yâ— timothy had not happlye forsworne wyne I thinke the same and that the apostles forsware not wedlocke though many of them lyued chast nother yet any meate or drincke though they absteyned from theÌ„ that it were good for vs to folow their ensample How be it though I vowe swere aÌ„d thynke on none exceptyon yet is the breakynge of gods coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes except all chaunces that haÌ„ge of god As if I swere to to be in a certayne place at a certayne houre to make a louedaye with out exception yet if the kinge in the meane tyme commaunde me a nother waye I must goo by gods commauÌ„dment aÌ„d yet breake not myne othe And in like case if my father and mother be seke and requyre my presence or if my wiff children or houshold be visited that my assistence be requyred or if my neyghbours house be a fyre at the same houre and a thousand soch chaunces in which all I breake myne oth and am not forsworne and so forth Read gods word diligently and with a good herte and it shall teach the all thynges The fourthe boke of Moses called Numeri ¶ The .iiij. boke of Moses called Numeri ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the tabernacle of witnesse the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth aÌ„d in the seconde yere after they were come out of yâ— lott de of Egipte sayenge take ye the summe of al the multitude of the childern of Israel in the it kynredes and housholdes of their fathers and numbre theÌ„ by name all that are males polle by polle froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue euen all that are able to goo forthe in to warre in Israell thou AaroÌ„ shall nuÌ„bretheÌ„ in their armieâ— with you shal be of euery try be a heed man in the house of his father And these are the names of yâ— meÌ„ that shall sâ—oÌ„ de with youâ—in RubeÌ„ Elizur the sonne of Sedeur In SimeoÌ„ Selumiel the sonne of Suâ—â— Sadar In yâ— try be of Iuda Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab In Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar In SebuloÌ„ uliab yâ— sonne of HeloÌ„ AmoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ioseph In EphraiÌ„ Elisam a yâ— sonne of Amihud In Manasse Gamaliel yâ— soÌ„ne of Peda zur In Bâ— Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeom In Dan Ahieser the sonne of Amnn Sadai In Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran In Gad Eliasaph the soÌ„ne of Deguel In Naphtaly Ahira the sonne of Enan These were councelers of the congregacion and lordes in the trybes of their fathers captaynes ouer thousandes in Israel And Moses and Aaron roke these men aboue named and gathered all the congregacion together the fyrst daye of the seconde moneth and rekened them after their byrth kinredes and houses of their fathers by name froÌ„ .xx. yere aboue hed by hed as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses eueÌ„ so he numbred them in the wildernesse of Sinai And the childern of Ruben Israels eldest sonne in their generacions kynredes aÌ„d houses of their fathers wheÌ„ they were numbred eueryman by name all that were males froÌ„ xx yere and aboue as many as were able to goo forth in warre were numbred in the trybe off Ruben xlvi thousande and fyne hundred Among the childern of Simeon their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers when euery mans name was tolde of all the males from .xx. yeres and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre were numbred in the trybe of Simeon .lix. thousande and .iij. hundred Amonge the childern of Sad their generacion in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers when thei were tolde by name froÌ„ xx yere and aboue all that were mete for the warre were numbred in the tribe of Sad. xlâ— thousande sixe hundred and fyftie Amonge the childern of Iuda their generacion in their kinredes and housses of their fathers by the numbre of names from .xx. yere and aboue all that were able to warre were tolde in the trybe of Iuda .lxxiiij. thousande and sixe hundred Amonge the childern of Isachar their generacion in their kinredes and houses of their fathere when their names were counted from .xx. yere aÌ„d aboue whatsoeuer was apte for warre were numbred in the trybe of Isachar .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Among the children of Sebulon their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers after the numbre of names from xx yere and aboue whosoeuer was mete for the warre were counted in the trybe of SebuloÌ„ ivij. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Joseph fyrst amoÌ„ge the childern of Ephraim their generacion in their kynredes and housses of they re fathers when the names of all that were apte to the warre were tolde from .xx. yeres and aboue were in numbre in the trybe off Ephraim xl thousande and syxe hundred Amonge the childern of Manasse their generacion in their kynredes and houses of their fathers when the names of all that were apte to warre were tolde from .xx. and aboue were numbred in the tribe of Manasse xxxij thousand and two hundred Amonge the childern of Ben Jamin their generacion in their kynredes and housses of their fathers by the rale of names from twentye yere and aboue of all that were mete for warre were numbred in the trybe off Ben Jamin .xxxv. thousande and .iiij. hundred Amonge the childern of Dan their generacion in theyr kynreddes and housses off theyr faâ—hers in the summe of names off all that was apte to warre from twentye yere and aboue were numbred in the trybe of Dan .lxij. thousande and .vij. hundred Amonge the childern of Aser their generacyon in their kynredes houses of their fathers when thei were summed by name from .xx. yeres aboue all that were apte to warre were numbred in the tribe of Aser .xli. thousande and .v. hundred AmoÌ„ge the childern of Nepthali their generacion in their kynredes housses of their fathers when their names were tolde from xx yeres aÌ„d aboue what soeuer was meteâ—o warre were numbred in the trybe of Nephtali .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred These are the numbres which Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ numbred with the .xij. princes of Israel of euery housse of their fathers a man And all the numbres of the children of Israel in the housses of their fathers from twentye yere and aboue whatsoeuer was mete for the warre in Israell drewe vnto the summe of syxe hundred thousande fyue hundred and .l. But the leuires in the tribe off their fathers were not numbred amonge them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge only se that thou numbre not the trybe of Leui nether take the summe of them amonge the childern of Israel But thou shalt appoynte the leuites vnto the habitacioÌ„ of witnesse and to all the apparell thereof and vnto all that longeth thereto For they shall bere the tabernacle and all the ordinaunce thereof and they shall ministre it and shall pitche their tentes rounde aboute it And when the tabernacle goeth forth the leuites shall take it
Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel And the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes were Maheli and Musi These are the kynredes of Leui in the housses of their fathers And of Gerson came the kynred of yâ— Libnites and the Semeites which are the kynredes of the Gersonites And the summe of them when all the males were tolde from a moneth olde and aboue were .vij. thousande and fyue hundred And the kynredes of the Gersonites pitched behynde the habitacion west warde And the captayne of the must awâ—cieÌ„t housse amonge the Gersonires was Eliasaph the sonne of Laâ—l And the office of the childern of Gerson in the tabernacle of witnesse was the habitacion and the tente with the coueringe theroff and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the hangynges of the courte and the curtayne of the dore of the courte which courte went rounde aboute the dwellynge and the alter and the cordes that perteyned vnto all the seruyce therof And of Cahath came the kynred of yâ— Amramites and the kynred of the Iezeharites of the Hebronites and of the Vsielites And these are the kynredes of yâ— Cahathites And the numbre of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was .viij. thousande and sixe hundred which wayted on the holy place And the kynred of the childern of Cahath pitched on yâ— southsyde of yâ— dwellynge And yâ— captayne in yâ— most auncyent housse of the kynredes of the Cahathites was Elizaphan thesonne of Vsiel and their office was the arcke the table the candelsticke and the alter and the holy vessels to minystre with and the vayle with all that serued there to And Eleazar yâ— sonne of Aaron the preast was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites and had the ouer syghte of them that wayted vppon the holythynges And of Merari came the kynredes of the Mahelites and of the Musites and these are the kynredes of the Merarites And the nuÌ„bre of them when all the males froÌ„ a moneth olde aÌ„d aboue was tolde drewe vnto vi thousande .ij. hundred And the captayne of the most auncient housse amonge the kynredes of the Merarites was Zuriel the sonne of Abihail which pitched on the north syde of the dwellynge And the office of the sonnes of Merari was the bordes of yâ— dwellynge the barres pilers with the sokettes thereof and all the instrumeÌ„tes there of all that serued thereto the pilers of the courte rounde aboute and their sokettes with their pynnes cordes But on the fore front of the habitacioÌ„ aÌ„d before the tabernacle of witnesse castwarde shall Moses and Aaron his soÌ„nnes pytch and wayte on the sanctuary in the steade of yâ— childern of Ysrael And the straunger that cometh nye shall dye for it And the hole summe of the leuites which Moses Aarâ—n nuÌ„bred at the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„t of the Lorde thorow out their kynredes euen of all the males of a moneth olde aboue was .xxij. thousande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Numbre all the first borne that are males amoÌ„ge the childern of Ysrael froÌ„ amoneth olde aboue and take yâ— numbre of their names And thou shalt appoynte yâ— leuites to me the Lorde for all the firstborne amoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ysrael and the catell of yâ— leuites for the firstborne of the childern of Ysrael And Moses nuÌ„bred as yâ— Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded him all the firstborne of the childern of Ysrael And all the firstborne males in yâ— summe of names from amoneth olde and aboue were numbred .xxij. thousande .ii. hundred and .lxxiij. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenâ—e take the leuites for all the fyrstborne of the childern of Israel aÌ„d the catell of the leuites for their catell the leuites shal be myne whiche am the Lorde And for the redemynge of the two hundred and .lxxiij. whiche are moo than the leuites in the firstborne of the children of Israel take .v. sycles of euery pece after the sycle of the holy place .xx. geras the sycle And gene yâ— money wherewith the odde numbre of them is redemed vnto Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes And Moses toke the redempcioÌ„ money of the ouerplus that were moo then the leuites amonge the firstborne of the childern of Israel it came to a thousande .iij. hundred .lxv. sycles of the holye sycle And he gaue that redempcion money vnto Aaron his sonnes at the worde of the Lorde euen as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The iijj Chapter ANd the Lord spake vnto Moses AaroÌ„ bade theÌ„ take the summe of the childern of Cahath froÌ„ amonge the sonnes of leui in their kynredes and housses of their fathers from xxx yere and aboâ—â— vntill fyftie all that were able to warre for to doo the worke in the tabernacle of witnesse euen in the most holy place And when yâ— hoste remoueth Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes shall come and take donne the vayle and couer the arcke of witnesse there with and shall put there on a couerynge of taxus skynnes and shall sprede a cloth that is altogether of Iacyncte aboue all and put the stanes thereof in And apon the shewe table they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte and put thereoÌ„ the dishes spones flat peces and pottes to poure with and the dayly bred shal be thereon and they shall spred apon them a couerynge of purple and couer the same with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put the staues thereof in And they shall take a cloth of Iacyncte couer the candelsticke of light and hir laÌ„pes and his snoffers and fyre pannes and all hir oyle vessels which they occupye aboute it shall put apon her and on all hir instrumentes a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put it apon staues And apon the golden alter they shall sprede a cloth of Iacyncte and put on hir staues And they shall take all the â—higes which they occupye to minystre with in yâ— holy place put a cloth of Iacyncte apon them and couer them with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put them on staues And they shall take a waye the asshes out of the alter and sprede a searlet cloth thereon I put aboute it the fyre pannes the flesh hokes the shoness the basens and all that belongeth vnto the alter and they shall sprede apon it a coueryng of taxus skynnes and put on the staues of it And when Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of couerynge the sanctuary aÌ„d all the thinges of the sancruarye agenst that the hoste remoue then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to bere and so let them not twich the santuary lest they dye And this ys the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in therabernacle of witnesse And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preast shall haue the charge to prepare oyle for the lightes and swete cens the dayly meatofferynge and the anoyntinge oyle and the ouersyghte of all the dwellynge and of all that therein is both ouer the sanctuary ouer all that pertayneth thereto And
the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron sayenge destroye not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites from amonge the leuites But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye wheÌ„ they goo vnto the most holy place Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them euery man vnto his sernyce and vnto his burthen But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye lest they dye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take the summe of the childern of Gerson in the houses of their fathers aÌ„d in their kyn redes from .xxx. yere and aboue vntyll .l. all that are able to goo forth in warre for to doo seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersoni tes to serue and to beare They shall bere the curtaynes of the dwellynge and the roffe of the tabernacle of witnesse and his couerynge aÌ„d the coueryng of tarus skynnes that is an hye aboue apon it and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the hanginge of the courte and the hangynge of the gate of the courte that is rounde aboute the dwellynge and the altare and the cordes of them and all the instrumentes that serue vnto them and all that is made for them And at the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruyce of the children of the Gersonites be done in all their charges and in all their seruyce and ye shall appoynte them vnto al their charges that they shall wayte apoÌ„ And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the children of the Gersonires in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse and their wayte shal be in the honde of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And thou shalt numbre the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes and in the houses of the ir fathers from .xxx. yeres and aboue vnto .l. All that is able to goo forth in warre to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the charge that they must wayte vppon in all that they must serue in the tabernacle of witnesse The bordes of the dwellynge and the barres pylers and sokettes thereof and the pylers of the courte rounde aboute and their sokettes pynnes and cordes with all that pertayneth and serueth vnto them And by name ye shall reken the thynges that they must wayte apon to bere Thys is the seruyce of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari in all theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse by the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbred the sonnes of the Cahathites in their kynredes and housses of theire fathers from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftie all that were able to goo forth in the hoste and to do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes were two thousande seuen hundred and .l. These are the numbres of the kynredes of the Cahathites of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse whyche Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundment of the Lorde by the haÌ„de of Moses And the sonnes of Gerson were numbred in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye all that were able to goo forth in the hoste for to doo servycr in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers was two thousande sixe hundred and xix This is the numbre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse which Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundement of the Lorde And the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari were numbred in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vn to fyftie all that were able to goo forth with the hoste ro do seruice in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them was in theyr kynredes thre thousande and two hundred This is the numbre of the kynredes of yâ— sonnes of Merari whiche Moses and Aaron numbred at the byddynge of the Lorde by yâ— hande of Moses The whole summe which Moses Aaron and the lordes of Israell numbred amonge the leuites in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers from .xxx. yere vpp vnto â— euery man to doo his office and seruyce and to bere his burthen in the tabernacle of witnesse was .viij. thousonde fyue hundred aÌ„d lxxx which they numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euery man vnto his seruyce and burthen as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The. fyfte Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they put out of the hoste all the lepers and all that haue yssues and all that are defyled apon the deed whether they be males or females ye shall put them out of the hoste that they defyle not the tentes amoÌ„ge which I dwell And the childern of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoste euen as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses so dyd the childern of Israel And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel whether it be man or woman wheÌ„ they haue synned any maner of synne which a man doeth wherewith a man trespaseth agenst the Lorde so that the soule hath done amysse then they shall knowlege their synnes which they haue done and restore a gayne the hurte that they haue done in the hole and put the fyfte Yf ye hauâ— false gottâ—â— goodes nâ— maÌ„ to restorâ— it vnto theâ— bâ—inge iâ— vn to yâ— pope aÌ„d he will dispeÌ„ce with â— parte of it moare thereto and geue it vnto him whom he hath trespased agenste But and yf he that maketh the amendes have no man to doo it to then the amendes that is made shal be the Lordes and the preastes besyde the ram of the attonement offerynge where with he maketh an attonemeÌ„t for hymselfe And all heue offerynges of all the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel brynge vnto the preaste shal be the preastes and euery man 's halowed thinges shal be his awne but what soeuer any man geueth the preast it shal be the preastes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them Yf any mans wyfe goo a syde and trespase agaynst hym so that another man lye with her fleshely and the thynge be hydd from the eyes of hir husbonde and is not come to lighte that she is defyled for there is no witnesse agenst her in as moche as she was not taken with the maner and the sprere of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer his wyfe and she defyled Or happely the sprete of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer hys wyfe aÌ„d she yet vndefyled TheÌ„ let hyr husbonde bringe her vnto the preaste and brynge an offerynge for her the tenthe parte of an Epha
Simeonites And the name of the Madianitish wife was Cosbi the doughter of Zur and heed ouer the people of aâ— 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 Pâ—or and thorow their syster Cosby yâ— doughter of a lorde in Madian which was slayne in yâ— daye of the plage for Peors sake ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter ANd after the plage yâ— Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazer sayenge take the number of all the multitude of the childern of Israel from .xx. yere aÌ„d 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 Palâ—â—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. huÌ„dred 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 coÌ„gregacion which stroue ageÌ„st Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agenst the Lorde And the erth opened hir mouth aÌ„d swalowed theÌ„ 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 yâ— kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iachiâ—â—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 Arâ—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 OnaÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 yâ— 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 whoÌ„ cometh yâ— kynred of the Tolaites Phuva of whoÌ„ cometh yâ— kinred of the Phâ—â—aites and of Iasub cometh the kynred of the Iasubites and of Symron cometh the kynred of the Sunronites These are yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 yâ— kinred of the Asricâ—â—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 buâ— doughters And yâ— names of yâ— doughters of Zelaphead were Mabe la Noa Hagla Milcha aÌ„d 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 Suthelahiâ—es and Becher of whom cometh the kinred of the Becherâ—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 SuphaÌ„ the kinred of the Suphamites and of Hupham the kinred of the Huphamites And the childern of Bela were Aâ—d and NaamaÌ„ 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 aÌ„d iiij hundred The childern of Asser in their kynredes were Jemna of whom cometh the kynred of the Jemnites aÌ„d Jsui of whom cometh the kinred of the Jsuites of Bria cometh the kinred of the Brâ—â—tes And the childern of bria were Heber of whom cometh yâ— kynred of the Heberites and of Malchiel came the kynred of the Malchielites And yâ— 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 Gâ—â—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 generacioÌ„s 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 yâ— moare enheritaunce to fewe yâ— lesse to euery tribe shall yâ— enheritauÌ„ce be geueÌ„ acordinge to the numbre therof Notwithstondinge yâ—
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 hiÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 AaroÌ„ told all the wordes which the Lorde had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people beleued And wheÌ„ 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 aÌ„d AaroÌ„ weÌ„t 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 froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ forward sayng fulfill youre worke daye by daye eueÌ„ 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 tasâ—e in makinge brycke both yesterdaye and to daye as well as in tymes past Than went the officers of the childern of Israel aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 makiÌ„ge of brycke than they mett Moses and AaroÌ„ stondinge in there waye as they came out froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 CanaaÌ„ 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 aÌ„d haue remembred my promysse wherefore saye vnto the childern of Israel I A ê“myse or a testameÌ„t 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 eueÌ„ Temptacy oâ—â—â—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 gâ—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 aÌ„d 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
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 â–ª 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 commauÌ„ded Moses and Aaron And at mydnyghte the Lorde smote all the firstborne in the loÌ„de 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d departe aÌ„d blesse me also And the Egiptians were ferce vppon the people and made haste to send theÌ„ out of the laÌ„d for they sayde we be al deed meÌ„ And the people toke the dowe before it was sowered which they had in stoare and bounde it in clothes aÌ„d put it vpoÌ„ their shulders And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to the saynge of Moses aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d so they borowed and robbed the Egiptians Thus toke the childern of Israel their your ney froÌ„ Raemses to suchoth .vj. hundred thou sand meÌ„ of foote besyde childern And moch comon people went also with theÌ„ aÌ„d shepe aÌ„d oxen aÌ„d 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 wheÌ„ the iiij hundred and .xxx. yeres were expyred eueÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 strauÌ„ger and a hyerd seruaunte shall not eate thereof In one housse shall it be eateÌ„ 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 circuÌ„cise all that be males aÌ„d theÌ„ let him come and obserue it aÌ„d be takeÌ„ as one that is borne iÌ„ the loÌ„de No vncircuÌ„cised persone shall eate there of One maner of lawe shal be vnto theÌ„ that are borne in the loÌ„de aÌ„d vnto the strauÌ„gers that dwell amoÌ„ge you And all the childern of Israel dyd as the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ And eueÌ„ 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 opeÌ„ all maner matrices amoÌ„ge the childern of Israel as well of meÌ„ as of beestes for they are myne And Moses sayde vnto the people thiÌ„ke on thys daye iÌ„ which ye came out of Egipte and out of the housse of bondage for with a myghtie haÌ„de the Lorde broughte you out froÌ„ theÌ„ce Se therfore that ye eate no leuen ded bred This daye come ye out of Egipte in the moneth of Abib wheÌ„ the Lorde hath broughte the iÌ„ to the loÌ„de of the Canaanites Hethites Amorites Heuites aÌ„d iebusites which he sware vnto thi fathers that he wolde geue the a londe where in milke aÌ„d honye floweth theÌ„ se that thou kepe this servyce in this same moneth SeueÌ„ dayes thou shalt eate swete bred aÌ„d the .vij. daye shal be feâ—â—â—tfull vnto the Lorde Therfore thou shalt eate swete bred .vij. dayes and se that there be no leuended bred sene nor yet leueÌ„ amonge you in all youre quarters And thou shalt shewe thy sonne at that tyme The fathers novv a dayes maye not be sâ—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 haÌ„de the Lorde broughte the out of Egipte se thou kepe therfore this ordinauÌ„ce 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 theÌ„ 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 theÌ„ aboute thorow the wyldernesse that bordreth on the redd see The childern of Israel went harnessed out of the laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses toke
mornynge as Moses bad â—â— it staÌ„ke not nether was there any wormes thâ—â— And Moses sayde that eate this daye for to â—â— ye it is the Lordes Sabbath to daye ye shâ—â—â—â— 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 TheÌ„ the Lorde seyde vnto Moses how longe shall it be yer ye will kepe my coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d lawes Se because the Lorde hath geueÌ„ you a Sabbath therfor he geueth you the .vj. daye bred for .ij. dayes Byde therfore euery maÌ„ athome aÌ„d let no maÌ„ 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 â—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 laÌ„de 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d called the name of it * Iehouah Nissi for he sayde the hande is on Iehouah nissi the Lorde is he that exalteâ—â— 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ 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 elderâ— 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 froÌ„ mornynge vnto euen And Moses sayde vnto his father in lawe because the people came vnto me to seke councell of God For wheÌ„ they haue a matter they come vnto me and I must iudge betwene euery man and his neyboure and must shewe them the ordinauÌ„ces 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
art not able to do it thi selfe alone But heare my royce and I will geue the councell and God shal be with the. Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde and brynge the causes vnto God and prouyde them ordinaunces and lawes â—d shewe them the waye wherin they must walke and the werkes that they must doo Morouer seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite * which feare God and men Oure prelates nether feare God for they preach not his vvor de true lyâ—ner are lesse cove touse theÌ„ ludas for they haue receâ—â—ed of the de vâ—ll the kyng dames of the â—â—â—h and the â—â—â—rie there â—â— vvhich christ refused Mathe â—4 that are true aÌ„d hate covctuousnes and make them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fyftie and ouer ten And let them iudge the people at all seasons Yf there beany greate matter let them brynge that vnto the and let them iudge all small causes them selues and ease thi selfe aÌ„d let them bere with the. Yf thou shalt doo this thinge then thou shalt be able to endure that which God chargeth the with all and all this people shall goo to their places quietly And Moses herde the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he had sayde and chose actyue men out of all Israel and made them heedes ouer the people captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fiftie and ouer ten And they iudged the people at all seasons aÌ„d broughte the harde causes vnto Moses and iudged all small maters them selues And thâ— Moses let his father in lawe departe and he went in to his awne londe The .xix. Chapter THe thyrde moneth after the childern of Israel were gone out of Egipte the same daye they came in to the wildernesse of Sinai For they were departed from Raphâ— dim and were come to the deserte of Sinay and had pitched their tentes in the wildernesse And there Israel pitched before the mounte And Moses went vpp vnto God And the Lorde called to him out of the mountayne saynge thus saye vnto the housse of lacob and tell the childern of Israel ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egiptians and how I toke you vpp apon Egles wynges and haue broughte you vnto my selfe Now therfore yf ye will heare my voyce and kepe myne appoyntment ye shall be myne awne aboue all nations for all the erth is myne Ye shall be vnto me a kyngdome of preastes and and holie people these are the wordes which thou shalt saye vnto the childern of Israel And Moses came and called for the elders of Ifrael and layde before them all these wordes which the Lorde had comma unded him And the people answered all together and sayde All that the Lorde hath sayde we will doo And Moses broughte the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Loo I will come vnto the in a thicke clowde that the people maye heare when I talke with the and also beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctific them to daye and tomorow and let them wash their clothes that they maye be redie agaynst the thyrde daye For the thyrde daye the Lorde will come doune in the sighte of all the people vpon mounte Sinai And sett markes rounde aboute the people and saye beware that ye go not vp in to the mounte and that ye twych not the bordres of it for whosoeuer twicheth the mounte shall surely dye There shall not an hande twych it but that he shall ether be stoned or els shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shall nor lyue when the horne bloweth than let theÌ„ come vp in to the mounten And Moses went doune from the mounte vnto the people and sanctifyed them aÌ„d they wasshed their clothes And he sayde vnto the people be redie agenst the thirde daye and se that ye come not at youre wiues And the thirde daye in the mornynge there was thunder and lightenynge and a thicke clowde apoÌ„ the mounte aÌ„d the voyce of the horne waxed â—â—ceadynge lowde and all the people that was in the hoste was afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the teÌ„tes to mete with God and they stode vnder the hyll And mounte Sinai was all togither on a smoke because the Lorde descended doune vpon it in fyre And the smoke therof asceÌ„ded vp as it had bene the smoke of a kylle and all the mounte was exceadinge fearfull And the voyce of the horne blewe and waxed lowder aÌ„d lowder Moses spake aÌ„d God answered hiÌ„ aÌ„d that with a voyce And the Lord came doune vppon mounte Sinai euen in the toppe of the hyll aÌ„d called Moses vp in to the toppe of the hyll And Moses went vppe And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go doune and charge the people that they prease not vp vnto the Lorde for to se hiÌ„ aÌ„d so many off theÌ„ perissn And let the preastes also which come to the Lordes presence sanctifie them selues lest the Lorde smyte them Then Moses sayde vnto the Lorde the people cannot come vp in to mounte Sinai for thou chargedestrs saynge sett markes aboute the hyll and sanctifie it And the Lorde sayde vnto him awaye and get the doune and come vp both thou aÌ„d Aaron with the. But let not the preastes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the Lorde lest he smyte them And Moses weÌ„t doune vnto the people and tolde them ¶ The .xx. Chapter ANd God spake all these wordes aÌ„d saide I am the Lorde thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte aÌ„d out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my syght Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage nether any symilitude that is in heauen aboue ether in the erth beneth or in the water that ys beneth the erth Se that thou nether bowe thyself vnto them nether serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God and viset the synne of the fathers vppon the childern vnto the third and fourth generacion of theÌ„ that hate me and yet shewe mercie vnto 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 Lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne RemeÌ„bre the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes mayst thou laboure aÌ„d do al that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nether thy manservaunte nor thy maydeservaunte nether thy catell nether yet the straunger that is within thi gates For in sixe dayes the Lorde made both heauen and erth and the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye and halowed it Honoure
went and stode in the gate of the hoste aÌ„d sayde Yf any man perteyne vnto the Lorde lett him come to me And all the sonnes of Leui gathered them selues together and came vnto him And he sayde vnto them thus sayeth the Lorde of Israel put euery man his swerde by his syde and goo in and out from gate to gate thorow out the hoste and slee euery man his brother euery man his frende and euery man his neghboure And the childern of Leui dyd as Moses had sayde And there were slayne of the people the same daye aboute thre thousande The popâ—s bull fleeth â—oo thaÌ„ Aaron scalfe â—ueÌ„ an hundred thousand for one heere of them men Then Moses sayde fyll youre handes vnto the Lorde this daye euery man vppoÌ„ his sonne and vppon his brother to brynge vppoÌ„ you a blessynge this daye And on the morowe Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue synned a great synne But now I will goo vpp vnto the Lorde to witt whether I can make an attonement for youre synne And Moses went agayne vnto the Lorde and sayde Oh this people haue synned a great synne and haue made theÌ„ a god of golde Yet O pitifull Moses aÌ„d likevvise O mercifull Paul Roma .ix. And o abhominable pope vvith all his mercilesse Idoles forgeue them their synne I praye the Yf not wype me out of thy boke which thou hast written And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I will put him out of my boke that hath synned agaynst me But goo and brynge the people vnto the lande which I sayde vnto the beholde myne angell shall goo before the. Neuerthelater in the daye when I vyset I will vysett their synne vppon them And the Lorde plaged the people because they made the calfe which Aron made The .xxxiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses departe aÌ„d goo hence both thou aÌ„d the people which thou hast brought out of the laÌ„d of Egipte vnto the lande which I swore vnto AbrahaÌ„ Isaac aÌ„d Iacob saynge vnto thi seed I will geue it And I will sende an angell before the and will cast out the Canaanytes the Amorites the Hethites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites that thou mast goo in to a lande that floweth with mylke aÌ„d honye But I will not goo among you my selfe for ye are a styfnecked people lest I consume you by the waye And when the people heard this euell tydinges they sorowed aÌ„d no maÌ„ dyd put on his best rayment And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vn to the childern of Israel ye are a styfâ—necked people I must come on s sodenly apon you aÌ„d make an ende of you But now put youre goodly raymeÌ„t from you that I maye wete what to do vnto you And the childern of Israel layde their goodly raymeÌ„t from them eueÌ„ vnder the mount Horeb. And Moses toke the tabernacle aÌ„d pitched it without the hoste a ferre of froÌ„ the hoste aÌ„d called it the tabernacle of wytnesse And al that wold axe any questioÌ„ of the Lorde went out vnto the tabernacle of wytnesse which was without the hoste And when Moses weÌ„t out vnto the tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery man in his tentdore and loked after Moses vntill he was gone in to the tabernacle And as sone as Moses was entred in to the tabernacle the clouden piler descended and stode in the dore of the tabernacle aÌ„d he talked with Moses And when all the people sawe the clouden piler stonde in the tabernacle dore they rose vp and worshipped euery man in his tentdore And the Lorde spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whem Moses turned agayne in to the hoste the ladd Iosua his seruaunte the sonne of Nun departed not out of the tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde se thou saydest vnto me lede this people forth but thou shewest me not whom thou wilt send with me And hast sayde moreouer I knowe the by name and thou hast also founde grace in my syghte Now therfore yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syghte theÌ„ shewe me thy waye aÌ„d let me know the that I maye fynde grace in thi sighte And loke on this also how that this nacyon is thi people The popish saye my chyrâ—â— mi paresh my diocese and the monkes and frires saye all â—â—â—uâ—â—â— And he sayde my presence shall goo with the and I will geue the rest And he sayde yf thi presence goo not with me carye us not hense for how shall it be knowne now that both I and thi people haue founde fauoure in thi sighte but in that thou goest with us that both I and thi people haue a prâ—emynence before all the people that are vpon the face of the erth And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I will doo this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast founde grace in my sighte and I knowe the by name And he sayde I besech the shewe me thi glorye And he sayde I will make all my good goo before the and I will be called in this name Iehouah before the aÌ„d wil shewe mercy to whom I shew mercy and will haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde furthermore thou mayst not se my face for there shall no man se me and lyue And the Lorde sayde beholde there is a place by me and thou shalt stonde apon a rocke and while my glorye goeth forth I will put the in a clyfte of the rocke and will put myne hande apon the while I passe by And then I will take awaye myne hande and thou shalt se my backe partes but my face shall not be sene The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses hew the .ij. tables of stone like vnto the first that I maye write in theÌ„ the wordes which were in the fyrst .ij. tables which thou brakest And be redye agaynst the morniÌ„ge that thou mayst come vpp early vnto the mount of Sinai and stoÌ„de me there apoÌ„ the toppe of the mount But let no man come vp with the nether let any man be sene thorow out all the mount nether let shepe nor oxen fede before the hyll And Moses hewed .ij. tables of stone like vnto the first aÌ„d rose vp early in the morninge aÌ„d went vp vnto the mouÌ„t of Sinai as the Lorde coÌ„maunded him aÌ„d toke in his haÌ„de the. iâ— tables of stone And the Lorde desceÌ„ded in the cloude aÌ„d stode with him there aÌ„d he called apoÌ„ the name of the Lorde And wheÌ„ the Lorde walked before him he cryed Lorde Lorde God full of compassion aÌ„d mercy which art not lightly angrye but abundaÌ„t in mercy aÌ„d trueth â–ª aÌ„d kepest mercy in store for thousandes aÌ„d forgeuest wikednesse trespace aÌ„d synne for there is no man ynnoceÌ„t before the and visetest the wikydnesse of the fathers vpoÌ„ the childern aÌ„d apon childerns childern â–ª euen vnto the thryd aÌ„d fourth generatioÌ„ And Moses bowed hymself to the erth quykly aÌ„d worshipped aÌ„d sayde
