Aaron and his sonnes pitche wayte to kepe the sanctuary and to kepe the chyldren of Israel And the straunger that cometh nye shall be slayne And the hole somme of the Leuites whiche Moses Aaron nombred at the commaundement of the Lorde thorowout theyr kynreds euen all the males from a moneth olde aboue was ☞ xxii thousande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Nombre all the fyrst borne that are males among the chyldren of Israell from a moneth olde and aboue and take the nombre of theyr names And thou shalte appoynte the Leuitê to me for I am the lorde for all the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israell and the cattell of the Leuites for all the fyrste gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel And Moses nombred as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym all the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israel And al the fyrst borne males rehersed by theyr names from a moneth olde and aboue accordyng to theyr nombre were .xxii. thousande two hundred and .lxxiii. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take the Leuites for al the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israell and the cattell of the leuites for theyr cattell and the Leuites shall be myne I am the Lorde And for the redemyng of the two hundred and .lxxiii. whiche are mo then the Leuites in the fyrst borne of the chyldren of Israell take fyue sycles of euery ☞ heade after the weyght of the sanctuary the sycle conteynyng twenty halfepence And gyue the money wherwith the odde nombre of them is redemed vnto Aaron and his sonnes And Moses toke the redempcyoÌ„ money of the ouerplus that were moo theÌ„ the Leuites of the fyrstborne of the chyldren of Israel toke he this money euen a M. CCC and .lxv. Sycles after the sycle of the sanctuarye And Moses gaue the money of them that were redemed vnto Aaron his sonnes accordynge to the worde of the lorde euen as the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses ¶ The offyces of the Leuites CAPI IIII. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge Take the somme of the chyldren of Cahath from amonge the sofies of Leui after theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yere aboue vntyll fyftye all that are able to go forthe to the warre for to do the worke in the tabernacle of wytnesse The offyce of the chyldren of Cahath in the tabernacle of wytnesse ☞ is moost holy And when the hoost remoueth Aaron and his sonnes shall come and take downe the vayle that hangeth bytwene and wrap the arke of wytnesse in it and shall put theron a couerynge of taxus skynnes shall spreade vpon it a cloth that is al togyther of yelowe sylke and put in the barres therof And vpon the shew table they shall spreade abrode a cloth of yelow sylke and put theron the dysshes spones flat peces and pottes to powre with and there shall be breade theron contynually they shall spreade vpon them a couerynge of purple couer the same with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put in the barres therof And they shall take a clothe of yelow sylke couer the candelstycke of lyght with his lampes tonges and snoffers and all the oyle vessels which they occupy aboute it and they shal put both it and al the vessell therof within a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put it vpoÌ„ a barre And vpon the golden aulter they shal speade a cloth of yelow sylke couer it with a coueryng of taxus skynnes and put in the barres therof And they shall take all the thynges whiche they occupye to ministre within the holy place put a cloth of yelow sylke vpon them couer them with a couerynge of taxus skynnes and put them on a barre And they shall take awaye the asshes from the aulter and spreade a purple clothe theron and put vpon it all the vessels therof that they ministre withall euen the cole pannes the fleshe hokes the shouels the basens and the other vessels of the aulter they shal sprede vpon it a coueryng of taxus skynnes and put in the barres of it And wheÌ„ Aaron and his sonnes haue made an ende of coueryng the holy thyngê and all the vessels of the sanctuarye agaynst that the hoost remoue then the sonnes of Cahath shall come in for to beare but they shall not touche any holy thynge leest they dye And this is the charge of the sonnes of Cahath in the tabernacle of wytnesse And to the offyce of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest perteyneth the oyle for the lyght the swete sence the dayly meat offeryng and the anoyntyng oyle the ouersyght of all the Tabernacle and of all that therin is bothe in sanctuarye and in all the vessels therof And the Lorde spake vnto Moses AaroÌ„ saynge ☞ Ye shall not destroy the trybe of the kynred of the Cahathites from amonge the Leuytes But thus do vnto them that they may lyue and not dye when they go vnto the most holy thynges Let Aaron and his sonnes go in and take them downe to euery one after his seruyce and after his charge But let them not go in to se when the holy thynges are folden vp lest they dye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Take also the somme of the chyldren of Gerson thorowout the houses of theyr fathers and thorowout theyr kynreds from .xxx. yere and aboue vntyll fyftye shalte thou nombre them all that are able to go forth to the war for to doo seruyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersonites to serue and to beare They shall beare the curtaynes of the dwellynge and the roofe of the Tabernacle of wytnesse his couerynge and the coueryng of taxus skynnes that is on hye aboue vpon it and the hangynge of the dore which is in the tabernacle of wytnesse and the hangynges of the courte and the hangynge that is in the entrynge in of the gate of the courte rounde aboute the dwellyng and the aulter with the cordes al the instrumentes that serue vnto them and all that is made for to serue them At the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruyce of the chyldren of the Gersonites be done in all theyr charges in all theyr seruyce and ye ☞ shall nombre vnto them al theyr burdens to kepe And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of wytnesse theyr watche shall be vnder the hande of Ithamar the son of Aaron the preest And thou shalte nombre the sonnes of Merari after theyr kynreds and after the houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yeres aboue vnto .l. shalte thou nombre them euery one that is able to go forthe to the warre to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse And this is the charge that they must wayte vpon accordyng to all theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse The bordes of the dwellyng with the
nowbre of them xl thousande and fyue hundred And fast by hym shall be the thybe of Manasse and the Captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse was Gamaleel the sonne of Pedazur His hoost and the nombre of them xxxii thousande and two hundred And the thybe of Ben Iamin also and the Captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni His hoost and the nombre of them xxxv thousande and. iiii hundred All that were appoynsed with the hoost of Ephraim were an hundred thousande eyght thousande and an hundred thorowout theyr armyes they shall go into the thyrde place The standerd of the hoost of Dan shall kepe the north syde with theyr armyes and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Dan was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai His hooste and the nombre of them lxii thousande and. vii hundred And fast by hym shall the trybe of Aser pitche and the captayn ouer the sonnes of Aser was Pagiel the son of â—â—ran His hoost the nombre of them xli M. and fyue hundred And the trybe of Nephtali also and the captayne ouer the chyldren of Nephtali was Ahira the son of Enan His hoost the nombre of them liii thousand iiii hundred All they that were appoynted with the hoost of Dan was an hundred thousande lvii thousande and. vi hundred And they shall go hyndermost with theyr standardes These are the sommes of the chyldren of Israel thorowout the houses of theyr fathers euen al the nombres that pytched thorowout theyr hoost vi hundred thousande iii. thousande v. hundred and fyftie But the Leuits were not nombred among the chyldren of Israel as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordynge to all that the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses for so they pytched with theyr standerdes and so they iourneyed thorowout theyr kynreddes and thorowout the housholdes of theyr fathers ¶ The Leuites go not out to batayle but minyster in the sanituary They pytche theyr tent nexte to the haâ—â—â—â—aryoâ— CAPI III. THse are the generacyons of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lorde spake with Moses in mounte Sinay these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest son Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were preestes anoynted and whose hande was consecrated to ministre And Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde when they offered straung fyre before the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinay and had no chyldren And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the syght of Aaron theyr father And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge bryng the trybe of Leuy and set them before Aaron the preest that they may serue hym and wayte vpon hym and vpon all the multitude before the Tabernacle of wytnesse to do the seruyce of the habitacyon They shall kepe all the apparel of the tabernacle of wytnesse and wayte vpon the chyldren of Israel to do the seruyce of the habitacion And thou shalte gyue the Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for they are gyuen and delyuered vn to hym of the chyldren of Israel And thou shalte appoynt Aaron his sonnes to wayte on theyr preestes offyce the straunger that cometh nye shall be slayne And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Beholde I haue taken the Leuites from amonge the chyldren of Israell for all the fyrst borne that openeth the matryce among the chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shall be myne bycause al the fyrst borne are myne for the same daye that I smote all the fyrste borne in the lande of Egypt I halowed vnto me all the fyrst borne in Israel bothe man beast myne they shall be I am the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinay saynge Nombre the chyldren of Leui after the houses of theyr fathers in theyr kynreds All that are males from a moneth olde and aboue shalte thou nombre And Moses nombred them accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde as he had coÌ„maunded And these were the chyldren of Leui in theyr names Gerson Cahath Merari And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in theyr kynreds Libni and Semei The sonnes of Cahath in theyr kynreds Amram Iezehar Hebron Dziel And these are the sonnes of Merari in theyr kynreds Mahelt and Musi. These are the kynreds of the Leuites accordyng to the houses of theyr fathers Of Gerson came the kynred of the Libnites and the kynred of the Semeites These are the kynreddes of the Gersonytes And the somme of them after the nombre of al the males from a moneth olde and aboue was seuen thousand and fyue hundred And the kynreddes of the Gersonites shall pytche behynde the habitacyoÌ„ westward The captayn and moost auncyent of the house of the Gersonites was Elyasaph the son of Lael And vnder the kepynge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of wytnesse was ☞ the habitacyon and the tente the coueryng therof the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse the hangynges of the courte and the curtayne of the doore of the Courte whiche is rounde aboute the tabernacle and the aulter and the cordes of it for all the seruyce therof And of Cahath came the kynred of the Amramites the kynred of the Iezeharites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Ozielites These are the kynreds of the Cahathites And the nombre of all the males from a moneth olde aboue was viii M. vi C. and these shal kepe the thyngê that are to be kepte in the holy place And the kynred of the chyldren of Cahath shall pytch on the south syde of the tabernacle The captayne most auncyent of the house of the kynred of the Cahathites was Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel and vnder theyr kepyng was the arke the table the candelstycke the aulters and al the vessels of the saÌ„ctuary that they ministre in and the vayle and what soeuer belonged to the ministracyon therof And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites and had the ouersyght of them that wayted vpon the sanctuary And of Merari came the kynred of the Mahelites and the kynred of the Musites These are the kynreds of Merari And the somme of them accordyng to the nombre of all the males from a moneth olde aboue was vi M. ii hundred The captayn the most auncient of theyr house that were of the kynred of Merari was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle And vnder the custodye of the sonnes of Merari shall be the bordes of the dwellyng the barres pyllers sockettê therof all the vessell therof all that serueth therto and the pyllers of the courte rounde aboute with theyr sockettê theyr pynnes and theyr cordes But on the forefront of the habitacion before the tabernacle of wytnes east warde shall Moses
barres pyllers and sockettes therof the pyllers that are rounde aboute the court with theyr sockettes pynnes cordes and with al the instrumentes of it for al theyr seruyce And by name ye shal reken the thynges that they must wayte vpō to beare This is the seruyce of the kynreds of the sonnes of Merari accordyng to all theyr offyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of Ithamar the Sonne of Aaron the Preest And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude nombred the sonnes of the Cahathites after theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftye all that were able to go forth to the warre to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnes And the nombres of them throwout theyr kynreddes were two thousande seuen hundred and .l. This is the nombre of the kynreds of Cahath namely all that myght do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnes which Moses and Aaron dyd nombre accordynge to the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Mores These are the nombres of the sonnes of Gerson thorowout theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyfty al that were able to go forth to the war for to do seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnes And the nombers of them thorowout theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers were two thousande vi hundred and xxx This is the nombre of the kynreds of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruyce in the Tabernacle of wytnes which Moses Aarō dyd nombre accordyng to the cōmaūdement of the lorde And these are the nombres of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari thorowout theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers from xxx yere vp vnto .l. all that wente forth to the warre and serued the tabernacle of wytnesse And the nombres of them after theyr kynreddes were thre thousande and two hundred This is the somme of the kynreds of the sonnes of Merari whiche Moses Aaron nombred accordyng to the worde of the lorde by the hande of Moses And so all the nombres of the Leuites whiche Moses Aaron the lordes of Israel nombred after theyr kynreds and housholdes of theyr fathers from xxx yere vp vnto .l. euery one that came to do his offyce seruyce and to beare his burden in the tabernacle of wytnes were when they were nombred viii thousande fyue hundred and .lxxx. †Accordynge to the worde of the lorde dyd Aaron nombre them by the hande of Moses euery one accordynge to theyr seruyce and charge accordyng to theyr offices as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses ¶ The knowledge of synne The clensynge of synne The law of the fyrst fruytes and of ielousye CAPI V. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Cōmaunde the chyldren of Israel that they put ☞ out of the hoost euery leper euery one that hath an yssue who soeuer is ☞ defyled vpō a soule Both male and female shall ye put out euen out of the hoost shall ye put them that they defyle not the tentes amonge whiche I dwell And the chyldren of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoost euen as the Lorde spake vnto Moses so dyd the chyldren of Israel And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the chyldren of Israel whyther it be man or woman If they haue cōmytted any synne that a man doth and haue trespaced agaynst the lord that soule hath done amysse Therfore they shal knowledge theyr synne which they haue done and let hym restore agayne the hurte that he hath done in the hole put the fyfte parte of it more therto and gyue it vnto hym whom he hath trespaced agaynst But yf there be not a man to restore the hurte vnto nor a kynsman of his let the trespace be made good vnto the Lorde and it shall be the preestes besyde the ram ☞ of the attonement wherby an attonement shall be made for hym And euery heueofferyng that is made of the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel which they bryng vnto the preest shall be his and euery man 's halowed thynges shall be his what soeuer any mā gyueth the preest it shal be his And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them If any mans wyfe go a syde trespace agaynst hym so that an other man lye with her flesshely and it be hyd from the eyes of her husbande and is not come to lyght that she is defyled and there is no wytnesse agaynst her neyther she taken with the maner the spyryte of ielousye cometh vpon him so that he is ielouse ouer his wyfe which is defyled or yf the spirite of ielousye come vpon hym so that he is ielouse ouer his wyfe whiche is yet vndefyled then lette the man brynge his wyfe vnto the Preest and brynge with her an offeryng for her the tenth parte of an Epha of Barlye meale but lette hym powre none oyle vpon it nor put frākensence theron for it is an offerynge of ielousye an offerynge for a remembraunce causynge the synne to be thought vpon And the preest shall bryng her and set her before the Lorde and let hym ☞ take holy water in an erthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floore of the habitacyon and put it in to the water And let the Preest set the woman before the Lorde and vncouer the womans heade and put the memoryal of the offerynge in her handes whiche is the ielousye offeryng and the preest shal haue bytter and cursed water in his hande and the preest shal charge her and saye vnto the woman If no no mā haue lyen with the neyther hast gone asyde to vnclennesse without thy husbande then haue thou no harme of this bytter and cursed waters But and yf thou hast gone asyde behynd thyne husbande and arte defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thyne husbande and the preest shal charge the woman with an horryble curse the preest shal say vnto the woman the Lorde make the to be an abhominacyon and a curse among thy people when the lorde dothe make thy thygh roote thy bely swell These cursed waters go into the bowels of the that they may make thy bely swel and thy thygh roote and let the woman ☞ say Amen Amen And let the preest wryte these curses And when they be clensed let hym cast them in to bytter waters and gyue the womā those bytter cursed waters to drynke that those cursed and bytter waters may enter in to her And then the preest shall take the ielousye offerynge out of the womans hande waue it before the lorde brynge it vnto the aulter and the preest shal take an handful of the offerynge for a memoryall burne it vpon the aulter and then make the woman drynke the water whē he hath made the womā drynke the waters yf she be defiled haue trespassed
agaynst her husbande then shall the cursed and bytter waters go into her her bely shal swell and her thygh shall rot that woman shal be a curse amonge her people And yf the woman be not defyled but is cleane she shall haue no harme but shal conceyue and beare This is the law of ielousye wheÌ„ a wyfe goth a syde behynde her husband is defyled or when the spiryte of Ielousye coÌ„meth vpon a man he beynge ielouse ouer his wyfe doth bryng her before the lorde the preest shal do accordyng vnto all this lawe the man shal be gyltlesse the woman shall beare her syn ¶ The lawe of abstinence The blessynge of the people CAPI VI. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and saye vnto them when eyther man or woman doth seperate them selues to vowe a vowe of ☞ an absteyner appoynte them selues vnto the Lorde he shal seperate hym selfe from wyne and stronge drynke and shall drynke no vynegre of wyne nor of strong drynke nor shall drynke what soeuer is pressed out of grapes shall eate no freshe grapes neyther yet dryed As long as his abstynence endureth shall be eate nothyng that is made of the vyne tree or of the kyrnels or of the huske of the grape As longe as he voweth is seperated there shall no rasure come vpon his heade But vntyll his dayes be out in the whiche he seperateth hym selfe vnto the Lorde he shall be holy and shall let the lockes of his heere growe As long as he consecrateth hym selfe vnto the lorde he shal come at no deade body he shal not make him selfe vncleane at the death of his father mother brother or syster bycause that the vowe of the abstynence of his god is vpoÌ„ his head All the dayes of his abstynence he is hooly vnto the Lorde And yf it fortune that any man by chaunce dye sodeynly before hym the heade of his abstynence shall be defyled and he shal shaue his heade the day of his clensynge euen the seuenth day he shall shaue it And the eyght day he shal brynge two Turtles or two yong pygeons to the Preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shall offre the one for synne and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for hym as concernyng that he synned vpon a soule and shall halowe his heade the same daye and he shall consecrate hym selfe vnto the Lorde the tyme of his abstynencye and shal brynge a lambe of a yere olde ☞ for trespace but the dayes that were before are lost bycause his abstynencye was defyled This is the lawe of the absteyner when the tyme of his abstynence is out he shall be brought vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and he shall brynge his offerynge vnto the Lorde an he lambe of a yere olde without blemysshe for a burntoffrynge a she lambe of a yere olde without blemysh for synne a ram without blemysshe also for a peaceofferynge and a basket of swete breade euen cakes of fyne floure myngled with oyle and wafers of swete breade anoynted with oyle with theyr meate offerynges and drynke offerynges And the preest shall brynge hym before the Lorde and offre his synofferynge and burnt offerynge and shall offre the ram for a peace offerynge vnto the Lorde with the basket of swete breade the preeste shall offre also his meatofferynge his drynkeofferyng And he shall shaue the heade of the absteyner in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse euen the heade of his abstynence shal take the heere of his sober heade put it in the fyre whiche is vnder the peaceofferynge And the preest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme and one swete cake out of the basket and one swete wafer also and put them vpon the handes of the absteyner after he hath shauen his abstynence of the preest shall †take them of hym and waue them before the Lorde And these holy thynges shal be the preestê with the waue brest and heuesholder then the absteyner may drynke wyne This is the law of the absteyner whiche hath vowed his offerynge vnto the lorde for his consecracyoÌ„ Besydes ☞ those thynges that his hand can get accordynge to the vow which he vowed euen so he muste do after the lawe of his abstynence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes sayenge of this wyse ye shall blesse the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them The Lorde blesse the and kepe the. The Lorde ☞ make his face shyne vpon the and be mercyfull vnto the. The Lorde †lyfte vp his couÌ„tenaunce vpon the gyue the peace And they shall put my name vpon the chyldren of Israel I wyll blesse them ¶ The offerynge of the Lordes and heades of Israell CAPI VII ANd it fortuned in the daye when Moses had full set vp the habitacyon and anoynted it and sanctified it and al the apparel therof the aulter also al the vessels therof and had anoynted them sanctified them then the princes of Israel heades ouer the houses of theyr fathers whiche were the lordes of the tribes standyng in theyr offices offered and brought theyr sacrifyces before the lorde vi couered charettes and. xii oxen one charet for two lordes and for one an oxe they brought them before the habitacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take it of them that they may be to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse and thou shalte gyue them vnto the Leuites to euery man accordyng to his offyce And Moses toke the charettes and the oxen and gaue them vnto the Leuites two charettes foure oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson accordyng vnto theyr offyce And foure charettes and eyght oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Merari accordyng vnto theyr offyces vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of AaroÌ„ the preest But vnto the sonnes of Cahath he gaue none bycause they had vpon them the offyce of holy thynges whiche they dyd beare vpon shoulders And the prynces offered for the dedicatynge of the aulter in the daye that it was anoynted brought theyr sacrifices before the aulter And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses The prynces shall brynge theyr offerynges euery day one prynce for the dedicatynge of the aulter And so on the fyrst daye dyd Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda offre his sacrifice and his offryng was a syluer charger of an hundred xxx sycles a syluer boule of lxx sycles after the weyght of the sanctuary and they were bothe full of fyne wheaten flour myngled with oyle for a meatofferyng a spone of ten sycles of golde full of sence a bullocke a ram a lambe of a yere olde for a burntofferyng an he goote for a synofferyng and for a peaceofferyng two oxen fyue rammes fyue he gootes and fyue lambes of a yere olde This was
sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary And the golden spones were twelue full of sence conteynynge ten sycles a peace after the sycle of the sanctuary so that all the golde of the spones was an hundred and. xx sycles All the bullockes for the burntofferynge were twelue the rammes twelue the lambes of a yere olde twelue with the meatofferyng and the he gootes for synne twelue And all the oxen for the peaceofferynge were xxiiii the rammes sixtye the he gootes lx the lambes of a yere olde sixtye This was the Dedicacyō of the aulter after that it was anoynted And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of wytnesse to speake with hym he herde the voyce of one speakynge vnto hym from the merciseate that was vpon the arke of wytnes bytwene the two Cherubyns and he talked with hym ¶ The ordre of the lampes The forme of the candelstycke The clensynge and offerynge of the Leuites CAPI VIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and saye vnto hym when thou puttest on the lampes the same seuen Lampes shall gyue lyght towarde the forefront of the Candelstycke And Aaron dyd euen so and lyghted the lampes toward the forefront of the Candelstycke as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the worke of the Candelstycke ☞ was of styffe golde bothe the shafte and the floures therof accordyng vnto the vision which the Lorde had shewed Moses euen so he made the Candelstycke And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge take the Leuites from amonge the Chyldren of Israell and clense them But thus shalte thou do vnto them when thou clensest them sprynkle water of purifyenge vpon them and let them make a rasure to runne alonge vpon all the flesshe of them and let them wasshe theyr clothes and so make them selues cleane Then let them take a bullocke with his meatofferynge euen fyne floure myngled with oyle and another bullocke shalte thou take for synne And when thou doest brynge the Leuites before the tabernacle of wytnes thou shalt gather the hoole multytude of the Chyldren of Israell togyther and bryng the Leuites before the lorde and the chyldren of Israell shall put theyr handes vpon the Leuites And Aaron ☞ shall waue the Leuites before the Lorde for a waueofferynge of the Chyldren of Israell that they maye execute the minystracion of the seruyce of the Lorde And the Liuytes shall put theyr handes vpon the heades of the bullockes and thou shalte offre the one for synne and the other for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde that thou mayst make an attonement for the Leuites And thou shalte set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes and waue them for a waueofferynge before the Lorde And thus thou shalt seperate the Leuites from among the Chyldren of Israel and the Leuites shal be myn after that shall the Leuites go in to do the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse And thou shalt clense them and waue them for they are gyuen and delyuered vnto me from amonge the Chyldren of Israell for such as open euery wombe euen for the fyrst borne of all the Chyldren of Israell haue I taken them vnto me For all the fyrste borne of the Chyldren of Israell are myne bothe man and beast synce the daye that I smote euery fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt I sanctifyed them for my selfe and I haue taken the Leuytes for all the fyrst borne of the Chyldren of Israell and haue gyuen the Leuytes as a gyfte vnto Aaron and his sonnes from amonge the Chyldren of Israell to do the seruyce of the chyldren of Israell in the Tabernacle of wytnes to make an attonement for the chyldren of Israell that there be no plage among the chyldren of Israell yf the chyldren of Israel come nye vnto the holy thynges And Moses and Aaron and all the congregacyon of the chyldren of Israel dyd with the Leuites accordynge vnto all that the Lorde cōmaunded Moses concernynge the Leuytes euen so dyd the chyldren of Israel vnto them And the Leuites were purifyed and washed theyr clothes And Aaron waued them before the lorde and made an attonement for them and clen sed them After that went the Leuytes in to do theyr seruice in the Tabernacle of wytnesse before Aaron and his Sonnes as the lorde had commaunded Moses concernyng the Leuites euen so they dyd vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this is it that belongeth vnto the Leuytes from xxv yere vpwarde they shall go in to wayte vpon the seruyce of the tabernacle of wytnesse and from the age of l. yeare they shall cease waytynge vpon the seruyce therof and shall serue no more ☞ but shall minystre vnto theyr brethren in the Tabernanacle of wytnesse to wayte but shall do no more seruyce Thus therfore shalte thou do vnto the Leuytes in theyr watche ¶ The Passeouer Of the Cloude CAPI IX AND the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinay in the fyrste moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the lande of Egypt sayenge let the chyldren of Israell offce Passeouer in his ceason euen the. xiiii daye of this moneth at euen let them kepe it in his ceasō accordynge to all the ceremonyes of it and accordyng to al the maners therof And Moses spake vnto the Chyldren of Israell that they shulde offre Passeouer and they offered Passeouer the. xiiii daye of the fyrste moneth at euen in the wyldernesse of Sinay accordynge to all that the Lorde cōmaunded Moses euen so dyd the chyldren of Israell And certayne men were defyled ☞ vpon the soule of a man that they myght not offre Passeouer the same daye And they came before Moses and Aaron the same daye And the men sayd vnto hym We are defyled vpō the soule of a mā wherfore are we kept backe that we maye not offre an offeryng vnto the Lorde in the due ceason amonge the Chyldren of Israell And Moses sayd vnto them Stande styl and I wyl heare what the lorde wyll cōmaunde concernynge you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vn to the Chyldren of Israell and saye Yf any man amonge you or your chyldren after you be vncleane by the reason of a coorse or is in the waye far from you and wyll offre Passeouer vnto the Lorde the. xiiii daye of the seconde moneth at euen let them offre it and eate it with swete breade and sowre herbes let them leaue none of it vnto the mornynge nor breake any bone of it But accordynge to al the ordinaūce of the Passeouer let them offre it But the man that is cleane and is not in a iourney yet was neglygent to offre Passeouer the same soule shall peryshe from his people bycause he brought not the offerynge of the lorde in his due ceason that man shall beare his synne And yf a straunger dwell amonge you and wyll offre Passeouer vnto the Lorde accordynge to the ordynaunce of Passeouer and maner therof he shall offre it thus Ye shall
