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
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
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
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
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
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
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
what is within hypocrites sawe that I was begyled aÌ„d that that councell was not the nexte way vnto my purpose And therfore he gate me no favoure in my lordes sight ¶ WherevppoÌ„ my lorde answered me his house was full he had mo theÌ„ he coude well finde and advised me to seke in london wher he sayd I coude not lacke a service And so in london I abode almoste an yere and marked the course of the worlde and herde oure pratars I wold say oure preachers how they bosted them selves and their hye authorite and beheld the pompe of oure prelates and how besyed they were as they yet are to set peace and vnite in the worlde though it be not possible for them that walke in darkenesse to coÌ„tinue longe in peace for they can not but ether stoÌ„ble or dash them selves at one thinge or another that shall clene vnquyer all togedder sawe thinges wherof I deferre to speake at this tyme and vnderstode at the laste not only that there was no rowme in my lorde of londons palace to translate the new testament but also that there was no place to do it in all englonde as experience doth now openly declare ¶ Vnder what maner therfore shuld I now submitte this boke to be corrected and amended of them which can suffer nothinge to be well â–ª Or what â—rotestacyon shuld I make in soch a matter vnto oure prelates those stubbutne Nâ—mrothes which so mightely fight agenste god and resiste his holy spirite enforceynge with all crafte and sotelte to qwench the light of the everlastinge testament promyses and as poyntemente made betwene god vs and heapinge the sirce wrath of god vppon all princes and rulars mockinge theÌ„ with falfe fayned names of hypocrysye and servinge their lustes at all poyntes dispensinge with theÌ„ even of the very lawes of god os which Christe him silf testifieth Mathew .v. that not so moch as one tittle therof maye perish or be brokeÌ„ And of which the prophete fayth Psalme .cxvii. Thou haste coÌ„maunded thy lawes to be kepte meod that is in hebrew excedingly with all diligeÌ„ce might power and haue made theÌ„ so mad with their iugglinge charmes and crafty persuasioÌ„s that they thinke it full satisfaction for all their weked lyvinge to tormeÌ„â— soch as tell theÌ„ trouth to borne the worde of their soules helth sle whosoever beleve theron ¶ NotwithstoÌ„dinge yet I submytte this boke and all other that I haue other made or traÌ„slated or shall in tyme to come if it be goddes will that I shall further laboure in his hervest vnto all them that submytte theÌ„ selves vn to the worde of god to be corrected of theÌ„ yee and moreover to be disalewed also burnte if it seme worthy when they have examyned it wyth the hebrue so that they first put forth of their awne translatinge a nother that is more correcte ¶ A prologe shewinge the vse of the scripture THough a man had a precious iuell and a rich yet if he wiste not the value therof nor wherfore it served he were nother the better nor ryeher of a straw Eyen so though we read the scripture bable of it never so moch yet if we know not the vse of it and wherfore it was geven and what is theim to be sought it profiteth vs nothinge at all It is not ynough therfore to read and talke of it only but wo must also desyre god daye and night instantly to open oure eyes aÌ„d to make vs vnderstond and feale wherfore the scripture was geuen that we maye applye the medicyne of the scripture every maÌ„ to his awne sores inlesse then we entend to beydle disputers and braulers aboute vayne wordes ever gnaw enge vppon the bitter barcke with out and newer attayninge vnto the swetepith with in and persequutinge one and other for defendinge of lewde imaginacions and phantasyes of oure arene invencyon ¶ Paule in the thyrde of the secoÌ„de epistle to Tymo the sayth that the scripture is good to teache for that ought meÌ„ to teach not dreames of their awne makige as the pope doth also to improvt for the scripture is yâ— twichstone that tryeth all doctrynes by that we know the false from the true And in the .vi. to the ephesians he calleth it the swerd of the spirite by cause it killeth hyppocrites and vttereth aÌ„o improveth their false inventyons And in the. â—â— to the Romayns he sayth all that are wryten are wryten for oure learninge that we thorow pacyence and coÌ„sorte of the scripture myght have hope That is the ensamples that are in the scripture comforte vs in all oure tribulacyons and make vs to put oure truste in god and pacyently to abyde his leysure And in the .x. of the firste to the Corinthyans he bringeth in examples of the scripture of feare vs and to bridle the fleshe that we caste not the yoke of the lawe of god from of oure neckes and fall to lustynge and doinge of evill ¶ So now the scripture is a light and sheweth vs the true waye both what to do and what to hope And a defence from all erroure and a comforte in adversyte that we despayre not and feareth vs in prosperyte that we synne not SecÌ„e therfore in the scripture as thou readest it first the law what god coÌ„maundeth vs to doo And secundarylye the promyses which god promyseth vs ageyne namely in Christe Iesu oure lorde Then seke ensamples firste of comsorte how god purgeth all them that submitte them selves to walke in his wayes in the purgatorye of tribulatyon delyveringe them yet at tye latter ende and never soferinge any of them to perysh that cleave faste to his promyses And fynallye note the ensamples which are writen to feare the flesh that we synne not That is how god suffereth the vngodlye and weked synners that resiste god and refuse to folow him to contynue in their wekednesse ever waxinge worse and worse vntyll their synne be so sore encreased and so abhomynable that if they shuld longer endure they wold corrupte the very electe But for the electes sake god sendeth theÌ„ preachers Neverthelesse they harden their hartes agenste the truth and god destroyeth theÌ„ vtterlye and begynneth the world a new ¶ This comforte shalt thou evermore finde in the playne texte and luerall sense Nether is there any storye so homely so rude yee or so vyle as it semeth outwarde wherin is not exceadinge greate comforte And when some which seme to them selves great clarkes saye they wott not what moare profite is in many gestes of the scripture if they be read with out an allegotye then in a tale of robenhode saye thou that they were wryten for oure consolacyon and comforte that we despayre not if soch likehappen vnto vs. We be not holyer then Noe though he were once dronke Nether beâ—â—ter beloved then Iacob though his awne sonne defyled his bedde We be not holyer then lot though his doughters thorow ignorance
