde this is the breed which the Lorde hath geuē you to eate This is the thinge which the Lord hath cōmaūded that ye gather euery mā ynough for hī to eate a gomer full for a mā acordīge to the nōbre off you ād gather euery mā for thē which are in his tente And the childern of Israel dyd euen so ād gathered some more some lesse and dyd mete it with a gomer And vnto him that had gathered moch remayned nothinge ouer ād vnto hī that had gathered litle was there no lacke but euery mā had gathered sufficiēt for his eatinge And Moses sayde vnto them Se that no mā let oughte remayne of it tyll the morninge Notwithstondinge they harkened not vnto Moses but some of thē lefte of it vntyll the mornynge and it waxte full of wormes ād st●ke and Moses was angrie wyth them And they gathered it all mornīges euery mā as moch as suffised for his eatinge for as sone as the hete of the sonne came it moulte And the .vj. daye they gathered twise so moch bred ij gomers for one mā ād the ruelars of the multitude came ād tolde Moses And he sayde vnto thē this is that which the Lorde hath sayde tomorow is the Sabbath of the holie rest of the Lord bake that which ye will bake ād seth that ye will seth ād that which remayneth say vp for you ād kepe it till the mornynge And they layde it vp till the
mornynge as Moses bad ●● it stāke not nether was there any wormes th●● And Moses sayde that eate this daye for to ●● ye it is the Lordes Sabbath to daye ye sh●●●● de none in the feld Sixte dayes ye shall gather it for the vij is the sabbath there shal be none there in Notwithstondinge there went out of the people in the seuenth daye for to gather but they founde none Thē the Lorde seyde vnto Moses how longe shall it be yer ye will kepe my cōmaundmētes ād lawes Se because the Lorde hath geuē you a Sabbath therfor he geueth you the .vj. daye bred for .ij. dayes Byde therfore euery mā athome ād let no mā go out of his place the seuenth daye And the people rested the seuenth daye And the housse of Israel called it Man And it was lyke vnto Coriander seed and white and the taste of it was lyke vnto wafers made with honye And Moses sayde this is that which the Reliques ought to be but a remembraunce only Lorde commaundeth fyll a Gomor of it that it maye be kepte for youre childern after you that they maye se the bred wherewith he fedd you in wyldernesse when he had broughte you out of the lande of Egipte And Moses spake vnto Aaron take a cruse and put a Gomer ●ull of man therin and laye it vppe before the Lorde to be kepte for youre childern after you as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Aaron layed it vppe before the testimonye there to be kepte And the childern of Israel ate man .xl. yere vntill they came vnto a lande inhahited And so they ate Man euen vntill they came vnto the bordres of the lāde of Canaan And a Gomer is the tenth parte of an Epha The .xvij. Chapter ANd all the companye of the childern of Israel went on their iourneys from the wildernesse of Sin at the commaundment of the Lorde and pitched in Raphidim where was no water for the people to drynke And the people chode with Moses and sayde geue us water to drynke And Moses sayde vnto * them why chyde ye with me and wherfore do ye tempte the Lorde There the people thyrsted * for water and murmured agenst Moses ād sayde wherfore hast thou broughte us out of Egipte to kyll us and oure childern and oure catell with thyrste And Moses cried vnto the Lorde saynge what shal I do vnto this people they be al most redye to stone me And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo before the people and take with the of the elders of Israel ād thi rod wherwith thou smotest the riuer take in thine hande and goo Beholde I will stonde there before the vppon a rocke in Horeb and thou shalt smyte the rocke ād there shall come water out there of that the people maye drynke And Moses dyd euen so before the elders of Israel And he called the name of the place Massa and Meriba because of the chidynge of the childern of Israel and because they tempted the Lorde saynge ys the Lorde amonge us or not Then came Amalech ād foughte with Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua chose out men and goo fighte with Amelech Tomorow I will stonde on the toppe of the hyll and the rodd of God in myne hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him and foughte with the Amalechites And Moses Aaron and Hur went vp to the toppe of the hyll And when Moses helde vp his hande Israel had the better And when he late his hande doune Amelech had the better when Moses handes were weery they toke a stone and put it vnder him and he satt doune there on And Aaron and Hur stayed vpp his handes the one on the one syde and the other on the other syde And his handes were stedie vntill the sonne was doune And Iosua discomfeted Amalech ād his people with the edge of his swerde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write this for a remembraunce in a boke and tell it vnto Iosua for I will put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heauen And Moses made an alter ād called the name of it * Iehouah Nissi for he sayde the hande is on Iehouah nissi the Lorde is he that exalte●● me the seate of the Lorde that the Lorde will haue warre with Amalech thorow out all generations The .xviij. Chapter IEthro the prest of Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all that God had done vnto Moses and to Israel his people how that the Lorde had broughte Israel out of Egipte And he toke Ziphora Moses wyfe after she was sente backe and hir .ij. sonnes of which the one was called Gerson for he sayde I haue bene an alient in a straunge lande And the other was called Eliesar for the God of my father was myne helpe ād delyuered me from the swerde of Pharao And Iethro Moses father in lawe came wyth his two sonnes and his wife vnto Moses in to the wildernesse where he had pitched his tente by the mounte of God And he sent worde to Moses I thi father in law Iethro am come to the and thi wyfe also and hir two sonnes with her And Moses went out to mete his father in lawe and dyd obeyssaunce and kyssed him and they saluted etch other ād came in to the tente And Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharao and to the Egiptians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by the waye and how the Lorde had delyuered them And Iethro reioesed ouer all the good which the Lorde had done to Israel and because he had delyuered them out of the hande of the Egiptians And Iethro sayde blessed be the Lorde which hath delyuered you out of the hande of the Egiptians ād out of the hande of Pharao which hath delyuered his people from vnder the power of the Egiptians Now I knowe that the Lorde is greater thē all goddes for because that they dealte prowdly with them And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntoffrynges and sacrifyces vnto God And Aaron and all the elder● of Israel came to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God And it chaunched on the morow that Moses satt to iudge the people and the people stode aboute Moses from mornynge vnto euen when his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people he sayde what is this that thou doest vnto the people why syttest thou thi self and lettest all the people stonde aboute the frō mornynge vnto euen And Moses sayde vnto his father in lawe because the people came vnto me to seke councell of God For whē they haue a matter they come vnto me and I must iudge betwene euery man and his neyboure and must shewe them the ordinaūces of God and his lawes And his father in lawe sayde vnto him it is not well that thou dost Thou doest vnwysely and also this people that is with the because the thinge is to greuons for the and thou
the childrē of Israel for it is an heueoffrynge And the heueoffrynge shal be the Lordes dutie of the childern of Israel euen of the sacrifice of their peaceoffrynges which they heue vnto the Lorde And the holye garmentes of Aaron shall be his sonnes after him to anoynte them therin and to fyll their handes therin And that sonne that is preast in his stede after him shall put them on seuen dayes that he goo in to the tabernacle of witnesse to ministre in the holye place Thā take the ram that is the fullofferyng ād seth his flesh in an holye place And Aarō and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of hī ād the bred that is in the basket euen in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And they shall eat thē because the attonmēt was made therewith to fyll their handes and to sanctifie thē but a straunger shal not eate therof because they are holie Yf oughte of the flesh of the fulloffrynges or of the bred remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fyre for it shall not be eaten because it is holye And se thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so in all thynges as I haue commaunded the that thou fyll their handes seuen dayes and offre euery daye an oxe for a synneoffrynge for to recōcyle with all And thoushalt halowe the alter when thou reconcylest it and shalt anoynte it to sanctifie it Seuē dayes thou shalt reconcyle the alter and sanctifie it that it maye be an alter most holye Toch not the ci alyce nor the altare stōne nor holvoyle and holde youre hande on● off the fonte so that no mā maye twich it but thei that be consecrate This is that which thou shalt offre vpō the alter ij lambes of one yere olde daye by daye for euer the one thou shalt offre in the morninge and the other at euen And vnto the one lābe take a tenth deale of floure myngled wyth the fourth parte of an hin of beaten oyle and the fourth parte of an hin of wyne for a drinckeoffrynge And the other lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shall doo thereto acordynge to the meateoffrynge and drinkeoffrynge in the mornynge to be an odoure of a swete sauoure of the sacrifice of the Lorde And it shal be a continuall burntoffrynge amonge youre children after you in the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde where I will mete you to spake vnto you there There I will mete wyth the childern of Israel and wil be sanctified in myne honoure And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron and his sonnes to be my preastes And moreouer I will dwell amōge the children of Israel and wil be their God And they shal knowe that I am the Lorde their God that broughte them out of the lond of Egipte for to dwell amonge them euen I the Lorde their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter ANd thou shalt make an alter to burne ●ē se therin of sethim wod a cubet longe and a cubet brode euen fouresquare shall it be and two cubettes hye with hornes procedyng out of it ād thou shalt ouerlay it with fyne golde both the roffe ād the walles round aboute ād his hornes also ād shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold roūde aboute ād .ij. goldē ringes ¶ The forme of the altare of incense with all that belongeth vnto it And Aaron shall burne thereon swete cense euery mornynge when he dresseth the lampes and lykewyse at euen when he setteth vpp the lampes he shall burne cense perpetually before the Lorde thorow out youre generacions Ye shall put no straunge cense thereon nether burntsacrifice nor meateoffrynge nether poure any drynkeoffrynge thereon And Aaron shall reconcyle his hornes once in a yere reych the bloude of the synneoffrynge of reconcylige euen once in the yere shall he reconcyle it thorow youre generacions And so is it most holye vnto the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge when thou takest the summe of the childern of Israel ād tellest them they shall geue euery mā a reconcylinge of his soule vnto the Lorde that there be no plage amonge them when thou tellest them And thus moch shall euery man geue that goeth in the nombre halfe a sycle after the holye sycle a sycle is .xx. geeras and an halfe sycle shal be the heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde And all that are numbred of thē that are .xx. yere olde and aboue shall geue an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde The rych shall not passe and the poore shall not goo vnder halfe a sycle when they geue an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde for the attonemēt of their soules And thou shalt take the reconcylinge money of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of witnesse and it shall be a memoriall of the childern of Israel before the Lorde to make attonement for the if foules And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge thou shalt make a lauer of brasse and his fote also of brasse to wash with all and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and put water therein that Aaron and hys sonnes maye wesh both their handes ād theyr fete thereout whē they go in to the tabernacle of witnesse or whē they goo vnto the altare to ministre and to burne the Lordes offrynge lest they dye And it shal be an ordinaunce for euer vnto him and his seed amonge youre childern after you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge take principall spices of pure myrre fiue hundred sycles of swete cynamome halfe so moch ¶ The figure of the lauer of brasse with his fote And thou shalt speake vnto the childrē of Israel saynge this shal be an holye oyntynge oyle vnto me thorow out youre generacions No mans flesh shal be anoynted therewith nether shall ye make any other after the makynge of it for it is holye se therfore that ye take it for holye ▪ whosoeuer maketh like that or whosoeuer putteth any of it apon a straunger shall perysh from amonge his people And the Lord sayd vnto Moses take vnto the swete spices stacte onycha swete galbanū ād pure frākēsens of etch like moch ād make cens of them cōpounde after the crafte of the apoticarye myngled together that it maye be made pure and holye And beat it to powder and put it before the witnesse in the tabernacle of witnesse where I will mete the but let it be vnto you holye And se that ye make none after the makinge of that but let it be vnto you holye for the Lorde And whosoeuer shall make like vnto that to smell thereto shall perish from amonge his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vrisōne to Hur of the tribe of Iuda And I haue filled hī with the sprete of God with wisdome vnderstondinge ād knowlege euē in all
yf I haue foūde grace in thi sighte o Lorde than let my Lorde goo with us for it is a stuburne people and haue mercy apō oure wikednesse ād oure synne and let us be thyne enheritaunce And he sayde beholde I make an appoyntment before all this people that I will do maruells soch as haue not bene done ● all the worlde nether amōge any nacyon And all the people amonge which thou art shall se the worke of the Lorde for it is a terryble thinge that I will doo with the kepe all that I commaunde the this daye and beholde I will cast out before the the Amorites Canaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites Take hede to thi selfe that thou make no compacte with the inhabiters of the lōde whether thou goest lest it be cause of ruyne amonge you But ouerthrowe their alters and breke their pilers and cutt doune their grooues for thou shalt worshippe no straunge God For the Lorde is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agreament with the inhabiters of the lande when they go a whoorynge after their goddes ād do sacrifyce vnto their goddes they call the and thou eate of their sacrifyce ād thou take of their doughters vnto thi sonnes and when their doughters goo a whoorynge after their goddes they make thi sonnes goo a whoorynge after their goddes also Thou shalt make the no goddes of metall The fest of swete bred shalt thou kepe ād vij dayes thou shalt eate vnleuended bred as I commaunded the in the tyme apoynted in the moneth of Abib for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egipte All that breaketh vp the matryce shal be mine and all that breaketh the matryce amonge thi catell yf it be male whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of the asse thou shalt by out with a shepe or yf thou redeme him not se thou breake his necke All the firstborne of thi sonnes thou must That is a god texte for the pope● nedes redeme And se that no mā appeare before me emptye Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and the seuēth thou shalt rest both from earynge and reapynge Thou shalt obserue the feast of wekes with the fyrst frutes of wheate heruest ād the feast of ingaderynge at the yeres ende Thrise in a yere shall all youre men children appeare before the Lorde Ichouah God of Israel for I will cast out the nacyons before the and will enlarge thi costes so that no man shall desyre thi londe while thou goest vp to appeare before the face of the Lorde thi God thryse in the yere Thou shalt not offre the bloude of my sacrifyce with leuended bred nether shall ought of the sacrifyce of the feast of Passeover be lefte vnto the morninge The first of the firstfrutes of thy lōde thou shalt brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God And se that thou seth not a kydd in his mothers mylke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write these wordes for vppon these wordes I haue made a couenaunt with the and with the childern of Israel And he was there with the Lorde .xl. dayes ād .xl. nyghtes ād nether ate bred nor dronke water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaunt euen ten verses And Moses came doune from mount Sinai and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande and yet he wyst not that the skynne of his face shone with beames of his comenynge with him And when Aaron and all the childern of Israel loked apon Moses and sawe that the skynne of his face shone with beames they were a frayde to come nye him But he called thē to him and then Aaron and all the chefe of the companye came vnto him ād Moses talked with them And at the last all the childern of Israel came vnto him and he commaunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto him in mount Sinai And as soone as he had made an ende of comenynge with them he put a couerynge apō his face But whēhe went before the Lorde to speak with him he toke the couerīge of vntill he came out And he came out and spake The Pope speaketh that whiche he is not commaunded vnto the childern of Israel that which he was commaunded And the childern of Israel sawe the face of Moses that the skynne of his face shone with beames but Moses put a couerynge vppon his face vntill he went in to comen with him The .xxxv. Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the companye of the childern of Israel together and sayde vnto them these are the thinges which the Lorde hath commaunded to doo Sixe dayes ye shall worke but the seuenth daye shal be vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in shall dye Moreouer ye shall kyndle no fyre thorow out all youre habitacyons apō the Sabbath daye And Moses spake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel sainge this is the thinge which the Lorde cōmaūded saynge Geue frō amōge you an heueoffringe vnto the Lorde All thatt are willynge in their hartes shall brynge heueoffringes vnto the Lorde golde syluer brasse Iacyncte scarlet purpull bysse ād gootes hare rams skynnes red and taxus skynnes and Sethim wodd and oyle for lightes ād spices for the anoyntynge oyle ād for the swete cens And Onixstones and stones to be sett for the Ephod and for the brestlappe And let all them that are wyseharted amōge you come and make all that the Lorde hath commaunded the habitacion and the tens there of with his couerynge ād his rynges bordes barres pilers and sokettes the arke and the staues thereof with the mercyseate ād the vayle that couereth it the table and his staues with all that perteyneth thereto ād the shewebred the candelsticke of lighte with his apparell and his lampes ād the oyle for the lightes the censalter and his staues the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens ād the hangynge before the tabernacle dore the alter of burntsacrifyces ād his brasen gredyren that longeth there to with his staues ād all his ordynaūce ād the lauer and his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pilers and their sokettes and the hangynge to the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacion and the pynnes of the courte with their boordes the mynystrynge garmentes to mynystre with in holynesse and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and the vestimentes of his sonnes to mynystre in And all the companye of the childern of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And they went as many as their hartes coraged them and as many as their spirites made them willynge and broughte heueoffrynges vnto the Lord to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse and for all his vses and for the holy vestmentes And the men came with the wemen euen as manye as were willynge harted and brought bracelettes earynges rynges and girdels and all maner Iewels of golde And all the men that waued
and halowe it frō the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And whē he hath made an ende of recōcylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse ād the alter let him bringe the lyue goote ād let Aarō put both his handes apon the heede of the lyue goote and confesse ouer him all the mysdeades of the childern of Israell and all their trespaces and all their synnes and let him put them apō the heed of the goote ād sende him awaye by the handes of one that is acoynted in the wyldernesse And the goote shall bere apon him all their mysdeades vnto the wildernesse and he shall let the goote goo fre in the wildernesse And let Aaron goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and put off the lynē clothes which he put on when he wēt in in to the holy place ād leaue them there And let him wasshe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burntofferynge and the burntofferynge of the people and make an atonemēt for him selfe ād for the people and the fatt of the synofferynge let him burne apon the alter And let him that caryed forth the scapegoote wasshe his clothes and bathe hys flesh in water and then come in to the hoste agayne And the oxe of the synofferynge and the goote of the synofferynge whose bloude was brought in to make an atonemēt in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh ād their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes ād bathe his flesh in water and thē come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And euē in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no worke at all whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that sogeorneth amonge you for that daye shall an attonemēt be made for you to clense you from all youre synnes before the Lorde and ye shal be cleane It shal be a sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and it shal be an ordynaunce for euer And the preast that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to mynistre in his fathers steade shall make the attonemēt and shall put on the holy lynē vestimētes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse ād the alter and shall make an attonemēt also for the preastes and for all the people of the congregacion And this shal be an euerlastynge or dynaunce vnto you to make an atonement for the childern of Israel for all their synnes once a yere and it was done euē as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto Aarō and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel ād saye vnto them this is the thynge which the Lorde charged saynge whatsoeuer he be of the housse of Israel that kylleth an oxe lambe or goote in the hoste or out of the hoste and bryngeth thē not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse to offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellynge place of the Lorde bloude shal be imputed vnto that man as though he had shed bloude and that man shall perysh from amonge his people Wherfore let the childern of Israel brynge their offerynges they offer in the wyde felde vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and vnto the preast and offer thē for peaseofferynges vnto the Lorde And the preast shall sprinkle the bloude apon the alter of the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fatt to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them nomoare offer their offerynges vnto deuyls after whom thy goo an whoorynge And this shal be an ordynaūce for euer vnto you thorow out youre generacyons And thou shalt saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that sogeorne amonge you that offereth a burntofferynge or any other offerynge and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to offer vnto the Lorde that felow shall perysh from amonge his people And what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my fa●e agaynst that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy him from amonge his people for the life of the flesh is in the bloude and I haue geuen it vnto you apon the alter to make an attonement for youre soules for bloude shall make an attonemēt for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel se that no soule of you cate bloude nor yet any straunger that soiourneth amonge you What soeuer man it be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne amonge you that honteth and catcheth any beest or foule that maye be eatē he shall poure out the bloude ād couer it with erthe for the life of all flesh is in the bloude therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel ye shall eate the bloude of no maner of flesh for the life of all flesh is in his bloude and whosoeuer therfore eateth it shall perysh And what soeuer soule it be that eateth that which dyed alone or that which was torne with wylde beestes whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes ād bathe him selfe in water ād shal be vncleane vnto the euē ād thā is he cleane But ād yf he wasshe them not nor wasshe his flesh he shall beare his synne ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye vnto them I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt se that ye doo not nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whether I will bringe you nether walke ye in their ordinaunces but doo after my iudgemētes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces ād my iudgemētes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby for I am the Lorde Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kyn red for to vncouer their secrettes for I am the Lorde The secrettes of thy father and thy mother se thou vnheale not she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer for they are thy fathers secrettes Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne awne preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter which she bare to thy father for she is thy