thou thy sonnes with the shall beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in your Preesthode And thy brethren of the tribe of Leui and of thy fathers housholde shalte thou take vnto the that they maye be ioyned vnto the and ministre vnto the euen vnto the and thy sonnes with the before the tabernacle of wytnesse They shal wayte vpon the and vpon al the Tabernacle only let them not come nygh the vessels of the sanctuary and the aulter that they and ye also dye not And they shal be by the wayte vpon the tabernacle of wytnesse for al the seruyce of the tabernacle and let no straunger come nygh vnto you Therfore shall ye kepe the holy place and the aulter that there fal no more wrath vpon the chyldren of Israel beholde I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from amonge the chyldren of Israel which as a gyft of yours are gyuen vnto the lorde to do the seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Therfore shalte thou and thy Sonnes with the take hede vnto your preestes offyce for all thyngê that perteyne vnto the aulter and for all that are within the vayle And se that ye serue for I haue gyuen your preestes offyce vnto you as a gyfte therfore the straunger that cometh nye must be flayne And the lorde spake vnto Aaron beholde I haue gyuen the the kepyng ☞ of my heue offerynges of all the halowed thynges of the chyldren of Israel Euen vnto the I haue gyuen them for anoyntyng to thy sonnes for a dutye for euer This shall be thyne of most holy from the fyre of the aulter All theyr sacrifices for all theyr meatofferynges synofferynges or trespaceofferynges whiche they bryng vnto me are moost holy It is thyne thy sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it and all that are males shall eate of it let it be holy vnto the. And this also is thyne the heueofferynges of theyr gyftes thorowout all the waueofferynges of the chyldren of Israel I haue gyuen them vnto the and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer al that are cleane in thy house shal eate of it all the fat of the oyle all the fat of the wyne and of the corne whiche they shall offre vnto the Lorde for fyrst fruytes the same haue I gyuen vnto the. And what soeuer is fyrste rype in theyr lande whiche they brynge vnto the Lorde shall be thyne all that are cleane in thyne house shall eate of it All dedicate thyngê in Israel shal be thyn All that openeth the matrice in al flesshe that men brynge vnto the Lorde whyther it be of men or beastes shal be thyne Neuerthelatter the fyrst borne of man shalt thou redeme and the fyrst borne of vncleane beastes shalt thou redeme lykewyse Those that are to be redemed shalt thou redeme from the age of a moneth for the value of the money namelye for fyue sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary A sycle maketh twentye halfepence But the fyrst borne of oxen shepe and gootes shalte thou not redeme For they are holy therfore thou shalt sprynkle theyr blood vpon the aulter and shalt burne theyr fat vpon the sacrifice for a swete sauoure vnto the lorde And the flesshe of them is thyn as the waue brest and the ryght shoulder these are thyn All the holy heueofferynges whiche the chyldren of Israel offre vnto the Lorde haue I gyuen the and thy sonnes thy doughters with the to be a dutye for euer let it be ☞ a salted couenaunt for euer before the Lorde bothe vnto the and to thy seede with the. And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron thou shalt haue none enheritaunce in theyr lande neyther shalte thou haue any parte amonge them I am thy parte thyne enherytaunce amonge the chyldren of Israel Beholde I haue gyuen the chyldren of Leui al the tenth in Israel to enheryte for the seruyce whiche they serue in the tabernacle of wytnesse Neyther must the chyldren of Israel hence forthecome nygh the Tabernacle of wytnesse leest they beare synne dye But the Leuites shal do the seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse ☞ beare theyr synne It shal be a law for euer in your generacions that among the chyldreÌ„ of Israel they possesse none enheritaunce But the tythes of the chyldren of Israell whiche they pay at an heueofferyng vnto the Lorde I haue gyuen the Leuites to enherite And therfore I haue sayd vnto them among the chyldren of Israel ye shall possesse none enheritaunce And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the Leuites and say vnto them when ye take of the chyldren of Israel the tithes whiche I haue gyuen you of them for your enheritaunce ye shall take an heueofferyng of the same for the lorde euen the tenth parte of that tithe And this your heueoffering shal be rekened vnto you eueÌ„ as though it were of the corne of the barne or out of the fulnesse of the wyne presse Of this maner ye shall therfore seperate an heueoffryng vnto the lorde of all your tythes whiche ye receyue of the chyldren of Israel ye shall gyue therof vnto the lorde an heueofferyng which shall belonge to Aaron the preest Of al your gyftes ye shal take out all the lordes heueoffrynges ☞ euen the fat of theyr halowed thynges Therfore y u shalte say vnto them When ye haue taken awaye the fat of it from it it shall be counted vnto the Leuites as yf it were the encrease of the corne floore or the encrease of the wyne presse And ye shall eate it in all places both ye and your housholdes for it is youre rewarde for your seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse And ye shall beare no synne by the reason of it when ye haue taken from it the fat of it neyther shall ye vnhalowe the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel lest ye dye ¶ Of the red howe The lawe of hym that dyeth in the Tabernacle and of hym that toucheth any vncleane thynge CAPI XIX ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge this is the ordynaunce of the lawe which the Lorde hath commaunded saynge Speake vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel that they bryng the a red kowe wtout spot and wherin is no blemysshe vpon which neuer came yoke And ye shal gyue her vnto Eleazar the preest that he maye brynge her without the hoost and cause her to be slayne before his face And let Eleazar the preest take of her blood with his fynger and sprynkle it before the tabernacle of wytnesse seuen tymes And cause the kowe to be burnt in his syght with her skyn flesshe and blood And the dunge of her shal be burnt also And let the preest take Cedar wood Isope and purple cloth and cast it vpon the kowe as she burneth TheÌ„ let the preest wasshe his clothes and he shall bathe his flesh in water then come into the
Lorde sayde vnto me hewe the two tables of stoone lyke vnto the fyrste and come vp vnto me in to the mounte and make the an Arke of wood and I wyll wryte in the Cables the wordes that were in the fyrst tables which y u brakest and thou shalte put them in the Arke And I made an Arke of Sethym wood and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the fyrst and went vp into the mouÌ„tayne hauyng the two tables in myne hande And he wrote in the tables accordynge to the fyrst wrytyng the ten verses whiche the Lorde spake vnto you in the mounte out of the myddes of the fyre in the daye of the gatherynge togyther and the lorde gaue them vnto me And I departed and came downe from the hyll and put the tables in the Arke whiche I had made and there they be as the lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded me And the Chyldren of Israell toke theyr iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera where Aaron dyed was buryed and Eleazer his son became preest in his steade From thence they departed vnto Gadgad and from Gadgad to Iath bath a lande which hath ryuers of waters ☞ The same ceason the lorde seperated the trybe of Leui to beare the Arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde and to stande before the Lorde and to minystre vnto hym to blesse in his name vnto this daye Wherfore the Leuites haue no parte nor enherytaunce w t theyr brethren But the lorde is theyr enheritauÌ„ce as the lorde thy god hath promysed them And I taryed in the mount euen as at the fyrst tyme. xl dayes xl nyghtes and the lord herkened vnto me at that tyme also and the lorde wolde not destroy the. And the lorde sayde vnto me vp go forth in the iourneys before the people that they may go in conquere the lande which I sware vnto theyr fathers to gyue vnto them And nowe Israell what doth the Lorde thy God require of the but to feare the Lorde thy God to walke in all his wayes to loue hym to serue the lorde thy god w t all thyne herte and with all thy soule Namely that y u kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of the lorde his ordinaunces which I coÌ„maunde the this day for thy welth Beholde heueÌ„ the heuen of heuens is the lordê thy god and the earth with all that therin is Notwithstandyng the lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them and chose theyr seed after them euen you aboue all nacyons as thou seest this day Circumcise therfore the foreskyn of your herte be no more styfnecked For the lorde your god is god of goddê and lorde of lordes a great God a myghtye and a terrible whiche regardeth no mans person nor taketh gyfte He doeth ryght vnto the fatherlesse wydowe and loueth the straunger to gyue hym fode and rayment Loue ye therfore the straunger also for ye were straungers youre selues in the lande of Egypte Thou shalte feare the Lorde thy god hym onely shalte thou serue to hym shalt thou cleue and ☞ sweare by his name he is thy prayse and thy god that hath doone for the these great terrible thynges whiche thyne eyes haue sene Thy Fathers wente downe in to Egypte with lxx soules and nowe the Lorde thy god hath made the and multiplyed the as the sterres of heuen ¶ An exhortacyon to regarde the Lawe CAPI XI THerfore thou shalte loue the Lorde thy god kepe his obseruauÌ„ces is ordinauÌ„ces his lawes his coÌ„maundementes alwaye Call to youre mynde this daye that which youre chyldren haue neyther knowen nor sene euen the nurtour of the Lorde your god his greatnesse his myghtye hande and his stretched out arme his miracles and his actes which he dyd in the myddes of Egypt euen vnto Pharao the kyng of Egypte and vnto all his lande and what he dyd vnto the hoost of Egypt vnto theyr horses and charettes how he brought the water of the red see vpon them as they chased you behynde and howe the Lorde hathe brought them to nought vnto this daye what he dyd vnto you in the wyldernesse vntyll ye came vnto this place what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnê of Eliab the son of Ruben howe the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them with theyr housholdes theyr tentes and all theyr substaunce that was in theyr possessyon in the myddes of Israell Doutles your eyes haue sene al the great actes of the lord which he dyd Therfore shal ye kepe all the coÌ„maundementes whiche I coÌ„mauÌ„de you this day that ye may be strong and go in conquere the lande whyther ye go to possesse it that ye may prolonge your dayes in the lande which the lorde sware vn to your fathers to gyue vnto them to theyr seed a lande that floweth w t mylke honye For the lande whyther y u goest to possesse it is not as the land of Egypt that ye came out of where thou sowedst thy seede ☞ and wateredst it w t thy feete as a garden of herbes but the lande whyther ye go ouer to possesse it is a lande that hath hylles valeyes and drynketh water of the rayne of heuen This lande doth the lorde thy god care for and the eyes of the lorde thy God are alwayes vpon it from the begynnyng of the yeare vnto the ende of the yeare Yf ye shall herken therfore vnto my coÌ„maundementes whiche I commaunde you this daye that ye loue the lorde your God serue hym with all your herte with all your soule I also wyll gyue rayne vnto your land in due ceason the fyrst rayne and the latter that thou mayst gather in thy corne thy wine thyne oyle And I wyl send grasse in thy feldes for thy cattell that thou mayest eate and fyll thy selfe But beware that youre herte deceyue you not ye turne asyde and serue straunge Goddes and worshyp them and then the lorde beynge wrothe agaynst you shut vp the heuen that there be no rayne and that youre lande yelde not her fruyte and leest ye peryshe quyckly from of the good land which the lorde gyueth you Therfore shal ye put vp these my wordes in your herte and in your soule and bynde them for a sygne vpon your hande that they maye be as a warnynge bytwene your eyes and ye shall teache them your chyldren that they maye talke of them when thou syttest in thyne house and when thou walkest by the waye when thou lyest downe and when thou rysest vp yea and thou shalt wryte them vpoÌ„ the dore postes of thyne house and vpon thy gates that your dayes may be multiplyed the dayes of your chyldren in the land which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to gyue them as longe as the dayes of heuen last vpon the earth For ✚ yf ye kepe all
the thresshynge floure and bowed hym selfe to Dauid with his face to the grounde And Dauid sayde to Ornan gyue me the place of the thresshynge floure that I may buylde an aulter therin vnto 〈◊〉 Lorde Thou shalte gyue it me for as moche money as it is worthe that the plage maye cease from the people And Ornan sayde vnto Dauid take it to the and let my lorde the kynge do that which semeth good in his eyes loo I gyue the oxen also for burntsacrifyces the thresshynge sleddes for wood and wheate for meatofferynge I gyue it all And kynge Dauid sayd to OrnaÌ„ not so but I wyll bye it for asmoch money as it is worth For I wyll not take that whiche is thyne for the Lorde nor offer burntofferynges without cost And so Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sycles of golde vt hundred by weyght And Dauid buylte there an aulter vnto the Lorde and offered burntofferynges and peaceofferyngê and called vpon the lorde and he herde hym from heuen in fyre vpon the aulter of burntofferynge And when the lorde had spoken to the angell he put his swerde agayne into the shethe of it At that tyme when Dauid sawe that the Lorde had herde hym in the thresshyng floure of Ornan the Iebusite he vsed to offer there For the tabernacle of the lorde whiche Moses made in the wyldernesse and the aulter of burntofferyng were at that reason in the hyll at Gibeon And Dauid coulde not go before it to aske couÌ„sayle at god for he was aferde of the swerde of the angell of the Lorde ¶ Dauid wylleth his sonne Salomon to buyld the temple of the lorde which thynge he hym selfe was forbyden to do CAPI XXII ANd Dauid sayd this is the house of the lorde god and this is the aulter for the burntofferynge of Israell And Dauid coÌ„maunded to gather togyther the straungers that were in the lande of Israell and he set masons to hewe free stoone for the buyldynge of the house of god And Dauid prepared plentye of yron for nayles and dores of the gates and to ioyne with all and aboundance of brasse without weyght and Cedar trees without nombre For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought moche Cedar wood to Dauid And Dauid sayd Salomon my son is yonge tender and the house that is to be buylte for the lorde must excede in greatnesse that it may be spoken of praysed in al landê I wyl therfore make ordynauÌ„ce for it And so Dauid prepared many thyngê before his death And he called Salomon his son and charged hym to buylde an house for the lorde god of Israell And Dauid sayde to Salomon My sonne I thought as it was in myne herte to buylde an house vnto the name of the lorde my god But the worde of the lorde came to me sayenge thou hast shed moch blood and hast maâ—â— great battayles Thou shalt therfore not buyld an house vnto my name for thou hast shed moche bloode vpon the earth in my syght Beholde a sonne is borne the and he shall be a man of rest for I wyll gyue hym rest from all his enemyes rounde aboute For his name is ☞ Salomon and I wyll sende rest and peace vpon Israell in his dayes He shall buylde an house for my name he shal be my sonne and I wyl be his father and wyll prepare the seate of his kyngdome vpon Israel for euer Now therfore my son the lorde be with the and prospere thou and buylde the house to the name of the lorde thy God as he hath sayde of the. And the Lorde shall gyue the wysdome and vnderstandyng and shall gyue the coÌ„maundementes for Israel that ye may kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God For then thou shalte prospere euen when thou takest hede and fulfyllest the statutes and lawes whiche the Lorde charged Moses with for Israell Plucke vp thyne herte therfore and be stronge dreade not nor be discouraged Beholde in myne aduersite haue I also prepared for the house of the lord an hundred thousande talentes of golde a thousande thousande talentes of syluer and as for brasse and yron it can not be nombred for it is very moche And I haue prepared tymbre and stone and thou mayste prouyde more therto Moreouer thou hast workemen with the ynowe and masons and carpenters to worke in stone and tymbre and many men that be actiue for euery worke And of golde syluer brasse and yron there is no nombre Up therfore and be doynge and the Lorde shall be with the. And Dauid coÌ„maunded all the lordes of Israell to helpe Salomon his sonne sayenge Is not the Lorde your God with you and hath he not gyuen you rest on euery syde For he hath gyuen the enheritoures of the lande in to myne hande the lande is subdued before the Lorde and before his people Nowe therfore set your hertes and your soules to seke the lorde your God Up and buylde ye the temple of the Lorde god to brynge the arke of the couenaunt of the lorde and the holy vessels of god in to the house so buylte for the name of the Lorde ¶ Dauid beynge olde ordeneth Salomon kynge He causeth the Leuyitâ— to be nombred assygneth them to theyr offices CAPI XXIII SO when Dauid was olde full of dayes he made Salomon his son kynge ouer Israell And then he gathered togyther all the lordes of Israel with the preestes and the Leuites And the Leuites were nombred froÌ„ the age of xxx yere and aboue and the nombre summe of them was xxxviii thousande men Of whiche xxiiit thousande were set to forther the worke of the house of the Lorde And syxe thousande were offycers and Iudges Foure thousande were porters foure thousand praysed the lorde with suche instrumentes as was ☞ made to prayse withall And so Dauid put an ordre among the chyldren of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari Of the Gersonites was Laadan Semei The sonnes of Laadan the cheyfe was Iehiel Zethan and Ioel thre The sonnes of Semei Selomith Haziel Haran thre These were the auncient fathers of Laadan And the sonnes of Semei were Iahath Zina Ieus and Beria These foure were the sonnes of Semei And Iahath was the cheyfe Zina he seconde But Ieus and Beria had not many sonnes therfore they were in one rekenynge accordyng to theyr fathers householde rekened for one auncient housholde The sonnes of Cahath Amram Izahar Hebron and Uziel foure The sonnes of Amram Aaron and Moses And Aaron was separated to haue the rule of the holy thynges in the place most holy he and his sonnes for euer and to burne insence before the Lorde and to ministre vnto him and to blesse in his name for euer Moses also the man of God and his chyldren were named with the tribe of Leui. The sonnes of Moses Gerson and Eliezer Of the sonnes of Gerson Sâ—buell was the cheyfe The sonnes of Eliezer Rehabia the cheyfe And Eliezer had none
other sonnes But the soÌ„nes of Rehabia were very many The sonnes of Izahar Salomith the theyfe The sonnes of Hebron Ieriahu the fyrst Amaria the seconde Iahaziel the thyrd and Iecameam the fourth The sonnê of Uziel Micha the fyrst Iesia the seconde The sonnes of Merari Mahli and Musi. The sonnes of Mahli Eleazar Cis. And Eleazar dyed had no sonnes but doughters and theyr brethren the sonnes of Cis toke them The sonnes of Musi Mahlt Eder Ieremoth iii. These are the chyldren of Leui after the housholde of theyr fathers euen the auncient of the fathers accordynge to theyr offyces after the nombre suÌ„me of the names of them that dyd the worke in the seruice of the house of the lorde froÌ„ the age of xx yeres aboue And Dauid sayd the Lorde god of Israel hath gyuen rest vnto his peple that they may dwell in IerusaleÌ„ for euer that the Leuites also shulde nowe nomore beare the tabernacle all the vessels for the seruyce therof for accordyng to the last wordê of Dauid the Leuites were nombred from twentye yere and aboue and theyr offyce was vnder the hande of the sonnes of Aaron for the seruyce of the house of the Lorde in the courtes and celles and in the purifyenge of all holythyngê and in the worke of the seruyce of the house of God In the shewebread in the fyne floure in the meateofferyng in the wafers of swetebread in the fryeng pan in the gyrdyroÌ„ and in all maner of measures and cyse and to stand euery day in the mornyng to thanke and prayse the lorde and so lykewyse at euen and to offre al burnt sacrifices vnto the lorde in the Sabbothes in the newe moones and on the feastful dayes by nombre and custome continually as they were coÌ„maunded before the Lorde And that they shulde wayte on the tabernacle of wytnesse and on the holy place and on the sonnes of Aaron theyr brethren in the seruyce of the house of the Lorde ¶ Dauid assygneth offyces to the sonnes of Aaron CAPI XXIIII THese are the deuisions of the sonnes of Aaron The sonnes of Aaron Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father and had no Chyldren But Eleazar and Ithamar executed the preestes offyce And Dauid ordred them on this maner Sadocke of the sonnes of Eleazar Ahimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar accordynge to theyr offyces in theyr ministracion And there were mo auncient men found among thosonnes of Eleazar then the sonnes of Ithamar And thus were they ordred togyther Among the sonnes of Eliazar there were syxtene rulers accordyng to the housholde of theyr fathers and ryght among the sonnes of Ithamar accordyng to the houshold of theyr fathers And thus were they put in order by lot the one sorte from the other so were there rulers in the Sanctuary and lordes before God as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar And Semeia the sonne of Nathaneel the scriâ—â—â—â— the kynred of the Leuitê wrote them befâ—â—â— kynge and the Lordes and before Sadok the preest and Ahimelek the sonne of Abiathar and before the auncient fathers before the preestes and the Leuites one principall housholde beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar And the fyrst lot fell to Iehoiarib and the seconde to Iedaia The thyrde to Harim and the fourth to Sehorim The fyfte to Melchia and the syxte to Miamin The seuenth to Hakos and the eyght to Abia. The nynth to Iesua and the tenth to Secanâ—ahu the eleuenth to Eliasib And the twelfth to Iakim The thyrtenth to Hupa The fourtenth to Iesebeab The fyftenth to Bisga and the syxtenth to Immer The seuententh to Hezir and the eyghtenth to Hapzez The nyntenth to Pathahia and the twentieth to Ieheskell The. xxi to Iachim the xxii to Gamul The. xxiii to Delaiahu and the. xxiiii to Maasiahu These are the ordinaunces of them in theyr offyces when they came in to the house of the Lorde accordyng to theyr maner vnder Aaron theyr Father as the lorde God of Israel had coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym The rest of the sonnes of Leui are these of the sonnes of Amram Subael Of the sonnes of Suhael Iehediahu Of the sonnes of Rehabia the fyrst Iesia Of the Iezeharites Selomoth Of the sonnes also of Selomoth Iahath The sonnes of Iariahu Amariahu the seconde Iahaziel the thyrde IekameaÌ„ the fourth Of the sonnes of Usiel Micha Of the sonnes of Micha Samir The brother of Micha was Iisia Of the sonnes also of Iisia Zechariahu The sonnes of Merari were Mahil Musi. The sonnes of Iaaziahu Beno The sonnes of Merati by Iahaziahu Beno Sohem Zacur and Ibri Of Maheli came Eleazar he had no sonnes Of his the sonnes of Kis Iera hemeel The sonnes of Musâ— Mahli Eder and Ierimoth These are the chyldreÌ„ of the Leuites after the housholde of theyr fathers And these cast lottes nexte to theyr brethren the sonnes of Aaron in the presence of Dauid the kyng and Sadok and Ahimelek and the auncient fathers preestes and Leuites euen the principall fathers before theyr yonger brethren †the lot made equall distributyon amonge them all ¶ The syngers are appoynted with theyr placeâ— and loâ—â—â— CAPI XXV ANd so Dauid and the captaynes of the hoost appoynted out to do seruyce the sonnes of Asaph Heman Ieduthun when they dyd prophesie with harpes phaltres and Symballes And there was a multitude of the men that were appoynted to the seruyce and ministracyon Of the sonnes of Asaph Zaccur Ioseph Nathania and Aserela that wayted on Asaph whiche prophesyed by the kyng Of Ieduthun the sonnes of Ieduthun Gedeliahu Zeri Iesaiahu Hasabiahu and Mathithiahu vi vnder the handes of theyr father Ieduthun which prophesyed with an harpe for to gyue thankê prayses vnto the lorde Of HemaÌ„ the sonnes of HemaÌ„ Bukia hu Mathaniahu Uziel Zebuel Ierimoth Hanania Hanani Eliatha Gedalthi Romanthi Ezer Iosbekasa Malothy Hothir and Mahazioth All these were the sonnes of Heman whiche was the kynges Sear in the wordes of god ☞ to lyfte vp the horne And god gaue to Heman xliii sonnes iii. doughters All these also were at the hande of theyr father syngyng in the house of the lorde with symbals Psaltres harpes when Asaph Ieduthum and Heman executed the seruyce in the house of God at the kynges hande And the multitude of them with theyr brethreÌ„ that were instructe in the songes of the lorde euen al that were connyng were two hundred â—â—ii score eyght And they cast lottes amonge them selues howe they shulde wayte as wel for the small as for the great for the scoler as well as for the scole mayster And the fyrst lot in ☞ Asaph fel to Ioseph The seconde to Gedeliahu with his brethreÌ„ sonnes which men were twelue The thyrd fel to Zaccur with his sonnes brethren beynge twelue persones The fourth to Izri w t his sonnes and brethren twelue persones The fyfte to
theyr possessyon and came to Iuda and Ierusalem For Ierobdam and his Sonnes had â—ast them out from ministryng vnto the Lorde And he ordeyned hym Preestes for the byll austers for the deuyls and for the calues whiche he had made And after the Leuites there went of all the trybes of Israell suche as submytted theyr hertes to seke the Lorde God of Israell and came to Ierusalem to offer vnto the Lorde god of theyr fathers And so they strengthed the kyngdome of Iuda and made Rehoboam the Sonne of Salomon myghtye thre yeare longe for thre yeare they walked in the waye of Dauid and Salomon And Rehoboam toke hym Mahalath the doughter of Ierimoth the Sonne of Dauid to wyfe and Abihaill the doughter of Eliab the sonne of Isai whiche bare hym chyldreÌ„ Ieus Samaria and Zaha And after her he toke Maaca the doughter of Absalom whiche bare hym Abia Atthai Ziza Selomith And Rehoboam loued Maaca the doughter of AbsaloÌ„ aboue all his wyues and concubynê for he toke xviii wyues and thre score concubynes and begat xviii sonnê and thre score doughters And Rehoboam made Abia the sonne of Maacha the cheyfe ruler amonge his brethren and to haue the ouer syght of the kyngdome And he played wysely and scattered all his chyldren thorow out all the countreyes of Iuda and Ben Iamin vnto euery stronge citye And he gaue them abouÌ„daunce of vyttayle and obteyned many wyues ¶ Seba kynge of Egypte robbeth the temple of the Lorde Rehoboam dyeth and Ahia his sonne succedeth hym CAPI XII ANd it came to passe that when Rehoboam had stablyshed the kyngdome and became myghtye he forsoke the lawe of the Lorde and all Israell with hym And it fortuned that in the fyfth yere of kynge Rehoboam Sesac the kynge of Egypte came vp agaynst Ierusalem bycause they had transgressed agaynst the Lorde with twelue hundred charettes and. lx thousande horsemen And the people were without nombre that came with hym out of Egypte Lubim Suckim the blackmores And they toke the stronge cityes in Iuda came to Ierusalem Then came Semeia the Prophet to Rehoboam and to the lordes of Iuda that were gathered togyther within Ierusalem for Sesac and sayde vnto them thus sayeth the lorde ye haue lefte me and therfore haue I also lefte you in the handes of Sesac Where vpon the lordes of Israell the kynge humbled them selues and sayd the lorde is ryghteous And when the Lorde sawe that they submytted them selues the word of the lorde came to Semeia saynge They submyt them selues therfore I wyll not destroye them But I wyll delyuer them somwhat and my wrath shall not burne vpon Ierusalem by the hande of Sesac Neuerthesse they shal be his seruauntes to knowe what dyfference is bytwene my seruyce and the seruice of the kyngdomes of the worlde And so Sesac kynge of Egypt came to Ierusalem and toke awaye the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the kynges house he toke euen al. And he caryed away the scheldes of golde whiche Salomon made In steade of which kynge Rehoboam made scheldes of brasse and coÌ„mytted them to the handes of the captaynes whiche had the ouersyght of the fote men and that kepte the entraunce of the kyngê house And it came to passe that when the kynge entred into the house of the lorde the garde came fet them and brought them agayne vnto the garde chambre And when he humbled hym selfe the wrath of the lorde turned from hym that he wolde not destroye all togyther And in Iuda all was well And so kynge Rehoboam waxed myghty and reygned in Ierusalem And Rehoboam was xli yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned xvii yeres in Ierusalem the citye whiche the Lorde had chosen out of all the trybes of Israell to put his name there And his mothers name was Naama an Ammonitesse And he dyd euyll bycause he prepared not his herte to seke the Lorde The actes also of Rehoboam fyrst and last are they not wrytten in the sayenges of Semeia the prophet and of Iddo the sear which noted the genealogye and there was warrâ— alway bytwene Rehoboam and Ieroboam And Rehoboam slepte with his fathers and was buryed in the citye of Dauid and Abia his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ The victory of Abia agaynst Ieroboam CAPI XIII THe eyghtene yeare of kynge Ieroboam began Abia to reygne ouer Iuda and he reygned thre yere in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Michaiahu the doughter of Uriell of Gibea And there was war bytwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia made prouisyon for the war hauynge valyaunt and experte men of war euen foure huÌ„dred thousande chosen men And Ieroboam set hym selfe in araye to fyght agaynst hym with eyght hundred thousande pycte men whiche were stronge and men of armes And Abia stode by vpon Zemaraim an hill whiche is in mounte Ephraim sayde heare me thou Ieroboam and al Israel Do not ye knowe howe that the Lorde God of Israell gaue the kyngdome ouer them of Israel to Dauid for euer euen to hym to his sonnes ☞ with a salted couenaunt And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruaunt of SalomoÌ„ the sonne of Dauid is rysen vp hath rebel led agaynst his lorde And there gathered to hym lewde men the chyldren of Belial preuayled agaynst Rehoboam the son of Salomon when Rehoboam was yong and tender herted and coulde not stande before them And nowe ye saye that ye be able to preuayle agaynst the kyngdome of the Lorde which is in the hande of the sonnê of Dauid and ye be a greate multitude haue the golden calues whiche Ieroboam made you for Gods And haue ye not cast out the preestes of the lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites haue made you preestes after the maner of the nacyons of other landê so that who soeuer cometh consecrateth his hande with a yonge oxe seuen rammes the same may be a preest of them that are no Gods But we belonge vnto the Lorde our God whom we haue not forsaken the preestes are the sonnes of Aaron whiche ministre vnto the Lorde the Leuites wayte vpon theyr office They burne vnto the lorde euery mornyng and euenyng burnt sacrifices swete sence the shew breade set they in ordre vpon a pure table and prepare the candelsticke of golde with the lampes of the same to burne euer at euen And truely we kepe the watche of the Lorde our God but ye haue forsaken hym And beholde God hym selfe is our captayne and his preestê blowe with the trompettes and crye alarum agaynst you O ye chyldreÌ„ of Israel fyght not agaynst the lorde God of your fathers for it wyl not prospete with you But for all that Ieroboam conuayed men priuely aboute to come behynde them and so they were before Iuda and the layers in wayte were behynde them And when they of
out in to the broke Cedron They began the fyrst day of the fyrst moneth to purifye and the eyght daye of the moneth came they to the porch of the lorde and purged the house of the lorde in eyght dayes and in the syxtene daye of the fyruÌ„e moneth they made an ende And they went into Herekia the kynge and sayde we haue clensed all the house of the Lorde the aulter of burnts offerynge with all his vessels and the shew-bread table with all his apparell and all the vessels whiche Kynge Ahaz dyd caste a syde when he reygned and transgressed them we haue prepared and sanctifyed and beholde they are before the aulter of the Lorde And Hezekia the kynge rose early and gathered the lordes of the citye went vp to the house of the Lorde And they brought seuen oxen seuen â—ammes seuen shepe and seuen he gootes to be â— synne offerynge for the kyngdome for the sancturye and for Iuda And he coÌ„maunded the preestes the sonnê of Aaron to offer them on the aulter of the Lorde And they slue the oxen and the Preestes receyued the bloode sprynkled it on the aulter Lykewyse when they had sleyne the rammes they sprynkled the bloode vpon the aulter they slue also the shepe and they sprynkled the bloode vpoÌ„ the aulter And then they brought forth the he gootes for the synofferynge before the kynge and the congregacion and put theyr handes vpon them And the preestes slue them and with the bloode of them they clensed the aulter to make satasfactyon for all Israell for the kynge commaunded that the burntofferynge and the synofferynge shulde be made for all Israell And set the Leuitê in the house of the lorde with symbals psaltryes and harpes accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of Dauid and of Gad the kyngê sear and Nathan the Prophet For so was the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of the lorde thorow the hande of his prophettes And the Leuites stode hauynge the instrumentes of Dauid and the preestê helde the trompettes And Hezekia coÌ„maunded to offer the burnte offeryng vpoÌ„ the aulter And when the burnt offeryng began the songe of the lorde began also and the trompetê with the instrumentes that were ordeyned by the hande of Dauid kynge of Israell And all the congregacyon worshypped syngynge a songe blowynge with trompettes and all this contynued vntyll the burntofferynge was fynysshed And when they had made an ende of offeryng the kynge and all that were present with hym bowed them selues worshypped And Hezekia the kynge and the lordes spake to the Leuites to prayse the Lorde with the wordes of Dauid and of Asaph the sear And the Leuites sange prayses with gladnesse the other bowed them selues and worshypped And Hezekia answered and sayde nowe ye haue consecrate your handê to the lorde go to therfore and brynge in the sacrifyces and thankofferynges in to the house of the lorde And the congregacyon brought in the sacrifyces and thankofferynges burntofferyngê as many as were of a fre liberal herte And the nombre of the burntoffryngê which the congregacyon brought was lxx oxen an C. rammes and C C. shepe which were all for the burntofferyng of the lorde ☞ And there were dedycated syxe hundred oxen and thre thousand shepe And the preestes were to few to fleye all the burntofferyngê but theyr brethren the Leuites dyd helpe them tyl they had ended the worke and vntyll the preestes were sanctifyed For the Leuites were purer herted to be sanctifyed then the preestes And therto the burntofferynges were many with the fat of the peaceofferyngê and the drynkeofferyngê that be longe to the burntofferyng And so the seruice perteynyng to the house of the lorde was finysshed And Hezekia reiosed and all the the people that god had made the flocke to redye and that the thynge was so soone done ¶ Hezekia renueth the feast of passeouer CAPI XXX ANd Hezekia sent to all Israell and Iuda and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse that they shulde come to the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem and offer Passeouer vnto the Lorde god of Israell And the kynge helde a counsayle with his lordes and all the congregacyon at Ierusalem to kepe the feast of Passeouer in the seconde moneth For they coulde not kepe it at that tyme bycause the preestes were not sanctifyed suffycyentlye neyther was the people gathered togyther to Ierusalem And the thyng pleased the kynge and all the congregacyon And they decreed that it shuld be proclamed thorowout all Israell from Beersabe to Dan that they shulde come and holde the feast of Passeouer vnto the Lorde God of Israell at IerusaleÌ„ for they had not done it of a greate season as they shulde haue done by the lawe So the postes went with letters of the hand of the kynge and of his lordes thorowout all Israel and Iuda and at the coÌ„maundement of the kynge they sayde Ye Chyldren of Israell turne agayne vnto the lorde god of Abraham Isaac and Israell and let euery one returne to the remenauÌ„t that are escaped you out of the hande of the kyngê of Assur And be not ye lyke your fathers your brethren whiche trespassed agaynst the Lorde God of theyr fathers whiche gaue them vp to be destroyed as ye se. And nowe be not ye styffe necked lyke as were your fathers but yeld your selues vnto the lorde and entre into his holy place which he hath sanctifyed for euer serue the Lorde your God and the fearcenesse of his wrathe shall turne awaye from you For yf ye turne agayne vnto the lorde then shal your brethreÌ„ and youre chyldren fynde compassyon in the presence of them that toke them captyue and they shall come agayne vnto this lande for the lorde your God is gracyous and mercyfull wyl not turne away his face from you yf ye conuerte vnto hym And so the postes went from citye to citye in the lande of Ephraim and Manasse euen vnto Zabulon But they laughed them to scorne mocked them Neuerthelesse yet dyuerse of Asser Manasse and of Zabulon submytted them selues and came to Ierusalem And the hande of God was in Iuda so that he gaue them one herte to do the coÌ„maundement of the kynge and of the rulers accordynge to the worde of the lorde And there assembled to IerusaleÌ„ moch people there was present a myghtye great coÌ„gregacion to holde the feast of swete bread in the seconde moneth And they arose and remoued the aulters that were in Ierusalem And all the vessels of incense dyd they away and cast them in to the broke Cedron And they slue Passeouer the. xiiii day of the seconde moneth And the preestes and Leuites ☞ whiche were ashamed sanctifyed them selues and brought in the burntofferyngê into the house of the lorde And they stode in theyr offyce after theyr maner and accordyng to the sawe of Moses the man of god And the Preestes sprynkled the bloode whiche they receyued of the hande of the Leuites For there were many