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
from hym And wheÌ„ he sawe them he ran agenst them from the tent dore and fell to the grounde and sayde LORde yf â–ª I haue founde fauoure in thy syght goo not by thi seruaunte Let a litle water be fett wash youre fete and rest youre selves vnder the tree And I will fett a moâ—sell of breed to comforte youre hartes wythall And thaÌ„ goo youre wayes for even therfore ar ye come to youre servaunte And they answered Do even so aâ— thou hast sayde And AbrahaÌ„ went a pace in to his tent vnto Sara aÌ„d sayde make redy att once thre peâ—kes of fyne meale kneade it and make cakes And Abraham ran vnto his beastes and felt â— calfe that was tendre and good and gaue it â—â— to a yonge man which made it redy attonâ—e And he toke butter mylâ—ke and the calfe which he had prepared and sett it before them and so de hymselfe by them vnder the tree and they ate And they sayde vnto him Where is Sara thy wife And he sayde in the tent And he sayde I will come agayne vnto the as soone as the frute can lyue And loo Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne That herde Sara out of the tent doore which was behind his backe Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wyves And Sara laughed in hir selfe saynge Now I am waxed olde shall I geue my selfe to lust and my lorde olde also Than sayd the LORde vnto AbrahaÌ„ wherfore doth Sara laughe saynge shal I of asuerâ—ebere a childe now when I am olde is the thinge to harde for the LORde to do In the tyme appoynted will I returne vnto the as soone as the frute can haue lyfe And Sara shall haue a sonne Than Sara denyed it saynge I laughed not for she was afrayde But he sayde yes thou laughtest Than the men stode vp from thence aÌ„d loked towarde Sodome And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the waye And the LORde sayde Can I hyde from Abraham that thinge which I am aboute to do seynge that Abraham shall be a great aÌ„d a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shal be blessed in him For I knowe him that he will commaunde his children and his housholde after him yâ— they kepe the waye of the LORde to do after righte and conseyence that the LORde may brynge vppon Abraham that he hath promysed him And the LORde sayde The crie of Sodome and Gomoâ—ra is great and there synne is excedynge grevous I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not that I may knowe And the meÌ„ departed theÌ„ce and went to Sodomeward But Abraham stode yet before yâ— LORde drewe nere sayde Wylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked Yf there be .l. rightwes within the cyte wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. rightwes that are therin That be farre from the that thou shuldest do after thys maner to sley the rightwes with the weked aÌ„d that the rightwes shulde be as the weked that befarre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all yâ— worlde do acordynge to righte And the LORde sayde Yf I fynde in Sodome .l. rightwes within the cyâ—e I will spare all the place for their sakes And Abraham answered and sayde beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto yâ— LORde aÌ„d yet am but dust aÌ„d asshes What though there lacke .v. of .l. rightwes wylt thou destroy all the cyte for lacke of .v And he sayde Yf I fynde there .xl. and .v. I will not destroy them And he spake vnto him yet agayne and sayde what yf there be xl fouÌ„de there And he sayde I wyll not do it for forties sake And he sayde O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake What yf there be fouÌ„de .xxx. there And he sayde I will not do it yf I finde .xxx. there And he sayde Oh se I haue begonne to speake vnto my LORde what yf there be .xx. founde there And he sayde I will not distroy theÌ„ for tweÌ„ties sake And he sayde O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake yet but eueÌ„ once more only What yf ten be founde there And he sayde I will not destroy theÌ„ for .x. safe And the LORde weÌ„t his waye as soone as he had leâ—te comenynge with AbrahaÌ„ And Abraham returned vnto his place ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd there came .ij. angells to Sodome at euen And Let satt at the gate of the cyte And Lor sawe theÌ„ and rose vp agaynst them and he bowed hym selfe to be grounde with his face And he saydeâ— Se lordes turne in I praye you in to youre servauntes house and tary all nyghte wash youre fete ryse vp early and go on youre wayes And they sayde nay but we will byde in the streates all nyghte And he coÌ„pelled them excedyngly And they turned in vnto hym and enâ—â—ed in to his house and he made them a feaste and dyd bake swete cakes and they ate But before they went to rest the men of the cyte of Sodome compassed the house rownde aboute both olde and yonge all the people from all quarters And they called vnto Lot and sayde vnto him where are the men which came in to thy house to nyghte brynge theÌ„ out vnto vs that we may do oure lust with them And Lot went out at doores vnto them and shote the dore after him and sayde nay for goddes sake brethren do not so wekedly Beholde I haue two doughters which haue knowne no man theÌ„ will I brynge out vnto you do with them as it semeth you good Only vnto these men do nothynge for therfore came they vnder the shadowe of my rofe And they sayde come hither And they sayde camest thou not in to so georne and wilt thou be now a iudge we will suerly deale worse with the than with them And as they preased sore vppon Lot and beganne to breafâ— vp the doore the men put forth their handes and pulled â—ot in to the house to them and short to the doore And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndnesse both small and greate so that they coude not fynde the doore And the men sayde moreover vnto â— ot Yf thou have yet here any sonne in lawe or sonnes or doughters or what so euer thou hast in the cyte brynge it out of this place for we must destroy this place because the crye of theÌ„ is great before the LORde Wherfore he hath sent â—â— to destroy it And Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which shulde haue maried his doughters and sayde stonde vpp and get yow out of this place for the LORde will destroy the cite But he semed as though he had mocked vnto his sonnes in law And as the mornynge arose the angells caused