and halowe it froÌ„ the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And wheÌ„ he hath made an ende of recoÌ„cylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter let him bringe the lyue goote aÌ„d let AaroÌ„ 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 apoÌ„ the heed of the goote aÌ„d 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 lyneÌ„ clothes which he put on when he weÌ„t in in to the holy place aÌ„d 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 atonemeÌ„t for him selfe aÌ„d 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 atonemeÌ„t in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh aÌ„d their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes aÌ„d bathe his flesh in water and theÌ„ come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And eueÌ„ 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 attonemeÌ„t 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 attonemeÌ„t and shall put on the holy lyneÌ„ vestimeÌ„tes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter and shall make an attonemeÌ„t 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 eueÌ„ as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto AaroÌ„ and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ 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 theÌ„ 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 ordynauÌ„ce 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 faâ—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 attonemeÌ„t 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 eateÌ„ he shall poure out the bloude aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d bathe him selfe in water aÌ„d shal be vncleane vnto the eueÌ„ aÌ„d thaÌ„ is he cleane But aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 iudgemeÌ„tes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces aÌ„d my iudgemeÌ„tes 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
be bred of remembraunce aÌ„d 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 apoÌ„ 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 eueÌ„ 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 coÌ„maunded Moses ¶ The. xxv Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d of this toke the pope an occasioÌ„ to make euâ—rt .l. yere a iubelye â–ª so that he contrafaiteth god in eueri point aÌ„d wyl not be oue â—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 maÌ„ oppresse his neyghboure but feare thi God For I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore do after myne ordinaunces and kepe my lawes aÌ„d 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 â—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 aÌ„d so he shall returne vnto his possession agayne But and yf his hande caÌ„ not get sufficieÌ„t 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 withâ— a hole yere after it is solde and that shal be the space in which he mâ—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
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 maÌ„ 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 childreÌ„ 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 yâ— sonne shall they of the standert of the hoste of Iuda pitch with their armes And Nahe sson the sonne of Aminabab shalâ—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 yâ— childreÌ„ 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 aÌ„d .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 aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of them .xlvi. thousande and .v. hundred And fast by him shall yâ— trybe of Simeon pitche and the capteyne ouer yâ— sonnes of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of zu ri Sadai his hoste and the nuÌ„bre 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 yâ— 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 yâ— hostes as they lye in their teÌ„tes 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 yâ— 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 aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of theÌ„ xxxv thousande and .iiij. hundred All the nuÌ„bre 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 yâ— childreÌ„ of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai and his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .lxij. thousande vij hundred And fast by him shall the trybe of Asser pitche and the captayne ouer the soÌ„nes of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran his hoste the nuÌ„bre of them xli thousande v. hundred And the trybe of Naphtali also and the captayne ouer yâ— childern of Naphta li Ahira the sonne of Enan his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .liij. thousande iiij huÌ„dred So yâ— the hole nuÌ„bre of all that perteyned vnto yâ— hoste of Dan was an huÌ„dred thousande lvij thousande .vi. huÌ„dred And they shal be the last in yâ— iurney with their staÌ„dertes These are yâ— suÌ„mes of yâ— childern of Ysrael in the housses of their fathers euen all the nuÌ„bres of the hostes with their coÌ„panies .vi. huÌ„dred thousande .iij. thousande .v. huÌ„dred and fyftie And yet yâ— lenites werenot nuÌ„bred amoÌ„ge the childern of Ysrael as the Lorde commaunded Moses And yâ— childern of Ysrael dyd acordynge to all that the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded 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 aÌ„d wayte apon him apon all the multitude before the tabernacle of witnesse to doo the seruyce of the habitacion And they shall wayre apoÌ„ all yâ— apparell of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse apon yâ— childern of Ysrael to doo yâ— seruyce of the habitacioÌ„ And thou shalt geue the leuites vnto Aaron his sonnes for they are geuen vnto him of yâ— childern of Ysrael And thou shalt appoiÌ„te AaroÌ„ his sonnes to way te on their preastes office the strauÌ„ger yâ— cometh nye shall dye for it And yâ— Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue takeÌ„ the leuites froÌ„ amonge yâ— 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 yâ— 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 yâ— 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 coÌ„mauÌ„ded And these are yâ— names of yâ— childreÌ„ of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari And yâ— se arethe names of the childern of Gerson in their kynredes Libni and Semei And the soÌ„nes of Cahath in their kynredes were
of barlye meele but shall poure none oyle therevnto nor put frankencens thereon for it is an offerynge of gelousye and an offerynge that maketh remembraunce of synne And let the preast brynge her and sett her before the Lorde and let him take holy water in an erthen vessell of the dust that is in yâ— flore of the habyracyon and put it in to the water And the preast shall set the wyfe before the Lorde and vncouer hir heed and put the memoryall of the offerynge in hyr handes whiche is the gelousye offerynge and yâ— preast shall haue bytter and cursynge water in his hande and he shall coniure her and shall saye vnto her Yf no man haue lyen wyth the nether haste gone asyde and defyled thy selfe behynde thy husbonde then haue thou no harme of this bytter cursynge water But and yf thou hast gone asyde behynde thyne husbonde and art defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thyne husbonde and let the preaste coniure her with the coniuracyon of the curse and saye vnto her the Lorde make the a curse and a coniuracyon amonge thy people so that the Lorde make thy thye rotte and thy bely swell and thys bytter cursynge water goo in to the bowels of the that thy bely swell and thy â—rotâ—e and the wyfe shall saye Amen Amen And the preast shall wrytte this curse in a byll and wasshe it out in the bytter water And when the cursynge water ys yn her that it is bytter then let the preast take the gelousy offerynge out of the wyfes hande and waue it before the Lorde and brynge iâ— vnto the altare and he shall take an handefull off the memoryall offerynge and burne it apon the alter and then make her dryncke the water and when he hath made her drynke the water Yf she be defyled and haue trespased agenst her husbond then shall the cursynge water goo in to her and be so bitter yâ— hir bely shall swell and hir thye shall roâ—te she shal be a curse amonge hir people And yf she be not defyled but is cleane then she shall haue no harme but that she maye conceaue This is the lawe of gelonsye when a wyfe goeth a syde behynde hyr husbonde aÌ„d is defyled or when the spirite of gelousye cometh apon a man so that he is gelouse ouer his wife then he shall beinge her before the Lorde and the preast shall ministre all thie lawe vn to her the man shal be giltlesse the wyfe shall bere hir synne ¶ The .vi. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto yâ— childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them when ether man or woman appoâ—nteth to vowe a vowe of abstinence for to abstene vnto the Lorde he shall abstene from wyne and stronge drynke and shall dryncke no vynegre of wyne or of stronge drynke nor shal drynke what soeuer is pressed out of grapes shal eate no fresh grapes nether yet dryed as loÌ„ge as his absimeÌ„ce eÌ„dureth Moreouer he shall eate nothyng yâ— is made of the vynetre no nâ—â— so moch as yâ— cornelâ— or the huske of the grape And as longe as the vowe of his abslinâ—ce endureth there shall no rasure nor sheres come apon his heed vntill his dayes be out which he fasâ—eth vnto the Lorde and he shal be holy and shall let the lockes of his heer growe As longe as he abâ—â—enâ—th vnto the Lorde he shall come at no deed bodye he shall not make him selfe vncleane at the deeth of his father mother brother or syster for the abstineÌ„ce of his God is apon his heed And therfore as longe as his abstynence lasteth he shalâ— be hely vnto the Lorde And yf iâ— fortune that any man by chaunce dye sedenly before him and defyle the heed of his abstineÌ„ce â—hen must he shaue his heed the daye of his â—lâ—syngâ— â–ª euen the seuenth daye he shall shaue it And the eyght daye he shall brynge .ij. turtels or .ij. yonge pigeons to the preast vnto yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse And yâ— preast shall offer the one for a synofferynge and the other for a burntofferynge make an aronement for him as concernynge that he synned apon the deed and shall also halowe his heed the same daye and he shall abstene vpto the Lorde theryme of his abstinencye and shall brynge a lambe of aâ— yere olde for a trespace offerynge but the dayes yâ— were before are lost because his abstinence was defyled ¶ This is the lawe of the absteyner when the tyme of his abstineÌ„ce is out he shal be broughte vnto yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse he shall brynge his offerynge vnto yâ— Lord an he laÌ„be of a yere olde with out blemysh fâ—r a burntofferynge a she lambe of a yere olde without blemysh for a synofferynge a ram without blemysh also for a peaseofferynge a basket of swete breed of fyne floure myngled with oyle wafers of swete bred anoyntyd with oyle with meatofferynges aÌ„d drynkofferynges that longe thereto And the preast shall brynge him before yâ— Lorde offer his synofferynge his burntofferynge shall offer yâ— ram for a peaseofferynge vnto yâ— Lorde with the basker of swete brede aÌ„d the preast shall offer also his meat offerynge his drynckofferynge And yâ— absâ—yner shall shaue his heed in yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d shall take the heer of his sober heed put it in yâ— fyre which is vnder the peaseofferynge Then the preast shall take the sodden shulder of yâ— ram aÌ„d one swete cake out of yâ— basket one swete wafer also aÌ„d put them in the haÌ„de of the absteâ—ner after he hath shaneÌ„ his abstineÌ„ce of the preast shall waue them vnto the Lorde which offerynge shal be holy vnto the preast with yâ— wauebrest and heue shulder then the absâ—eyner mayâ— drynke wyne This is the lawe of the absieyner which hath vowed his offerynge vnto â— Lorde for his abstynence besydes that his haÌ„de can gete And acordyng to the vowe which he vowed euen so he must doo in the lawe of his abstinence And the Lorde talked with Moses sayengâ— speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes sayeÌ„â—â— of this wise ye shall blesse the childern of â—ere of ye se that AaroÌ„ wher he lift vpp his hande and blessed the people was not dumme as oure bisshopes be Ysrael saynge vnto them The lordeblesse the and kepe the. The lorde make his face shyne apon the be mercyfull vnto the. The lorde lifte vpp his countenaâ—nce apoÌ„ the and geue the peace For ye shall put my name apon the childern of Ysrael that Imaye blessethem ¶ The .vij. Chapter ANd when Moses had full sett vp the habitacion and anoynted it aÌ„d sanctifyed it and all the apparell thereof and had anoynted and sanctifyed yâ— alter also and all the vessels there of then the prynces of Ysrael heedes ouer the housses of their fathers which were the lordes of the trybes that stode aÌ„d numbred
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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d the people remoued not till she was broughte in agayne And afterwarde they remoued from â–ª Hazeroth and pitched in yâ— 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 yâ— 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 Raphâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 Thalmanâ— 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 apoÌ„ 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 loÌ„de that floweth with milke honye here is of the frute of it Neuerthelesse the people be stronge yâ— dwell in the londe and the cities are walled and erceadinge greate and moreouer we sawe the childreÌ„ of Enack there The amaleckes dwel in the south cuntre and the Hethites Iebu sites and the Amorites dwell in the mouÌ„raynes and the Cananites dwell by the see aÌ„d 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 childreÌ„ of Enack which are of the geauÌ„tes 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 wyâ—es also oure childreÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 pâ—stilence destroy theÌ„ 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 amoÌ„ge this people aÌ„d that thou art sene face to face yâ— tâ—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 maÌ„ 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 â— 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 aÌ„d full of merey and suffereth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon yâ— childern eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ that thirde fourth generacion be mercyfull I beseche yâ— therfore vnto the synne of this people acordinge vnto thi greate mercy acordinge as thou hast forgeueÌ„ this people from Egipte euen vnto this place And the Lorde sayed I haue forgeueÌ„ it acordynge to thy request But as trulye as Ilyue all the erth shal be fylled with my glorye For of all those meÌ„ whiche haue sene my glorye my miracles which I dyd in Egipte in yâ— 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 theÌ„ that rayled apoÌ„ me se it But my servanÌ„te 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 aÌ„d Cananites which dwell in the lowe contrees Tomorowe turne you and gete you in to the wildernesse euen the waye towarde the reâ— see And the Lorde spake vnto Moses aÌ„d Aaron sayenge how longe shall this euell multitude murmure agenst me I haue herde yâ— murmurynges of yâ— childern of Ysrael whyche they murmure agenste me Tell them yâ— 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 theÌ„ 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 waÌ„dre 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 yâ— 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 yâ— 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 yâ— 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 yâ— meÌ„ 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 reasoÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 yâ— Lorde and therfore the Lorde wyll not be with you But they were blynded to goo vpp in to yâ— hyll toppe Neuer the lather the arke of the testament of the Lorde and Moses departed not out of the hoste Then the Amalekytes aÌ„d the Cananites which dwelt in that hill came doune and sinote them and hewed theÌ„ euen vnto Horma ¶ The .xv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayeÌ„ge speake vnto the childern of Israel saye vnto them when ye be come in to yâ— 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 oâ— 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 yâ— burnt offerynge or any other offerynge when it is a lambe And vnto a raÌ„ thou shalt offer a meat offerynge of .ij. tenth deales of floure myngled with yâ— 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
eyes of these men we wyll not come And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the Lorde Turne not vnto their offerynges I haue not taken so moch as an asse Can ourepre lates so saye from them nether haue vexed any of them Then Moses sayed vnto Corah Be thou aÌ„d all thy companye before the Lorde both thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery man his censer and put cens in them come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer two hundred and fyftie censers and Aaron with his censer And they toke euery man his censer and put fyre in them layed cens thereon and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and Moses Aaron also And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge separate youre selues from this congregacion that I maye consume them a tonce And they fell apon their faces and sayed O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ hath synned and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the congregacion and saye Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan AbiraÌ„ the elders of Israel folowed him And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche nothinge of theres lest ye peryshe in all there synnes And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan and Abiram came out stode in the dore of there teÌ„tes with their wyues their sonnes and their childern And Moses sayed Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all the se workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstoÌ„d that these meÌ„ haue rayled apon the Lorde And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde claâ—e a sunder that was vnder them and yâ— erth opened hir mouthe and swalowed them and their housses and all the meÌ„ that were with Corah and all their goodes And they and all that pertayned vnto them went doune alyue vnto hell and the erthe closed apon them and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon And all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the crye of them For they sayed The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the fyre here and there for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes and let them be beten in to thyne plaâ—es and fastened apon the altare For they offred theÌ„ before the Lorde and therfore they are holye and they shal be a sygne vnto the childern of Israel And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them and fastened them vppon the altare to be a remembraunce vnto the childern of Israel that no straunger whiche is not of the seed of Aaron come nere to offer cens before the Lorde that he be not made like vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayed vnto him by the hande of Moses And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse And beholde the cloude had couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Gett you from this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckelye And they fell apon theyr faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron take a censer and put fyre therein out of the alter and poure on cens and goo quyckly vnto the coÌ„gregacion and make an attonement for theÌ„ For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde and there is a plage begone And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him and ran vnto the congregacion and beholde the plage was begone amonge the people and he put on cens and made an attonement for the people And he stode betwene the deed and them that were alyue and the plage ceased And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage were .xiiij. thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse and the plage ceased ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod. And put theÌ„ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you And his rod whom I chose shall blossome So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod euen xij roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes And Moses put yâ— roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded bare blosomes and almondes And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of re bellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse frome that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought for whosoeuer cometh nyethe dwellynge of the Lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume awaye ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayed vnto Aaron â–ª Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers housse with the shall bere the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
make sprynklynge water for the multitude of HeÌ„ce 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 aÌ„d vnto the straunger yâ— 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 aÌ„d then he shal be cleane the seuenth daye And yf he purifye not himselfe the thyrde daye theÌ„ the seuenth daye he shall not be cleane Who soeuer twicheth any persone yâ— dyeth a sprynkleth not him selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the Lorde aÌ„d 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 yâ— is in the tent shal be vncleane vij dayes And all the vessels that be opeÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 froÌ„ amoÌ„ge 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 eueÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 theÌ„selues together ageÌ„st Moses and ageÌ„st 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 yâ— staffe and gather thou and thi brother AaroÌ„ the congregacion together and saye vnto the rocke before their eyes that he geue forth his water And thou shalt brynge theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d he sayed vnto theÌ„ heare ye rebellyons must we fâ—â—t you water out of this rocke And Moses lifte vp his haÌ„de 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 weÌ„t doune in to Egipte and how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longetyme and how the Egipâ—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 citiâ— 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 ageÌ„st 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 froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 coâ—etousnes fett monethes myndes and hath encreased theÌ„ with yeres myndes aÌ„d seuen yeres miÌ„des 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 AaroÌ„ .xxx. dayes The .xxi. Chapter ANd when kynge Arad the cananite which
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 hâ—th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 commauÌ„ded 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 wheÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 â—f likelyhod a â—ryght stonne â—â— the ephod â—â—hereâ— the hie â—reast loked â—awe the will â—f God in tyâ—â—es of neade â—s thou mayst â—e in the story of Dauid This was the â—aner of the Ebrues to maâ—e their officeâ—s of this maner did the apostle make deâ—kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou â—eist iÌ„ thactes aÌ„d mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takeÌ„ 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 yâ— preast which shall axe councell for him after yâ— 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 commauÌ„ded 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 yâ— offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto theÌ„ This is yâ— offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. laÌ„bes 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 â—t euen And thereto yâ— teÌ„th parte of an Epha offloure for a meâ—â—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 yâ— 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 yâ— other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after yâ— maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a sweâ—e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two teÌ„thdeales 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. teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled
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 aÌ„d eueÌ„ so yf I then hate him I feale and peaceave that my loue was but wordly And finallye he sturreth theÌ„ to the fayth aÌ„d loue of god aÌ„d dryveth them froÌ„ all confidence of their awne selves In the nynth also he moueth theÌ„ vnto faith and to put their trust in god and draweth theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d serue him with all their harte soule and mighte aÌ„d kepe his commaundmentes of loue And he sheweth a reason why they shuld that doo euen because god is lord of heuen and erth aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ both what will folow yf they loue and feare god and whate also yf they despise him aÌ„d breake his commaundment In the .xij. he coÌ„maundeth 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 couÌ„seleth cotrarye shuld come with miracles as Paule doth vnto the Galathians In the. xiiij the beestes are forbiddeÌ„ partely for the vnclennesse of theÌ„ aÌ„d partely to cause hate betwene the hetheÌ„ aÌ„d theÌ„ that they haue no coÌ„uersatioÌ„ 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 aÌ„d equite aÌ„d exhorteth vnto the loue of a mans neyghboure And in the .xvi. amonge other he forgetteth not the same And in the xvij he entâ—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 aÌ„d 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 â—â—â—re so or no. In the. xviij he forbiddeth all false and deâ—elish crastes that hurte true fayth Moreouer because the people coude not heare the voyce of the lawe spokeÌ„ to theÌ„ in fire he promiseth theÌ„ another prophete to briÌ„ge theÌ„ better tydinges which was spokeÌ„ of christ oure sauiour The .xix. aÌ„d so forth vnto the ende of the xxvij is almost al together of love vnto oure neygboures aÌ„d of lawes of equite aÌ„d honestye with now aÌ„d then a respecte vnto fayth The .xxviij. is a terreble chaptre aÌ„d to be treÌ„bled at A christeÌ„ mans harte might wel bleed for sorow at the readinge of it for feare of the wrath that is like to come vpoÌ„ us accordinge vnto all the curses which thou there readest For acordinge vnto these curses hath god delt with all nacions after they were falleÌ„ in to the abhominacions of blindnesse The .xxix. is like terreble with a godly lessoÌ„ in the ende that we shuld leue serchiÌ„ge of goddes secrettes aÌ„d geue diligeÌ„ce to walke accordinge to that he hath opened vnto us For the kepiÌ„ge of the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes of god teacheth wisdome as thou mayeste se in the same chapter where Moses sayeth kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes that ye maye vnderstod whate ye ought to do But to serch goddes secretes bliÌ„deth a maÌ„ as it is wel proved by the swarmes of oure sophisters whose wise bokes are now wheÌ„ we loke iÌ„ the scripture fouÌ„de 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 PharaÌ„ aÌ„d 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
loÌ„de Nay but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast theÌ„ out before the. It is not for thy rightuousnes sake aÌ„d right hert that thou goest to possesse their loÌ„d But partely for the wekednesse of these nacioÌ„s the Lord thy god doth cast theÌ„ 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 lâ—nd to possesse it for thou art a stissenecked people RemeÌ„bre aÌ„d 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 eueÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 wheÌ„ the people were gathered together And wheÌ„ 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 theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 TheÌ„ I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake theÌ„ before youre eyes And I fell before the Lorde euen as at the first tyme .xl. dayes aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d in prouokinge him For I was afrayed of the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lord was angrie with you eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde my peticion at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrie with Aaron also eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed him But I made intercession for AaroÌ„ also the same tyme. And I toke youre synne the calfe which ye had made aÌ„d burnt him with fire aÌ„d stampe him and grounde him a good eueÌ„ vnto smal dust And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount Also at â—habeera and at Masa and at the sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde yee aÌ„d 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 hiÌ„ nor herkened vnto his voyce Thus ye haue bene disobedieÌ„t vnto the Lord sence the daye that I knew you And I fell before the Lorde .xl. dayes and Lerne to praâ—â— 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 enheritauÌ„ce which thou hast delyuered thorow thi greatnesse and which thou hast brought out of Egipte with a mightie hand RemeÌ„bre 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 aÌ„d make the an Arke of wod and I will wryte in the table the wordes that were in the first tables which thou brakest aÌ„d thou shalt put theÌ„ in the arcke And I made an arke of sethiÌ„ wod aÌ„d hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I departed aÌ„d came doune froÌ„ the hyll and put the tables in the arcke which I had made aÌ„d there they remayned as the Lorde commaunded me And the childern of Israel toke their iurney from Beroth BeÌ„ IakeÌ„ to Mosera where AaroÌ„ dyed aÌ„d where he was buried aÌ„d Eleazer his sonne became preast iÌ„ his steade And froÌ„ theÌ„ce they departed vnto Gudgod aÌ„d froÌ„ Gudgod to Iathbath a loÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 eueÌ„ 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 aÌ„d goo forth in the iurney before the people and let them goo in aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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
lorde to whom be honoure and prayse for ever and vnto god oure father thorow him AMEN The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis The fyrst Chapiter IN the begynnynge God created heaven and erth The erth was voyde and emptie aÌ„d darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water Than God sayd let there be lyghte and there was lyghte And God sawe the lyghte that it was good devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse and called the lyghte daye and the darcknesse nyghte and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye And God sayd let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters aÌ„d let it devyde the waters a sonder Than God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament from the waters that were above the fyrmament And it was so And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye And God sayd let the waters that are vnder heaven gather them selves vnto one place that the drye londe may appere And it came so to passe And god called the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called â—e the see And God sawe that it was good And God sayd let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth And it came so to passe aÌ„d the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in his kynde trees berynge frute havynge their seed in theÌ„ selves every one in his kynde And God sawe that it was good and theÌ„ of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye Than sayd God let there be lyghtes in the firmament of heaven to devyde the daye froÌ„ the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days yeares And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heaveÌ„ to shyne vpon the erth so it was And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth and to rule the daye the nyghte aÌ„d to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse And god sawe that it was good and so of the evenynge aÌ„d mornynge was made the fourth daye And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move have lyfe foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyoe and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes aÌ„d all maner of federed foules in their kyndes And God sawe that it was good and God blessed them saynge Growe and multiplye aÌ„d fyll the waters of the sees let the foules multiplye vpoÌ„ the erth And so of the evenynge morninge was madethe fyfth daye And God sayd leth the erth bringforth lyvynge creatures in thir kyndes catell wormes beastes of the erth in their kyndes so it came â—o passe And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes catell in their kyndes aÌ„d all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes and God sawe that it was good And God sayd let vs make man in oure symilitude aÌ„d after oure lycknesse that he may have rule over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over catell and over all the erth and over all wormes that crepe on the erth And God created man after hys lycknesse after the lycknesse of god created he him male female created he them And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth And God sayd se I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which are on all the erth and all maner trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed to be meate for yow for all beastes of the erth and vnto all foules of the ayre and vnto all that crepeth on the erth where in is lyfe that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for to eate and even so it was And God behelde al that he had made aÌ„d loo they were exceadynge good and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye The seconde Chapter Thus was heaveÌ„ erth fynished wyth all their apparell aÌ„d iÌ„ yâ— seueÌ„th daye god ended hys worke which he had made rested in yâ— seventh daye froÌ„ all his workes which he had made And God blessed yâ— seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made ¶ These are the generations of heaven erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde before they werein the erthe And all the herbee of the felde before they sprange for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth â–ª Then the LORde God shâ—pe man even of the mâ—ulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe So man was made a lyvynge soule ¶ The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant â—o eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell ¶ And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe into foure principall waters The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth And the gold of that contreys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Oâ—ix The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth â—â—ver is Euphrates ¶ And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it and the LORde God coÌ„maunded AdaÌ„ saynge of all the trees of the gardeÌ„ se thouÌ„ eate But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not for even yâ— same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye ¶ And the LORde God sayd it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company And after that the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the
make brycke aÌ„d 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 AnaÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 SeÌ„ was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And SeÌ„ 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 huÌ„dred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber aÌ„d lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. huÌ„dred and thre yere aÌ„d 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 â–ª 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 AbraÌ„s wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca aÌ„d 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 â—â— Chaldea to go in to the laÌ„de 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 AbraÌ„ 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 theÌ„ that blesse the aÌ„d curse theÌ„ that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram weÌ„t 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 aÌ„d 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 laÌ„de of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the laÌ„de 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 aÌ„d sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slaÌ„de 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 â— 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 apoÌ„ It wyll come to passe therfore wheÌ„ 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 EgiptiaÌ„s 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 aÌ„d he asses men seruantes mayde seruaÌ„tes 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 aÌ„d 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 froÌ„ the south even vnto BETHEL aÌ„d 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 â–ª 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 aÌ„d 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 AbrahaÌ„ stode vp bowed hiÌ„ selfe before yâ— people of yâ— laÌ„de yâ— childreÌ„ of heth And he comened with them saynge Yf it be youre myndes yâ— I shall bury my deade oute of my sighte heare me aÌ„d 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 amoÌ„ge the childern of heth Than Ephron the Hethite answered Abraham in the audyeÌ„ce 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 laÌ„de and spake vnto EphroÌ„ 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 â—o so will I bury my deed there Ephron answered AbrahaÌ„ saynge vnto him My lorde harken vnto me The lande is worth iiij hundreth sycles of syluer But what is that betwixte the and meâ— 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. huÌ„dred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus was the felde of Ephron where in the dubbill caue is before Maâ—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 MaÌ„re otherwise called Ebron in the lande of Canaan And so both the felde aÌ„d 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 ThaÌ„ sayde the seruaunte vnto him what aÌ„d yf the womaÌ„ wyll not agree to come with me vnto this laÌ„de shall I brynge thy sonne agayne vnto the lande which thou camest out of â–ª And AbrahaÌ„ sayde vnto him bewarre of that that thou bâ—â—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 yâ— thou mayst take a wife vnto my sonne from thence Neuerthelesse yf the womaÌ„ 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 cyrâ—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 AbrahaÌ„ sende me good spede this daye shewe mercy vnto my master Abraham â—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 yâ— 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 rannâ— vnto her and saâ—de let me syppe a litle water of thi pither And she sayde drynke my lorde And she besied and laâ—e downe her pytcher apon â—â—â— arme and gaue him drinke And wheÌ„ 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 feâ—t water and drewe for all his camels And the felowe wondred at her But helde his peace to weâ—e whether the LORde had made his â—ouâ—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 â—aÌ„des 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 â–ª And she sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuell the sonne of Mâ—â—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