buylded and they prospered thorowe the prophesyenge of Aggeus the Prophet and Zachary the son of Iddo and they buylded and layde vâ— the foundacyon accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of the god of Israell and after the commaundement of Cyrus and Darius Arthaxerses kynges of Persia. And the house was finysshed the thyrde daye of the moneth Adar euen in the syxte yere of the reygne of kynge Darius And the Chyldren of Israell the Preestes the Leuites the other Chyldren of the captiuyte helde the dedicacyon of this house of God with ioye and offered at the dedicacion of this house of God an hundred Oxen two hundred rammes foure huÌ„dred gootes and for the reconcylynge of all Israell twelue he gootes accordynge to the nombre of the trybes of Israell and set the Preestes in theyr sondrye courses and the Leuites in theyr dyuerse offices to minyster vnto God at Ierusalem as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the Chyldren of the captyuyte helde Passeouer vpon the. xâ—iii day of the fyrst moneth for the preestes and Leuites were puryfied so that they were al cleane togyther and kylled Passeouer for all the Chyldren of the captiuyte and for theyr brethren the preestes and for them selues And the chyldren of Israell which were come agayne out of the captiuyte and all soche as had seperated them selues vnto them from the fylthynesse of the Heathen of the lande to seke the Lorde God of Israell dyd eate and helde the feast of vnleuened breade seuen dayes with ioye for the Lorde had made them glad and turned the herte of the kynge of Assur vnto them to strengthen theyr handes in the worke of the house of God euen the God of Israell ¶ By the coÌ„maundement of Arthaxerses â—â—dras taâ—â—eth hiâ— companyoâ—â— the chyldren of Israel returneth to IerusaleÌ„ CAPI VII AFter these actes ther was in the reygne of Arthaxerses Kynge of Persia one Esdras the son of Saraiah the son of Azaria the son of Helkia the son of Sallum the son of Zadoc the son of Ahitob the son of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Meraâ—oth the sonne of Zeraia the sonne of Uzi the sonne of Bucki the sonne of Abisua â–ª the son of Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the cheyfe preest This Esdras also went vp from Babilon and was a perfyte scrybe in the law of Moses which the lorde god of Israell dyd gyue And the kyng gaue hym all that he requyred bycause the hande of the Lorde his God was vpon hym And there went vp certayne of the chyldren of Israell of the preestes Leuites syngers porters and of the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem in the seuenth yere of kyng Arthaxerses And he came to Ierusalem in the fyfth moneth euen in the seuenth yeare of the kynge For vpon the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth began he to go vp from Babilon and on the fyrst daye of the fyfth moneth came he to Ierusalem bycause the good hand of god was vpon hym For Esdras prepared his herte to seke the lawe of the lorde and to do it and to teache the precepte and iudgement in Israel And this is the copye of the letter that kynge Arthaxerses gaue vnto Esdras the preest and scrybe whiche was a wryter of the wordes and coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israell Arthaxerses a kynge of kynges Unto Esdras the Preest and Scrybe of the lawe of the God of heuen peace salutacyon I haue coÌ„maunded that all they of the people of Israell and of the preestê Leuites in my realme whiche are mynded of theyr owne good wyl to go vp to Ierusalem go with the and therfore arte thou sent of the kynge and of his seuen counsaylers to vyset Iuda and Ierusalem accordynge to the lawe of thy god which is in thy hande And that thou shuldest take with the syluer and golde whiche the kynge and his counsaylers offer of theyr owne good wyl vnto the god of Israell whose habitacyon is at Ierusalem and all the syluer and golde that thou canst fynde in all the countrey of Babilon with it that the peple offer of theyr owne good wyl and the preestes gyue for the house of theyr god whiche is at Ierusalem Take thou the same bye dilygently with the same money oxen rammes and lambes with theyr meate offerynges and drynke offerynges and thou shalte offer them vpon the aulter of the house of your God whiche is at Ierusalem And loke what it lyketh the and thy brethren to do with the remenaunt of the money that do after the wyll of youre God And the vessels that are gyuen the for the minystracyon in the house of thy god those delyuer thou before God at Ierusalem And whatsoeuer thynge more shall be nedeful for the house of thy God whiche is necessary for the to spende thou shalt receyue the charges out of the kynges treasure house I kyng Arthaxerses haue coÌ„maunded all the treasures beyonde the water that loke whatsoeuer Esdras the Preest and scrybe in the lawe of the god of heuen requireth of you that ye fulfyl the same spedyly vntyll an hundred talentes of syluer vntyll an C. quarters of wheate and tyl an hundred Batthes of wyne and tyl an hundred Batthes of oyle and salte without measure Whatsoeuer also belongeth to the law of the God of heuen let the same be done without any delaye for the house of the god of heuen that he be not wroth agaynst the realme and agaynst the kynge and his chyldren And we certifye you that ye haue no auctoryte to requyre taxynge and custome and yearly rentes vpon any of the preestê Leuites syngers porters Nethinims minysters in the house of his god And thou Esdras after the wysdome of thy god that is in thy hande set iudges arbyterers by my auctoryte to iudge all the people that is beyond the water euen all soche as knowe the lawe of thy God and them that know it not those se that ye teach And whosoeuer wyll not fulfyll the lawe of thy god and the kynges lawe let hym haue his iudgement without delaye whyther it be vnto death or to be routed out or to be condempned in goodes or to be put in pryson Blessed be the Lorde god of our fathers whiche so hath inspired the kynges herte to garnysshe the house of the lorde that is at Ierusalem and enclyned his mercy vnto me â—n the presence of the kynge and his counsaylers and before all the kynges hygh estates And I was comforted euen as the hande of the Lorde my god was vpon me and so gathered I the heades of Israell togyther that they myght go vp with me The nombre of them that returne to IerusaleÌ„ with Esdraâ— CAPI VIII THese are the princypal fathers of them and this is theyr regyster that went vp with me from Babilon what tyme as kynge Arthaxerses reygned Of the chyldren of Phinches Gerson of the chyldreÌ„ of Ithamar
be set againe in y e teÌ„ple at Ierusalem where they were afore Sysennes also the vnder shreue i Syria Phenices y e Prynces their coÌ„panions the other y t be head rulers in Syria Phenices shall not medle nor haue any thiÌ„ge to do with y t place I Cyrus haue commaunded also y t they shal builde the house of the Lord whole vp and haue ordeined them to helpe those that become out of captiuyte tyl the house of the Lord be finished and out of the tribute and taxing that is yearly raysed vp in Syria Phenices diligently to gyue the a certayne summe to the offeryng of the Lord and the same to be deliuered vnto Zorobabel the offycer that he ther withal may ordeine oxen rammes lambes and corne salt wyne and oyle and that coÌ„tinually euery yeare after the expences which the Prestes that be at Ierusalem shew to be made dayly this shal be geuen vnto them without delaye y â— they may offer sacrifices dayly to the hyest God for the kynge and for his seruauntes and to praye for theyr lyues Let it be proclamed also on euery syde that whosoeuer breaketh or despyseth this coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of the king shal be hanged vpon a galowes made of hê owne good and all his goodes shal be seasoned vnto y e king The Lord therfore whose name is there called vpon rote out and destroye al the kynges and peple that vndertake by vyolence to hynder the same orto deale vnturteously w t the house of the Lord at Ierusalem I Daryus the Kynge haue ordeyned that these thynges shall be done with all dylygence ¶ The temple is fynyshed and dedicate and the feaste of vnleuened brebde is holden CAPI VII THen Sysennes the vnder shreues in Celosyrya and Phenyces and the other Landelordes with their companyons obeyed the thynges that Kynge Daryus had ordeyned and were dylygent in the holy worckes were felowe helpers with the olde rulers of the Iewes And so the worke of the Sanctuary wente forthe and prospeted when Aggeus and Zachary ê“phecyed And they perfourmed all thynges thorow y â— coÌ„maundement of the Lord God of Israel and after the deuyce of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And thus was oure house finished vnto the. xxiii daye of the moneth Adde ni the. vi yeare of kinge Darius And the chyldren of Israel the prestes and the Leuytes and the other that were come out of captyuyte and such as were ioyned vnto them dyd accordynge as it is written in the boke of Moses And in the dedication of the temple they offred an huÌ„dred oxen two hundred rammes foure hundred lambes and twelue goates for y e synnes of al y e people of Israel after y e nombre of the trybes of Israel The prestes also the Leuites stode arayed in y e prestly garmeÌ„tes after y â— tribes ouer al the workes of the Lorde God of Israell accordynge to the boke of Moses the porters by al dores And the chyldren of Israel with those y e were come out of captyuite helde the passeouer the fouretene day of the fyrst moneth when the prestes and the Leuytes were sanctifyed They y e came out of captiuyte were not all sanctyfyed together but the leuytes were all sanctyfyed together and so al they that came out of captyuite killed the easter lambe for theyr brethreÌ„ for the prestes and for them selues And the chyldren of Israel that came out of captyuyte and escaped froÌ„ all the abhominacyos of y â— Heathen sought y â— Lorde kepte the feast of vnleaued bread seuen dayes longe eatyng and drynckynge and were mery before the Lord that y e Lord had turned the deuyse of the kynge of Assyria and comforted theyr handes to the workes of the Lorde God of Israel ¶ Esdras causeth the people to assemble and come together and then readeth them the law They kepe the feast of Tabernacles CAPI VIII ANo after hym when artaxerses the kynge of the Persyans raygned there wente vnto hym Esdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helchiach the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoch the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abysu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of AaroÌ„ the fyrst preste This Esdras weÌ„te vp from babylon for he had good vnderstandynge in the lawe of Moses that was geueÌ„ of the Lord God of Israel to be taught and done in dede And the kyng fauoured him and dyd hym great worshyppe and honour after al hys desyres There went vp w t him also certayn of the chyldren of Israel of the prestes of the Leuites of the syngers porters mynysters of the teÌ„ple at Ierusalem In the seuenthe yeare of the raygne of kynge Artaxerses in the fyfth moneth that is in the seuenth yeare of y â— raygne they weÌ„t from Babylon in the newe moone of the. v. moneth and came the hye waye to IerusaleÌ„ after his commauÌ„dement lyke as the Lorde had prospered their iourney For i these Esdras gat greate instruccyon that he shulde leaue none of y â— thinges behinde which are in the lawe and commauÌ„dementes of God And he taught whole Israel al ryghtuousnes and iudgment Then came the Secretaries of kyng Artaxerses and delyuered the wrytinges that were come froÌ„ Artaxerses the kynge to Esdras the preste reder of the lawe of y e Lord And thys is the copye of the letter Kynge Artaxerses sendeth hys gretynge vnto Esdras the preste and reder of the lawe of the Lorde Of frendshype good wyll I haue ordeyned and charged yf there be eny of the Iewes of the prestes Leuytes in my realme which desyreth and is coÌ„tent to go with the vnto Ierusalem y t he maye do it Therfore yf any be mided to beare the company let them come together and go with y â— lyke as I am content and my seuen frendes my couÌ„celers to se what they do at Ierusalem in Iewry kepe the thynkes accordynge as thou hast in the lawe of the Lorde and to brynge the gyftes vnto God the Lord of Israel that I and my frendes haue promysed to Ierusalem and al the syluer and gold y â— is in the countre of Babylon vnto the Lorde to Ierusalem with the thyng that is geuen for the people in the Lordes temple at Ierusalem Yee that the same syluer and golde maye be gathered and oxen rammes shepe and goates other y t belonge to these thynges that they may offer sacryfyces vnto y e Lorde vpoÌ„ the aulter of their Lorde which is at Ierusalem And whatsoeuer thou thy brethren wyll do with the syluer gold that do after thy mynde accordyng to y e coÌ„maundement of the Lord thy God lykewyse w t the holy vessels that are geuen the tor y â— seruyce of y â— house of y â— Lord thy God which is in Ierusalem other thiÌ„ges what
captyuyte And Esdras the prest chose vnto hym the pryncypall men from amonge the fathers accordynge to theyr names in the newe mone of the tenth moneth they sat together to examen thys matter And so the matter was a determynynge concernynge the men that had outlandysh wyues vntyl the newe mone of the fyrst moneth And of the prestes that had myxte them selues with outlandysh wyues there were founde Of the sonnes of Iesu the sonne of Iosedec and hys brethren Mazeas Eleazar Ioribus Ioadeus whiche offred them selues to put awaye theyr wyues and to offre a ramme for theyr ignoraunce And of the sonnes of Semmeri Masseas and Esses Iâ—elech Azarias Of the soÌ„nes of Fosera Limosias Hismaen Nathanea Iussio Ieddus and Talsas And of the Leuytes Iosabdus Semeis and Colnis Caletas Faâ—teas Colnas Elionas Of the syngers of the Sanctuary Eliarib Zackarus Of the porters Sallumus and Tolbanes And of Israel of the chyldren of Foro Osi Remias Geddias Melchias Michilus Eleazarus Iemmebias Bannas And the chyldreÌ„ of IolamaÌ„ Chamasâ— Zachari Ieizrelus Ioddius Erimoth and Elias And of y â— sonnes of Iathoim Eliadas Liasamus Zochias Larimoth Sabdis and Tebedias And of the sonnes of Zebes Iohannes Amanias Zabdias Emineus And of y â— sonnes of Bannê° OlaÌ„mus Maluchus Ieddus Iasub Asabus and Ierimoth And of y â— sonnes of Addin Naatus Moosias Caleê° and Raanas Mansuas Mathathias Besel Bannê° Manasses And of the soÌ„nes of Naue Nones Afeas Melchias Sameas Simon Beniamin Malchus and Marras And of the soÌ„nes of Asom Carianeus Mathathias Baâ—nus Eliphalach Manasses Semeâ— Of the sonnes of Bauues Ieremy Moodias Abramas Ioel Baneas Peliaas Iona Marimoth Eliasib Mathaneus Eliasis Ozias Dielus Semediê° Zambris Ioseph Of the sonnes of Nobeus Idelus Matha thias Sabadê° Zecheda Sedmi Iesseus and Baneas All these bad taken outlaÌ„dysh wemen to mariage and they put theÌ„ a waye with theyr chyldren The prestes and Leuites and all they that were of Israel dwelt at Ierusalem and thorowout all the lande in the newe moone of the seuenth moneth the chyldren of Israell were in theyr dwellynges And the whole multitude came together vpon the floore at the East syde of the holy porte of the teÌ„ple And they spake vnto Esdras the hye preste and reader that he wolde brynge the lawe of Moses whiche was geuen of the Lorde God of Israel So Esdras the hye Prest brought y â— lawe vnto the whole multitude of theÌ„ to maÌ„ womaÌ„ to all Prestes y â— they myght heare y â— lawe in the newe mone of y â— vii moneth And he red in the flore y â— is before the holy porte of the temple froÌ„ the mornyng early vnto the euenynge before men and wemen And they applyed theyr mynde all vnto the lawe And Esdras the Prest and reader of the lawe stode vp vpon a pulpyâ— of wodde whiche was made therfore and vpon his ryght hande there stode by hym Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Urias Ozechias and Balsamus Upon his lefte hande stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias and Zachary Then toke Esdras the boke before the whole multytude for he was the pryncypall had in most honoure of them all And when he had red out the lawe they stode al strayght vpoÌ„ theyr fete So Esoras praysed the Lorde the most hye God y â— almyghty God of Hostes. And all the people answered Amen and helde vp theyr handes fell downe flat vpoÌ„ the earth and praysed the Lorde And Iesus Eeneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calâ—â—hes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites lyft their handes vpwarde bowed their faces to the grounde praysed the Lorde Those were they which taught the law of the Lord and red the lawe of the Lord in the congregacion euery man set them before that vnderstode the lawe Then spoke Atharates vnto Esdras the hye Prest reder to the Leuites that taught the multytude saying Thys daye is holy vnto the Lorde and all they that had hearde the lawe wepte So Edsras sayde Departe youre waye then and eate y â— best drynke the swetest sende gyftes vnto them that haue nothynge for this daye is holy vnto the Lorde and be nat ye sory for the Lorde wyll brynge you to honoure And the Leuytes shewed it openly to them all saynge This daye is holy be ye not sory Then wente they theyr waye euery chone and dyd eate and dryncke and were mery and sente rewardes vnto them that had nothynge y â— they also myght eate with gladnesse for they were excedyngly reioysed thorowe the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast accordynge to the couenaunte of the Lorde God of Israel The ende of the thryde boke of Esdras ⧠The. iiij booke of Esdras ¶ The people is reproued for theyr vnthanckfulnes God wyll fynde another people yf these wyll nat be enformed CAPI I. THe seconde booke of the Prophete Esdras the soÌ„ne of Saraias y â— soÌ„ne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia the soÌ„ne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoâ— y â— Sonne of Achitob the sonne of Achia the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Hely the soÌ„ne of Amerias the soÌ„ne of Azarias the soÌ„ne of Maraioth the soÌ„ne of Sarahias the soÌ„ne of Uzi the sonne of Boccus y â— sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phinees the soÌ„ne of Elezar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Liue which was presoner in the lande of Mades in the raygne of Artaxerses Kynge of Persia. And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying go thy waye she we my people theyr synful dedes and theyr chyldren theyr wyckednesses whiche they haue done agaynst me that they may tell theyr chylders chyldren the same for the sinnes of theyr fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me and haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am nat I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egypt froÌ„ the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath and despised my councels Pull thou out then the hearre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue nat bene obediente vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure Howe longe shall I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so muche good Many kynges haue I destroyed for theyr sakes Pharao with his seruauntes all his power haue I smytten downe slayne All the nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before theÌ„ in the East haue I brought two landes people to nought euen Tyre and SydoÌ„ haue slayne all theyr enemyes Speake thou therfore vnto them sayinge Thus sayeth the Lorde I led you thorowe the see and haue geuen you sure stretes seÌ„se the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you lyght in a pyler
in Egypte And I haue sayde I wyll brynge you out of the tribulacyon of Egypte vnto the lande of the Cananytes and Hethyres and Amoryâ—es â–ª and Pherezites Heuytes and Iebusytes euen vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony And when they heare thy voyce then go bothe thou and the elders of Israell shall go vnto the kynge of Egypte and saye vnto hym The Lorde God of the Hebrues hath met with vs now wyll we go therfore thre dayes iourney in to the wyldernes and do sacrifyce vnto the lorde oure god And I am sure that the kynge of Egypte wyll not let you go no not in a myghtye hande and I wyll stretche out myne hande and smyte Egypte with all my wonders whiche I wyll do in the myddes therof And after that he wyll let you go And I wyll get this people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians so that when ye go ye shal not go emptie but a wyfe shall borowe of her neyghboures and of her that soiourneth in her house iewels of syluer and of golde and rayment And ye shall put them on your sonnes and doughters shall â—ob the Egyptians ¶ Moses receyueth sygnes of his callynge He goeth in to Egypte His wyfe zephora circumcised her sonne Aaron meâ—â—â—â— with Moses CAPI IIII. MOses answered and sayd Se they wyl not byleue me nor herkeÌ„ vnto my voyce but wyll say the Lorde hath not appeared vnto the. And the Lorde sayd vnto hym What is that whiche is in thyne hande He answered a rod. And he sayde Cast it on the grounde And he cast it on the grounde and it became a serpente And Moses fled from the syght of it And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Put forth thyne hande and take it by the tayle And therfore he put forth his hand and caught it and it became a rod in his hande For this thynge sayth he shall they byleue the that the Lorde God of theyr fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the Lorde sayd forthermore vnto hym Thrust thyne hande into thy bosome and he thrust his hande in to his bosome And when he toke it out agayne beholde his hand was leperous euen as snowe And he sayde Put thyne hande in thy bosome agayne And he put his hande in to his bosome agayne and plucked it out of his bosome and beholde it was turned agayne as his other flesshe Therfore yf they wyll not byleue the neyther heare the voyce of the fyrst token yet wyl they byleue for the voyce of the seconde tokeÌ„ But and yf they wyll not byleue the two sygnes neyther herken vnto thy voyce Thou shalte take the water of the ryuer and powre it vpon the drye lande And the water whiche thou takest out of the ryuer shall turne to bloode vpon the drye lande Moses sayd vnto the Lorde oh my Lorde I am not eloquent from yesterday and ere yesterday and namely synce thou hast spokeÌ„ vnto thy seruaunt but I am slowe mouthed and slowe tonged And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Who hath made mans mouth or who hath made the dombe or the deafe the seyng or the blynd haue not I the Lorde Therfore I wyll be with thy mouthe and teache the what thou shalte say He sayd oh my Lorde sende I pray the by the hande of hym whom thou wylte sende And the Lorde was angry with Moses sayd Do not I know Aaron thy brother the leuyte that he can speake For lo he cometh forth to mete the and when he seeth the he wyll be glad in his herte Therfore thou shalte speake vnto hym and put these wordes in his mouth and I wyl be with thy mouth and with his mouth wyll teache you what ye ought to do And he shall be thy spokesman vnto the people He also shall be as thy mouth and thou shalte be his God thou shalte take this rod in thy hande wherwith thou shalte do myracles Therfore Moses wente and returned to Iethro his father in lawe agayne and sayde vnto hym I wyl go nowe and turne agayne vnto my brethren whiche are in Egypte and se whyther they be yet alyue And Iethro sayd to Moses go in peace And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses in Midian Go and returne agayne in to Egypte for the men are deade whiche wente aboute to kyll the. And Moses toke his wyfe and his sonnes and put them on an asse and went agayne to Egypte and Moses toke the rod of God in his hande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses when thou arte entred come into Egypte agayne se that thou do all the wondres before Pharao whiche I haue put in thy hande But I wyll holde his herte and he shal not let the people go And thou shalte say vnto Pharao thus sayeth the Lorde Israel is myn eldest sonne and I haue sayde vnto the that thou shuldest let my sonne go that he maye serue me and thou woldest not let hym go beholde I wyll slee thyne eldest sonne And it chaunced by the waye in the Inne that the Lorde met hym and wolde haue kylled hym And Zephora toke a stone and cut awaye the foreskyn of her sonne and fell at his feete and sayde A bloody husbande arte thou vnto me Then he let hym go And she sayde a bloody husbande bycause of the circumcision Then sayde the lorde vnto Aaron go mete Moses in the wyldernes And he went and met hym in the mount of God kyssed hym And Moses told Aaron al the wordes of the lorde which had sent hym and all the tokens which he had charged hym withal So went Moses and Aaron gathered all the elders of the chyldren of Israel And Aaron tolde al the wordes which the lorde had spoken vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people byleued And when they herde that the lorde had visited the chyldren of Israel had loked vpon theyr tribulacion they bowed theyr head worshipped ¶ Moses Aaron go vnto Pharao The peple is oppressed more and more they â—â—ye out vpoÌ„ Moses Aaron therfore CAPI V. MOses and Aaron went in afterwarde and tolde Pharao thus sayth the lorde God of Israel Let my people go that they may kepe holy day vnto me in the wyldernes And Pharao sayd who is the lorde that I shulde heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the Lorde neyther wyl I let Israel go And they sayd the God of the Hebrues hath met with vs and therfore wyl we go thre dayes iourney in to the deserte and sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God leest there happen vnto vs eyther pestylence or swerde Then sayd the kynge of Egypte vnto them Wherfore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people from theyr workes get you vnto your laboure And Pharao sayd furthermore Beholde there is moche people nowe in the land and ye make them leaue
theyr worke And Pharao coÌ„maunded the same daye vnto the taske maysters whiche were among the people and vnto the offycers sayeng Ye shal gyue the people no more strawe to make brycke withall as ye dyd in tyme passed let them go and gather them strawe them selues and the nombre of brycke whiche they were wonte to make in tyme passed lay vnto theyr charges also and mynyshe nothyng therof For they be ydle and therfore crye sayeng We wyll go and do sacrifice vnto our God They must haue more worke layde vpon them that they may laboure therin and not regarde vayne wordes Then went the taske maysters of the people and the officers out and tolde the people Thus say the Pharao I wyll gyue you no more strawe go your selues and gather you strawe where ye can fynde it yet shall none of your laboure be mynysshed And so were the people scatered abrode thorowe out all the lande of Egypte for to gather stubble in steade of strawe And the taske maysters hasted them forwarde sayenge Fulfyll your workes day by day euen as yf ye had strawe And the offycers of the chyldren of Israel whiche Pharaos taske maysters had set ouer them were beaten And they sayd vnto them Wherfore haue ye not fulfylled your taske in makynge brycke bothe yesterdaye and to daye as well as in tyme passed The offycers also of the chyldren of Israel came and complayned vnto Pharao sayeng wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruauÌ„ tes There is no strawe gyuen vnto thy seruauntes and they say vnto vs make brycke And thy seruauntes are beaten and thy people is foule intreated He sayde ydell are ye ydell and therfore ye say We wyll go and do sacrifice vnto the Lorde Go therfore nowe worke there shal no strawe be gyuen you yet shal ye delyuer the hole tale of brycke And the offycers of the chyldren of Israel dyd with heuynes loke on them that sayd Ye shall mynysshe nothynge of your dayly makynge of brycke And they met Moses and Aaron whiche stode in theyr waye as they came out from Pharao and sayd vnto them The Lorde loke vnto you and iudge you whiche hath made the sauoure of vs stynke in the eyes of Pharao and in the eyes of his seruauntes and haue put a swerde in theyr hande to sâ—ee vs. Moses returned vnto the Lorde sayde Lorde wherfore hast thou delte cruelly with this people and wherfore hast thou sent me For synce I came to Pharao to speake in thy name he hath fared foule with this folke yet thou hast not delyuered thy people at all Then the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Nowe shalte thou se what I wyll do vnto Pharao for in a myghtye hande shall he let them go and in a myghty hande shall he dryue them out of his lande ¶ God promyseth delyueraunce and the lande of Canaan The geâ—â—alogie of Ruben Simeon and Leâ—â— CAPI VI. ANd God spake vnto Moses and sayde vnto hym I am the Lorde I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob as an almyghtye God and in my name Iehouah was I not knowen vnto them Moreouer I made an apoyntment with them to gyue them the lande of Canaan the lande of theyr pylgrymage wherin they were straungers And I haue also herde the gronynge of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage haue remembred my couenauÌ„â— Wherfore saye vnto the chyldren of Israel I am the Lorde I wyll brynge you out from the burdens of the Egyptians and wyl ryd you out of theyr bondage and wyll delyuer you in a stretched out arme and in great iudgementes And I wyll take you for my people and wyl be to you a God And ye shal knowe that I am the lorde your God which brynge you out froÌ„ the burdens of the Eypgtians And I wyll brynge you vnto the lande coÌ„cernyng the which I dyd lyft vp my hande to gyue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and wyll gyue it vnto you for a possessyon euen I the Lorde And Moses tolde the chyldren of Israel euen so But they herkened not vnto Moses for anguysshe of spiryte and for cruell bondage The Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Go in speake vnto Pharao kyng of Egypt that he let the chyldren of Israell go out of his lande And Moses spake before the lorde sayenge Beholde the chyldren of Israell herken not vnto me howe then shal Pharao heare me whiche am of vncircucised lyppes And the lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Aaron and gaue them a charge vnto the chyldren of Israell and vnto Pharao kynge of Egypte to brynge the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypte These be the heedes of theyr fathers houses The chyldren of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israell are these Hanoh and Pallu Hezron Charmi these are the housholdes of Ruben The chyldren of Simeon Gemuel and Iamin Ohad and Iachim Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananites wyfe These are the kynreddes of Symeon These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in theyr generacyons Gerson and Kahath and Merari Leui lyued an hundred xxxvii yeres The sonnes of Gerson Libui and Semei by theyr kynreddes The chyldren of Kahath Amram and Iezear Hebron and Usiel And Kahath lyued an hundred and. xxxiii yere The chyldren of Merari Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreddes of Leui by theyr generacyons Amram toke Iochebed his nece to wyfe and she bare hym Aaron and Moses And Maria And Amram lyued an hundred and. xxxvii yere The chyldren of Iezear Korah Nepheg and Sichri The chyldren of Usiel Misael Elxaphaâ— and Sithri And Aaron toke Elizaba doughter of Aminadab and syster of Naason to wyfe whiche bare hym Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar The chyldren of Korah Assir and Elkana and Abâ—assaph These are the kynreddes of the Korahites Eleazar Aarons some toke hym one of the doughters of Putuel to wyfe whiche bare hym Pinehas and these be the principall fathers of the Leuites thorowe out theyr kynreddes This is that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lorde sayd Bryng the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypt accordyng to theyr armyes These are that Moses and Aaron whiche spake to Pharao kynge of Egypte that they myght brynge the chyldren of Israel out of Egypte And in the day when the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the lande of Egypte he spake vnto hym sayenge I am the lorde speake thou vnto Pharao the kyng of Egypte all that I say vnto the. And Moses sayde before the Lorde Beholde I am of vncircumcised lyppes and how shall Pharao gyue me audience ¶ The tokens to knowe god The rod of Moses is turned to a serpent The Sorcerers do euen the same The waters are turned in to bloode CAPI VII ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Beholde I haue made the Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophete Thou shalte speake all that I coÌ„mauÌ„ded the and Aaron thy brother shall speake