Lot to spede him saynge Stonde vp take thy wyfe and thy two doughters and that that is at hande lest thou perish in the synne of the cyte And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife aÌ„d his two doughters by the handes because the LORde was mercyfull vnto him aÌ„d they brought him forth and sette him without the cyte When they had brought them out they sayde Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe Than sayde Lot vnto them Oh nay my lorde beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in sayinge my lyfe For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye Beholde here is a cyte by to I lee vnto and it is a lytle one let me saue my selfe therein is it not a litle one that my soule may lyue And he sayde to him se I haue receaved thy request as concernynge this thynge that I will nott overthrowe this cytie for the which thou hast spoken Haste the aÌ„d saue thyselfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar. And the sone was vppon the erth when Lot was entred into Zoar. Than the LORde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomoara brymstone and fyre from the LORde out of heaven and overthrewe those cyties and all the region and all that dwelled in the cytes and that that grewe vpon the erth And lots wyfe loked behynde her aÌ„d was turned in to a pillare of salte Abraham rose vp early and got him to the place where he stode before the LORde and loked toward Sodome and Gomorra and toward all the londe of that contre And as he loked beholde the smoke of the contre arose as it had bene the smoke of a sornace But yet wheÌ„ God destroyed the â—â—nes of yâ— regioÌ„ he thought a pon AbrahaÌ„ and sent Lot out from the daÌ„ger of the overthrowenge when he overthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountayns aÌ„d his .ij. doughters with him for he feared to tary in Zoar he dweld therfore in a caue both he and his .ij. doughters also Than sayde the elder vnto the yonger oâ—â—e father is olde and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the world Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father And thry gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte And the elder doughter went and laye with her father And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also And the yonger arose and laye with him And he perceaved it not nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of let with childe by their father And the elder bare a sone and called hym Moab which is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye And the yonger bare a sonâ—e and called hym Ben Amâ—â— which is the father of the children of Ammon vnto this daye The .xx. Chapter ANd Abraham departed thence towarde the souâ—hcontre and dwelled betwene â—ades and Sur aÌ„d sogeorned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe that she was his sister Than Abâ—melech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him Se thou art but a deed man for the womaÌ„s safe which thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe But Abimelech had not yet come nye her and therfore sayde lorde wilt thou sley rightewes people sayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thi herte And therfore I kepte yâ— that thou shuldest not synne agenst me nether suffred I the to come nygh her Now therefore delyuer the maÌ„ his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete And let him praye fo the that thou mayst lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore a frayde And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him What hast thou donâ— vnto vs what haue I offended the that thou shuldest bâ—ynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge And Abraham Answered I thought that peradveÌ„ture the feare of God was not in this place and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes safe yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my motherâ— and became my wyfe And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou saye of me how that I am thy brother Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen men â–ª servauntes and wemenseruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyvered him Sara his wyfe agayne And Abimelech sayde beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth yâ— best And vnto Sara he sayde Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousende peeces of syluer beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe The .xxj. Chapter THe lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her acordynge as he had spoken And Sara was with childe and bare AbrahaÌ„ a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the LORde had appoynted And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him which Sara bare him Isaac AbraÌ„ circuÌ„cysed Isaac his soÌ„ne wheÌ„ he was .viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him And AbrahaÌ„ was an hundred yere olde â–ª when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath made me a laughinge stocke for all
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
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
iourney And the angells of God came mett him And when Iacob lawe them he sayde this is godes hoost and called the name of that same place Mahanaim ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter IAcob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the londe of Seir and the felde of Edom. And he coÌ„maunded them saynge se that ye speake after this maner to my lorde Esau thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus I haue sogerned aÌ„d bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes we manseruauntes haue sent to shewe it un lorde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and .iiij. hundred men with hiÌ„ Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him the shepe oxen and camels in to .ij. companies and sayder Yf Esau come to the one parte and smyte it the other may saue it selfe * Prayer is to cleave vnto the promyses of god with a siroÌ„ge fayth and to besech god with a fervent desyre that he will fulfyll them for his mercye truth onlye As Iacob here doth And Iacob sayde O god of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac LORde which saydest vnto me returne vnto thy cuntre and to thy kynrede and I will deall wel with the. I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue I goten .ij. droves Delyver me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare him lest he will come and smyte the mother with the childern Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make â—â— seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude And he taried there that same nyghte toke of that which came to hande a preasent vnto Esau his brother ij hundred she gootes aÌ„d xx he gootes ij hundred shepe and xx rammes thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes xl kyne aÌ„d x bulles xx she asses aÌ„d x foles and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues aÌ„d sayde vnto them goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue And he coÌ„maunded the formestsaynge WheÌ„ Esau my brother meteth the aÌ„d axeth the saynge whose seruauÌ„te art thou whither goost thou whose ar these that goo before the thou shalt say they be thy seruaunte Iacobs are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau and beholde he him selfe cometh after vs. And so coÌ„maunded he the