face of the old mā ād dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemēt nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balāces true weightes A true Epha ād a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hī with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemētes we may happelye escape ● ordlye iudges but we cānot avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and cō mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife ād vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womā kynd they haue both cōmitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife ād hir mother thereto it is wekednesse Mē shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womā go vnto a beest ād lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womā ād the beest also they shal dye ād their bloud be apō their hedes Yf a mā take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter ād se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne ād she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn ād thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a mā lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly ād not ●a●y the byrth as Iuda wol● haue burnt Thamar beinge great ●● ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a mā take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it euē a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes ād foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be mā or womā that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it Mē shall stone them with stones ād their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as lōge as she is a mayde ād dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make thē no baldnesse apon their Of the hethē preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pate● heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God ād not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde ād the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put frō hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
and whose hande was fylled to put on the vestimētes shall not vncouer his heed nor rent his clothes nether shall goo to any deed body nor make him selfe vncleane no not on his father or mother nether shall goo out of the sanctuarye that he polute not the holy place of his God for the croune of the anoyntynge The annoyntynge was the coronacion both of kynges ād of prestes also oyle of God is apon him I am the Lorde He shall take a mayden vnto his wife but no wedowe nor deuorsed nor poluted whoore But he shall take a mayden of his awne people to wife that he defyle not his seed apō his people for I am the Lorde which sanctifye him And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye No man of thi seed in their generaciōns that hath any deformyte apon him shall prese for to offer the bred The pope for bideth all soch lyke wise tyll they haue payd for dispensaciōs of his God flor none that hath any blemysh shall come nere whether he be blynde lame snot nosed or that hath any monstrous mēbre or broken foted or broken handed or croke backed or perl●yed or gogeleyed or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken No man that is deformed of the seed of Aaron the preast shall come nye to offer the sacrifyces of the Lorde Yf he haue a deformyte he shall not prese to offer the bred of his God Notwithstondynge he shall eate of the bred of his God euen as well of the most holy as of the holy but shall not goo in vnto the vayle nor come nye the alter because he is deformed that he polute not my sanctuary for I am the Lorde that sanctifye them And Moses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel ¶ The XXII Chapter ANd the Lorde comened with Moses saynge byd Aaron and his sonnes that they absteyne from the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue halowed vn to me that they polute not myne holy name for I am the Lorde Saye vnto them whosoeuer he be of all youre seed amonge youre generacion after you that goeth vnto the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel shall haue halowed vnto the Lorde his vnclennes shal be apon him and that soule shall perysh from out of my syghte I am the Lorde None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a runnynge sore shall eate of the halowed thinges vntill he be cleane And whosoeuer twytcheth any vncleane soule or man whose seed runneth frō him by nyghte or whosoeuer twitcheth any worme that is vncleane to him or man that is vncleane to him what soeuer vnclennesse he hath the same soule that hath twyched any soch thynge shal be vncleane vntill euen and shall not eate of the halowed thynges vntill he haue wasshed his flesh with water And than when the sonne is doune he shal be cleane ād shall afterward eate of the halowed thynges for they are his fode Off a beest that dyeth alone or is rent with wylde beastes he shall not eate to defyle him selfe therwith I am the Lorde But let them kepe therfore myne ordynaunce lest they lade synne apō them and dye therein when they haue defyled them selues for I am the Lorde which sanctifye them There shall no straunger eate of the halowed thinges nether a gest of the preastes or an hyred seruaunte But yf the preast bye any soule with money he maye eate of it and he also that is borne in his housse maye eate of his bred Yf the preastes doughter be maryed vnto a straunger she maye not eate of the halowed heueofferynges Notwithstondynge yf the preastes doughter be a wedowe or deuorsed and haueno childe but is returned vnto hir fathers housse agayne she shall eate of hir fathers bred as wel as she dyd in hyr youth But thereshall no straunger eate there of Yf a man eate of the halowed thynges vnwyttingly he shall put the fyfte parte there vnto and make good vnto the preast the halowed thynge And let the preastes see that they defyle not the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue offered vnto the Lorde lest they lade them selues with mysdoynge and trespace in eatynge their halowed thinges for I am the Lorde which halowe them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel and saye vnto them what soeuer he be of the housse of Israel or straunger in Israel that will offer his offerynge what soeuer vowe or frewillofferynge it be which they will offer vnto the Lorde for a burntofferynge to reconcyle them selues it must be a male without blemysh of the oxen shepe or gootes let them offer nothynge that is deformed for they shall gett no fauoure there with Yf a man will offer a peaseoffrynge vnto the Lorde and separate a vowe or a frewill offerynge of the oxen or the flocke it must be without deformyte that it maye be accepted There maye be no blemysh therein whether it be blide brokē wounded or haue a wen or be maunge or scabbed se that ye offre no soch vnto the Lorde nor put an offerynge of any soch apon the alter vnto the Lorde An oxe or a shepe that hath any membre out of proporcion mayst thou offer for a frewillofferynge but in a vowe it shal not accepted Thou shalt not offer vnto the Lorde that which hath his stones broosed brokē plucked out or cutt awaye nether shalt make any soch in youre lande nether of a straungers hande shall ye offer an offerynge to youre God of any soch For they marre all in that they haue de formytes in them and therfore can not be accepted for you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge when an oxe a shepe or a goote is brought forth it shal be seuē dayes vnder the damme And from the .viij. daye forth it shal be accepted vnto a gifte in the sacrifice of the Lorde And whether it be oxe or shepe ye shall not kyll it and hir yonge both in one daye When ye will offre a thankofferynge vnto the Lorde ye shall so offre it that ye maye be accepted And the same daye it must be eatē vp so that ye leaue none of it vntill the morowe For I am the Lorde kepe now my commaundementes and do them for I am the Lorde And polute not my holy name that I maye be halowed amonge the childern of Israel For I am the Lorde which halowe you and broughte you out of the londe of Egipte to be youre God for I am the Lorde ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them These are the feastes off the Lorde which ye shal call holy feastes Sixe dayes ye shall worke ād the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest an holy feast so that ye maye do no worke therein for it is the
Sabbath of the Lorde wheresoeuer ye dwell These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy in their ceasons The xiiij daye of the first moneth at euē is the Lordes Passeouer And the .xv. daye of the same moneth is the feast of swete bred vnto the Lorde vij dayes ye must eate vnleuended bred The first daye shal be an holy feaste vnto you so that ye maye do no laborious worke therein But ye shall offer sacrifices vnto the Lord. vij dayes and the seuenth daye also shal be an holy feast so that ye maye doo no laborious worke therein And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande whiche I geue vnto you and repe doune youre haruest ye shall brynge a shefe of the first frutes of youre haruest vnto the preast and he shall waue the shefe before the Lorde to be accepted for you and euen the morow after the Sabbath the preaste shall waue it And ye shall offer the daye when he waueth the shefe a lābe without blemysh of a yere olde for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde and the meatoffrynge thereof two tenth deales of fine floure mengled with oyle to be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde of a swete sauoure and the drinkofferinge thereto the fourth deale of an hin of wyne And ye shall eate nether bred nor parched corne nor furmentye of new corne vntyll the selfe same daye that ye haue broughte an offrynge vnto youre God And this shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you where soeuer ye dwell And ye shall counte from the morowe after the Sabbath euen from the daye that ye broughte the sheffe of the waueoffrynge vii wekes complete euen vnto the morow after the .vij. weke ye shall numbre .l. dayes And thē ye shal bringe a newe meatoffrynge unto the Lorde And ye shall brynge out of youre habitacions two waueloaues made of two tenthdeales off fine floure leuended and baken for first frutes vnto the Lorde And ye shall bringe with the bred seuen lambes without deformyte of one yere of age and one yonge oxe and .ij. rambes which shall serue for burntoffrynges vnto the Lorde with meatoffringes and drinkoffringes longinge to the same to be a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And ye shall offer an he goote for a synneofferinge and two lambes of one yere old for peaceoffringes And the preast shall waue thē with the bred of the first frutes before the Lorde and with the two lambes And they shal be holy vnto the Lorde and be the preastes And ye shall make a proclamaciō the same daye that it be an holy feast vnto you and ye shall do no laborious worke therein And it shal be a lawe for euer thorowe out all youre habitacions vnto youre childern after you When ye repe doune youre haruest thou shalt not make cleane ryddaunce off thy felde nether shalt thou make any aftergatheringe of thy haruest but shalt leue them vnto the poore and the straunger I am the Lorde youre God And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge ▪ speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye The first daye of the suenth moneth shal be a rest of remembraunce vnto you to blowe hornes in an holy feast it shal be and ye shall do no laborious worke therein and ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge also the tenth daye of the selfe seuēth moneth is a daye of an attonement and shal be on holy feast vnto you ād ye shall humble youre soules and offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde Moreouer ye shall do no worke the same daye for it is a daye of attonement to make an attonemēt for you before the Lord your God For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not him selfe that daye he shal be destroyde from amonge his people And whatsoeuer soule do any maner worke that daye the same I will destroye from amonge his people Se that ye do no maner worke therfore And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre generacions after you in all youre dwellynges A sabbath of reste it shal be vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules The .ix. daye of the moneth at euen and so forth from euē to euen agayne ye shall kepe your Sabbath And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye the xv daye of the same seuenth moneth shal be the feast of tabernacles .vij. dayes ūto the Lorde The first daye shal be an holy feast so that ye shall do no laborious worke therein Seuen dayes ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde and the. viij daye shal be an holy feast vnto you ād ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde It is the ende of the feast and ye shall do no laborious worke therein These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy feastes for to offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde burnt offerynges meat offerynges and drink offrynges euery daye besyde the sabbathes of the Lorde ād besyde youre giftes and all youre vowes and all your fre will offerynges whiche ye shall geue vnto the Lorde Moreouer in the .xv. daye of the seuenth moneth after that ye haue gathered in the frute● of the lande ye shall kepe holy daye vnto the Lorde vij dayes longe The first daye shall be a daye of reste and the .viij. daye shal be a daye of rest And ye shall take you the first daye the frutes of goodly trees and the braunches off palme trees and the bowes of thicke trees ād wylowes of the broke and shall reioyse before the Lorde .vij. dayes And ye shall kepe it holy daye vnto the Lorde .vij. dayes in the yere And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you that ye kepe that feast in the seuenth moneth And ye shall dwell in bothes seuen dayes euen all that are Israelites borne shall dwell in bothes that youre children after you maye knowe howe that I made the childern of Israel dwell in bothes when I broughte them out of the lande of Egipte for I am the Lorde youre God And Moses told all the feastes of the Lorde vnto the childern of Israel ¶ The. xxiiij Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge commaunde the childern of Israel that they bringe vnto the pure oyle olyue betē for lightes to poure in to the lampes allwaye without the vayle of testimonye within the tabernacle of witnesse And Aaron shall dresse them both euen and morninge before the Lorde alwayes And it shal be a lawe for euer amōge youre childern after you And he shal dresse the lampes apon the pure candelsticke before the Lorde perpetually And thou shalt take ●●●● floure ād bake xij wastels thereof two tenthdeales shall euery wastell be And make two rowes of them sixe on a rowe apon the pure table before the Lorde and put pure frankencens vppon the rowes And it shal
be bred of remembraunce ād an offerynge to the Lorde Euery Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lorde euer more geuen off the childern of Israel that it be an euerlastynge couenaunte And they shal be Aarons and his sonnes and they shall eate them in the holy place For they are most holy vnto him of the offerynges of the Lorde and shal be a dutye for euer And the sonne of an Israelitish wife whose father was an Egiptian went oute amonge the childern of Israel And this sonne off the Israelitish wife and a man of Israel strooue togither in the hoste And the Israelitish womans sonne blasphemed the name and cursed and they broughte him vnto Moses And his mothers name was Selamyth the doughter off Dybri off the trybe of Dan and they putt him in warde that Moses shulde declare vnto them what the Lorde sayde thereto And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge bringe him that cursed without the hoste and let all that herde him put their handes apō his heed and let all the multitude stone him And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Whosoeuer curseth his God shall bere his synne And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde shall dye for it all the multitude shall stone him to deeth And the straunger as well as the Israelite yf he curse the name shall dye for it He that kylleth any man shall dye for it but he that kylleth a beest shall paye for it beest for beest Yf a man mayme his neyghboure as he hath done so shall it be done to him agayne broke for broke eye for eye and toth for toth euen as he hath maymed a man so shall he be maymed agayne So nowe he that kylleth a beest shall paye for it but he that kylleth a man shall dye for it Ye shall haue one maner of lawe amonge you euē for the straunger as wel as for one of youre selues for I am the Lorde youre God And Moses tolde the childern of Israel that they shulde bringe him that had cursed out of the hoste and stone him with stones And the childern of Israel dyd as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses ¶ The. xxv Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto thē When ye be come in to the lande whiche I geue you let the londe rest a Sabbath vnto the Lorde Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thi felde and sixe yere thou shalt cut thi vynes and gather in thi frutes But the seuenth yere shall be a Sabbath of rest vnto the londe The Lordes Sabbath it shal be ād thou shalt nether sowe thi felde nor cut thy vynes The corne that groweth by it selfe thou shalt not repe nether gather the grapes that growe without thy dressynge but it shal be a Sabbath of rest vnto the londe Neuerthelesse the Sabbath of the londe shal be meate for you euen for the and thy servaunte and for thy mayde and for thy hyred servaunte and for the straunger that dwelleth with the and for thi catell and for the beestes that are in thy londe shall all the encrease thereof be meate Then numbre seuen wekes of yeres that This horne in ebrue is called iobel ād of this toke the pope an occasiō to make eu●rt .l. yere a iubelye ▪ so that he contrafaiteth god in eueri point ād wyl not be oue ●ce behinde him is seuen tymes seuen yere and the space of the seuen wekes of yeres will be vnto the .xlix. yere And then thou shalt make an horne blowe euen in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth which is the daye of attonement And then shall ye make the horne blowe euen thorowe out all youre lande And ye shall halowe the fiftith yere and proclayme libertie thorowe out the lande vnto all the inhabiters thereof It shal be a yere of hornes blowynge vnto you and ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession and euery man vnto his kynred agayne A yere of hornes blowynge shall that fiftieth yere be vnto you Ye shall not sowe nether repe the corne that groweth by it selfe nor gather the grapes that growe without thi laboure For it is a yere of hornes blowinge and shal be holy vnto you how be it yet ye shall eate of the encrease of the felde And in this yere of hornes blowinge ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession agayne When thou sellest oughte vnto thy neyghboure or byest off thy neyghboures hande ye shall not oppresse one another but accordynge to the numbre of yeres after the trompett yere thou shalt bye of thy neyghboure and accordynge vnto the numbre off fruteyeres he shall sell vnto the. Accordinge vnto the multitude of yeres thou shalt encrease the price thereof and accordinge to the fewnesse of yeres thou shalt mynish the price for the numbre of frute he shall sell vnto the. And see that no mā oppresse his neyghboure but feare thi God For I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore do after myne ordinaunces and kepe my lawes ād doo them that ye maye dwell in the lande in faftie And the lande shall geue her frute and ye shall eate youre fille and dwell therein in saftie Yf ye shall saye what shall we eate the ●euenth yere in as moche as we shall not sowe nor gether in oure encrease I wyll sende my blessynge apon you in the sixte yere and it shall brynge forth frute for thre yeres and ye shall sowe the eyghte yere and eate of olde frute vntill the .ix. yere and euen vntyll hir frutes come ye shall eate of olde stoare Wherfore the londe shall not be solde for euer because that the lande is myne and ye but straungers and soiourners with me and ye shall thorowe oute all the lande of youre possession let the londe go home fre agayne When thy brother is waxed poore and hath solde awaye of his possession yf any off his kyn come to redeme it he shall by out that whiche his brother solde And though he haue no man to redeme it for him yet yf hys hande can get sufficyent to bye it oute agayne then let him counte how longe it hath bene solde and delyuer the rest vnto him to whome he solde it ād so he shall returne vnto his possession agayne But and yf his hande cā not get sufficiēt to restore it to him agayne then that whiche is solde shall remayne in the hande of him that hath boughte it vntyll the horneyere and in the horne yere it shall come out and he shall returne vnto his possession agayne Yf a man sell a dwellynge house in a walled cytie he maye bye it out agayne any tyme with● a hole yere after it is solde and that shal be the space in which he m●ye redeme it agayne But and yf it be not bought out agayne within the space of a full yere then the housse in the walled cytie shal be stablished for euer vnto him that boughte it and to his successoures after
hi and shall not goo out in the trompet yere But the housses in villagies which haue no walles rounde aboute them shal be counted like vnto the feldes of the cuntre and maye be boughte out agayne at any season and shall goo out fr● in the trompett yere Notwithstondynge the cityes of the leuytes and the housses in the cyties of their possessiōs the leuites maye redeme at all ceasons And yf a man purchace ought of the leuytes whether it be house or citle that they possesse the bargayne shall goo out in the trōpet yere for the housses of the cyties of the leuites are their possessions amonge the childern of Israel But the feldes that lye rounde aboute their cyties shall not be bought for they are their possessions for euer Yf thi brother be waxed poore and fallē in decaye with the receaue him as a straunger or a soiourner and let him lyue by the. And thou shalt take none vsurye of him nor yet vantage But shalt feare thi God that thi brother maye lyue with the. Thou shalt not lende him thi money apon vsurye nor lende him of thi fode to haue a●antage by it for I am the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the lande of Egipte to geue you the lande of Canaan and to be youre God Yf thi brother that dwelleth by the waxe poore and sell him selfe vnto the thou shalt not let him laboure as a bondseruaunte doeth but as an hyred seruaunte and as a soiourner he shal be with the and shall serue the vnto the trompetyere and then shall he departe frō the both he and his childern with him and shall returne vnto his awne kynred agayne and vnto the possessions of his fathers for they are my seruauntes which I brought out of the lande of Egipte and shall not be solde as bondmen So therfore that thou reigne not ouer him cruelly but feare thi God Yf thou wilt haue bondseruauntes and maydens thou shalt bye them of the heythen that are rounde aboute you and of the childern of the siraungers that are soiorners amonge you ād of their generaciōs that are with you which they begate in youre lāde And ye shall possesse them and geue them vnto youre childern after you to possesse them for euer and they shal be youre bond men But ouer youre brethern the childern of Israel ye shall not reigne one ouer another cruelly When a straunger and a soiourner waxeth rych by the ād thi brother that dwelleth by him waxeth poore and sell him selfe vnto the straunger that dwelleth by the or to any of the straungers kyn after that he is solde he maye be redemed agayne one of his brethren maye bye him out whether it be his vncle or his vncles sonne or any that is nye of kynne vnto him of his kynred ether yf his hande can get so moch he maye be loosed And he shall reken with him that boughte him from the yere that he was solde in vnto the trompet yere and the pryce of his byenge shal be acordynge vnto the numbre of yeres and he shal be with him as a hyred seruaunte Yf there be yet many yeres behynde acordynge vnto them he shall geue agayne for his delyueraunce of the money that he was solde for Yf there remayne but few yeres vnto the trompet yere he shall so counte with him and acordynge vnto his yeres geue him agayne for his redempcion and shal be with him yere by yere as an hyred seruaunte and the other shall not reygne cruelly ouer him in thi syghte Yf he be not bought fre in the meane tyme then he shall goo out in the trompet yere and his childern with him for the childern of Israel are my seruauntes which I broughte out of the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall make you no ydolles nor grauen ymage nether rere you vpp any piler nether ye shall sett vp any ymage of stone in youre lande to bowe youre selues there to for I am the Lorde youre God kepe my sabbathes and feare my sanctuary for I am the Lorde ¶ The XXVI Chapter YF ye shall walke in myne ordynaunces and kepe my commaundmentes and do them then I will sende you rayne in the ryght ceason ād youre londe shall yelde hir encrease and the trees of the felde shall geue their frute And the threshynge shall reach vnto wyne haruest and the wyneharuest shall reach vnto sowyng tyme and ye shall eate youre bred in plenteousues and shall dwell in youre lande peasably And I wil sende peace in youre londe that ye shall slepe and no man shal make you afrayde And I will ryd euell beestes out of youre londe and there shall no swerde goo thorowe out youre lande And ye shall chace youre enemyes and they shall fall before you vppon the swerde And fiue of you shall chace an hundred and an hundred of you shall put .x. thousande to flighte and youre enemyes shall fall before you apon the swerde And I wil turne vnto you and encrease you and multipye you and sett vpp my testament with you And ye shall eate olde store ād cast out the olde for plentuousnes of the newe I will make my dwellynge place amonge you and my soule shall not loothe you And I will walke amonge you and wil be youre God and ye shal be my people For I am the Lorde youre God whiche broughte you out off the lande of the Egiptians that ye shulde not be their bondemen and I brake the bowes of youre yockes and made you go vp righte But and yf ye will not harken vnto me nor will do all these my commaundementes or yf ●ote well ye shall despyse myne ordinaunces ether yf youre soules refuse my lawes so that ye wil not do all my commaundnentes but shall breake myne appoyntment then I will do this agayne vn to you I will viset you with vexations swellyn ge and feuers that shall make youre eyes dasell and with sorowes of herte And ye shall sowe youre seed in vayne for youre enemyes shall eate it And I will set my face agenste you and ye shal fall before youre enemyes and they that hate you shal raigne ouer you ād ye shall flee whēno man foloweth you And yf ye will not yet for all this herken vnto me than will I punish you seuen tymes more God beginneth ād augmenteth his plages moare ād moare as the people hardē the i● hertes agēste him for youre synnes and will breake the pride off youre strength For I will make the heauē ouer you as harde as yerne and youre londe as hard as brasse And so youre laboure shal be spent in vayne For youre londe shall not geue hir encrease nether the trees of the londe shall geue their frutes And yf ye walke contrary vnto me and will not herken vnto me I will bringe seuen tymes moo plages apon you acordinge to youre synnnes I will sende in wylde beestes apon you which shall robbe you of youre