and the bracelettes â—pon his sisters handes aÌ„d herde the wordes of Rebecca his sister saynge thus sayde the man vnto me than he went out vnto the man And â—oo he stode yet with the camels by the well syde And Laban sayde come in thou blessed of the LORde Wherfore stondest thou without I haue dressed the house and made rowme for the camels And than the maÌ„ came in to the house And he vnbrydeld the camels God bleseth vs wheÌ„â—â—e geveth vs â—is benefiâ—â—s and curâ—â—th vs wâ—en he taâ—â—th them a â—aye and brought â—â—â—ter and prauonder for the camels and water to wâ—she his fete and their fete that were with him and there was meate sett before him to eate But he sayde I will not eate vntill I haue sayde myne eareÌ„de And he sayde saye on And he sayde I am AbrahaÌ„s servaunte the LORDE hath * blessed my master out of measure that he is become greate and hath geven him shepe oxen syluer and golde men servauntes mayde servauntes camels aÌ„d asses And Sara my masters wyfe bare him a sonne wheÌ„ she was olde and vnto him hath he geven all that he hath And my master made mesâ—ere saynge Thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amonge the doughters of the cananyres in whose laÌ„de I dwell But thou shalt goo vnto my fathers house and to my â—ynred and there take a wyfe vnto my sonne And I sayde vnto my master What yf the wyfe will not folowe me â–ª And he sayde vnto me The LORde before whome I walke wyll sende his angell with the and prosper thy iourney that thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kynred and of my fathers house But and yf when thou comest vnto my kynred they will not geue the one thaÌ„ shall thou bere no perell of myne oothe And I came this daye vnto the well and sayed O LORde the God of my master AbrahaÌ„ yf it be so that thou makest my iourney which I go prosperous beholde I stoÌ„de by this well of water And when a virgyn cometh forth to drawe water and I saye to her geue me a litle water of thi pitcher to drynke and she saye agayne to me dryncke thou and I will also drawe water for thy camels that same is the wife whom the LORde hath prepared for my masters sonne And before I had made an ende of speakynge in myne harte beholde Rebecca came forth and hir pitcher on hir shulder and she went doune vnto the well and drewe And I sayde vnto her geue me dryncke And she made hast and toke doune hir pâ—â—cher from of hir aÌ„d sayd drinke and I will geue thy camels drynke also And I dranke and she gaue the camels drynke also And I asked her saynge whose doughter art thou And she answered the doughter of Bathuell Nahors sonne whome Milca bare vnto him And I put the earynge vpon hir face and the bracelettes apon hir hondes And I bowed myselfe and worshepped the LORde and blessed the LORde God of my master AbrahaÌ„ which had brought me the right waye to take my masters brothers doughter vnto his sonne Now therfore yf ye will deall mercyfully and truly with my master tell me And yf no tell me also that I maye turne me to the right hande or to the left Than answered Laban and Bathuel saynge The thinge is proceded even out of the lorde we can not therfore saye vnto the ether good or bad Beholde Rebecca before thy face take her and goo and let her be thy masters sonnes wifeâ— euen as the LORde hath sayde â–ª And wheÌ„ Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes he bowed him selfe vnto the LORde â—â—aâ—â— vpon the erth And the seroâ—unte toke forth 〈◊〉 of syluer and iewelles of gold and rayment and gaue them to Rebecca But vnto hir brother to hir mother he gaue spyces And then they ate and dranke both he and the men that were with him and taried all nyghte and rose vp in the mornynge And he sayde let me departe vnto my master But hir brother and hir mother sayde let the damsell abyde with vs a while aÌ„d it be but even .x. dayes and than goo thy wayes And he sayde vnto them hinder me not for the lorde hath prospered my iourney Sende me awaye yâ— I maye goo vnto my master And they sayde let vs call the damsell and witt what she sayth to the matter And they called forth Rebecca aÌ„d sayde vnto her wilt thou goo with this maÌ„ â–ª And she sayde Yee Than they broughte Rebecca their sister on the waye and her norse and AbrahaÌ„s servaunte and the men that were wyth him And they * To bless a maÌ„s neyboure is tâ— praye for haÌ„d to wiss him good and not 〈…〉 wagge .ij. gers ouâ— him blessed Rebecca sayde vnto her Thou art oure sister growe in to thousande thousandes thy seed possesse the gates of their emmes And Rebecca arose hir damsels satt theÌ„ vp apoÌ„ the camels went their waye after the man And the servaunte toke Rebecca went his waye And Isaac was a comiÌ„ge from the well of yâ— lyvynge seynge for he dwelt in the sâ—uth coÌ„tre was gone out to walke in his meditatioÌ„s before yâ— eueÌ„ tyde And he lyfte vp his eyes loked beholde yâ— camels were cominge And Rebecca lyfte vp hir eyes wheÌ„ she sawe Isaac she lyghted of the camel aÌ„d sayde vnto the servaunte what maÌ„ is this that cometh agenst vs in the feld And the servauÌ„te sayde it is my master And then she toke hir mantell aÌ„d put it aboute her And the servauÌ„te tolde Isaac all that he had done TheÌ„ Isaac broughte her in to his mother Saras tente aÌ„d toke Rebecca she became his wife he loved her so was Isaac coÌ„forted over his mother The .xxv. Chapter ABrahaÌ„ toke hiÌ„ another wyfe cald Retura which bare hiÌ„ Simram Jacksam Medan MidiaÌ„ Iesback Suah And Jâ—cksan begat Seba DedaÌ„ And the sonnes of Dedan were Assurim Letusim Leumim And the sonnes of Midian were Epha Epher Hanoch Abida Elda All these were the childern of Bethura But AbrahaÌ„ gaue all that he had vnto Isaac And vnto the sonnes of his concubines he haue giftes and sent them awaye from Isaac his sonne while he yet lyved east waro vnto the east contre These are the dayes of the life of AbrahaÌ„ which he lyved an huÌ„dred .lxxv. yere and than fell seke aÌ„d dyed in a lustie age wheÌ„ he had lyved ynough aÌ„d was put vnto his people And his sonnes Isaac aÌ„d Ismael buried hiÌ„ in the duble caue in the feld of EphroÌ„ soÌ„ne of Zoar the Hethite before Manâ—e Which felde abrahaÌ„ boughte of the sonnes of Heth There was AbrahaÌ„ buried and Sara hys wyfe And after yâ— deeth of AbrahaÌ„ God blessed Isaac his sonne which dweld by the well of the lyvige seige These are the generatioÌ„s of Ismael AbrahaÌ„s sonne which Hagar the EgiptiaÌ„ Saras hand mayde bare vnto Abraham And
these are the names of the soÌ„nes of Ismaell with their names in their kiÌ„reddes The eldest soÌ„ne of Ismael Neuâ—â—oth theÌ„ Redar Adbeel MibsaÌ„ Misma Duma Masa Hadar Thema Ietur Naphis Redma These are the soÌ„nes of Ismael and these are their names in their townes and castels .xij. princes of natioÌ„s And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael an huÌ„dred and. xxxvij yere than he fâ—ll seke dyed was layde vnto his people And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur yâ— is before Egypte as men go toward the Assirâ—aÌ„s And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren And these are the generatioÌ„s of Isaac AbrahaÌ„s sonne AbrahaÌ„ begat Isaac And Isaac was .xl. yere olde wheÌ„ he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia sister to Iaban the Sirien And Isaac made intercessioÌ„ vnto the LORde for his wife because she was bareÌ„ and the LORde was iÌ„treated of hiÌ„ Rebecca his wife coÌ„ceaued and the childern stroue together withiÌ„ her theÌ„ she sayde yf it shulde goo so to passe what helpeth it that I am with childe And she went axed the LORde And the LORde sayde vnto her there are .ij. maner of people in the wombe and ij nations shall springe out of thy bowels and the one nation shal be myghtier than the other and the eldest shal be servaunte vnto the yonger And wheÌ„ hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde there were .ij. twyns in hir woÌ„be And he that came out first was redde rough ouer all as it were an hyde and they called his name Esau And after ward his brother came out his hande holdynge Esau by the hele Wherfore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was .lx. yereolde wheÌ„ she bare theÌ„ and the boyâ— es grewe and Esau beame a conynge hunter a tyll man But Jacob was a simple man dwelled in the tentes Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venysoÌ„ but Rebecca loued Jacob Jacob sod potage Esau came from the feld was faiÌ„ne sayd to Jacob let me syppe of that redde potage for I am faynne And therfore was his name called Edom. And Jacob sayde sell â—e this daye thy byrthrighte And Esau answered Loo I am at the poynte to dye what profit shall this byrthrighte do me And Jacob sayde swere to me then this daye And he swore to him sold his byrthrighte vnto Jacob. Than Jacob gaue Esau brede potage of redde ryse And he ate dronke rose vp and went his waye And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte The .xxvi. Chapter ANd there fell a derth in the lande passinge the first derth that fell in the dayes of Abraham Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s vnto Gerar. TheÌ„ the LORde apeared vnto him â— sayde goo not doune in to Egipte but byde in yâ— land which I saye vnto the Sogeorne in this laÌ„de I wyll be with yâ— wyll blesse yâ— for vnto the vnto thy sede I will geue all these coÌ„treis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto AbrahaÌ„ thy father will multiplye thy seed as yâ— starres of heaveÌ„ will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis And thorow thy seed shall all the natioÌ„s of the erth be blessed because that AbrahaÌ„ harkened vnto mâ— voyce kepte mine ordinauÌ„ces coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes statutes lawes And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. And yâ— meÌ„ of the place asked hiÌ„ of his wife he sayde that she was his sister for he feared to calle her his wife lest the meÌ„ of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfâ—llto the eye And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yâ— Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s loked out at a wyndow sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife And Abimelech sende for Isaac sayde se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou that she was thi sister And Isaac saide vnto hiÌ„ I thoughte that I mighte perad venture haue dyed for hir sake TheÌ„ sayde Abimelech whi hast thou done this vnto vs one of the people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs ThaÌ„ Abimelech charged all his people saynge he that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely â—ye for it And Isaac sowed in yâ— laÌ„de founde in yâ— same yere an huÌ„dred bushels for the LORde blessed hiÌ„ the man waxed mightye weÌ„t forth grewe till he was exceadinge great that he had possessioÌ„ of shepe of oxeÌ„ a myghtie housholde so yâ— the Philestians had envy at him In so moch yâ— they stopped fylled vp with erth all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged in his father Abrahams tyme. Than sayde Abin elcch vnto Isaac gett the sroÌ„ me for thou art myhhtier then we a greate deale Than Isaac departed thense pitched his tente in the valey Gerar dwelt there â–ª And Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of AbrahaÌ„ his father which the PhilestiaÌ„s had stoppe after â— deth of AbrahaÌ„ gaue theÌ„ the same names which hys father gaue theÌ„ As Isaacs seruauÌ„tes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge water And the herdmeÌ„ of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdmeÌ„ saynge the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym Than dygged they another well they stroue for that also Therfore called he it Sitena And than he departed theÌ„se dygged another well for the which they stroue not therfore called he it Rehoboth saiÌ„ge yâ— LORde hath now made vs rowme we are encreased vpoÌ„ the erth Afterward departed he theÌ„ce came to Berseba And the LORde apered vnto hiÌ„ the same nyghte sayde I am the God of AbrahaÌ„ thy father feare not for I am with the will blesse the multiplye thy sede for my seruauÌ„te Abrahams sake And than he buylded an aulter there and called vpoÌ„ the name of the LORde there pitched his tente And there Isaacs servauntes dygged a well Than came Abimelech to him froÌ„ Gerar Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne And Isaac sayde vnto theÌ„ wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me haue put me awaye froÌ„ you Than sayde they we sawe that the LORde was with the and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs aÌ„d the that we wolde make a bonde with the yâ— thou shuldeste do vs no hurte as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good and seÌ„d the awaye in prace for thou art now the blessed of the LORde And he made theÌ„ a feast and they ate aÌ„d droÌ„ke And they lose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another And Isaac sent theÌ„ awaye And they departed from him in peace And the same daye came Isaacs servauÌ„tes tolde hiÌ„ of a well which
they had dygged sayde vnto hiÌ„ that thei had founde water And he called it Seba wherfore the name of the cyâ—â— is called Berseba vnto this daye The .xxvij. Chapter WHen Esau was .xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of Bery an Hethite and Basmath the â—â—ughter of Elon an Hethite also which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca â–ª And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see ThaÌ„ caâ—â—ed he Esau his eldest sonne sayde on to him mi sonne And he sayde vnto hym heare am I. And he sayde beholde I am olde aÌ„d knowe not the daye of mi deth Now therfore take thi weapeÌ„s thy quiver thi bowe gett the rothe feldes take me some venyson make me meate such as I loue brynge it me let me eat that my souâ—â— â–ª may blesse the before that I dye But Rebecca hard wheÌ„ Isaac spake to Esau his sonne And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson to briÌ„ge it she spake vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge with Esau thy brother saynge bringe me venyson make me meate that I maye eate blesse the before the LORde yer I dye Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I coÌ„maunde the gett the to the flocke bringe me theÌ„ce .ij. good fiddes I will make meate of theÌ„ forthi father soch as he loueth And thou shalt briÌ„ge it to thi father he shal eate yâ— he maye blysse the before his deth Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother Beholde Esau mi brother is rugh Iam smooth Mi father shal peradueÌ„ture fele me aÌ„d I shal seme vnto hiÌ„ as though I weÌ„t aboute to be gyle hiÌ„ so shall he briÌ„ge a curse vpoÌ„ me not a blessiÌ„ge his mother saide vnto him VppoÌ„ me be thi curse my sonne only heare my voyce goo and fetch me them And Iacob went aÌ„d fett them and brought them to his mother And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued And she went and fett goodly rayment of hir eldest sonne Esau which she had in the house with hir and put them vpon Iacob hir yongest sonne aÌ„d she put the skynnes vpon his haÌ„des apon the smooth of his necke And she put yâ— meate brede which she had made in the hoÌ„de of hir sonne Iacob And he went in to his father saynge my father And he aÌ„swered here am I who art thou my sonne And Iacob sayde vnto his father I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done acordinge as thou baddest me vp and sytt and eate of my venyson that thi soule maye blesse me But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne How coÌ„meth it that thou hast fownde it so quicly my sonne He answered The LORde thy god brought it to my hande Than sayde Isaac vnto Iacob come nere and let me fele the my sonne whether thou be my sonne Esau or not Than went Iacob to Isaac his father he felt him sayde the voyce â—â— Iacobs voyce but the haÌ„des ar yâ— haÌ„des of Esau And he knewe him not because his handes were rough as his brother Esauâ— handes And so he blessed him And he axed him art thou my sonne Esau And he sayde that I am Than sayde he brynge me and let me eate of my sonnes venyson that my soule maye blesse the. And he broughte him and he ate And he broughte him wyne also and he dranke And his father Isaac sayde vnto him come nere and kysse me my sonne And he weÌ„t to him kissed him And he smelled yâ— sauoure of his raymeÌ„t blessed hiÌ„ sayde See yâ— smell of my soÌ„ne is as yâ— smell of a feld which the lorde hath blessed God geue the of yâ— dewe of heaveÌ„ of the fatnesse of the erth and pleÌ„tie of corne wyne People be thy servauntes natioÌ„s bowe vnto the. Be lorde ouer thy brethreÌ„ and thy mothers children stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he that curseth the lessed be he that blesseth the. As soone as Isaac had made an end of blessiÌ„g Iacob Iacob was scace gone out froÌ„ the preasence of Isaac his father then came Esau his brother froÌ„ his huntynge And had made also meate and brought it in vnto his father sayde vnto him Aryse my father eate of thy sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me ThaÌ„ his father Isaac sayde vnto him Who art thou he answered I am thy eldest sonne Esau And Isaac was greatly astoyned out of mesure and sayde Where is he then that hath huÌ„ted venyson and broughte it me and I haue eaten of all before thou camesâ— and haue blessed him aÌ„d he shall be blessed styll WheÌ„ Esau her de the wordes of his father he cryed out greatly bitterly aboue mesure and sayde vnto his father blesse me also my father And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte aÌ„d hath takeÌ„ awaye thy blessynge Than sayde he He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now .ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also And he sayde hast thou kepte neuâ—â— a blessynge for me Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau beholde I haue made him thi LORde all his mothers children haue I made his seruauntes Moreouer wyth come aÌ„d wyne haue I stablesshed him what caÌ„ I do vnto the now my sonne And Esau sayde vnto his father hast thou but that one blessynge my father blesse me also my father so lyfted vp Esau his royce wepte ThaÌ„ Isaac his father answered sayde vnto him Beholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth of the dewe of heauen froÌ„ aboue And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke And Esau hated Iacob because of the blessynge that his father blessed him with all sayde in his harte The dayes of my fathers soâ—owe are at haÌ„de for I will sley my brother Iacob And these wordes of Esau hir eldest sonne were told to Rebecca And she sente aÌ„d called Iacob hir yongest sonne and sayde vnto hiÌ„ beholde thy brother Esau threatneth to kyll the Now therfore my soÌ„ne heare my voyce make the redie flee to LabaÌ„ my brother at Haâ—an Andtarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fearsnes be swaged and vntill the brothers wrath turne away from the and he forgett that which thou hast done to him ThaÌ„ will I sende and fett the awaye from thence Why shulde I lose you both in one daye And Rebecca spake to Isaac I am wery of my life for feare of the doughters of Heth. Yf Jacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth soch one as these are or of the doughters of the lande what lust shulde I haue
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
When the LORde sawe that Lea was despised he made her frutefull but Rahel was baren And Lea conceaued and bare a sonne aÌ„d called his name RubeÌ„ for she sayde the LORde hath loked apon my tribulation And now my husbonde will loue me And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and sayde the LORde hath herde that I am despised aÌ„d hath therfore geuen me this sonne also and she called him Simeon And she conceaued yet and bare a sonne aÌ„d sayde now this once will my husbonde kepe me company because I haue borne him .iij. sonnes and therfore she called his name Levi. And she conceaued yet agayne and bare a sonne saynge Now will I prayse the LORde therfore she called his name Juda and left bearynge ¶ The .xxx. Chapter WHen Rahel sawe that she bare Jacob no children she enuied hir sister sayde vnto Jacob geue me children or ells I am but deed Than was Jacob wrooth with Rahel saynge Am I in godes steade which kepeth froÌ„ the the frute of thi woÌ„be TheÌ„ she sayde here is my mayde Bilha go in vnto her that she maye beare vpoÌ„ my lappe that I maye be encreased by her And she gaue him Bilha hir haÌ„d mayde to wife And Jacob weÌ„t in vnto her And Bilha conceaued and bare Jacob a sonne Than sayde Rahel God hath geuen senteÌ„ce on my syde and hath also herde my voyce and hath geuen me a sonne Therfore called she him Dan. And Bilha Rahels mayde coÌ„ceâ—ued agayne and bare Jacob a nother sonne And Rahel sayde God is turned and I haue made a chaunge with my sister haue goteÌ„ yâ— vpper haÌ„de And she called his name Nepthali WheÌ„ Lea sawe that she had left bearinge she toke Silpha hir mayde and gaue her â—acob to wiffe And Silpha Leas made bare Jacob a sonne Than sayde Lea good lucke and called his name God And Silpha Leas mayde bare Jacob another sonne ThaÌ„ sayd Lea happy am I for the doughters will call me blessed And called his name Asser And RubeÌ„ weÌ„t out in the wheatharuest fouÌ„de mandragoras in the feldes and brought theÌ„ vnto his mother Lea. Than sayde Rahel to Lea geue me of thy sonnes maÌ„dragoras And Lea answered is it not ynough that thou hast takeÌ„ awaye my housboÌ„de but woldest take awaye my sonnes mandragoras also Than sayde Rahel well let him slepe with the this nyghte for thy sonnes mandragoras And wheÌ„ Jacob came from the feldes at euen Lea went our to mere him sayde come into me for I haue bought the with my sonnes mandragoras And he slepte with her that nyghte And God herde Lea that she coÌ„ceaued and bare onto Jacob yâ— .v. sonne Than sayde Lea. God hath geue me my rewarde because I gaue my maydeÌ„ to my housboÌ„d and she called him Isachar And Lea coÌ„ceaued yet agayne and bare Jacob the sexâ—e sonne Than sayde she God hath endewed me with a good dowry Now will my housbond dwell with me because I haue borne him .vi. sonnes and called his name ZabuloÌ„ After that she bare a doughter and called her Dina. And God remeÌ„bred Rahel herde her and made her frutefull so that she coÌ„ceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath takeÌ„ awaye my rebuke And she called his name Joseph saynge The lorde geue me yet a nother sonne As soone as Rahel had home Joseph Jacob sayde to Laban SeÌ„de me awaye that I maye goo vnto myne awne place and cuÌ„tre geue me my wives and my children for whome I haue serued the and let me goo for thou knowest what scruyce I haue done the. Than sayde Laban vnto hiÌ„ If I haue fownde fauoure in thy syghte for I suppose that the LORde hath blessed me for thy sake appoynte what thy rewarde shal be and I will geue it yâ— But he sayde vnto hym thou knowest what seruyce I haue done yâ— in what takâ—nge thy catell haue bene vnder me For it was but litle that thou haddest before I came and now it is encreased in to a multitude â— and the LORDE hath blessed the for my sake But now when shall I make provysion for myne awne house also And he sayde what shall I geue the And Jacob answerd thou shalt geue me nothinge at all yf thou wilt do this one thinge for me And then will I turne agayne fede thy shepe and kepe them I will go aboute all thy shepe this daye and separate froÌ„ theÌ„ all the shepe that are spotted and of dyverse coloures and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes and the partie and spotted amonge the kyddes And then such shal be my rewarde So shall my rightwesnes answere for me when the tyme commeth that I shall receaue my rewarde of the Go that what soeuer is not speckeld and partie amonge the gootes and blacke amonge the lambes let that be theft with me Than sayde Laban â—oo I am conteÌ„te that it be acordinge as thou hast sayde And he toke out that same daye the he gootes that were partie of dyuerse coloures all the she gootes that were spotted and partie coloured all that had whyte in theÌ„ all the blacke amonge the lambes aÌ„d put theÌ„ in the kepinge of his sonnes sett thre dayes ourney â—betwixte hiÌ„selfe Jacob. And so Jacob kepte yy e rest of LabaÌ„s shepe Jacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell of chestnottrees pilled whyte strakes in theÌ„ made the white apere in the staues And he put the staues which he had pilled eueÌ„ before yy â— shepe in the gutters watrynge â—roughes wheÌ„ the shepe came to drynke that they shulde coÌ„ceaue wheÌ„ they came to drynke And the shepe coÌ„ceaued before the staues brought forth straked spotted partie TheÌ„ Iacob parted the laÌ„bes turned the faces of the shepe toward spotted thinges toward allinaner of blacke thinges thorow out the flockes of LabaÌ„ And he made him flockes of his owne by theÌ„ selfe which he put not vnto the flockes of LabaÌ„ And allwaye in the first buckinge tyme of the shepe Iacob put the staues before the shepe in the gutters â–ª yâ— they myghte conceaue before the staues But in the latter buckynge tyme he put them not there so the last hrode was LabaÌ„s and the first Iacobs And the man became excedynge ryche had many shepe maydeseruauntes menseruauntes camels asses ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Iacob herde the wordes of LabaÌ„s sonnes how they sayde Iacob hath takeÌ„ awaye all that was oure fathers and of oure fathers goodes hath he goteÌ„ all this honoure And Iacob behelde the countenauÌ„ce of Laban that it was not toward him as it was in tymes past And the LORde sayde vnto Iacob turne agayne in to the laÌ„de of thy fathers to thy kynred I wil be with ye. ThaÌ„ Iacob sent called Rahel Lea to the felde vnto his shepe sayde vnto theÌ„ Ise youre fathers countenauÌ„ce that it is not toward me as in tymes past Morouer yâ— God of my father hath bene with me
of ground where he â—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 EicheÌ„ 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 yâ— doughter of Jacob. And he loued that damsell spake kidly vnto her spake vnto his father Hemoâ— saynge gett me this maydeÌ„ 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 comeÌ„ 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 theÌ„ sainge the soule of my sonne SicheÌ„ loÌ„geth for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe and make mariages with vs geue youre doughters vnto vs aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 thaÌ„ 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 ThaÌ„ 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 laÌ„de and do their occupatioÌ„ therin And in the land is rowme ynough for theÌ„ 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 Hâ—mâ—â— and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde aÌ„d 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 haâ—ock of all that was in the houses And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui ye haue troubled me aÌ„d made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canâ—anytes and also vnto the Pherezites And I am fewe in nombre Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me â—ley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed And they answered shuld they deall with oure sister aâ— wyth an whoore ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd God sayd vnto Iacob aryse aÌ„d 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 hiâ— housholde to all that were with him put away the strauÌ„ge goddes that are amonge you make youre selves cleane chaunge youre garmeÌ„tes let vs aryse goo vp to Bethell that I maye make an aulter there vnto God which herde me in the daye of my tribulatioÌ„ was wyth me in the waye which I went And they gaue vnto Iacob all the straunge goddes which were vnder their handes aÌ„d all their carynges which were in their eares and Iacob hyd them vnder an ooke at Sichem And they departed â–ª And the feare of God fell vpon the cyties that were rounde aboute them that they durst not folowe after the sonnes of Iacob â—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 â—ulter and called the place Elbethell because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother Then dyed Deborâ— Rebeccas norse and was buryed benâ—â—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 aÌ„d kynges shall come out of they loynes And the lande which I gaue AbrahaÌ„ Isaac will I geue vnto the vnto thi seed after the will I geue it also And god departed froÌ„ 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
reigne ouer us And they hated hiÌ„ yet the in ore because of his dreame and of his wordes And he dreamed yet another dreame told it his brethren saynge beholde I haue had one dreame more me thought the sonne and the moone and .xi. starres made obaysaunce to me And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem and Israell sayde vnto Ioseph do not thy brethern kepe in Sichem come that I may send yâ— to theÌ„ And he answered here am I And he sayde vnto him goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe and brynge me worde agayne And sent him out of the vale of Hebron for to go to Sichem And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde aÌ„d axed him what he soughte And he answered I seke my brethren tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe And the man sayde they are departed heÌ„ce for I herde them say let vs goo vnto Dothan Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan And wheÌ„ they sawe him a farr of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst him for to sley him and sayde one to another Beholde this dreamer cometh come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt and let vs saye that some wiked beast hath deuoured him and let us see what his dreames wyll come to When Ruben herde that he weÌ„t aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll him And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them shed not his bloude but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes and laye no handes vpon him for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein And they sâ—tt them doune to eate brede And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camels ladeÌ„ with spicery baulme and myâ—re and were goynge doune in to Egipte Than sayde Iuda to his brethreÌ„ what avayleth it that we sley oure brother and kepe his bloude secrett come on let us sell him to the Ismaelites and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him for he is oure brother and oure flesh And his brethren were content Than as the Madâ—anites marchaunt men passed by they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer And they brought him into Egipte And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there he rent his cloothes and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge the lad is not yonder and whether shall I goo And they toke Iosephs coote aÌ„d kylled a goote dypped the coote in the bloud And they sent that gay coote caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd This haue we founde se whether it be thy soÌ„nes coote or no. And he knewe it saynge it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him and Ioseph is rent in peces And Iacob rent his cloothes aÌ„d put sacke clothe aboute his loynes and sorowed for his sonne a longe season Than came all his sonnes aÌ„d all his doughters to comforte him And he wold not be comforted but sayde I will go doune in to yâ— grave vnto my sonne mornynge And thus his father wepte for him And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putipâ—ar a lorde of Pharaos and his chefe marshall ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ANd it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte And he toke her aÌ„d went in vnto her And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Eâ— And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him Onan And she conceaued the thyrde tyme bare a sonne whom she called Sela he was at Chesyb when she bare hem And Iudas gaue Eâ— his eldest sonne a wife whose name was Thamar But this Eâ— Iudas eldest sonne was wicked in the syghte of the LORde wherfore the LORde slewe him Than sayde Iudas vnto Onan goo in to thi brothers wyfe and Marie her and styrre vp seed vnto thy brother And when Onan perceaued that the seed shulde not be his therfore when he went in to his brothers wife he spylled it on the grounde because he wold not geue seed vnto his brother And the thinge which he dyd displeased the LORde wherfore he slew him also Than sayde Iudas to Thamar his doughter in lawe remayne a wydow at thi fathers house tyll Sela my sonne be growne for he feared lest he shulde haue dyed also as his brethren did Thus went Thamar dwelt in hir fathers house And in processe of tyme the doughter of Sua Iudas wife dyed Than Iudas when he had left mornynge went vnto his shepe sherers to Thimnath with his frende Hira of Odollam And one told Thamar saynge beholde thy father in lawe goth vpto Thimnath to shere his shepe And she put hyr wydows garmeÌ„tes of from her and couered her with a clooke and disgyssed herself And sat her downe at the entrynge of Enaim which is by the hye wayes syde to Thimnath for because she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geueÌ„ vnto him to wife When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face And turned to her vnto the waye and sayde come I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe And she sayde what wylt thou gyue me for to lye with me ThaÌ„ sayde he I will sende the a kydd froÌ„ the flocke She answered Than geue me a pledge till thou sende it Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the And she sayde thy sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him And she gatt her vp and went and put her mantell from her aÌ„d put on hir widowes rayment agayne And Iudas sent the kydd by his neybure of Oâ—ollam for to fetch out his pledge agayne from the wifes hande But he fownde her not Than asked he the men of the same place saynge where is the whoore that satt at Enaim in the waye And they sayde there was no whoore here And he came to Iuda agayne saynge I can not fynde
thorow out all the lande of Egipte And in the .vij. pleÌ„teous yeres they made sheves and gathered vp all the fode of the .vij. plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egipte and put it in to the cities And he put the food of the feldes that grewe rounde aboute euery cyte euen in the same And Joseph layde vp corne in stoore lyke vnto the sande of the see in multitude out of mesure vntyll he left nombrynge For it was with out nombre And vnto Joseph were borne .ij. sonnes before the yeres of hunger came which Asnath the doughter of Potiphara preast of On bare vnto him And he called the name of the first sonne Manasse for God sayde he hath made me forgett all my laboure all my fathers husholde The seconde called he Ephraim for God sayde he hath caused me to growe in the lande of my trouble And when the .vij. yeres of plenteousnes that was in the lande of Egypte were ended than came the .vij. yeres of derth acordynge as Joseph had sayde And the derth was in all landes but in the laÌ„de of Egipte was there yet foode When now all the lande of Egipte began to hunger than cried the people to Pharao for bread And Pharao sayde vnto all Egipte goo vnto Joseph and what he sayth to you that doo And when the derth was thorow out all the lande Joseph opened all that was in the cities and solde vnto the EgiptiaÌ„s And hunger waxed sore in the land of Egipte And all countrees came to Egipte to Joseph for to bye corne because that the hunger was so sore in all landes ¶ The .xlij. Chapter WHen Iacob sawe that there was corne to be solde in Egipte he sayde vnto his soÌ„nes why are ye negligent beholde I haue hearde that there is corne to be solde in Egipte Gete you thither and bye vs corne froÌ„ theÌ„ce that we maye lyue and not dye So went Josephs ten brethern doune to bye corne in Egipte for Ben Jamin Josephs brother wold not Iacob sende with his other brethren for he sayde some mysfortune myght happen him And the sonnes of Israell came to bye corne amonge other that came for there was derth also in the lande of Canaan And Joseph was gouerner in the londe and solde corne to all the people of the londe And his brethren came and fell flatt on the grounde before him When Joseph sawe â—â—s brethern he knewe them But made straunge vnto them and spake rughly vnto them saynge Whence come ye and they sayde out of the lande of Canaan to bye vitayle Joseph knewe his brethern but they knewe not him And Joseph remembred his dreames which he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them ye are spies and to se where the lande is weake is youre comynge And they sayde vnto him nay my lorde but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spies And he sayde vnto them nay verely but euen to se where the land is weake is youre comynge And they sayde we thi seruauntes are .xij. brethern the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan The yongest is yet with oure father and one no man woteth where he is Joseph sayde vnto them that is it that I sayde vnto you that ye are surelye spies Here by ye shall be proued For by the lyfe of Pharao ye shall not goo hence vntyll youre yongest brother be come hither Sende therfore one off you and lett him sett youre brother and ye shal be in preason in the meane season And thereby shall youre wordes be proued whether there be any trueth in you or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spies And he put them in warde thre dayes And Joseph sayde vnto theÌ„ the thryd daye This doo and lyue for I feare Gode Yf ye meane no hurte let one of youre brethern be bounde in the preason and goo ye and brynge the necessarie foode vnto youre housholdes and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me that youre wordes maye be beleved aÌ„d that ye dye not And they did so Than they sayde one to a nother we haue verely synned agaynst oure brother in that we sawe the anguysh of his soull when he besought us wold not heare him therfore is this troubyll come apon us Ruben answered theÌ„ saynge sayde I not vnto you that ye shulde not synne agaynst the lad but ye wolde not heare And now verely see his bloude is requyred They were not aware that Joseph vnderstode thein for he spake vnto them by an interpreter And he turned from them and wepte and than turned to them agayne aÌ„d comened with them and toke out Simeon from amonge theÌ„ and bownde him before their eyes aÌ„d commaunded to fyll their sackes wyth corne and to put euery mans money in his sacke and to geue them vitayle to spende by the waye And so it was done to them And they laded their asses with the corne and departed thence And as one of them opened his sacke for to geue his asse prauender in the Iâ—ne he spied his money in his sacks mouth And he sayde vnto his brethren my money is restored me agayne is eueÌ„ in my sackes mouth Than their hartes fayled them and were astoynyed and sayde one to a nother how cometh it that God dealeth thus with us And they came vnto Iacob their father vnto the lande of Canaan and tolde him all that had happened them saynge The lorde of the laÌ„de spake rughly to us and toke us for spyes to serche the countte And we sayde vnto him we meane truely and are no spies We be .xij. bretren soÌ„nes of oure father one is awaye and the yongest is now with oure father in the lande of Canaan And the lorde of the countre sayde vnto us here by shall I knowe yf ye meane truely leaue one of youre brethern here with me and take foode necessary for youre housholdes and get you awaye and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me And thereby shall I knowe that ye are no spyes but meane truely So will I delyuer you youre brother agayne and ye shall occupie in the lande And as they emptied their sackes beholde euerymans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundells of money they were afrayde And Jacob their father sayde vnto them â–ª We haue ye robbed of my childern Joseph is away and Simeon is awaye and ye will take Ben Jamin awaye All these thinges fall vpon me Ruben answered his father saynge Slec my two sonnes yf I bringe him not to the agayne Delyuer him therfore to my honde and I will brynge him to the agayne And he sayde my sonne shall not go downe with you For his brother is dead and he is left alone Moreouer some mys fortune myght happen vpon him by the waye which ye goo And so shuld ye brynge my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue ¶ The .xliij. Chapter