seconde aÌ„d euen so the thirde and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau wheÌ„ ye mete him aÌ„d saye more ouer Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs for he sayde I will pease his wrath with the present yâ— goth before me and afterward I will see him myself so perâ—dventure he will receaue me to grace So went the preseÌ„t before him aÌ„d he taried all that nyghte in the tente aÌ„d rose vp the same nyghte aÌ„d toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij. maydens his xâ— sonnes went ouer the foorde Iabok And he toke them aÌ„d sent theÌ„ ouer the ryuer aÌ„d sent ouer that he had aÌ„d taried behinde him selfe alone And there wrasiled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him he smote hiÌ„ vnder the thye and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him And he sayde let me goo for the daye breaketh And he sayde I will not lett the goo excepte thou blesse me And he sayde vnto him what is thy name He answered Iacob And he sayde thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell For thou hast wrastled with God and with men aÌ„d hast preuayled And Iacob asked him sainge tell me thi name And he sayde wherfore dost thou aske after my name and he blessed him there And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face and yet is my lyfe reserved And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye wherfore the childern of Israell â—aâ—e not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shâ—oncke The .xxxiij. Chapter IAcob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come with him .iiij. hundred men And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto the ij maydens And he put the maydens aÌ„d their childern formest aÌ„d Lea and hir childern after and Rahel aÌ„d Ioseph hindermost And he went before them and fell on the grownde â–ª â—ij â–ª tymes vntill he came vnto his brother Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him and they wepte And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern and sayde what are these which thou there hast And he sayde they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte Than came the maydens forth aÌ„d dyd their obaysaunce Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce And last of all came Joseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce And he sayde what meanyst thou with all yâ— drooues which I mett And he answered to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde And Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf Jacob answered oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte receaue my preaseÌ„t of my haÌ„de for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene that face of God wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I haue brought the for God hath geuen it me frely And I haue ynough of all thynges And so he compelled him to take it And he sayde let vs take oure iourney and goo and I will goo in thy coÌ„pany And he sayde vnto him my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre childern ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande which yf men shulde ouerdryâ—â— but euen one daye the hole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern be able to endure vntill I come to â—â— lorde vnto Seir. And Esau sayde let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he sayde what neadeth it let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde So Esau went his waye agayne that same daye vnto Seir. And Jacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth and bylt him an house and made boothes for his catell wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth And Jacob went to Salem to yâ— cytie of Si them in the lande of CanaaÌ„ after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyte and bought a parcell
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
her and also the men of the place sayde that there was no whoore there And Iuda sayde let her take it to her lest we be shamed for I sente the kydd thou coudest not fynde her And it came to passe that after .iij. mone â–ª thes one tolde Iuda saynge Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe And Iuda sayde brynge her forth aÌ„d let her be brente And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge by the maÌ„ vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe And sayd also loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe And Iuda knewe them saynge she is more rightwes thaÌ„ I because I gaue her not to Sela my soÌ„ne But he laye with her nomore When tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered beholde there was .ij. twynnes in hyr woÌ„be And as she traveled the one put out his hande and the mydwife toke and bownde a reed threde aboute it saynge this wyll come out fyrst But he plucked his hande backe agayne and his brother came out And she sayde wherfore hast thou rent a rent vppon the and called him Pharez And afterward came out his brother that had the reade threde about his haÌ„de which was called Zarah ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter IOseph was brought vnto Egipte aÌ„d Puâ—iphar a lorde of Pharaos aÌ„d his chefe marshall an Egiptian bought him of yâ— Ismaelites which brought hiÌ„ thither And the LORde was with Ioseph and he was a luckie felowe and continued in the house of his master the Egiptian And his master sawe that the ORde was with him and that the LORde made all that he dyd prosper in his hande Wherfore he founde grace in his masters syghte and serued him And his master made him ruelar of his house and put all that he had in his hande And as soone as he had made him ruelar ouer his house aÌ„d ouer all that he had the LORde blessed this Egiptians house for Iosephs sake and the blessynge of the LORde was vpon all that he had both in the house and also in the feldes And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate And Ioseph was a goodly persone a well favored And it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me But he denyed and sayde to her Beholde my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me but hath commytted all that he hath to my hande He him selfe is not greatter in the house than I aÌ„d hath kepte nothiÌ„ge froÌ„ me but only the because thou art his wife How than caâ— I do this great wykydnes for to synne agaynst God And after this maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye but he harkened not vnto her to slepe nere her or to be in her company And it fortuned aboute the same season that Ioseph entred in to the house to do his busynes and there was none of the houshold by in the house And she caught him by the garment saynge come slepe with me And he left his garment in hir hande aÌ„d fled and gott him out When she sawe that he had left his garmeÌ„t in hir hande and was fled out she called vnto the men of the house and tolde them saynge Se