doune and when the tabernacle is pitched they shall sett it vpp for yf any straunger come nere he shall dye And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne companye and euery mā by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childrē of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses ¶ The .ij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge The childern of Israel shall pirch euery man by his owne standert with the armes of their fathers houses a waye from the presence of the tabernacle of witnesse On the east syde towarde the rysynge of y● sonne shall they of the standert of the hoste of Iuda pitch with their armes And Nahe sson the sonne of Aminabab shal●e captaine ouer the sonnes of Iuda And his hoste and the numbre of them .lxxiiij. thousande and. vi hundred And nexte vnto him shall the trybe of Isachar pitche and Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer y● childrē of Isachar his hoste and the numbre of them .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred And than the trybe of Zabulon with Eliab the sonne of Helen captayne ouer the childern of Zabulon and his hoste in the numbre of them lvij thousande and .iiij. hundred So that all they that perteyne vnto the host of Iuda are an hundred thousande .lxxxvi. thousande ād .iiij. hundred in their companies and these shall god in the forefront wen they iurney And on the southsyde the standert of the hoste of Ruben shall lye with their companes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur ād his hoste and the numbre of them .xlvi. thousande and .v. hundred And fast by him shall y● trybe of Simeon pitche and the capteyne ouer y● sonnes of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of zu ri Sadai his hoste and the nūbre of them lix thousande and .iij. hundred And the trybe of Gad also And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel and his hoste and the numbre of them .xlv. thousande .vi. hundred and .l. So that all y● numbre that pertayne vnto the hoste of Ruben are an hundred thousande .li. thousande iiij hundred fyftie with their companyes and they shall be the seconde in the iourney And the tabernacle of witnesse with the hoste of the leuites shall goo in the myddes of y● hostes as they lye in their tētes euen so shall they procede in the iurney euery man in his quarter aboute their standertes On the west syde the standarte and the hoste of Ephraim shall lye with their companies And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Amthud his hoste and the numbre of them .xl. thousande v. hundred And fast by him the trybe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse Gamaleel y● sonne of Peda zur and his hoste and the numbre of them .xxxij. thousande and .ij. hundred And the trybe of Ben Iamin also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni ād his hoste and the numbre of thē xxxv thousande and .iiij. hundred All the nūbre that perteyned vnto the hoste of Ephraim were an hundred thousand .viij. thousande and an hundred in their hostes and they shal be the thryde in the iurneye And the standert and the hoste of Dan shall lye on the north syde with their companyes the captayne ouer y● childrē of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai and his hoste and the nūbre of them .lxij. thousande vij hundred And fast by him shall the trybe of Asser pitche and the captayne ouer the sōnes of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran his hoste the nūbre of them xli thousande v. hundred And the trybe of Naphtali also and the captayne ouer y● childern of Naphta li Ahira the sonne of Enan his hoste and the nūbre of them .liij. thousande iiij hūdred So y● the hole nūbre of all that perteyned vnto y● hoste of Dan was an hūdred thousande lvij thousande .vi. hūdred And they shal be the last in y● iurney with their stādertes These are y● sūmes of y● childern of Ysrael in the housses of their fathers euen all the nūbres of the hostes with their cōpanies .vi. hūdred thousande .iij. thousande .v. hūdred and fyftie And yet y● lenites werenot nūbred amōge the childern of Ysrael as the Lorde commaunded Moses And y● childern of Ysrael dyd acordynge to all that the Lorde cōmaūded Moses so they pitched with their standertes and so they iurneyd euery man in his kynred and in the houssholde of his father ¶ The .iij. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron and Moses when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai and these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest sonne and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron which were preastes anoynted and their handes fylled to mynistre but Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde as they broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai and had no childern And Eleazar and Ithamar mynistred in the syght of Aaron their father And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge brynge the trybe of leui and set them before Aaron the preast and let them serue him ād wayte apon him apon all the multitude before the tabernacle of witnesse to doo the seruyce of the habitacion And they shall wayre apō all y● apparell of y● tabernacle of witnesse apon y● childern of Ysrael to doo y● seruyce of the habitaciō And thou shalt geue the leuites vnto Aaron his sonnes for they are geuen vnto him of y● childern of Ysrael And thou shalt appoīte Aarō his sonnes to way te on their preastes office the straūger y● cometh nye shall dye for it And y● Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue takē the leuites frō amonge y● childern of Ysrael for all the firstborne that openeth the matryce amonge the childern of Ysrael so that the leuites shall be myne because all the first borne are myne for y● same daye that Ismote all the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte Ihalowed vnto me all the firstborne in Ysrael both man and beest and myne they shall be for I am the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai sayenge Numbre the childern of Leui in y● housses of their fathers and Rynredes all that are males from a moneth olde and aboue And Moses numbred them at the worde of the Lorde as he was cōmaūded And these are y● names of y● childrē of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari And y● se arethe names of the childern of Gerson in their kynredes Libni and Semei And the sōnes of Cahath in their kynredes were
of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a rā and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue lābes of a yere olde And this was the offrynge of Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai The .xi. daye Pagiel the sonne of Ochran the chefe Lorde amonge the childern of Asser offered And his gifte was a syluerē charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle and both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meateoffrynge and a golden spone of .x. sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferinges and an he goote for a synneofferynge ād for peaceofferynges two oxen fyue rammes v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Pagiel the sonne of Ochran The .xij. daye Ahira the sonne of Enan chefe lorde amonge the childern of Nephtali offered And his gifte was a sylueren charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of twentye sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synneofferinge and for peaceofferynges two oxen .v. rāmes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Ahira the sonne of Enan Of this maner was the dedicacyon of the alter when it was anoynted vnto the whiche was broughte of the prynces of Israel .xij. chargers of syluer .xij. syluern boules and. xij spones of golde euery charger contaynynge an hundred and .xxx. sycles of syluer and euery boule .lxx. so that all the syluer of all the vessels was two thousande and .iiij. hundred sycles of the holy sycle And the .xij. golden spones which were full of cens contayned ten sycles a pece of the holy sycle so that all the golde of the spones was an hundred and .xx. sycles All the oxen that were broughte for the burntoffrynges were .xij. and the rāmes xij the lābes .xij. of a yere olde a pece with the meateofferynges with he gootes for synneyr offrynges And all the oxē of the peaceofferynges were .xxiiij. the rammes .lx. the gootes .lx. and lambes of a yere olde a pece .lx. this was the dedicacion of the alter after the it was anoynted And when Moses was gone in to the tabernacle of witnesse to speke with hī he hardethe voyce of one speakinge vnto him from of the mercy seate that was apon the arcke of witnesse euen from betwene the two cher●byns he spake vnto him ¶ The .viij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye vnto hym when thou puttest on the lampes se that they lighte all seuen apon the forefront of the candelsticke And Aaron dyd euen so and put the lampes apon the forefrōt of the candelsticke as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the worke of the candelsticke was of stiffe golde both the shaft and the floures thereof And accordinge vnto the visyon whiche the Lorde had shewed Moses euen so he made the candelsticke And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel and clense them And this deo vnto them when thou clensest them sprinckle water of purifyenge apon them and make a rasure to runne alonge apon all the fleshe of them and let them washe their clothes and then they shall be cleane And let them take a bollocke and his meatofferynge fyne floure myngled with oyle another bollocke shalt thou take to be a synneofferynge Than brynge the lennes before the tabernacle of witnesse and gather the hole multitude of the chyldern of Israel together And bringe the lemtes before the Lorde and let the childern of Israel put their handes apon the leuites And let Aaron heue the lemtes before the LORDE for an heueofferynge geuen of the childern of Israel ād thē let them be appoynted to wayte apon the seruyce of the Lorde And let the leuites put their handes vpō the heedes of the bollockes and then offer them the one for a synne offerynge and the other for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde to make an attonement for the leuites And make the leuites stonde before Aaron hys sonnes and heue them to be a heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And thou shalt separate the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel that they be myne and after that let them goo and do the seruice of the tabernacle of witnesse Clense them and waue them for they are geuen vnto me from amonge the childrē of Israel for I haue taken them vnto me for all y● firstborne that opē any matrice amōge the childern of Israel For all the fyrstborne among the childern of Israel are myne both man and beest because the same tyme that I smote the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte I sanctyfyde them for my selfe and I haue taken the Leuites for all the fyrstborne amonge the childern of Israel and haue geuen them vnto Aaron and his sonnes from amonge the childern of Israel to doo the seruyce of the childern of Israel in the tabernacle of witnesse and to make an attonement for the chyldern of Israell that there be no plage amonge the childern of Ysraell yf they come nye vnto the sanctuary And Moses and Aaron and all the congregacion of the childern of Israel dyd vnto the leuites acordynge vnto all that y● Lorde commaunded Moses And the leuites purifyed them selues and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before y● Lorde and made an attonement for them to clense them And after that they went into doo their seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse before Aaron and his sonnes And acordinge as the Lorde had commaunded Moses as concernynge the leuites euen so they dyd vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this shal be the maner of the leuites from xxv yere vppwarde they shall goo in to wayte vppon the seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse and at fyftye they shall ceasse waytynge apon the seruyce thereof and shall laboure no moare but shall ministre vnto their bretheren in the tabernacle of witnesse and there wayte but shall doo no moare seruyce And se that thou doo after this maner vnto the leuites in their waytynge tymes ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the fyrste moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the londe of Egipte sayeng let y● childern of Israel offer Passe ouer in his season euen the .xiiij. daye of this moneth at euen they shall kepe it in his season accordynge to all the ordinaunces maners thereof And Moses bade the childern of Ysrael that they shulde offer Passeouer they offered Passeouer the .xiiij. daye of the first moneth at euen in
the wildernesse of Sinai and dyd acordinge to all that the Lorde commaunded Moses And it chaunced that certayne men whyche were defyled with a deed corse that they myghte not offer Passeouer the same daye came before Moses and Aaron the same daye and sayde we are defyled apon a deed corse wherfore are we kepte backe that we maye not offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde in the due season amonge the childern of Israell And Moses sayde vnto them tary that I maye heare what the Lorde wille commaunde you And the Lord spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye Yf any man amonge you or youre childern after you be vncleane by the reason of a cōrse or is in the waye ferre of then ●●●t hym offer Passeouer vnto y● Lorde the. xiiij daye of the seconde moneth at euen and eate it with swete bred and soure herbes ād let them leaue none of it vnto the mornynge nor breake any boone of it And acordynge to all the ordinaunce of the Passeouer let them offer it But yf a man be cleane and not let in a iurney and yet was negligent to offer Passeouer the same soule shall perish from his people because he brought not an offerynge vnto the Lorde in his due season and he shall bere his synne And when a straunger dwelleth amonge you and will offer Passeouer vnto the Lorde accordynge to the ordinaunce of Passeouer and maner thereof shall he offre it And ye shall haue one lawe both for the straunger and for him that was borne at home in the lande And the same daye that the habitaciō was reered vpp a cloude couered it an hye apon the tabernacle of witnesse and at euen there was apon the habitacyon as it were the symilitude of fyre vntyll the mornynge And so it was allwaye that the cloude couered it by daye and the symylitude of fyre by nyghte And when the cloude was taken vpp from of the tabernacle then the childern of Israel iurneyed and where the cloude abode there the childern of Israel pitched their tentes At the mouthe of the Lorde the childern of Israell iurneyed and at the mouthe of the Lorde they pitched And as longe as the cloude abode apon the habitacion they laye styll and when the cloude taryed still apon the habitacion longe tyme the childern of Israell wayted apon the Lorde and iurneyed not Yf it chaunched that the cloude abode any space of tyme apon the habitacion then they kepte their tentes at the mouth of the Lorde and they iurneyed also at the commaundement of the Lorde And yf it happened that the cloude was apon the habitacion from euen vnto mornynge and was taken vpp in y● mornynge then they iurneyed Whether it was by daye or by nyghte that the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed But when y● cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth or a longe season apon the habitacion as longe as it taried thereon the childern of Israel kepte ther● tentes and iurneyed not And as soone as the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed It the mouth of the Lorde they rested and at the commaundment of the Lorde they iurneyed And thus they kepte the wayte of the Lorde at the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Make the two trompettes of harde syluer that thou mayst vse thē to call the congregacion together and when the hoste shall iurney when they blowe with them all the multitude shall resorte to the vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse Yf but one trumpet blowe only then the princes which are heedes ouer the thousandes of Ysrael shall come vnto the. And when ye trompe the first tyme the hostes that lye on the east partes shall goo forwarde And when ye trōpe the seconde tyme then the hostes that lye on y● south syde shall take their iurney for they shall trompe when they take their iurneyes And in gatherynge the congregacion together ye shall blowe and not trompe And the sonnes of Aaron thè preastes shall blowe the trompettes and shall haue them and it shal be alawe vnto you for euer amonge youre children after you And when ye shall goo to warre in youre londe agenst youre enymies that vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes and ye shal be remēbred before the Lorde youre God Hēce oure belles were fert and saued from youre enymies Also when ye be mery in youre fest dayes and in the first dayes of youre monethes ye shall blowe the trompettes ouer youre burnt sacrifices and pease offerynges that it maye be a remēbraūce of you before youre God I am the lorde youre God And it came to passe the .xx. daye of the seconde moneth in y● seconde yere that the cloude was take vpp from of the habitacion of witnesse And the childern of Israel toke their iurney out of the deserte of Sinai and the cloude rested in y● wildernesse of Parā And y● first toke their iurney at the mouth of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euen the standerte of y● hoste of Iuda remoued first with their armies whose captayne was Nahesson y● sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoste of y● trybe of the childern of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of zuar And ouer the hoste of y● try be of the childern of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Helon And the habitacion was taken doune and the sonnes of Gerson and Merari went forth bearynge the habitacion Then the standert of the hoste of Ruben went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Deguel Then the Cahathites went forwarde and bare the holy thynges and the other dyd set vp the habitacion agenst they came Then the standert of the hoste of the childern of Ephraim went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elisama the sonne of Amiud And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the sonnes of Manasse was Samaleel the sonne of Pedazur And ouer the hoste of the tr● be of the sonnes of Ben Iamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni And hynmost of all the hoste came the standert of the hoste of the childern of Dan with their armies whose captayne was Ahiezar the sonne of Ammi Sadai And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Asser was Pagiel the sonne of Ochran And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Naphtali was Ahira the sonne of Enan of this maner were the iurneyes of the childern of Israel with ▪ their armies when they remoued And Moses sayde vnto ●obab the sonne of Ragnel the Madianyte Moses father lawe we goo vnto the place of which the Lorde sayde I will geue it you Goo with us ād we will doo the good for the Lorde hath promysed goode vnto Israel And he sayde vnto him I will not but will goo to myne awne londe and tomy kynred And
Moses sayde oh nay leaue us not for thou knowest where is best for us to pitche in the wildernesse and thou shalt be oure eyes And yf thou goo with us loke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth apon us the same we will shewe apon the And they departed from the mount of the Lorde .iij. dayes iurney and the arcke of the testament of the Lorde went before them in the .iij. dayes iurney to serche out a restynge place for them And the cloude of the Lorde was ouer them by daye when they went out of the tentes And when the arcke went forth Moses sayde Ryse vp Lorde and lat thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flee before the. And when the arcke rested he sayde returne Lorde vnto the many thousandes of Ysrael ¶ The .xi. Chapter ANd the people waxed vnpacient vnd it displeased the cares of the Lorde And when the Lorde herde it he was wroth and the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them and consumed the vtter most of the hoste And the people cried vnto Moses he made intercession vnto the Lorde and the fyre qwenched And they called y● name of the place Tabera because the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them And the rascall people that was amonge them fell a lustynge And the childern of Ysrael also went to and wepte and sayde who shall geue us flesh to eate we remembre the fysh which we shulde eate in Egipte for noughte and of the Cucumbers and melouns lekes onyouns and garleke But now oure soules ar dryed awaye for oure eyes loke on nothynge els sane apon Manna The Manna was as it had bene co●ander seed and to see to lyke Bedellion And y● people went aboute and gathered it groūde it in milles or bett it in morters and boke it in pannes and made cakee of it And the tast of it was like vnto the tast of an oylecake And when the dewe fell aboute the hoste in the nyghte the Manna fell therewithe And when Moses herde the people wepe in their housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent then the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde wherfore dealest thou so cruelly with thi seruaunte wherfore doo I not fynde fauoure in thi syghte seynge that thou puttest the weyght of this people apon me haue I conceyued all this people or haue I begote them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thi bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge childe vnto the londe which thou swarest vnto their fathers where shulde I haue flesh to geue vnto all this people For they wepe vnto me sayenge geue us flesh that we maye eate I ●● not able to bere all this people alone for it is to heuy for me Wherfore yf thou deale thus with me fyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syght and let me not se my wrechidnesse And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses gather vnto me .lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of y● people and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the. And I wyll come doune and talke with the there and take of y● spirite which is apon the and put apon them ād they shall bere with them the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone And saye vnto y● people halowe youre selues agenst to morow that ye maye eate flesh for ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge who shall geue vs flesh to eate for we were happie when we were in Egipte therfore the Lorde will geue you flesh and ye shall ●ate Ye shall not eate one daye only other .ij. or .v. dayes other .x. or .xx. dayes but euen a moneth longe ād vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake because that ye haue cast y● Lorde a syde which is amonge you and haue wepte before him saynge why came we out of Egipte And Moses sayde sixe hundred thousande fotemen are there of the people amonge which I am And thou hast sayde I will ●●●e them flesh and they shall care ● moneth ●ōge Shall the she●e ād the oxen be slayne for them to fy●●d● them ether shall all the fysh of the see be gathered together to serue them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses is the lordes hande waxed shorte Thou shalt se whe ther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And moses went out and tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx elders of the people and sett them rounde aboute the tabernacle And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him ād toke of the sprete that was apon him ād put it apon the .lxx. elders And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els But there remayned .ij. of y● mē in the hoste the one called Eldad ād the other Medad And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they wē● not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoste And there ran a younge tolde Moses and sayed Eldad ād Medad do prophecye in the hoste And Iosua the sonne of Nil the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed master Moses forbyd them And Moses sayed vnto him enuy est thou for my sake wolde God that all the The p●p● wold that ●ne of the lordes people coud prophecie that none had his spirite Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them And then both Moses and the elders of Israel gat them in to the hoste And there went forth a wynde frō y● lorde and brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoste euen a dayes intney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoste and .ij. cubetes hye apon the erth And the people stode vpp all that nyghte and on the morowe ād gathered quayles And he that gathered the lest gathered .x. homers full And they kylled them rounde aboute the hoste And whyle the flesh was yet betwene theirteeth yer it was chewed vpp the wrath of the Lorde waxed whore apon the people and the Lorde slewe of the people an exceadynge myghtie slaughter And they called the name of the place the graues of lust because they buried the people that lusted there And the people toke their iurney from the graues of lust vnto hazeroth and bode at ha●roth ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd Mir Jam and Aaron spake agēst Moses because of his wife of inde which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of India And they sayed doth y● Lorde speake ōly thorow Moses doth he not speake also by us And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the erthe And y● Lorde spake attonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron Mir