vnto Pharao that he sende the chyldren of Israel out of his lande And I wyl harden Pharaos herte and multiplie my myracles and my wondres in the lande of Egypte But Pharao shall not herken vnto you that I maye set myne hande vpon Egypte and brynge out myne armyes and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypt in great iudgementes And the Egyptyans shal know that I am the lorde wheÌ„ I stretch forth my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out the chyldren of Israel from amonge them Moses and Aaron dyd as the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded them euen so dyd they Moses was lxxx yere olde and Aaron lxxxiii when they spake vnto Pharao And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge If Pharao speake vnto you saynge Shewe a wonder thou shalt say vnto AaroÌ„ take thy rod cast it before Pharao that it may be a serpent TheÌ„ went Moses Aaron in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had coÌ„maunded And Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharao and before his seruauntes and it turned to a Serpent Then Pharao called for the wyse men and EnchauÌ„ters and those wyse men of Egypte dyd in lyke maner with theyr Sorcery For they cast downe euery man his rod and they turned to serpentê but Aarons rod dyd eate vp theyr roddes he hardened Pharaos herte that he herkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayd The lorde also sayde vnto Moses Pharaos herte is hardened he refuseth to let the people go Get the vnto Pharao in the mornynge lo he wyll come vnto the water and thou shalte stande apon the ryuers brynke agaynste he come and the rod which turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thyne hande thou shalte saye vnto hym the lorde god of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the saynge let my peple go that they may serue me in the wyldernes And behold hytherto thou woldest not here Thus sayeth the Lorde In this thou shalte know that I am the Lorde Beholde I wyll smyte with the rod that is in myn hande the water that is in the ryuer and it shal turne to blode And the fysshe that is in the ryuer shall dye the ryuer shal stynke it shal greue the EgyptiaÌ„s to drynke of the water of the ryuer And the Lorde spake vnto Moses say vnto Aaron take thy rod and stretche out thyn hande ouer the waters of Egypt ouer theyr streames ouer theyr ryuers and pondes and all poles of water which they haue that they maye be bloode and that there may be blode thorowe out all the lande of Egypte bothe in vessels of woode and also of stoone And Moses and Aaron dyd euen as the Lorde coÌ„maunded And he lyfte vp the rod and smote the waters that were in the riuer in the syght of Pharao in the syght of his seruauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned into bloode And the fysshe that was in the ryuer dyed and the ryuer stank and the Egyptians coude not drynke of the waters of the ryuer And there was bloode thorowout all the lande of Egypt And the enchauÌ„ters of Egypt dyd lykewyse with theyr sorceryes and he hardened Pharaos herte neyther dyd he herken vnto them as the Lorde had sayd And Pharao turned him selfe and went agayne into his house and set not his herte there vnto And the Egiptians dygged round aboute the ryuer for water to drynke for they coulde not drynke of the water of the ryuer And it contynued a weke after that the Lorde had smyten the ryuer ¶ The plage of Frogges â–ª Moses prayeth for Pharao The plage of lyse CAPI VIII THe Lorde spake vnto Moses Go vnto Pharao and tell hym â–ª thus sayeth the Lorde Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wyll not let them go beholde I wyl smyte al thy border with frogges And the ryuer shall serall with frogges whiche shall go vp come into thyne house and in to thy preuy chambre where thou slepest and vpon thy bed and into the house of thy seruauntes and vpon thy people and in to thyne ouens and vpon thy meates And the frogges shall come vpon the and on thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron stretche forth thyne hande with thy rod ouer the stremes ouer the riuers and ouer the pondes that thou mayest bryng vp frogges vpon the lande of Egypt And AaroÌ„ stretched his hande ouer the waters of Egypte and the frogges came vp and couered the lande of Egypte And the sorcerers dyd lykewyse w t theyr sorcery brought frogges vp vpon the lande of Egypte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron and sayd praye ye vnto the lorde that he may take away the frogges from me and from my people and I wyll let the people go that they may do sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And Moses sayde vnto Pharao Reioyse thou ouer me appoynte when I shall pray for the and for thy seruauntes and for thy people to dryue awaye the frogges from the and thy houses and that they maye remayne but in the ryuer onely He sayde to morowe And he sayde euen as thou hast sayde that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke vnto the lorde our god And so the frogges shal departe from the and from thy houses from thy seruauntes and from thy people shall remayne in the ryuer onely Moses and Aaron went out from Pharao and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde vpon the apoyntment of frogges whiche he had made vnto Pharao And the lorde dyd accordyng to the sayeng of Moses And the frogges dyed out of the houses out of the courtes and feldes And they gathered them togy ther vpon heapes the land stanke of them But when Pharao sawe that he had rest gyuen hym he hardened his herte and herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron stretche out thy rod and smyte the dust of the lande that it may turne to lyse thorow out all the lande of Egypte And they dyd so For Aaron stretched out his hand and with his rod he smote the dust of the earth whiche turned to lyse in man and beast so that al the dust of the lande turned to lyse thorowout all the land of Egypt â–ª and the enchaunters assayde lykewyse with theyr enchauntmentes to brynge forth lyse but they coulde not And the lyse were bothe vpon men and beastes Then sayde the enchaunters vnto Pharao it is the fyngre of God And Pharaos herte remayned obstynate and he herkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge stande before Pharao for he wyll come forthe vnto the water and thou shalt say vnto hym thus sayeth the Lorde let my people go that they may serue me Els yf thou wylte not let my people go beholde I
wyll sende all maner of flees both vpon the and thy seruauÌ„tes and thy people and into thy houses And the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of flees the grouÌ„d wheron they are And the lande of Gosan where my people are wyll I cause to be wonderfull in that daye so that there shall no flees be there Wherby thou shalte knowe that I am the Lorde in the myddes of the earth And I wyl put a diuisioÌ„ bytwene my people and thyne And euen to morowe shall this myracle be done The lorde dyd euen so and there came noysome flees into the house of Pharao and into his seruauntes houses and in to all the lande of Egypte and the lande was corrupt with these flees And Pharao called for Moses and Aaron and sayde Go and do sacrifyce vnto your God in the lande And Moses answered it is not mete that we so do For then we must offre vnto the Lorde our God that which is an abhominacyon vnto the Egyptians But and yf we sacrifice that which is an abhominacion vnto the Egyptians before theyr eyes shulde they not stoone vs we wyll go thre dayes iournay into the deserte and sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God as he hath coÌ„maunded vs. And Pharao sayd I wyll let you go that ye may sacrifice vnto the Lorde your God in the wyldernesse but go not farre away praye for me And Moses sayd beholde I wyll go out from the pray vnto the Lorde that the flees maye departe from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people to morowe But let Pharao from hence forth deceyue no more that he wyl not let the people go to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And Moses went out from Pharao prayed vnto the lorde And the lorde dyd accordyng to the say enge of Moses and the flees departed from Pharao and from his seruauntes and from his people and there remayned not one And Pharao hardened his herte euen then also and dyd not let the people go ¶ The moren of beastes The plage of botches and sores The hortyble hayle thonder and lyghtnynge CAPI IX THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao thou shalte tell hym thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues let my people go that they maye serue me Yf thou wylte not let them go wylte holde them styll beholde the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the felde for vpoÌ„ horses asses camels oxen and shepe there shal be a myghtye greate morray ne And the lorde shall do wonderfully bytwene the beastes of Israell and the beastes of Egypte so that there shall nothynge dye of all that perteyneth to the chyldren of Israell And the Lorde appoynted a tyme sayeng to morowe the lorde shall fynysh this worde in the lande And the Lorde dyd it on the morowe and all the cattell of Egypte dyed but of the cattell of the chyldren of Israell dyed not one And Pharao sent and beholde there was not one of the cattell of the Israelites deade And the herte of Pharao was hardened that he wold not let the people go And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses AaroÌ„ take your handê ful of asshes out of the four nace and Moses shal sprynkel it vp in to the ayre in the syght of Pharao it shall turne to dust in all the lande of Egypte that there maye be swellynge soores with blaynes both on man and beest thorowout all the lande of Egypt And they toke asshes out of the fournace and stode before Pharao and Moses sprynkled it vp in to the ayre And there were soores with blaynes both in meÌ„ and beastes and the sorceres coulde not stand before Moses bycause of the blaynes for there were bot ches vpon the enchaunters and vpon all the Egiptians And the lorde hardened the herte of Pharao and he herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayd vnto Moses And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornyng and stande before Pharao and thou shalt tell hym thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues Let my people go that they maye serue me or els I wyll at this tyme sende all my plages vpon thyne herte and vpon thy seruauntes and on thy people that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke me in all the earth For now I wyl stretch out my hande that I may smyte the and thy people with pestylence thou shalte petysshe from the earth And in verye dede for this cause haue I kept the for to shewe the my power and that they myght declare my name thorowout all the worlde Yet thou exaltest thy selfe agaynste my people that thou wylt not let theÌ„ go behold to morowe this tyme I wyll sende downe a myghtye great hayle euen such a one as was not in Egypte synce it was grounded vnto this tyme. Sende therfore nowe and gather thy beastes all that thou hast in the felde For vpon all the men beastes whiche are founde in the felde and not brought home shall the hayle fall they shall dye And as many as feared the word of the lorde among the seruauÌ„tes of Pharao made theyr seruauÌ„tes and theyr beastes flee into the houses but he that regarded not the worde of the Lorde lefte his seruauÌ„tes his beastes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretch forth thy hande vnto heuen that there maye be hayle in all the lande of Egypt vpon men and vpon beastes and vpon al the herbes of the felde thorowout the lande of Egypt And Moses stretched out his rod vnto heuen the lorde thondred hayled and the fyre ran a longe vpon the ground And the Lorde so hayled in the lande of Egypt that there was hayle fyre mengled with the hayle so greuous suche as there was noone thorowout all the lande of Egypt synce people inhabyted it And the hayle smote thorowout all the lande of Egypt al that was in the felde both man and beast And the hayle smote all the herbes of the felde broke al the trees of the felde onely in the lande of Gosan where the chyldren of Israel were was there no hayle And Pharao sent and called for Moses and Aaron sayde vnto them I haue nowe synned the Lorde is ryghteous and I and my people are ☞ vngodly Praye ye vnto the lorde For it is moch that there shuld be thonders of god hayle I wyl let you go and ye shall tarye no longer Moses sayd vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I wyl sprede abrode my handes vnto the lorde the thonder shal cease neyther shal there be any more hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the earth is the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy seruauntes yet feare not the ☞ face of the Lorde God And so the flaxe and the barly were smytten for the barly was shotte vp and the flax was bolled but the wheate and the rye
were not smyten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citye from Pharao and spred abrode his handes vnto the lorde and the thonder and hayle ceased neyther rayned it vpon the earth And when Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thonder were ceased he synÌ„ed agayne hardened his herte he and his seruauÌ„tes And the herte of Pharao was hardened neyther wolde he let the Chyldren of Israell go as the Lorde had sayde by ☞ the hande of Moses ¶ The herte of Pharao is hardened of God The greshoppers The thycke darnesse CAPI X. ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go in vnto Pharao For I haue hardened his herte the herte of his seruauntes that I myght put these my sygnes amongest them and that thou tel in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes son what thynges I haue done in Egypt the myracles which I haue done among them that ye may know howe that I am the Lorde And so Moses Aaron came vnto Pharao and sayde vnto hym Thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shal it be or thou wylt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people god that they maye serue me Dr els †yf thou do resyst and wylte not let my people go beholde to morowe wyl I brynge greshoppers into thy coostes and they shall couer the face of the earth that it can not be sene and they shal eate the residewe whiche remayneth vnto you and is escaped froÌ„ the hayle and they shall eate euery grene tree that beareth you fruyte in the felde they shal fyl thy houses and all thy seruauÌ„tes houses and the houses of al the Egyptians after suche a maner as neyther thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene synce the tyme they were vpon the earth vnto this day And he turned himselfe aboute and went out from Pharao And Pharaos seruauÌ„tes sayd vnto hym Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs Let the men go that they may serue the lorde theyr god knowest thou not yet that Egypte is destroyed And Moses and Aaron were brought agayne vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Go and serue the lorde your god Who are they that shal go And Moses answered we wyll go with our younge and with our olde yea and with our sonnes and with our doughters and with our shepe and with our oxen must we god For we muste holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them let it be so The Lorde be with you When I let you go and your chyldreÌ„ also take hede for ye haue some myscheyfe in hande Naye not so but go they that are men and serue the lorde for that was your desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande ouer the lande of Egypt for greshoppers that they may come vpon the lande of Egypte and eate all the herbes of the lande all that the hayle lefte behynde And Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the lande of Egypt the lorde brought an East wynde vpon the lande all that daye and all that nyght And in the mornynge the East wynde brought the greshoppers and the greshop pers went vp ouer all the lande of Egypte remayned in all quarters of Egypt very greuously Before them were there no such greshoppers neyther after them shal be for they couered all the face of the earth so that the lande was darke And they dyd eate all the herbes of the lande and al the fruytes of the trees whatsoeuer the hayle had lefte there was no grene thynge lefte in the trees herbes of the felde thorow al the land of Egypt Therfore Pharao called for Moses and Aaron in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the lorde your god and agaynst you And nowe forgyue me my Synne onely this once and praye vnto the Lorde your god that he may take awaye froÌ„ me ☞ this death onely And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde turned a myghtye stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast them into the redde see so that there was not one greshopper in al the coost of Egypt And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Stretch out thy hande vnto heuen that there may be vpon the lande of Egypt darkenesse whiche may be felte And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heuen and there was a thycke darkenesse vpon all the lande of Egypte thre dayes longe no man sawe another neyther rose vp from the place where he was by the space of thre dayes but all the chyldreÌ„ of Israel had lyght where they dwelled And Pharao called for Moses and sayd go and serue the Lorde onely let your shepe and your oxen abyde and let youre chyldren go with you And Moses sayde thou muste gyue vs also offeryngê and burntoffrynges for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God our cattel also shal go with vs and there shal not one hooffe be lefte behynde for therof muste we take to serue the lorde our God Neyther do we knowe what we shall offre vnto the Lorde vntyll we come thyther But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte and he wolde not let them goo And Pharao sayde vnto hym get the from me and take hede to thy selfe and se my face no more For when soeuer thou comest in my syght thou shalte dye And Moses sayde Let it be as thou hast sayde I wyl se thy face no more ¶ The lorde coÌ„maundeth to robbe the Egyptians The death of all the fyrst begotten in Egypte CAPI XI ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses yet wyll I brynge one plage more vppon Pharao and vpon Egypte and after that he wyll let you go hence And when he letteth you goo he shall vtterly dryue you hence Speake thou therfore in the cares of the people that euery maÌ„ borow of his nyghbour and euery woman of her neyghbourresse iewels of syluer and iewels of golde And the Lorde shal gyue the people fauoure in the syght of the Egyptians Moreouer Moses was very greate in the lande of Egypte in the syght of Pharaos seruauntes and in the syght of the people And Moses sayde thus sayth the Lorde At mydnyght wyll I go out in to the myddes of Egypt al the fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt shal dye euen from the fyrste borne of Pharao that ☞ sytteth on his seate vnto the fyrst borne of the mayde seruaunt that is behynde the mylle and all the fyrste gendred of the cattell And there shall be a greate crye thorowout all the lande of Egypte suche as there was neuer none lyke nor shal be But amonge all the Chyldren of Israell shal not a dogge moue his tongue nor yet man or beast that ye maye knowe howe that the lorde †by a great miracle putteth
a dyfference bytwene the Egyptians and Israel And these thy seruauÌ„tes shal all come downe vnto me and fall before me and saye get the out and al the people that are vnder the and then wyl I departe And he went out from Pharao with an angry countenaunce And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Pharao shal not heare you that my woÌ„ders may be multiplyed in the lande of Egypte And Moses and Aaron dyd all these wondres †And tokens vvhiche are vvritten before Pharao And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israell go out of his lande CAPI XII ¶ The passeouer is eaten The swete breade They muste teache theyr chyldren what the passeouer signifyeth The destruceyoÌ„ of the fyrst begotten in Egypt The robberye of the Egyptians The goynge out of the Israelites ANd ✚ the Lorde spake vnto Moses AaroÌ„ in the land of Egipt sayng This moneth shal be vnto you the begynnynge of monethes the fyrst moneth of the yere shal it be vnto you Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israell sayenge In the tenth daye of this moneth euery man take vnto hym ☞ a lambe accordynge to the house of the fathers a lambe thorowout euery house Yf the housholde be to lytle ☞ for the lambe let hym take his neyghbour whiche is nexte vnto his house accordynge to the nombre of the soules euery one of you accordynge to his carynge shall make youre counte for a lambe And let that lambe of youres be with out blemyshe a male of a yere olde which ye shall take out from among the shepe or from amonge the gootes And ye shall kepe hym in vntyll the. xiiii day of the same moneth And euery man of the multytude of Israell shal kyll hym about euen And they shal take of the bloode and stryke it on the two syde postes and on the vpper dorepost euen in the houses where they shall eate hym And they shal eate the fleshe the same nyght roost with fyre and with vnleuended breade and with sowre herbê they shall eate it Se that ye eate not therof rawe nor soden in water but roost with fyre the head feete and purtenauÌ„ce ther of And ye shall let nothynge of it remayne vnto the mornynge That which remayneth of it vntyll the morowe shall ye burne with fyre Of this maner shall ye eate it with your loynes gyrded and your shoes on your fete and your staues in your handes And ye shal eate it in hast for it is the Lordê passeouer ⊢ for I wyll passe thorowe the lande of Egypt this same nyght and wyll smyte all the fyrste borne in the lande of Egypt bothe of man beast and vpon al the Goddes of Egypt wyl I the Lorde do execution And the blode shal be vnto you a token in the houses wherin ye are And when I se the bloode I wyll passe ouer you and the plage shall not be vpoÌ„ you to dystroye you when I smyte the land of Egypte And this daye shall be vnto you a remembraunce and ye shal kepe it hooly vnto the lorde euen thorowout your geueracyons shall ye kepe it holy daye that it be a custome for ☞ euer Seuen dayes shal ye eate vnleuended breade the fyrst daye ye shall put awaye leuen out of your houses For whosoeuer eateth leueÌ„ded bread from the fyrst daye vntyl the seuenth day that soule shal be plucked out froÌ„ Israel The fyrst day shal be an holy conuocacyon the seueÌ„th day shal be an holy coÌ„uocacion vnto you There shall be no maner of worke done in theÌ„ saue about that onely which euery man must eate that onely may ye do And ye shall obserue vnleuended breade For this same daye haue I brought your armyes out of the land of Egypt therfore ye shall obserue this day al your chyldren after you by a custome for euer The fyrst moneth the. xiiii day of the moneth at euen ye shall eate swete breade vnto the. xxi daye of the moneth at euen agayne Seuen dayes shall there be no leuended bread fouÌ„de in your houses And whosoeuer eateth leuended bread that soule shal be roted out froÌ„ the multitude of Israel whyther he be a straunger or borne in the land Ye shal eate nothyng leuended but in al your habitacyons shal ye eate swete breade Moses called for all the elders of Israel sayde vnto them chose out take you to euery housholde of you a shepe and kyl it for passeouer And take a bunche of ysop dyp it in the blood that is in the basyn and stryke the vpper poste the two syde postes with the blode that is in the basyn and noone of you go out at the dore of his house vntyl the mornynge For the Lorde wyl go aboute to smyte the Egyptians And when he seeth the bloode vpoÌ„ the vpper dore post on the two syde postes he wyl passe ouer the dore and wyll not suffre the dystroyer to come in to youre house to plage you Therfore shall ye obserue this thynge that it be an ordynaunce bothe to the and thy sonnes for euer And when ye be come in to the land which the Lorde wyll gyue you accordynge as he hath promysed ye shal kepe this seruyce And when your Chyldren aske you what maner of seruyce is this ye do Ye shal say it is the sacryfyce of the Lordê passeouer which passed ouer the houses of the chyldren of Israell in Egypte as he smote the Egyptians saued our houses And the people bowed them selues and worshypped And the chyldren of Israel went dyd as the Lorde had coÌ„maunded Moses and Aaron Euen so dyd they And at mydnyght the Lorde smote al the fyrst borne in the lande of Egypt froÌ„ the fyrst borne of Pharao that sat on his seat vn to the fyrst borne of the captyue that was in pryson al the fyrste gendred of cattell And Pharao arose in the nyght he and al his seruauntes al the Egyptians there was a greate cryenge in Egypte for there was no house where there was not one dead And he called vnto Moses AaroÌ„ by nyght saynge ryse vp get you out from amonge my people both ye also the chyldren of Israel go serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde And take your shepe and your droues with you as ye haue sayd and departed and ☞ blesse me And the Egyptians were ferce vpon the people that they myght sende them out of the lande in hast for they sayde we dye all And the people toke theyr dough before it was soured theyr vytayles bounde in clothes vpon theyr shoulders And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordyng to the sayenge of Moses and they borowed of the Egyptians iewels of syluer iewels of golde rayment And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians so that they graunted suche thyngê as they requyred And they robbed
the Egyptians And the chyldreÌ„ of Israell toke theyr iourney from Rameses to Suchoth vi hundred thousande men of foote besyde chyldren And moch comen people went also with them and shepe and exon an excedynge greate flocke And they baked swete cakê of the dough whiche they brought out of Egypt for it was not sowred For wheÌ„ they were thrust out by the Egyptians they coulde not tarye to prepare them selues any prouisyoÌ„ of meat The dwellyng of the chyldren of Israel which they dwelled in Egypt was iiii hundred xxx yeres and wheÌ„ the iiii hundred and. xxx yeres were expyred eueÌ„ the selfe same daye departed all the hostes of the Lorde out of the lande of Egypt It is a nyght to be obserued to the lord in the which he brought them out of the lande of Egypte This is that nyght of the lorde whiche al the chyldreÌ„ of Israel must kepe thorowout theyr generacyons And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses and Aaron this is the law of Passeouer there shal no strauÌ„ger eate therof But euery seruauÌ„t that is bought for money after that thou hast circumcysed hym shal eate therof A straunger and a hyred seruaunt shall not eate therof In one house shall it be eaten Thou shalt carye noone of the flesshe out at the house Neyther shall ye breake a bone therof All the multytude shall obserue it Yf a straunger also dwel amonge you and wyll holde Passeouer vnto the Lorde let him cyrcumcyse all that be males and then let hym come and obserue it he shal be as one that is borne in the lande For the vncyrcumcysed shal not eate ther of One maner of lawe shal be vnto hym that is ☞ borne in the lande vnto the strauÌ„ger that dwelleth amonge you And all the chyldren of Israel dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses and Aaron Euen so dyd they And the selfe same daye dyd the Lorde brynge the chyldren of Israel out of the lande of Egypt with theyr armyes ¶ The fyrst â—egotten must be sanctifyed vnto the Lorde The memory all of theyr delyueraunce Why they were â—ntyeâ— thorow the wyldernes The bones of Ioseph The pyller of the cloude CAPI XIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Sayntifye vnto me all the fyrst borne that open all maner matrices amonge the chyldren of Israel as well of man as of beast for it is myne And Moses sayde vnto the people thynke on this day in which ye came out of Egipt out of the house of bon dage for thorowe a myghtye hande the lorde brought you out from thence There shal no leuended bread be eaten This day come ye out in the moneth ☞ when corne begynneth to rype When the Lorde had brought the in to the lande of the Cananytes Hethites Amorites Heuytes Iebusites whiche he sware vnto thy Fathers that he wolde gyue the a lande wherein mylke hony floweth y â— shalt kepe this seruice in this same moneth Seuen dayes thou shalt eate swete breade and in the. vii day it is the feast of the lord Swete breade shal be eaten seuen dayes and there shal no leuended breade be sene nor yet leuen with the in al thy quarters And thou shalt shewe thy son in that day saynge this is doone bycause of that whiche the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egypt And it shal be a sygne vnto the vpon thyne hande for a remembraunce bytwene thyne eyes that the Lordes lawe maye be in thy mouth For in a stronge hand the lorde brought the out of Egypt kepe therfore this ordynaunce in his season from yere to yere And it wyl come to passe that the Lorde shal brynge the in to the lande of the Cananites whiche he sware vnto the to thy fathers and shal gyue it the. And then thou shalt appoynte vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matryce ☞ And euery thynge cast that fyrst doth open the matryce of a beast whiche thou hast yf they be males they shal be the lordes And Euery fyrst gendred of an asse thou shalt redeme with a lambe yf thou redeme hym not thou shalt breake his necke All the fyrst borne amonge thy Chyldren also shalte thou bye out And when thy sonne asketh the ☞ to morowe sayenge what is this thou shalte say vnto hym With a myghtye hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypte out of the house of bondage And ☞ wheÌ„ Pharao was looth to let vs go the Lorde slewe all the fyrste borne in the lande of Egipt as wel the fyrst borne of man as of beast Therfore I sacryfyce vnto the Lorde all the males that open the matryce all the fyrst borne of my Chyldren I redeme This shal be a token vpon thyne hande and a remembraunce bytwene thyne eyes that the Lorde brought out of Egypte thorowe a myghtye hande It came to passe that when Pharao had let the people go god caryed theÌ„ not thorowe the way and lande of the Philystynes whiche was the more nye waye But God sayde leest the people haplye repente when they se warre and so turne agayne to Egypt But god led the peple aboute thorow the way of the wyldernesse of the red see And the chyldren of Israel went vp harnessed out of the lande of Egypte And Moses toke the bones of Ioseph with hym for he made the chyldren of Israel swere sayeng God wyll surely vyset you and ye shall take my bones awaye hence with you And they toke theyr iourney froÌ„ Suchoth and abode in Etham in the edge of the wyldernes And the lorde wente before them by a daye in a pyller of a cloude to leade them the waye and by nyght in a pyller of fyre to gyue theÌ„ lyght that they myght go bothe by day and by nyght The pyller of the cloude departed not by daye nor the pyller of fyre by nyght out of the syght of the people ¶ Pharaos herte is hardeued and foloweth the Israelites with all his hoost and capitaynes and is drowned The Israelites grudge They go thorowe the red see CAPI XIIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake to the chyldreÌ„ of Israel that they turne and remayne before Pi Hiroth bytwene Mygdol and the see ouer agaynst Baalzephon and before that shall they pytch by the see For Pharao wyl say of the chyldren of Israel they are tangled in the lande the wyldernes hath shut them in And I wyll harden Pharaos herte that he shall folowe after you and I wyl get me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoost the Egyptians also shal know that I am the lorde And they dyd euen so And it was tolde the kyng of Egypt that the people fled And the herte of Pharao of his seruauntes turned agaynst the people and they sayde why haue we this doone that we haue let Israel go out of our seruyce and he made redy his charettes and toke his people with
of Israel went on drye lande in the myddest of the see And Myr Iam a Prophetesse the syster of Aaron toke a tymbrell in her hande and all the women came out after her with tymbrels and daunses And Myr Iam sange before them Synge ye vnto the lorde for he hath tryumphed gloryously the horse his ryder hath he ouer throwen in the see And so Moses brought Israel froÌ„ the red see they went out in to the wyldernesse of Sur. And they went thre dayes longe in the wyldernes and founde no waters And when they came to Mara they coulde not drynke of the waters of Mara for they were bytter therfore the name of the place was called Mara †That is to say bytternesse And the people murmu red agaynst Moses sayenge What shall we drynke And he cryed vnto the Lorde and ☞ the Lorde shewed hym a tree which when he had caste into the water the waters were made swete There he made them an ordynaunce a lawe there he proued hym and sayde Yf thou wylt herken * vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy god wylt do that which is ryght in his syght wylt gyue eare vnto his coÌ„maundementes kepe al his ordynaunces then wyll I put noone of these dyseases vpon the whiche I brought vpon the Egyptians for I am the Lorde that healeth the. ¶ The Israelites come in to the desert of Syn. It â—ayneth quâ—yls and Mauna They sâ—â—dge CAPI ✚ XVI THe chyldren of Israell came to Elim where were xii welles of water and. lxx palme trees and they abode there by the waters And they toke theyr iourney from Elim and all the hole company of the chyldren of Israel came to the wyldernes of Sin which is bytwene Elim and Sinay the. xv daye of the second moneth after theyr departyng out of the lande of Egypte And the hole multitude of the chyldren of Israel murmuryng agaynst Moses Aaron in the wyldernes the chyldren of Israel sayd vnto them wold to god we had dyed by the hande of the lorde in the land of Egypt wheÌ„ we sat by the fleshe pottes wheÌ„ we dyd eate breade our belyes ful for ye haue brought vs out in to this wyl dernes to kyl this hole multitude w t hongre Then fayde the Lorde vnto Moses behold I wyll â—ayne breade from heuen to you the people shal go out and gather day by day that I maye proue them whyther they wyll walke in my law or no the syxt day they shal prepare for them selues that whiche they wyl brynge in let it be twyse as moche as they gather in dayly And Moses and Aaron sayd vnto all the chyldreÌ„ of Israel at euen ye shal knowe that it is the Lorde whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypte in the mornynge ye shall se ☞ the glorye of the Lorde bycause he hath herde your grudgynges agaynst the Lorde And what are we that ye haue murmured agaynste vs And Moses sayd At euen shal the lord gyue you flessh to eate and in the mornyng breade ynoughe for the lorde hath herde your murmurynges whiche ye murmure agaynst hym for what are we your murmurynges are not agaynst vs but agaynst the lorde And Moses spake vnto Aaron Say vnto all the companye of of the chyldren of Israel come forthe before the lorde for he hath herde your grudgynges And as Aaron spake vnto the hole multitude of the chyldren of Israel they loked towarde the wyldernesse and beholde the glorye of the Lorde appeared in the clowde ⊢ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge I haue herde the murmuryng of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel tell them therfore say at euen yâ— shall eate flesshe in the mornyng ye shall be fylled with breade and ye shall knowe that I am the lorde your god And at eueÌ„ the quay les came couered the grounde where they lay And in the mornyng the dewe lay rounde aboute the hoost And wheÌ„ the dewe was fallen beholde it laye vpon the grounde in the wyldernesse small rounde and thyn as the hore frost on the grounde And wheÌ„ the chyldren of Israel sawe it they sayd euery one to his neyghbour It is †☞ Manna For they wyst not what it was And Moses sayde vnto them this is the breade whiche the Lorde hath gyuen you to eate This is the worde which the lorde hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded gather of it euery man for hym selfe to eate a gomer full for a man accordynge to the nombre of you take euery maÌ„ for them which are in his tent And the chyldren of Israel dyd euen so gathered some more some lesse when they dyd meate it with a Gomer vnto hym that had gathered moch remayned nothyng oueâ— and vnto hym that had gathered lyâ—ell was there no lacke euery man gathered sufficient for his eatyng And Moses sayd vnto them Se that no man let ought remayne of it tyll the mornyng Notwithstandyng they herkened not vnto Moses but some of them lefte of it vntyll the mornynge and it waxed full of wormes stanke and Moses was angry with them And they gathered it all mornynges euery man for his eatynge And assoone as the heate of the sonne came it moult And the syxte daye they gathered twyse so moche breade it gomers for one man al the rulers of the multitude came and tolde Moses He sayd vnto them this is that whiche the Lorde hath sayd to morowe is the rest of the holy Sabboth vnto the Lorde Bake that whiche ye wyll bake sethe that ye wyl sethe that which remayneth lay vp tyll the mornyng And they layde it vp tyll the mornyng as Moses bad it stanke not neyther bred there any worme therin And Moses sayde that eate this day for it is the Sabboth vnto the Lorde to day ye shal not fynde it in the felde Syxe dayes ye shall gather it in the seuenth daye whiche is the Sabboth there shal be none Notwithstandyng there wente out some of the people in the seuenth day for to gather they founde none And the Lorde sayd to Moses howe longe refuse ye to kepe my coÌ„maundementes my lawes Se the lorde hath gyueÌ„ you a Sabboth therfore he gyueth you the syxte day bread for ii dayes Byde therfore euery maÌ„ at homâ— let no maÌ„ go out of his place the seuenth day And the people rested the seuenth day And the house of Israel called it Manna And it was lyke vnto Coriander seed whyte and the tast of it was lyke vnto wafers made with hony And Moses sayd this is that whiche the Lorde coÌ„maundeth fyll a Gomer of it which may be kept for your chyldren after you that they may se the breade wherwith I haue fed you in wyldernesse when I brought you out of the lande of Egypt And Moses spake vn to AaroÌ„ take a cruse put a Gomer full of Manna therin