he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame for he came in to me for to haue slept wyth me But I cried with a lowde voyce And when he harde that I lyfte vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled awaye and got him out And she layed vp his garment by her vntill hir lorde came home And she told him acordynge to these wordes saynge This Hebrues servaunte which thou hast brought vnto vs came in to me to do me shame But as soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled out When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she tolde him saynge after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me he waxed wrooth And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson euen in the place where the kynges prisoners laye bounde And there contynued he in preson But the LORde was with Ioseph aÌ„d shewed him mercie and gott him fauoure in the â—yghte of the keper of the preson which comâ— mytted to Iosephâ— haÌ„de all the presoners that were in the preson housse And what soeuer was done there that dyd he And the keper of the presoÌ„ loked vnto nothinge that was vnder his hande because the LORde was with him because that what soeuer he dyd the LORde made it come lucâ—ely to passe The xl Capter ANd it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte And Phâ—rao was angrie with them and put theÌ„ in warde in his chefe marshals house euen in yâ— pre son where Ioseph was bownd And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them he serued them And they contynuaed a season in warde And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche maÌ„nes dreame of a sondrie interpretation When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them beholde they were sadd And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it And Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him In my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before meÌ„ and in the vyne were .lij. braunches and it was as though it budded her blossoÌ„s shottforth yâ— grapes there of waxed rype And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos cuppe delyvered Pharaos cuppe into his hande And Ioseph sayde vnto him this is the interpeâ—tation of it The .iij. braunches ar thrâ— dayes for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto â–ª thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his haÌ„de after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar But thinke on me with the when thou art in good case and shewe mercie vnto me And make mencion of me to Pharao and helpe to brynge me out of this house for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues here also haue I do ne nothiÌ„ge at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yâ— I had .iij. wyker baskettes on my
ANd the derth waxed sore in the lande And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them goo agayne and by vs a litle food Than sayde Juda vnto him the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo for the man sayde vnto vs loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you And Israell sayde wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother And they sayde The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge is youre father yet alyue haue ye not another brother And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs Than sayde Juda vnto Israell his father Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye both we thou and also oure childern I wil be suertie for him and of my handes requyre him Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer For except we had made this tarieÌ„g by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne Than their father Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Yf it must nedes be so now than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes And take as moch money more with you And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouer syghte Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also BeÌ„ Jamin and I wil be as a maÌ„ robbed of his childern Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Jamim And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Joseph When Joseph sawe BenJamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house brynge these men home and sley and make redie for they shall dyne with me at none And the man dyd as Joseph bad and brought them in to Josephs house When they were brought to Josephs house they were afrayde aÌ„d sayde be cause of the money that came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs to laye some thinge to oure charge to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Josephs house and comened with him at the doore and sayde Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte But we haue broght it agene with us other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes And he sayde be of good chere feare not Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money And he brought Simeon out to them aÌ„d led theÌ„ into Josephs house gaue theÌ„ water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender And they made redie their present agaynst Joseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there When Joseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes aÌ„d fell â—â—at on the grounde be for him And he welcomed theÌ„ curteously sainge is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health and is he yet alyue â–ª they answered thy servaunte oure father is in good health aÌ„d is yet alyue And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde And he lyfte vp his eyes behelde his brother Ben Jamin his mothers sonne sayde is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me And sayde God be mercyfull vnto yâ— my sonne And Joseph made hast for his hert dyd melt apon his brother and soughte for to wepe entred in to his chambre for to wepe there And he wasshed his face and came out refrayned himselfe bad sett bread on the table And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians And they satt before him the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth And the men marveled amonge them selves And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him but Ben Jamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him The .xliiij. Chapter ANd be commaunded the rueler of his house saynge fyll the mens sackes with food as moch as they can carie and put euery mans money in his bagge mouth and put my syluer cuppe in the sackes mouth of the yongest and his come money also And he dyd as Joseph had sayde And in yâ— mornynge as soone is it was lighte the meÌ„ were let goo with their asses And when they were out of the cytie and not yet ferre awaye Joseph sayde vnto the ruelar of his house vp and folowe after the men and ouertake them and saye vnto them wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good is that not the cuppe of which my lorde drynketh