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 â—oth we and he with whom the cuppe is founde are thy seruauntes And he answered God forbyd yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 loâ—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 seâ—ce Yf ye shall take this also awaye froÌ„ me and some mys fortune happen apon him then shall ye brynge my gray heed with sorow vnto the grave Now therfore wheÌ„ I come to thy servaunt my father yf the lad be not with me seinge that his lyfe haÌ„geth by the laddes lyfe then as soone as he seeth that the lad is not come he will dye So shall we thy servauÌ„tes 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 loÌ„ge Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for yâ— 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 vtâ—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 â—ueler in all the land of Egipte Hast you aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 â—â— pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Joseph saye vnto thy brethern this do ye lade youre beestes aÌ„d 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 â—â—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 noâ— 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 â–ª Joseph is yet a lyue and is gouerner ouer all the land of Egipte And Jacobs hert wauered for he beleued theÌ„ 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
thou stondest is holy grounde And he sayde I am the God of thy father the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob And Moses hyd his face for he was afrayde to loke vpon God Than the Lorde sayde I haue surely sene the trouble of my people which are in Egipte and haue herde their crye which they haue of their taskemasters For I knowe theire sorowe and am come downe to delyuer them out of the handes of the Egiptians and to brynge theÌ„ out of that londe vnto a good londe and a large and vnto a londe that floweth with mylke and hony euen vnto the place of the Canaanites Hethites Amorites Pherezites Heuites and of the Iebusites Now therfore beholde the complaynt of the children of Israel is come vnto me and I haue also sene the oppression wherwith the Egiptians oppresse them But come I will sende the vnto Pharao that thou mayst brynge my people the childern of Israel out of Egipte And Moses sayde vnto God what am I to goo to Pharao and to brynge the children of Iraell out of Egipte And he sayde I wil be with the. And this shal be a token vnto the that I haue sent the after that thou hast broughte the people out of Egipte ye shall serue God vppon this mountayne Than sayde Moses vnto God when I come vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them the God of youre fathers hath sent me vnto you aÌ„d they saye vnto me what ys his name â–ª what answere shall I geuethem Then say Of this vvord I vvilbe â–ª cometh the name of God Iehovah vvhich vve interprete Lorde and is as moâ—h to saye as I that â—â— de God vnto Moses I wil be what I wil be aÌ„d he sayde this shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel I wil be dyd send me to you And God spake further vnto Moses thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israell the Lorde God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you this is my name for euer and this is my memoriall thorow out all generacyons Goo therfore and gather the elders of Israel to gether and saye vnto them the Lorde God of youre fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob appeared vnto me and sayde I haue be ne and sene both you and that whiche is done to you in Egipte And I haue sayde it that I will bringe you out of the tribulacioÌ„ of Egipte vnto the londe of the Canaanites Hethites Amorites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites euen a londe that floweth wyth mylke aÌ„d hony Yf it come to passe that they heare thy voyce then goo both thou aÌ„d the elders of Israel vnto the kinge of Egipte and saye vnto him The Lord God of the Ebrues hath mett with vs Let vs goo therfore .iij. dayes iourney in to the wildernesse that we maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde oure God Notwithstondinge I am sure that the kinge of Egipte will not lett you goo excepte it be with a mightie hande ye aÌ„d I will therfore stretche out myne honde and smyte Egipte with all my woÌ„ders which I wil do therin And after that he will let you goo And I will gett this people fauoure in the syghte of the Egiptians so that when ye goo ye shall not goo emptie but euery wife shall borow of hir neyghbouresse and of her that sogeorneth in hir house iewels of syluer aÌ„d of gold and ray ment And ye shall put them on youre sonnes and doughters and shall robbe the Egiptians ¶ The .iiij. Chaptre MOses answered and sayde Se they wil not beleue me nor herkeÌ„ vnto my voyce but wil saye the Lorde hath not apeared vnto the. Then the Lorde saide vnto him what is that in thine hande and he sayde a rodd And he sayde cast it on the grounde and it turned vnto a serpent And Moses raÌ„ awaye from it And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses put forth thine hande aÌ„d take it by the tayle And he put forth his hande and caught it and it became a rodd agayne in his hand that they may beleue that the Lorde God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac aÌ„d the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the Lorde sayde forther more vnto him thrust thine hande in to thy bosome And he thrust his hande in to his bosome and toke it out And beholde his hand was leporous euen as snowe And he saide put thine hande in to thy bosome agayne And he put his hande into his bosome agayne and plucked it out of his bosome and beholde it was turned agayn as his other flesh Yf they will not beleue the nether heare the voyce of the first token yet will they beleue the voyce of the seconde tokeÌ„ But and yf they will not beleue the two signes nether herken vnto thy voyce then take of the water of the riuer and poure it vpon the drye lond And the water which thou takest out of the riuer shall turne to bloude vpon the drie londe And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde oh my Lorde I am not eloqueÌ„t no not in tymes past and namely sence thou hast spoken vnto thy seruaunte but I am slowe mouthed and slowe tongued And the Lorde sayde vnto hiÌ„ who hath made maÌ„s mouth or who hath made the domme or the deaff the seynge or the blynde haue not I the Lorde Go therfore and I wil be with thy mouth and teach the what thou shalt saye And he sayde oh my Lorde send I pray the whome thou wilt And the Lorde was angrie with Moses and sayde I knowe AaroÌ„ thy brother the leuite that he can speake And morouer behold he cometh out agaynst the aÌ„d wheÌ„ he seyth the he wil be gladiÌ„ his hert And thou shalt speake vnto hiÌ„ and put the wordes in his mouth aÌ„d I wil be with thy mouth aÌ„d with his mouth aÌ„d will teach you what ye shal do And he shal be thy spokesrâ—aÌ„ vnto the people he shall be thy mouth aÌ„d thou shalt be his God and take this rodd in thy haÌ„de wher with thou shalt do myracles And Moses went aÌ„d returned to Iethro his father in lawe agayne aÌ„d seyde vnto hiÌ„ let me goo I praye the aÌ„d turne agayne vnto my brethern which are in Egipte that I may se whether they be yet alyue And Iethro sayde to Moses goo in peace And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses in MadiaÌ„ returne agayne in to Egipte for they are dead which weÌ„t aboute to kyll the And Moses toke his wife and his sonnes and put them on an asse and went agayne to Egipte and toke the rodd of God in his hande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses when thou art come in to Egipte agayne se that thou doo all the wondres before Pharao which I haue put in thy hande but I will harden his herte so that he shall not let the people goo And tell
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 apoÌ„ maÌ„ aÌ„d beest aÌ„d apoÌ„ all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the loÌ„de of Egipte that there was hayle aÌ„d fyre meÌ„gled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent aÌ„d called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe aÌ„d the barly were smytteÌ„ for the barly was shott vp aÌ„d the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth wheÌ„ Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn aÌ„d hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest theÌ„ and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte aÌ„d the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses aÌ„d Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene aÌ„d they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the EgiptiaÌ„s after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute aÌ„d went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters aÌ„d with oure shepe and oxeÌ„ must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe aÌ„d all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte aÌ„d the Lorde brought an east wynde vppoÌ„ the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers aÌ„d the greshoppers weÌ„t vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and AaroÌ„ in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away froÌ„ me this deth only And he weÌ„t out froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d prayd vnto the Lorde aÌ„d the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast theÌ„ in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte â—o that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte eueÌ„ that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was a darke myst vppoÌ„ all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no maÌ„ sawe another nether rose vp froÌ„ the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childreÌ„ of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoosâ—e be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we caÌ„not knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
let theÌ„ goo And Pharao sayde vnto him get the froÌ„ me aÌ„d take heade to thy selfe that thou see my face no moare For wheÌ„ 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 iâ—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 EgiptiaÌ„s and Israel And all these thy servauntes shal come downe vnto me and fall before me aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d AaroÌ„ 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 eueÌ„ 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 goâ—â—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 aÌ„d the gootes shall ye take it And ye shall kepe him in warde vntyll the xiiij daye of the same moneth And euery maÌ„ of the multitude of Israel shall kyll him aboute eueÌ„ And they shall take of the bloud aÌ„d strike it on the .ij. syde postes aÌ„d on the vpper dor post of the houses wheriÌ„ they eate hiÌ„ And thei shall eate the flesh the same nyght rost with fyre aÌ„d with vnleueÌ„ded bread aÌ„d with sowre her bes they shall eate it Sâ— that ye eate not therof sodeÌ„ in water but rost with fyre both head fete aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d shoes on youre fete aÌ„d youre staves in youre handes And ye shall eate iâ— in haste The laâ—be vvas â—alled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—â— â–ª aâ— the very â—amâ—â—â— self 〈◊〉 â—d put thâ— in remeÌ„braunce vvhâ—â—â—â— signified fâ—â— the signes that god ordinâ—d 〈◊〉 signified the benefites done or promyses to come aÌ„d vvâ—re not do me as are the signes of oure domâ—â—e â–ª God the Pope for it is the Lordes * passeouer for I will go aboute iÌ„ the laÌ„de of Egipte this same nyghte aÌ„d will smyte all the firstborne in the lande off Egipte both of maÌ„ aÌ„d dâ—â—st aÌ„d apoÌ„ al the goddes off Egipte will I the Lorde do execution And the bloude shall be vnto you a tokeÌ„ vppon the houses where in ye are for wheÌ„ I se the bloude I will passe ouer you aÌ„d the plage shall not be vppoÌ„ you to destroye you when I smyte the londe off Egipte And this daye shall be vnto you a remeÌ„braunce aÌ„d 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 vnleveÌ„ded 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 â–ª be plucked out froÌ„ Israel The first daye shall be a holie feast vnto you and the. vij â–ª also There shal be no maner off worke done in theÌ„ saue aboute that only which euery man must eate that only may ye do And see that ye kepe you to vnleueÌ„ded breed For vppoÌ„ 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 fouÌ„de in youre housses For whosoeuer eateth leuended bred that soule shall be roted out froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d kyll passeouer And take a bunch of ysope aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d on the .ij. syde postes he will passe ouer the doore and will not suâ—â—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 doÌ„me vve knovv not the reason of oure baptim â–ª ye and vve must saye oure prayers aÌ„d oure belesse in a toÌ„ gevve vnderâ—â—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
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 aÌ„d the see couered theÌ„ and they sanke as leed in the myghtye waters ¶ who is like vnto the o Lord amoÌ„ge goddes who is like the so glorious in holynes feerfull laudable aÌ„d that shewest wondres Thou stretchedest ouâ— thy righte hande â–ª aÌ„d the erth swalowed them And thou cariedest with thy mercie this people which thou deliueredest aÌ„d broughtest theÌ„ with thy strength vnto thy holie habitacion The nations herde aÌ„d were afrayde paÌ„ges came vpon the Philistines ThaÌ„ the dukes of the Edomites were amased aÌ„d treÌ„blinge came apon the myghtiest off the Mâ—abites and all the inhabiters of CanaaÌ„ waxed faynte harted Let feare and dreade fall apon theÌ„ 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 enherytauÌ„ce 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 weÌ„t in an horsebacke wyth his charettes and horsemen in to the see and the Lorde broughte the waters of the see apoÌ„ theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d they went out in to the wildernesse of Sur. And they went thre dayes longe in the wildernesse aÌ„d 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 â–ª therfore the name of the place was called Mara Then the people murmured agaynst Moses saynge â–ª what shall we drinke And Moses cried vnto the Lorde and he shewed him a tre â–ª 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 aÌ„d as his vvorde reach eth vs and noâ— aftir our avvne imaginac â— oâ— God and will do that which is righte in his syght and will geue an â—are vnto his coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes and kepe all his ordinaunces thaÌ„ will I put none of this diseases apon the whiche I brought vpon the EgiptiaÌ„s 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 froÌ„ Elim and all the hole coÌ„panye of the childern of Israell came to the wildernesse of Sin which lieth betwene Elim aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d AaroÌ„ 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 froÌ„ heaueÌ„ doune to you aÌ„d let the people goo out aÌ„d gather daye by daye that I maye proue theÌ„ whether they wil walke in my lawe or no. The .vj. daye let theÌ„ prepare that which they will briÌ„ge in aÌ„d let it be twise as moch as they gather in dayly And Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ sayde vnto all the childereÌ„ of Israel at euen he shall knowe that it is the Lorde which broughte you out of the laÌ„de of Egipte aÌ„d 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 eueÌ„ the Lorde will geue you flesh to eate aÌ„d in the mornynge bred ynough â–ª because the Lord hath herde youre murmur whiche ye murmur agaynst hiÌ„ for what ar we youre murmurynge is not agaynst vs but agaynst the Lorde And Moses spake vnto AaroÌ„ Say vnto all the coÌ„panye of the childereÌ„ of Israel come forth before the Lorde for he hath herde youre grudgiÌ„ges And as AaroÌ„ spake vnto the hole multitude of the childereÌ„ of Israel they loked toward the wildernesse aÌ„d beholde the glorie of the Lord apeared iÌ„ a clowde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng I haue herde the murmâ—riÌ„g of the childreÌ„ of Israel tell theÌ„ therfore aÌ„d saye that at eueÌ„ they shall eate flesh aÌ„di the morninge they shall be filled with bred aÌ„d ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre god And at eueÌ„ the quayles came aÌ„d couered the grouÌ„de where they laye And in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the hoste And wheÌ„ the dewe was falleÌ„ behold it laye apoÌ„ the grounde in the wildernesse small aÌ„d rouÌ„de aÌ„d thyn as the hore frost on the grouÌ„de when the childreÌ„ 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 geueÌ„ you to eate This is the thinge which the Lord hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded that ye gather euery maÌ„ ynough for hiÌ„ to eate a gomer full for a maÌ„ acordiÌ„ge to the noÌ„bre off you aÌ„d gather euery maÌ„ for theÌ„ which are in his tente And the childern of Israel dyd euen so aÌ„d gathered some more some lesse and dyd mete it with a gomer And vnto him that had gathered moch remayned nothinge ouer aÌ„d vnto hiÌ„ that had gathered litle was there no lacke but euery maÌ„ had gathered sufficieÌ„t for his eatinge And Moses sayde vnto them Se that no maÌ„ let oughte remayne of it tyll the morninge Notwithstondinge they harkened not vnto Moses but some of theÌ„ lefte of it vntyll the mornynge and it waxte full of wormes aÌ„d stâ—ke and Moses was angrie wyth them And they gathered it all morniÌ„ges euery maÌ„ 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 maÌ„ aÌ„d the ruelars of the multitude came aÌ„d tolde Moses And he sayde vnto theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d seth that ye will seth aÌ„d that which remayneth say vp for you aÌ„d kepe it till the mornynge And they layde it vp till the
him not for he wyll not spare youre mysdedes yee and my name is in him But and yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce aÌ„d kepe all that I shall tell the theÌ„ I wil be an enimye vnto thyne enimies and an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries when myne angell goth before the aÌ„d hath broughte the in vnto the Amorites Hethites Pherezites Canaanites Heuites and Iebusites and I shall haue destroyed them se thou worshippe not their goddes nether serue them nether do after the workes of them but ouertrowe them and breake doune the places of them And se that ye serue the Lorde youre God aÌ„d he shall blesse thi bred and thy water aÌ„d I will take all sycknesses awaye from amonge you Moreouer there shal be no woman childlesse or vnfrutefull in thi londe and the nombre of thi dayes I will fulfyll I will sende my feare before the and will kyll all the people whether thou shalt goo And I will make all thine enemies turne their backes vnto the aÌ„d I will send hornettes before the and they shall dryue out the Heuites the Cananites and the Hethites before the. I will not cast them out in one yere lest the lande growe to a wyldernesse and the beestes of the felde multiplye apon the. But a litle and a litle I will dryue them out before the vntill thou be increased that thou mayst enherett the londe And I will make thi costes froÌ„ the red see vnto the see of the Philistenes and from the deserte vnto the ryuer I By the ryuer vnderstonde the river Eâ—phrates â–ª will delyuer the inhabiters of the londe in to thine hande and thou shalt dryue them out before the. And thou shalt make none appoyntment with them nor wyth their goddes Nether shall they dwell in thi londe lest they make the synne agaynst me for yf thou serue their goddes it will surely be thy decaye The xxiiij Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses come vnto the Lorde both thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the. lxx elders of Israel and worshippe a ferre of And Moses went him selfe alone vnto the Lorde but they came not nye nether came the people vp with him And Moses came aÌ„d tolde the people al the wordes of the Lorde and all the lawes And all the people answered with one voyce and sayde all the wordes which the Lorde hath sayde will wee doo Then Moses wrote all the wordes of the Lorde and rose vp early aÌ„d made an alter vnder the hyll and .xij. pilers acordynge to the nombre of the .xij. trybes of Israel aÌ„d sent yonge men of the childern of Israel to sacrifyce burntoffrynges aÌ„d to offre peaceoffrynges of oxen vnto the Lorde And Moses toke halfe of the bloude and put it in basens and the otherhalfe he sprenkeld on the alter And he toke the boke of the appoyntment and red it in the audience of the people And they seyde All that the Lorde hath sayde we will do and heare And Moses toke the bloude aÌ„d sprinkeld it on the people aÌ„d sayde beholde this is the bloude of the appoyntment which the Lorde hath made wyth you apon all these wordes Then went Moses and Aaron Nadab aÌ„d Abihu and the .lxx. elders of Israel vppe and sawe the God of Israel and vnder his fere as it were a brycke worde of Saphir and as it were the facyon of heauen when is it cleare and apoÌ„ the nobles of the childern of Israel he sett not his hande And when they had sene God they ate and dronke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses come vpp to me in to the hyll and be there â–ª aÌ„d I will geue the tables of stone and a lawe and commaundmentes which I haue written to teach them Then Moses rose vppe aÌ„d his minister Iosua and Moses went vppe in to the hyll of God aÌ„d seyde vnto the elders tarye ye here vntill we come agayne vnto you And beholde here is Aaron and Hur with you Yf any man haue any maters to doo let him come to them when Moses was come vpp in to the mounte a clowde couered the hyll and the glorye of the Lorde abode apon mounte Sinai and the clowde couered it .vi. dayes And the seuenth daye he called vnto Moses out of the clowde And the facyon of the glorie of the Lorde was like consumynge fyre on the toppe of the hyll in the syghte of the children of Israel And Moses went in to the mountayne And Moses was in the mounte .xl. dayes and xl nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel that they geue me an heueoffrynge and of euerey man that geueth it willingly wyth his herte ye shall take it And this is the heueoffrynge which ye shall take of them gold siluer aÌ„d brasse and Iacyncte coloure scarlet purpull bysse and gootes here rams skynnes that are red and the skynnes of taxus and sethimwodd oyle for lightes and spices for a noyntynge oyle and for swete cense Onix stones and sett stones for the Ephod and for the Ephod is a garment lyke aâ— amyâ—e brestlappe And they shall make me a sanctuarye that I maye dwell amonge them And as I haue shewed the the facion of the habitacioÌ„ and of all the ornamentes therof eueÌ„ so se that ye make it in all thynges And they shall make an arke of sethim wodd .ij. cubittes and an halfe longe a cubite aÌ„d an halfe brode and a cubitt and an halfe hye And thou shalt ouerleye it with pure golde both within and without and shalt make an hye vppon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalt cast .iiij. rynges of golde for it and put them in the .iiij. corners there of .ij. rynges on the one syde of it and ij on the other And thou shalt make staues of sethim wodd and couer them with golde and put the staues in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the arke to bere it with all And the staues shall abyde in the rynges of the arke and shall not be taken awaye And thou shalt put in the arke the wytnesse which I shall geue the. And thou shalt make a merciseate of pure golde .ij. cubytes and an halfe longe and a cubete and an halfe brode And make .ij. cherubyns off thicke golde on the .ij. endes of the mercyseate and sett the one cherub on the one ende and the other on the other ende of the mercyseate so se that thou make them on the ij endes there of And the cherubyns shall stretch their wynges abrode ouer an hye aÌ„d couer the mercy seate with their wynges and theyr faces shall loke one to another eueÌ„ to the mercyseate warde shall the faces of the cherubyns be And thou shalt put the mercyseate aboue apon the arke aÌ„d in the arke thou shalt put the wytnesse which I will geuethe There I will mete the and will comon with the from apon the mercyseate from betwene the two cherubyns which are apon the arke of
sokettes off brasse for them ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ANd thou shalt make an altare of sethim wodd fyue cubettes longe aÌ„d .v. cubettes brode that it be fouresquare and .iij. cubettes hye And make it hornes proceding out in the .iiij. corners of it and couer it with brasse And make his asshepannes shovels basens fleshhokes fyrepannes and all the apparell there of of brasse after the fascyon of a net aÌ„d put apon the nette .iiij. rynges euen in the .iiij. corners of it and put it beneth vnder the compasse of the altare and let the net reache vnto the one halfe of the altare And make staues for the altare of sethim wodd and couer theÌ„ wyth brasse and let them be put in rynges alonge by the sydes off the altare to bere it with all And make the altare holowe with bordes euen as it was shewed the in the mount so lett them make it And thou shalt make a courte vnto the habitacion which shall haue in the fouth syde haÌ„gynges of twyned bysse beyng an hundred cubettes longe and .xx. pilers thereof with there xx sokettes of brasse but the knoppes of the ¶ The forme of the alter of the burntosâ—rynge with his hornes ringes staues gredyernes and other ornametes And in the gate of the courte shal be a vayle of .xx. cubettes of lacyncte scarlet purpul and twyned bysse wroughte with nedle worke and .iiij. pilers with their .iiij. sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shal be whoped with syluer and their knoppes of syluer and their sokettes of brasse The length of the courte shall be an hundred cubettes and the bredth fiftye and the heygth fyue and the hangynges shal be of twyned bysse and the sokettes of brasse And all the vessels of the habitacion to all maner seruyce aÌ„d the pynnes there of ye and the pynnes also of the courte shal be brasse ¶ The figure of the orderinge of all the 〈◊〉 which must stande in the tabernacle And commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue the pure oyle olyue beaten for the lyghtes to poure all way in to the lampes In the tabernacle of witnesse without the vayle wich is before the wytnesse shall Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes dresse it both even and mornynge FroÌ„ hâ— ce vnto the bokes ende aÌ„d therovvâ— out att the nexte boke thou shalt se vvhat moued the Pope and vvhence he â—â—ke the fascion of the garmeÌ„tes and ornamâ—tes that are novve vsed in the chyrche and the maner of halovvenge off the church altare chalice â—onte belles aÌ„d so forth aÌ„d is become as it vvere a prest of the olde â—avve aÌ„d haue brought vs in to â—apâ—suite as it vvere vnder the cerâ—monies of the old lavve saue their spak and ours bedomâ—â—â— before the Lorde And it shal be a dewtie for euer vnto youre generacyous after you to be geuen of the childern of Israel The .xxviij. Chapter ANd take thou vnto the Aaron thi brother and his sonnes with him from amonge the childern of Israel that he maye minystre vnto me both Aaron Nadab Abiliu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes And thou shalt make holye rayment for Aaron thy brother both honorable and gloryous Moreouer speake vnto all that are wyse harted which I haue fylled with the sprete of wysdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate him wyth that he maye mynistre vnto me These are the garmentes which they shall make a brestlappe Ephod a tunycle a strayte cote a myter and a girdell And they shall make holye garmentes for Aaron thi brother aÌ„d his soÌ„nes that he maye mynistre vnto me And they shal take there to golde lacincte scarlet ¶ The forme of Aaron with all his apparell And they shall make the Ephod of golde Iacyncte scarlett purpull aÌ„d white twyned bysse with broderdworke The two sydes shall come together clossed vppe in the edges thereof And the girdell of the Ephod shal be of the same workemanshippe aÌ„d of the same stufle euen of golde Iacyncte scarlete purpull aÌ„d twyned bysse And thou shalt take two onyx stones and graue in them the names of the childern of Israel sixe in the one stone and the other sixe in the other stone acordinge to the order of their birth After the worke of a stonegrauer eueÌ„ as sygnettes are grauen shalt thou graue the. ij stones with the names of the childern of Israel aÌ„d shalt make theÌ„ to be set in ouches of golde And thou shalt put the two stones apoÌ„ the two shulders of the Ephod aÌ„d they shal be stones off remembraunce vnto the childern off Israel And Aaron shall bere their names before the Lorde vppon hys two shulders for a remembraunce And thou shalt make hokes off golde and two cheynes off fine golde lynkeworke and wrethed and fasten the wrethed cheynes to the hokes And thou shalt make the brestlappe of ensample with broderd worke eueÌ„ after the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it of golde Iacyncte scarlet purple aÌ„d twyned bysse shalt thou make it Fouresquare it shall be aÌ„d double an hand brede longe and an hand brede brode And thou shalt fyll it with .iiij. rowes of stones In the first rowe shal be a Sardios a Topas and Smaragdus The seconde rowe a Rubyn Saphir and a Diamonde The thyrd Lygurios an Acatt and Amatist The fourth a Turcas Onix and Iaspis And they shal be sett in golde in their inclosers And the stones shal be grauen as sygnettes be graueÌ„ with the names of the childern of Israel euen with xij names euery one with his name acordynge to the .xij. trybes And thou shalt make vppon the brestlappe .ij. fasteninge cheynes of pure golde aÌ„d wrethen worke And thou shalt make likewyse vppon the brestlappe .ij. rynges of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlappe and put the .ij. wrethen cheynes of golde in the .ij. rynges which are in the edges of the brestlappe And the .ij. endes of the .ij. cheynes thou shalt fasten in the .ij. rynges and put them vppon the shulders of the Ephod on the foresyde of it And thou shalt yet make .ij. rynges of golde aÌ„d put theÌ„ in the .ij. edges of the brestlappe eueÌ„ in the borders there of towarde the insyde of the Ephod that is ouer agaynst it And yet .ij. other riÌ„ges of golde thou shalt make aÌ„d Light aÌ„d perfectenesse In Hebrue it is lightes aÌ„d perfectnesses aÌ„d I thynke that the one vvete stones that did glister aÌ„d had light in them and the other clere stones as cristall And the lighte betokened the light of Godes vvorde and the purenesse cleane livinge acordvnge to the saute and vvas therefore called the ensamp'e of the childern of Israel because it put theÌ„ in remembraunce to sâ—ke Gods vvorde â—d to do there af â–ª put theÌ„ on the .ij. sydes of the Ephod beneth ouer agaynst the brestlappe alowe where the sydes are ioyned together vppoÌ„ the brodered girdell of the Ephod And they shall bynde the brestlappe by his rynges vnto the
rynges of the Ephod with a lace of Iacyncte that it maye lye closse vnto the brodered girdell of the Ephod that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the Ephod And AaroÌ„ shall bere the names of the childern of Israel in the brestlappe of ensaÌ„ple vppoÌ„ his herte wheÌ„ he goth in to the holy place for a remeÌ„brauÌ„ce before the Lorde allwaye And thou shalt put iÌ„ the brestlappe of ensaÌ„ple * lighte aÌ„d perfectnesse that they be eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ AaroÌ„s herte wheÌ„ he goeth iÌ„ before the Lorde aÌ„d AaroÌ„ shal bere the ensaÌ„ple of the children of Israel vpoÌ„ his herte before the Lorde alwaie And thou shalt make the tunycle vnto the Ephod all to gether of Iacyncte And ther shal be an hole for the heed in the myddes of it aÌ„d let there be a bonde of wouen worke rounde aboute the colore of it as it were the colore of a partlet that it rent not And beneth vppon the hem thou shalt make pomgraâ—â—tes of Iacyncte of scarlet and of purpull rounde aboute the hem and belles of golde betwene them rounde aboute that there be euera golden bell and a pomgranate a goldem bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute vppon the hem of the tunicle And Aaron shall haue it vppon him when he minystreth â–ª that the sounde maye be herde when he goeth in in to the holy place before the Lorde and when he cometh out that he dye not And thou shalt make a place of pure golde and graue there on as signettes are grauen That he calleth the holynesse of the Lorde I suppose it be this name Iehouah the holynes of the Lorde and put it on a lace of Iacyncte and tye it vnto the mytre vppon the forefrunt of it that it be apon AaroÌ„s foreheed that Aaron bere the synne of the holy thynges which the childern of Israel haue halowed in all their holye giftes And it shal be alwayes vpon Aarons foreheed that they maye be accepted before the Lorde And thou shalt make an albe of bysse and thou shalt make a mytre of bysse aÌ„d a girdell of nedle worke And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also cotes girdels and bonettes honourable and glorious and thou shalt put them vppon Aaron thy brother aÌ„d on his sonnes with him and shalt anoynte them and fyll theyr handes and consecrate them â–ª that they maye mynistre vnto me And thou shalt make them lynen breches to couer their preuyties from the loynes vnto the thyes shall they reach And they shal be apon Aaron and his sonnes wheÌ„ they goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse or when they goo vnto the altare to mynistre in holynes that they bere no synne and so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron aÌ„d his seed after him The .xxix. Chapter THis is the thinge that thou shalt doo vnto them when thou halowest them to be my preastes Take one oxe and two rammes that are without blemysh aÌ„d vnleueÌ„ded bred and cakes of swete bred tempered with oyle and wafers of swete bred anoynted with oyle of wheten floure shalt thou make them and put them in a maunde and brynge theÌ„ in the maunde with the oyle and the .ij. rammes And brynge Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes vnto the Of thys they take the consâ—â—raâ—ynge of bisshoppes aÌ„d annoyntynge of preastes though they haue altered the maner some vvhat doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse aÌ„d wassh them with water and take the garmentes and put apon Aaron the strayte cote and the tunycle of the Ephod and the Ephod aÌ„d the brestlappe and gerth theÌ„ to him with the brodered girdel of the Ephod And put the mitre vppoÌ„ his heed and put the holy crowne vpon the mytre Then take the anoyntynge oyle and poure it apon his heed and anoynte him And brynge his sonnes and put albes apon them aÌ„d gerth them with girdels as well Aaron as his son nes And put the bonettes on them that the preastes office maye be theirs for a perpetuall lawe And fyll the handes of Aaron and of hys sonnes and brynge the oxe before the tabernacle of witnesse And let AaroÌ„ aÌ„d his soÌ„nes put their haÌ„des apoÌ„ his heed aÌ„d kyll hiÌ„ before the Lord in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And take of the bloud of the oxe aÌ„d put it apoÌ„ the hornes of the alter with thi finger aÌ„d poure all the bloude apon the botome of the alter â–ª aÌ„d take all the fatt that couereth the inwardes aÌ„d the â—all that is on the lyuer and the .ij. kydneys with the fatt that is apoÌ„ theÌ„ and burne theÌ„ apoÌ„ the alter But the flesh of the oxe and his skyn ne and his donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoste For it is a synneofferynge Then take one of the rammes aÌ„d let Aaron and his sonnes put their hondes apon the heade of the ram and cause him to be slayne aÌ„d take of his bloude and sprenkell it rounde aboute apon the alter and cutt the ram in peces and whesh the inwardes of him and his legges aÌ„d put them vnto the peces aÌ„d vnto his heed aÌ„d burne the hole ram apon the alter For it is a burntofferyng vnto the Lorde and a swete sauoure of the Lordes sacrifice And take the other ram and let Aaron and hys sonnes put their hondes apon hys heed and let him than be kylled And take of his bloude and put it apon the typpe of the righte eare of Aaron and of his sonnes and apon the thombe of their righte handes and apon the great too of their ryghte fete and sprenkell the bloude apon the alter rounde aboute Than take of the bloude that is apon the alter and of the anoyntynge oyle aÌ„d spreÌ„kell it apon Aaron and his vestimeÌ„tes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his son nes aÌ„d apoÌ„ their garmeÌ„tes also ThaÌ„ is he aÌ„d his clothes holy aÌ„d his sonnes aÌ„d their clothes holye also Than take the fatt of the ram and hys rompe and the fatt that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fatt that is apon them and the righte shulder for that ram is a fulloffrynge and a symnell of bred aÌ„d a cake of oyled bred aÌ„d a wafer out of the baskett of swete bred that is before the Lorde and put all apon the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue theÌ„ in aÌ„d out a waueoffrynge vnto the Lorde Than take it from of their handes and but ne it apon the alter euen apon the burntoffringe to be a sauoure of swetnesse before the Lorde For it is a sacrifice vnto the Lorde Then take the brest of the ram that is Aarons fulloffrynge and waue it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde aÌ„d let that be thy parte And sanctifie the brest of the waueoffrynge and the shulder of the heueoffrynge whiche is waued and heued vp of the ram whiche is the fulloffrynge of Aaron aÌ„d of his sonnes And it shal be Aarons aÌ„d his sonnes dutye for euer of
the childreÌ„ 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 ThaÌ„ take the ram that is the fullofferyng aÌ„d seth his flesh in an holye place And AaroÌ„ and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of hiÌ„ aÌ„d the bred that is in the basket euen in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And they shall eat theÌ„ because the attonmeÌ„t was made therewith to fyll their handes and to sanctifie theÌ„ 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 recoÌ„cyle with all And thoushalt halowe the alter when thou reconcylest it and shalt anoynte it to sanctifie it SeueÌ„ 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 stoÌ„ne nor holvoyle and holde youre hande onâ— off the fonte so that no maÌ„ maye twich it but thei that be consecrate This is that which thou shalt offre vpoÌ„ 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 laÌ„be 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 amoÌ„ge 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 â—eÌ„ 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 aÌ„d thou shalt ouerlay it with fyne golde both the roffe aÌ„d the walles round aboute aÌ„d his hornes also aÌ„d shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold rouÌ„de aboute aÌ„d .ij. goldeÌ„ 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 aÌ„d tellest them they shall geue euery maÌ„ 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 theÌ„ 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 attonemeÌ„t 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 aÌ„d theyr fete thereout wheÌ„ they go in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ„ 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 childreÌ„ 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 â–ª 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 galbanuÌ„ aÌ„d pure fraÌ„keÌ„sens of etch like moch aÌ„d make cens of them coÌ„pounde 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 VrisoÌ„ne to Hur of the tribe of Iuda And I haue filled hiÌ„ with the sprete of God with wisdome vnderstondinge aÌ„d knowlege eueÌ„ in all