laye it vp before the Lorde to be kepte for your chyldren after you as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses So Aaron layde it vp before the testimonye to be kepte And the chyldren of Israel dyd eate Manna xl yere vntyt they came vnto a lande inhabited And so they dyd eate MaÌ„na euen vntyl they came vnto the borders of the land of Canaan A Gomor is the tenth parte of an Epha ¶ The Israelytes come in to Raphidim They grudge Water is gyuen them out of the rocke Moses holdeth vp his handes and they ouercome the Amelechites CAPI XVII ANd all the company of the chyldren of Israel thorowout theyr armyes wente from the wyldernesse of Syn after the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde and pytched in Raphidim where was no water for the people to drynke And the people chode with Moses and sayde Gyue vs water to drynke Moses sayde vnto them why chyde ye with me Wherfore do ye tempt the Lorde There the people thyrsted for water and the people murmured agaynst Moses and sayde Wherfore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypte to kyll vs and our chyldren and cattell with thyrste And Moses cryed vnto the Lorde saynge What shall I do vnto this people they be almost redy to stone me And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Go before the people and take with the of the elders of Israel and thy rod wherwith thon smotest the ryuer take in thy hande and go Beholde I stande before the besyde a rocke that is in Horeb thou shalte smyte a rocke and there shal come water out therof that the people may drynke And Moses dyd euen so before the eyes of the elders of Israel And he called the name of the place Massa and Meriba bycause of the chydyng of the chyldren of Israel and bycause they tempted the Lorde sayenge Is the lorde among vs or not Then came Amalech and fought with Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayd vnto Iosua Chose vs out men go fyght with Amalech And to morowe I wyll stande on the top of the hyll and the rod of God shall be in my hande Iosua dyd as Moses bad hym fought with Amalech And Moses Aaron Hur went vp to the top of the hyll And it hapned that when Moses helde vp his hande Israel had the better And wheÌ„ he let his hande downe Amalech had the better But Moses handes were heuy therfor they toke a stone put it vnder hym he sat downe theron And AaroÌ„ Hur stayed vp his handes the one on the one syde the other on the other syde And his handê remayned stedie vntyl the goynge downe of the sonne And Iosua dyscomfyted Amalech and his people with the edge of the swerde And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Wryte this for a remembraunce in a boke and commyt it vnto the eares of Iosua for I wyll vtterly put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heuen And Moses made an aulter and called the name of it †☞ The Lorde is he that worketh myracles for me For he sayde the hande is on the seate of god the Lorde wyll haue war with Amalech from generacyon to generacyon ¶ Iethros counsell is receyued of Moses CAPI XVIII IEthro the preest of Median Moses father in lawe herde of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel his people and that the Lorde had brought Israel out of Egypt Therfore he toke Ziphora Moses wyfe after he had sent her backe her ii sonnes of whiche the one was called Gerson for he sayd I haue ben an alyent in a strauÌ„ge land The name of the other was Eliesar for the God of my father sayde he was my helpe delyucred me from the swerde of Pharao And Iethro Moses father in lawe came with his two sonnes his wyfe vnto Moses in to the wyldernes where he abode by the mount of God And he sayde vnto Moses I thy father in lawe Iethro am come to the and thy wyfe also and her two sonnes with her And Moses wente out to mete his father in lawe and dyd obeysaunce and kyssed hym and eche asked of other of his healthe and they came in to the tente And Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the lorde had done vnto Pharao and to the Egyptians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by the waye and howe the Lorde delyuered them And Iethro reioysed ouer all the goodnesse whiche the Lorde had done to Israel and bycause he had delyuered them out of the hande of the Egyptians And Iethro sayde blessed be the Lorde whiche hath deiyuered you out of the hande of the Egyptians and out of the hande of Pharao which hath also delyuered his people from the captiuite of the Egyptians Nowe I knowe that the Lorde is greater then all Goddes for ☞ in the thynge wherby they delte cruellye with them are they them selues perysshed And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burnt offrynges sacrifices vnto God And Aaron all the elders of Israel came to eate breade w t Moses father in lawe before God And it chaunced on the morowe that Moses sat to iudge the people the people stode aboute Moses from mornynge vnto euen And when Moses father in law sawe al that he dyd vnto the people he sayd What is this that thou doest vnto the people why syttest thou thy selfe alone and al the people stande aboute the from mornynge vnto euen And Moses sayd vnto his father in lawe bycause the people cometh vnto me to seke counsel of God When they haue a matter they come vnto me and I iudge bytwene euery man his neyghboure shewe them the ordinaunces of God and his lawes And Moses father in lawe sayd vnto hym it is not well that thou doest Thou both wetyest thy selfe and this people that is with the for this thynge is of more weyght then thou arte able to perfourme thy selfe alone Heare nowe therfore my voyce and I wyll gyue the counsel and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to Godwarde that thou mayst bryng the causes vnto God and thou shalt teache them ordinaunces lawes and shewe them the waye wherin they must walke and the worke that they must do Moreouer thou shalte seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite and such as feare God true men hatyng couetousnes make them heades ouer the people and captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fyftie and ouer ten And let them iudge the people at all ceasons And euery great matter that happeneth let them brynge vnto the but let them iudge all small causes them selues and so shal it be easyer for thy selfe and they shall beare with the. If thou shalt do this thynge and God charge the withall thou shalt be able to endure and yet the people shall come to theyr place in peace And so Moses obeyed the voyce of his father
in lawe and dyd all that he had sayd and chose actyue men out of all Israel and made them as heades ouer the people namely captaynes ouer thousandes ouer hundreds ouer fyftie and ouer ten And they iudged the people at al ceasons but brought the harde causes vnto Moses and iudged al small matters them selues And Moses let his father in lawe departe and he went in to his owne lande CAPI XIX ¶ The chyldren of Israell come to the mount Smay The people of god ate holy and a royall preesthod He that toucheth the hyll dyeth God appeareth vnto Moses vpon the mounte in thondre and lyghtnynge IN the thyrde moneth when the chyldren of Israell were goone out of the lande of Egypte the same day came they in to the wyldernes of Smay For they were departed from Raphidim and were come to the deserte of Smay and had pytched theyr tentes in the wyldernes And there Israel abode before the mount But Moses went vp vnto God And the Lorde called to hym out of the mountayne saynge Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the chyldrē of Israel ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the Egyptyans and toke you vp vpon Egles wyngs and haue brought you vnto my selfe Nowe therfore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in dede and kepe myne appoyntment ye shal be myne owne aboue all nacyons for all the earth is myne Ye shal be vnto me also a kyngdome of preestes and an holy people And these are the wordes whiche thou shalte saye vnto the chyldren of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layde before theyr faces all these wordes whiche the Lorde cōmaunded hym And the people answered all togyther sayd All that the Lorde hath sayde we wyll do And Moses brought the wordes of the peple vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses To I come vnto the in the thycke clowe that the people may here me talkyng with the byleue the for euer Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the Lorde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and ☞ sanctifie them to daye and to morowe let them wasshe theyr clothes and be redy agaynst the thyrde daye For the thyrde daye the Lorde wyll come downe in the syghte of all the people vpon mount Smay And thou shalt set markes rounde aboute the people and saye beware that ye go not vp in to the mounte or touche the bordre of it Who so euer toucheth the mount shall surely dye There shall not an hande touche it Els he shal be stoned or shot thorowe whyther it be beast or man it shall not lyue When the trompe bloweth longe then may they come vp into the mountayne And Moses went downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them they wasshed theyr clothes And he sayde vnto the people Be redy agaynst the thyrde day and ☞ come not at your wyues And the thyrde daye in the mornynge there was thonder and lyghtnynge and a thycke clowde vpon the mount and the voyce of the trompe excedyng lowde so that al the people that was in the hoost was afrayde And Moses broughte the people out of the tentes to mete with god they stode vnder the hyll And mounte Synay was all togyther on a smoke bycause the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fyre And the smoke therof ascended vp as the smoke of a chymney and al the mount was excedyng fearfull And when the voyce of the trompe blewe waxed lowder and lowder Moses spake and God answered hym by a voyce And the Lorde came downe vpon mounte Synay euen in the top of the hyll and when the lorde called Moses vp into the top of the hyll Moses went vp And the lorde sayd vnto Moses go downe charge the people that they prease not vp to se the Lorde and so many of them perysshe And let the preestes also whiche come to the lorde sanctifie them selues lest the Lorde destroy them And Moses sayd vnto the lorde the people can not come vp in to the mounte Synay for thou chargedst vs sayeng Set markes aboute the hyll and sanctifie it And the lorde sayd vnto hym awaye and get the downe thou shalte come vp thou Aaron with the. But let not the Preestes and the people presume for to come vp vnto the lord leest he destroye them And so Moses wente downe vnto the people and tolde them ¶ The ten cōmaundementes are gyuen The aulter of earth CAPI XX. AND God spake all these wordes and sayde I am the Lorde thy God whiche haue brought the out of the lande of Egypte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my syght Thou shalte make the no grauen ymage neyther any similitude that is in heuē aboue eyther in the earth bynethe or in the waters vnder the earth Thou shalte not worshyp them neyther serue them For I the Lorde thy god am a ☞ gelouse god ☞ visyte the synne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto the thyrde fourth generacyon of them that hate me and shewe mercye vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my cōmaundementes Thou shalte not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde wyll not hold hym gyltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Remembre the Sabboth daye that thou sanctify it Syxe dayes shalt thou labour do all that thou haste to do but the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy god in it thou shalte do no maner of worke thou thy son and thy doughter thy man seruaunt thy mayde seruaunt thy cattell the straunger that is within thy gates For in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen earth the see and al that in them is and ☞ rested the seuenth day Wherfore the Lorde blessed the Sabboth day and halowed it ✚ ☞ Honour thy father thy mother that thy dayes may be longe in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the. Thou shalte not kyll Thou shalte not breake wedlocke Thou shalte not steale Thou shalte not beare false wytnesse agaynst thy neyghboure Thou shalte not couet thy neyghbours house neyther shalte thou couet thy neyghbours wyfe or his mā seruaunt or his mayde or his ore or his asse or what so euer thy neyboure hath And all the people sawe the thonder the lyghtnyng the noyse of the trompe and the mountayne smokynge And when the people sawe it they remoued and stode a farre of sayd vnto Moses talke thou with vs we wyl heare but let not god talke with vs leest we dye And Moses sayde vnto the people Feare not for God is come to proue you and that his feare may be ☞ in your face that ye synne not And the people stode a farre of Moses wente in to the thycke clowde where God was
Cananytes the Hethytes before the. Neuertheles I wyll not cast them out in one yere lest the lande grow to a wyldernesse and the beastes of the felde multyply agaynst the. By lytell and lytell I wyl dryue them out before the vntyl thou be encreased and enheryte the lande And I wyl make thy costes from the red see vnto the sell of the Philistines and from the deserte vnto the ryuer For I wyll delyuer the inhabiters of the lande in to thyne hande and thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make none apoyntment with them nor with theyr goddes Neyther let them dwel in thy lande lest they make the synne agaynst me for yf thou serue theyr goddes it wyll be thy decay ¶ Moses ascendeth vp to the mount and wryteth the wordes of the lorde The bloole of the couertaunt The elders of Israell iudge the people CAPI XXIIII ANd he sayd vnto Moses Come vp vnto the Lorde Thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the. lxx elders of Israel and ye shall worshp a farre of And Moses hym selfe alone shall go vnto the Lorde but they shal not come nye neyther shal the peple go vp with hym And Moses came and told the people all the wordes of the lorde and all the lawes And all the people answered with one voyce sayd all the wordes whiche the Lorde hath sayd wyll we do And Moses wrote all the wordes of the lorde and rose vp early and set vp an aulter vnder the hyll and twelue stones accordynge to the. xii tribes of Israel and sent yong men of the chyldren of Israel whiche brought burntoffrynges and offred peace offrynges of oxen vnto the lorde And Moses toke halfe of the blood and put it in basens and the other halfe he sprencled on the aulter And he toÌ„ke the boke of the appoyntment and red it in the audience of the people And they sayde All that the Lorde hath sayde we wyll do and be obedyent And Moses toke the blood and sprenkled it on the people sayd Beholde this is the bloode of the appoyntment which the Lorde hath made with you vpon all these wordes Then went Moses and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the. lxx elders of Israel vp and ☞ sawe the God of Israell and there was vnder his feete as it were a worke of a Saphir stone and as it were the heuen wheÌ„ it is clere ☞ vpon the nobles of the chyldren of Israel he set not his hande And they sawe God and dyd eate and drynke ✚ And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Come vp to me in to the hyll and be there and I wyll gyue the tables of stone and a lawe and coÌ„maundementes whiche I haue wrytten that thou mayst teache them Moses rose vp his mynyster Iehosua Moses went vp in to the hyll of god sayd vnto the elders taâ—y ye here vntyll we come agayne vnto you Beholde here is Aaron and Hur with you If any man haue any matters to do let hym come to them And Moses went vp in to the mounte and a cloude couered the hyll and the glorye of the Lorde abode vpon mounte Sinay and the cloude couered it vi dayes And the seuenth daye he called vnto Moses out of the cloude And the facyon of the glorye of the Lorde was lyke consumynge fyre on the top of the hyll in the syght of the chyldren of Israel And Moses wente in to the cloude and got hym vp in to the mountayn And Moses was in the mounte xl dayes and .xl. nyghtes ¶ The Lorde sheweth Moses the facyon of the holy place and the thynges perteynyng therto CAPI XXV ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayeng speake vnto the chyldren of Israel that they brynge me an heaueoffrynge of euery man that gyueth it wyllyngly with his herte ye shall take it This is the heueoffrynge which ye shal take of them golde syluer and brasse yelowe sylke purple scarlet whyte sylke and gootes here rams skynnes that are red and the skynnes of taxus sethim wood oyle for light spices for anoyntyng oyle and for swete sence Onix stones stones to be set in the Ephod and in the brest lap And let them make me a sanctuarie that I may dwell among them And accordyng to all that I shewe the bothe after the facyon of the habitacion and after the facyon of all the ornamentes therof euen so shall ye make it And they shall make an arke of sethim wood ii cubites and an halfe longe a cubite and an halfe brode and a cubit and an halfe hye And thou shalt ouerlay it w t pure golde within and without shalte thou ouerlay it shalt make an hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalte cast iiii rynges of golde for it put them in the. iiii corners therof ii rynges shall be in the one syde of it ii in the other And thou shalte make barres of Sethim wood and couer them w t golde and put the barres in the ryngê along by the sydes of the arke to bere it withall And the barres shall be in the rynges of the arke and shal not be taken away from it And thou shalte put in the arke the wytnesse whiche I shall gyue the. And thou shalte make a merciseate of pure golde ii cubites and an halfe longe and a cubite and an halfe brode And thou shalte make ii Cherubins of golde Euen of a hole worke shalte thou make them in the. ii endes of the mercyseate and the one cherub shalte thou make on the ende and the other Cherub on the other ende Euen of the same mercy-seate shall ye make Cherubyns in the. ii endes therof And the Cherubyns shall stretche theyr wynges abrode ouer an hye couerynge the mercyseate with theyr wynges and theyr faces shall loke one to an other euen to the mercyseatewarde shall the faces of the Cherubyns be And thou shalte put the mercy-seate aboue vpon the arke in the arke thou shalte put the wytnesse whiche I wyll gyue the. And from thence ☞ I wyll testifie vnto the and wyll comon with the from vpon the mercyseate from bytwene the. ii cherubyns whiche are vpon the arke of wytnesse of all thynge whiche I wyll gyue the in coÌ„maundement vnto the chyldren of Israel Thou shalte also make a table of sethim wood of two cubites long one cubite brode and a cubite an halfe hye And thou shalte couer it with pure golde and make therto a crowne of golde rounde aboute And make vnto that an hoope of foure fyngers brode rounde aboute And make a golden crowne also to the hoope rounde aboute And make for it iiii rynges of golde and put the ryngê in the corners that are on the. iiii fete therof euen ouer agaynst the hoope shal the rynges be to put in barres to bere the table withall And thou shalte make the barres of Sethim wood and ouerlay
other ornamentes CAPI XXVII ANd thou shalt make an aulter of Sethym wood fyue cubytes longe fyue cubytes brode For it shal be iiii square and thre cubytes hye And thou shalte make it hornes in the foure corners of it the hornes shall be of it selfe thou shalte couer it with brasse And make his ashpannes shouels basyns fleshhokes fyrepannes all the apparell therof for the same of brasse And thou shalt make vnto it a gredyron also lyke a net of brasse And vpon that net shalte thou make foure brasen rynges in the foure corners therof thou shalt put it vnder the coÌ„passe of the aulter beneth that the net maye be in the myddes of the aulter And y u shalte make two barres for the aulter of Sethym wod couer them with brasse and let them be put in rynges alonge by the sydes of the aulter to beare it withall And make the aulter holowe w t bordes euen as it was shewed in the mounte so shall they make it And thou shalt make the courte of the habitacyon that there may be in the south syde hangynges of whyte twyned sylke of an huÌ„dred cubytes longe for one syde and. xx pyllers therof with theyr xx sockettes of brasse but the knoppes of the pyllers theyr hopes shal be syluer In lykewyse on the north syde there shall be hangynges of an hundred cubytes longe and. xx pyllers with theyr twentye sockettes of brasse and the knoppes and the hoopes of the pyllers shal be syluer And the bredth of the courte whiche is westward shall haue courtaynes of fyftye cubytes and ten pyllers with theyr ten sockettes And the bredth of the courte whiche is Eastwarde shall haue fyftye cubytes Hangynges of xv cubytes in the one syde and theyr thre pyllers with theyr thre sockettes lykewyse on the other syde shal be hangyngê of fyftene cubytes w t theyr iii pyllers theyr thre sockettes And in the gate of the courte shall be a vayle of xx cubytes of yelow sylke purple and scarlet and whyte twyned sylke wrought with nedle worke and foure pillers with theyr foure sockettes All the pyllers round aboute the courte shall be hoped with syluer and theyr knoppes shall be of syluer and theyr sockettes of brasse The length of the courte shall be an hundred cubytes and the bredth l. the heyght fyue And the hangynges shall be of whyte twyned sylke and theyr sockettes of brasse All the vessels of the habytacyon in all maner seruyce all the pynnes therof yea and all the pynnes also of the courte shall be of brasse And thou shal commaunde the chyldren of Israell that they gyue the pure oyle olyue beaten for the lyght to powre alwaye in to the lampes In the tabernacle of wytnesse without the vayle whiche is before the wytnes shall Aaron his sonnes dresse it both euenyng and mornyng before the lord and it shall be a statute for euer vnto theyr generacyons of the chyldren of Israell ¶ Aarâ—ns apparell and his sonnes CAPI XXVIII ANd take thou vnto the Aaron thy brother and his sonnes with hym from among the chyldren of Israel that they maye minystre vnto me Aaron Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes And thou shalt make holy rayment for Aaron thy brother that they maye be vnto glorye and bewtye And thou shalte speake vnto all that are wyse herted whomsoeuer I haue fylled with the spiryte of wysdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate hym with that he maye minystre vnto me These are the garmeÌ„tes which they shal make a brestlap Ephod a tunycle a slrayte coote a mytre and a gyrdle These holy garmentes shall they make for Aaron thy brother and his sonnes that they maye minystre vnto me And let them take golde yelowe sylke purple scarlet and whyte twyned sylke They shall make the Ephod of golde yelowe sylke purple scarlet and whyte twyned sylke with brodered worke The two sydes shall come togyther and be closed vp in the two edges therof And the gyrdle of the Ephod shall be of the same workmanshyp and of the same stuffe euen of golde yelow sylke purple scarlet and whyte twyned sylke And thou shalte take two onyx stones and graue in them the names of the chyldren of Israell syxe names of them in the one stone and the other syxe in the other stoone accordynge to †the ordre of theyr byrth After the worke of a stonegrauer and of him that graueth signettes shalt thou graue the two stones with the names of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel shalt make them to be set in gold And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the two shoulders of the Ephod that they maye be stones of remeÌ„braunce vnto the chyldren of Israel And AaroÌ„ shall beare theyr names before the Lorde vpon his two shoulders for a remembraunce And thou shalt make hookes of golde two cheynes of fyne golde lynke worke and wrethed and fasten the wrethed cheyues to the hookes And thou shalte make the breestlappe of iudgement w t brodered worke euen after the worke of the ephod shalt thou make it namely of golde yelow sylke purple scarlet and whyte twyned sylke shalt thou make it Fouresquare it shal be double an hande brede longe and an hande brede brode And thou shalt fyll it with foure rowes of stones In the fyrste rowe shal be a Sardios a Topas and Smaragdus in the seconde rowe a Rubye Saphir diamonde In the thyrde Lygurios an Achat and Amatist In the fourth a Turcas Onix and Iaspis And they shall be set in golde in theyr inclosers And the stoones shal be grauen as sygnettes be grauen with the names of the chyldren of Israel euen with xii names euery one with his name accordyng to the. xii tribes And thou shalt make vpon the brestlappe two fastenyng cheynes of pure golde wrethen worke And thou shalt make lykewyse vpon the brestlap two rynges of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlappe and put the two wrethen cheynes of golde in the two ryngê which are in the edges of the brest lappe And the other two endes of the two cheynes thou shalt fasten in two close hokes and put them vppon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foresyde of it And thou shalt yet make two ryngê of golde which thou mayest put in the two edges of the brestlap euen in the borders therof towarde the insyde of the Ephod ouer agaynst it And yet two other rynges of golde thou shalt make put them on the two sydes of the Ephod beneth ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sydes are ioyned togyther vpoÌ„ the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod And they shal bynde the brestlappe by his rynges vnto the rynges of the Ephod with a lace of yelow sylke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod that the brestlap be not closed from the Ephod And Aaron shall beare the names of the
Chyldren of Israell in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his herte when he goeth in to the hooly place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway and thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgement * †☞ vrym and Thummin and they shall be euen vpon Aarons herte when he goeth in before the Lorde and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the chyldren of Israel vpon his herte before the lorde alwaye And thou shalte make the tunycle vnto the Ephod all togyther of yelow sylke And there shal be an hole for the head in the myddes of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coler of it as it were the coler of a partlet that it rent not And beneth vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgarnates of yelow sylke and of Purpull and Scarlet rounde aboute the hem and belles of golde bytwene them rounde aboute and let there be euer a golden bel and a pomgarnate a golden belt and a pomegarnate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunycle And Aaron shal haue it vpon hym when he minystreth and the sounde shall be herde when he goeth in to the holy place before the Lorde and when he coÌ„meth out and he shal not dye And thou shalte make a plate of pure golde and graue theron as sygnettes are grauen The holynesse of the Lorde and put it on a yelowe sylke lace to be vppon the the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it And it shall be vpon Aarons foreheade that Aaron maye beare ☞ the synne of the hoolye thynges whiche the Chyldren of Israel halowe in all theyr holy gyftes And it shal be alwayes vpoÌ„ his forehead for the reconcylynge of them before the lorde And thou shalt make a lynnen cote and thou shalt make a mytre of lynnen and a gyrdle of nedle worke And thou shalt make for Aarons Sonnes also cotes gyrdels and bonettes glorious and bewtyfull and thou shalte put them vppon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt anoynt them and ☞ fyll theyr handes and saynctifye them that they maye minystre vnto me And thou shalt make them lynneÌ„ breches to couer theyr preuityes from the loynes vnto the thyes shal they reach And they shal be vpon Aaron and his Sonnes when they come in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or when they come vnto the aulter to minystre in holynesse that they beare no synne and so dye And it shall be a lawe foreuer vnto Aaron and his seede after hym ¶ The consecracyon of Aaron and his sonnes CAPI XXIX THis thynge also shalte thou doo vnto them when thou halowest them to be my preestes Thou shalte take a calfe euen a yonge oxe and two rammes that are without blemish and vnleuended bread and cakes of swete breade tempred with oyle and wafers of swete breade anoynted with oyle of wheten floure shalt thou make them and put them in a maunde and brynge them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes And brynge Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse washe them with water take the garmentes and put vpon Aaron the strayte cote the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod the brestlap and gyrde them to him with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod And put the mytre vpon his heade and put the hooly crowne vpon the mytre Then shalte thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his heade and anoynte hym And brynge his Sonnes and put albes vpon them and gyrde them with gyrdles as wel Aaron as his sonnes And put the myters on them and the preestes offyce shall be theyrs for a perpetual lawe And thou shalte fyll the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and brynge the calfe before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron and his Sonnes shal put theyr handes vpon the heade of the calfe and thou shalt kyl hym before the lorde by the doore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And take of the bloode of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy fynger and powre all the bloode besyde the hotome of the aulter and take all the fatte that couereth the inwardes and the kal that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fatte that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter But the flesshe of the calfe and his skyn and his donge shalte thou burne with fyre without the hooste It is a synne offerynge Thou shalte also take one ram and Aaron and his Sonnes shal put theyr handes vpoÌ„ the heade of the ram when thou hast slayne the ram thou shalt take his bloode sprynkle it rounde aboute the aulter and cut the ram in peces and wash the inwardes of him and his legges and put them vnto the peces and vnto his head and then burne the hoole ram vpon the aulter for a burnt offeryng vnto the lorde and for a swete sauour and a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And take the other ram and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his heade Then shalte thou kyl hym take of his bloode and put it vpoÌ„ the typ of the ryght eare of Aaron and of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr ryght handes vpon the great too of theyr ryght foote sprynkle the bloode vpon the aulter rounde aboute And thou shalt take of the bloode that is vppon the aulter and of the anoyntynge oyle and sprynkle it vpon Aaron his bestymentes vpon his sonnes vpon theyr garmeÌ„tes with hym And he shall be halowed his clothes and his sonnê and theyr clothes with hym And thou shalte take the fat of the ram and his rompe and the fat that couereth the inwardê and the kal of the lyuer the two kydneys and the fatte that is vppon them and the ryght shoulder for that ram is a fullofferynge and a symnel of breade and a cake of oyled breade and a wafer out of the basket of swete bread that is before the Lorde put al vpon the handê of Aaron on the handes of his sonnes and waue theÌ„ for a waueoffryng before the lorde And agayne thou shalte take it from of theyr handes burne it vpoÌ„ the aulter for a burntofferynge to be a sauour of swetnesse before the Lorde For it is a sacrifyce vnto the lorde And thou shalt take the brest of the ram of Aarons consecracyon and waue it for a waueofferyng before the Lorde and it shal be thy parte And thou shalt sanctifye the breest of the waueofferyng and the shoulder of the heaueofferyng which is waued an heued vp of the ram of the consecracyon for Aaron for his sonnes And it shall be Aarons his sonnes by a statute foreuer of the Chyldren of Israel for it is an heueofferyng Euen an heueofferynge of the chyldren of Israel and of theyr peaceofferynges Theyr haue offerynges is the Lordes And the holy garmentes of Aaron shal be his sonnes after hym to be anoynted