aÌ„d doth he not prophesie therin ye haue euell done that ye haue done And he ouertoke them and sayde the same wordes vnto them And they answered him wherfore sayth my lorde soch wordes God forbydd that thy servaÌ„untes shulde doo so Beholde the money which we founde in oure sackes mouthes we brought agayne vnto the out of the lande of CanaaÌ„ how then shulde we steale out of my lordes house ether syluer or golde with whosoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde let him dye and let vs also be my lordes bondmen And he sayde Now therfore acordynge vnto youre woordes he with whom it is found shal be my seruaunte but ye shal be harmelesse And attonce euery man toke downe his sacke to the grounde aÌ„d every man opened his sacke And he serched and began at the eldest left at the yongest And the cuppe was founde in Ben Jamins sacke Then they rent their clothes and laded euery man his asse and went agayne vnto the cytie And Juda and his brethreÌ„ came to Josephs house for he was yet there aÌ„d they fell before him on the grounde And Joseph sayde vnto theÌ„ what dede is this which ye haue done
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
god promised AbrahaÌ„ that all nations of the worlde shuld be blessed came That is the lawe was geueÌ„ to vtter synne deeth damnatioÌ„ and curse aÌ„d to dryve vnto Christ in whoÌ„ forgeuenesse life iustifyinge aÌ„d blessinges were promised that we might se so greate love of god to vs ward in christ that we heÌ„ceforth ouercome with kindnesse might love againe aÌ„d of love kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes So now he that goeth aboute to quiette his coÌ„scieÌ„ce aÌ„d to iustifye him silf with the lawe doth but heale his wondes with freatige coresyes And he that goeth aboute to purchase grace with ceremonies doth but sucke the alepope to qweÌ„ch his thirst in as moch as the ceremonies were not geveÌ„ to iustifie the herte but to signifie the iustifiynge and forgeuenesse that is in christes bloude Of the ceremonies that they iustifie not thou readest Ebrues .x. It is impossible that synne shuld be done awaye with the bloud of oxeÌ„ aÌ„d gootes And of the lawe thou readest Gala .iij. Yf there had bene a lawe geueÌ„ that coude haue quykened or geueÌ„ liffe then had rightuousnesse or iustifyinge come by the lawe in dede Now the lawe not only quyckeneth not the harte but also woundeth it with conscience of synne and ministreth deeth aÌ„d damnacioÌ„ vnto her ij Corin .iij. so that she must neades dye aÌ„d be damned excepte she finde other remedy so farre it is of that she is iustified or holpe by the lawe The newe testament is those euerlastinge promyses which are made vs in christ the Lorde thorow out all the scripture And that testameÌ„t is bylt on faith aÌ„d not on workes For it is not sayde of that testament he that worketh shall lyue But he that beleveth shall lyue as thou readest Ioan .iij. God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begoteÌ„ sonne that none which beleue in hi shuld perish but haue euerlastinge lyfe And when this testament is preached and beleued the sprete entreth the hart and quyckeneth it and geueth her lyfe and iustifieth her The sprete also maketh the lawe a lyuely thing in the herte so that a man bringeth forth good workes of his awne acord without compulsioÌ„ of the lawe without feare of threateninges or cursinges yee and with out all maner respecte or loue vnto any temporal pleasure But of the very power of the sprete receaved thorow faith As thou readest Ioan .i. He gaue them power to be the sonnes of God in that they beleued on his name And of that power they worke so that he which hath the sprete of christ is now no moare a childe he nether learneth or worketh now any longer for payne of the rodde or for feare of boogges or pleasure of apples But doth althinges of his awne courage As christ sayeth Ioan .vij. He that beleueth on me shall haue riuers of lyuinge water flowinge out of his belye That is All good workes aÌ„d all giftes of grace springe out of him naturallye and by their awne accorde Thou neadest not to wrest good workes out of him as a maÌ„ wold wringe veriuce out of crabbes Nay thei flow naturally out of him as springes out off hilles or rockes The newe testament was euer eueÌ„ from the beginning of the world For there were alwaye promyses of Christ to come by faith in whiche promyses the electe were then iustifyed inwardly before God as outwardly before the world by kepynge of the lawe and ceremonies And in conclusyon as thou seyst blessinges or cursynges folow the kepinge or breakynge of the lawe of Moses eueÌ„ so naturally do blessynges or cursynges folow the breakyng or kepynge of the lawe of nature out of which spriÌ„ge all oure temporall lawes So that wheÌ„ the people kepe the temporall lawes of their lond temporall prosperite and all maner of soch teÌ„porall blessynge as thou readest of in Moses doo accompanye them and fall vppon them And contraryewyse when they synne vnpunished aÌ„d wheÌ„ the rulars haue no respecte vnto naturall equyte or honestye theÌ„ God sendeth his curses amonge theÌ„ as hungre derth moren banynge pestileÌ„ce warre oppressyon with straunge aÌ„d wonderfull diseases aÌ„d newekyndes of misfortune aÌ„d evell lucke Yf any maÌ„ axe me seyng that faith iustifieth me why I worke I answere loue coÌ„pelleth me For as loÌ„ge as my soule fealeth what loue god hath shewed me in Christe I can not but loue god agayne aÌ„d his will aÌ„d coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes and of loue worke them nor caÌ„ they seme hard vn to me I thinke not my self better for my workynge nor seke heueÌ„ nor an hyer place in heueÌ„ because of it For a christeÌ„ worketh to make his weake brother perfecter aÌ„d not to seke an hier place in heueÌ„ I coÌ„pare not my filf vnto him that worketh not No he that worketh not to daye shall haue grace to turne aÌ„d to worke tomorow aÌ„d in the meane ceason I pytye hym aÌ„d praye for him Yf I had wrought the wil of god these thousande yeres aÌ„d another had wrought the will of the devell as long aÌ„d this daye turne aÌ„d be as well willynge to suffre wyth Christas â— he hath this daye ouertakeÌ„ me aÌ„d is as farre come as I and shall haue as moche rewarde as I. And I envye him not but reioyce most of all as of lofte tresure founde For yf I be of god I haue this thousand yere sofred to wynne him for to come aÌ„d prayse the name of God with me this M. yeres I haue prayed sorowed longed syghed aÌ„d sought for that whiche I haue this daye founde aÌ„d therfore reioyse with all my myght and prayse God for hys grace and mercy ALbe a longe garment of white lynen Arcke a cofer or cheste as oure shrynes saue it was flatte aÌ„d the sample of oure shrynes was taken thereof Boothe an housse made of bowes Brestlappe or brestflappe is soche a flappe as thou seist in the brest of a cope Consecrate to apoynte a thinge to holy vses Dedicate purific or sanctifie Ephod is a garment somwhat like an amyce saue the armes came thorow aÌ„d it was gird to Geeras in weyght as it were an englysh halff penye or somwhat more Heveoâ—â—ringe because they were hoven vp before the Lorde House he made theÌ„ houses that is he made a kynred or a multitude of people to springe out of them as we saye the house of Dauid for the kinred of Dauid PeaceoffriÌ„ge offeriÌ„ges of thaÌ„kes geuiÌ„ge of de uotioÌ„ aÌ„d not for coÌ„scieÌ„ce of sinne aÌ„d trespace Polute defyle ¶ Reconcyle to make at one and to bringe in grace or fauoure Sanctefie to eleÌ„se aÌ„d purifie to apointe a thinge vnto holie vses and to seperate froÌ„ vnclene aÌ„d vnholye vses ¶ Sanctuarie a place halowed and dedicate vnto god ¶ Tabernacle an house made tentwise or as a pauelion Tunicle moch like the vppermost garmeÌ„t of the deukeÌ„ ¶ Waueoffringe because they were waueÌ„ in the preastes haÌ„des to diuers quarters â–ª Worshuppe by worshuppinge whether it be in the old testameÌ„t or the