maner worke to finde out sotle faytes to worke in golde syluer aÌ„d brasse and with the crafte to graue stones to set aÌ„d to carue in tiÌ„bre aÌ„d to worke in all maner workmaÌ„shipe And beholde I haue geueÌ„ him to be his companion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan and in the hertes of all that are wise harted I haue put wisdom to make all that I haue commaunded the the tabernacle of witnesse and the arcke of witnesse and the mercyseate that is there vppon all the ornamentes of the tabernacle and the the table with his ordinaunce aÌ„d the pure caÌ„delsticke with al his apparell aÌ„d the alter of incens aÌ„d the alter of burntoffrynges with al his vessels aÌ„d the lauer with his fote aÌ„d the vestimeÌ„tes to ministre in aÌ„d the holye garmeÌ„tes for AaroÌ„ the preast aÌ„d the garmeÌ„tes of his sonnes to ministre in and the anoyntinge oyle and the swete cense for the sanctuarye acordinge to al as I haue commaunded the shall they doo And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng speake The sabbath beside that it served to come aÌ„d heare the vvorde of god and to seke his vvil aÌ„d to offer aÌ„d reconcile theÌ„ selues vnto god it vvas a sigâ—â— vnto theâ— also aÌ„d did put theÌ„ in remeÌ„branÌ„ce that iâ— vvas god that sanctified theÌ„ vvith his holye sprete aÌ„d not thei them selues vvith their holy vverkes uÌ„to the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye iÌ„ any wyse se that ye kepe my Sabbath for it shal be a sygne betwene me and you in youre generacions for to knowe that I the Lorde doo sanctifie you Kepe my Sabbath therfore that it be an holye thynge vnto you He that defileth it shal be slayne therfore For whosoeuer worketh therein the same soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the holye reste of the Lorde so that whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath daye shal dye for it wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions that it be an appoyntement for euer For it shal be a sygne betwene me and the childern of Israel for euer For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and erth and the seuenth daye he rested and was refresshed And wheÌ„ he had made an end of comening with Moses vppon the mounte Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and written with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter ANd when the people sawe that it was loÌ„ge or Moses came doune out of the mountayne they gathered them selues together aÌ„d came vnto Aaron and sayde vnto him Vp aÌ„d make vs a god to goo before vs for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte we wote not what ys become And Aaron saide vnto them plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of youre wyues youre sonnes aÌ„d of youre doughters and brynge them vnto me And all the people plucked of the golden earinges that were in their eares and broughte them vnto Aaron And he receaued them of their handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made it a calfe of molten metall And they sayde This is thi god O Israel whiche brought the out of the londe of Egipte And when Aaron sawe that he made an altare before it and made a proclamacion saing tomorow shal be holy daye vnto the Lorde And they rose vp in the mornynge and offred burnt offrynges and brought offrynges of attonement also And than they satt them doune to eate and drynke and rose vpp agayne to playe Than the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go get the doune for thi people which thou broughtest out of the laÌ„de of Egipte haue marred all they are turned at once out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded theÌ„ aÌ„d haue made theÌ„ a calfe of molten metall aÌ„d haue worshipped it aÌ„d haue offred therto and haue saide This â–ª is thy God thou Israel which hath brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses beholde I see this people that it is a stife necked people and now therfore suffre me The pop a vvolde curse xx hundred thousande as blacke as coles and sende theÌ„ to hell for to haue soche a profre and vvolde not haue prayed â— Moses did that my wrath maye waxe hote vppoÌ„ theÌ„ and that I maye consume theÌ„ and than will I make of the a mightie people Than Moses besoughte the Lorde his God and sayde O Lord why shuld thy wrath waxe hote apoÌ„ thy people which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte with great power and with a mightie hande wherfore shuld the Egiptians speake and saye For a mischefe dyd he brynge them out euen for to slee them in the mountayns and to consume them from the face of the erth Turne from thi fearse wrath aÌ„d haue compassion ouer the wikednesse of thi people RemeÌ„bre AbrahaÌ„ Isaac aÌ„d Israel thy servauntes to whoÌ„ thou sworest by thyne owne selfe aÌ„d saidest vnto theÌ„ I wil multiplye youre seed as the starres of heauen aÌ„d al this lande which I haue saide I will geue vnto youre seed aÌ„d they shall eÌ„heret it for euer And the Lorde refrayned him selfe from that euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people And Moses turned his backe and went doune froÌ„ the hyll and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande which were wrytteÌ„ on both the leaues and were the worke of God aÌ„d the writiÌ„ge was the writinge of God graueÌ„ apon the tables And when Iosua herde the noyse of the people as they shouted he saide vnto Moses there is a noyse of warre in the hoste And he sayde â–ª it is not the crye of theÌ„ that haue the mastrye â–ª nor of theÌ„ that haue the worse but I doo heare the noyse of synginge And as soone as he came nye vnto the hoste and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge his wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables out of his hande and brake them euen at the hyll fote And he toke the calfe which they had made aÌ„d burned it with fyre aÌ„d stampt it vnto powder and strowed it in the water and made the childern of Israel drynke And thaÌ„ Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ what dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so great a synne apon them And Aaron sayde let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fearse thou knowest the people that they are euen sett on myschefe they sayde vnto me make us a god to goo before us for we wote not what is become of Moses the felow that brought us out of the lande of Egipte And I sayde vnto them â–ª let them that haue golde take and brynge it me and I kest it in to the fyre and there of came out this calfe when Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame when they made insurrection he
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
aboute and cast for it iiij rynges of golde for the .iiij. corners of it twoo rynges for the one syde and two for the other and made staues of Sethim wodd and couered them wyth golde and put the staues in the rynges alonge by the syde of the arcke to bere it with all And he made the mercyseate of pure golde two cubettes and a halfe longe and one cubette and a halfe brode and made two cherubyns of thicke golde apon the two endes off the mercyseate One cherub on the one ende and another cherub on the other ende of the mercyseate And the cherubyns spredde out their wynges aboue an hye and couered the mercyseate therewith And their faces were one to another euen to the mercyseate warde were the faces of the cherubins And he made the table of sethim wodd two cubettes longe and a cubette brode and a cubette and an halfe hyghe and ouerlayde it with fine golde and made thereto a crowne of golde rounde aboute and made thereto an whope of an hande brede rounde aboute and made vnto the whope a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast for it .iiij. rynges of golde ād put the rynges in the .iiij. corners by the fete euen vnder the whope to put staues in to bere the table with all And he made staues of Sethim wodd and couered them with golde to bere the table with all and made the vessels that were on the table of pure golde the dysshes spones flattpeces and pottes to poure with all And he made the candelsticke of pure thicke golde both the candelsticke and his shaft with braunces bolles knoppes ād floures procedynge out of it Sixe braunches procedinge out of the sydes thereof .iij. out of the one syde and .iij. out of the other And on euery braunche were iij. cuppes like vnto almondes wyth knoppes and floures thorow out the sixe braunches that proceded out of the candelsticke And apon the candelsticke selfe were .iiij. cuppes after the facyon of almondes with knoppes and floures vnder eueri two braunches a knoppe And the knoppes and the braunches proceded out of it and were all one pece of pure thicke golde And he made seuen lampes thereto and the snoffers thereof ād fyrepānes of pure golde An hundred weyghte of pure golde made both it and all that belonged thereto And he made the cēsalter of sethī wodd of a cubett lōge ād a cubett brode euē .iiij. square and two cubettes hye with hornes procedynge out of it And he couered it with pure golde both the toppe ād the sydes rounde aboute ād the hornes of it and made vnto it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And he made two rynges of golde vnto it euen vnder the croune apon ether syde of it to put staues in for to bere it with al and made staues of sethim wodd ād ouerlayde them with golde And he made the holy anoyntinge oyle and the swete pure incēs after the apothecarys crafte ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ANd he made the burntoffryngealter of sethim wodd fiue cubettes longe ād v cubettes brode euen iiij square and .iij. cubettes hye And he made hornes in the .iiij. corners of it procedinge out of it and ouerlayde it with brasse And he made all the vessels of the alter the cauldrons shovels basyns fleshokes and colepannes all of brasse And he made a brasen gredyren of networke vnto the alter rounde aboute alowe beneth vnder the compasse of the alter so that it reached vnto halfe the altare and cast .iiij. rynges of brasse for the .iiij. endes of the gredyren to put staues in And he made staues of sethim wodd and couered them with brasse and put the staues in the rynges alonge by the alter syde to bere it with all and made the alter holowe with bordes And he made the lauer of brasse and the fo te of it also of brasse in the syghte of them that dyd watch before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And he made the courte with hangynges of twyned bysse of an hundred cubettes longe vppon the southsyde ād .xx. pilers with .xx. sokettes of brasse but the knoppes of the pilers ād the whoopes were syluer And on the north syde the hanginges were an hundred cubettes longe with .xx. pilers and .xx. sokettes of brasse but the knoppes and the whopes of the pilers were of syluer And on the west syde were hangynges of .l. cubettes longe and .x. pilers with their .x. sokettes and the knoppes ād the whoopes of the pilers were syluer And on the east syde towarde the sonne rysynge were hangynges of .l. cubettes the hangynges of the one syde of the gate were .xv. cubettes longe and their pilers .iij. with their iij sokettes And off the other syde of the court gate were hanginges also of .xv. cubettes longe and their pilers iii. with .iij. sokettes Now all the hanginges of the courte rounde aboute were of twyned bysse ād the sokettes of the pilers were brasse but the knoppes ād the whoopes of the pilers were syluer and the heedes were ouerlayde wyth syluer ād all the pilers of the courte were whoped aboute with syluer And the hanginge of the gate of the courte was nedleworke of Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse .xx. cubettes longe and fiue in the bredth acordynge to the hangynges of the courte And the pilers were .iiij. with .iiij. sokettes of brasse ād the knoppes of syluer ād the heedes ouerlayde with syluer and whoped aboute with syluer ād all the pynnes of the tabernacle ād of the courte rounde aboute were brasse This is the summe of the habitacyō of witnesse whiche was counted at the commaundment of Moses and was the office of the Leuites by the hande of Ithamar sonne to Aaron the preast And Bezaleel sonne of Vri sonne to Hur of the trybe of Iuda made all that the Lorde commaunded Moses and with hī Ahaliab sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan a cōnynge grauer ād a worker of nedle worke In Iacincte scarlett purple ād bysse All the golde that was occupyde apon all the worke of the holy place whiche was the golde of the waueofferynge was xxix hundred weyght and seuen hundred and .xxx. sycles acordynge to the holy sycle And the summe of syluer that came of the multitude was ▪ v score hundred weyght and a thousande seuen hundred and. lxxv sycles of the holyesycle Euery man offrynge halfe a sycle after the weyght of the holye sycle amonge them that went to be nombred from .xx. yere olde and aboue amonge .vj. hundred thousande ād .iij. thousande ād v. hundred ād .l. men And the .v. score hundred weyght of syluer went to the castynge of the sokettes of the sanctuary and the sokettes of the vayle an hundred sokettes of the fiue score hundred weigh an hundred weyght to euery sokette And the thousaude seuen hundred and .lxxv. sycles made knoppes to the pilers ād ouerlayde the heedes and whoped them And the brasse of the waue offerynge was lxx hundred weyght and
two thousande and iiij hundred sycles And therewith he made the sokettes to the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the brasen altare and the brasen gredyren that longeth thereto and all the vessels of the alter and the sokettes of the courte rounde aboute and the sokettes of the courte gate and all the pynnes off the habitacyon and all the pynnes of the courte rounde aboute ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter ANd of the Iacyncte scarlet purple and twyned bysse they made the vestimeÌ„tes of ministracion to do seruyce in in that holye place and made the holye garmentes that perteyned to Aaron as the Lorde â–ª commaunded Moses And they made the Ephod of golde Iacinte scarlet purple and twyned bysse And they dyd beate the golde in to thynne plates aÌ„d cutte it in to wyres to worke it in the Iacincte scaâ—let purple and the bysse with broderd worke And they made thâ— sydes come together and cloosed them vp by the two edges And the brodrynge of the girdel that was vpon it was of the same stuffe and after the same worke of golde Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they wrought onix stones cloosed in ouches of golde and graued as sygnettes are grauen with the names of the children of Israel and put them on the shulders of the Ephod that they shulde be a remembraunce off the childern of Israel as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they made the bresâ—lappe of conning worke after the worke of the Ephod euen of golde Iacincte scarlet purple aÌ„d twyned bysse And they made it .iiij. square aÌ„d double an haÌ„de bredth longe and an hande bredth brode And thei filled it with .iiij. rowes of stones the first rowe Sardios a Topas aÌ„d smaragdus the secoÌ„de rowe a Rubin a Saphir aÌ„d a DiamoÌ„de The .iij. rowe Ligurios an Achat aÌ„d a Amatist The fourth rowe a Turcas an Onix aÌ„d a Iaspis closed in ouches of gold in their inclosers And the .xij. stones were graueÌ„ as sygnet â—es with the names of the childern of Israel euery stone with his name acordinge to the. xij trybes And they made apon the brestlappe twoo fastenynge cheynes of wrethen worke aÌ„d pure golde And they made two hokes of golde aÌ„d two golde rynges and put the two rynges apoÌ„ the two corners of the brestlappe And they put the two chaynes of golde in the .ij. rynges in the corners of the brestlappe And the .ij. endes of the two cheynes they fastened in the .ij. hokes aÌ„d put them on the shulders of the Ephod apon the forefront of it And they made two other rynges of golde and put them on the two other corners of the brestlappe alonge apon the edge of it toward the insyde of the Ephod that is ouer agaynst it And they made yet two other golde rynges aÌ„d put them on the .ij. sydes of the Ephod beneth on the fore syde of it eueÌ„ where the sydes goâ— together aboue apon the brodrynge of the Ephod aÌ„d they strayned the brestlappe by his râ—ges vnto the ringes of the Ephod with laces of Iacincte that it mighte lye fast apon the brodrynge of the Ephod and shulde not be lâ—wsed from of the Ephod as the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the Ephod of wouen worke and all together of Iacincte aÌ„d the heade of the tunycle was in the middest of it as the color of a partlet with a bonde rounde aboute the color that it shulde not rent And they made beneth apon the hem of the tunycle pomgranates of Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse And they made litle belles of pure golde aÌ„d put them amonge the pomgranates rouÌ„de aboute apoÌ„ the edge of the tunycle a bell aÌ„d a pomgranate a bell aÌ„d a pomgranate rounde aboute the hommes of the tunycle to mynistre in as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they made cotes of bysse of woueÌ„ worke for Aaron and his sonnes and a mytre off bysse and goodly â—onettes of bysse and lynen breches off twyned bysse and a gyrdell of twyned bysse Iacyncte scarlett and purple euen of nedle worke as the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And they made the plate of the holy croune of fine golde aÌ„d wrote apoÌ„â—â— with graueÌ„ worke the holynes of the Lorde aÌ„d tyed it to a lace of Iacincte to fasten yt an hye apon the mytre as the Lorde commaunded Moses Thus was all the worke of the habitacyon of the tabernacle of witnesse finysshed And the childern of Israel dyd acordyng to all that the Lorde had commaunded Moses And they brought the habitacyon vnto Moses the tent and all his apparell thereof the buttones boordes barres pilers and sokettes and the couerynge of rams skynnes red and the couerynge of taxus skynnes and the hanginge vayle and the arcke of witnesse with the staues thereof and the mercyseate the table and all the ordinaunce thereof and the shewbred and the pure candelsticke and the lampes prepared therevnto with all the vessells thereof and the oyle for lyghtes and the golden altare and the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens and the hangynge of the tabernacle doore aÌ„d the brasen alter and the gredyern of brasse longynge therevnto with his barres and all hys â—essels and the lauer with his fote and the hanginges of the courte with his pilers and sokettes and the hangynge to the courte gate hys boordes and pynnes aÌ„d al the ordinaunce that serueth to the habitacion of the tabernacle of witnesse and the ministringe vestimentes to serue in the holy place and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and his sonnes raymeÌ„ tes to ministre in acordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moses euen so the childern of Israel made all the worke And Moses behelde all the worke and se they had done it euen as the Lorde commaunded and thaÌ„ Moses blessed them ¶ The .xl. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge In the first daye of the first moneth shalt thou sett vp the habitacioÌ„ of the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d put theriÌ„ the arcke of witnesse and couer the arcke with the vayle aÌ„d brynge in the table and apparell it and brynge in the candelsticke and put on his lampes and sett the censalter of golde before the arcke of witnesse and put the hangynge of the dore vn to the habitacion And sett the burntostrynge alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d sett the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter aÌ„d put water theri and make the court rouÌ„de aboute aÌ„d set vp the haÌ„gynge of the courte gate And take the anoyntinge oyle and anoynt the habitacion and all that is there in and halow Of this texte the scole men dispute that the very sâ—â—e ringe alone maketh the prest now also with out the brestlapp of light and perfectinesse so that they haue all power thereby and what thei saye is done immediatly whether theâ— send to heven or hell aud that with out preachynge ether of the laâ—e of God
oâ— of his holy Gospell it and all that belonge thereto that it maye be holye And anoynte the altar of the burntoffringes and all his vessels and sanctifye the altar that it maye be most holye And anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifye it Than brynge Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and wash them with water And put apon Aaron the holye vestmentes and anoynte him and sanctifye him that he maye ministre vnto me that their * anoyntige maie be an euerlastinge preast hode vnto theÌ„ thorow out their generacions And Moses dyd acordige to all that the Lorde commaunded him Thus was the tabernacle reared vp the first moneth in the secoÌ„de yere And Moses rered vp the tabernacle aÌ„d fastened his sokettes aÌ„d set vp the bordes aÌ„d put in their barres aÌ„d rered vp the pillers aÌ„d spred abrode the teÌ„t ouer the habitacioÌ„ aÌ„d put the coueringe of the tent an hye aboue it as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he toke aÌ„d put the testimonye in the arke aÌ„d sett the staues to the arcke and put the merciseate an hye apon the arcke and broughte the arcke in to the habitacioÌ„ and hanged vp the vayle aÌ„d couered the arcke of witnesse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the table in the tabernacle off witnesse in the north syde of the habitacioÌ„ with out the vayle and set the bred in ordre before the Lorde eueÌ„ as the Lorde had commaunded Moses And he put the candelsticke in the tabernacle of witnesse ouer agaynst the table in the south syde of the habitacion and set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the golden alter in the tabernacle of witnesse before the vayle aÌ„d brent swete cens there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And set vp the hangynge in the dore of the habitacion and set the burntoffringe alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and offred burntoffringes and meatofferinges there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he set the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and poured water there in to wash with all And both Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their haÌ„des and their fete there at both when theywent in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ„ they went to the alter as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he â—ered vp the courte rounde aboute the habitacion and the alter and set vp the hanginge of the courte gate and so Moses fynished the worke And the clowde couered the tabernacle of witnesse and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion so that Moses coude not entre in to the tabernacle of witnesse because the clowde abode there in and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion When the clowde was taken vp from of the habitacyoÌ„ the childern of Israel toke their iornayes as oft as they iornayed And yf the clowde departed not they iornayed nott till it departed for the clowde of the Lorde was apon the habitacion by daye and fyre by nyghte in the sighte of all the house of Israel in all their iornayes The ende of the seconde boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ A prologe in to the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus THe ceremonies which are described in the boke folowinge were cheflye ordined off God as I sayde in the ende of the prologe vppon Exodi to occupye the mindes of that people the Israelites and to kepe them from servinge of God after the imaginacyon of their blinde zele and good entent that their conscienceâ— might be stablished and they sure that they pleased God therein which were impossible yf a man did of his awne heed that which was not commaunded of God nor depeÌ„ded of any appoyntement made betwene him and God Soch ceremonies were vnto them as an A. B C. to lerne to spelle and read and as a nurce to fede them with milke and pappe and to speake vnto them after their awne capacyte and to lispe the wordes unto them acording as the babes and childern of that age might sounde them agayne For all that were before Christ were in the infancye and childhod of the worlde and sawe that sonne which we se openlye but thorowe a cloude and had but feble and weake imaginacions of Christ as childern haue of mennes deades a fewe prophetes excep â—â— whiche yet described him vnto other in sacrifices and ceremonies likenesses rydles prouerbes and darke and straunge speakinge vntyil the full age were come that God wold shewe him openlye vnto the whole worlde and delyuer them from their shadowes and cloudelight and the hethen out of their dead slepe of starcke blinde ignorancye And as the shadowe vanisheth awaye at the comynge of the light euen so doo the ceremonyes and sacrifices at the comynge of Christ and are henceforth no moare necessarye then a token left in remembraunce of a bargayne is necessary wheÌ„ the bargayne is fulfilled And though they sâ—me playne childish yet they be not altogither frutelesse as the popettes and .xx. maner of try fles which mothers permitte vnto their yonge childern be not all in vayne For all be it that soch phantasyes be permytted to satisfie the childers lustes yet in that they are the mothers gifte and be done in place and tyme at hir coÌ„maundement they kepe the childern in awe and make them knowe the mother and also make them more apte agenste a more stronger age to obaye in thinges of greater â—rneste And moraouer though sacrifices and ceremonies can be no ground or fundacion to bild apon that is though we can proue noughte with them yet when we haue once sound oute Christ and his misteries then we maye borow figures that is to saye allegoryes similitudes or examples to open Christ and the secrettes off God hyd in Christ euen vnto the quycke and to declare them more lyuely and sensebly with them than with all the wordes of the worlde For similitudes haue more vertue and power with them than bare wordes and lead a mans wittes further in to the pithe and marye and spirituall vnderstondinge of the thinge than all the wordes that can be imagined And though also that all the ceremonies and sacrifices haue as it were a slerrelyght of Christ yet some there be that haue as it were the lighte of the brode daye a litle before the sonne risinge and expresse him and the circumstaunces and vertue of his deth so playnly as if we shulde playe his passyon on a scaffold or in a stage play opeÌ„lye before the eyes of the people As the scape gote the brasen serpent the oxe burnt without the hoste â–ª the passeouerlambe c. In so moch that I am fully persuaded and can not but beleue that God had shewed Moses the secrettes of Christ and the verey maner of his deth before hande and commaunded him to ordene them for the confirmacion of oure faythes whiche are now in
mater then an allegorye And contrary wyse there is not a better vehementer or myghtyer thinge to make a man vnderstond with all then an allegory For allegoryes make a man qwick witted and prynte wysdome in him and maketh it to abyde to here bare wordes go but in at the one eare and out at the other As this with soch like sayenges put salt to all youre sacrifices in steade of this sentence do all youre deades with discrecion greteth and biteth yf it be vnderstond moare thē playne wordes And when I saye in steade off these wordes bost not youre self of your good deades eate not the bloude nor the fatt of youre sacrifice there is as great differēce betwene them as there is distaunce betwene heauen ād erth For the liffe and beutye of all good deades is of God and we are but the caren leane we are onlye the instrument whereby god worketh only but the power is his As god created Paule a newe poured hys wisdome in to him gaue him mighte and promysed him that his grace shuld neuer fayle him c. and all without deservinges excepte that nurteringe the sayntes and makinge them curse and rayle on Christ be meritorious Now as it is death to eate the bloude or fatte of any sacrifice is it not thinke ye damnable to robbe god of his honoure and to gloryfye my self with his honoure ¶ The THYRDE BOke of Moses Called Leuiticus ¶ The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ The firste Chapter ANd the Lorde called Moses And spake vnto him oute off the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge Speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Who soeuer of you shall bringe a gifte vnto the Lorde shall bringe it of the catell euen of the oxen and of the shepe Yf he brynge a burntoffrynge of the oxen he shall offre a male without blimesh and shal brynge ▪ him to the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse that he maye be accepted before the Lorde And let him put his hande apon the heed of the burntsacrifice and fauoure shal be geuen him to make an attonemēt for hym ād let him kyll the oxe before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes brynge the bloude and let them sprinckell it rounde aboute apon the alter that is before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And let the burntoffrynges be strypped and hewed in peces And thē let the sonnes of Aaron the preast put fire apō the alter and put wodd apon the fire and let them laye the peces with the heed and the fatte apon the wod that is on the fire in the alter But the inwardes ād the legges they shall wash in water and the preast shall burne altogither apon the alter that it be a burntsacrifice and an offerynge of a swete odoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntsacrifice of the shepe whether it be of the lambes or of the gootes he shall offer a male without blimesh And let him kyll it on the north syde of the alter before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes sprinkle the bloude of it rounde aboute apon the alter And let it be cut in peces euen with his heed and his fatte and let the preast putte them apon the wodd that lyeth apon the fire in the alter But let him wash the inwardes and the legges with water and than bringe altogether and burne it apon the alter that is a burntoffrynge and a sacrifice of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntoffrynge of the foules he shall offer eyther of the turtyll doues or of the ionge pigeons And the preast shall brynge it vnto the alter and wrynge the necke a sundre of it and burne it on the alter and let the bloude runne out apon the sydes of the alter ād plucke awaye his croppe ād his fethers ād cast thē besyde the alter on the east parte vppō the hepe of asshes ād breke his winges but plucke thē not a sundre And thē let the preast burne it vpō the alter euē apō the wodd that lyeth apō the fire a burntsacrifice ād an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde ¶ The seconde Chapter YF any soule will offer a meatoffrynge vnto the Lorde his offerynge shal be fine floure and he shall poure thereto oyle ād put frankencens theron and shall bringe it vnto Aarons sonnes the preastes And one of them shall take thereout his handfull of the floure and of the oyle with all the frankencēs ād burne it for a memoriall apō the alter an offryng of a swete sauoure vnto the Lord. And the rēnaunt of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons ād his sonnes as a thinge most holye of the sacrifices of the Lorde Yf any mā bringe a meatoffrynge that is bakē in the ouē let him brynge swete cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle ād vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Yf thy meatoffrynge be baken in the fryenge pan then it shal be of swete floure mingled with oyle And thou shalt mynce it small ād poure oyle thereon ād so is it a meatoffrynge Yf thy meatofferynge be a thynge broyled vppon the greadyerne of floure myngled with oyle it shal be And thou shalt brynge the meatoffryng that is made of these thinges vnto the Lorde and shalt delyuer it vnto the preast and he shall brynge it vnto the altare and shall heue vppe parte of the meatoffrynge for a memoriall and shall burne it apon the alter an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that which is left of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons and his sonnes as a thynge that is most holye of the offerynges off the Lorde All the meatoffrynges which ye shall brynge vnto the Lorde shal be made without leuē For ye shall nether burne leuen nor honye in any offerynge of the Lord ▪ Notwithstondinge ye shall bryng the firstlynges of them vnto the Lorde But they shall not come apon the alter to make a swete sauoure All thy meatofferynges thou shalt salt with salt nether shalt thou soffre the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackynge from thy meatofferynge but apon all thyne offerynges thou shalt brynge salt Yf thou offer a meatofferynge of the first-ripe frutes vnto the Lorde then take of that which is yet grene and drye it by the fire ād beat it small and so offer the meatofferynge of thy firstrype frutes And than poure oyle there to and put frankencens thereon and so it is a meatoffrynge And the preast shall burne parte of the beten corne and parte of that oyle with all the frākencens for a remembraunce That is an offerynge vnto the Lorde ¶ The thyrde Chapter YF any man brynge a peaceofferynge of the oxen whether it be male or female he shall brynge such as is without blemysh before the Lorde and let him put his hande apon the heed of his offerynge and kyll it before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Aarons sonnes the preastes shall sprinkle the bloude apon
the alter rounde aboute And they shall offre of the peaceofferynge to be a sacrifice vnto the Lord the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the two kydneys with the fatt that lyeth apon the loynes and the kall that ys on the lyuer they shall take awaye with the kydneyes And Aarons sonnes shall burne them apon the alter with the burntsacrifice which is apon the wodd on the fire That is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf a man brynge a peaceoffrynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke whether it be male or female it shal be without blemysh Yf he offre a lambe he shall brynge it before the Lord and put his hande apon his offrynges heede and kyll it in the doore off the tabernacle off wytnesse and Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle the bloude thereof rounde aboute the alter And of the peaseoffringe they shall brynge a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde the fatt there of ād the rompe altogether which they shall take off harde by the backe bone and the fatt that coue reth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apon the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the alter to fede the Lordes offrynge with all Yf the offrynge be a goote he shall brynge it before the Lorde and put his hande apon the head of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of witnesse and the sonnes of Aaron shall sprinkle the bloude thereof apon the alter rounde aboute And he shall brynge thereof his offrynge vnto the Lordes sacrifyce the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apō the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes and the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apō the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apō the alter to fede the Lordes sacrifyce wyth all ād to make a swete sauoure And thus shal all the fatt be the Lordes and it shal be a la we forever amonge youre generacions after you in youre dwellynge places that ye eate nether fatt nor bloude ¶ The IIII. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye when a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce and hath done any of those thinges which the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundmentes to be done Yf the preast that is anoynted synne and make the people to doo amysse he shall brynge for his synne which he hath done an oxe wythout blemysh vnto the Lorde for a synneoffrynge And he shall brynge the oxe vn to the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde and shall put his hande apon the oxes heade and kyll him before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall take of the oxes bloude and brynge it in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his fynger in the bloude and sprinkle thereof .vij. tymes before the Lorde euen before the hangynge of the holy place And he shall put some of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter of swete cens before the Lorde which is in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude of the oxe apon the botome of the alter of burntofferynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And he shall take awaye all the fatt of the oxe that is the synneofferynge the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is aboute them and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon thē and apon the loynes and the kall apon the lyuer let them take awaye also with the kydneyes as it was taken from the oxe of the peaceoffrynge and let the preast burne them apon the altare of burntofferynges But the skynne of the oxe and all his flesh with his heede his legges his inwardes with his donge shall he carye altogither out of the hoste vnto a clene place euen where the asshes are poured out and burne h◠on wodd with fyre euen apon the heape of asshes Yf the hole comynalte of the childern of Israel synne thorow ygnoraunce and the thynge be hyd from their eyes so that they haue commytted any of these thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden to be done in his commaundmentes ād haue offended ād the synne which they haue synned be afterwarde knowne than shal they offre an oxe for a synneofferynge ād shall brynge him before the tabernacle of witnesse and the elders of the multitude shall put their handes apon his heed before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall brynge of his bloude in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his finger in the bloude and sprinkle it seuen tymes before the Lorde euen before the uayle And shall put of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter whiche is before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude apon the botome of the alter of burntoffrynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and shall take all his fatt from him and burne it apon the altare and shall do with his oxe as he dyd wyth the synneoffrynge oxe And the preast shal make an attonement for them ād so it shal be forgeuen them And he shall brynge the oxe without the hoste ād burne him as he burned the first so is this the synneofferynge of the comynalte When a Lorde synnneth and committeth thorow ignoraunce any of these thynges whiche the Lorde his God hath forbydden to be done in his commaundmentes and hath so offended when his synne is shewed vnto him which he hath synned he shall brynge for hys offerynge an he goote without blemysh and laye his hande apon the heed of it and kyll it in the place where the burntofferynges are kylled before the Lorde this is a synneoffrynge Thā let the preast take of the bloude of the synneoffrynge with his finger and put it apon the hornes of the burntofferyngalter and poure his bloude apon the botome of the burntofferyngealter and burne all his fatt apon the alter as he doth the fatt of the peaceofferynges And the preast shall make an attonement for him as concernynge his synne and so it shal be forgeuen him Yf one of the comē people of the londe synne thorowe ignoraunce and committe any off the thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden in his commaundementes to be done and so hath trespased when his synne whiche he hath synned is come to his knowlege he shall bringe for his offerynge a she goote without blemish for his synne which he hath synned and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge ād slee it in the place of burntoffrynges And the preast shall take of the bloude with his finger ād put it apō the hornes of the burntoffryngealter and poure all the bloude apō the botome of the alter