therin and to fyll theyr handes therin And that son that is preest in his stede after him shal put them on seuen dayes wheÌ„ he coÌ„meth into the tabernacle of wytnesse to minyster in the holy place And thou shalte take the ram of the coÌ„secracion and sethe his flesshe in an holy place And Aaron his sonnê shal eate the flesh of the ram the breade that is in the basket euen by the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and they shal eate them bycause the atonement was made therwith to fyl theyr handes to consecrate them but ☞ a strauÌ„ger shall not eate therof bycause they are holy And yf ought of the flesh of the coÌ„secracyon or of the bread remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fyre and it shall not be eaten bycause it is hooly Therfore shalte thou do vnto Aaron his sonnes euen so accordyng to althynges whiche I haue coÌ„maunded the seuen dayes shalt thou fyl theyr handes and offre euery day a calfe for a syn offerynge for to reconcyle withal that thou mayest clense the aulter wheÌ„ thou recoÌ„cilest vpon it thou shalt anoynt it to sanctifye it Seuen dayes thou shalt recoÌ„cyle vpon the aulter sanctyfye it it shall be as an aulter moost holye Euery one that toucheth the aulter let hym be holy This is that whiche thou shalte offre vpon the aulter euen two lambes of one yeare olde daye by daye continually the one thou shalt offre in the mornynge the other at euen And with the one lambe a tenth deale of floure myngled w t the fourth parte of an hyn of beaten oyle the fourth parte of an hyn of wyne for a drynke offerynge And the other lambe thou shalte offre at euen shalt do therto accordynge to the meat offeryng drynke offerynge in the mornynge to be an odour of a swete sauour and a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And let this be a continual burntofferynge amonge your Chyldren after you before the doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde where I wyl mete you to speke there vnto the. There I wyl mete with the chyldren of Israell wylbe sanctifyed in myne honour And I wyl sanctyfye the taber nacle of wytnesse the aulter and I wyl sanctifye also bothe Aaron and his sonnes to be my preestes And I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israel and wyl be theyr god And they shall knowe that I am the Lorde theyr God that brought them out of the lande of Egypt for to dwell amonge them euen I the Lorde theyr God ¶ The aulter of Insence The brasen lauer The anoyntynge Oyle CAPI XXX ANd thou shalt make an aulter to burne sence of Sethym wod shalt thou make it a cubyte longe and a cubyte brode euen foure square shal it be and two cubytes hye the hornes therof shall procede out of it and thou shalt ouerlay it w t fyne golde both the roffe the walles rounde aboute and his hornes also and shalt make vnto it a crowne of golde rounde aboute two golden ryngê on eyther syde euen vnder the crowne that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withal And thou shalt make the barres of Sethym wood and couer them with golde And thou shalt put it before the vayle that is by the arke of wytnesse before the mercyseate that is vpoÌ„ the wytnes wher I wyl mete the. And AaroÌ„ shal burne theron swete sence euery mornynge when he dresseth the lampê euen then shall he burne it and lykewyse at euen when he setteth vp the lampes he shall burne sence and this insencyng shal be perpetually before the lorde thorowout your generacions â–ª Ye shal put no straunge sence ther on burntsacrifyce or meatofferyng neyther powre any drynkofferyng theron And AaroÌ„ shal reconcyle vppon the hornes of it once in a yeare with the bloode of the synofferynge of reconcilynge euen once in the yeare shall he reconcyle it thorow your generacyons It is moost holy vnto the Lorde And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Yf thou takest the somme of the Chyldren of Israel after theyr nombre they shall gyue euery man a reconcylynge of his soule vnto the Lorde when thou tellest them that there be no plage amonge them when thou tellest them And thus moche shal euery man gyue and that goeth into the nombre halfe a sycle after the sycle of the sanctuary a sycle is xx halfpense An halfe sycle shal be the heueofferynge of the Lorde All that are noÌ„bred from twentye yeare olde and aboue shall gyue an heueofferyng vnto the lorde The ryche shal not passe and the poore shall not goo vnder halfe a sycle But ye shal gyue an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde that he may haue mercye vpon youre soules And thou shalte take the reconcilyng money of the chyldren of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it may be a memorial vnto the Chyldren of Israell before the lorde that he may haue mercy vpoÌ„ your soulê And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge thou shalte make a lauer of brasse and his foote also of brasse to wassh withal and shalt put it bytwene the tabernacle of wytnes and the aulter and put water therin For Aaron and his sonnes shal washe theyr handes and theyr feete therin euen when they go into the tabernacle of wytnesse they shal washe them with water least they dye or when they goo vnto the aulter to minyster and to burne the lordes offeryng they shal washe theyr handê and theyr feete and they shall not dye And it shall be an ordynaunce vnto them foreuer both vnto hym his seede thorowout theyr generacions And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Take vnto the pryncipal spices of the moost pure myrte fyue hundred sycles of swete Cynamon halfe so moche euen two hundred and fiftye sycles of swete calamus two hundred and. l. Of Cassia two hundred and. l. after the holye sycle and of oyle olyue an hin And thou shalt make of the oyle an holye oyntment euen an oyntment coÌ„pouÌ„de after the crafte of the apoticarye and it shall be the oyle of holye vnction And thou shalte anoynte the tabernacle of wytnes therwith and the arke of wytnesse and the table and al his apparel and the candelstycke and his apparel and the aulter of insens the aulter of burntsacrifyce with al his vessels and the lauer and his fote And thou shalte sanctifye them that they maye be moost holye so that no man touche them but they that be halowed And thou shalt anoynte Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate them that they maye minyster vnto me And thou shalte speake vnto the chyldren of Israel saynge this shall be an holye oyntynge oyle vnto me thorowout your genera cyons Upon mannes flesshe shall it not be powred neyther shall ye make any other after the makyng of it for it is holye and shall be holye vnto you whosoeuer
maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vppon a straunger shal perysh from among his people And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take vnto the swete spices balme Onycha swete galbanum these spyces with pure frankencens of eche lyke moche and make of them swete smellyng insence after the crafte of the apoticarie myngled togyther pure and holy And beate it to powder and putof it before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse where I wyll mete the. It shall be vnto you moost holye And se that ye make none after the makyng of that It shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde Whosoeuer shal make lyke vn to that to smel therto shal perysh froÌ„ among his people ¶ The callynge of Bezaleel and Ahaliab the workemen The Sabboth coÌ„mauÌ„ded The tables of stone ginen Moses CAPI XXXI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Ury the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda And I haue fylled hym with the spiryte of God in wysdome and vnderstandynge in knowledge and in all maner worke to fynde out subtyll feates and to worke in golde syluer and brasse and in the crafte to set stoones to carue in tymbre and to worke in al maner workmanshyp And behold I haue gyuen hym to be his coÌ„panion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan and in the hertes of al that are wyse herted I haue put wysdome to make al that I haue coÌ„maunded the the tabernacle of wytnesse the arke of wytnes and the mercyseate that is there vpon and al the ornamentes of the Tabernacle and the table and his ornamentes the pure candelstycke with al his apparel and the aulter of insens and the aulter of burntoffrynges and al his vessels and the lauer with his foote The vestimentes to minystre in and the holye garmentes for Aaron the preest and the garmen tes of his sonnes to minystre in the anoyntynge oyle and swete sence for the sanctuary accordyng to al that I haue coÌ„maunded the shall they do And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israell and saye In any wyse se that ye kepe my Sabboths for it is a sygne bytwene me you in your generacyons for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doeth sanctifye you Kepe my Sabboth therfore for it is holye vnto you He that defyleth it shal be stayne For whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke And in the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the hoolye reste of the Lorde Whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth daye shall dye wherfore let the chyldren of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue it thorowout theyr generacyons that it be an appoyntemeÌ„t for euer For it is a sygne bytwene me the chyldreÌ„ of Israel for euer For in syx dayes the lorde made heuen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested was refreshed And when the Lorde had made an ende of the coÌ„monyng with Moses vpon the mounte Sinay he gaue hym two tables of wytnes euen tables of stone wrytten with the ☞ fynger of God ¶ The golden calfe Moses prayeth he breaketh the tables for anger He chydeth Aaron The ydolaters slayne CAPI XXXII ANd when the people sawe that it was longe or Moses came downe out of the mountayne they gathered them selues togyther vnto Aaron and sayde vnto hym Up make vs Goddes to go before vs for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt we wote not what is become And AaroÌ„ said vnto him plucke of the golden earingê which are in the eares of your wyues your Sonnes and of youre doughters and brynge them vnto me And all the people plucked of the golden earynges which they had in theyr eares and brought them vnto Aaron And he receyued them of theyr handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made of it a calfe of molton mettall And they sayde These be thy Goddes o Israell whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypt And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it And Aaron cryed sayenge tomorow is the holy day of the Lorde And they roose vp in the mornynge and offered burntofferynges brought peaceofferynges also And the people sat them downe to eate and drynke and rose vp agayne to playe And ✚ the Lorde sayd vnto Moses go gette the downe Thy people whiche thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypte haue marred all they are turned atonce out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded them for they haue made them a calfe of molten metal and haue worshipped it and haue offered therto saynge These be thy goddes o Israel which hath brought the out of the lande of Egypt And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I haue sene this people beholde it is a styffe necked people and nowe suffre me that my wrath may waxe hote agaynst them and con sume them and I wyll make of the a myghtye people And Moses besought the Lorde his god sayd O lorde why doth thy wrath waxe hote agaynst thy peple which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt w t greate power and with a myghtye hande wherfore shulde the Egyptians speake and saye For a myschefe dyd he brynge them out euen for to flee them in the mountaynes and to coÌ„ sume them from the face of the earth Turne from thy fearse wrath and †turne from this euyll deuysed agaynst thy people Remembre Abraham Isaac and Israel thy seruauntes to whome y u swarest by thyne owne selfe and saydest to them I wyl mul tiplye your seede as the sterres of heuen and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I gyue vnto your seede and they shal enheryte it for euer And the lorde refrayned hym selfe from that euyll ⊢ whiche he sayde he wolde do vnto his people And Moses turned his backe and went downe from the hyll the two tables of wytnesse were in his hande and the same tables were wrytten on bothe the leaues and those tables were the worke of God and the wrytynge was the wrytynge of god grauen in the tables And wheÌ„ Iosua herde the noyce of the peple as they showted he sayd vnto Moses there is a noyse of war in the host And he answered it is not the crye of them that haue the maystrye nor of them that haue the worse but I do heare the noyse of them that synge And it fortuned assoone as he came nye vnto the host he saw the calfe and the daunsyng and Moses wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables out of his hande and brake them benethe the hyll And he toke the calfe whiche they had made and burned it in the fyre and stampt it vnto powder and strawed it in the water made the Chyldren of Israel drynke of
it And Moses sayd vnto Aaron what dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a syn vpon them And Aaron answered let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fearse thou knowest the people that they are euen set on myschefe For they sayd vnto me make vs Gods to go before vs for we wote not what is become of Moses the felow that brought vs out of the lande of Egypte And I sayde vnto them ☞ Let them that haue golde plucke it of brynge it me and I cast it in to the fyre and thereof came out this calfe Moses therfore saw that the people were naked and that Aaron had made them naked vnto theyr shame †☞ amonge theyr ennemyes and he went and stode in the gate of the hoste and sayde Yf any man perteyne vnto the Lorde let hym come to me And all the Sonnes of Leui gathered them selues togyther and came vnto hym And he sayde vnto them thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel put euery man his swerde by his syde and go in and out from gate to gate thorowout the hoste and slee euery man his brother and euery man his companyon and euery man his neyghbour And the chyldren of Leui dyd as Moses had sayd And there fell of the people the same day about thre thousand men And Moses sayd fyll your handes vnto the Lorde this daye euery man vppon his Sonne and vpon his brother and that there may be gyuen you a blessynge this daye And on the morowe it fortuned that Moses sayd vnto the people Ye haue synned a great synne And nowe I wyll goo vp vnto the Lorde yf peraduenture I may purchace an attonement for your synne Moses therfore wente agayne vnto the Lorde sayd Oh this people haue synned a great synne and haue made them Goddes of golde And now I pray the eyther forgyue them theyr Synne or yf thou wylte not ☞ wype me out of thy booke whiche thou hast wrytten And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I wyll put him out of my boke that hath synned agaynst me And now go thou bryng the people vnto the place whiche I sayde vn to the beholde myne angell shall go before the. Neuerthelatter in the day when I visyte I wyll vysyte theyr syn vpon them And the Lorde plaged the people bycause they made the calfe whiche Aaron made ¶ The Lorde sendeth an Angell before his people The Lorde deuyeth to go vp with the people ▪ The people lament theyr syn Moses talketh with the lorde CAPI XXXIII ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses departe and go hence thou the people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypte vnto the lande whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge vnto thy seede wyll I gyue it And I wyll sende an angell before the and wyl cast out the Cananytes the Amorytes and the Hethites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusytes a lande that floweth with mylke and hony For I wyll not go amonge you my selfe for ye are a styfnecked people leest I consume the in the waye And when the people herde this euyll tydynges they sorowed and no man dyd put on his best rayment And the Lorde spake vnto Moses say vnto the Chyldren of Israell ye are a styfnecked people I must come once sodenly vpon you and make an ende of you Therfore now put thy goodlye rayment from the that I maye wete what to do vnto the. And the Chyldren of Israell layde theyr goodly rayment from them euen by the mounte Horeb. And Moses toke the Tabernacle and pytched it without the hooste a farre of from the hoost and called it the tabernacle of wytnesse And so it came to passe that euery one whiche wolde pray vnto the Lorde went out vnto the tabernacle of wytnesse whiche was without the hoost And it fortuned that when Moses went out vnto the Tabernacle al the people rose vp and stoode euery man at his tent dore and loked after Moses vntyll he was gone in to the tabernacle And as soone as Moses was entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudye pyller descended and stode at the dore of tabernacle and he talked with Moses And al the people saw the cloudye pyller stande at the Tabernacle dore and they rose vp and worshypped euery man in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses ☞ face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende and he turned agayne in to the hoste ☞ And the chylde Iosua his seruaunt the Sonne of Nun departed not out of the Tabernacle And Moses sayd vnto the Lorde se thou sayest vnto me leade this people forth and thou hast not shewed me whome thou wylte sende with me And thou haste sayde moreouer I knowe the name and thou hast also founde grace in my syght Nowe therfore yf I haue foūde fauour in thy syght then shew me thy way that I maye knowe the and that I maye fynde grace in thy syght And consyder also that this nacyon is thy people And he sayde my presence shall go with the and I wyll gyue the reste He sayde vnto hym Yf thy presence go not with me carye vs not hense for how shall it be knowen here that I and thy people haue founde fauour in thy syght but in that thou goest with vs Yf thou go with vs shall not I and thy people haue a preemynence before al the people that are vpon the face of the earth And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayd for thou hast founde grace in my syght and I knowe the by name And he sayde I beseche the shewe me thy glorye And he sayde I wyll make all my good go before the and I wyll be called in this name of the Lorde before the and wyll shewe mercy to whome I wyll shewe mercye and wyll haue compassyon on whome I wyl haue compassyon And he sayd 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 thou shalte stande vpon a rocke whyle my glory goeth forth I wyll put the in a clyfte of the rocke and wyll put myne hande vpon the whyle I passe by And I wyll take awaye myne hand thou shalt se my backe partes but my face shall not be sene ¶ The Tables renued The mercy of God Felowshyp with the gentyls forbydden and theyr ydolatrye also Of theyr feastes CAPI XXIIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Moses hewe the two tables of stoone lyke vnto the fyrst and I wyl wryte vpon them the wordes that were in the fyrst Tables whiche thou brakest And be redy in the mornynge that thou mayst come vp early vnto the mounte of Sinay and stand there with me in the top of the mounte There shall no man come vp with the neyther let any man be sene thorow out al the mounte neyther let shepe nor oxen fede
of the heades was of syluer all the pyllers of the courte were hooped aboute with syluer And the hangynge of the gate of the courte was nedleworke of yelowe sylke purple scarlet and whyte twyned sylke xx cubytes long fyue in the bredth ouer agaynst the hangyngê of the courte And theyr pyllers were iiii theyr iiii sockettê of brasse and the knoppes of syluer the heades ouer layde with syluer hooped aboute with syluer and all the pynnes of the tabernacle of the courte rounde aboute were of brasse This is the somme of the habitacyon of wytnesse as it was counted accordyng to the coÌ„mauÌ„dement of Moses for the offyce of the Leuytê by the hand of Ithamar son to AaroÌ„ the preest And Bezaleel the sonne of Uri the son of Hur of the tribe of Iuda made al that the lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses with hym was Ahaliab sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan a connyng grauer a worker of nedleworke in yelowe sylke purple scarlet white twyned sylke All the golde that was occupyed for all the worke of the holy place was the golde of the waueofferyng euen xxix huÌ„dred weyght and seuen hundred xxx sicles accordyng to the sicle of the sanctuarye And the somme of syluer that came of the multitude was v. score hundred weyght a thousande seuen hundred lxxv sicles after the sicle of the sanctuary For euery maÌ„ an halfe weyght euen halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuary for all them that wente to be nombred from xx yere olde aboue euen for vi hundred thousande and. iii. thousande and v. hundred and. l. men And the fyue score hundred weyght of syluer were cast the sockettes of the sanctuary and the sockettes of the vayle an hundred sockettes of the fyue score hundred weyght an hundred weyght of euery socket And of the thousande vii hundred lxxv sicles he made knoppes to the pyllers ouerlayde the heades and hooped them †vvith syluer And the brasse of the waueoffrynge was lxx hundred weyght and two thousand and foure hundred sycles And therwith he made the sockettes to the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and the brasen aulter the brasen gredyren for it with all the vessels of the aulter the sokettes of the courte round aboute the sokets for the courte gate al the pynnes of the habitacyoÌ„ al the pynnes of the courte round aboute ¶ The apparell of Aaron and his sonnes All that the Lorde comaunded was offered CAPI XXXIX ANd of the yelowe sylke purple scarlet they made the vestimentes of ministracyon to do seruyce in the holy place made the holye garmentes for Aaron as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he made the Ephod of golde yelowe sylke purple scarlet whyte twined sylke And they dyd beate the golde in to thyn plates cut it in to wyers to worke it in the yelowe sylke purple scarlet and in the fyne whyte with brodered worke And they made two sydes for it to cloose them vp by the. ii edges And the broderyng of the gyrdell that was vpon it was of the same stuffe after the same worke of golde yelowe sylke purple scarlet twyned whyte sylke as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And they wrought Onix stones closed in ouches of golde and graued as sygnettê are grauen with the names of the chyldreÌ„ of Israell and put them on the shoulders of the Ephod that they shulde be stoones for a remembraunce of the chyldren of Israel as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he made the brestlap of coÌ„nyng worke lyke the worke of Ephod euen of gold yelow sylke purple scarlet twyned whyte sylke It was iiii square and they made the brestlap double an hande bredth long and an hande bredth brode And they fylled it with iiii rowes of stones The fyrst rowe a Sardios a Topas Smaragdus the seconde rowe a Rubye a Saphyr and a Diamonde in the. iii. â—owe Ligurios an Achet and an Amatist in the fourth rowe a Turcas an Onir and a Iaspis And they were closed in ouches of golde in theyr inclosers And the. xii stones were grauen as sygnettes with the names of the chyldren of Israel euery stone with his name according to the. xii tribes And they made vpon the brestlap two fastenynge cheynes of wrethen worke and pure golde And they made two hookes of golde and two golde rynges and put the two rynges in the two corners of the brestlap And they put the two cheynes of golde in the two rynges in the corners of the brestlap And the two endes of the two cheynes they fastened in the two hookes and put them on the shoulders of the Ephod vppon the fore front of it And they made two rynges of golde and put them on the two corners of the brestlap vpon the edge of it whiche was on the insyde of the Ephod And they made two golde rynges and put them on the two sydes of the Ephod benethe on the fore syde of it and ouer agaynst his felowe aboue vpon the brodryng of the Ephod and they strayned the brestlap by his rynges vnto the rynges of the Ephod with a lace of yelowe sylke that it myght be vpon the brodryng of the Ephod that the brestlap shuld not be loosed from the Ephod as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the Ephod of wouen worke all togyther of yelowe sylke and there was an hole in the myddest of the tunycle as the coler of a partlet with a band rounde aboute the coler that it shulde not rent And in the tunycle they made heÌ„mes w t Pomegarnates of yelowe sylke purple scarlet whyte twyned sylke And they made lytell belles of pure golde put them amonge the pomegarnates rounde aboute vpon the edge of the tunycle a bel and a pomegarnate a bell and a pomegarnate rounde aboute the hemmes of the tunycle to mynystre in as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And they made cotes of fyne whyte of wouen worke for Aaron and his sonnes a mytre of fyne whyte and goodly bonettes of fyne whyte and lynen breches of twyned whyte and a gyrdle of twyned whyte yelowe sylke purple scarlet euen of nedle worke as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they made the plate for the holy crowne of fyne golde wrote vpon it with grauen worke the holynesse of the lorde and tyed vnto it a lace of yelowe sylke to fasten it on hye vpoÌ„ the mytre as the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses Thus was all the worke of the habitacyon and of the tabernacle of wytnesse fynysshed And the chyldren of Israel dyd accordynge to al that the Lorde had coÌ„maunded Moses Euen so dyd they And they brought the habitacyon vnto Moses the tente and all his apparell buttons bordes barres pyllers sockettes the coueryng of rammes skynnes read and the coueryng of taxus skinnes and the hangyng vayle the arke of wytnesse and the barres
therof the mercyseate the table and all the vesselles therof the shewbread the pure candelstycke with the lampes therof euen with the Lamppes to be prepared and all the vesselles therof and the Oyle for lyght the golden aulter and the anoyntyng oyle and the swete sence and the hangyng of the tabernacle doore the brasen aulter with his gredyren of brasse his barres all his vessels the lauer his fote the hanginges of the courte with his pyllers and sockettes the hangyng to the courte gate and his pynnes and cordes and all the vessell of the seruyce of the habitacyon for the tabernacle of wytnesse the ministryng vestimentes to serue in the holy place and the holy vestimentes for Aaron the preest and his sonnes raymentes to ministre in accordyng to al that the Lorde cōmaunded Moses euen so the chyldren of Israel made all the worke And Moses behelde all the worke and se they had done it euen as the Lorde commaunded euen so had they done and Moses blessed them ¶ The Tabernacle teared vp The glory of the lorde appeareth in a clowde couerynge the Tabernacle CAPI XL. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge In the fyrst day of the fyrst moneth shalte thou set vp the habitacyon and the tabernacle of wytnesse put therin the arke of witnesse couer the arke with the vayle and bryng in the table and apparel it accordyng to the order therof And thou shalt bryng in the candelstycke and lyght his lampes and set the sence aulter of golde before the arke of wytnesse and put the hangynge at the dore of the habitaciō And set the burntoffrynge aulter before the dore of the habitacyon and Tabernacle of wytnesse and set the lauer bytwene the Tabernacle of wytnesse the aulter put water therein and make the courte rounde aboute and hang vp the hangynge at the courte gate And thou shalte take the anoyntyng oyle and anoynte the habitacyon and all that is therin halowe it with all the vessels therof that it may be holy And thou shalte anoynte the aulter of burntoffryng and al the vessels sanctifie the aulter that it maybe an aulter moost holy And thou shalte anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifie it And thou shalte bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wasshe them with water And thou shalte put vpon Aaron the holy vestimentes anoynte hym sanctifie hym that he maye ministre vnto me And thou shalte bryng his sonnes clothe them with garmentes and anoynte them as thoyu dydest anoynte theyr father that they may ministre vnto me For theyr anoynting shal be an euerlasting preest hode vnto them thorowout theyr generaciōs And Moses dyd accordyng to all that the Lorde cōmaunded hym euen so dyd he Thus was the Tabernacle reared vp the fyrste daye in the fyrste moneth in the seconde yere And Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockettes and set vp the bordes therof and put in the barres of it reared vp his pyllers and spred abrode the tent ouer the habitacion put ☞ the coueryng of the tent on hye aboue it as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he toke ☞ the testimony and put it in the arke set the barres to the arke put the mercyseate on hye vpon the arke brought the arke into the habitacyon hanged vp the vayle and couered the arke of wytnesse as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And he put the table in the Tabernacle of wytnes in the north syde of the habitacyon but without the vayle set the bread in order before the Lorde euen as the Lorde had cōmaunded Moses And he put the candelstycke in the tabernacle of wytnesse ouer agaynst the table towarde the south syde of the habitacion set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he put the golden aulter in the tabernacle of wytnesse before the vayle brent swete sence theron as the lorde cōmaunded Moses And he hanged vp the hangyng at the dore of the habitacion set the burntofferyng aulter by the entryng in of the habitacion of the tabernacle of wytnesse offred burntofferynges and meatoffrynges theron as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And he set the lauer bytwene the tabernacle of wytnesse the aulter powred water therin to wasshe withal And Moses Aaron his sonnes wasshed theyr handes theyr feete therat when they went into the tabernacle of wytnes when they went to the aulter they wasshed themselues as the lorde cōmaūded Moses And he reared vp the court rounde aboute the habitacyon the aulter set vp an hangyng at the courte gate and so Moses finisshed the worke And the cloude couered the tabernacle of wytnes the glory of the lorde fylled the habitacion And Moses coulde not entre into the Tabernacle of wytnesse bycause the clowde abode theron the glory of the lorde fylled the habitacyon For the cloude had couered all And when the cloude was taken vp from of the habitacyon the chyldren of Israel toke theyr iourneys thorowout theyr armyes And when the cloude was not taken vp they iourneyed not tyll it was taken vp for the cloude of the lord was vpon the habitacion by day and fyre by nyght in the syght of all the house of Israel thorowout all theyr armyes ¶ The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uelle schemoth and in the Latyn Exodus ¶ The thyrde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue vaicrah and in the Latyn Leuiticus ¶ The order of burntofferynge◠CAPI Primo ANd the Lorde called Moses and spake vnto hym out of the tabernacle of wytnes sayeng Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and thou shalte say vnto them Yf a mā of you brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lorde ye shall bryng your sacrifice from among these cattel euen from among the oxen the shepe If his sacrifice be a burntofferynge let hym offre a male of the oxen without blemysshe bryng him of his owne voluntary wyl vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde And he shall put his hande vpon the heade of the burntsacrifice and it shal be accepted for hym to be his attonement And he shall kyll the calfe of the droue before the Lorde And the preestes Aarons sonnes shall brynge the bloode and sprynkle it rounde aboute vpon the aulter that is by the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse And then shall he flay the burntofferyng hewe hym in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the preest shal put fyre vpon the aulter and put wood vpon the fyre And the Preestes Aarons sonnes shall lay the partes euen the heade the fat vpon the wood that is vpon the fyre in the aulter But the inwardes and the legges therof shal he wasshe in water and the preest shall burne all in the aulter that they may be ◠burntsacrifice for a swete odoure vnto the
Lorde And yf his sacrifice be of the flockes namely of the shepe or gootes let hym bryng a male without blemysshe for a burntofferyng And let hym kyll it on the North syde of the aulter before the Lorde And the preestes Aarons sonnes shall sprynkle the bloode of it rounde aboute vpon the aulter And it shall be cut in peces euen with his heade and his fat and the Preest shall put them vpon the wood that lyeth vpon the fyre in the aulter But he shall wasshe the inwardes and the legges with water and the preest shall bryng all togyther and burne it vpon the aulter for a burntofferyng of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde If the burntofferyng for the sacrifice of the lorde be of the foules he shall brynge his sacrifice of the Curtyll doues or of the yonge pygeons And the preest shal brynge it vnto the aulter â–ª and wryng the necke a sundre of it burne it on the aulter But the bloode therof shal run oute by the syde of the aulter And he shall plucke away the crop with his fethers fast them besyde the aulter on the East parte in the place of asshes And he shall breake the wynges of it but plucke them not asundre And the preest shal burne it vpon the aulter euen vpon the woode that is vpon the fyre that it may be a burntsacrifice for a swete fauour vnto the Lorde ¶ The order of meate offerynges CAPI II. THe soule that wyll offre a meatoffcynge vnto the Lorde the same offrynge shall be of fyne floure he shall powre oyle vpon it and put frankensence theron shall brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the preestes And he shall take therout his handful of the floure and of the oyle with all the frankensence and the preest shall burne it for a memorial of hym vpon the aulter to be an offryng for a swete sauour vnto the lorde And the remenaunt of the meatoffryng shal be Aarons and his sonnes a thyng moost holy of the sacrifices of the Lorde If thou bryng also a meatoffryng that is bakeÌ„ in the ouen let it be a swete cake of fyne floure myngled with oyle or an vnleuened wafer anoynted with oyle If thy meateofferyng be baken in the fryeng pan it shal be of swete floure myngled w t oyle And thou shalt mynce it smal and powre oyle theron that it may be a meatofferyng And yf thy meatofferynge be athyng broyled vpon the gredyron let it be of floure myngled w t oyle And thou shalte brynge the meatoffryng that is made of these thynges vnto the Lorde and shalte delyuer it vnto the preest that he may offre if vpon the aulter and the Preest shall take of the meatoffrynge a memoryall shall burne it vpon the aulter that it may be a burntofferynge for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that whiche is lefte of the meatofferyng shal be Aarons and his sonnes It is a thyng moost holy of the offerynges of the Lorde All the meatofferynges whiche ye shall bryng vnto the Lorde shall be made without leuen For ye shall neyther burne leuen nor hony in any offeryng of the Lorde Notwithstandynge ye shall brynge the fyrstlynges of them vnto the Lorde but they shall not come vpon the aulter for a swete sauoure All the meatofferynges shalte thou season with salte neyther shalte thou suffre the salt of the couenauÌ„t of thy god to be lacking from thy meatofferynge but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalte brynge salte And yf thou offre a meatofferynge of thy fyrste rype fruytes vnto the Lorde thou shalte offre for the meatofferyng of the fyrst fruytes eares of corne dryed by the fyre and corne beaten as meale And thou shalte put oyle vpon it and lay frankensence theron that it may be a meatoffryng And the preest shal burne parte of the beaten corne parte of that oyle with all the frankensence for a remembraunce And it shall be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde ¶ The order of peaceofferynges CAPI III. ANd yf his sacrifice be a peaceofferyng and he take it from among the droues whyther it be male or female he shall brynge so moche as is without blemysshe before the Lorde and put his hande vpon the heade of his offerynge and kyll it at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes the preestes shall sprynkle the bloode vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he shall offre somwhat of the peaceofferynge to be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde euen the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is aboute the inwardes and the two kydneys and the fat that is on them and vpon the loynes and the abundaunce that is on the lyuer shall he take awaye with the kydneys And Aarons sonnê shall burne them on the aulter vpon the burntsacrifice whiche is vpon the wood that is on the fyre to be burntsacrifice for a swete sauour vnto the Lorde If he brynge a peaceofferynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke let hym offre male or female but without blemysshe As yf he offre a shepe for his sacrifice he shall brynge it before the Lorde and put his haude vpon his offerynges heade and kyll it before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse Aarons sonnes shal sprynkle the blood therof rounde aboute the aulter And of the peaceofferyng let hym brynge a sacrifice vnto the Lorde the fat therof and the rompe all togyther which they shal take of harde by the backe bone and the fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes and the two kydneys the fat that is vpon them and vpon the loynes and the abundaunce that is vpon the lyuer shal he take away with the kydneys And the preest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be a foode of a sacrifice vnto the Lorde If his offeryng be a goote he shall bryng it before the Lorde and put his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of the couenaunt and the sonnê of Aaron shall sprynkle the blood therof vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he shall brynge therof his offerynge euen a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde the fatte that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes the two kydneyes and the fat that is vpon them and vpon the loynes the abundauÌ„ce vpon the lyuer shall he take awaye with the kydneyes And the preest shall burne them vpon the aulter for the food of the sacrifyce that all the fat maye be a swete sauour vnto the Lorde Let it be a perpetuall statute for youre generacyons thorowout youre dwellynges that ye eate neyther fat nor bloode ¶ Offerynge made for synnes done of Ignoraunce CAPI IIII. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israell and saye Yf a soule synne thorow ygnoraunce hath done any of those thyngê whiche the Lorde hath forbydden in his coÌ„maundementes to be done As yf the preest that is anoynted do syn â€