Jam come out ye .iij. vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and they came out all thre And the Lorde came doune in the piler of the cloude and stode in the dore of the tabernacle and called Aaron ād Mir Jam. And they went out both of them And he sayed heare my wordes Yf there be a prophet of the Lordes amonge you I will shewe my selfe vnto him in a vision and will speake vnto him in a dreame But my servaunte Moses is not so which is faythfull in all myne housse Vnto him I speake mouth to mouth and he seeth the syght and the facyon of the Lorde ād notthorow rydels Wherfore the were ye notafrayed to speake agenst my servaunte Moses And the Lorde was angrye with them and went his waye and the cloude departed from of the tabernacle And beholde Myr-Jam was become leprous as it were snowe And when Aaron looked apon Mir Jam and sawe that she was leprous he sayed vnto Moses Oh I beseche the my lorde put not the synne apon vs which we haue folishly commytted and synned Oh let her not be as one that came deed oute of his mothers wombe for halfe hyr fleshe is eaten awaye And Moses cryed vnto the Lorde sayenge Oh god heale her And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Yf hir father had spitte in hyr face sholde she not be ashamed .vij. dayes let her be shut out of the hoste .vij. dayes after that let her be receyued in agayne And Mir Jam was shett out of the hoste .vij. dayes ād the people remoued not till she was broughte in agayne And afterwarde they remoued from ▪ Hazeroth and pitched in y● weldernesse of Pharan ¶ The .xiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Sende men out to serche the londe of Canaan which I geue vnto the childern of Israel of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soche as are ruelars amonge them And Moses at the commaundement of the Lorde sent forth out of the wildernesse of Pharan soche men as were all heedes amonge the childern of Israel whose names are these In the trybe of Ruben Sammua y● sonne of Zacur In the trybe of Symeon Saphat the sonne of Hori In the trybe of Iuda Caleph the sonne of Jephune In the trybe of Isachar Igeal the sonne of Joseph In the trybe of Ephraim Hosea the sonne of Nun. In the trybe of Ben Jamin Paltithe sonne of Raph● In the trybe of Zabulon Gadiel the sonne of Sodi In the trybe of Joseph In the trybe of Manasse Gaddi the sonne of Susi In the trybe of Dan Amiel the sonne of Gemali In the trybe of Asser Sethur the sonne of Micheel In the trybe of Nephrali Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi In the trybe of Gad Guel the sonne of Machi These are the names of the men whiche Moses sent to spie out the londe And Moses called the name of Hosea the sonne of Nun Josua And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of Canaan and sayed vnto them get you southwarde and goo vpp in to the hye contre and see the londe what maner thynge it is ād the people that dwelleth therein whether they be stronge or we le ether fewe or many and what the londe is that they dwell in whether it be good or bad and what maner of cities they dwell in whether they dwell intentes or walled townes ād what maner of londe it is whether it be fatt or leane whether there betrees therein or not And be of a good corage and brynge of the frutes of the londe And it was aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype And they went vp and serched out the lande from the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob as men goo to Hemath and they ascended vnto the south and came vnto Hebron where Ahiman was and Sefai and Thalman● the sonnes of Enacke Hebron was bylt .vij. yere before Zoan in Egipte And they came vnto the ryuer of Escol and they cutt doune there a braunch with one clouster of grapes bare it apō a staffe betwene twayne also of the pomgranates of the fygges of the place The ryuer was called Escol because of the clouster of grapes whiche the childern of Israel cutt doune there And they turned backe agayne from serchinge the londe at .xl. dayes ende And thei went and came to Moses and Aaron vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel vnto the wildernesse of Pharan euen vnto Cades and broughte them worde and also vnto all the congregacion and shewed them the frute of the lande And they tolde him sayenge we came vnto the londe wether thousendedst vs surely it is a lōde that floweth with milke honye here is of the frute of it Neuerthelesse the people be stronge y● dwell in the londe and the cities are walled and erceadinge greate and moreouer we sawe the childrē of Enack there The amaleckes dwel in the south cuntre and the Hethites Iebu sites and the Amorites dwell in the moūraynes and the Cananites dwell by the see ād alonge by the coste of Iordayne And Caleb stylled the murmure of the people agenst Moses sayenge let vs goo vp and conquere it for we be able to ouercome it But the men that went vpp with him sayde We be not able to goo vpp agenst the people for they are stronger then we And they broughte vpp an euell reporte of the londe which they had serched vnto the childern of Israel sayenge The londe which we haue gone thorowe to serche it out is a londe that cateth vpp the inhabiters thereof and the people that we sawe in it are men of stature And there we sawe also geantes the childrē of Enack which are of the geaūtes And we semed in oure syght as it were greshoppers` and so we dyd in their sighte ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ANd all the multitude cryed out the people wepte thorow out that nyght all the childern of Ysrael murmured agenst Moses Aaron And the hole congregacion sayed vnto them wolde god that we had dyed in the loud of Egipte ether we wolde that we had dyed in thys wildernesse Wherfore hath the Lorde broughte vs vnto this londe to fall apon the swerde that both oure wy●es also oure childrē shulde be a praye is it not better that we returne vnto Egipte agayne And they sayde one to another let vs make a captayne and returne vnto Egipte agayne And Moses Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregacion of the multitude of the childern of Israel And Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of them that serched the londe rent their clothes and spake vnto all the companye of the childern of Ysrael saynge The londe which we walked thorowe to serche it is a very good lande Yf the Lorde haue lust to vs he will bringe vs in to this londe geue it vs which is a lond y● floweth with mylke hony But
in any wise rebell not agenst the Lorde Moreouer feare ye not the people of the londe for they are but bred for vs. Their shylde is departed from them the Lorde is with vs feare them not therfore And all the whole multitude bade stone them with stones But the glorie of the Lorde appered in the tabernacle of witnesse vnto all the childern of Israel And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Howe longest all thys people rayle apon me and how longe will it be yer they beleue me for all my signes whiche I haue shewed amonge them I will smyte them with the p●stilence destroy thē and will make of the a greatter nacion and a mightier then they And Moses sayed vnto the Lorde then The Pope wolde not so haue prayed if thei had bene aboute to stone him the Egiptians shall heare it for thou broughtest this people with thy mighte from amonge them And it wil be tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also for they haue herde likewise that thou the Lorde art amōge this people ād that thou art sene face to face y● t●y cloude stondeth ouer them that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a piler of a cloude in a piler of fyre by nyght Yf thou shall kill all this people as thei were but one mā then the nacions which haue herde the fame of the will speake sayenge because that Lorde was not able to bringe in this people in to ● londe which he swore vnto them therfore he slewe them in the wildernesse So now lat the power of my Lord be greate acordynge as thou hast spoken sayenge the Lorde is longe yer he be angrye ād full of merey and suffereth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon y● childern euē vpō that thirde fourth generacion be mercyfull I beseche y● therfore vnto the synne of this people acordinge vnto thi greate mercy acordinge as thou hast forgeuē this people from Egipte euen vnto this place And the Lorde sayed I haue forgeuē it acordynge to thy request But as trulye as Ilyue all the erth shal be fylled with my glorye For of all those mē whiche haue sene my glorye my miracles which I dyd in Egipte in y● wildernesse yet haue tempted me now this .x. tymes haue not herkened vnto my voyce there shall not one se the lond whiche I sware vnto their fathers nether shall any of thē that rayled apō me se it But my servan̄te Caleb because there is another maner sprite with hi because he hath folowed me vnto the vttmost him I will bringe in to the lond which he hath walked in his seed shall conquere it also the Amalechites ād Cananites which dwell in the lowe contrees Tomorowe turne you and gete you in to the wildernesse euen the waye towarde the re● see And the Lorde spake vnto Moses ād Aaron sayenge how longe shall this euell multitude murmure agenst me I haue herde y● murmurynges of y● childern of Ysrael whyche they murmure agenste me Tell them y● the Lorde sayeth As truely as I lyue I wil do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares You re carkasses shall lye in this wildernesse nether shall any of these numbres which were numbred from .xx. yere aboue of you which haue murmured agenst me come in to the londe ouer which I lifted myne hande to make you dwell therein saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And youre childern whiche ye sayed shuld be a praye thē I will bringe in they shall knowe the londe which ye haue refused and youre carkesses shall lye in this wildernesse And youre childern shall wādre in this wildernesse .xl. yeres suffre for youre whoredome vntill your carkasses be wasted in the wildernesse after the numbre of the dayes in which ye serched out y● londe .xl. dayes euery daye a yere so that they shall bere your vnrightuousnes .xl. yere ye shall fele my vengeaunce I the Lorde haue sayed that I will do it vnto all this euell congregacion y● are gathered together agenst me euen in thys wildernesse ye shal be consumed and here ye shall dye And the men which Moses sent to serche the londe and which when they came agayne made all the people to murmure agenst it in that they broughte vpp a slaunder apon y● londe dyed for their bryngenge vp that euell slaunder apon it and were plaged before the Lorde But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of y● mē that went to serche the londe lyued still And Moses tolde these sayenges vnto all the childern of Ysrael and the people toke great sorowe And they rose vp yerlee in the mornynge Blinde reasō which yer-while wolde not let them beleue in Gods worde teacheth them now to trust in their awne workes gau them vpp in to the toppe of the mountayne sayenge lo we be here ād will goo vpp vn to the place of which the Lorde sayed for we haue synned And Moses sayed wherfore will ye goo on this maner beyonde the worde of the Lorde it will not come well to passe goo not vpp for the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne before youre enemyes For the Amalechytes and the Cananites are there before you ye will fall apon the swerde because ye are turned a waye from y● Lorde and therfore the Lorde wyll not be with you But they were blynded to goo vpp in to y● hyll toppe Neuer the lather the arke of the testament of the Lorde and Moses departed not out of the hoste Then the Amalekytes ād the Cananites which dwelt in that hill came doune and sinote them and hewed thē euen vnto Horma ¶ The .xv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayēge speake vnto the childern of Israel saye vnto them when ye be come in to y● londe of youre habitacion which I geue vnto you and will offre an offerynge apon the fyre vnto the Lorde whether it be a burnt offerynge or a speciall vowe or frewill offerynge or yf it be in youre principall festes to make a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde of the oxen o● of the flocke Then let him that offereth his offerynge vnto the Lorde brynge also a meat offerynge of a tenth deale of floure myngled with the fourth parte of an hin of oyle and the fourth parte of an hin of wine for a drynk offerynge and offer with y● burnt offerynge or any other offerynge when it is a lambe And vnto a rā thou shalt offer a meat offerynge of .ij. tenth deales of floure myngled with y● thyrde parte of an hin of oyle and to a drynk offerynge thou shalt offer the thyrde parte of an hin of wyne to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde When thou offerist an oxe to a burnt offerynge or in any speciall vowe or pease offeringe vnto the Lorde then
thou shalt brynge vn to an oxe a meat offerynge of .iij. tenth deales of floure myngled with halfe an hin of oyle And thou shalt brynge for a drynk offerynge halfe an hin of wyne that is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde This is the maner that shal be done vnto one oxe one ram a lambe or a kyd And acordynge to the numbre of soche offerynges thou shalt encrease y● meat offerynges and the drynk offerynges All that are of youre selues shall do these thinges after this maner when he offereth an offerynge of swete sauoure vnto the L●●de And yf there be a straunger with you or be amonge you in youre generacions and will offer an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y● Lorde euen as ye do so he shall doo One ordynaunce shall serue both for you of the congregacion and also for the straunger And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer amonge youre childern after you that the straunger and ye shal be lyke before the Lorde One lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for y● straunger that dwelleth with you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye vnto them When ye be come into the londe whether I will brynge you then whē ye will eate of the bred of the londe ye shall geue an heue offerynge vnto the Lorde Ye shall geue a cake of the first of youre dowe vnto an heue offerynge as ye do the heue offerynge of the barne euen so ye shall heue it Of the first of youre dowe ye must geue vnto the Lorde an heue offerynge thorow out youre generacions Yf ye ouerse youre selues and obserue not all these commaundmētes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by y● hāde of Moses from the first daye forwarde that the Lorde commaunded amonge youre generacion when oughte is commytted ignorantly before the eyes of the congregacion then all the multitude shall offer a calfe for a burnt offerynge to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde the meat offerynge and the drynk offerynge there to acordynge to the maner and an he goote for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an aronement for all the multitude of y● childern of Israel ād it shal be forgeuen the for it was ignoraunce And they shall brynge their giftes vnto the offerynge of the Lorde and their synofferynge before the Lorde for their ignoraunce And it shal be forgeuen vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel vnto the straunger that dwelleth amōge you for the ignorauncye perteyneth vnto all the people Yf any one soule synne thorow ignoraunce he shall brynge a she goote of a yere olde for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an atonement for the soule that synned ignorauntly with the synofferynge before the Lorde and reconsyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And both thou that art borne one of the childern of Israel and the straunger that dwelleth amonge you shall haue both one lawe yf ye synne thorow ignorauncye And the soule that doth ought presumpmously whether he be an Israelite or a straūger the same hath despysed the Lorde And that soule shal be destroyed from amonge his people because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde a hath brokē his cōmaūdmentes y● soule therfore shall perysh ād his synne shal be apon him And whyle the childern of Ysrael were in the wildernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vppon the Sabath daye And they y● founde him gatherynge stickes broughte him vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all y● congregacion ād they put him in warde for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses y● mā shall dye let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste And all y● multitude broughte him without the hoste ād stoned him with stones and he dyed as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Ysrael and byd them that they make them gardes apon the quarters of their garmētes thorow out their generacions ād let them make the gardes of ribandes of Iacyncte And the garde shall Gods signes were to put men in remēbraunce of his worde that they shuld not seke a waye to please God after their awne imaginacion be vnto you to loke apon it that ye remembre all the commaundmentes of the Lorde and doo them that ye seke not a waye after youre awne hertes and after youre awne eyes for to goo a whooringe after them but that ye remembre and doo all my commaundmentes and be holy vnto youre God for I am y● Lorde youre God which broughte you out of y● londe of Egipte to be youre God I am the Lorde God ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Cahath the sonne of Leui Dathan Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth the sonne of Ruben stode vpp before Moses with other of the childern of Israel .ij. hundred and fyftie heedes of the congregacion and councelers and men of fame and they gathered thēselues together agenst Moses and Aaron sayed vnto them ye haue done ynough For all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is amonge them Why therfore heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion of the Lorde When Moses herde it he fell apon his face and spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge tomorow the Lorde will shewe who is his and who is holy and will take them vnto him and whom so euer he hath chosen he will cause to come to him This doo take fyre pannes thou Corah and all thi companye and do fyre therein ād put cēs thereto before the Lorde tomorowe And then whom soeuer the Lorde doeth chose the same is holy Ye make ynough to doo ye childern of Leui. And Moses sayed vnto Corah heare ye childern of leui Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you that y● God of Israel hath separated you frō the multitude of Israel to brynge you to him to doo the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the Lorde and to stonde before the people to minystre vnto them he hath taken the to him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with the and ye seke the office of y● preast also For which cause both thou and all thi companye are gathered together agenst the Lorde for what is Aaron that ye shulde murmure agenst him And Moses sent to call Dathan ād Abiram the sonnes of Eliab and they answered we will not come Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast broughte us out of a londe that floweth with mylke and honye to kyll us in y● wildernesse But that thou shuldest reygne ouer us also More ouer thou hast broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke and honye nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or of vynes Echer wilt thou pull out the
thou and thy sonnes with the shall beare the fame of that whiche is done amysse in youre preasthode And thy brethern also y● tribe of l●ui y● trybe of thy father take with the and let them be yoyned vnto the and ministre vnto the. And thou and thy sonnes with the shall ministre before the tabernacle of witnesse And let them wayte apon the and apon all the tabernacle only let them not come nye the holy vessels the alter that both they ād ye also dye not And let them be by the and wayte on the tabernacle of witnesse and on all the seruyce of the tabernacle and let no straunger come nye vnto you Wayte therfore apon the holye place and apon the alter that there fall no moare wrath apon the childern of Israel beholde I haue taken youre brethern the leuites from amonge childern of Israel to be youres as giftes geuen vnto the Lorde to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse And se that both thou and thy sonnes with the take hede vnto youre preastes office in all thinges that pertayne vnto the alter and within the vayle And se that ye serue for I haue geuē youre preastes office vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce the straunger that cometh nye shall dye And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the the kepynge of myne heueofferynges in all the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel And vnto the I haue geuen them vnto anoyntynge ād to thy sonnes to be a dutye for euer This shall be thyne of most holy sacrifyces All their giftes thorow out all their meatofferynges synneoffrynges and trespaceoffrynges whiche they bringe vnto me They shal be most holy vnto the ād vnto thy sonnes And ye shall eate it in the most holye place all that are males shall eate of it for it shal be holye vnto the. And this shal be thyne the heueofferynge of their giftes thorow out all the waueofferynges of the childern of Israel for I haue geuen them vnto the and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer and all that are cleane in thy house shall eate of it all the fatt of the oyle of the wyne and of the corne their first frutes which they geue vnto the Lorde that haue I geuen vnto the. The first frutes of all that is in their londes whiche they brynge vnto the Lorde shal be thyne and all that are cleane in thyne housse shall eate off it All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the matrice of all flesh that men bringe vnto the Lorde bothe of man and beest shal be thyne Neuerthelater the firstborne of man shal be redemed and the firstborne of vncleane beestes shal be redemed And their redemptions shal be at a moneth olde valowed at .v. sycles of syluer of the holy sycle A sycle maketh twentye Geras But the firstborne of oxen shepe goo tes shall not be redemed For they are holy and thou shalt sprinkle their bloud apon the alter and shalt burne their fatt to be a sacrifyce of a swete sauoure vnte the Lorde And the flesh of them shal be thyne as the waue brest and all the right shulder is thyne All the holy heueofferynges whiche the childern of Israel heue vnto the Lorde I geue the thy sonnes thi doughters with the to be a dutye for euer And it shal be a salted couenaunte for euer before the Lorde vnt● the and to thy seed with the. And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron thou shalt haue none enheritaunce in their lande nor parte amonge them For I am thy parte and thy enheritaunce among the childern of Israel And beholde I haue geuen the children of Leui the tenth in Israel to enherite for the seruyce whiche they serue in the rabernacle of witnesse that the childrē of Israel henceforth come ne●nye the tabernacle of witnesse and beare synne and dye And the leuites shall do the seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse and beare their synne and it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you But amongethe children of Israel they shall enheret none enheritaunce For Oures will haue tithes landes rētes kingdomes emperies and all therithes of the childern of Israel whiche they heve vnto the Lorde I haue geuen the Leuites to enherett Wherfore I haue sayed vnto them Amonge the chyldern off Israell ye shall enherett none enheritaunce And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the leuites and saye vnto thē when ye take of the childern of Israel therithes whiche I haue geuen you of them to youre enheritaunce ye shall take an heueoffrynge of that same forthe Lorde euen the tenth of that tythe And it shal be rekened vnto you for youre heueofferynge euen as though ye gaue corne out of the barne or a full offerynge from the wyne presse And of this maner ye shall heue an heueofferynge vnto y● Lorde of all youre tithes which ye receaue of the childern of Israel ye shall geue there of the Lordes heueofferinge vnto Aaron the preast Of all youre giftes ye shall take out the Lordes heue offerynge euen the fatt of all their halowed thynges And thou shalt saye vnto them when ye haue take a wayethe fatt of it from it it shal be counted vnto the leuites as y● encrease of corne and wyne And ye shall care it in all places both ye and youre housholdes for it is youre rewarde for youre seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And ye shall beare no synne by y● reason of it when ye haue taken from it the fatt of it nether shall ye vnhalowe y● halowed thynges of the childern of Israel and so shall ye not dye ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge this is the ordynaunce of the lawe which y● Lorde cōmaūdeth sayenge speake vnto y● childern of Israel and let them take the a redd cowe with out spot wherein is no blemysh which neuer bare yocke apō her And ye shall geue her vnto Eleazer the preast and he shall brynge her with out the hoste and cause her to be slayne before him And Eleazar y● preast shall take of hir bloude vppon his fynger and sprynkle it streghe towarde the tabernacle of witnesse vi● tymes And he shall cause the cowe to be burnt in his syghte both skyn flesh and bloude with the doūge also And let the preast take cipresse wodd and Isope and purple cloth and cast it apon the cowe as she burneth And let the preast wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water and then come in to the hoste and y● preast shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water a bathe his flesh also in water ād be vncleane vntill euen And one that is cleane shall goo and take vpp the asshes of the cowe and put them without the hoste in a cleane place where they shall be kepte to