burntsacrifice apon it and he shall burne thereon the fatt of the peaceofferynges The fire shall euer burne apon the alter and neuer goo out This is the lawe of the meatoffrynge Aarons sonnes shall bringe it before the Lorde vnto the alter and one of them shall take hys handfull of the floure of the meatoffrynge ād of the oyle with all the frankencens whiche ys thereon and shall burne it vnto a remēbraunce apon the alter to be a swete sauoure of the memoriall of it vnto the Lorde And the rest the reof Aaron ād his sonnes shall eate vnleuended it shal be eaten in the holy place euē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse they shall eate it Their parte whiche I haue geuen them of my sacrifice shall not be baken with leuen for it is most holye as is the synneofferynge and trespaceoffrynge All the males amonge the childern of Aaron shall eate of it and it shal be a dutye for euer vnto youre generacyons of the sacrifices of the Lorde nether shal any man twytche it but he that is halowed And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this is the offrynge of Aaron ād of his sonnes which he shall offer vnto the Lorde in the daye when they are anoynted the tenth parte of an Epha of floure which is a dayly meatofferinge perpetually halfe in the morninge and halfe at nighte ād in the fryenge pan it shal be made withoyle And whē it is fryed thou snalt brynge it in as a baken meatofferynge mynsed small and shalt offer it for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that preast of his sonnes that is anoynted in his steade shall offer it ād it shall be the lordes dutye for euer and it shal be burnt altogether For all the meatoffrynges of the preastes shal be burnt altogether ād shal not be eaten And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the synneoffrynge In the place where the burntofferynge is kylled shall the synneofferynge be kylled also before the Lorde for it is most holy The preast that offereth it shall eate it in the holye place evē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse Noman shall touche the flesh thereof saue he that is halowed And yf any rayment be sprynckled therewyth it shal be wasshed in an holy place and the erthē pott that it is soddē in shal be broken Yf it be sodden in brasse then the pott shal be scoured and plunged in the water All the males amonge the childern of Aarō shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstōdinge no synneofferynge that hath his bloude brought in to the tabernacle of witnesse to reconcyle with all in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fire ¶ The .vij. Chapter THis is the lawe of the trespace offerynge which is most holy In the place where the burntoffrynge is kylled the trespace offrynge shal be kylled also ād his bloude shal be sprikled rounde aboute apon the alter And all the fatt thereof shal be offered the rompe and the fatt that couered the inwardes and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth on them and apon the loynes and the kall on the lyuer shal be taken awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the altare to be an offerynge vnto the Lorde this is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the preastes shal eate thereof in the holy place for it is most holy As the synne offerynge is so is the trespace offerynge one lawe serueth for both and it shall be the preastes that reconcyleth therewith And the preast that offered a mans burntofferynge shall haue the skyn of the burntofferynge which he hath offered And all the meatofferynges that are baken in the ouen ād all that is dressed apon the gredyerne ād in the fryenge pan shal be the preastes that offereth them And all the meatofferynges that are myngled with oyle or drye shall pertayne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as moche as another This is the lawe of the peaceoffringes whiche shal be offered vnto the Lorde Yf he offer to geue thanckes he shall brynge vnto his thanckofferynge swete cakes myngled with oyle and swete wafers anoynted with oyle and cakes myngled with oyle of fine floure fryed ād he shall brynge his offerynge apon cakes made of leuended bred vnto the thanckoffrynge of his peaceofferynges ād of them all he shall offer one to be an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde ād it shal be the preastes that sprynkleth the bloude of the peaceofferynges And the fleshe of the thankofferynge of his peaceofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall none of it be layde vpp vntyll the mornynge Yf it be a vowe or a fre willofferynge that he bryngeth the same daye that he offereth it It shal be eaten and that which remayneth may be eaten on the morowe but as moche of the offered flesh as remaneth vnto the thirde daye shal be burned with fire For yf any of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges be eaten the thirde daye then shall he that offered it optayne no fauour nether shall it be rekened vnto him but shal be an abhomynacion and the soule that eateth of it shall beare the synne thereof The flesh that twycheth any vnclene thinge shall not be eaten but burnt with fire and all that be clene in their flesh maye eate flesh Yf any soule eate of the flesh of the peaceofferynges that pertayne vnto the Lorde and hys vnclennesse yet apon him the same soule shall perisshe from amonge his peoole Moreouer yf a soule twych any vnclene thinge whether it be the vnclennesse of man or of any vnclene beest or any abhominacion that is vnclene ād thē eate of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges whiche pertayne vnto the Lord that soule shall perissh from his people And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye Ye shall eate no maner fatt of oxen shepe or gootes neuer the later the fatt of the beest that dyeth alone ād the fatt of that which is torne with wilde beestes maye be occupide in all maner vses but ye shal in no wise eate of it For whosoeuer eateth the fatt of the beest of which mē bring an offring vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shall perissh frō his people Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of bloud wheresoeuer ye dwell whether it be of foule or of beest What soeuer soule it be that eateth any maner of bloude the same soule shal perisshe frō his people And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto the childrē of Israel ād saye He that offereth his peaceofferynge vnto the Lord shall bringe his gifte vnto the Lord of his peaceoffrynges his owne handes shal bringe the offrynge of the Lorde euē the fatt apō the brest he shall bringe with the brest to waue it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde And the preast shall burne the
fatt apon the alter aÌ„d the brest shal be AaroÌ„s aÌ„d his sonnes And the right shulder they shall geue vnto the preast to be an heueoffrynge of their peaceoffringes And the same that offreth the bloud of the peaceoffringes aÌ„d the fatt amoÌ„g the soÌ„nes of AaroÌ„ shall haue the right shulder vnto his parte for the wauebrest aÌ„d the heueshulder I haue takeÌ„ of the childern of Israel euen of their peace offringes aÌ„d haue geueÌ„ it vnto AaroÌ„ the prest and vnto his sonnes to be a dutie for euer of the childern of Israel This is the anoyntinge of Aaron aÌ„d of the sacryfices of the Lorde in the daye when they were offered to be preastes vnto the Lorde whiche the Lorde commaunded to be geuen them in the daye when he anoynted them of the childern of Israel and to be a dutie for euer amonge their generacions This is the lawe of burntoffrynges of meatoffrynges of synne offrynges of trespaceoffrynges of full offrynges of peaceoffrynges which the Lorde commaunded Moses in the mount of Sinai in the daye when he commaunded the childern of Israel to offer their offrynges vnto the Lorde in the wildernesse of Sinai The .viij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Hence the pope fett holowenge of chirches alters font belles aÌ„d so forthe and the anoyntinge of bissnopes preastes and soch like take Aaron and his sonnes with hiÌ„ and the vestures and the anoyntinge oyle and an oxe for a synneofferynge and two rammes aÌ„d a baskett of swete bred aÌ„d gather all the comentye together vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him and the people gathered them selues togither vnto the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Moses sayde vnto the people this is the thinge which the Lorde commaunded to do And Moses broughte Aaron and his sonnes and wasshed them with water and put apon him the albe and gyrde him with a girdel and put apon him the tunycle and put the Ephod thereon and gyrded him with the broderd girdel of the Ephod and bounde it vnto him therewith And he put the brestlappe thereon aÌ„d put in the brestlappe lighte aÌ„d perfectnesse And he put the myter apon his heed aÌ„d put apoÌ„ the myter eueÌ„ apoÌ„ the forefroÌ„t of it the golden plate of the holy croune as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntynge oyle and anoynted the habitacion and all that was therein and sanctified them and sprynkled thereof apon the alter .vij. tymes and anoynted the alter and all his vessels and the lauer with hys fote to sanctifie them And he poured of the anoyntynge oyle apon Aarons heed and anoynted him to sanctifie him And he broughte Aarons sonnes and put albes apon them and gyrde them with gyrdels aÌ„d put bonettes apoÌ„ their heedes as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the synneoffrynge was brought And Aaron and his sonnes put their handes apon the heed of the oxe of the synneoffryng And when it was slayne Moses toke of the bloude and put it apon the hornes of the alter rounde aboute with his finger and purified it aÌ„d poured the bloud vnto the botome of the alter aÌ„d sanctified it aÌ„d reconcyled it And he toke all the fatt that was apon the inwardes aÌ„d the kal that was on the lyuer aÌ„d the two kydneyes with their fatt aÌ„d burned it apoÌ„ the alter But the oxe the hide his flesh aÌ„d his donge he burnt with fire without the hoste as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he broughte the ram of the burntofferynge and Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes put their handes apon the heed of the ram and it was kylled And Moses sprinkled the bloud apoÌ„ the alter rouÌ„de aboute aÌ„d cutt the ram in peces aÌ„d burnt the heed the peces aÌ„d the fatte aÌ„d wasshed the inwardes aÌ„d the legges in water and burnt the ram euery whitt apoÌ„ the alter That was a burntsacrifice of a swete sauoure aÌ„d an offrynge vnto the Lorde as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he broughte the other ram that was the fullofferynge and Aaron and his sonnes put their haÌ„des apoÌ„ the heed of the ram And when it was slayne Moses toke of the bloude of it and put it apon the typpe of Aarons ryght eare and apon the thombe of his right hande and apon the great too of his righte fote Then were Aarons sonnes broughte aÌ„d Moses put of the bloude on the typpe of the right care of them and apon the thombes of theire righte handes and apon the great tooes of the ir righte fete and sprinkled the bloud apoÌ„ the alter rounde aboute And he toke the fatt aÌ„d the rompe aÌ„d all the fatt that was apon the inwardes aÌ„d the kall of the lyuer aÌ„d the .ij. kydneyes with their fatt aÌ„d their righte shulder And out of the basket of swete bred that was before the Lorde he toke one swete cake of oyled bred aÌ„d one waâ—er aÌ„d put theÌ„ on the fatt aÌ„d apon the righte shulder aÌ„d put altogether apoÌ„ Aarons handes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his sonnes handes aÌ„d waued it a waueofferynge before the Lorde And thaÌ„ Moses toke theÌ„ from of their handes agayne aÌ„d burnt theÌ„ apoÌ„ the alter euen apon the burntoffrynge These are the fulloffrynges of a swete sauoure aÌ„d a sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses toke the breste and waued it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde of the ram of the fuloffrynges aÌ„d it was Moses parte as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Moses toke of the anoynting oyle aÌ„d of the bloude whiche was apon the alter and sprinkled it apoÌ„ AaroÌ„ aÌ„d apon his vestimeÌ„tes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his soÌ„nes aÌ„d on their vestimeÌ„tes with hiÌ„ aÌ„d sanctified AaroÌ„ aÌ„d his vesturs aÌ„d his soÌ„nes and his sonnes vestures also Then Moses say de vnto Aaron and his sonnes boyle the flesh in the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse and there eate it with the bred that is in the basket of fullofferynges as the Lorde commaunded sayenge Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it aÌ„d that whiche remayneth of the flesh and of the brede burne with fire And se that ye departe not from the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse seuen dayes longe vntill the dayes of youre fullofferynges be at an ende For .vij. dayes must youre haÌ„des be filled as they were this daye eueÌ„ so the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded to do to reconcyle you with all Se therfore that ye abyde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse daye and nyghte seuen dayes longe and kepe the watch of the Lorde that ye dye not for so I am commaunded And Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thynges which the Lorde commaunded by the hande of Moses ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd the .viij. daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the elders of Israel and sayde vnto Aaron take a calfe for a synne offrynge and a ram for a burntoffrynge both without blemish and brynge them before the Lorde And vnto the childern of Israel he spake sayenge take ye an he goote for a synneofferynge and a calfe
and a lambe bothe two of a yere olde and without blemysh for a burntsacrifice and an oxe and a ram for peaceoffrynges to offer before the Lorde and a meateofferyng myngled with oyle for to daye the Lorde will appere vnto you And they brought that which Moses commaunded vnto the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d all the people came and stode before the Lorde And Moses sayde this is the thynge which the Lorde commaunded that ye shulde do aÌ„d then the glorye of the Lorde shall appere vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron go vnto the alter and offer thy synneofferynge and make an attonement for the and for the people and then offer the offerynge of the people and reconcyle them also as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron went vnto the alter and slewe the calfe that was his synneoffrynge And the sonnes of Aaron broughte the bloude vnto him and he dypte his finger in the bloude and put it apon the hornes of the alter and poured the bloude vnto the botome of the alter And the fatt and the two kydneyes with the kall of the lyuer of the synneoffrynge he burnt vppon the alter as the Lorde commaunded Moses but the flesh and the hyde he burnt with fyre without the hoste After warde he slewe the burntofferynge aÌ„d Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it rounde aboute apon the alter And they brought the burntofferynge vnto him in peces and the heed also and he burnt it apon the alter and dyd wasshe the inwardes and the legges and burnt them also apon the burntofferynge in the alter And than he broughte the peoples offerynge and toke the goote that was the peoples synneofferynge and slewe it and offered it for a synofferynge as he dyd the first And then broughte the burntofferynge and offered it as the maner was and broughte the meatofferynge and fylled his hande thereof and burnt it apon the alter besydes the burntsacrifyce in the mornynge Then he slewe the oxe and the ram that were the peoples peaseofferynges and Aarons sonnes broughte the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it apon the alter rounde aboute and toke the fatt of the oxe and of the ram the roÌ„pe and the fatt that couereth the inwardes and the kydneyes and the kall of the lyuer and put them apon the brestes and burnt it apon the alter but the brestes and the righte shulders Aaron waued before the Lorde as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron lifte vpp his hande ouer the people Of soch places the bisshopes toke their domme blessynge with ij fingers But numery vâ— thou maist read the goodly prayer of his blessynge and blessed theÌ„ and came doune from offerynge of synofferynges burntofferynges aÌ„d peaseofferynges Then Moses and Aaron weÌ„t into the tabernacle of witnesse and came out agayne and blessed the people and the glorye of the Lorde apered vnto all the people And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde and consumed apon the alter the burntofferynge and the fatt And all the people sawe it and showted and fell on their faces ¶ The X. Chapter Hereof ye se the frute of a mans good entent with out Godsword As we maye do nolesse so doeth this ensample teach that we maye do no moare than is coÌ„maunded ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke ether of them his censor aÌ„d put fyre therein and put cens apoÌ„ and broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde which he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ not and there went a fyre out froÌ„ the Lorde and coÌ„sumed theÌ„ and they dyed before the Lorde Then Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ this is it that the Lorde spake saynge I will be God is sanctified when we obey him aÌ„d mortify oure wyll to doo his sanctifyed in them that come nye me aÌ„d before all the people I wil be glorifyed And Aaron helde his pease And Moses called Misael and ElesaphaÌ„ the sonnes of Vsiel the vncle of Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ goo to and carye youre brethreÌ„ from the holy place out of the hoste And they went to them and caryed them in their albes out of the hoste as Moses bad And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his eldest sonnes vncouer not youre heed nether rent youre clothes lest ye dye and wrath come apon all the people lettyoure brethren the hole house of Israel bewepe the burnynge which the Lorde hath burnt But goo ye not out from the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntynge oyle of the Lorde is apon you And they dyd as Moses bad And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron saynge Oure prelates be drâ—â—ke with desyre of honoure and haue brought the world oute of their wittes to satisfie their lustes and liue not sobirly to teach vs what christ commaunded by the 〈…〉 of the appostels drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke nether thou nor thi sonnes with the when ye go in to the tabernacle of witnesse lest ye dye And let it be a lawe foreuer vnto youre childern after you that ye maye put difference betwene holy and vnholy and betwene vnclene and clene and that ye maye teach the childern of Israel all the ordynaunces which the Lorde hath coÌ„maunded them by the handes of Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar aÌ„d Ithamar his sonnes that were lefte take the meatofferynge that remayneth of the sacrifyces of the Lorde and eate it without leuen besyde the alter for it is most holy eate it therfore in the holy place because it is thi dutye and thi sonnes dutye of the sacrifyce of the Lorde for so I am commaunded And the wauebrest and heueshulder eate in a clene place both thou and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the. For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye with the of the peaceofferynges off the childern of Israel For the heueshulder aÌ„d the wauebrest whiche they brynge with the sacrifices of the fatt to waue it before the Lorde shal be thyne and thy sonnes with the and be a lawe for euer as the Lorde hath commaunded And Moses soughte for the goote that was the synneofferynge and se it was burnt And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron which were lefte alyue sayenge wherefore haue ye not eaten the synneofferynge in the holy place seynge it is most holye and for as moch as it is geuen you to bere the synne of the people and make agrement for them before the Lorde Beholde the bloude of it was not brought in within the holy place therfore shulde ye haue eaten it in the holy place as I commaunded And Aaron sayde vnto Moses behold this daye haue they offered their The offeringes must haue bene eaten in gladnesse but Aaron coude not but morne for his sonnes synneoffrynge and their burntoffrynge before the Lorde and it is chaunced me after thys maner Yf I shulde eate of the synneofferynge to daye wolde the Lorde be content with all And when Moses herde that he was content
the euē And he that beareth any soch thinges shall wassh his clothes ād bathe hī self in water ād be vncleane vnto the euē ād whosoeuer he twicheth yf he haue not first washed his handes in water must wasshe his clothes ād bathe him selfe in water ād be vncleane vnto the euenynge And yf he twych a vessell off erth it shal be broken and all vessels of wodd shal be rensed in the water When he that hath an yssue is clensed of his yssue let him numbre .vij. dayes after he is cleane ād wasshe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnynge water ād then he is cleane And the .viij. daye let him take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse ād geue them vnto the preast And the preast shall offer them the one for a synne offerynge and the other for a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him before the Lord as cōcernynge his yssue Yf any mans seed departe frō him in his slepe he shall wassh his flesh in water ād be vncleane vntill euē And all the clothes or furres whereon soch seed chaunceth shal be washed with water ād be vncleane vnto the euē And yf a womā lye with soche a whone they shall wash thē selues with water and be vncleane vntyll even Whē a womās naturall course of bloud rūneth she shal be put aparte .vij. dayes ād whosoeuer twycheth her shal be vncleane vnto the euē And all that she lyeth apō as longe as she is put aparte shal be vnclene And whosoeuer twicheth hir couch shall wash his clothes and bathe hī selfe with water ād be vncleane vnto the euē And whosoeuer twicheth any thinge that she satt apō shall wassh his clothes ād washe him selfe also in water ād be vncleane vnto the euē so that whether he twich hir couche or any thīge whereō she hath setē he shal be vnclene ūto the euē ād yf a mā lye with her in the meane tyme he shal be put aparte as well as she ād shal be vncleane .vij. dayes ād all his couch wherein he slepeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloude runneth longe tyme whether out of the tyme of hyr naturall course as longe as hir vnclennesse runneth she shal be vncleane after the maner as when she is put aparte All hir couches whereon she lyeth as lōge as hir yssue lasteth shal be vnto her as hir couch when she is put a parte And what soeuer she sytteth apon shal be vncleane as is hir vnclennesse whē she is put a parte And whosoeuer twicheth them shal be vncleane ād shall wasshe his clothes ād bathe him selfe in water ād be vncleane vnto euen And when she it clensed of hyr yssue let hyr counte hir seuen dayes after that she is cleane And the. viij daye let her take two turtils or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the preast vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the preast shall offer the one for a synneoffrynge and the other for a burntofferynge and so make an attonement for her before the Lorde as concernynge hir vncleane yssue Make the childern of Israel to kepe them selues frō their vnclēnesse that they dye not in their vnclēnesse whē they haue defiled my habitacion that is amonge them This is the lawe of him that hath a runninge sore and of him whose seed runneth from him in his slepe and is defiled therewith and of her that hath an yssue of bloude as longe as she is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman and of him that slepeth with her that is vncleane The .xvj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the deeth of the two sonnes of Aaron when they had offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayde vnto Moses speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he go not at all tymes in to the holy place that is whithin the vayle that hangeth before the mercyseate which is apon the arcke that he dye not For I will appeare By the cloud vnderstonde the smoke off the cence in a clowde vpon the mercyseate But of this maner shall Aaron goo in in to the holy place with a yonge oxe for a synneofferynge and a ram for a burntoffrynge And he shall put the holy lynen albe apon him ād shall haue a lynen breche vppon his flesh and shall gyrde him with a lynen gyrdell and put the lynen mytre apon his heede for they are holy ray mentes And he shall wasshe his flesh with water and put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the childern of Israel two gootes for a synneoffrynge and a ram for a burntofferynge And Aaron shall offer the oxe for his synne offrynge and make an attonement for him ād for his housse And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Aarō cast lottes ouer the .ij. gootes one lotte for the Lorde ād another for a scapegoote And Aaron shall bringe the goote apō which the Lordes lotte fell and offer him for a synneofferynge But the goote on which the lotte fell to scape he shall sett alyue before the Lorde to recōcyle with ād to let him goo fre in to the wildernesse And Aaron shall bringe the oxe of his synoffrynge ād reconcyle for him selfe ād for his housholde and kyll him And thā he shall take a censer full of burninge coles out of the alter that is before the Lorde and his handfull of swete cens beten small and bringe them within the vayle and put the cens apon the fire before the Lorde that the cloude of the cens maye couer the mercyseate that is apon the witnesse that he dye not And he shall take of the bloude of the oxe ād sprinkle it with his finger before the mercy seate eastwarde euen .vij. tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferynge and brynge hys bloude within the vayle and doo with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the oxe and let him sprinkle it toward the mercyseate and before the mercyseate ād reconcyle the holy place frō the vnclennesse of the childern of Israel and from their trespaces ād all there synnes And so let him doo also vnto the tabernacle of witnesse that dwelleth with them euē among their vnclennesses And there shal be no bodye in the tabernacle of witnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out agayne And he shall make an attonement for him selfe and for his housholde ād for all the multitude of Israel Then he shall goo out vnto the alter that stondeth before the Lorde and reconcyle it and shall take of the bloude of the oxe and of the bloude of the goote and put it apon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute and sprynckle of the bloude apon it with his finger seuen tymes and clense it
suster thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kyn Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kyn Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife for she is thyne awnte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore vncouer not hir secrettes Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife for that is thy brothers preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife aÌ„d hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their secrettes they are hir nexte kyn it were therfore wikydnesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister there to to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to defyle thi selfe with her Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch that thou defile not the name of thi God for I am the Lorde Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for that is abominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto for that is abhominacion Defile not youreselues in any of these thinges for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you and the lande is defiled and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it and the lande shal spe we out hir inhabiters Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you and the lande is defiled lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you For whosoeuer shall coÌ„mytt any of these abhominacions the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Be holy for I the Lorde youre God am holye Se that ye feare euery man his father and his mother aÌ„d that ye kepe my Sabbathes for I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall not turne vnto ydolls nor make you goddes of metall I am the Lorde youre God When ye offre youre peaceofferynges vnto the Lorde ye shall offer them that ye maye be accepted And it shal be eaten the same daye ye offer it and on the morowe but what soeuer is lefte on the thirde daye shal be burnt in the fire Yf it be eaten the thirde daye it shal be vncleane aÌ„d not accepted And he that eateth it shall bere his synne because he hath defiled the halowed thinges of the Lorde aÌ„d that soule shall perish from amonge his people When ye repe doune the rype corne of you relande ye shal not repe doune the vtmost borders of youre feldes nether shalt thou gather that which is left behynd in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde clene nether gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped But thou shalt leaue them for the pore aÌ„d straunger I am the Lord youre God Ye shall not steale nether lye nether deale fal sely one with another Ye shal not swere by my name falselye that thou defilest not the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalt not begile thy neyghboure with cauellacioÌ„s nether robbe him violently nether shall the workmans laboure abide with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaffe nether put a stomblinge blocke before the blynd but shalt feare thy God I am the Lorde Ye shall doo no vnrightuousnes in iudgement Thou shalt not fauoure the poore nor honoure the mightye but shalt iudge thy neghboure rightuously Thou shalt not go vp aÌ„d doune a * preuy accuser Yes for God aÌ„d with his aâ—â—ne coÌ„fessioÌ„ shalt thou accuse him to stablishe the holye fathers kingdome amoÌ„ge thy people nether shalt thou helpe to shed the bloude of thy neyghboure I am the Lorde Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne hart but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neghbour that thou bere not synne for his sake Thou shalt not avenge thy selfe nor bere hate in thy mynde against the childern of thi people but shalt loue thy neghboure eueÌ„ as thy self I am the Lorde Kepe myne ordinaunces Let none of thy catell gendre with a coÌ„trary kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled seed nether shalt thou put on ony garment of lynen and wollen Yf a man haue to doo with a woman that is bonde and hath bene medled with al of another man which nether is boughte nor fredome geuen her there shal be a payne apon it but they shall not dye because she was not made fre And he shall brynge for his trespaceofferynge vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse a ram for a trespace offrynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge before the Lord for his synne which he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him as concerninge the synne which he hath done And when ye come to the lande aÌ„d haue plaÌ„ted all maner of trees where of meÌ„ eate ye shal holde them vncircumcised as concerning the it frute eueÌ„ thre yere shal they be vncircuÌ„cysed vnto you aÌ„d shall not be eateÌ„ of Id the fourth yere all the frute of theÌ„ shal be holy aÌ„d acceptable to the Lorde And the fifth yere maye ye eate of the frute of theÌ„ aÌ„d gather in the encrease of them I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall eate nothinge with the bloude ye shall vse no witchcrafte nor obserue dismall dayes ye shall not rounde the lockes of youre heedes nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde Ye shall not rent youre flesh for any soules sake nor printe any markes apon you I am the Lorde Thou shalt not pollute thi doughter that thou woldest maintene her to be an whoore lest the laÌ„de fall to whoredome aÌ„d waxe ful of wekednesse ¶ Se that ye kepe my Sabbathes and feare my sauctuary I am the Lorde Turne not to theÌ„ that worke with sprites nether regarde theÌ„ that obserue disemall dayes that ye be not defiled by theÌ„ for I am the Lorde youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed aÌ„d reuerence the
face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
and whose hande was fylled to put on the vestimeÌ„tes 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 aÌ„d 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 apoÌ„ 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 generacioÌ„ns 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 dispensacioÌ„s of his God flor none that hath any blemysh shall come nere whether he be blynde lame snot nosed or that hath any monstrous meÌ„bre or broken foted or broken handed or croke backed or perlâ—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 froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 apoÌ„ 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 brokeÌ„ 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 brokeÌ„ 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 seueÌ„ 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 eateÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 eueÌ„ 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 laÌ„be 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 theÌ„ 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 theÌ„ 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 proclamacioÌ„ 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 â–ª speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d 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 seueÌ„th moneth is a daye of an attonement and shal be on holy feast vnto you aÌ„d 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 attonemeÌ„t 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 eueÌ„ to euen agayne ye shall kepe your Sabbath And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye the xv daye of the same seuenth moneth shal be the feast of tabernacles .vij. dayes uÌ„to 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 fruteâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 beteÌ„ 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 amoÌ„ge youre childern after you And he shal dresse the lampes apon the pure candelsticke before the Lorde perpetually And thou shalt take â—â—â—â— floure aÌ„d 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
of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a raÌ„ 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 laÌ„bes 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 syluereÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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. raÌ„mes .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 raÌ„mes xij the laÌ„bes .xij. of a yere olde a pece with the meateofferynges with he gootes for synneyr offrynges And all the oxeÌ„ 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 hiÌ„ 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 cherâ—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 forefroÌ„t 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 aÌ„d theÌ„ let them be appoynted to wayte apon the seruyce of the Lorde And let the leuites put their handes vpoÌ„ 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 childreÌ„ of Israel for I haue taken them vnto me for all yâ— firstborne that opeÌ„ any matrice amoÌ„ge 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 yâ— Lorde commaunded Moses And the leuites purifyed them selues and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before yâ— 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 yâ— 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 coÌ„rse or is in the waye ferre of then â—â—â—t hym offer Passeouer vnto yâ— Lorde the. xiiij daye of the seconde moneth at euen and eate it with swete bred and soure herbes aÌ„d 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 habitacioÌ„ 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 yâ— mornynge then they iurneyed Whether it was by daye or by nyghte that the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed But when yâ— 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 therâ— 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 theÌ„ 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 troÌ„pe the seconde tyme then the hostes that lye on yâ— 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 remeÌ„bred before the Lorde youre God HeÌ„ce 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 remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of you before youre God I am the lorde youre God And it came to passe the .xx. daye of the seconde moneth in yâ— 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 yâ— wildernesse of ParaÌ„ And yâ— first toke their iurney at the mouth of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euen the standerte of yâ— hoste of Iuda remoued first with their armies whose captayne was Nahesson yâ— sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoste of yâ— trybe of the childern of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of zuar And ouer the hoste of yâ— 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 trâ— 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 â–ª their armies when they remoued And Moses sayde vnto â—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 aÌ„d 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 yâ— 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 coâ—ander seed and to see to lyke Bedellion And yâ— people went aboute and gathered it grouÌ„de 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 â—â— 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 yâ— 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 yâ— spirite which is apon the and put apon them aÌ„d they shall bere with them the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone And saye vnto yâ— 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 â—ate Ye shall not eate one daye only other .ij. or .v. dayes other .x. or .xx. dayes but euen a moneth longe aÌ„d vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake because that ye haue cast yâ— 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 â—â—â—e them flesh and they shall care â— moneth â—oÌ„ge Shall the sheâ—e aÌ„d the oxen be slayne for them to fyâ—â—dâ— 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 aÌ„d toke of the sprete that was apon him aÌ„d put it apon the .lxx. elders And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els But there remayned .ij. of yâ— meÌ„ in the hoste the one called Eldad aÌ„d the other Medad And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they weÌ„â— not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoste And there ran a younge tolde Moses and sayed Eldad aÌ„d 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 pâ—pâ— wold that â—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 froÌ„ yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 haâ—roth ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd Mir Jam and Aaron spake ageÌ„st Moses because of his wife of inde which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of India And they sayed doth yâ— Lorde speake oÌ„ly 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 yâ— Lorde spake attonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron Mir