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
euē apon the bloude of the trespaceofferynge And the remnaunte of the oyle that is in the preastes hande he shall poure apon the heede off hym that is clensed and so shall the preaste make an attonement for him before the Lorde Then let the preast offer the synneofferynge ād make an attonement for him that is clensed for his vnclēnesse And thā let the burntoffrynge be slayne ād let the preast put both the burntofferynge and the meateoffrynge apō the alter ād make an attonement for him ād thā he shal be cleane Yf he be poore ād can not gett so moch thā let him bringe one lambe for a trespaceoffrynge to waue it and to make an attonement for him ād a tenth deale of fine floure myngled with oyle for a meatoffrynge ād a logge of oyle ād two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons which he is able to gett ād let the one be a synneoffrynge and the other a burntoffryng And let him brynge them the. viij daye for his clensynge vnto the preast to the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde And let the preast take the lambe that is the trespaceoffrynge and the logge of oyle ād waue them before the Lorde And whē the lambe of the trespaceoffrynge is kylled the preast shall take of the bloude of the trespaceoffrynge and put it apon the typpe of his righte eare that is clensed and apon the thombe of his righte hande and apon the greate too of hys righte fote And the preast shall poure of the oyle in to his righte hande and shall sprinkle with his finger of the oyle that is in his lefte hande .vij. tymes before the Lord. And the preast shall put of the oyle that is in his hande apon the typpe of the righte eare of h◠that is clensed and apō the thombe of his righte hande and apon the great too of his righte fote euen in the place where the bloude of the trespaceofferynge was put And the reste of the oyle that is in his hande he shall poure apon the heede of him that is clensed to make an attonemēt for him before the Lorde And he shall offer one of the turtyll doues or of the yonge pigeons soch as he can gett the one for a synneofferynge and the other for a burntoffrynge apō the alter And so shall the preast make an attonemēt for him that is clensed before the Lorde This is the lawe of him that hath the plage of leprosye whose hand is not able to gett that which pertayneth to hys clensynge And the Lorde spake vnto Moses ād Aarō saynge when ye be come vnto the lond of Canaan which I geue you to possesse yf I put the plage of leprosye in any housse of the lande of youre possession let him that oweth the house go ād tell the preast saynge me thinke that there is as it were a leprosy in the housse And the preast shall cōmaunde them to ryd all thinge out of the housse before the preaste goo in to se the plage that he make not all that is in the housse vncleane and then the preast shall goo in and se the housse Yf the preast se that the plage is in the walles of the housse ād that there be holowe strakes pale or rede which seme to be lower than the other partes of the wall then let the preast go out at the housse dores ād shett vp the housse for .vij. dayes And let the preast come againe the seuenth daye ād se it yf the plage be encreased in the walles of the housse let the preast cōmaunde thē to take awaye the stones in which the plage is ād let thē cast thē in a foule place without the citie ād scrape the house within rounde aboute ād poure out the dust without the citie in a foule place And let them take other stones and put them in the places of those stones and other morter ād playster the housse with all Yf now the plage come agayne ād breake out in the housse after that they haue taken awaye the stones and scraped the housse and after that the housse is playsterd anew let the preast come and se it And yf then he perceaue that the plage hath eatē further in the housse then it is a fretynge leprosye that is in the housse ād it is vncleane Then they shall breake doune the housse both stones tymbre ād all the morter of the housse and carye it out of the citye vnto a foule place Moreouer he that goeth into the housse all the whyle that it is shett vp shal be vncleane vntyll nighte And he that slepeth in the housse shall wasshe his clothes and he also that eateth in the housse shall wasshe hys clothes But and yf the preast come and se that the plage hath sprede no futher in the housse after that it is new playsterd thē let him make it cleane for the plage is healed And let him take to clense the housse with all two birdes cypresse wodd ād purple clothe ād ysope And let him kyll one of the byrdes ouer an erthen vessel of runnynge water ād take the cipresse wodd the ysope the purple ād the lyuynge byrde ād dyppe them in the bloude of the slayne byrde and in the runninge water and sprinkle apon the housse seuen tymes and clense the housse with the bloude of the byrde and with the runninge water ād with the lyuyng byrde ād with the cypresse wodd ād the ysope ād the purple clothe And he shall lett the lyuynge byrde flee oute off the towne in to the wylde feldes and so make an attonement for the housse and it shal be cleane This is the lawe of all maner plage of leprosye and breakynge out and of the leprosye off clothe and housse and of rysynges scabbes and glysterynge white to teache when a thinge is vncleane or cleane This is the lawe off leprosye ¶ The .xv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge speake vnto the children of Israel and saye vnto them euery mā that hath a runnynge yssue in his flesh is vncleane by the reason of his yssue And hereby shall it be knowne when he is vncleane Yf his fleshe runne or yf his flesh congele by the reason off his yssue than he is vncleane Euery couche whereon he lyeth ād euery thinge whereon he sytteth shal be vncleane He that twicheth his couch shall wassh his clothes ād bath him selfe with water ād be vncleane vntyll the euen He that sytteth on that whereon he satt shall wassh his clothes and bathe him selfe with water and be vncleane vntill the euenynge And he that twicheth his flesh shall wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen Yf any soch spytt apon him that is cleane he must wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and be vncleane vntill euen And what soeuer sadell that he rydeth apō shal be vncleane And whosoeuer twicheth any thinge that was vnder him shal be vncleane vnto