make sprynklynge water for the multitude of Hēce came holy water the childern of Israel for it is a synofferynge And let him that gathereth the asshes of the cowe wash his clothes and remayne vncleane vntill euen And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel ād vnto the straunger y● dwelleth amonge them a maner for euer He that twycheth any deed persone shal be vncleane .vii. dayes And he shall purifye him selfe with the asshes the thyrde daye ād then he shal be cleane the seuenth daye And yf he purifye not himselfe the thyrde daye thē the seuenth daye he shall not be cleane Who soeuer twicheth any persone y● dyeth a sprynkleth not him selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the Lorde ād therfore that soule shal be roted out of Israel because he hath not sprynkled the sprynklynge water vppon him he shal be vncleane and his vnclennesse shall remayne vppon him This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in in a tent all that come in to the tent and all y● is in the tent shal be vncleane vij dayes And all the vessels that be opē which haue no lyd nor couerynge apon them are vncleane And who soeuer twicheth one that is slayne with a swerde in the feldes or a deed persone or a bone of a deed man or a graue shall be vncleane .vij. dayes And they shall take for an vncleane persone of the burnt asshes of the synofferynge put runnynge water thereto in to a vessell And a cleane persone shall take Isope and dyppe it in the water and sprynkle it apon y● tent and apon all the vessells and on the son that were there and apon him that twyched a bone or a slayne persone or a deed body or a graue And the cleane persone shall sprynkle apon the vncleane the thyrde daye and the seuenth daye And the seuenth daye he shall purifie him selfe and wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and shal be cleane at euen Yf any be vncleane and sprynkle not him selfe the same soule shal be destroyed frō amōge the congregacion for he hath defyled the holy place of the Lorde And he that sprynkleth the sprynklynge water shall wassh his clothes And he that twicheth the sprynklynge water shal be vncleane vntill euē And what soeuer that vncleane persone twicheth shal be vncleane And the soule that twicheth it shal be vn cleane vntill the euen ¶ The .xx. Chapter ANd the whole multitude of y● childern of Israel came in to the deserte of Sin in the first moneth the people dwelt at cades And there dyed Mir Iam was buried there More ouer there was no water for the multitude wherfore they gathered thēselues together agēst Moses and agēst Aaron And the people chode with Moses and spake sayenge wold God that we had perysshed when oure brethern perysshed before the Lorde Why haue ye brought the congregacion of the Lorde vnto this wildernesse that both we oure catell shulde dye here Wherfore brought ye us out of Egipte to brynge us into this vngracious place which is no place of seed nor offygges nor vynes nor of pomgranates nether is there any water to drynke And Moses and Aaron went from the congregacion vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and fell apon their faces And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take y● staffe and gather thou and thi brother Aarō the congregacion together and saye vnto the rocke before their eyes that he geue forth his water And thou shalt brynge thē water out of the rocke and shalt geue the company drynke and their beesse also And Moses toke the staffe from before the Lorde as he commaunded him And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke ād he sayed vnto thē heare ye rebellyons must we f●●t you water out of this rocke And Moses lifte vp his hāde with his staffe and smote the rocke .ij. tymes and the water came out abundantly the multitude dranke and their beesse also And the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifye me in the eyes of the childern of Israel therfore ye shall not brynge this congregacion in to the londe which I haue geuen them This is the water ofstryffe because the childern of Israel stroue with the Lorde he was sanctifyed apon them And Moses sent messengers from cades vnto the kynge of Edome Thus sayeth thi brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauell that hath happened us how oure fathers wēt doune in to Egipte and how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longetyme and how the Egip●ans vexed both us and oure fathers Then we cryed vnto the Lorde and he herde oure voyces and sent an angell and hath fett us out of Egipte And beholde we are in Cades citi● harde by the borders of thi contre let us goo a good felowshipe thorow thi contre we wyll not goo thorow the feldes nor thorow the vyneyardes nether will we drynke of the water of the fountaynes but we will goo by the hye waye and nether turne vnto the ryghte hande nor to the lefte vntill we be past thi contre And Edom answered him Se thou come not by me lest I come out agēst the with the swerde And the childern of Israel sayed vnto him we will goo by the beeten waye yf ether we or oure catell drynke of thi water we will paye for it we wyll doo nomoare but passe thorow by sote only And he sayed ye shall not goo thorow And Edom came out agenst him with moch people and with a myghtie power And thus Edom denyed to geue Israel passage thorow his contre And Israel turned a waye from him And the childern of Israel remoued frō Cades and went vnto mount Hor with all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor harde vppon the costes of the londe of Edom sayenge let Aaron be put vnto his people for he shall not come in to the londe which I haue geuen vnto the childern of Israel because ye dishobeyed my mouth at the water of stryffe Take Aaron and Eleazer his sonne brynge them vpp in to mount Hor and stryppe Aaron out of his vestimentes and put them apon Eleazer his sonne ād let Aaron be put vnto his people and dye there And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded and they went vpp in to mount Hor in the syghte of all the multitude And Moses toke off Aarons clothes and put them apon Eleazer his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount And Moses Eleazer came doune out of the mount And all the Hence co●etousnes fett monethes myndes and hath encreased thē with yeres myndes ād seuen yeres mīdes ye as longe as the wife liveth she must once in the yere offer some what for her olde husbond housse of Israel morned for Aarō .xxx. dayes The .xxi. Chapter ANd when kynge Arad the cananite which
Simeonites And the name of the Madianitish wife was Cosbi the doughter of Zur and heed ouer the people of a● auncient housse in Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they haue troubled you with their wiles with the which they haue begyled you thorow P●or and thorow their syster Cosby y● doughter of a lorde in Madian which was slayne in y● daye of the plage for Peors sake ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter ANd after the plage y● Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazer sayenge take the number of all the multitude of the childern of Israel from .xx. yere ād aboue thorow out their fathers housses all that are able to goo to warre in Israel And Moses Eleazer the preast tolde them in the feldes of Moab by Iordane fast by Iericho from xx yere and aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the childern of Israel that came out of Egipte were Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The childern of Ruben were Hanoch of whome cometh the kynred of the Hanochires of Palu cometh the kynred of the Pal●●tes And of Hesron cometh the kynred of the Hesronites and of Carmi cometh the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites which were in numbre .xliij. thousande .vij. hūdred an .xxx. And the sonnes of Palu were Eliab And the sonnes of Eliab were Nemuel Darhan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram councelers in the cōgregacion which stroue agēst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agenst the Lorde And the erth opened hir mouth ād swalowed thē and Corah also when the multitude dyed what tyme the fyre consumed .ij. hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe Notwithstondynge the childern of Corah dyed not And the childern of Simeon in their kynredes were Nemuel of whom cometh y● kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iachi●●es Serah of whome cometh the kynred of the Serahites Saul of whom cometh the kynred of the Saulites These are the kynredes of the Simeonites in numbre .xxij. thousande and .ij. hundred And the childern of Gad in their kynredes were Zephon of whom cometh the kynred of the Zephonites and of Haggi cometh the kynred of the Haggites and of Suni cometh the kynred of the Sunites and of A seni cometh the kynred of the A senites and of Eri cometh the kynred of the Erites and of Arod cometh the kynred of the Arodites and of Ar●el cometh the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynredes of the children of Gad in numbre .xl. thousande and .v. hundred The childern of Iuda Er and Onā whiche dyed in the londe of Canaan But the childern of Iuda in their kynred were Sela of whom cometh the kynred of the Selamires and of Phares cometh the kynred of y● Pharesites and of Serah cometh the kynred of the Serahites And the childern of Phares were Hesron of whom cometh the kynred of the Hesronites and of Hamul cometh y● kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynredes of Iuda in numbre .lxxvi. thousande and .v. hundred And the childern of Isachar in their kyndes were Tola of whō cometh y● kynred of the Tolaites Phuva of whō cometh y● kinred of the Ph●●aites and of Iasub cometh the kynred of the Iasubites and of Symron cometh the kynred of the Sunronites These are y● kynredes of Isachar in numbre lxiiij thousande and .iij. hundred The childern of Zabulon in their kynredes were Sered of whom cometh the kynred of the Seredites and Elon of whom cometh the kynred of the Elonites and of Iaheliel cometh the kynred of the Iehalelites These are the kynredes of Zabulon in numbre .lx. thousand .v. hundred The children of Ioseph in their kinredes were Manasse ād Ephraim The childern of Manasse Machir of whom cometh the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead of whom cometh the kinred off the Gileadites And these are the childern of Gilead Hieser of whom cometh the kynred of the Hieserites and of Helech cometh the kynred of the Helechites and of Asriel y● kinred of the Asric●●tes and of Sichem cometh the kinred of the Sichimites of Simida cometh the kinred of the Simidites of Hepher cometh the kinred of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes bu● doughters And y● names of y● doughters of Zelaphead were Mabe la Noa Hagla Milcha ād Thirza These are the kinredes of Manasse in numbre lij thousande and seuen hundred These are the childern of Ephraim in their kinredes Suthelah of whom cometh the kinred of the Suthelahi●es and Becher of whom cometh the kinred of the Becher●tes of Thaha cometh the kynred of the Thahanites And these are the childern of Suthelah Eran of whom cometh the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynredes of the childern of Ephraim in numbre .xxxij. thousande .v. hundred And these are the childern of Ioseph in their kinredes These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinredes Bela of whom cometh the kinred of the Belaites and of Asbel cometh the kinred of the Asbelites and of Ahiram the kinred of the Ahiramites and of Suphā the kinred of the Suphamites and of Hupham the kinred of the Huphamites And the childern of Bela were A●d and Naamā fro whence come the kinredes of the Ardites and of the Naamites These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinreddes and in numbre .xlv. thousande and syxe hundred These are the childern of Dan in their kynreddes Suham of whom cometh the kynred of the Suhamites These are the kynreddes of Dan in their generacyons And all the kynreddes of the Suhamites were in numbre .lxiiij. thousand ād iiij hundred The childern of Asser in their kynredes were Jemna of whom cometh the kynred of the Jemnites ād Jsui of whom cometh the kinred of the Jsuites of Bria cometh the kinred of the Br●●tes And the childern of bria were Heber of whom cometh y● kynred of the Heberites and of Malchiel came the kynred of the Malchielites And y● doughter of Asser was called Sarah These are the kinredes of Asser in numbre .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred The childern of Nephtali in their kynreddes were Jaheziel of whom came the kynred of the Jahezielites and G●●i of whom came the kynred of the Gimites of Jezer came the kynred of the Jezerites and of Silem the kynred of the Silemites These are the kinredes of Naphtali in their generaciōs in numbre .xlv. thousande and .iiij. hundred These are the numbres of the childern of Israel sixe hundred thousande a thousande vij hundred and .xxx. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vnto these the londe shal be deuyded to enherett acordinge to the numbre of names to many thou shalt gene y● moare enheritaunce to fewe y● lesse to euery tribe shall y● enheritaūce be geuē acordinge to the numbre therof Notwithstondinge y●
londe shal be deuyded by lott acordinge to the names of the tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett acordinge 〈…〉 lott thou shalt deuyde their lond h●th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of y● leuites in the in kinredes of Gerson came the kynred of the Gersonites and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites These are the kynredes of Leui the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Rarahites Rahath begate Amram and Amrams wife was called Jochebed a doughter oflein which was borne him in Egipte And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Jam their syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Jthamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And the numbre of them was .xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge the children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Jordane nye to Jericho And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in the wildernesse that there shulde not be lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune Josua the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chaptre ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machirthe sonne of Manasse of the kinredes of Manasse the sonne of Joseph whose names were Mahcla Noa Hagla Melcha and Thirza came stode before Moses and Eleazer the preast ād before the lordes all the multitude in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge oure father dyed in the wildernesse was not amonge the companye of them that gathered them selues together agenst the Lorde in the congregacion of Corah But dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde the name of oure fathers be taken awaye from amonge hys kynred because he had no sonne Geue vnto vs a possessyon amonge the brethern of oure father And Moses broughte their cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speke righte thou shalt geue them a possession to en herett amonge their fathers brethern shall turne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Yf a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his brethern Yf he haue no brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers brethern Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred let him possesse it And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commaūded Moses And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses get the vpp in to this mount Aabrun and beholde the londe which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel And whē thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in y● stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin And Moses O faithfull mercifull Moses ful onlike oure Balams spake vnto the Lorde sayenge let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion which maye goo in out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses take Josua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon him and set There was ●f likelyhod a ●ryght stonne ●● the ephod ●●here● the hie ●reast loked ●awe the will ●f God in ty●●es of neade ●s thou mayst ●e in the story of Dauid This was the ●aner of the Ebrues to ma●e their office●s of this maner did the apostle make de●kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou ●eist ī thactes ād mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takē for all maner of sode generally him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their fyghte And put of thi prayse apon him that all the companye of the childern of Israel maye heare And he shall stonde before Eleazer y● preast which shall axe councell for him after y● maner of the * lighte before the Lorde And atthe mouth of Eleazer shall both he and all the childern of Israel with him and all the congregacion goo in and out And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaūded him and he toke Josua and sett him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion * put his handes apon him gaue him a charge as the Lorde commaunded thorow the hande of Moses ¶ The .xxviij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge geue the childern of Israel a charge and saye vnto them that they take hede to offer vnto me y● offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto thē This is y● offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. lābes of a yeare olde with out spot daye by daye to be a burntofferynge perpetually One lambe thou shalt offer in the mornynge and the other ●t euen And thereto y● tēth parte of an Epha offloure for a me●●offerynge myngled with beten oyle the fourth parte of an hin which is a dayly offerynge ordened in the mount Sinai vnto a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of y● Lorde And the drynkofferynge of the same the fourth parte of an hin vnto one lambe poure the drynkofferynge in the holy place to be good drynke vnto the Lorde And y● other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after y● maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a swe●e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two tēthdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle and the drynkofferynge thereto This is the burrtofferynge of euery Sabbath besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And in the first daye of youre monethes ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde two yonge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and .iij. tēthdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled
ox en .lxi. thousande asses .xxxij. thousande wemen that had lyen by no man And the halfe which was the parte of thē that wēt out to warre was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe And the Lordes parte of the shepe was .vi. hundred and .lxxv. And the oxen were .xxxvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .lxxij.. And the asses were .xxx. thousande and fyue hundred of whiche the Lordes parte was .lxi.. And the wemen were .xvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .xxxij. soules And Moses gaue that summe which was the Lordes heueofferynge vnto Eleazer the preast as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And the other halfe of the childern of Israel whiche Moses seperated from the men of warre that is to were the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregacion was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe and .xxxvi. thousande oxen and .xxx. thousande asses and fyue hūdred and .xvi. thousande wemen And Moses toke of this halfe that pertayned vnto the childern of Israel one of euery fyftie both of the wemen of the catell and gaue them vnto the leuites which wayted vppon the habitacion of the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the officers of thousandes of the hoste the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundreds came forth sayed vnto Moses Thy servauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which were vnder oure hande there lacked not one man of them We haue therfore broughte a present vnto the Lorde what euery man founde of Jewels of golde cheyns bracelettes ringes earynges spangels to make an attonement for oure soules before the Lorde And Moses Eleazer toke the golde off them Jewels of all maner facions And all the golde of the heueoffrynge of the Lord of the captaynes ouer thousandes hundreds was .xvi. thousand .vij. hundred .l. sycles which y● mē of warre had spoyled euery man for him selfe And Moses Eleazer y● preast toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes ouer the hundreds brought it in to the tabernacle of witnesse to be a memoriall vnto y● childern of Israel before y● Lorde ¶ The ▪ xxxij Chapter THe childern of Rubē the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell And whē they sawe the lōde of Iaeser the lōde of Gilead y● it was an apte place for catell they came spake vnto Moses Eleazer y● preast vnto y● lordes of y● cōgregaciō sayenge The lōde of Ataroth Dibo Beon whiche contre y● Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell wherfore sayed they yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane And Moses sayed vnto the childrē of Gad and of Ruben shall youre brethern goo to warre and yetarye here Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer in to the londe which the Lorde hath geuē them This dyd youre fathers whē I sent them from Cades bernea to sethe londe And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol sawe the londe discoraged the he●tes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo into the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge None of the men that came out of Egipte frō twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Benesite Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse .xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke And they went nere him ād sayed we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern But we oure selues will go ready armed before the childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place And oure childrē shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted euery man his enheritaunce For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fallen to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde And Moses sayed vnto them Yf ye will do this thing that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before y● Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before him vntill the londe be subdyed before y● Lorde then ye shall returne be without sinne agenst the Lorde agenst Israel thie lōde shal be youre possession before the Lorde But yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde ād be sure youre synne will fynde you out Bilde youre cities for youre childern foldes for youre shepe se ye do y● ye haue spoken And the childern of Gad of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge thy servauntes will do as my lorde commaundeth Oure childrē oure wines substāce all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my lorde hath sayed And Moses cōmaūded Eleazer y● preast Iosua y● sonne of Nun the aunciēt hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel sayed vnto them Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse but yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in y● londe of Canaan And the childern of Gad Ruben answered sayenge that which y● Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruaūtes we will doo We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde in to the londe of Canaan the possession of oure enheritaunce shal be on this syde the Iordane And Moses gaue vnto y● childern of Gad and of Ruben vnto halfe the try be of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Ogkynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute And the childern of Gad bylt Dibō ataroth Aroer Atroth So phan Iaeser Iegabcha Bethnimra Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe And the
childern of Ruben bylt Besebon Elalea Ririathaim Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and token and put out the Amorites y● were therein And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse he dwelt therein And Iair the sonne of Manasse wēt toke y● small townes thereof called thē the townes of Iair And Nobah went toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto called it Nobah after his awne name ¶ The .xxxiij. Chapter THese are the iurneyes of the childern of Israel which went out of the lande of Egipte with their armies vnder Moses ād Aaron And Moses wrote their goenge out by their iurneyes at y● cōmaundment of the Lorde euen these are y● iurneyes of their goenge out The childern of Israel departed from Rahēses the .xv. daye of the first moneth on y● morowe after Passeouer went out with an hye hande in the syghte of all Egipte while the Egiptians buried all their firstborne which the Lorde had smoten amonge thē And vppō their goddes also the Lorde dyd execucion And y● childern of Israel remoued from Rahemses and pitched in Sucoth And they departed frō Sucoth pitched their tentes in Ethā which is in the edge of y● wyldernesse And they remoued frō Ethā ād turned vnto the entrynge of Hiroth which is before ba all Zephon pitched before Migdol And they departed frō before Hiroth went thorow the myddes of the see in to the wildernesse wēr .iij. dayes iurney in y● wildernesse of Ethā pirched in Marah And they remoued frō Marah wēt vnto Elim where were .xij. fountaynes ād .lxx. datetrees and they pitched there And they remoued from Elim laye fast by the red see And they remoued frō the red see laye in y● wildernesse of Sin And they toke their iurney out of y● wildernesse of Sin sett vpp their tentes in Daphka And they departed from Daphka and laye in Alus And they remoued from Alus laye at Raphedim where was no water for the people to drynke And they departed from Raphedim and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai And they remoued from the deserte of Sinai lodged at the graues of lust And they departed from the sepulchres of lust ād laye at Haseroth And they departed from Hazeroth pitched in Rithma And departed frō Rithma and pitched at Rimon Parez And they departed from Rimon Parez pitched in Libna And they remoued from Libna pitched at Rissa And they iurneyed frō Rissa ād pitched in Rehelatha And they went frō Rehclatha pitched in moūt Sapher And they remoued from mount Sapher and laye in Harada And they remoued from Harada and pitched in Makeheleth And they remoued from Makeheloth laye at Tahath ād they departed frō Tahath pitched at Tharath And they remoued frō Tharath and pitched in Mithca And they went from Mithca and lodged in Hasmona And they departed from Hasmona and laye at Moseroth And they departed from Moseroth and pitched amonge the childern of Iaecon And they remoued from the childern of Iaecon ād laye at Hor gidgad And they went from Hor gidgad and pitched in Iathbatha And they remoued from Iathbatha and laye at Abrona And they departed from Abrona and laye at Ezeon gaber And they remoued from Ezeon gaber and pitched in the wildernesse of Zin which is Cades And they remoued from Cades pitched in mount Hor in y● edge of the londe of Moab And Aaron the preast went vpp in to mount Hor at the commaūdment of y● Lorde dyed there euen in the fortieth yere after the childern of Israel were come out of y● londe of Egipte in the first daye of the fyfte moneth And Aaron was an hundred ād xxxiij yere olde when he dyed in mount Hor And kinge Erad the canaamte which dwelt in y● south of the lond of canaā herd y● the childern of Israel were come And they departed frō mount Hor pitched in Zalmona And they departed from Zalmona pitched in Phimon they departed from Phimon pitched in Oboth And they departed frō Oboth pitched in Igim Abarim in the borders of Moab And they departed from Igim and pitched in Dibon Gad. And they remoued from Dibon Gad and laye in Almon Diblathama And they remoued from Almon Diblathama ād pitched in y● mountaynes of Abarim before Nibo And they departed from the mountaynes of Abarim pitched in the feldes of Moab fast by Iordane nye to Iericho And they pitched apon Iordayne from Beth Haiesmoth vnto y● playne of Sitim in y● feldes of Moab And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne nye vnto Iericho sayēge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye are come ouer Iordane in to the londe of Canaan sethat ye dryue out all the inhabiters of the londe before you destroy their Ymaginacions all their Ymages of Metall ād plucke downe all their alters bylt on hilles And possesse the londe dwell therein for I haue geuen you the londe to enioye it And ye shall deuyde the enheritaunce of the londe by lott amonge youre kynreddes ād geue to the moo the moare enheritaunce to the fewer the lesse enheritaunce And youre enheritaunce shal be in y● tryhes of youre fathers in y● place where euery mans lott falleth But and yf ye will not dryne out the inhabiters of y● londe before you then these which ye let remayne of thē shal be thornes in youre eyes and dartes in youre sydes shall vexe you in the lōde wherein ye dwell More ouer it will come to passe y● I shall doo vnto you as I thought to doo vnto them ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge cōmaūde the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye come in to the londe of Canaan this is the londe that shall fall vnto youre enheritaunce the londe of Canaan with all hir costes And youre south quarter shal be from the wildernesse of Zin alonge by the coste of Edom so that youre south quarter shal be from the syde of the salte see eastwarde shall fet a compasse frō the south vpp to Acrabim reach to Zinna And it shall goo out on y● south side of Cades Bernea goo out also at Hazar Adar and goo alōge to Azmon And shall fet a cōpasse from Azmon vnto the ryuer of Egipte and shall goo out at the see And youre west quarter shall be the greate see which coste shal be youre west coste And this shal be youre north quarter ye shall compasse from the great see vnto moūt Hor. And from mount Hor ye shall compasse goo vnto Hemath and the ende of y● coste shal be at Zedada the coste shall reach out to Ziphron and goo out at Hazor Enan And this shal be youre north