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 yâ— 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 Lâ—â—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 yâ— 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 yâ— straunger that dwelleth with you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them When ye be come into the londe whether I will brynge you then wheÌ„ 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 commaundmeÌ„tes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by yâ— haÌ„de 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 yâ— childern of Israel aÌ„d 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 amoÌ„ge 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 strauÌ„ger 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 brokeÌ„ his coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes yâ— soule therfore shall perysh aÌ„d 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 yâ— founde him gatherynge stickes broughte him vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all yâ— congregacion aÌ„d they put him in warde for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses yâ— maÌ„ shall dye let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste And all yâ— multitude broughte him without the hoste aÌ„d 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 garmeÌ„tes thorow out their generacions aÌ„d let them make the gardes of ribandes of Iacyncte And the garde shall Gods signes were to put men in remeÌ„braunce 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 yâ— Lorde youre God which broughte you out of yâ— 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 theÌ„selues 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 aÌ„d put ceÌ„s 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 yâ— God of Israel hath separated you froÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 yâ— 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 yâ— tribe of lâ—ui yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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 geueÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 vntâ— 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 childreÌ„ of Israel henceforth come neâ—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 reÌ„tes 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 theÌ„ 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 yâ— 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 yâ— 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 yâ— reason of it when ye haue taken from it the fatt of it nether shall ye vnhalowe yâ— 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 yâ— Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„deth sayenge speake vnto yâ— childern of Israel and let them take the a redd cowe with out spot wherein is no blemysh which neuer bare yocke apoÌ„ 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 yâ— preast shall take of hir bloude vppon his fynger and sprynkle it streghe towarde the tabernacle of witnesse viâ— tymes And he shall cause the cowe to be burnt in his syghte both skyn flesh and bloude with the douÌ„ge 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 yâ— 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 aÌ„d 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
offerynges And Moses tolde the childern of Israel acordynge to all that the Lorde commaunded him ¶ The .xxx. Chapter ANd Moses spake vnto the heedes of HeÌ„ce was fetrthe exaÌ„ple of oure vowes of chastite obediens and willfull pouertie oure offerynges aÌ„d oure pilgremage the trybes of yâ— childern of Israel sayeÌ„ge this is the thynge which the Lorde commaundeth Yf a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe aÌ„d bynde his soule he shall not goo baâ—ke with his worde but shal fulfyll all yâ— proceadeth out of his mouth Yf a damsell vowe a vowe vnto yâ— Lorde binde herselfe beynge in hir fathers housse and vnmaried Yf hir father heare hir vowe bonde which she hath made vppon hir soule holde his pease thereto then all hir vowes boÌ„des which she hath made vppoÌ„ hir soule shall stonde in effecte But yf hir father for byd her the same daye that he heareth it none of hir vowes nor bondes which she hath made vppon hir soule shal be of value aÌ„d the Lorde shall forgeue her because hir father forbade her Yf she had an husbonde when she vowed or pronounsed oughte out of hir lippes wherewith she bonde hir soule and hir husbonde her de it and helde his peace there at the same daye he herde it Then hir vowes and hir bondes wherewith she bounde hir soule shal stonde in effecte But aÌ„d yf hir husbonde forbade her the same daye that he herde it than hath he made hir vowe which she had vppoÌ„ her of none effecte and that also whiche she pronounsed with hir lippes wherewith she bounde hir soule and the Lorde shall forgeue her The vowe of a wedowe and of her that is deuorsed all that they haue bound their soules with all shall stonde in effecte with them Yf she vowed in her husbandes housse or bounde her soule with an oth and her husbande herde it and helde his peace and forbade her not then all her vowes and bondes wherewith she bound her soule shall stoÌ„de But yf her husbande disanulled them yâ— same daye that he herde them then nothing that proceded out of her lippes in vowes aÌ„d boundes wherewith she bounde her soule shall stonde in effecte for her husbande hath lowsed them and the Lorde shall forgeue her All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule maye her husbande stablish or breake But yf her husbande hold his peace from one daye vnto another then he stablisheth all her vowes and boundes whiche she had vppon her because he helde his peace the saâ—â—e daye that he herde them And yf he afterwarde breake them he shall beare her synne him self These are the ordinaunces which yâ— Lorde commaunded Moses betwene a man and his wife and betwene the father and his doughter beyenge a damsell in hir fathers housse ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge auenge the childern of Israel of the Madianites and afterwarde be gathered vnto thy people And Moses spake vnto the folke sayenge Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them goo apon the Madianites and auenge the Lorde of the Madianitis Ye shall sende vnto the warre a thousande of euery try be thorow out all the trybes of Israel And there were taken oute of the thousandes of Israel .xij. thousande prepared vnto warre of euery trybe a thousande And Moses sent them a thousande of euery trybe with Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the preaste to warre and the holye vessels the trompettes to blowe with in his honde And they warred agenst the Madianites as the Lorde commaunded Moses aÌ„d â—lewe all the males And they slewe the kynges of Madian among other that were slayne Eui Rekem Zur Hur and Reba fyne kynges of Madian And they slewe BalaÌ„ the sonne of Beor with the swerde And the childern of Israel toke all the wemen of Madian presoners and their childern and spoyled all their catell their substance and their goodes And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their castels with fyre And they roke all the spoyle and all they coude catche both of men and beestes And they broughte the captyues and that which they had taken and all the spoyle vnto Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌ„d vnto the companye of the childern of Israel euen vnto the hoste in yâ— feldes of Moab by Jordanenye to Jericho And Moses and Eleazer the preast and all the lordes of the congregacion went out of the hoste agenst them And Moses was angrie with the officers of the hoste with yâ— captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes which came from warre and batayle and sayde vnto them Haue ye saued the wemen alyue beholde these caused the childern of Israel thorow Balam to commytt trespace ageÌ„st yâ— Lorde by yâ— reason of Peor their folowed a plage amoÌ„ge yâ— congregacion of the Lorde Nowe therfore slee all the men childern and the wemen that haue lyâ—â— with men fleshlye But all the wemen children that haue not lyen with men kepe alyue for youre selues And lodge without the hoste .vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone all that haue twiched any dead body purifye both youre selues youre presoners the .iij. daye the .vij. And sprinkle all youre raymentes all that is made of skynnes all worke of gootes heer aÌ„d all thynges made of wodd And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all yâ— meÌ„ of warre which went out to batayle this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses Gold syluer brasse yeron tyn leed all that maye abyde yâ— fyre ye shall make it goo thorow the fyre aÌ„d then it is cleane Neuerthelater it shal be sprinkled with sprinklinge water And all yâ— soffereth not the fyre ye shall make goo thorow the water And wash youre clothes the seuenth daye then ye are cleane And afterwarde come in to the hoste And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the summe of the praye that was taken both of the wemeÌ„ of catell thou Eleazer the preast and the auncient heedes of yâ— congregacion And deuyde it into two parties betwene them that toke the warre vppoÌ„ theÌ„ and went out to batayle and all the congregacion And take a porcion vnto the Lorde of the men of warre whiche went oâ—te to batayle one of fyue hundred of the women and of the oxen and of the asses and of the shepe and ye shall take it of their halfe and geue it vnto Eleazer the preast an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And of the halfe of yâ— childern of Israel take one of fystye of yâ— wemen of the oxen of the asses and of the shepe and of all maner of beestes geue them vnto the leuites which wayte apon the habitacion of the Lorde And Moses and Eleazer the preast did as the Lorde commaunded Moses And yâ— botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught was .vi. hundred thousande lxxv thousande shepe aÌ„d .lxxij. thousande
ox en .lxi. thousande asses .xxxij. thousande wemen that had lyen by no man And the halfe which was the parte of theÌ„ that weÌ„t 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 coÌ„maunded 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 huÌ„dred 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 yâ— meÌ„ of warre had spoyled euery man for him selfe And Moses Eleazer yâ— 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 yâ— childern of Israel before yâ— Lorde ¶ The â–ª xxxij Chapter THe childern of RubeÌ„ the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell And wheÌ„ they sawe the loÌ„de of Iaeser the loÌ„de of Gilead yâ— it was an apte place for catell they came spake vnto Moses Eleazer yâ— preast vnto yâ— lordes of yâ— coÌ„gregacioÌ„ sayenge The loÌ„de of Ataroth Dibo Beon whiche contre yâ— 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 childreÌ„ 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 geueÌ„ them This dyd youre fathers wheÌ„ I sent them from Cades bernea to sethe londe And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol sawe the londe discoraged the heâ—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 froÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 childreÌ„ 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 yâ— Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before him vntill the londe be subdyed before yâ— Lorde then ye shall returne be without sinne agenst the Lorde agenst Israel thie loÌ„de shal be youre possession before the Lorde But yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde aÌ„d be sure youre synne will fynde you out Bilde youre cities for youre childern foldes for youre shepe se ye do yâ— ye haue spoken And the childern of Gad of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge thy servauntes will do as my lorde commaundeth Oure childreÌ„ oure wines substaÌ„ce 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 coÌ„mauÌ„ded Eleazer yâ— preast Iosua yâ— sonne of Nun the auncieÌ„t 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 yâ— londe of Canaan And the childern of Gad Ruben answered sayenge that which yâ— Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruauÌ„tes 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 yâ— 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 DiboÌ„ 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 froÌ„ 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 loÌ„de with all the costes thereof rounde aboute And Moses commaunded the childern of Israel sayeÌ„ge this is the loÌ„de which ye shall enherett by lotte and which the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded 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 yâ— other syde of Iordayne by Iericho castwarde towarde the sonne rysynge And the Lorde spake to Moses sayenge These are the names of yâ— men which shall deuyde you the londe to enherett Eleazer yâ— preast aÌ„d 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 yâ— sonne of Iephune And in yâ— trybe of yâ— childern of Simeon â—emuel yâ— soÌ„ne of Amiud aÌ„d in yâ— tribe of BeÌ„ Iamin Elidad the sonne of Cisâ—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 commauÌ„ded to deuyde the enheritauÌ„ce vnto the childern of Israel in the londe of Canaan ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in yâ— feldes of Moab by Iordayne Iericho sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue vnto the leuites of the enheritauÌ„ce of their possession cities to dwell in And ye shall geue also vnto the cities of yâ— leuites suburbes rounde aboute them The cities shal be for them to dwell in and yâ— 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 possessioÌ„s 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. iâ—j in yâ— londe of Canaan And these sixe fre cities shal be for the childern of Israel for the straunger for him that dwelleth amonge you yâ— all thei which kill any persone vnwares maye flâ—â—rhuher Yf any man smyte another with a wepoÌ„ 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 theâ—fore The iudge of bloude shall â—â—ee the murtherer as sone as he fyndeth him Yf he â—hâ—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 coÌ„gregacion shall iudge betwene the sleer aÌ„d 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 fraunâ—â—esed cytye whother he was fleed And he shall byde there vnto the dethe off the hye prcaste whiche was anoynted with holy â—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 â—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 yâ— 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 yâ— bloude that is shed therein but by the bloude of it that shed it â—efyle notherfore the londe which ye in habitt in the myddes of which I also dwell for I am yâ— Lorde which dwell amonge the childern of Israel ¶ The .xxxvi. Chapter ANd the auncyeÌ„t heedes of the childern of Gilead the sonne of Machir yâ— sonne of Manasse of the kynred of yâ— childern of Joseph came forth and spake before Moses and the prynces which were auncieÌ„t heedes amoÌ„ge the childern of Israel sayed The Lorde commaunded my lorde to geue yâ— lande to enherette by lotte to the childern of Israel And then my lord commaunded in yâ— 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 wyâ—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 yâ— childern of Joseph haue sayed well This therfore doeth the Lorde commauÌ„de the doughters of Zelaphead sayenge let them be wyâ—es to whom they theÌ„ 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 â—d were maried vnto their fathers brothers sonnes of the kynted of the childern of Manasse the sonne of Joseph aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ to prouoke theÌ„ to loue aÌ„d his mightie deades done aboue all naturall power aÌ„d beyonde all naturall capacite of faith that they might beleue God aÌ„d 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 vnbeleâ—â—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 theÌ„ 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 remeÌ„braunce 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 sarâ—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 aÌ„d coÌ„braunce aÌ„d all necessite yet yf they repent and turne he promyseth them that God shall remeÌ„bre his mercie aÌ„d receave theÌ„ to grace agayne In the fifte he repeteth the .x. commauÌ„dmeÌ„tes 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 aÌ„d therfore are his servauntes aÌ„d not oure awne aÌ„d ought to seke his will and honoure onlye aÌ„d to loue aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ also that they forgett not the commaundmentes but teach theÌ„ their childern aÌ„d to shew the ir childern also how God delyuered theÌ„ out of the bondage of the EgiptiaÌ„s to serue him and his commaundmeÌ„tes that the childern myght se a cause to worke of loue likewise The seueÌ„th is all together of faith he remoueth all occasioÌ„s that might withdrawe them from the fayth and pulleth them also from all confidence in them selues and sturreth theÌ„ vp to trust in god boldlye and onlye Of the eyght chaptre thou seyst how that the cause of all temptation is that a maÌ„ might so his awne herte For wheÌ„ 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
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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 soÌ„ne 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 aÌ„d vnto them I will geue it aÌ„d 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 coÌ„maunded us And wheÌ„ 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 theÌ„ se that ye go not vp and that ye fighte not for I am not amoÌ„ge you lest ye be plaged before youre enemies * And wheÌ„ I told you ye wold not heare but Here thou seâ—st the verey image of the papistes For thei like wise where Gods worde is there they beleue not aÌ„d where it is not there they be bold disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde and went presumptously vp in to the hilles TheÌ„ the Amorites which dwelt in those hilles came out agenst you and chased you as bees doo and hewed you in Seir eueÌ„ 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 aloÌ„ge 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 coÌ„maunded me And we compassed the mountayns of Seir a loÌ„ge tyme TheÌ„ the Lorde spake vnto me saienge Ye haue coÌ„passed this mountayns loÌ„ge 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 theÌ„ not for I wil not geue you of their loÌ„de no not so moch as a foâ—e breadeth because I haue geueÌ„ mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse Ye shall bye meate of theÌ„ for money to 〈◊〉 and ye shall bye water of theÌ„ for money to drâ—kâ— For the Lorde thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thine haÌ„de aÌ„d knew the as thou weÌ„ test thorow this greate wildernesse Moreouer the Lorde thi God hath bene with the this xl yeres so that thou hast lacked nothinge And wheÌ„ we were departed from oure brethern the childern of Esau which dwelt in Seir by the felde waye from Elath aÌ„d Ezion Gaber we turned aÌ„d went the waye to the wildernesse of Moab TheÌ„ the Lorde sayed vnto me se that thou vexe not the Moabites nether prouoke theÌ„ to batayle for I will not geue the of their loÌ„de to possesse because I haue geueÌ„ Ar vnto the childern of loth to possesse The Emimes dwelt there in in tymes past a people greate many aÌ„d tal as the Enakimes which also were takeÌ„ for geantes as the Enakimes And the Moabites called theÌ„ Emymes In like maner the Horimes dwelt in Seir before time which the childern of Esau cast
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 maÌ„ vnto his possession which I haue geueÌ„ 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 eueÌ„so 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d lifte vpp thine eyes west north south aÌ„d easte aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d lawes which I teache you â–ª for to doo them that ye maye lyue aÌ„d goo aÌ„d conquere No â–ª nâ—â— yet corrupt it with false glosâ—s to coÌ„â—â—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 fâ—om amoÌ„ge 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 commauÌ„ded me that ye shulde do eueÌ„ 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb wheÌ„ he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to fâ—re me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came aÌ„d stode also vnder the hyll aÌ„d the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was darcknesse clowdes aÌ„d myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire aÌ„d ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men â—o bowâ— 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 â–ª 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 maÌ„ or womaÌ„ or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner fâ—thâ—â— 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 lyâ—â—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 aÌ„d sâ—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 coÌ„suminge 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 spokeÌ„ vnto the they haue well sayed all that they haue sayed Oh that they had soche an herte with them to feare me aÌ„d kepe all my commaundmentes alwaye that it myghte goo well with them and with their childern for euer Goo aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d lawes which thou shalt teache theÌ„ 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 coÌ„maunded you that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you aÌ„d 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 eueÌ„ as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promysed the a loÌ„de that floweth with mylk aÌ„d 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 â—aÌ„ to loâ—e of gods â—orde or to reade it all thy myght And these wordes which I commaunde the this daye shal be in thine herte aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 fâ—â—l of all maner goodes which thou filledest not and welles dygged which thou dyggedest not aÌ„d vynes and olyue trees which thou plantedest not aÌ„d wheÌ„ 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 dâ—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 aÌ„d coÌ„quere that good laÌ„de 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 aÌ„d evell vppon Egipte Pharao and vppon all his housholde before oure eyes and broughte vs from thence to brynge vs in aÌ„d to geue vs the londe which he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore coÌ„maunded vs to do all these ordinaunces aÌ„d 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 avoidâ—nge of punishmeÌ„t threteninges aÌ„d curses aÌ„d â—o optâ—â—â—e temporall blessiges but vnto the lifâ— to come thou must haue the rightuousnesse of faith aÌ„d there by receauâ— forgeueâ—esse of â—â—nnes aÌ„d promise of 〈…〉 aÌ„â—â—â—â—â—â— to worke of â—oâ—â— shal be rightuousnes vnto vs before the Lorde oure God yf we take hede to kepe all these coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes as he hath commaunded vs ¶ The .vij. Chapter WHeÌ„ 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 Pherâ—sites the Heuites and the Iebusites vij nacions moo in numbre aÌ„d mightier than thou aÌ„d wheÌ„ 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 aÌ„d destroye you shortely But thus ye shall deale with them ouerthrowe their alters breake doune their pilers cut doune their groves aÌ„d 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 awâ—â— goodnesse aÌ„d â—is awne trueth causeth hâ— 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 aÌ„d delyuered you out of the housse of bondage eueÌ„ froÌ„ 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 â—ace â—n his preseÌ„ce whiâ—e he loketh on them that hate him before his face
so that he bringeth them to noughte and wil not defâ—erre the tyme vnto him that hateth hiÌ„ but will rewarde him before his face Kepe therfore the commaundmentes ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde you this daye that ye doo them Yf ye shall herken vnto these lawes aÌ„d shall obserue and do them then shall the Lorde thy God kepe poyntment with the and the mercy which he swore vnto thy fathers and will loue the blesse the and multiplye the he will blesse the frute of thy wombe and the frute of thi felde thy corne thy wyne and thy oyle the frute of thyne oxen and the flockes of thy shepe in the londe which he swore vnto thy fathers to geuethe Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nacions there shal be nether man nor woman vnfrutefull amonge you nor any thinge vnfrutefull amonge youre catell Moreouer the Lorde will turne from the all maner infirmityes and will put none off the euell dyseases off Egipte whiche thou knowest apon the but wyll sende them vppon them that hate the. Thou shalt bringe to nought all nacions which the Lorde thy God delyuereth the thyne eye shall haue no pitie vppon them nether shalt thou serue their goddes for that shal be thy decaye Yf thou shalt saye in thine hert these nacions are moo than I how caÌ„ I cast them God is as able â—oâ—â— also to deliuer vs out of the captiui te of the popâ— out Feare theÌ„ not but remeÌ„bre what the Lorde thy god dyd vnto Pharao aÌ„d vnto all Egipte aÌ„d the greate temptacions which thine eyes sawe aÌ„d the signes aÌ„d wonders aÌ„d mightie haÌ„de aÌ„d stretched out arme wherewith the Lord thy god broughte the out eueÌ„ so shall the Lorde thy God doo vnto all the nacions of which thou art afrayed Thereto the Lorde thy God will send hornettes amonge them vntyll they that are lefte and hyde them selues froÌ„ the be destroyed Se thou feare theÌ„ not for the lord thi god is amoÌ„g you a mightie god aÌ„d a terrible The Lord thy god will put out these nacioÌ„s before the a litle aÌ„d a litle thou maist not coÌ„sume theÌ„ at oÌ„ce lest the beestes of the felde encrease vpoÌ„ the. And the lorde thy god shall delyuer theÌ„ vnto the aÌ„d sterre vp a mightie teÌ„pest amoÌ„ge theÌ„ vntil thei be brought to nought And he shal deliuer their kinges in to thine haÌ„de aÌ„d thou shalt destroye their names froÌ„ vnder heaueÌ„ There shal no maÌ„ stonde before the vntill thou haue destroyed them The images of their goddes thou shalt burne with fire aÌ„d se that thou couet not the syluer or golde that is on them nor take it vnto the lest thou be snared therewith For it is an abhominacyon vnto the Lorde thy God Brynge not therfore the abhominacyon to thyne housse lest thou be a damned thynge as it is but vtterlye defye it and abhorre it for it is a thinge that must be destroyed ¶ The .viij. Chaptre All the commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye ye shal kepe for to do them that ye maye lyue and multiplye and goo and possesse the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers And thinke on all the waye which the Lorde thy God led the this .xl. yere in the wildernesse for to humble the aÌ„d to proue the to wete what was in thine herte whether thou woldest kepe his commaundmentes or no He humbled the and made the hongre and fed the with man which nether thou nor thy father knâ—we of â–ª to make the know that a man must not lyue by bred only but by The word is life al that procedeth out of them outh of the Lorde must a man lyue Thy rayment waxed not olde vppon the nether dyd thy fete swell thys xl yere Vnderstonde therfore in thine herte that as a man â—â—â—â—ereth his sonne euen so the Lorde thy God 〈…〉 reth the. Kepe therfore the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God that thou walke in his wayes and that thou feare him For the Lorde thy God bringeth the in to a good lande a londe of riuers of water of fouÌ„tens and of springes that springe out both in valayes and hylles a londe of whete and of barly of vynes figtrees and pomgranates a lond of olyuetrees with oyle and of honye a lande wherin thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenesse and where thou shalt lacke nothinge a londe whose stones are yerne and out of whose hylles thou shalt dygge brasse When thou hast eaten therfore and filled thy selfe then blesse the Lord for the good lond which he hath geuen the. But bewarre that thou forgett not the Lorde thy God that thou woldest not kepe his coÌ„maundmentes lawes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye yee and when thou hast eaâ—eÌ„ aÌ„d filled thy selfe aÌ„d hast bylt goodly housses aÌ„d dwelt therin aÌ„d when thy beesse aÌ„d thy shepe are waxed manye aÌ„d thy syluer aÌ„d golde is multiplied aÌ„d all that thou hast encreased then bewarre lest thine herte ryse aÌ„d thou forgett the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte the housse of bondage aÌ„d which led the in the wildernesse both greate aÌ„d terreble with firye serpentes aÌ„d scorpions aÌ„d thurste where was no water which brought the water out of the rocke of flynt whiche fed the in the wildernesse with Man where of thy fathers knewe not for to humble the and to proue the that he might doo the good at thy later ende And beware that thou saye not in thine herte my power and the might of myne awne haÌ„de hath done me all these actes But remembre Gods power worketh and not we the Lorde thy God how that it is he which gaue the power to do maÌ„fully for to make good the promesse which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye For yf thou shalt forget the Lorde thy god and shalt walke after straunge goddes and serue them and worsheppe them I testyfye vnto you this daye that ye shall surely perysh As the nacyons whiche the Lorde destroyeth before the euen so ye shall peryshe because ye wolde not herken vnto the voyce of the Lord youre God ¶ The .ix. Chapter HEare Israel thou goest ouer Ioadayne this daye to goo and conquere nacions greater and mightier than thy selfe and cities greate aÌ„d walled vp to heauen aÌ„d people greate and tall euen the childern of the Enakâ—ms which thou knowest and of whom thou hast herde saye who is able to stond before the childern of Enack But vnderstonde this daye that the Lorde thy God which goeth ouer before the a consumyng fire he shall destroye them and he shall subdue them before the. And thou shalt cast them out and brynge them to noughte quyckely as the Lorde hath sayed vnto the. Speake not in thyne hert after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before the sayenge where is â—â—â— righâ—â—â—esnesse for my rightuousnes the Lorde hath brought me in to the possesse this
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 aÌ„d swere by his name for he is thi prayse aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 EgiptiaÌ„s euen vnto Pharao the kinge off Egipte and vnto all his loÌ„de aÌ„d what he dyd vnto the host of the EgiptiaÌ„s vnto their horses aÌ„d charettes how he brought the water of the red see vppon theÌ„ as they chased you and how the Lorde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye aÌ„d what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntill ye came vnto this place aÌ„d what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the erth opened hir mouth aÌ„d swalowed theÌ„ with their housholdes and their tentes aÌ„d all their substaÌ„ce that was in their possessioÌ„ in the myddes of Israel For youre eyes haue sene all the greate deades of the Lorde which he dyd Kepe therfore al the coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the this daye that ye maye be stronge aÌ„d goo and conquere the londe whother ye go to possesse it aÌ„d that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the londe which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them aÌ„d 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 heaueÌ„ and a londe which the Lorde thi God careth for The eyes of the Lord thi God are always apoÌ„ 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 theÌ„ the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote vpon you aÌ„d 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 loÌ„de 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 â—oâ—â—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 aÌ„d the dayes of youre childern apon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heaueÌ„ last vpon the erth For yf ye shall kepe all these comaundmentes which I coÌ„maunde you so that ye doo theÌ„ 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 vppoÌ„ 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 herkeÌ„ vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God which I coÌ„mauÌ„de you this daye And a curse yf ye will not herkeÌ„ vnto the coÌ„maundmentes of the Lord youre God but turne out of the waye which I commauÌ„de 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 loÌ„de 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 aÌ„d dwell there in Take hede therfore that ye doo al the coÌ„maundmentes 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
handes off all the people And thou shalt stone hym with stones that he dye because he hath gone aboute to thrust the awaye from the Lord thy God which brought the out of Egipte the housse of bondage And all Israel shall heare and feare aÌ„d shall doo no moare any soche wekednesse as this is amonge them Yf thou shalt heare saye of one of thy cities which the Lorde thy God hath geuen the to dwell in that certen beyng the childern of Beliall are gone out from amonge you and haue moued the enhabiters of their citie sayeng lat vs goo and serue straunge Goddes whiche ye haue not knowen Then seke and make serche and enquere diligently Yf it be true and the thinge of a suertie that soch abhominacion is wrought among you then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that citie with the edge of the swerde and destroye it mercylesse and all that is the rin and euen the very catell thereof with the edge of the swerde And gather all the spoyle of it in to the myddes of the streates thereof and burne with fire both the citie and all the spoyle thereof euery whitte vnto the Lord thy God And it shal be an hepe for euer and shall not be bylt agayne And se that their cleaue nought of the damned thinge in thine hande that the Lorde maye turne froÌ„ his fearse wrath and shewe the mercye aÌ„d haue compassion on the and multiplye the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers when thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe all his coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the thys daye so that thou doo that which is right in the eyes of the Lorde thy God ¶ The .vj. Chapter YE are the childern of the Lorde youre God cut not youre selues nor make you any baldnes betwene the eyes for any maÌ„s deeth For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God aÌ„d the Lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto him selfe of all the nacyons that are vppon the erth Ye shall eate no maner of abhominacyon These are the beestes which ye shall eate of oxen shepe and gootes hert too and bugle hertâ— goote vnicorne origen and Camelion And all beestes that cleaue the hoste and slytte it in to two clawes and chewe the cud them ye shal eate Neuerthelesse these ye shall not eate of them that chew cud aÌ„d of theÌ„ that deuyde and cleaue the hoffe the camell the hare aÌ„d the conye For they chew cud but deuyde not the hoffe aÌ„d therfore are vncleane vnto you aÌ„d also the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe yet he cheweth not cud aÌ„d therfor is vncleane vn to you Ye shall not eate of the flesh of theÌ„ nor twich the deed carkasses of them These ye shall eate off all that are in the waters All that haue fynnes and scales And what soeuer hath not finnes and scales of that ye may not eate for that is vncleane vn to you Of all cleane byrdes ye shall eate but these are they of which ye maye not eate the egle the goshauke the cormerant the ixion the vultur the kyte and hyr kynde and all kynde off rauens the Estrich the nyghtâ—roâ—â— the kuckoo the sparowhauke and all hir kynde the litle oule the great oule the backe the bytture the pye the storke the heron the Iaye in his kynde the lapwynge the swalowe And all crepynge foules are vncleane vnto you and maye not be eaten of but of all cleane foules ye maye well eate Ye shall eate of nothinge that dyeth alone But thou mayst geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie that he eate it or mayst sell it vnto an AlieÌ„t For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not seth a kyd in his mothers mylke Thou shalt tyeth all the encrease of thy seed that cometh out of the felde yere by yere And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche he hath chosen to make his name dwell there the tyth off thy corne of thy wyne and of thyne oyle and the firstborne of thine oxen and of thy flocke that thou mayst lerne to feare the Lorde thy God allwaye Yf the waye be to longe for the so that thou art not able to carie it because the place is to farre from the whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there for the Lorde thy God hath blessed the then make it in money and take the money in thyne hande and goo vnto the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen and bestowe that moneye on what soeuer thy soule lusteth after on oxen shepe wyne and good drynke and on what soeuer thy soule desyreth and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery both thou and thyne housholde and the Leuite that is in thy cytye Se thou forsake not the Leuite for he hath nether partenor enheritaunce with the. At the ende of thre yere thou shalt brynge forth all the tithes of thine encrease the same yere and laye it vpp whitin thyne awne cytye and the Leuite shall come because he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with the and the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are whithin thy citie and shall eate and fyll them selues that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thine hond which thou doest ¶ The .xv. Chapter AT the ende of seuen yere thou shalt make a fre yere And this is the maner off the fre yere whosoever lendeth ought with his hande vnto his neyghboure maye not axe agayne that which he hath lent of his neyghboure or of his brother because it is called the lordes fre yere yet of a straunger thou maist call it home agayne But that which thou hast with thy brother thyne hande shall remytt and that in any wyse that there be no begger amonge you For the Lorde shall blesse the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the an heritaunce to possesse it so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God â–ª to obserue aÌ„d doo all these commaundmentes which I commaunde you this daye ye and then the Lorde thy God shall blesse the as he â—ath promysed the and thou shalt lende vnto many nacyons and shalt borowe of no man and shalt raygne ouer many nacyons but none shal reygne ouer the. When one of thi brethern amonge you is waxed poore in any of thi cities within thi loÌ„de which the Lorde thi God geueth the se that thou harden not thine hert nor shetto thyne hande from thi poore brother But open thyne hande vnto him and lende him sufficient for his nede which he hath And beware that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert that thou woldest saye The seuenth yere the yere of fredome is at honde and therfore it greue the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest him nought and he then crye vnto the Lorde agenst the and it be synne vnto the