vnto the Lorde for his syn whiche he hath synned A female from the flocke a lambe or a she goote for a synneofferynge And the preest shall make an attonement for hym concernynge his synne And yf he be not able to brynge suche a shepe he shall brynge for his trespace whiche he hath synned two turtyl doues or two yonge pygeons vnto the Lorde one for a synneofferyng and the other for a burntofferynge And he shall brynge them vnto the preest which shal offer the synneofferyng fyrst and wrynge the necke a sundre of it but plucke it not clene of And he shall sprynkle of the bloode of the synneofferynge vpon the syde of the aulter and the reste of the bloode shall he powre by the botome of the aulter for it is a synneofferynge And he shall offer the seconde for a burntofferynge as the maner is and so shall the Preest make an attonement for hym for the synne whiche he hath synned and it shal be forgyuen hym And yf he be not able to brynge two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons then he that hath synned shall brynge for his offerynge the tenth parte of Epha of fyne floure for a synofferyng but put noone Oyle therto neyther put any frankensence theron for it is a synneofferynge And let the preest offre it the preest shal take his handfull of it for a remembraunce therof burne it vpon the aulter to be a Sacrifyce for the Lorde it is a synneofferynge And the Preest shall make an attonement for hym as touchynge his synne that he hath synned in one of these it shal be forgyuen And the remenaunt shal be the preestes as a meatofferyng And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Yf a soule trespace and synne thorowe ygnoraunce in thynges that are consecrated vnto the lorde let hym bryng for his trespace vnto the Lorde a ram without blemysshe out of the flockes valued is money at two sycles after the sycle of the sanctuary that it may be for a trespaceofferynge And he shal make amendes for the harme that he hath done in the holy thynge let hym put the fyfte parte more therto and gyue it vnto the Preest And the preest shall make an attonement for hym with the ram that is for the trespace and it shall be forgyuen hym Yf a soule synne and commyt any of these thynges whiche are forbydden to be done by the commaundementes of the Lorde and wyst it not and hath offended he shall beare his synne and shall brynge a ram without blemyshe out of the flocke that is estemed to be worth a trespace offeryng vnto the preest And the preest shall make an attonement for hym concernyng his ygnoraunce wherin he erred and was not ware and it shall be forgyuen hym This is a trespaceofferynge †whiche he offered vnto the Lorde for the trespace ¶ The offerynges for synnes wyllyngly done The lawe of the burntofferynges The fyâ—e must atyde euermore vpon the aulter The offerynges of Aaron and his sonnes CAPI VI. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge yf a soule synne and trespace agaynst the Lorde and denye vnto his neyghbour that which is taken hym to kepe or that was put in to his hande or doth violent robbery or wronge vnto his neyghbour or yf he haue founde that whiche was loste and denyeth it and sweareth falsely vpon whatsoeuer thyng it be that a man doth and synneth therin Yf he haue so synned or trespaced he shall restore agayne that he toke violently away or the wronge which he dyd or that whiche was delyuered hym to kepe or the loste thynge whiche he founde and all that aboute whiche he hath sworne falsely he shall restore it agayne in the hoole somme and shall adde the fyfte parte moore therto and gyue it vnto hym to whome it perteyneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace and let hym brynge for his trespace vnto the Lorde a ram without blemyshe out of the flocke that is estemed worth a trespaceofferyng vnto the Preest And the Preest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde and it shall be forgyuen hym what soeuer thynge it be that he hath done and trespaced therin And the lord spake vnto Moses sayenge Commaunde Aaron and his Sonnes saynge this is the lawe of the burntofferynge The burntofferynge shall be vpon the harth of the aulter all nyght vnto the mornynge and the fyre shall be kyndled on the aulter And the preest shall put on his lynnen albe and his lynnen breches vpon his flesshe and take awaye the asshes vpon the whiche the fyre consumed the burntsacrifyce in the aulter and he shall put them besyde the aulter put of his tayment and put on other and carye the asshes out without the hooste vnto a cleane place The fyre vpon the aulter shall burne styll and neuer be put out But the Preest shall laye wood on 〈◊〉 euery day in the mornynge and put the burntsacrifyce vppon it and he shall burne theron the fatte of the peaceofferynges The fyre shall euer burne vpon the aulter and neuer go out This is the lawe of the meatofferynge which Aarons Sonnes shall brynge before the Lorde euen before the aulter and one of them shal take his handefull of the floure of the meatofferynge and of the oyle all the frankensence whiche is vpon the meatofferynge and shall burne it vnto a remembraunce vpon the aulter for aswete sauoure euen a memoryall of it vnto the Lorde And of the reste therof shall Aaron and his sonnes eate vnleuened shal it be eaten in the holye place euen in the courte of the Tabernacle of wytnesse they shal eate it It shal not be baken with leuen I haue gyuen it vnto them for theyr porcyon of my sacrifyces It is moost holye as the synneofferynge and trespaceofferynge All the males amonge the Chyldren of Aaron shall eate of it It shal be a statute for euer in youre generacyons concernynge the sacrifyces of the Lorde ☞ Let euery one that toucheth it be holye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge this is the offeryng of Aaron and of his sonnes whiche they shall offer vnto the Lorde in the daye when he is anoynted the tenth parte of an Epha of floure for a meatofferyng perpetuall halfe in the mornyng and halfe at nyght In the frienge pan it shal be made with oyle And when it is fryed thou shalt brynge it in and the baken offerynges of this oblacyon mynsed smal shalte thou offer for a sweee sauour vnto the Lorde And the Preest of his Sonnes that is anoynted in his steade shall offer it It is the lordes dutye for euer it shal be burnt all togyther For euery meatofferyng that is made for the Preest shall be burnt all togyther shal not be eaten And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and vnto his Sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the synneofferyng In the place where the burntofferynge is kylled shall the synne
offerynge be kylled before the Lorde for it is ☞ moost holy The Preest that offereth it shall eate it In the holy place shal it be eaten euen in the courte of the tabernacle of wytnesse No man touche the fleshe therof sane he that is halowed And who so sprinkleth of the blood therof vpon any garment ☞ thou shalt washe it in the holy place there as it is sprinkled vpoÌ„ But the earthen potte that it is soden in shall be brokeÌ„ And yf it be soden in a brasen pot it shal be scowred and rinsed in the water All the males amonge the preestes shall cate therof for it is moost holye And no synne offerynge whose blood is brought into the tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle withall in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fyre ¶ Trespaceofferynges Synofferynges and Peaceofferynges The â—at and the bloode may not be eaten CAPI VII THIS is the lawe of the trespaceofferynge it is moost holye In the place where they kyll the burntofferyng shal they kyll the trespaceofferynge also and his bloode shall he sprynkle rounde aboute vpon the aulter All the fat therof shall they offre the rumpe and the fatte therof that couereth the inwardes and the two kydneys and the fat that is on them and vpoÌ„ the loynes and the aboundaunce that is on the lyuer shalte thou take away with the kidneys the preest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde for it is a trespace offeryng Al the males among the preesteshal eate therof in the holye place for it is moost holye As the synneofferyng is so is the trespaceofferyng one lawe serueth for both and it shall be the Preestes that reconcyleth therwith And the Preest that offereth any mans burntofferynge ☞ shall haue the skynne of the burntofferynge whiche he hath offered And all the meatofferynge that is baken in the ouen and that is dressed vpon the gredyren in the fryenge pan shall be the preestes that offereth it And euery meatofferyng that is myngled with oyle and that is drye shall perteyne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as muche as another This is the lawe of peaceofferyng when it is offered vnto the Lorde Yf he offre it to gyue thankê he shal brynge vnto his thanke offerynge swete cakes myngled with oyle and swete wafers anoynted with Oyle and cakes myngled with oyle of fyne flour fryed He shall brynge his offeryng vpon cakes of leuended breade for his peaceofferyngê to gyue thankes and of all the sacrifyce he shal offre one for an heueofferyng vnto the lorde and it shall be the preestes that sprynkled the bloode of the peaceofferynges And the fleshe of the thankeofferyng in his peaceofferyngê shal be eaten the same daye that it is offered And let hym laye vp nothyng of it vntyll the morowe But yf he offre his sacrifyce by reason of a vowe or of his owne frewyll it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifyce And yf ought remayne vntyl the morowe it maye be eaten but asmoche of the offered flesshe as remayneth vnto the thyrde daye shall be burnt with fyre And yf any of the flesshe of his peaceofferynges be eaten in the thyrde daye then shall he that offereth it obteyne no fauour ☞ neyther shal it be rekened vnto hym but shal be an abhominacion Therfore the soule that eateth of it ☞ shall beare his synne And the flesshe that toucheth any vnclene thyng shal not be eaten but burnt with fyre and all that be cleane shall eate the flesshe But yf any soule eate of the flesh of the peace offerynge that perteyneth vnto the lorde hauynge his vnclennesse vpon hym the same soule shall perysshe from among his people Moreouer the soule that doeth touche any vncleane thynge that is of the vnclennes of man or of any vncleane beast or any abhominacyon that is vncleane and then eate of the flesshe of the peaceofferynge whiche perteyneth vnto the Lorde that soule shall peryshe from his people And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israel and saye Ye shall eate no maner fat of oxen of shepe and of gootes neuerthelatter the fat of the beaste that dyeth alone the fat of that which is torne with wylde beastes shall be occupyed in any maner of vse but ye shal in no wyse eate of it For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast of whiche men vse to bryng an offryng vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shal peresh from his people Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of bloode whyther it be of fowle or of beaste Whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth â–ª any maner of bloode the same soule shall perysshe from his people And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say he that bryngeth his peaceofferynge vnto the Lorde let hym brynge his gyfte vnto the lorde of his peaceofferyng Let his owne handes brynge the offerynges of the Lorde euen the fatte with the brest shall he brynge that the brest maye be waued for a waueofferynge before the lorde And the Preest shall burne the fat vpon the aulter and the brest shall be Aarons and his Sonnes And the ryght shoulder shall ye gyue vnto the preest for an heueofferyng of your peace offeryngê The same that offereth the blode of the peace offerynges and the fat amonge the sonnes of Aaron shal haue the ryght shoulder for his parte for the wauebrest and the haueshoulder haue I taken of the chyldren of Israel euen of theyr peaceofferynges and haue gyuen it vnto Aaron vnto his sonnes by a statute for euer of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel This is the anoyntynge of Aaron and the anoyntynge of his sonnes in the Sacrifyces of the lorde in the daye when he offered them to be preestes vnto the lorde And these are the sacrifyces whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded to be gyuen them in the day of theyr anoyntynge of the chyldren of Israel by a statute for euer in theyr generacyons This is the law of the burntofferynge and of the meateofferynge and of the Sacrifyce for synne and trespace for consecracyon and for the peaceofferyng whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses in the mounte of Sinay when he coÌ„maunded the Chyldren of Israel to offre theyr Sacrifyces vnto the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinay ¶ The anoyntynge of Aaron and his sonnes CAPI VIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take Aaron and his sonnê with hym and the vestures and the anoyntynge Oyle and a yonge oxe for synne and two rammes and a basket with swete bread and gather thou al the congregacyon togyther vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym and the people were gathered togyther vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Moses sayde vnto the congregacyon this is the thynge whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded to be done And Moses brought Aaron and his sonnes and wasshed
them with water and put vpon hym the albe and gyrded hym with a gyrdle and put vpon hym the tunycle †of yelovve sylke and put the Ephod theron whiche he gyrded with the brodered gyrdell that was in the Ephod and bounde it vnto hym therwith And he put the brestlap theron and put in the brestlap vrim and thumim And he put the mytre vpon his head and put vpoÌ„ the myter euen vpoÌ„ the forefront of his face the golden plate or the holy crowne as the lord coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntyng oyle anoynted the Tabernacle all that was therin sanctifyed them and sprynkled therof vpon the aulter seuen tymes and anoynted the aulter and al his vessels the lauer and his fote to sanctyfy them †vvith the oyle And he powred of the anoyntyng oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted hym to sanctifye him And Moses brought Aarons Sonnes put albes vpon them and gyrded them with gyrdels put bonettes vpon theyr heades as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he brought the yonge oxe for synne And Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handê vpon the head of the yonge oxe that was for synne And Moses slewe hym and toke of the bloode whiche he put vpon the hornes of the aulter rounde aboute with his fynger and ☞ purifyed it and powred the bloode vnto the botome of the aulter and sanctified it and ☞ reconcyled it And he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardê the aboundaunce of the lyuer and the two kydneyes and theyr fat and Moses burned it vpon the aulter But the yonge oxe and his hyde his fleshe his dong he burnt with fyre without the hoost as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he brought the ram for the burnt offeryng and Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handes vpon the head of the ram which Moses kylled and sprynkled the bloode vpon the aulter rouÌ„de aboute and Moses cut the ram in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatte and wasshed the inwardes and the legges in water and Moses burnte the ram euery whyt vpon the aulter for a burntsacryfyce that it myght be a swete sauoure and an offerynge vnto the Lorde as the Lorde commauÌ„ded Moses And he brought the other ram namely the ram of consecracion †of the preestes and Aaron and his sonnes put theyr handes vpoÌ„ the head of the ram which Moses slewe toke of the bloode of it and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons ryght eare and vpon the thombe of his ryght hand and vpon the greate too of his ryght foote And Moses brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloode †of the ram on the typpe of the ryght eare of them and vpon the thombes of theyr ryght handes vpon the greate tooes of theyr ryght feete and Moses sprynkled the bloode vpon the aulter rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the aboundaunce of the lyuer and the two kydneyes with theyr fat and the ryght shoulder And out of the basket of swete bread that was before the Lorde he toke one swete cake of oyled bread and one wafer and put them on the fat and vpon the ryght shoulder and put all togyther vpon Aarons handes and vpon his sonnes handes waued it a waueofferyng before the Lorde And Moses toke them from of theyr handes burnt them vpon the aulter euen vpoÌ„ the burntofferyng aulter for it was the Sacrifyce of consecracyon for a swete sauour a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And Moses toke the breest and waued it for a waueofferynge before the Lorde for it was of the â—am of the consecracyoÌ„ and it was Moses parte as the lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses And Moses toke of the anoyntynge Oyle of the bloode which was vpon the aulter and sprynkled it vpon Aaron and vpoÌ„ his vestimentes vpon his sonnes and on his sonnes vestimentes with hym and sanctifyed Aaron his vestures and his sonnes and his sonnes vestures with hym And Moses sayde vnto Aaron his sonnes boyle the flesshe in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and there eate it with the breade that is in the basket of consecracyon as I coÌ„maunded sayenge Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it and that whiche remayneth of the breade shal ye burne w t fyre And ye shall not departe from the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse vii dayes vntyll the dayes of your coÌ„secracion be at an ende For seuen dayes shall he fyll your hande as he dyd this daye euen so the lorde hath commaunded to do to reconcyle you withall Therfore shall ye abyde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse daye and nyght seuen dayes long and kepe the watch of the lorde and ye shall not dye for so I am coÌ„maunded And so Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thyngê whiche the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded ☞ by the hande of Moses ¶ The fyrst offerynges of Aaron Aaron blesseth the people The glory of the lorde is shewed CAPI IX ANd it fortuned that in the eyght daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the elders of Israell and sayd vnto Aaron Take the calfe a yonge one out of the droue ☞ for syn and a ram for a burntofferynge bothe without blemysh and bryng them before the Lorde And vnto the Chyldren of Israell thou shalte speake sayenge take ye an he goote for synne and a calfe and a lambe bothe two of a yeare olde without blemishe for a burntsacrifyce and an oxe and a ram for peaceofferynges to offre before the lorde and a meatofferyng myngled w t oyle for to daye the Lorde wyll appeare vnto you And they brought that whiche Moses coÌ„mauÌ„ded before the tabernacle of wytnes and all the congregacyon came and stode before the Lorde And Moses sayde this is the thynge whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded that ye shulde do and the glorye of the Lorde shall appeare vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron go vnto the aulter and offre thy Sacrifyce for synne and thy burntofferyng and make an attonement for the and for the people and thou shalte offre the offerynge of the people to reconcyle them as the Lorde commauÌ„ded AaroÌ„ therfore went vnto the aulter and slewe the calfe which he had for syn And the ☞ sonnes of Aaron brought the bloode vnto hym he dypte his fynger in the blode and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter and powred the blood vnto the botom of the aulter But the fat and the two kydnyes the abundauÌ„ce of the lyuer of the synofferynge he burnt vpon the aulter as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses The flesshe the hyde he burnt with fyre without the hoost And he slewe the burntofferyng ☞ Aarons sonnê brought vnto hym the bloode whiche he sprynkled rounde aboute vpon the aulter And they brought the burntofferyng vnto him with the peces therof the heade and he burnt it vpon the aulter dyd wasshe the inwardes the legges and
burnt them vpoÌ„ the burntofferyng in the aulter And then he brought the peoples offerynge takynge the goote that the people had for the sacrifyce of syn and slewe it offered it for syn as he dyd the fyrst And brought the burntofferynge offered it as the maner was and brought the meatofferyng fylled his hande therof burnt it vpon the aulter besyde the burnt sacrifyce of the mornynge He slewe also the oxe and the ram for the peaceofferynge that the people had for them selues and Aarons sonnes brought vnto hym the bloode whiche he sprynkled vpon the aulter rounde aboute toke the fatte of the oxe and of the ram the rump and the fat that couereth the inwardê and the kydneyes the aboundaunce of the lyuer they put the fat vpon the brestes and he burnt the fat vpon the aulter but the brestes the ryght shoulders Aaron waued for a waueofferyng before the lorde as the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron lyfte vp his hande ouer the people blessed them came downe from offeryng of the synneofferynge burtofferyng peaceofferyngê And Moses and Aaron went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse came out blessed the people and the glorye of the lorde appeared to al the people And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde consumed vpon the aulter the burnt offeryng the fat Which when al the people saw they gaue thankes fell on theyr faces ¶ Nadab and Abshu are slayne Israell mourneth for them The Preestes are forbydden wyne CAPI X. ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of them his sencer put fyre therin and put sence there vpon and offered straunge fyre before the lorde which he coÌ„mauÌ„ded them not and there went a fyre out from the Lorde ☞ and consumed them and they dyed before the lorde Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron this is it that the Lorde spake sayenge I wyll be sanctifyed in them that come nye me and before all the people I wyl be glorified And Aaron helde his peace And Moses called Misaell and Elsaphan the sonnes of Oziell the vncle of Aaron and sayde vnto them come on carye your ☞ brethren from the holy place out of the hoost And they went to them and caryed them in theyr albes out of the hooste as Moses had sayde And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes vncouer not your heades neyther rent your clothes leest ye dye and leest wrath come vpon al the people But let your brethren the hole house of Israell bewepe the burnynge whiche the Lorde hath kyndled And go not ye out from the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse leest ye dye for the anointyng oyle of god is vpon you And they dyd as Moses sayde And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron sayenge Thou shalt not drynke wyne and stronge drynke thou and thy sonnes that are with the when ye go into the tabernacle of wytnesse leest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer thorowout your generacyons that ye maye †haue knovv ledge to put dyfference bytwene holye and vnholye bytwene cleane and vncleane and that ye maye teache the Chyldren of Israell all the statutes whiche the Lorde hathe spoken vnto them by the hande of Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes that were lefte take the meatofferynge that remayneth of the Sacrifyces of the Lorde and eate it without leuen besyde the aulter for it is most holy ye shall eate it in the holy place bycause it is thy dutye and thy Sonnes dutye of the Sacrifyces of the Lorde for so I am commaunded And the wauebrest and heueshoulder shall ye eate in a cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the. For they be thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye gyuen out of the peaceofferynges of the Chyldren of Israell The heueshoulder and the wauebrest shall they brynge in with the Sacrifyces of the fat to waue it before the lorde and it shall be thyne and thy Sonnes with the by a lawe for euer as the lorde hath commaunded And Moses sought the goote that was offered for synne and se it was burnt And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnê of AaroÌ„ which were left alyue saynge Wherfore haue ye not eaten the synneofferynge in the holy place seyng it is moost holye and God hath gyuen it you to beare the synne of the congregacyon to make a grement for them before the Lorde Beholde the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place Ye shulde haue eaten it in the holye place as I coÌ„maunded And Aaron sayd vnto Moses beholde this day haue they offered theyr synneofferyng theyr burntofferynge before the Lorde ☞ and it is chauÌ„ced me after this maner And yf I had eaten the sacryfyce to daye shulde it haue bene accepted in the syght of the Lorde And when Moses herde that he was content ¶ Of beastes which be cleane and which vncleane CAPI XI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron and sayd vnto them speake vnto the chyldren of Israell saye these are the beastes whiche ye shall eate amonge all the cattell that are on the earth whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe and deuideth it in to two clawes choweth cud amonge the beastes that shall ye eate Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chewe cud and deuydeth the hoofes as is the Camell which choweth cud but he deuydeth not the hoofe therfore is he vncleane vnto you EueÌ„ so the cunnye which choweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoofe He is vncleane to you And the hare though he chowe the cud yet bycause he deuydeth not the hoofe he is therfore vncleane to you And agayne the swine though he deuyde the hoofe in to two clowes yet he choweth not the cud He is vncleane to you Of theyr flesshe shall ye not eate theyr carkasses shal ye not touche but let them be vncleane to you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters what soeuer hath fynnes skales in the waters sees ryuers that shall ye eate And all that haue not fynnes skales in the see and ryuers of all that moue lyue in the waters let them be abhominacyon vnto you Ye shall not eate of theyr flesshe but abhorre theyr carkasses Let all that haue no fynnes nor skales in the waters be abhominable vn to you These are they which ye shall abhorre amonge the fowles and that ought not to be eaten for they are an abhominacyon The Egle the goshawke the cormorauÌ„t the Uultur the kyte after his kynd al rauens after theyr kynde the estrich the nyght crowe the coockowe and the Owle after his kynde the falcon the storke the great owle the backe the pellicane the pye the heron the ioye after his kynde the lapwynge and the swalowe Let all fowles that creepe and go vpon all foure be an abhominacioÌ„ vnto you
hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen so that whyther he touche her couche or any vessel wheron she hath sytten he shall be vnclene vnto the euen And yf a man lye with her and her vnclennes come vpon hym he shall be vncleane vii dayes and all the couche wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloode runneth longe tyme out of the tyme of her natural course or yf it runne beyonde her natural coâ—â—ese let al the dayes of the yssue be iudged vncleane euen as the dayes of her natural disease she shall be vncleane Al her couches wheron she lyeth as longe as her yssue lasteth shal be as her couche wheÌ„ she hath her naturall dysease And whatsoeuer she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is her vnclennesse when she is put apart And who soeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shal wasshe his clothes bath hym selfe in water be vncleane vnto euen And after that she is cleÌ„sed of her yssue she shal counte her vii dayes and after that she shal be cleane In the. viii daye she shall take vnto her two turtels or two yong pygeons and brynge them vnto the preest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the preest shal offre the one for a synoffryng and the other for a burntofferyng and make an attonement for her before the lorde as coÌ„cernyng the yssue of her vncleÌ„nes Therfore shall ye seperate the chyldren of Israel from theyr vnclennesse that they dye not in theyr vnclennes yf they defyle my habytacyoÌ„ that is amonge them This is the lawe of hym that hath a runnyng yssue and of him whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe and is defyled therin and of her that for her naturall disease is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge yssue whyther it be man or womaÌ„ and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ¶ What Aaron must do The clensynge of the sanctuarye Of the feast of clensynge Aaron coÌ„fesseth the synnes of the chyldren of Israell CAPI XVI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the death of the. ii sonnes of Aaron when they offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayd vnto Moses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercyseate whiche is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the clowde vpon the mercyseate But with this thyng shall Aaron come in to the holy place euen with a bullocke ☞ for synne and with a ram for a burntoffrynge He shall put the holy lynnen albe vpon hym shall haue a lynnen breche vpon his flesshe and shal be gyrded with a lynnen gyrdle and put the lynnen mytre vpon his heade These are holy garmentes therfore shal he wasshe his fleshe with water when he doth put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the chyldren of Israel two he gootes for synne and a ram for a burntoffrynge And Aaron shall offre his bullocke for synne ☞ and make an attonement for hym and for his house And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall cast lottes ouer the two gootes one lot shal be for the Lorde and an other for the scapegoote And Aaron shall brynge the goote vpon whiche the lordes Lotte fell and offre hym for synne But the goote on which the lot fell to scape shall be set alyue before the lorde to reconcyle with and to let hym go as a scape goote fre in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal offre his bullocke for synne and reconcyle for hym selfe an for his house and shall kyll the bullocke for synne And he shall take a censer ful of burnyng coles out of the aulter before the Lorde and shall fyll his handfull of swete sence beaten smal bryng them wtin the vayle put the sence vpon the fyre before the Lorde that the cloude of the sence may couer the mercyseate that is vpon the wytnesse that he dye not And he shal take of the bloode of the bullocke and sprynkle it with his fynger vpon the mercyseate eastwarde and before the mercyseate shall he sprynkle of the bloode with his fynger seuen tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferyng and bryng his bloode within the vayle and do with that blood as he dyd with the blood of the bullocke sprynklyng it vpon the mercyseate before the mercyseate And he shall reconcyle the holy place from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel and from theyr trespaces in all theyr synnes And so shall he do for the tabernacle of wytnesse that is set among them euen among theyr vnclennesses And let there be no body in the tabernacle of wytnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out And let hym make an attonemente for hym selfe and for his houssholde and for all the multitude of Israel And he shall go out vnto the aulter that is before the Lorde and reconcyle vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goote put it vpon the hornes of the aulter round aboute and sprynkle of the blood vpon it w t his fynger seuen tymes and clense it and halowe it from the vnclennesses of the chyldren of Israel And when he hath made an ende of reconcylynge the holy place and the tabernacle of wytnesse and the aulter he shall brynge the lyue goote and Aaron shall put bothe his handes vpon the head of the lyue goote and confesse ouer hym all the myssededes of the chyldren of Israel and all theyr trespaces in all theyr synnê puttyng them vpon the head of the goote sende hym away by the hande of a conuenyent man in to the wyldernesse And the goote shal beare vpon hym all theyr mysdedes vnto the wyldernesse and he shall let the goote go free in to the wyldernesse And Aaron shal come in to the tabernacle of wytnes put of the lynnen clothes whiche he put on wheÌ„ he went in into the holy place and leaue them there let hym wasshe his flesshe with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out offre his burntoffryng and the burntoffring of the people and make an attonemente for hymselfe and for the people and the fat of the synnoffryng shal he burne vpon the aulter And he that caryed forth the goote to ☞ As a zel shal wasshe his clothes bathe his fleshe in water and then come in to the hoost And the bullocke whiche is for his synne the goote that is for synne whose blood was brought in to clense the holy place shall one cary out without the hoost to be burnt in the fyre with theyr skynnes theyr flesshe theyr dong And he that burneth them shal