quarter And ye shall compasse youre east quarter frō Hazar Enan to Sephain And the coste shall goo downe from Sephain to Ribla on the east syde of Ain And then descende and goo out at the syde of the see of Chinereth eastwarde And then goo downe alonge by Iordayne and leue at the salte see And this shall be youre lōde with all the costes thereof rounde aboute And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel sayēge this is the lōde which ye shall enherett by lotte and which the Lorde cōmaūded to geue vnto .ix. trybes and an halfe for the trybe of the childern of Ruben haue receaued in the houssholdes of their fathers and the trybe of the childern of Gad in their fathers houssholdes halfe the trybe of Manasse haue receaued their enheritaunce that is to were .ij. trybes and an halfe haue receaued their enheritaunce on y● other syde of Iordayne by Iericho castwarde towarde the sonne rysynge And the Lorde spake to Moses sayenge These are the names of y● men which shall deuyde you the londe to enherett Eleazer y● preast ād Iosua the sonne of Nun. And ye shall take also a lorde of euery trybe to deuyde the londe whose names are these In the trybe of Iuda Caleb y● sonne of Iephune And in y● trybe of y● childern of Simeon ●emuel y● sōne of Amiud ād in y● tribe of Bē Iamin Elidad the sonne of Cis●on And the in trybe of the childern of Dan the lorde Bucki the sonne of Iagli And amonge the childern of Ioseph in the trybe of the childern of Manasse the lorde Hamel the sonne of Ephod And in the trybe of the childern of Ephraim the lorde Cemuel the sonne of Siphtan And in the trybe of the sonnes of Zabulon the lorde Elizaphan the sonne of Parnac And in the trybe of the childern of Isachar the lorde Palthiel the sonne of Asan And in the trybe of the sonnes of Asser the lorde Ahihud the sonne of Selomi And in the trybe of the childern of Naphtali the lorde Peda El the sonne of Ammihud These are they which the Lorde commaūded to deuyde the enheritaūce vnto the childern of Israel in the londe of Canaan ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in y● feldes of Moab by Iordayne Iericho sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue vnto the leuites of the enheritaūce of their possession cities to dwell in And ye shall geue also vnto the cities of y● leuites suburbes rounde aboute them The cities shal be for them to dwell in and y● suburbes for their catell possession and all maner bestes of theirs And the suburbes of the cities which ye shall geue vnto the lemtes shall reach from the wall of the citie outwarde a thousande cubites rounde aboute And ye shall measure without the citie and make the vtmost border of the eastsyde two thousande cubites And the vtmost border of the south syde two thousande cubetes And the vtmost border of the west syde two thousande cubetes and the vtmost border of the north syde two thousande cubetes also and the citie shal be in the myddes And these shall be the suburbes of their cities And amonge the cities which ye shall geue vnto the leuites there shall be sixe cities of fraundyes which ye shall geue to that intent that he which killeth maye flye thyder And to them ye shall adde .xlij. cities mo so that all the cities which ye shall geue the leuites shal be .xlviij. with their suburbes And of the cities which ye shall geue oute of the possessyons of the childern of Israel ye shall geue many out of their possessions that haue moche and fewe out of their possessiōs that haue litle so that euery tribe shall geue of his cities vnto the leuites acordinge to the enheritaunce which he enhereteth And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them when ye be come ouer Jordayne into the londe of Canaan ye shall bylde cities whiche shal be preuyleged townes for you that he whiche sleeth a man vnwares maye flyethither And the cities shal be to flee from the executer of bloude that he whyche kylled dye not vntill he stonde before the congregacion in indgement And of these vi fre cities which ye shall geue .iij. ye shall The righte vse of senetuaryes geue on this syde Jordayne and. i●j in y● londe of Canaan And these sixe fre cities shal be for the childern of Israel for the straunger for him that dwelleth amonge you y● all thei which kill any persone vnwares maye fl●●rhuher Yf any man smyte another with a wepō of yerne that he dye than he is a murtherer shall dye for it Yf he smyte him with a throwinge stone that he dye therwith then he shall dye for he is a murtherer and shal be slayne therfore Yf he smyte him with a handwepon of wodd that he dye therwith then he shall dye for he is a murtherer and shal be slayne the●fore The iudge of bloude shall ●●ee the murtherer as sone as he fyndeth him Yf he ●h●ust him of hate or hourle at him with layenge of wayte that he dye or smyte him with his hande of enuye that he dye he that smote him shall dye for he is a murtherer The iustice of bloude shall slee him as soone as he fyndeth him But and yf he pusshed him by chaunce not of hate or cast at him with any maner of thynge and nor of layenge of wayte or cast any maner of stone at him that he dye therewith and sawe him not And he cast it apon him and he dyed but was not his enemyes nether soughte him ony harme Then the cōgregacion shall iudge betwene the sleer ād the executer of bloude in soche cases And the congregacion shall delyuer the sleer out of the hande of the iudge of bloude and shall restore him agayne vnto the fraun●●esed cytye whother he was fleed And he shall byde there vnto the dethe off the hye prcaste whiche was anoynted with holy ●yle But and yf he came without the borders of his preuyleged citie whether he was fled yf the bloudvenger fynde him without the borders of his fre towne he shall slee the murtherer and be giltlesse because he shulde haue bidden in his fre towne vntyll the deth of the hye preaste and after the deth of the hye preast he shall returne agayne vnto the londe of his possessyon And this shal be an ordinaunce and a lawe vnto you amonge youre childern after you in all youre habitacions Whosoeuer sleeth shal be ●laine at the mouthe of witnesses For one witnesse shall not answere agenste one persone to put him to deeth Moreouer ye shall take none amendes for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye But he shall be putto deeth Also ye shall take none atonement for him y● is fled to a fre citie that he shulde come agayne and dwell in the londe before the deeth
of the hye preast And se that ye polute not the londe which ye are in for bloude defyleth the londe And the londe can none other wyse be clensed of y● bloude that is shed therein but by the bloude of it that shed it ●efyle notherfore the londe which ye in habitt in the myddes of which I also dwell for I am y● Lorde which dwell amonge the childern of Israel ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapter ANd the auncyēt heedes of the childern of Gilead the sonne of Machir y● sonne of Manasse of the kynred of y● childern of Joseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces which were aunciēt heedes amōge the childern of Israel sayed The Lorde commaunded my lorde to geue y● lande to enherette by lotte to the childern of Israel And then my lord commaunded in y● name of the Lorde to geue the enheritaunce of Zelaphead oure brother vnto his doughters Now when any of the sonnes of the trybes of Israel take them to wy●es then shall their enheritaunce be taken from the enheritaunce of oure fathers and shall be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe in which they are and shal be taken from the lott of oure enheritaunce And when the fre yere cometh vnto the childern of Israel then shall their enheritaunce be put vnto the enheritaunce of the trybe where they are in and so shall their enheritaunce betaken awaye from the enheritaunce of the trybe of oure fathers And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel at the mouth of the Lorde sayenge the trybe of y● childern of Joseph haue sayed well This therfore doeth the Lorde commaūde the doughters of Zelaphead sayenge let them be wy●es to whom they thē silfe thynke best but in the kynred of the trybe of their father shall they marye that the enheritaunce of the childern of Israel roole not from trybe to trybe But that the childern of Israel maye abyde euery man in the enheritaunce of the trybe of his fathers And euery doughter that possesseth any enheritaunce amonge the trybes of the childern of Israel shal be wife vnto one of the kynred of the trybe of hir father that the childern of Israel maye enioy euery man the enheritaunce of his father that the enheritaunce goo not from one trybe to another but that the trybes of the childern of Israel maye abyde euery man in his awne enheritaunce And as the Lorde commaunded Moses euen so dyd the doughters of Zelaphead Mahela Thirza Hagla Milca and Noa ●d were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes of the kynted of the childern of Manasse the sonne of Joseph ād so they had their enheritaunce in the trybe of the kynred of their father These are the commaundmentes lawes which the Lorde commaunded thorow Moses vnto the childern of Israel in the feldes of Moab apon Jordayne nye vnto Jerich● ¶ The ende of the .iiij. boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE fyfte boke of Moses called Deuteronomye THis is a boke worthye to be rede in daye and nyghte and neuer to be oute of handes For it is the most excellent of all the bokes of Moses It is easye also and light and a very pure gospell that is to wete a preachinge of fayth and loue deducinge the loue to God oute of faith and the loue of a mans neyghboure out of the loue of God Herin also thou mayst lerne right meditacion or contemplacyon which is nothing els saue the callynge to mynde and a repeatyng in the hert of the gloriouse ād wonderfull deades of God and of his terreble handelinge off his enemyes and mercyfull entreating of them that come when he calleth them which thinge this boke doth and almost nothinge els In the .iiij. first chaptres he reherseth the benefites of God done vnto thē to prouoke thē to loue ād his mightie deades done aboue all naturall power ād beyonde all naturall capacite of faith that they might beleue God ād trust in him and in his strength And thyrdlye he reherseth the firce plages of God vppon hys enemyes and on them which thorowe impacientie and vnbele●●e fell from him partelye to tame and abate the appetites of the fleshe whiche alwaye fyght agenst the spirite and partely to bridle the wilde raginge lustes of thē in whom was no spirite that though they had no power to do good of loue yet at the lest waye they shulde absteyne from outwarde euell for feare of wrath and cruell vengeaunce whiche shuld fall vppon them and shortly finde them oute yf they cast vpp goddes nurter and runne at ryotte beyonde his lawes and ordinaunces Moreouer he chargeth them to put nought to nor take oughte awaye from goddes wordes but to be diligent onlye to kepe them in remēbraunce and in the harte and to teache theire childern for feare of forgettinge And to beware ether of makynge imagerye or of bowinge them selues vnto images sayenge Ye sar●e no image when God spake vnto you but herde avoyce onlye and that voyce kepe and therunto cleaue for it is youre liffe and it shall saue you And finally yf as the frayltie of al flesh is they shall haue fallen from God and he haue brought them in to troble aduersyte ād cōbraunce ād all necessite yet yf they repent and turne he promyseth them that God shall remēbre his mercie ād receave thē to grace agayne In the fifte he repeteth the .x. commaūdmētes and that they myght se a cause to do them of loue he biddeth them remembre that they were bounde in Egipte and how God delyuered them with a mightie hande and a stretchedout arme to serue him and to kepe his commaundmentes as Paule sayeth that we are bought with Christes bloude ād therfore are his servauntes ād not oure awne ād ought to seke his will and honoure onlye ād to loue ād serue one another for his sake In the sixte he setteth out the fountayne off all commaundmentes that is that they beleue how that there is but one God that doeth all and therfore ought onlye to be loued with all the herto all the soule and all the myghte For loue only is the fulfillinge of the commaundementes as Paule also sayeth vnto the Romaynes and Galathians likewise He warneth thē also that they forgett not the commaundmentes but teach thē their childern ād to shew the ir childern also how God delyuered thē out of the bondage of the Egiptiās to serue him and his commaundmētes that the childern myght se a cause to worke of loue likewise The seuēth is all together of faith he remoueth all occasiōs that might withdrawe them from the fayth and pulleth them also from all confidence in them selues and sturreth thē vp to trust in god boldlye and onlye Of the eyght chaptre thou seyst how that the cause of all temptation is that a mā might so his awne herte For whē I am brought in to that extremite that I must ether suffre or forsake god then I shall feale how moch I beleue and trust in him
and how moch I loue him In like maner yf my brother do me euel for my good then yf I loue him when there is no cause in him I se that my loue was of god ād euē so yf I then hate him I feale and peaceave that my loue was but wordly And finallye he sturreth thē to the fayth ād loue of god ād dryveth them frō all confidence of their awne selves In the nynth also he moueth thē vnto faith and to put their trust in god and draweth thē from confidence of them selues by rehearsinge all the wekednesse which they had wrought from the first daye he knew them vnto that same daye And in the end he repeteth how he coniured god in horeb ād ouer came him with prayer where thou mayest lerne the right maner to praye In the tenth he rekeneth vpp the pith of all lawes and the kepinge of the lawe in the harte which is to feare god loue him ād serue him with all their harte soule and mighte ād kepe his commaundmentes of loue And he sheweth a reason why they shuld that doo euen because god is lord of heuen and erth ād hath also done all for them of his awne goodnesse without their deservinge And then out of the loue vnto god he bringeth the love vnto a mans neyghboure sayenge god is lorde aboue all lordes and loveth all his seruauntes indiffe rently as well the poore and feble and the straunger as the rich and mightye ād therfore wil that we loue the poore and the straunger And he addeth a cause for ye were straungers and god deliuered you and hath brought you vnto a londe where ye be at home Loue the straunger therfore for his sake In the .xi. he exhorteth them to loue and feare god and reherseth the terrible dedes off god vppon his enemies and on them that rebelled agenst him And he testifyeth vnto thē both what will folow yf they loue and feare god and whate also yf they despise him ād breake his commaundment In the .xij. he cōmaundeth to put out of the waye all that might be an occasion to hurte the fayth and forbiddeth to do ought after their awne mindes or to altre the worde of god In the .xiij. he forbiddeth to herken vnto ought saue vnto gods worde no though he which coūseleth cotrarye shuld come with miracles as Paule doth vnto the Galathians In the. xiiij the beestes are forbiddē partely for the vnclennesse of thē ād partely to cause hate betwene the hethē ād thē that they haue no cōuersatiō to gether in that one abhorreth whatt the other eateth Vnto this .xv. chaptre all pertayne vnto faith and loue cheflye And in this .xv. he beginneth to entreate moare speciallye of thinges pertayninge vnto the comenwelth ād equite ād exhorteth vnto the loue of a mans neyghboure And in the .xvi. amonge other he forgetteth not the same And in the xvij he ent●eateth of right and equite chefly in so moche that when he loketh vnto faithe and vnto the punyshment of ydolatres he yet endeth in a lawe of loue and equite forbiddinge to comdemne any man vnder lesse them twoo witnesses at the lest and commaundeth to bringe the trespacers vnto the open gate of the citye where all men goo in and out that all men might heare the cause and se that he had but right But the pope hath founde a better waye even to apposse him with out any accusare ād that secretlye that no man knowe whether he haue right or no other hate his articles or answere for feare lest the people shuld serch whether it ●●●re so or no. In the. xviij he forbiddeth all false and de●elish crastes that hurte true fayth Moreouer because the people coude not heare the voyce of the lawe spokē to thē in fire he promiseth thē another prophete to brīge thē better tydinges which was spokē of christ oure sauiour The .xix. ād so forth vnto the ende of the xxvij is almost al together of love vnto oure neygboures ād of lawes of equite ād honestye with now ād then a respecte vnto fayth The .xxviij. is a terreble chaptre ād to be trēbled at A christē mans harte might wel bleed for sorow at the readinge of it for feare of the wrath that is like to come vpō us accordinge vnto all the curses which thou there readest For acordinge vnto these curses hath god delt with all nacions after they were fallē in to the abhominacions of blindnesse The .xxix. is like terreble with a godly lessō in the ende that we shuld leue serchīge of goddes secrettes ād geue diligēce to walke accordinge to that he hath opened vnto us For the kepīge of the cōmaūdmētes of god teacheth wisdome as thou mayeste se in the same chapter where Moses sayeth kepe the cōmaūdmētes that ye maye vnderstod whate ye ought to do But to serch goddes secretes blīdeth a mā as it is wel proved by the swarmes of oure sophisters whose wise bokes are now whē we loke ī the scripture foūde but ful of folishnesse The first Chapter of Deuteronomye THese be the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordayne in the wildernesse and in the feldes by the red see betwene Pharā ād Tophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab .xij. dayes iurney from Horeb vnto Cades bernea by the waye that leadeth vnto mount Seir. And it fortuned the first daye of the .xi. moneth in the fortieth yere that Moses spake vnto the childern of Israel acordinge vnto all that the Lorde had geuen him in commaundment vnto them after that he had smote Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt in Hesbon and Og kinge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei On the other syde Iordayne in the londe of Moab Moses begane to declare this lawe saynge the Lorde oure God spake vnto us in Horeb sayenge Ye haue dwelt longe ynough in this mount departe therfore and take youre iurney and goo vnto the hilles of the Amorites and vnto all places nye there vnto both feldes hilles and dales and vnto the south and vnto the sees syde in the londe of Canaan and vnto libanon euen vnto the greate ryuer Euphrates Beholde I haue set the londe before you goo in therfore and possesse the londe which the Lord sware vnto youre fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue vnto them and their seed after them And I sayde vnto yov the same season I am not able to bere you myselfe alone For the Lorde youre God hath multiplyed you so that ye are this daye as the starres of heauen in numbre the Lorde god of youre fathers make you a thousande tymes so many moo as ye are and blesse you as he hath promysed you how sayde I can I myselfe alone beare the combraunce charge and stryste that is amonge you brynge therfore men of wisdome and of vnderstondinge and expert knowne amonge youre trybes that I maye make them ruelars ouer you And ye answered me and sayed
your brethern as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the londe which the Lorde youre God hath geuen them beyonde lordayne and then returne agayne euery mā vnto his possession which I haue geuē you And I warned Iosua the same tyme sayeng thyne eyes haue sene all that the Lorde youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euēso the Lorde will doo vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the Lorde youre God he it is that fighteth for you And I besoughte the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O lorde Iehoua thou hast begonne to shewe thy servaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for there is no God in heauen nor in erth that can do after thy workes and after thy power let me goo ouer ād se the good londe that is beyonde Iordayne that goodly hye contre and Libanon But the Lorde was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayed vnto me be content and speake henceforth no moare vnto me of this matter Get the vp in to the toppe of Pisga ād lifte vpp thine eyes west north south ād easte ād beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not goo ouer this Iordayne Moreouer charge Iosua and corage him and bolde him For he shall go ouer before his people and he shall deuyde the londe which thou shalt se vnto them And so we abode in the valaye besyde Beth Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaunces ād lawes which I teache you ▪ for to doo them that ye maye lyue ād goo ād conquere No ▪ n●● yet corrupt it with false glos●s to cō●●me Aristotle but rebuke Aristotles false lerninge therewith the londe which the Lorde God of youre fathers geueth you Ye shall put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether doo ought there from that ye maye kepe the commaundmentes off the Lorde youre God which I commaunde you You re eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baal Peor for al the men that folowed Baal Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed f●om amōge you But ye that claue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this daye Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes soche as the Lorde my God commaūded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Kepe them therfore and doo them for that is youre wisdome and vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons whiche when they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondynge people is this greate nacion For what nacyon is so greate that hath Goddes so nye vnto hym as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thinges when we call vnto hym Yee and what nacyon is so greate that hath ordinaunces and lawes so ryghtuousse as all thys lawe whiche I sett before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore only ād kepe thy soule diligently that thou forgett not the thinges which thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne harte all the Teach youre childern dayes of thine life but teach them thy sonnes ād thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb whē he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to f●re me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came ād stode also vnder the hyll ād the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heauē ād there was darcknesse clowdes ād myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire ād ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men ●o bow● there hertes wordes But sawe no ymage saue herde a voyce only And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to doo euen ▪ x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone And the Lorde commaunded me the same season to teache you ordynaunces and lawes for to doo them in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Take hede vnto youre selues diligently as pertayninge vnto youre soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage the daye when the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the fire lest ye marre youre selues and make you grauen ymages after whatsoeuer likenesse it be whether after the likenesse of mā or womā or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner f●th●● red foule that fleth in the ayre or of any maner worme that crepeth on the erth or of any maner fysh that is in the water beneth the erth Ye and leste thou ly●●e vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them ād s●rue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Forthermoare the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes and sware that I shulde not goo ouer Iordane and that I shulde not goo vnto that good londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherytaunce For I must dye in this londe and shall not goo ouer Iordane But ye shall goo ouer and conquere that good londe Take hede vnto youre selues therfore that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the. For the Lorde thi God is a cōsuminge fyre and a gelouse God Yf after thou hast gotten childern and childerns childern and hast dwelt longe in the londe ye shall marre youre selues and make grauen ymages after the liknesse of what so euer it be and shall worke wekednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy God to prouoke him I call heauen and erth to recorde vnto you this daye that ye shall shortely peressh from of the londe whether ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it Ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin but shall shortly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scater you amonge nacions and ye shal be lefte few in numbre amonge the people whother the Lorde shall brynge you and there ye shall serue goddes which are the workes of mans hande wod and stone which nether se nor heare nor eate nor smell Neuer the later ye shall seke the Lorde youre God euen there and shalt fynde him yf thou seke him with all thine herte and with all thy soule In thi tribulacion and when all these thinges are come apon the euen in the later dayes thou shalt turne vnto the Lorde thy God and shalt herken vn to his voyce For the Lorde thy God is