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor The Lorde is not a maÌ„ that he can lye nether the sonne of a maÌ„ that he can repent shulde he saye and not doo or shulde he speake and not make it good beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro He beheld no wikednesse in Iacob nor sawe Idolatrye in Israel The Lorde his God is with him and the trompe of a kynge amonge theÌ„ God that broughte them out of Egipte is as the strength of an vny corne vnto them for there is no sorcerer in Iacob nor soth sayer in Israel When the tyme cometh it wylde sayed of Iacob of Israel what God hath wrought Beholde yâ— people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and drenke of the bloude of them that are slayne And Balac sayed vnto Balam nether curse them nor blesse theÌ„ And Balam answered aÌ„d sayed vnto Balac tolde not I the sayeÌ„ge all that the Lorde byddeth me yâ— I must doo And Balac sayed vnto Balam come I praye the I will brynge the yet vnto another place so per auenture it shall please God that thou mayst curse theÌ„ there And Balac broughte Balam vnto the toppe of Peor that boweth towarde the wildernesse And Balam sayed vnto Balac make me here .vij. alters prepare me here .vij. bollockes and .vij. raÌ„mes And Balac dyd as Balam had sayed and offered a bollocke and a ram on euery alter ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter WHen Balam sawe that it pleased yâ— Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge but sett his face towarde yâ— wildernesse and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes and the spirite of God came apon him And he toke vp his parable and sayed BalaÌ„ the sonne of Beor hath sayed and the man whose eye is open hath sayed he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe his eyes are opened How goodly are the tentes of Iacob and thiâ—e habitacions Israel euen as the brode â—â—leyes and as gardens by the ryuers syde as the tentes which the Lorde hath pitched as â—perstrces apon the water The water shall flowe out of his boket and his seed shall be many waters and his kynge shal be hyer then Agag And his kyngdome shal be exalted God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes He couched him selfe and laye dâ—â—ne as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp blessed is he that blesseth the aÌ„d cursed is he that curseth the. And Balac was wroth with balam and smote his handes together and sayed vnto him I sent for the to curse myne enemyes beholde thou hast blessed them this thre tymes and now gett the quyckly vnto thi place I thoughte that I woldè promote the vnto honoure but the Lorde hath kepte the backe from worshepe And Balam sayed vnto Balac tolde I not thi messeÌ„gers which thou sentest vnto me sayenge Yf balac wolde geue me his house ful of syluer aÌ„d golde I can not passe the mouth of the Lorde to doo ether good or bad of myne awne mynde What the Lorde sayeth that must I speake And now beholde I goo vnto my people come let me shewethe what this people shall doo tothi folke in the later dayes And he began his parable aÌ„d sayed Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed and yâ— man that hath his eye open hath sayed he hath sayed that heareth the wordes of God hath the knowlege of the most hye and beholdeth yâ— vision of the allmightie and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye There shall come a starre of Jacob and rysea cepter of Israel which shall smyte that coostes of Mo ab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth. And Edom shal be his possession and yâ— possession of Seir shal be their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnauÌ„t of the cities And he loked on Amaleck and began his parable and sayed Amaleck is the first of the nacions but his latter ende shall perysh utterly And he loked on the Renites and toke his parable and sayed stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke Neuer the later thou shalt be a burnynge to Rain vntill Assur take yâ— prisoner And he toke his parable sayed Alas who shall lyue when God doeth this The shippes shall come out of the coste of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber and he him selfe shall perysh at the last And Balam rose vp and went and dwelt in his place and Balac also went his waye ¶ The .xxv. Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people began to commytt whoredome with the doughters of Moab which called the people vnto yâ— sacrifyce of their goddes And the people are and worshipped their goddes and Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor Then the Lorde was angrie with Israel and sayed vnto Moses take all yâ— heedes of the people and hange them vp vnto that Lorde agenst the sonne that the wrath of the Lorde mayeturne awaye from Israel And Moses sayed vnto the iudges of Israel goo and slee those men that ioyned theÌ„ selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childern of Israel came and broughte vnto his brethern a Madianitish wife euen in the sighte of Moses in the sighte of all the multitude of the childern of Israel as they were wepynge in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of AaroÌ„ the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande and weÌ„t after the man of Israel in to the horchousse thrust them thorow both the man of Israel and also the woman euen thorow the belye of hir And the plage ceased from the childern of Israel And there dyed in the plage .xxiiij. thousande And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preast hath turned myne anger awaye from the childern of Israel because he was gelous for my sake amonge them that I had not coÌ„sumed the childern of Israel in my gelousye Wherfore saye beholde I geue vnto him my couenaunte of pease and he shall haue it and his seed after him euen the couenaunte of the preastis office for euer because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an atonement for the childern of Israel The name of the Israelite which was smytten with the Madianitish wife was Sâ—â—ri the sonne of Salâ— a lorde of an auncieÌ„t honsse amonge the
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—
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
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
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
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