eueâ— theÌ„ to saue them that are Good flee thither and be saued Yf he smyte his neghboure ignorantly and hated him not in tyme passed As when a man goeth vnto the wodd with his neghboure to hew wod and as his haÌ„de fetcheth a stroke with the axe the head slippeth from the helue and smyteth his neghboure that he dye the same shall flee vnto one off the same cities aÌ„d be saued Lest the executer of bloude folowe after the sleyer while his hert is whote and ouertake him because the waye is longe and slee him and yet there is no cause worthy of deeth in him in as moch as he hated not his neghbour in tyme passed Wherfore I As hate maketh the dead euell so love makeâ—h it good commaunde the sayeng se that thou appoynte out .iij. cities â–ª And yf the Lorde thy God enlarge thy costes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and geue the all the londe which he sayed he wold geue â—nto thy fathers so that thou kepe all these commaundmentes to doo them which I commaunde the this daye that thou loue the Lord thy god aÌ„d walke in his wayes euer then thou shalt adde .iij. cities moo vnto those .iij. that innocent bloude be not shed in thi lande which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret and so bloude come vppon the But and yf there be any man that hateth his neyghboure and layeth awayte for him and ryseth agenst him and smyteth him that he dye and fleeth vnto any of these cities Then let the elders of his citie sende and fetche him thence and delyuer him in to the hondes of the iustice of bloude and he shall dye Let thyne eye haue no pitie on him and so thou shalt put awaye innocent bloude from Israel and happie arte thou Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marke which they of olde tyme haue sett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enherettest in the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it One witnesse shall not ryse agenst a man in Yes in all mater of heresie agenst holye churche â–ª any maner trespace or synne whatsoeuer synne a man synneth But at the mouthe of two witnesses or of .iij. witnesses shall all maters be tryed Yf an vnrighteous witnesse ryse vp agenst a man to accuse him of trespace then let both the men which stryue together stonde before the Lorde before the preastes and the iudges which shal be in those dayes and let the iudges enquyre a good And yf the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false witnesse agenst his brother theÌ„ shall ye do vnto hiÌ„ as he had tought to do vnto his brother and so thou shalt put euel away froÌ„ the. And other shal heare aÌ„d feare aÌ„d shal heÌ„ce forth comytt no more any soch wekednesse amoÌ„g you And let thyne eye haue no compassioÌ„ but life for life eye for eye toth for toth hande for hand and fote for fote ¶ The .xx. Chapter WHen thou goest out to batayle agenste thine enemyes and seest horses and charettes and people moo then thou be not aforde of them for the Lorde thy God is with the whiche broughte the out of the londe off Egipte And when ye are come nye vnto batayle let the preast come forth and speake vnto the people and saye vnto them Heare Israel ye are come vnto batayle agenste youre enemyes let not youre hartes faynte nether feare nor be amased nor a dreade of them For the Lorde thy God goeth with you to fyghte for you agenste youre enemyes and to saue you And let the officers speake vnto the people sayenge Yf any man haue bylt a new housse Dedicat the leuiâ—es I suppose halowed theÌ„m as we doo oure shippes and haue not * dedicate it let him goo and returne to his housse lest he dye in the batayle and another dedicate it And yf any man haue planted a vyneyarde and haue not made it comen* let him goo and returne agayne vnto ComeÌ„ the. iij first yeres â—â—â— frute myghte notbe eateÌ„ the fourth it might be offred aÌ„d the â—iÌ„â—â— caten aÌ„d that ys to make it comeÌ„ to bringe it to the vise of the laye people his house lest he dye in the batayle and another make it comen And yf any man be betrothed vnto a wyfe and haue not taken hyr let hym goo and returne agayne vnto his housse lest he dye in the batayle and another take her And let the officers speake further vnto the people and saye Yf any man feare and be faynte herted let him goo and returne vnto his housse lest his brothers hert be made faynte as well as his And when the officers haue made an ende off speakynge vnto the people let theÌ„ make captaynes of warre ouer them When thou comest nye vnto a citie to fight agenst it offre them peace And yf they answere the agayne peasably and open vnto the then let all the people that is founde therein be tributaries vnto the and serue the. But and yf they will make no peace with the then make warre agenste the citie and besege it And when the Lord thy God hath delyuered it in to thine handes smyte all the males thereof with the edge of the swerde saue the wemeÌ„ and the childern and the catell and all that is in the citie and all the spoyle thereof take vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thyne enemies which the Lord thy God geueth the. Thus thou shalt doo vnto all the cities whiche are a greate waye of from the aÌ„d not of the cities of these nacions But in the cities of these nacions which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret thou shalt saue alyue nothinge that bretheth But shalt destroye them with out redempcion both the Hethites the Amorites the Cananites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the that they teach you not to doo after all their abhominacyons whiche they doo vnto theire goddes and so shulde synne agenst the Lorde youre God When thou hast beseged a citie longe tyme in makinge warre agenst it to take it destroye not the trees thereof that thou woldest thrust an axe vnto them For thou mayst eate of theÌ„ and therfore destroye them not For the trees of the feldes are no men that they myght come agenst the to besege the. Neuerthelater those trees which thou knowest that meÌ„ eate not of them thou maist destroye and cutte them doune and make bolwerkes agenst the citie that maketh warre with the vntyll it be ouerthrowne ¶ The .xxj. Chapter YF one be founde slayne in the land whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to possesse it and lieth in the feldes and not knowne who hath slayne him Then let thine elders and thy iudges come forth aÌ„d meet vnto the cities that are rounde aboute the slayne And let the elders of that citie which is nexte vnto the slayne maÌ„ take an heyffer that is not laboured with nor hath drawen
shall brynge the the pledge out at the dore Forthermore yf it be a pore body goo not to slepe with his pledge but delyuer hym the pledge agayne by that the sonne goo doune and let him slepe in his owne rayment and blesse the. And it shal be rightuousnes vnto the before the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not defraude an hyred servaunte that is nedye and poore whether he be off thy brethern or a straunger that is in thy lond with in thy cities Geue him his hyre the same daye and let not the sonne goo doune thereon For he is nedye ād therewith susteyneth his life lest he crye agenst the vnto the Lorde ād it be synne vnto the. The fathers shal not dye for the childern nor the childern for the fathers but euery mā shall dye for his awne synne Hynder not the right of the straunger nor of the fatherlesse nor take wedowes rayment to pledge But remembre that thou wast a servaunte in Egipte ād how the Lord thy God delyuered the thēce Wherfore I cōmaūde the to doo this thinge When thou cuttest doune thyne herueste in the felde and hast forgotte a shefe in the felde thou shalt not goo agayne and fett it But it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thyne hande When thou beatest doune thyne olyue trees thou shalt not make cleane riddaunce after the but it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe And when thou gatherest thy vyneyarde ▪ thou shalt not gather cleane after the but it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe And remembre that thou wast a seruaunte in the lond of Egipte wherfore I cōmaunde the to doo this thinge ¶ The .xxv. Chapter WHen there is strife betwene men let thē come vnto the lawe and let the iudges iustifie the rightuous and condemne the trespeaser And yf the trespeaser be worthy of strypes then let the iudge cause to take him doune and to bete him before his face accordynge to his trespace vnto a certayne numbre .xl. stirpes he shall geue him and not passe lest yf he shulde exceade and beate him aboue that with many stripes thi brother shuld appere vngodly before thyne eyes Thou shalt not mosell the oxe that treadeth out the corne When brethern dwell together and one of It were hard to proue this a ceremonye them dye ād haue no childe the wyfe of the deed shall not be geuen out vnto a straunger but hir brotherlawe shall goo in vnto her and take her to wife and marie her And the eldest sonne which she beareth shall stonde vp in the name of his brother which is deed that his name be not put out in Israel But and yf the man will not take his systerlawe then let her goo to the gate vnto the elders and saye My brotherlawe refuseth to sterre vpp vnto his brother a name in Israel he will not marie me Then let the elders of his citie call vnto him and comen with him Yf he stonde and saye I will not take her then let his systerlawe goo vnto him in the presence of the elders and loose his showe of his fote and spytt in his face and answere and saye So shall it be done vnto that man that will not bylde his brothers housse And his name shal be called in Israel the vnshoed housse Yf when men stryue together one with another the wife of the one rūne to for to ryd hyr husbonde out of the handes of him that smyteth him and put forth hir hande and take him by the secrettes cutt of hir hande and let not thine eye pitie her Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner weyghtes a greate and a small nether shalt thou haue in thine house dyuerse measures a great ād a small But thou shalt haue a perfect ād a iust measure that thy dayes maye be lengthed in the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the For all that do soche thinges ād all that doo vnright are abhominacion vnto the Lorde thy God Remembre what Amalech dyd vnto the by the waye after thou camest out of Egipte he mett the by the waye and smote the hynmost of you all that were ouer laboured and dragged by hynde when thou wast faynted and werye and he feared not God Therfore when the Lorde thy God hath geuen the rest from all thyne enemyes rounde aboute in the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret and possesse se that thou put out the name of Amalech from vnder heauen ād forget not ¶ The .xxvj. Chapter WHen thou art come in to the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherett and hast enioyed it and dwellest there in take of the first of all the frute of the erthe which thou hast brought in out of the lande that the Lorde thy God geueth the and put it in a maunde and goo vnto the place which the Lorde thy God shall chose to make his name dwell there And thou shalt come vnto the preast that shal be in those dayes ād saye vnto him I knowledge this daye vnto the Lorde thy God that I am come vnto the contre whiche the Lorde sware vnto oure fathers for to geue vs. And the preast shall take the maunde out of thine hande and set it doune before the alter of the Lorde thy God And thou shalt answere ād saye before the Lorde thy God The Sirians wolde haue destroyed my father and he went doune in to Egipte ād sogeorned there with a few folke and grewe there vnto a nacyon greate myghtie and full of people And the Egiptians vexed us ād troubled vs and laded vs with cruell bondage And we cried vn to the Lorde God of oure fathers and the Lorde herde oure voyce and loked on oure aduersyte laboure and oppressyon And the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte with a mightye hande and a stretched out arme and with greate tereblenesse and with sygnes and wonders And he hath brought vs in to this place and hath geuē vs this londe that floweth with mylke and honye And nowe loo I haue brought the first frutes off the londe whiche the Lorde hath geuen me And set it before the Lorde thy God and worshepe before the Lorde thy God and reioyse ouer all the good thinges whiche the Lorde thy God hath geuē vnto the and vnto thyne housse both thou the Leuite and the straunger that is amonge you When thou hast made an ende of tithynge all the tithes of thine encrease the thyrde yere the yere of tythynge and hast geuen it vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse ād the wedowe and they haue eaten in thy gates ād fylled them selues Then saye before the Lorde thy God I haue brought the halowed thinges out of myne housse and haue geuen them vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe acordynge to all the commaundmentes which thou
commaundest me I haue not ouerskypped thy commaundmentes nor forgetten them I haue not eaten thereof in my moornynge nor taken awaye thereof vnto any vnclennesse nor spente thereof aboute any deed corse but haue herkened vnto the uoyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that he commauÌ„ded me loke doune from thy holy habitacyon heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the lande which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest vnto oure fathers a lond that floweth with mylke and honye This daye the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the to doo these ordinaunces and lawes Kepe them therfore and doo them with all thyne hert and all thy soule Thou hast sett vpp the Lorde this daye to be thy God and to walke in hys wayes and to kepe his ordinaunces his commaundmentes and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the Lord hath sett the vp this daye to be a seuerall people vnto him as he hath promysed the and that thou kepe his commaundmentes and to make the hye aboue all nacyons which he hath made in prayse in name and honoure that thou mayst be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God as he hath sayed The .xxvij. Chapter ANd Moses with the elders of Israel coÌ„maunded the people sayenge kepe all the commaundmentes whiche I commaunde you this daye And when ye be come ouer Iordayne vnto the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the sett vpp greate stones and playster them with playster and write vpoÌ„ theÌ„ all the wordes of this lawe when thou arte come ouer that thou mayst come in to the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the a londe that floweth with mylke and honye â–ª as the Lorde God off thy fathers hath promysed the. When ye be come ouer Iordayne se that ye set vpp these stones which I commaunde you this daye in mount Eball and playster them with playster And there bylde vnto the Lord thy God an altare of stones and se thou lifte vpp no yerne uppon them But thou shalt make the altare of the Lorde thy God of rughstones and offer burntoffrynges thereon vnto the Lorde thy God And thou shalt offer peaceof frynges and shalt eate there and reioyse before the Lorde thy God And thou shalt write vppon the stones all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses with the preastes the Leuites spake vnto all Israel sayenge take hede aÌ„d heare Israel this daye thou art become the people of the Lorde thy God Herken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thi God aÌ„d do his coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d his ordinaunces which I commaunde you this daye And Moses charged the people the same daye sayenge these shall stonde vppon mount Grisim to blesse the people when ye are come ouer lordayne Symeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph and Ben Iamin And these shall stonde apon mount Eball to curse Ruben Gad Asser Zabulon Dan and Neptaly And the Leuites shall beginne aÌ„d say vnto all the men of Israel wiâ—h a loude voyce Cursed be he that maketh any carued image or image of metall an abhominacion vnto Here of take the popes an occasioÌ„ to curse .iiij. tymes in the yere the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secrett place And all the people shall answere and saye Amen Cursed be he that curseth his father or hys mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that remoueth his neghbours marke and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maketh the blynde goo out off his waye and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger â–ª fatherlesse and wedowe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with any maner beest and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his syster whether she be the doughter of his father or off his mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that smyteth his neghboure secretly and all the people shall saye AmeÌ„ Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to flee innocent bloude and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maÌ„tayneth not all the wordes of this lawe to doo them aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter YF thou shalt herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to obserue and to do all his commaundmentes whiche I commaunde the this daye The Lorde wil set the an hye aboue all nacions of the erth And all these blessynges shall come on the and ouer take the yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes blessed shal be the frute of thy body the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell the frute of thine oxen and thy flockes of shepe blessed shall thine almery be aÌ„d thy store Blessed shalt thou be both when thou goest out aÌ„d blessed wheÌ„ thou comest in The Lorde shall smyte thyne enemyes that ryse agenst the before thy face They shall come out agenst the one waye and flee before the seuen wayes The Lorde shal commaunde the blessynge to be with the in thy store housses aÌ„d in all that thou settest thine hande to and will blesse the in the lande which the Lord thi god geueth the. The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto himselfe as he hath sworen vnto the yf thou shalt kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes And all nacyons of the erthe shall se that thou arte called after the name of the Lorde and they shal be aferde off the. And the Lorde shall make the plenteous in goodes in the frute of thy body in the frute off thy catell and in the frute of thy grounde in the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. The Lorde shall open vnto the his good treasure euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due ceason and to blesse all the laboures of thine hande And thou shalt lende vnto many nacyoÌ„s but shalt not nede to borowe thy selfe And the Lorde shall sett the before and not behinde and thou shalt be aboue only and not beneth yf that thou herken vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to doo them And se that thou bowe not from any of these wordes which I commaunde the this daye ether to the right hande or to the lefte that thou woldest goo after straung goddes to serue them But and yf thou wilt not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe and to doo all his commaundmentes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye then all these curses shall come
vppon the and ouertake the Cursed shalt thou be in the towne and cursed in the felde cursed shall thyne almery be and thi store Cursed shall the frute of thy body aÌ„d the frute of thy lond be aÌ„d the frute of thine oxen aÌ„d the flockes of thy shepe And cursed shalt thou be when thou goest in aÌ„d wheÌ„ thou goest out And the Lorde shall sende vppon the cursynge goynge to nought and complaynyng in all that thou settest thine hande to what soeuer thou doest vntyll thou be destroyed aÌ„d brought to nought quyckely because of the wekednesse of thyne invencyons in that thou hast forsaken the Lorde And the Lorde shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto the vntyll he haue consumed the from the londe whether thou goest to enioye it And the Lorde shall smyte the with swellynge with feuers heet burnynge wetherynge with smytynge and bia stinge And they shall folowe the vntyll thou perishe And the heauen that is ouer thy heed shal be bâ—asse and the erth that is vnder the yerne And the Lorde shall turne the rayne of the laÌ„de vnto powder aÌ„d dust euen froÌ„ heauen they shal come doune vpoÌ„ the vntyll thou be brought to nought And the Lorde shall plage the before thine enemyes Thou shalt come out one waye agenst them and flee seuen wayes before them aÌ„d shalt be scatered amonge all the kingdomes of the erth And thy car casse shal be meate vnto all maner foules of the ayre aÌ„d vnto the beestes of the erth and no man shall fraye them awaye And the Lorde will smyte the with the botches of Egipte and the â—morodes scalle and maungynesse that thou shalt not be healed thereof And the Lorde shall smyte the with madnesse blyndnesse and dasynge of herte And thou shalt grope at none daye as the blynde gropeth in darkenesse and shalt not come to the right waye And thou shalt suffre wronge only and be polled euermore and no man shall soker the thou shalt be betrothed vnto a wife and another shall lye with her Thou shalt bylde an housse and another shall dwell therein Thou shalt plante a vyneyarde and shalt not make it comen Thine oxe shal be slayne before thyne eyes aÌ„d thou shalt not eate thereof Thine asse shal be violently taken awaye euen before thi face and shall not be restored the agayne Thy shepe shal be geuen vnto thine enemyes aÌ„d no man shall helpe the. Thy sonnes aÌ„d thy doughters shall be geue vnto another nacion and thyne eyes shall se and dase vppon them all daye longe but shalt haue no myghte in thyne hande The frute of thy londe and all thy laboures shall a nacyon which thou knowest not eate aÌ„d thou shalt but soffre violence only and be oppressed alwaye that thou shalt be cleane besyde thy selfe for the syghte of thyne eyes whiche thou shalt se The Lord shall smyte the with a myscheuous botche in the knees aÌ„d legges so that thou â—aÌ„st not be healed eueÌ„ from the sole of the fote vnto the toppe of the heed The Lorde shall brynge both the and thy kynge which thou hast sett ouer the vnto a nacyon whiche nether thou nor thy fathers haue knowne and there thou shalt serue straunge goddes euen wodd aÌ„d stone And thou shalt goo to wast aÌ„d be made an ensample aÌ„d a gestynge stocke vnto al nacioÌ„s whether the Lord shall carye the. Thou shalt carie moch seed ouâ— in to the felde and shalt gather but litle in for the locustes shall destroye it Thou shalt plante a vyneyarde and dresse it but shalt nether drynke off the wyne nether gather of the grapes for the wormes shall eate it Thou shalt haue olyue trees in all thy costes but shalt not be anoynted with the oyle for thyne olyue trees shal be rooted out Thou shalt get sonnes aÌ„d doughters but shalt not haue them for they shal be caried awaye captyue All thy trees and frute of thy londe shal be marred with blastynge The straungers that are amonge you shall clyme aboue the vpp an hye aÌ„d thou shalt come doune beneth alowe He shall lende the aÌ„d thou shalt not lende him he shal be before aÌ„d thou behynde Moreouer all these curses shall come vppoÌ„ the and shall folowe the and ouertake the tyll thou be destroyed because thou herkenedest not vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d ordinaunces whiche he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the aÌ„d they shal be vppoÌ„ the as miracles aÌ„d wonders aÌ„d vppon thy seed foreuer And because thou seruedest not the Lorde thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good herte for the abundaunce of all thinges therfore thou shalt serue thyne enemye whiche the Lorde shall sende vppon the in hunger and thrust in nakednesse and in nede off all â—hynge and he shall put a yocke off yerne â—ppon thyne necke vntyll he haue broughte the to noughte And the Lorde shall brynge a nacion vppon the from a farre euen from the ende off the worlde as swyfte as an egle fleeth a nacion whose tonge thou shalt not vnderstonde a herde fauoured nacion whiche shall not regarde the person of the olde nor haue compassioÌ„ on the younge And he shall eate the frute of thy londe and the frute of thy catell vntyll he haue destroyed the so that he shall leaue the nether corne wyne nor oyle nether the eÌ„crease of thyne oxen nor the flockes of thy shepe vntyll he haue brought the to nought And he shall kepe the in in all thy cities vntyll thy hye aÌ„d stronge walles be come doune whereiÌ„ thou trustedest thorow all thy londe And he shall besege the in all thy cities thorow out all thy land whiche the Lorde thy God hath geuen the. And thou shalt eate the frute of thyne awne bodye the flessh of thy sonnes and off thy doughters which the Lorde thy God hath geuen the in that straytenesse and sege where â–ª with thyne enemye shall besege the so that it shall greue the man that is tender and exceadynge delycate amonge you to loke on his brother and vppon his wife that lyeth in hys bosome aÌ„d on the remnaunte of his childern which he hath yet lefte for feare of geuynge vnto any of them of the flesh of hys childern whiche he eateth because he hath noughte lefte him in that straytenesse and sege wherewith thyne enemye shall besege the in all thy cytyes Yee and the woman that is so tender and delycate amonge you that she dare not auenture to sett the sole of hyr foote vppon the grounde for softnesse and tendernesse shal be greued to loke on the husbonde that leyeth in hir bosome and on hyr sonne and on hyr doughter euen because of the afterbyrthe that ys come oute from betwene hyr legges and because of hyr childern whiche she hath borne because she wolde eate them for nede off all thynges secretly in the straytenesse and sege wherewith thine enemye shall besege the in thy cities Yf thou wilt not be diligent to doo all the wordes of this lawe
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 aÌ„d herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I coÌ„maunde 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 aÌ„d haue coÌ„ppassion vpoÌ„ the aÌ„d goo aÌ„d fett the agayne from all the nacions amoÌ„ge 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 vpoÌ„ thine enemyes and on theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett â—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 aÌ„d .xx. yere olde this daye aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d he will destroye these nacions before the aÌ„d thou shalt coÌ„quere theÌ„ 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 aÌ„d Og kynges of the Amorites aÌ„d 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 coÌ„maundmentes which I haue coÌ„maunded 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 stroÌ„ge 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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 testameÌ„t 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 aÌ„d 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 heaueÌ„ aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d my speach flowe as doeth the dewe as the mesellynge vpoÌ„ the herbes aÌ„d as the droppes vppoÌ„ 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 aÌ„d â—re not his sonnes for their deformities sake Doest thou so rewarde the Lorde O foolish nacyon aÌ„d vnwyse Is not he thy father aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d â—e will shewe the thyne elders and they wyll â—ell the. WheÌ„ the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an â—nheritaunce aÌ„d diuided the sonnes of Adam â—e put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel For the Lordes parte is his folke aÌ„d Israel â—â— the porcion of his enheritaunce He founde him in a deserte londe in a voyde ground aÌ„d a rorynge wildernesse he led hiÌ„ aboute and gaue him vnderstondynge aÌ„d kepâ—â— him as the aple of his eye As an egle that stereth vpp hyr nest and â—â—otereth ouer hyr younge he stretched oute â—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 hâ— honye to sucke out of the rocke aÌ„d oyle out of the harde stone With butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with fatt of the lambes aÌ„d fatt rammeâ— and he gootes with fatt kydneyes and with whete And of the bloude of grapes thou drâ—kest wyne And Israel waxed fatt and kyked Thou wast fatt thicke and smothe And he let God goo that made hiÌ„ and despysed the rocke that saued him They angred him with strauÌ„ge goddes aÌ„d with abhominacions prouoked him They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God aÌ„d to goddes which they knewe not aÌ„d to newe goddes that came newly vpp whiche their fathers feared not Of the rocke that begat the thou arte vnâ— 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 theÌ„ and will se what their ende shall be For they are a froward generacion aÌ„d childern in whoÌ„ 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 theÌ„ whiche are no people and will prouoke theÌ„ with â— foelish nacion For fire is kyndled in my wrath aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d will speÌ„de all myne arowes at them Burnt with hungre aÌ„d consumed with heet and with bitter pestilence I will also sende the â—ethe of beestes vppon them and poyson serpentes Without forth the swerde shall robbe theÌ„ off theire childern and wythin in the chamber feare both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the meÌ„ of gray â—eedes I haue determened to scater theÌ„ therowout â—e worlde aÌ„d to make awaye the remeÌ„braunce of them from amonge men Were it not that I feared the raylynge off their enemyes lest theire aduersaries woâ—de be prowde and saye oure hye hande hath done aâ— these workes and not the Lorde For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappye forcast and hath no vnderstonge in them â— wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this aÌ„d wolde consider their later ende Howe it cometh that one shall chace â— thousande and two putt ten thousande ofâ— 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 aÌ„d the cruell gall of aspes Are not soch thinges layed in store with me â–ª aÌ„d 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 aÌ„d 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
thy father aÌ„d thy mother that thy dayes may be loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de which the Lorde thy God geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt bere no false witnesse ageÌ„st thy neghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neghbours housse nether shalt couet thy neghbours wife his maÌ„servaunte his mayde his oxe his asse or oughte that is his And all the people sawe the thunder aÌ„d the The â—avve causeth vvrath aÌ„d maketh a maÌ„ fle from God but the Gospell dravveth aÌ„d maketh a maÌ„ bolde to come vnto God lyghteninge and the noyse of the horne aÌ„d howe the mountayne smoked And wheÌ„ the people sawe it they remoued aÌ„d stode a ferre of aÌ„d saide vnto Moses talke thou with vs and we-wil heare but let not god talke with vs lest we dye And Moses sayde vnto the people feare not for God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be amonge you that ye synne not And the people stode a ferre of aÌ„d Moses went in to the thicke clowde where God was And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses thus thou shalt saye vnto the childern of Israel Ye haue sene how that I haue talked with you from out of heauen Ye shal not make therfore with me goddes of syluer nor goddes of golde in no wyse shall ye do it An alter of erth thou shalt make vnto me aÌ„d there on offer thy burntoffe ringes aÌ„d thy peaceoffringes and thy shepe aÌ„d thine oxen And in all places where I shall put the remeÌ„braunce of my name thither I will come vnto the and blesse the. But and yf thou wilt make me an alter off stone se thou make it not of hewed stone for yf thou lyfte vp thy tole vpon it thou shalt polute it Moreouer thou shalt not goo vp wyth steppes vnto myne alter that thy nakednesse be not shewed there on The .xxj. Chapter THese are the lawes which thou shalt set Lavves before theÌ„ Yf thou bye a servaunte that Bâ—â—demeâ— is an hebrue sixte yeres he shall serue and the seuenth he shall goo out fre paynge nothinge Yf he came alone he shall goo out alone Yf he came maried his wife shall go out with hiÌ„ And yf his master haue geuen him a wife and she haue borne him sonnes or doughters then the wife and hir childern shal be hir masters aÌ„d he shall goo out alone But and yf the servaunte saye I loue my master and my wife and my children I will not goo out fre Then let his master bringe him vnto the Goddes aÌ„d set Goddes are the iudges vvhiche are in gods stede him to the doore or the dorepost aÌ„d bore his eare thorow with a naule aÌ„d let him be his servaunte for euer Yf a man sell his doughter to be a servaunte she shall not goo out as the men servauntes doo Yf she please not hir master so that he hath geuen her to no man to wife then shal he let hir goo fre to sell her vnto a straunge nacion shal he haue no power because he despised her Yf he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wife he shal deale with her as men do with their doughters Yf he take him another wife yet hir fode rayment and dutie off mariage shall he not mynisshe Yf he do not these thre vn to her then shall she goo out fre and paye no money He that smyteth a man that he dye shal be Murther slayne for it Yf a maÌ„ laye not awayte but God delyuer him in to his hande then I wyll poynte the a place whether he shall fle Yf a man come presumptuously vppon his neyghboure aÌ„d slee him with gile thou shalt take him fro myne But the pope saith come to â—yne altare alter that he dye And he that smyteth his father or his mother shall dye for iâ— â–ª He that stealeth a maÌ„ aÌ„d selleth him yf it be proued vppon hym shall be sâ—aynâ— for it And he that curseth his father or mother shall be put to deth for it Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fyste so that he dye not but lyeth in bedd yf he ryse agayne and walke without vpon his â—taâ—fe then shall he that smote hiÌ„ goo quyte saue only he shal bere his charges while he laye in bed and paye for his healinge Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde with a staffe that they dye vnder his hande it shal be auenged But aÌ„d yf they contynue a daye or two it shall not be auenged for they are his money when men stryâ—e and smyte a woman with childe so that hir frute departe from her and yet no mysfortune foloweth then shall he be mersed acordynge as the womans husbonde will laye to his charge and he shall paye as the dayesmen appoynte him But and yf any mysfortune folowe then shall he paye lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnynge wonde for wonde and strype for strype Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde in the eye and put it out he shall let theÌ„ goo fre for the eyes sake Also yf he smyte out hys servauntes or his maydes toth he shall let theÌ„ go out fre for the tothes sake God so abhorreth murther that the vnresoâ—able bestes must dye therfore and there flesh cast avvay Yf an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye then the oxe shal be stoned and hys flesh shall not be eaten and his master shall go quyte Yf the oxe were wont to runne at men in tyme past and it hath bene tolde his master and he hath not kepte him but that he hath kylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and hys master shall dye also Yf he be sett to a summe off money then he shall geue for the delyueraunce off his lyfe acordynge to all that is put vnto him And whether he hath gored a sonne or a doughter he shal be serued after the same maner But yf it be a servaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored then he shall geue vnto their master the summe of xxx sicles aÌ„d the oxe shall bestoned Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not but that an oxe or an asse fall theryn the owner off the pytte shall make it good and geue money vnto their master and the dead beest shal be his Yf one mans oxe hurte anothers that he dye then they shall sell the lyue oxe and deuyde the money and the deed oxe also they shall deuyde But and yf it be knowne that the oxe hath vsed to pusshe in tymes past then because his master hath not kepte hiÌ„ he shall paye oxe for oxe and the deed shal be his awne ¶ The .xxij. Chapter YF a man steake an oxe or shepe aÌ„d kylle Theâ—â—e it or selle it he shall restore .v. oxen for an oxe and .iiij. shepe
dwelt in the south parties harde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spies had founde out he came and foughte with Israel and toke some of them presoners Then Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayed Yf thou wilt geue this people in to oure haÌ„des we will destroye their cities And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel aÌ„d delyuered them the Cananites And they destroyed both them and their cities and called the place Horma Then they departed from mount hortowarde the redd se to compasse the londe of EdoÌ„ And the soules of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agenst God and agenst Moses wherfore hast thou brought us out of Egipte for to dye in the wildernesse for here is nether bred nor water and oure soules lotheth this lyghte bred Then the Lorde sent fyrie serpentes amoÌ„ge the people which stonge them so that moch people dyed in Israel And the people came to Moses and sayed we haue synned for we haue spoken agenst the Lorde and agenst the make intercession to the Lorde that he take a wayethe serpentes from us And Moses made intercession for the people And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses make the a serpent aÌ„d haÌ„ge it vpp for a sygne and lett as many as are bytten loke apon it and they shall lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse aÌ„d sert it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any man he went and behelde the serpent of brasse and recouered And the childern of Israel remoued and pitched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and laye at Egebarim in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the cast syde And they remoued thence and pitched apâ—â— the ryuer of zarad And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of ArnoÌ„ which ryuer is in the wildernesse and cometh out of the costes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warre of the Lorde goo with a violence both on the ryuer of Arnon and on the ryuers heed whiche shoâ—eth doune to dwell at Ar and leneth vppon the costes of Moab And from thence they came to Bear whiche is the well whereof the Lorde spake vnto Moses gather the people together that I maye geue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vpp well synge thereto The well whiche the rulers dygged and the captaynes of the people with the helpe of the lawegeuer and with their staues And from this wildernesse they went to Maâ—ana and from Maâ—ana to Nahaliâ—l and from Nahaliâ—l to Bamoth and from Bamoth to the valay that is in the felde of Moab in the toppe of Pisga which boweth towarde the wildernesse And Israel sent messengers vnto SihoÌ„ kynge of the Amorites sayenge let vs goo thorow thy londe we will not turne in to thy feldes nor in to thy vyneyardes nether drynke of the water of the welles but we will goo alonge by the comon waye vntill we be past thy contre And SihoÌ„ wolde geue Israel no licence to passe thorow his contre but gathered all his people together went out ageÌ„st Israel in to the wildernesse And he came to Iaheza and foughte with Israel And Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his londe from Arnon vnto Iabock euen vnto the childern of Ammon for the borders of the childern of Ammon are stronge And Israel toke all these cities dwelt in all yâ— cities of yâ— Amorites in Esbon and in all the townes that longe there to For Esbon was the citie of Sihon the kinge of the Amorites which Sihon had fought before with the kinge of the Moabites aÌ„d had taken all his londe out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore it is a prouerbe goo to HesboÌ„ and let the citie of Sihon be bylt aÌ„d made redye for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon a flame froÌ„ the citie of SihoÌ„ aÌ„d hath coÌ„sumed Ar of the Moabites and the men of the hylles of Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of Chemos ye are forloren His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyne vnto Sihon kinge of the Amorites There lighte is out from Hesbon vnto â—â—bon and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha whiche reacheth vnto Mediba And thus Israell dwelt in the londe of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche oute Iaezer they toke the townes belongynge thereto aÌ„d conquered the Amorites that were there And then they turned and went vppe towarde Bason And Og the kynge of Bason came out agenst them both he and all his people to warre at Edrei And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses feare him not for I haue delyuered him in to thy handes with all his people and his lande And thou shalt do with him as thou dydest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And they smote him and his sonnes and all hys people vntyll there was nothinge left him And they conquered his lande And yâ— children of Israel remoued and pitched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane by Iericho ¶ The .xxij. Chapter ANd Balac the sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites and the Moabites were sore a frayed of the people because they were many and abhorred the childern of Israel And Moab sayed vnto the elders of Madian now this companye hath lickte vpp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the sonne of Ziphor was kinge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent messangers vnto Balam the sonne of Beor the interpreter whiche dwelt vppon the ryuer of the lande of the childern of his folke to call him sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte which couereth the face of the erthe and lye euen harde by me Come nowe a felashippe and curse me this people For they are to myghtie for me so peraâ—enture I myghte be able to smyte them and to dryue them oute of the londe For I wote that whome thou blessest shal be blessed and whome thou cursest shal be cursed And the elders of Moab went with the elders of Madian and the rewarde of the sothe sayenge in their handes And they came vnto Balam and tolde him the wordes of Balac And he sayed vnto them tary here all nyghte and I will bringe you worde euen as the Lorde shall saye vnto me And the lordes of Moab abode with Balam And god came vnto Balam and sayed what men are these which are with the â–ª And Balam sayed vnto god Balac the sonne of Ziphor kynge of Moab hath sent vnto me sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the erthe come now therfore and curse me them that so peraduenture I maye be able to ouercome them in batell and to dryue theÌ„ out And god sayed vnto Balam thou shalt not goo with