a pitiefull God he will not forsake the nether destroye the nor forgett the appoyntmēt made with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe I praye the of the dayes that are past which were before the sence the daye that God created man vppon the erth and from the one syde of heauen vnto the other whether any thinge hath bene lyke vnto this greate thinge or whether any soche thinge hath bene herde as it is that a nacion hath herde the voyce of God speakinge out of fyre as thou hast herde and yet lyued ether whether God assayed to goo and take him a people from amonge nacions thorow temptacions and sygnes and wonders and thorow warre and with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and wyth myghtye terreble sightes acordynge vnto all that the Lorde youre God dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eyes Vnto the it was shewed that thou myghtest knowe how that the Lorde he is God and that there is none but he Out of heauen he made the heare his voyce to nurter the ▪ and vppon erth he shewed the his greate fyre and thou hardest his wordes out of the fyre And because he loued thy fathers therfore he chose their seed after them and broughte the out with his presence and with his myghtye power of Egipte to thrust out nations greater ād myghtyer then thou before the to bringe the in and to geue the their londe to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Vnderstonde therfore this daye and turne it to thine herte that the Lorde he is God in heauen aboue and vppon the erth beneth there is no moo kepe therfore his ordynaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaun de the this daye that it maye goo well with the and with thi childern after the and that thou mayst prolonge thy dayes vppon the erth which the Lorde thi God geueth the for euer Then Moses seuered .iij. cities on the other syde Iordane towarde the sonne rysynge that he shulde fle thiter which had kylled his neygh boure vnwares and hated him not in tyme past and therfore shulde fle vnto one of the same cities and lyue Bezer in the wildernesse euen in the playne contre amonge the Rubenites and Ramoth in Gilead amonge the Gaddites and Solan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses set before the children of Israel and these are the witnesse ordinaunces and statutes which Moses tolde the childern of Israel after they came out of Egipte on the other syde Iordayne in the valey besyde Beth Peor in the londe of Sihō kinge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon whom Moses and the childern of Israel smote after they were come out of Egipte ād conquered his lande and the lande of Og kinge of Basan .ij. kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne towarde the sonne rysynge from Aroar vppon the bancke of the ryuer Arnon vnto mount Sion which is called Hermon ād all the feldes on the other sydel or dayne eastwarde euen vnto the see in the felde vnder the springes of Pisga The. ● Chapter ANd Moses called vnto all Israell and sayed vnto them Heare Israel the ordynaunces and lawes which I speke in thyne eares this daye and lerne them and take hede that ye doo them The Loode oure God made an appoyntment with us in Horeb. The Lorde made not this bonde with oure fathers but with us we are they which are al heare a lyue this daye The Lord talked with you face to face in the moūt out of the fyre And I stode betwene the Lorde and you the same tyme to shewe you the sayenge of the Lorde For ye were afrayed of the fyre and therfore went not vpp in to the mount and he sayed I am the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the lōde of Egipte the housse of bōdage Thou shalt haue therfore none other goddes in my presence Thou shalt make the no grauen Image off any maner lykenesse that is in heauen aboue Image or in the erth beneth or in the water beneth the erth Thou shalt nether bowe thy self vnto them nor serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God visettinge the wikednesse of the fathers vppon the childern euen in the thyrde and the fourth generacion amonge them that hate me and shew mercye apon thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Kepe the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifi● it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the. Syxe dayes thou shalt laboure and doo all that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God thou shalt doo no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nor thy seruaunte nor thy mayde nor thine oxe nor thyne asse nor any of thi catell nor the straunger that is within thy cytye that thy seruaunte and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou * And remembre that thou God sheweth a cause why we oughte to kepe his commaundmentes the pope doth not wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egypte and how that the Lorde God brought the out thence with a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme For which cause the Lorde thy God commaundeth the to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thi father and thi mother as the Lord thi God hath cōmaūded the that thou mayst prolonge thi dayes and that it maye go well with the on the londe which the Lorde thi God geueth the. Thou shalt not slee Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agenst thy neghboure Thou shalt not luste after thi neghbours wife thou shat not couet thi neyghbours housse felde seruaunte mayde oxe asse nor ought that is thi neghbours These wordes the Lorde spake vnto al youre multitude in the mount out of the fyre cloude and darcknesse with a loude voyce and added nomoare there to and wrote them in .ij. tables of stone and delyuered them vnto me But as soone as ye herde the voyce out off the darcknesse and sawe the hill burne with fyre ye came vnto me all the heedes of youre tribes and youre elders and ye sayed beholde the Lorde oure God hath shewed us his glorye and his greatnesse and we haue herde his voyce out of the fyre and we haue sene this daye that God maye talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this greate fyre shulde consume us Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the Lorde oure God any moare we shulde dye For what is any flesh that he shulde heare the voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of the fyre as we haue done and shulde yet lyue Goo thou ād heare all that the Lorde oure God sayeth and tell thou vnto us all that the Lorde oure God sayeth vnto the and
we will heare it and doo it And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes when ye spake vnto me and he sayed vnto me I haue herde the voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spokē vnto the they haue well sayed all that they haue sayed Oh that they had soche an herte with them to feare me ād kepe all my commaundmentes alwaye that it myghte goo well with them and with their childern for euer Goo ād saye vnto them gett you in to youre tentes agayne but stonde thou here before me and I will tell the all the commaundmentes ordinaunces ād lawes which thou shalt teache thē that they may doo them in the londe whiche I geue them to possesse Take hede therfore that ye do as the Lorde walke strayght youre God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde ether to the righte hande or to the lefte but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde youre God hath cōmaunded you that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you ād that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lond whiche ye shall possesse ¶ The .vj. Chapter THese are the commaundmentes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde youre God commaunded to teach you that ye might doo them in the londe whother ye goo to possesse it that thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God to kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaunde the both thou and thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne all dayes off thy lyfe that thy dayes maye be prolonged Heare therfore Israel and take hede that thou doo thereafter that it maye goo well with the and that ye maye encrease myghtely euē as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promysed the a lōde that floweth with mylk ād hony Heare Israel the Lorde thy God is Lorde only and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thyne harte with all thy soule and with It is heresy with vs for a laye ●ā to lo●e of gods ●orde or to reade it all thy myght And these wordes which I commaunde the this daye shal be in thine herte ād thou shalt whett them on thy childern and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thyne housse and as thou walkest by the waye ād when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vppon thyne hande And they shal be papers off remembraunce betwene thyne eyes and shalt write them vppon the postes of thy housse ād vppon thy gates And when the Lorde thy God hath borught the in to the lond which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue the with greate and goodly cities which thou byldest not and housses f●●l of all maner goodes which thou filledest not and welles dygged which thou dyggedest not ād vynes and olyue trees which thou plantedest not ād whē thou hast eaten and art full Then beware lest thou forget the Lorde which broughte the out off the lande of Egipte the housse of bondage But feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and swere by his name and se that ye walke not after straunge goddes of the Goddes off the nacyons whiche are aboute you For the Lorde thy God is a gelouse God among you lest the wrath of the Lorde thy God waxe hotte vppon the and destroye the from the erth Ye shall not tempte the Lorde youre God as ye dyd at Masa But se that ye kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God his Right in god d●s sight is that he commaundeth witnesses and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the and se thou doo that which is right and good in the syghte of the Lorde that thou mayst prospere and that thou mayst goo ād cōquere that good lāde which the Lordesware vnto thy fathers and that the Lorde maye cast out all thine enemies before the as he hath sayed When thy sonne axeth the in tyme to come Teach youre childern sayenge What meaneth the witnesses ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde oure God hath commaunded you Then thou shalt saye vnto thy sonne We were bondmen vnto Pharao in Egipte but the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande And the Lorde shewed signes and wondres both greate ād evell vppon Egipte Pharao and vppon all his housholde before oure eyes and broughte vs from thence to brynge vs in ād to geue vs the londe which he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore cōmaunded vs to do all these ordinaunces ād for to feare the Lord oure God for oure welth alwayes and that he might saue vs as it is come to passe this daye Moreouer it The outwarde deade is rightuousnesse vnto the avoid●nge of punishmēt threteninges ād curses ād ●o opt●●●e temporall blessiges but vnto the lif● to come thou must haue the rightuousnesse of faith ād there by receau● forgeue●esse of ●●nnes ād promise of 〈…〉 ā●●●●●● to worke of ●o●● shal be rightuousnes vnto vs before the Lorde oure God yf we take hede to kepe all these cōmaundmētes as he hath commaunded vs ¶ The .vij. Chapter WHē the Lorde thy God hath brought the in to the lond whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out manye nacions before the the Hethites the Girgosites the Amorites the Cananites the Pher●sites the Heuites and the Iebusites vij nacions moo in numbre ād mightier than thou ād whē the Lorde thy God hath sett them before the that thou shuldest smyte them se that thou vtterly destroye them and make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them Also thou shalt make no mariages with them nether geue thy doughter vnto his sonne nor take his doughter vnto thy sonne For they will make youre sonnes departe frome and serue straunge Goddes and then will the wrath off the Lorde waxe whote vppon you ād destroye you shortely But thus ye shall deale with them ouerthrowe their alters breake doune their pilers cut doune their groves ād burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto himsilf of all nacions that are vppon the erth It was not Gods aw●● goodnesse ād ●is awne trueth causeth h● to worke because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions that the Lorde had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were fewest of all nacions But because the Lorde loued you and because he wolde kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto youre fathers therfore he brought you out of Egipte with a mightie hande ād delyuered you out of the housse of bondage euē frō the hande of Pharao kinge of Egipte Vnderstonde therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth poyntment and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his commaundmentes euen thorowe out a thousande generacions and rewardeth Before his ●ace ●n his presēce whi●e he loketh on them that hate him before his face
lōde Nay but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast thē out before the. It is not for thy rightuousnes sake ād right hert that thou goest to possesse their lōd But partely for the wekednesse of these naciōs the Lord thy god doth cast thē out before the and partly to performe that which the Lorde thy God sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstond therfore that it is not for thy rightuousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue the this good l●nd to possesse it for thou art a stissenecked people Remēbre ād forget not how thou prouokedest the Lorde thi god in the wildernesse for sens the daye that thou camest out of the lond of Egipte vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agenst the Lorde Also in Horeb ye angred the Lorde so that the Lorde was wroth with you euē to haue destroyed you after that I was gone vpp in to the mount to fett the tables of stone the tables of appoyntment which the Lorde made with you And I abode in the hyll .xl. dayes ād xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water And the Lorde delyuered me two tables of stone writen with the finger of God and in them was acordynge to all the wordes which the Lorde sayed vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye whē the people were gathered together And whē the .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables off stone the tables of the testament and sayed vnto me Vpp and get the doune quyckely from hence for thy people which thou hast broughte out of Egipte haue marred themselues They are turned attonce out of the waye whiche I commaunded them and haue made thē a god of metall Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge I se this people how that it is a stiffenecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out the name off them from vnder heauen and I will make off the a nacion both greater ād moo than they And I turned awaye and came doune from the hyll and the hyll burnt with fire and had the two tables of the appoyntment in my handes And when I loked and sawe that ye had synned agenst the Lorde youre God and had made you a calfe of metall and had turned attonce out of the waye whiche the Lorde had commaunded you Thē I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake thē before youre eyes And I fell before the Lorde euen as at the first tyme .xl. dayes ād xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water ouer all youre synnes whiche ye had synned in doynge wekedly in the syght of the Lorde ād in prouokinge him For I was afrayed of the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lord was angrie with you euē for to haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde my peticion at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrie with Aaron also euē for to haue destroyed him But I made intercession for Aarō also the same tyme. And I toke youre synne the calfe which ye had made ād burnt him with fire ād stampe him and grounde him a good euē vnto smal dust And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount Also at ●habeera and at Masa and at the sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde yee ād when the Lorde sent you from Cades Bernea sayenge goo vpp and conquere the lond whiche I haue geuen you ye disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde youre God and nether beleued hī nor herkened vnto his voyce Thus ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the Lord sence the daye that I knew you And I fell before the Lorde .xl. dayes and Lerne to pra●● xl nightes whiche I laye there for the Lorde was minded to haue destroyed you But I made intercession vnto the Lorde and sayed O Lorde Iehoua destroye not thy people and thyne enheritaūce which thou hast delyuered thorow thi greatnesse and which thou hast brought out of Egipte with a mightie hand Remēbre thy servauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob and loke not vnto the stoburnesse of this people nor vnto their wekednesse and synne lest the londe whence thou broughtest them saye Because the Lorde was not able to brynge them in to the londe which he promysed them and because he hated them therfore he caried them out to destroye them in the wildernesse Moreouer they are thy people and thine enheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out with thy myghtye power and wyth thy stretched out arme ¶ The .x. Chapte IN the same ceason the Lord sayed vnto me hewe the two tables of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount ād make the an Arke of wod and I will wryte in the table the wordes that were in the first tables which thou brakest ād thou shalt put thē in the arcke And I made an arke of sethī wod ād hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first ād went vp in to the mountayne and the .ij. tables in myne hande And he wrote in the tables acording to the first writinge the .x. verses whiche the Lorde spake vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye when the people were gathered ād gaue thē vnto me And I departed ād came doune frō the hyll and put the tables in the arcke which I had made ād there they remayned as the Lorde commaunded me And the childern of Israel toke their iurney from Beroth Bē Iakē to Mosera where Aarō dyed ād where he was buried ād Eleazer his sonne became preast ī his steade And frō thēce they departed vnto Gudgod ād frō Gudgod to Iathbath a lōd of riuers of water And the same ceason the Lorde separated the trybe of Leui to beare the arcke of the appoyntment of the Lorde and to stonde before the Lorde ād to ministre vnto him and to blesse in his name vnto this daye Wherfore the Leuites haue no parte nor enheritaunce with their brethern The Lorde he is their enheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promysed them And I taried in the mount euē as at the first tyme .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes and the Lorde herkened vnto me at that tyme also so that the Lorde wolde not destroye the. And the Lorde sayed vnto me vpp ād goo forth in the iurney before the people and let them goo in ād conquere the lond which I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them And now Israel what is it that the Lord thi God requyreth of the but to feare the Lord thi God and to walke in all his wayes and to loue him and to serue the Lorde thy God with all thyne herte and with all thy soule that thou kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde ād his ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye for thy welth Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy god and the erth with all that therein is
only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore the foreskynne of youre hartes and be no longer sciffnecked For the Lorde youre God he is God of goddes and lorde of lordes a greate God a myghtye and a terreble which regardeth no mans person nor taketh giftes but doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode and rayment Loue therfore the straunger for ye were straungers youre selues in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the Lorde thi God and serue him and cleaue vnto him ād swere by his name for he is thi prayse ād he is thi God that hath done these greate and terreble thinges for the which thine eyes haue sene Thi fathers went doune in to Egipte with .lxx. soules ād now the Lorde thi God hath made the as the starres of heauen in multitude The .xi. Chapter LOue the Lorde thi God and kepe his obseruaunces his ordinaunces his lawes and his commaundmentes alwaye And call to mynde this daye that which youre childern haue nether knowen nor sene euen the nurture of the Lorde youre God his greatnesse his myghtye hande and his stretched out arme his miracles and his actes which he dyd amonge the Egiptiās euen vnto Pharao the kinge off Egipte and vnto all his lōde ād what he dyd vnto the host of the Egiptiās vnto their horses ād charettes how he brought the water of the red see vppon thē as they chased you and how the Lorde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye ād what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntill ye came vnto this place ād what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the erth opened hir mouth ād swalowed thē with their housholdes and their tentes ād all their substāce that was in their possessiō in the myddes of Israel For youre eyes haue sene all the greate deades of the Lorde which he dyd Kepe therfore al the cōmaundmentes which I cōmaunde the this daye that ye maye be stronge ād goo and conquere the londe whother ye go to possesse it ād that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the londe which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them ād to their seed a londe that floweth with mylke and honye For the londe whother thou goest to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence thou camest out where thou sowedest thi seed and wateredest it with thi laboure as a garden of herbes but the londe whither ye goo ouer to possesse it is a londe of hilles and valeyes and drynketh water of the rayne of heauē and a londe which the Lorde thi God careth for The eyes of the Lord thi God are always apō it from the begynnynge of the yere vnto the later ende of the yere Yf thou shalt herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye loue the Lorde youre God and serue him with all youre hertes and with all youre soules then he will geue rayne vnto youre londe in due season both the fyrst rayne and the later and thou shalt gather in thy corne thy wyne and thyne oyle And he will sende grasse in thy feldes for thy catell and thou shalt care and fyll thy selfe But bewarre that youre hertes disceaue you not that ye turne asyde and serue straunge goddes and worshepe them and thē the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote vpon you ād shott vp the heauen that there be no rayne and that youre londe yeld not hir frute and that ye peresh quickly from of the good lōde which the Lorde geueth you Putt vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde them for a sygne vnto youre handes and lett them be as papers of remembraunce betwene youre eyes and teach them youre childern so that thou * talke of them when thou syttest in Talke of ●o●●nhod saye oure prelates thyne housse and when thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp yee and write them vppon the dorepostes of thine housse and vppon thi gates that youre dayes may be multiplyed ād the dayes of youre childern apon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauē last vpon the erth For yf ye shall kepe all these comaundmentes which I cōmaunde you so that ye doo thē and loue the Lorde youre God and walke in all his wayes and oleaue vnto him Then will the Lorde cast out all these nacions both greatter and myghtyer then youre selues All the places where on the soles of youre fete shall treade shal be youres euen from the wildernesse and from Libanon and from the ryuer Euphrates euen vnto the vttemost see shall youre costes be There shall no man be able to stonde before you the Lorde youre God shal cast the feare and dreade of you vppō all londes whether ye shall come as he hath sayed vnto you Beholde I sect before you this daye a blessynge and a curse a blessynge yf that ye herkē vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God which I cōmaūde you this daye And a curse yf ye will not herkē vnto the cōmaundmentes of the Lord youre God but turne out of the waye which I commaūde you this daye to goo after straunge goddes which ye haue not knowen When the Lorde thi God hath brought the in to the londe whother thou goest to possesse it then put the blessinge vppon mount Grisim and the curse vppon mount Ebal which are on the other syde Iordane on the backe side of the waye towarde the goynge doune of the sonne in the lōde of the Cananites which dwell in the feldes ouer agenst Gilgal besyde moregroue For ye shall goo ouer to goo and possesse the londe which the Lorde youre God geueth you and shall conquere it ād dwell there in Take hede therfore that ye doo al the cōmaundmentes and lawes which I sett before you this daye The .xij. Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shall obserue to doo in the londe which the Lorde God of thy fathers geueth the to possesse it as longe as ye lyue vppon the erth Se that ye destroye all places where the nacyons which ye conquere serue their goddes vppon hye mountaynes and on hye hilles and vnder euery grene tree Ouerthrowe their alters and breake their pylers and burne their groues with fyre and hewdowne the ymages off theyr goddes and brynge the names of them to noughte out of that place Se ye doo not so vnto the Lorde youre God but ye shall enquere the place which the Lorde youre God shall haue chosen out of all youre trybes to put his name there and there to dwell And thyther thou shalt come and thyther ye shall brynge youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and heueofferynges
off youre handes youre vowes and frewillofferynges and thy fyrst borne off youre oxen and off youre shepe And there ye shall eate before the Lorde youre God and ye shall reioyse in all that ye laye youre handes on both ye and youre housholdes because the Lord thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall doo after nothinge that we doo here this daye euery man what semeth hī good * in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest nor vnto the enheritaunce which the Lorde youre God geueth you But ye shal goo ouer Iordayne ād dwell in the lōde which the Lorde youre God geueth you to enheret ād he shal geue you rest frō al youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shall dwell in safetie Therfore when the Lorde youre God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there thither ye shall brynge all that I commaunde you youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and the heueofferynges of youre handes and all youre godly vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lorde And ye shall reioyse before the Lorde youre God both ye youre sonnes and youre doughters youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the leuite that is within youre gates for he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with you Take hede that thou offer not thi burntofferynges in what soeuer place thou seyst but in the place which the Lorde shall haue chosen amonge one of thy trybes there thou shalt offer thi burntofferynges and there thou shalt doo all that I commaunde the. Notwitstondynge thou mayst kyll ād eate flesh in al thi cities what soeuer thi soule lusteth after acordinge to the blessinge of the Lorde thi God which he hath geuen the both the * vncleane and the cleane mayst thou eate Vncleane as pertayninge vn to sacrifice as beestes that had deformities but not of the vncleane that was forbiddē euen as the roo and the hert only eate not the bloude but poure it apon the erth as water Thou mayst not eate within thi gates the tythe of thi corne of thy wyne and of thi oyle ether the firstborne of of thine oxen or of thy shepe nether any of thi vowes which thou vowest nor thi frewilofferinges or heueofferynges of thyne handes but thou must eate them before the Lorde thi God in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen both thou thi sonne and thi doughter thi seruaunte and thy mayde ād the leuite that is within thi gates ād thou shalt reioyse before the Lorde thi God in al that thou puttest thine hande to And bewarre that thou forsake not the leuite as lōge as thou lyuest vppon the erth Yf when the Lorde thi God hath enlarged thi costes as he hath promysed the thou saye I will eate flesh because thi soule longeth to eate flesh then thou shalt eate flesh what so euer thi soule lusteth Yf the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen to put his name there be to ferre from the then thou mayst kylle of thi oxen and of thi shepe which the Lorde hath geuen the as I haue commaunded the and thou mayst eate in thine awne citie what soeuer thi soule lusteth Neuer the later as the roo and the herte is eaten euen so thou shalt eate it the vncleane and the cleane indifferently thou shalt eate But be strong that thou eate not the bloude For the bloude that is the lyfe and thou mayst not eate the life with the flesh thou maist not eate it but must power it vppō the erth as water Se thou eate it not therfore that it maye goo well with the and with thy childern after the when thou shalt haue done that whyche is ryghte in the syghte off the Lorde But thy holye thinges which thou hast and thy vowes thou shalt take and go vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen and thou shalt offer thy burntoffrynges both flesh ād bloude apon the alter of the Lorde thy God and the bloude of thine offrynges thou shalt poure out vppon the alter of the Lorde thy God and shalt eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the that it maye goo well with the and with thy children after the for euer whē thou doest that whiche is good and right in the sighte of the Lorde thy God When the Lorde thy God hath destroyed the nacions before the whother thou goest to conquere them and when thou hast conquered them and dwelt in their landes Bewarre that thou be not taken in a snare after thē after that they be destroyed before the and that thou axenot after their goddes saynge how dyd these nacyons serue their goddes that I maye doo so likewyse Nay thou shalt not doo so vnto the Lorde thy God for all abhominacyons which the Lorde hated dyd they vnto their goddes For they burnt both their sonnes ād their doughters with fire vnto their goddes But what soeuer I commaunde you that take hede ye do ād put nought thereto nor take ought Put noughte to ne● take ought awaye there from ¶ The .xiij. Chapter YF there a ryse amonge you a prophett or a dreamer of dreames and geue the a sygne or a wondre and that sygne or wonder which he hath sayed come to passe and then saye lat vs goo after straunge Goddes which thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them her ken not vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God tēpteth you to wete whether ye loue the Lord God geueth vs his worde ●● cōfirmeth ●● with miracles to proue who hath a ●r ue herte● we must take hede to the scripture lest false prophetes or false miracles deceave vs. youre God with all youre hertes ād with al youre soules For ye must walke after the Lorde youre God ād feare him and kepe his cōmaūdmentes and herken vnto his voyce and serue him and cleaue vnto him And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shall dye for it because he hath spokē to turne you awaye frō the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the londe of Egipte ād delyuered you out of the housse of bondage to thrust the out of the waye whiche the Lorde thy God commaunded the to walke in and so thou shalt put euell awaye from the. Yf thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thyne awne sonne or thy doughter or the wife that lieth in thy bosome or thy frende which is as thyne awne soule vnto the ▪ entyce the secretly sayenge let vs goo and serue straunge goddes which thou hast not knowē nor yet thy fathers of the goddes of the people whiche are roūde aboute the whether thei benye vnto the or farre of from the from the one ende of the lande vnto the other Se thou consente not vnto him nor herken vnto him no let not thyn● eye pitye him nor haue compassyon on hym nor kepe him secrett but cause him to be slayne Thine hande shal be first apon hym to kyll him and then the
that are wrytten in thys boke for to feare this glorious and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God the Lorde will smyte both the and thy seed with wonderfull plages and with greate plages and of longe continuaunce and with euell sekenesses and of longe duraunce Moreouer he wyll brynge vppon the all the diseases off Egipte whiche thou wast afrayed off and they shall cleaue vnto the. Thereto all maner sekenesse● and all maner plages whiche are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe wyll the Lorde brynge vppon the vntyll thou be come to noughte And ye shal be lefte fewe in numbre where to fore ye were as the starres off heauen in multitude because thou woldest not herkē vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God And as the Lorde reioysed ouer you to do you good and to multiplye you euen so he will reioyse ouer you to destroye you and to brynge you to nought And ye shabe wasted from of the lande whother thou goest to enioye it And the Lorde shall scater the amonge all nacyons from the one ende of the worlde vnto the other and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes which nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne euen wod and stone And amonge these nacyons thou shalt be no small season and yet shalt haue no reste for the sole of thy foote For the Lorde shall geue the there a trēblynge herte ād dasynge eyes and sorowe of mynde And thy lyfe shall hange before the and thou shalt feare both daye and nyghte ād shalt haue no trust in thy lyfe In the mornynge thou shalt saye wolde God it were nyghte And at nyghte thou shalt saye wolde God it were mornynge For feare off thyne herte whiche thou shalt feare and for the syghte of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt se And the Lorde shall brynge the in to Egipte agayne with shippes by the waye which I bade the that thou shuldest se it nomoare And there ye shal be solde vnto youre enemyes for bondmen and bondwemen and yet no man shall bye you ¶ The .xxix. Chapter THese are the wordes of the appoyntmēt which the Lorde commaunded Moses to make with the childern of Israel in the londe of Moab besyde the appoyntment whiche he made with them in Horeb. And Moses called vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them Ye haue sene all that the Lorde dyd before youre eyes in the lande of Egipte vnto Pharao and vnto all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and the greate temptacyons whiche thyne eyes haue sene and those greate myracles and wonders and yet the Lorde hath not geuen you an herte to perceaue nor eyes to se nor eares to heare vnto this daye And I haue led you .xl. yere in the wildernesse and youre clothes are not waxed olde vppon you nor are thy showes waxed olde vppon thy fete Ye haue eaten no bred nor droncke wyne or strounge dryncke that ye myghte knowe howe that he is the Lorde youre God And at the last ye came vnto this place ād Sihon the kynge of Hesbon and Og kynge of Basan came out agenst you vnto batayle and we smote them and toke their londe and gaue it an heritaunce vnto the Rubenites and Gadites and to the halfe tribe of Manasse Kepe therfore the worde of this appoyntment and doo them that ye maye vnderstonde all that ye ought to doo Ye stonde here this daye euery one of you before the Lorde youre God both the heedes of youre trybes youre elders youre officers ād all the mē of Israel youre childern youre wyues and the straungere that are in thyne host from the hewer of thy wod vnto the drawer of thy water that thou shulddest come vnder the appoyntment of the Lorde thy God and vnder his othe which the Lorde thy God maketh with the this daye For to make the a people vnto him selfe and that he maye be vnto the a God as he hath sayed vnto the and as he hath sworne vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Also I make not this bonde and this othe with you only but both with him that stōdeth here with us this daye before the Lorde oure God and also with him that is not here with us this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the nacions which we passed by And ye haue sene their abhominaciōs and their ydolles wod stone siluer and golde which they had Lest there be amonge you man or woman kynred or trybe that turneth awaye in his hert this daye from the Lord oure God to goo ād serue the goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some roote that bereth gall and wormwod so that when he heareth the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe in his hert sayenge I feare it not I will therfore walke after the lust of myne awne hert that the drounken destroye the thurstie And so the Lorde will not be mercyfull vnto him but then the wrath of the Lorde ād his gelousye smoke agenst that man ād al the curses that are written in this boke light vppō him and the Lorde doo out his name frō vnder heauen and separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordynge vnto all the curses of the appoyntement that is written in the boke of this lawe So that the generacion to come of youre childern that shal ryse vpp after you ād the straunger that shall come from a ferre londe saye when they se the plages of that londe and the diseases where with the Lorde hath smytten it how all the londe is burnt vpp with bremstone and salt that it is nether sowne nor beareth nor any grasse groweth therein after the ouertrowenge of Sodome Gomor Adama ād Zeboim which the Lorde ouerthrewe in his wrath and angre And than all nacions also saye wherfore hath the Lorde done of this facion vnto this londe O how fearse is this greatt wrath And men shall saye because they lefte the testamēt of the Lorde God of their fathers which he made with them whē he brought them out of the lande of Egipte And they went ād serued straunge goddes and worshipped them goddes which they knewe not and which had geuen them nought And therfore the wrath off the Lorde waxed whote vppon that londe to brynge vppon it all the curses that are written in this boke And the Lorde cast them out of their londe in angre wrath and greate furyou snesse and cast thē in to a straunge londe as it is come to passe this daye The secrettes perteyne vnto the Lorde oure God and the thinges that are opened perteyne vnto us and oure childern for euer that we doo all the wordes of this lawe The .xxx. Chapter WHen all these wordes are come vpō the whether it be the blessinge or the cursse which I haue set before the yet yf thou turne vnto thyne hert amonge all the nacions whother the Lorde thi God hath thruste the and come agayne
vnto the Lorde thi God ād herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I cōmaunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite ād haue cōppassion vpō the ād goo ād fett the agayne from all the nacions amōge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpō thine enemyes and on thē that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it ād doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett ●t us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred ād .xx. yere olde this daye ād can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the ād he will destroye these nacions before the ād thou shalt cōquere thē And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon ād Og kynges of the Amorites ād vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the cōmaundmentes which I haue cōmaunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be strōge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the ād he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke ād honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe
fatt and turne vnto straunge goddes and serue them and rayle on me and breake my testament And then when moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vppon them this songe shall answere before them and be a witnesse It shall not be forgetten out of the mouthes of their seed for I knowe their imaginacyon whiche they goo aboute euen now before I haue broughte them in to the londe which I sware And Moses wrote this songe the same season and taught it the childern of Israel And the Lorde gaue Iosua the sonne off Nun a charge and sayed be bolde and stronge for thou shalt brynge the childern of Israel in to the lond which I sware vnto them ād I will be with the. When Moses had made an ende of wrytynge out the wordes of this lawe in a boke vnto the ende of them he commaunded the Leuites which bare the arcke of the testamēt of the Lorde sayenge take the boke off thys lawe and put it by the syde of the arcke of the testament of the Lorde youre God and let it be there for a witnesse vnto the. I For knowe thi stubernesse and thi stiffe necke beholde while I am yet a lyue with you this daye ye haue bene dishobedient vnto the Lorde ād how moch moare after my deeth Gather vnto me al the elders of youre trybes and youre officers that I maye speake these wordes in their eares and call heauē ād erth to recorde agenst them For I am sure that after my deeth they will vtterly marre them selues and turne from the waye which I commaunded you and tribulacion will come vppon you in the later dayes when ye haue wrought welkednesse in the sight of the Lorde to prouoke him with the workes of youre handes And Moses spake in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel the wordes of this songe vnto the ende of them The .xxxij. Chapter HEare o heauen what I shall speake and heare o erth the wordes of my mouth My doctrine droppe as doeth the rayne ād my speach flowe as doeth the dewe as the mesellynge vpō the herbes ād as the droppes vppō the grasse For I wil call on the name of the Lorde Magnifie the might of oure God He is a rocke and perfecte are his deades for all his wayes are with discrecion God is faithfull and without wekednesse both rightuous and iuste is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to him ward ād ●re not his sonnes for their deformities sake Doest thou so rewarde the Lorde O foolish nacyon ād vnwyse Is not he thy father ād thyne owner hath he not made the and ordeyned the Remembre the dayes that are past consydre the yeres from tyme to tyme. Axe thy father ād ●e will shewe the thyne elders and they wyll ●ell the. Whē the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an ●nheritaunce ād diuided the sonnes of Adam ●e put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel For the Lordes parte is his folke ād Israel ●● the porcion of his enheritaunce He founde him in a deserte londe in a voyde ground ād a rorynge wildernesse he led hī aboute and gaue him vnderstondynge ād kep●● him as the aple of his eye As an egle that stereth vpp hyr nest and ●●otereth ouer hyr younge he stretched oute ●is wynges and toke hym vpp and bare hym on his shulders The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge God with him He sett him vpp apon an hye londe and he ate the encrease of the feldes And he gaue h● honye to sucke out of the rocke ād oyle out of the harde stone With butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with fatt of the lambes ād fatt ramme● and he gootes with fatt kydneyes and with whete And of the bloude of grapes thou dr●kest wyne And Israel waxed fatt and kyked Thou wast fatt thicke and smothe And he let God goo that made hī and despysed the rocke that saued him They angred him with straūge goddes ād with abhominacions prouoked him They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God ād to goddes which they knewe not ād to newe goddes that came newly vpp whiche their fathers feared not Of the rocke that begat the thou arte vn● myndefull and hast forgott God that made the. And when the Lorde sawe it he was angre because of the prouokynge of his sonnes and doughters And he sayed I will hyde my face from thē and will se what their ende shall be For they are a froward generacion ād childern in whō is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I agayne will angre them with thē whiche are no people and will prouoke thē with ● foelish nacion For fire is kyndled in my wrath ād shal burne vnto the botome of hee ll And shall consume the erth with her encrease and set a fire the botoms of the mountaynes I will hepe myscheues vpon the ād will spēde all myne arowes at them Burnt with hungre ād consumed with heet and with bitter pestilence I will also sende the ●ethe of beestes vppon them and poyson serpentes Without forth the swerde shall robbe thē off theire childern and wythin in the chamber feare both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the mē of gray ●eedes I haue determened to scater thē therowout ●e worlde ād to make awaye the remēbraunce of them from amonge men Were it not that I feared the raylynge off their enemyes lest theire aduersaries wo●de be prowde and saye oure hye hande hath done a● these workes and not the Lorde For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappye forcast and hath no vnderstonge in them ● wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this ād wolde consider their later ende Howe it cometh that one shall chace ● thousande and two putt ten thousande of● them to flyghte excepte theire rocke had solde them and because the Lorde had delyuered them For oure rocke is not as their rocke no though oure enemyes be iudge But their vynes are of the vynes of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra Their grapes are grapes of gall and theire clusters be bytter Their wyne is the poyson of dragons ād the cruell gall of aspes Are not soch thinges layed in store with me ▪ ād seeled vpp amonge my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I will rewarde their fete shall slyde when the tyme cometh For the tyme of their destruction is at honde and the tyme that shall come vppon them maketh hast For the Lorde will doo iustice vnto hys people and haue compassion on his servauntes For it shal be sene that theire power shall fayle and at the last they shal be presoned and forsaken And it shal be sayed where are their goddes ād their rocke wherein they trusted The fatt of whose sacrifices they ate and drancke the wyne of their drynckofferynges let them ryse vpp and helpe you and be youre protection Se now
howe that I I am he and that there is no God but I. I can kyll and make alyue ād what I haue smyten that I can heale nether y● there that can delyuer any man oute off my honde For I will lifte vp myne hande to heauē ād will saye I lyue euer Yf I whett the lyghtenynge of my swerde and myne hande take in hande to doo iustyce I wyll shewe vengeaunce on myne enemyes and will rewarde them that hate me I will make myne arowes dronkē with bloude and my swerde shall eate flesh of the bloud of the slayne and of the captyue and of the bare heed of the enemye Reioyse hethen wyth hys people for he wyll auenge the bloude off his servauntes and wyll auenge hym off hys aduersaryes and wil be mercyfull vnto the londe off hys people And Moses went ād spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people both he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And when Moses had spoken all these wordes vnto the ende to all Israel then he sayed vnto them Sett youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde them vnto youre childern to obserue and doo all the wordes off thys lawe For it is not a vayne worde vnto you but it is youre lyfe and thorow thys worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lond whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge get the vpp in to this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the londe of Moab ouer agenst Iericho And beholde the londe of Canaan whiche I geue vnto the childern of Israel to possesse And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vppon and be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor ād was gathered vnto his people For ye trespased agenst me amonge the childern of Israel at the waters off striffe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin because ye sanctified me not amonge the childern of Israel Thou shalt se the londe before the but shall not goo thither vnto the londe which I geue the childern off Israel The .xxxiij. Chapter THis is the blessinge where with Moses gods man blessed the childern of Israel before his deeth sayenge The Lord came frō Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appered gloriously from mount Paran and he came with thousandes of sayntes and in his right hande a lawe of fyre for them How loued he the people All his sayntes are in his honde They yoyned thē selues vnto thy fote and receaued thi wordes Moses gaue us a lawe which is the enheritaunce of the cōgregacion of Iacob And he was in Israel kinge when he gathered the heedes of the people and the tribes of Israel to gether Ruben shall lyue and shall not dye but his people shal be few in numbre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayed heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda and bringe him vnto his people let his handes fyght for him but he thou his helpe agenst his enemies And vnto Leui he sayed thy perfectnesse ād thi light be after thy mercyfull mā whō thou temptest at Masa ād with whom thou striuedst at the waters of strife He that saieth vnto his father ād mother I sawe him not ād vnto his brethern I knewe not and to his sonne I wote not for they haue obserued thi wordes and kepte thy testament They shall teach Iacob thi iudgementes ād Israel thi lawes They shall put cens before thi nose and whole sacrifices apon thine altare Blesse Lorde their power and accepte the workes of their hondes smyte the backes of them that ryse agēst them and of them that hate them that they ryse not agayne Vnto Ben Iamin he sayed The Lordes derlynge shall dwell in saffetye by him and kepe him selfe in the hauen by hym contynually and shall dwell betwene his shulders And vnto Ioseph he sayed blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth and with frutes of the encrease of the sonne and with rype srute off the monethes and with the toppes of mountaynes that were from the begynnynge and with the dayntes of hilles that last euer and with goodly frute of the erth and off the fulnesse there of And the good will of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come vppon the heed of Ioseph and vppon the toppe of the heed of him that was separated fro amonge his brethern his bewtye is as a first-borne oxe and his hornes as the hornes of an vnycorne And with them he shall push the nacions to gether euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the many thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes off Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayed Reioyse Zabulon in thi goenge out and thou Isachar in thi tentes They shall call the people vnto the hill and there they shall offer offerynges of righteousnes For they shall sucke of the abundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sonde And vnto Gad he sayed blessed is the rowmmaker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion and caught the arme ād also the toppe of the heed He sawe his begynnynge that a parte of the teachers were hyd there ād come with the heedes of the people and executed the righteousnes of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayed Dan is a lions whelpe he shall flowe from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayed Nephali he shall haue abundance of pleasure and shal be fylled with the blessinge of the Lorde ād shall haue his possessions in the southwest And of Asser he sayed Asser shal be blessed with childern he shal be acceptable vnto his brethern and shall dyppe his fote in oyle Yern and brasse shall hange on thi showes and thine age shal be as thi youth There is none like vnto the God of the off Israel he that sitteth vppon heauen shal be thine helpe whose glorie is in the cloudes that is the dwellinge place of God from the begynnynge and from vnder the armes of the worlde he hath cast out thine enemies before the and sayed destroye And Israel shall dwell in saffetye alone And the eyes of Iacob shall loke appon a londe of corne and wyne moreouer his heauen shall droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is like vnto the A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd Moses went frō the feldes of Moab vpp in to mount Nebo which is the toppe of Pisga that is ouer agenst Iericho And the Lorde shewed him all the londe off Gilead euen vnto Dan and all nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse ād all the londe of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost see ād the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the citye of datetrees euen vnto Zoar And the Lorde sayed vnto him This is the lon de which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I will geue it vnto thy seed I haue shewed it the before thyne eyes but thou shalt not goo ouer thither So Moses the seruaunte of the Lorde dyed there in the londe of Moab at the commaundment of the Lorde And he buryed him in a valey in the londe of Moab besyde Beeth Peor but no man wyst of his sepulchre vnto this daye And Moses was an hundred and .xx. ye re olde when he dyed ād yet his eyes were not dym nor his chekes abated And the childern of Israel wepte for Moses in the feldes off Moab .xxx. dayes And the dayes off wepynge and mornynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wisdome for Moses had put his hande vppon him And all the childe●n of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses But there arose not a prophett sense in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face in all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent him to doo in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and in all the myghtye deades and greate tereble thinges which Moses dyd in the sight of all Israel ¶ The ende of the fifth boke of Moses Avims A kinde of geauntes and the worde signifieth crooked vnright or weked Belial weked or wekednesse he that hath cast the yoke of God of his necke ād will not obeye god Bruterar prophesiers or sothsayers Emims a kinde of geaūtes so called be cause they were terreble and cruell for emin signifieth terreblenesse Enack a kinde of geauntes so called happlye because they ware cheynes aboute their neckes for enack signifieth soch a cheyne as men weer aboute their neckes Horims A kinde of geauntes ād signifieth noble because that of pride they called thē selues nobles or gentles Rocke God is called a rocke because both he ād his worde lasteth euer Whett thē on thy childern that is exercyse thy childern in thē ād putthem in vre Zamzumims a kinde of geaūtes ād signifleth myscheuous or that be all waye imaginīge