washe his clothes and bathe his flesshe in water then come in to the hoost And this shal be an ordinauÌ„ce for euer vnto you that in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye ☞ humble your soules and do no worke at all whyther it be one of youre selues or a straunger that soiourneth amonge you for that daye shall the Preest make an attonemente for you to clense you and that ye may be cleane from al your synnes before the lorde Let it be a Sabboth of rest vnto you ye shall humble your soules by an ordinaunce for euer And the preest that is anoynted whose hande was consecrated to ministre in his fathers steade shall make an attonement and shall put on his lynnen clothes holy vestimentes and reconcile the holy sanctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shall clense the aulter and make an attonement then for the preestes and for the people of the congregacyon And this shal be an euerlastyng ordinaunce vnto you that he make an attonement for the chyldren of Israel for all theyr synnes once a yere and he dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses ¶ All sacrifyce must be brought to the dore of the Tabernacle To deuyls may they not offer CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them This is the thing which the lorde hath charged saynge What man soeuer of the house of Israel kylleth an oxe or lambe or goote in the hooste or that kylleth it oute of the hooste and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre an offrynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellyng place of the Lorde bloode shall be imputed vnto that man as thoughe he had shed bloode and that man shal be roted out from amonge his people Wherfore when the chyldren of Israel bryng theyr offrynges that they offre in the wyde felde they shulde bryng them vnto the lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to the preest to offre them for peace offrynges vnto the lord And the preest must sprynkle the bloode vppon the aulter of the Lorde whiche is before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them no more offre theyr offrynges vnto deuyls after whom they haue gone a hoorynge This shall be an ordinaunce for euer vnto them in theyr generacyons And thou shalte saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the house of Israell or of the straungers which soiourne among you that offereth a burtofferyng or sacrifice and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the Lorde that man shal peryshe froÌ„ among his people And what soeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne among you that eateth any maner of bloode I wyl set my face agaynst that soule that eateth blood wyll destroy hym from amonge his people for the lyfe of the flesshe is in the bloode and I haue gyuen it vnto you vpon the aulter to make an attonement for your soules for bloode shall make an attonement for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israell let no Soule of you eate blood Neyther let any strauÌ„ger that soiourneth amonge you eate bloode And what souer man it be of the chyldren of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne among you whiche hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eateÌ„ let him powre out the blood therof and couer it with earth for the lyfe of all flesshe is in the bloode of it therfore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel ye shal eate the blood of no maner of fleshe for the lyfe of all flesshe is the blood therof whosoeuer eateth it shal perysshe And euery soule that eateth it whiche dyed alone or that whiche was torne with wylde beastes whyther it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen and then shal he be cleane If he wasshe them not nor bathe his fleshe he shal bere his syn ¶ What degrees of kynred may marrye togyther CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them I am the lorde your God After the doynges of the lande of Egypte wherin ye dwelte shal ye not do and after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whyther I wyll brynge you shall ye not do neyther walke in theyr ordynaunces but do after my iudgementes and kepe my ceremonyes to walke therin I am the Lorde youre god Ye shall kepe therfore myne ordynaunces and my iudgementes whiche yf a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde Se that none go to his nyghest kynred for to vncouer theyr secretes I am the lorde The secretes of thy father and the secretes of thy mother shalt thou not vncouer for she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not dyscouer her secretê The secretes of thy fathers wyfe shalt thou not dyscouer for it is thy fathers secretes Thou shalt not dyscouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whyther she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy Sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne owne preuite Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers wyues doughter whiche was begotten of thy father and is thy syster thou shalt not dyscouer her secretes Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kynswoman Thou shalt not dyscouer the secretes of thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kynswoman Thou shalte not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalte not go in to his wyfe which is thyne awnte Thou shalte not discouer the secretes of thy doughter in lawe For she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore shalt thou not vncouer her secretes Thou not vncouer the secretes of the brothers wyfe for that is thy brothers preuytye Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wyfe her doughter neyther shalt thou take her sonnes doughter or her doughters doughter to vncouer theyr secretes For they are her nexte kyn it were wyckdnesse Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her syster also to vere her that thou woldest vncouer her secretes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalte also not go vnto a woman to vncouer her preuitie as long as she is put a parte for her vnclennesse Moreouer thou shalte not lye with thy neyghbours wyfe to defyle her with seede Thou shalte not also gyue of ☞ thy seed to offre it vnto Meloch neyther shalte thou defyle the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalte not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for it is abhominacyon Thou shalte
land hyde theyr eyes from the man that gyueth of his seede vnto Moloch and kyll hym not ☞ I wyll put my face agaynst that man and agaynst his kynred and wyll destroy hym and al that go a hoorynge after hym to cōmyt hoordom with Moloch from amonge theyr people Yf a soule turne hym selfe after suche as worke with spirytes and after soothsayers to go a hoorynge after them I wyll put my face agaynst that Soule and wyll destroye hym from amonge his people Sanctifye your selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde your God kepe ye myne ordinaunces and do them I am the Lorde which doth sanctifye you Who soeuer he be that curseth his Father or is mother let hym dye for he hath cursed his father and mother his blood be vpō hym And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe let hym be slayne bothe the aduouterer and the aduoutresse And the man that lyeth with his Fathers wyfe vncouereth his Fathers secrettes let them bothe dye theyr bloode be vpon them If a man lye with his doughter in lawe let them dye bothe of them they haue wrought abhominacion theyr blood be vpon them Yf a man also lye w t mankynde after the maner as with woman kynde they haue bothe cōmytted an abhominacyon let them dye Theyr bloode be vpon them And yf a man take a wyfe and her mother also it is wyckednesse They shal be burnt with fyre bothe he and she that there be no wyckednes among you And yf a man lye with a beast let hym dye and ye shall slee the beast also Yf a woman go vnto any beast lye downe therto thou shalt kyll the woman the beast also let them dye theyr blood be vpon them If a man take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se her secretes she his secretes it is a shameful thyng They shal perysshe in the syght of theyr people he hath vncouered his systers secretes he shal beare his syn If a man lye with a woman hauynge her naturall dysease and vncouer her secretes and open her fountayne she also open the foūtayne of her bloode they shall both perysshe from amonge theyr people Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers syster for he that doth so hath vncouered his nexte kyn they shal beare theyr wysdom If a man lye with his vncles wyfe vncouer his vncles secretes they shal beare theyr synne and shall dye chyldlesse Yf a man take his brothers wyfe it is an vncleane thynge he hath vncouered his brothers secretes they shal be chyldles Ye shal kepe therfore all myne ordynaunces and all my iudgementes and do them that the lande whyther I brynge you to dwell therin spew you not out Ye shal not walke in the maners of this nacyon whiche I cast out before you For they cōmytted all these thynges therfore I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you ye shal enioye theyr lande and I wyll gyue it vnto you to possesse it euen a lande that floweth with mylke and hony I am the Lorde your God whiche haue seperated you from other nacyons and therfore shall ye put dyfference bytwene cleane beastes vncleane bytwene vncleane fowles cleane Ye shall not defyle your soules in beastes fowles in al maner crepynge thynge that the grounde bryngeth forth whiche I haue seperated from you as vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy haue seuered you from other nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf there be a man or womā that worketh w t a spiryte or that is a soothsayer let them dye Men shall stoone them with stones theyr blood be vpon them ¶ I lawe for the Preestes CAPI XXI ANd the lord spake vnto Moses speake vnto the preestes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them ☞ Let none be defyled vpon a soule amonge his people but vpon his kynsman that is nye vnto hym vpon his father and his mother vpon sonne and doughter and his brother and on his syster a mayde that is nye vnto hym whome no man hath knowen vpon her shal he be defyled But he shall not be defyled vpon hym that hath auctorite among his people to polute hym selfe for hym Let them not make baldnesse vpon theyr heade nor shaue of the lockes of theyr beerd nor make any markes in theyr flesshe They shal be holye vnto theyr god and not polute the name of theyr god for the Sacrifyces of the Lorde whiche are as the breade of theyr God they do offre therfore they shall be holy Let them not take a ☞ wyfe that is an aduoutresse or poluted or put from her husbande for suche one is holy vnto his god ☞ Thou shalte sanctifye hym therfore for he offereth vp the breade of thy God he shall therfore be holye vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifye you am holye Yf a preestes doughter fall to playe the hoore she poluteth her Father therfore must she be burnte with fyre He that is the hye Preest amonge his brethren vpon whose heade the anoyntynge oyle was powred †and that consecrated his hande to put on the vestymentes shall not vncouer his head nor rent his clothes neyther go to any deade body nor make hym selfe vncleane on his Father or his mother neyther shal go out of the sanctuary nor polute the holye place of his god for the crowne of the anoyntynge oyle of his God is vpon hym I am the Lorde He shall take a mayde vnto his wyfe but a wydowe a deuorsed woman or an harlot shal he not marry But shal take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe Neyther shall he defyle his seede among his people for I am the Lorde whiche sanctyfye hym And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayeng speake vn to Aaron and saye Who soeuer of thy seede in theyr generacions hath any deformyte let hym not preace for to offre breade vnto his god for who soeuer hath any blemyshe shal not come nere as yf he be blynde or lame or that hath a brused nose or that hath any mysshapen membre or is broken foted or broken handed or †haue no heere on his eye browes or haue a web or other blemysshe in his eye or be maunge or skalde or hath his stoones broken No man that hath blemysshe and is of the seed of Aaron the preest shall come nye to offre the Sacrifyces of the Lorde When he hathe a deformyte let hym not preace to offre the breade of his god Let hym eate the breade of his God euen of the moost holy and of the holye Onely let hym not go in vnto the vayle nor come nye the aulter when he is deformed that he polute not my sanctuary for I am the Lorde that sanctifie them And
Moses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israell ¶ Who ought to absteyne from eatynge the thynges that were offered Howe what when they shulde be offered CAPI XXII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes that they be seperated from ☞ the holye thynges of the chyldren of Israell and that they polute not my holye name in those thynges whiche they halowe vnto me I am the Lorde Saye vnto them who soeuer he be of all your seede amonge your generacyons after you that goeth vnto the holy thynges whiche the Chyldren of Israell halowe vnto the Lorde hauynge his vnclennes vpoÌ„ hym that soule shall perysshe from out of my syght I am the Lorde What man soeuer of the seede of Aaron is a leper or hath a runnynge yssue he shall not eate of the holy thyn ges vntyll he be cleane And who so toucheth any man that is vncleane ouer the soule of the dead or a man whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe or who soeuer toucheth any worme wherby he maye be made vncleane or a man of whome he maye take vnclennesse what soeuer vnclennesse he hath the same soule that hath touched any such shal be vncleane vntyll euen and shall not eate of the holy thynges vntyl he haue washed his flesh with water And when the sonne is downe he shal be cleane and shal afterwarde eate of the holye thynges for asmoche as it is his foode Of a beast that dyeth alone or is rent with wyld beastes wherby he maye be defyled he shall not eate I am the Lorde Let them kepe therfore myne ordinaunce leest they for the same lade synne vpon them and dye for it yf they defyle it I the Lorde sanctifye them There shall no straunger eate of the holye thynge neyther a gest of the preestes neyther shal an hyred seruaunt eate of the holye thynge But yf the preest bye anye Soule with money he shal eate of it lyke as he that is borne in his house shal they eate of his bread If the preestes doughter also be maryed vnto a straunger she maye not eate of the halowed heueofferyngê Notwithstandyng yf the Preestes doughter be a wydowe or deuorsed and haue no chylde but is returned vnto her Fathers house agayne she shall eate of her Fathers breade as well as she dyd in her youth But there shall no strauÌ„ger eate therof If a man eate of the holy thynge vnwyttyngly he shal put the fyfth part there vnto and gyue it vnto the Preest ☞ with the halowed thynge And the preestê shall not defyle the holy thynges of the Chyldren of Israell whiche they offre vnto the lorde to lade them selues with mysdoynge trespace whyle they eate theyr holy thyngê for I the lorde do halow them And the lorde spake vnto Moses sayeng speake vnto Aaron and his sonnê and vnto all the chyldren of Israell saye vnto them what soeuer he be of the house of Israel or straunger in Israel that wyll offre his Sacrifyce for all his vowes and for all his frewylofferynges whiche they wyll offre vnto the Lorde for a burnt offerynge ye shall offre to reconsyle youre selues a male without blemysshe of the oxen of the shepe or of the gootes But what soeuer hath a blemysshe that shall ye not offre for ye shall get no fauoure therwith And who soeuer bryngeth a peace offerynge vnto the Lorde accordynge as he is appoynted or a vowe or a frewyl offerynge in oxe or shepe that is without deformyte he shall be accepted There shall be also no blemyshe therin blynde or broken or wounded or haue a wenne or be maungie or scabbed Ye shal not offre such vnto the lorde nor put an offeryng of any such vpon the aulter vnto the Lorde An oxe or a shepe that hath any membre out of proporcyon mayst thou offre for a frewylofferyng but for a vowe it shal not be accepted Ye shall not offre vnto the Lorde that whiche is broused or broken or plucked out or cut away neyther shall ye make any suche in your lande neyther of a straungers hande shal ye offre breade vnto youre God of any suche Bycause theyr corrupcyon is in them and they haue deformyte in them selues and therfore shall they not be accepted for you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge WheÌ„ an oxe or a shepe or a goote is brought forth it shal be seuen dayes vnder the dam. And from the eyght daye forth it shall be accepted for a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And whyther it be oxe or shepe ye shall not kyll it and her yonge bothe in one daye When ye wyll offre a thanke offeryng vnto the Lorde offre it that ye maye be accepted And the same day it must be eaten vp so that ye leaue none of it vntyll the morowe I am the lorde Therfore shall ye kepe my coÌ„mauÌ„dementes and do them I am the Lorde Neyther shall ye polute my holy name but I wyll be halowed amonge the chyldren of Israel I am the Lorde whiche halowe you and that brought you out of the lande of Egypte to be youre god I am the Lorde ¶ Of the holy doyes that they shulde hepe CAPI XXIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel and say vnto them These are my feastes euen the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall call holy conuocacyons Syxe dayes ye shall worke but the Seuenth daye is the Sabboth of rest an holy coÌ„uocacyon so that ye do no worke therin it is the Sabboth of the Lorde in all your dwellynges These are the feastes of the Lorde euen holye conuocacyons whiche ye shal proclayme in theyr ceasons In the .xiiii. daye of the fyrste moneth at euen is the lordes Passeouer And in the fyftene daye of the same moneth is the feast of swete breade vnto the Lorde seuen dayes ye must eate vnleuended bread In the fyrst daye ye shall haue an holye conuocacyon ye shall do no laborous worke therin But ye shal offre sacrifyces vnto the Lorde thorowe out those seuen dayes in the seuenth daye is an holy conuocacyon ye shall do no laborous worke therin ✚ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israell saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande whiche I gyue vnto you and reape downe the haruest therof ye shall brynge a sheafe of the fyrste fruytes of youre haruest vnto the preest which shall waue the sheafe before the the lorde to be accepted for you and euen the morowe after the Sabboth the Preest shall waue it And ye shall offre that daye when ye waue the sheafe an he lambe wtout blemyshe of a yeare olde for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde and the meat offerynge therof shal be made of two tenthdeales of fyne floure mengled with oyle to be a sacrifyce vnto the lord for a swete sauour and the drynke offerynge therof shal be
be to poore so to be set he shall present him selfe before the preest the preest shall value hym accordynge as the hande of hym that vowed is able to get euen so shall the prest value hym Yf it be a beast of which men brynge an offerynge vnto the Lorde all that any man gyueth of such vnto the lorde ☞ shal be counted holye He shall not alter it nor chaunge it a good for a bad or a bad for a good And yf he chauÌ„ge beast for beast then bothe the same beast and it also wherwith it was chaunged shall be holye If it be any maner of vncleane beast of whiche men do not offer a sacrifyce vnto the lorde he shal set the beast before the Preest and the Preest shal value it whyther it be good or bad And as the preest setteth it so shal it be But yf he wyl bye it agayne he shal gyue the fyft parte more aboue that it was set at Yf any man dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde the preest shal set it whyther it be good or bad and as the Preest hath set it so shall the value be And when he ☞ that sanctifyed it wyll redeme his house let hym gyue the fyfte parte of the money that it was iudged at therto and it shal be his If a man ☞ halowe a pece of his enheryted lande vnto the Lorde it shall be set accordynge to the seede therof If it beare ☞ an homer of barlye it shall be set at fyftie sycles of syluer If he halow his felde immediatly from the yere of Iubelye it shal be worth accordynge as it is estemed But and yf he halowe his felde after the Iubely the preest shal reken the money accordynge to the nombre of the yeares that remayne vnto the yere of Iubelye folowynge and thereafter it shall be lower set If he that consecrated the felde wyll redeme it agayne let hym put the fyfte parte of the pryce that it was set at there vnto and it shal be his And yf he wyll not redeme the felde but selleth the feld to another maÌ„ he †that vovved maye redeme it no more But when the felde goeth out in the yeare of Iubely it shall be made holy vnto the Lorde euen as a felde that is vtterly put away and it shall be the Preestes possessyon If a man sanctify vnto the lorde a felde whiche he hath bought and is not of his enherytaunce the Preest shall reken vnto hym what it is worthe vnto the yeare of Iubelye and he shal gyue the pryce that it is set at the same daye as a thynge consecrated vnto the Lorde And in the yere of Iubilie the felde shall returne vnto hym of whom he bought it euen to hym whole enherytaunce of lande it is And all settyng shall be accordyng to the sycle of the sanctuary One sycle conteyneth twentye halfepence But the ☞ fyrst borne of the beastes that was appoynted vnto the Lorde may no man sanctifie whyther it be oxe or shepe for it is the Lordes alredy If it be an vncleane beast he shall redeme it as it is set at and gyue the fyfth parte more therto Or yf it be not redemed it shall be solde accordyng to the value Notwithstandyng no ☞ dampned thyng that a maÌ„ putteth from hym and dedicateth vnto the Lorde of al his good whyther it be man or beast or lande of his enherytaunce may be solde or redemed for euery thynge so put away is most holy vnto the lorde Let no dampned thyng that a man seperateth be redemed but dye the death Euery tythe of the lande whiche is of the seede of the lande or of the fruyte of the trees is the lordes and is sanctified vnto the lorde And yf a man wyll redeme ought of his tythes let hym adde the fyfth parte therto And euery tythe of oxe and of shepe and of euery beast that goeth vnder the rod ☞ euen euery tenth shal be holy vnto the lorde He shall not loke yf it be good or bad nor chaunge it Els yf he chaunge it bothe it that it was chaunged withall shall be halowed vnto the Lorde and may not be redemed These are the coÌ„maundementes whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded by Moses vnto the chyldren of Israel in mount Sinay ⧠†⧠¶ The ende of the thyrde boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uaicrah and in the Latyn Leuiticus ¶ The fourth boke of Moses called in the Hebrue Uaiedabbar and in the Latyn Numeri All that are apte for battayle are nombred The â—â—ybâ— of Leut must ministre in the Tabernacle CAPI Primo ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wyldernes of Sinay in the Tabernacle of wytnesse the fyrst day of the seconde moneth in the seconde yeare after they were come out of the lande of Egypte sayenge Take ye the somme of all the multititude of the chyldren of Israel after theyr kynreds housholde of theyr fathers with the nombre of theyr names all that are males heade by heade from .xx. yere and aboue euen all that go forth to the warre in Israell thou Aaron shall nombre them thorowout theyr armyes and with you shall be men of euery trybe wherof euery one is heade man of the house of his fathers And these are the names of the men that shall stande with you of †the trybe of Ruben Elizur the son of Sedeur of Simeon Selumiel the son of Suri Sadai of Iuda Nahesson the son of Aminadab of Isachar Nathanael the sonne of Zuar of Zabulon Eliab the son of Helon Among the chyldren of Ioseph of Ephraim Elizama the sonne of Amihud of Manasse Gamaliel the sonne of Peda Zur of Ben Iamin Abidan the son of Gedeoni of Dan Ahiezer the son of Ammi Sadai of Aser Pagiel the sonne of Ocran of Gad Elisaph the son of Deguel of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enaâ— These were of great fame in the congregacyon lordes of the trybes of theyr fathers and heades ouer thousandes in Israel And Moses and Aaron toke these men which are expressed by theyr names and gathered all the congregacyon togyther the fyrst daye of the seconde Moneth and they were rekened thorowout theyr kynredê and houses of theyr fathers by name from .xx. yeare and aboue heade by heade As the lorde commaunded Moses euen so he nombred them in the wyldernesse of Sinay And the chyldren of Ruben Israels eldest sonne thorowout theyr generacyons theyr kynreds and houses of theyr Fathers in the nombre of names head by head al males froÌ„ xx yere and aboue as many as dyd go forth to the warre the nombre of them that were of the trybe of Ruben was xivi thousande and fyue hundred Of the chyldren of Symeon thorowout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers the somme of them in the nombre of names heade by heade al the males from xx yeres aboue who soeuer might go forth to the war the somme
of them that were of the trybe of Symeon lix thousande and thre hundred Of the chyldren of Gad thorowout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreds and householdes of theyr fathers the nombre of the names from xx yere and aboue all that wente forth to the warre The nombre of them that were of the tribe of Gad was xlv thousande syxe hundred and fyftye Of the chyldren of Iuda thorowout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers the nombre of names from xx yeare and aboue all that were able to go forth to the warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Iuda was lxxiiii thousande and syxe hundred Of the chyldren of Izachar thorowout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers the nombre of names from twentye yeare and aboue whiche went all forth to warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Isachar was liiii thousande and foure hundred Of the chyldren of Zabulon thorowout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreddes and houses of theyr fathers the nombre of names from xx yere and aboue which were all able to go forth in the hoost The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Zabulon was lvii thousand and foure hundred Of the chyldren of Ioseph namely of the chyldren of Ephraim thorowout theyr generacyons theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers the nombre of names from xx yeare and aboue all that went out to the warre the nombre of them that were of the trybe of Ephraim was xl ▪ thousand and fyue hundred Of the chyldren of Manasse thorowout theyr generacyons theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers the nombre of the names frō xx yeares olde and aboue all that wente out to the warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Manasse was xxxii thousand and two hundred Of the chyldren of Ben Iamin thoroweout theyr generacyons and theyr kynreddes and houses of theyr Fathers the nombre of names frō xx yeare and aboue all that went forth to the warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Ben Iamin was xxxv thousande and foure hundred Of the chyldren of Dan thorowout theyr generacyons theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers the nombre of names from xx yere olde and aboue all that went forth to the warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Dan was lxii M. and vii hundred Of the chyldren of Aser thorowout theyr generacions and theyr kynreds and houses of theyr fathers The nombre of the names from xx yeres aboue all that went out to warre The nombre of them that were of the try be of Aser was lxi M. and v. hundred Of the chyldren of Nephthali thorowout theyr generacions theyr kynreds houses of theyr fathers The nombre of names from xx yeres and aboue all that myght go forthe to the warre The nombre of them that were of the trybe of Nephthali was liii thousand and. iiii hundred These are the sommes whiche Moses Aaron nombred and the prynces of Israel those xii men whiche were ouer the house of theyr fathers And al the nombres of the chyldrē of Israel thorowout the houses of theyr fathers from xx yeres aboue all that went forth to the warre in Israell drewe all vnto the somme of syxe hundred thousande and thre thousande fyue hundred and fyftie But the Leuites after the trybes of theyr fathers were not nombred among them And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Thou shalte not nombre the trybe of Leui neyther take the somme of them frō amonge the chyldren of Israel But thou shalte appoynte the Leuites ouer the habitacyon of wytnesse and ouer all the vessels therof and ouer all thynges that are in it Yea they shall beare the tabernacle and all the vessels therof and they shall ministre in it shall dwell rounde aboute the Tabernacle And when the tabernacle goeth forth the Leuites shall take it downe when the tabernacle is to be pytched they shall set it vp yf any straunger come nye he shall dye And the chyldren of Israel shall pytch theyr tentes euery man in his owne company and euery man vnder his owne standerd thorowout theyr hoostes But the Leuites shall pytehe rounde aboute the Tabernacle of wytnesse that there be no wrath vpon the congregacyon of the chyldrē of Israel the Leuites shall kepe the watch of the tabernacle of wytnes And the chyldrē of Israel dyd accordyng to all that the lorde cōmaunded Moses euen so dyd they The ordre of the tentes The heades of the kynreds of Israel CAPI II. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge Eeuery man of the chyldren of Israell shall pytche vnder his owne standerde vnder the armes of theyr fathers houses on the other syde rounde aboute the tabernacle of wytnesse shall they pytche On the eastsyde towarde the rysyng of the sonne shall they of the standerde of the hoost of Iuda pytche thorowout theyr armyes And Nahesson the son of Aminadab was captayne of the sonnes of Iuda And his hoost and the nombre of them lxxiiii M. and syxe hundred Nexte vnto hym ☞ shall they that be of the trybe of Izachar pytche Nathaneel the sonne of Zuer was captayne of the chylden of Izachar his hoost and the somme of the nombre therof liiii thousande and foure hundred And then the tribe of Zabulon and Eliab the son of Helon captayne ouer the chyldren of Zebulon and his hoost and the nombre of them lvii thousande and iiii hundred so that the hole nombre of the hole hoost of Iuda are an hundred thousand lxxxvi thousande and. iiii hūdred thorowout theyr armyes and these shall go before On the south syde shall the standerde of the hoost of Ruben kepe thorowe theyr companyes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben was Elizur the son of Sedeur And his hoost and the nombre of them xlvi thousande and. v. hundred And fast by hym shall the trybe of Symeon pytche the captayne ouer the sonnes of Symeon was Salumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai and his hoost and the nombre of them lix thousande and thre hundred And the trybe of Gad also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Duguel And his hoost the nombre of them xlv thousande vi hundred and. l. All that were nombred with the tribe of Ruben an hundred thousand li. M. iiii hundred and. l. thorowout theyr armyes and they shall go in the seconde place And the Tabernacle of wytnesse shall go with the hoost of the Leuites in the myddes of the hoostes And as they lye in theyr tentes euen so shall they procede in the iourney euery man in his degree vnder theyr owne standerdes The west syde shall the standerd of the hoost of Ephraim kepe with theyr armyes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ephraim was Elisama the son of Amihud His hoost and the
haue one lawe bothe for the straunger and for hym that was borne at home in the lande And the same daye that the Tabernacle was reared vp a cloude couered the habitacyon which was as a tabernacle of the wytnesse and at euen there was vpon the habitacyon as it were the simylytude of fyre vntyll the mornynge So it was alwaye the cloude couered it by day and the simylytude of fyre by nyght And when the cloude was taken vp from of the Tabernacle then the Chyldren of Israell iourneyed and where the cloude abode there the Chyldren of Israell pytched theyr tentes At the ☞ worde of the Lorde the chyldren of Israel iourneyed and at the worde of the lorde they pytched And as longe as the cloude abode vpon the habitacion they laye styll and when the cloude taryed styll vpon the habitacyon longe tyme the Chyldren of Israell kept the watch of the lorde iourneyed not And it chauÌ„ced that when the cloude abode a fewe dayes vpon the habitacyoÌ„ they abode in theyr tentes accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde and they iourneyed also at the coÌ„maundement of the lorde And it happened that wheÌ„ the cloude abode vpon the habitacioÌ„ from euen vnto the mornynge and was taken vp in that mornynge then they iourneyed Whyther it was by day or by nyght that the cloude was taken vp they iourneyed Or yf the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth or a longe ceason vpon the habitacyon and remayned theron the Chyldren of Israell abode styll iourneyed not And as soone as the cloude was taken vp they iourneyed At the worde of the lorde they rested in the tentes at the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde they iourneyed kepynge the watche of the Lorde at the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moses ¶ The Trompettes of syluer The Israelytes departo froÌ„ Sinay The captaynes of the hoost are nombred Nobab refuseth to go with Moses CAPI X. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Make the two trompettes of syluer of an hoole pece shalte thou make them that thou mayst vse them to cal the coÌ„gregacion togyther and when the hoost shal iourney Therfore shall they blowe w t them that all the multitude may resorte to the before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse And yf they blowe but one trompet then the Prynces whiche are heades ouer the thousandes of Israell shall come vnto the. But yf ye trompe the hoostes that lye on the east partes shall go forwarde And yf ye trompe the seconde tyme the hooste that lyeth on the south syde shall take theyr iourney for they shall trompe wheÌ„ they take theyr iourneyes But when the congregacyon is to be gathered togyther they shall blowe onely and not trompe And the sonnes of Aaron the preestê shall blowe with the trompettes and ye shall haue them as a lawe for euer in youre generacyons And yf ye go to war in youre lande agaynst your enemyes that vexe you ye shal blowe with the Trompettes and ye shall be remembred before the Lorde your god to be saued from your enemyes Also in the daye of your gladnesse and in your feast dayes and in the begynnynge of your monethes ye shall blowe the trompets ouer your burnt sacrifyces peace offeryngê that they maye be a remembraunce for you before your god I am the Lorde your God And it came to passe the. xx day of the second moneth in the seconde yeare that the cloude was taken vp from of the habitacyon of wyt nesse And the Chyldren of Israell toke theyr iourney out of the deserte of Sinay and the cloude rested in the wyldernesse of Pharan And the first toke theyr iourney at the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Moses In the fyrst place went the standerde of the hoost of Iuda accordyng to theyr armyes whose cap tayne was Nahasson the Sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hooste of the Trybe of the chyldren of Isachar was Nathanael the son of Zuar And ouer the hoost of the Trybe of the chyldren of Zabulon was Eliab the son of Helon And the habytacyon was taken downe and the sonnes of Gerson and Meâ—aâ—t went forth bearynge the habitacyon And the hoost of Ruben went forth with theyr standerd and armyes whose captayne was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hooste of the tribe of the chyldren of Simeon was Salamiell the son of Suri Sadai And ouer the hoost of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Deguell The Cahathites also went forwarde bare the sanctuary ☞ and the other dyd set vp the habytacyon agaynst they came And the standerd of the hoost of the Chyldren of Ephraym went forth accordynge to theyr armyes whose captayne was Elisama the son of Amiud And ouer the hooste of the trybe of the sonnes of Manasse was Gama liell the son of Pedazur And ouer the hooste of the tribe of the sonnes of Ben Iamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni And the standerde of the hooste of the Chyldren of Dan came forth hauynge all the hoostes togyther thorowout theyr armyes whose captayne was Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadat And ouer the hooste of the Tribe of the chyldren of Asar was Pagyell the Sonne of Ocran And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the Chyldren of Nephthali was Ahira the sonne of Enan These are the iourneyes of the Chyldren of Israell thorowout theyr armyes and thus the hoostes remoued And Moses sayd vnto ☞ Nobab the son of Raguel the Madianyte which was Moses Father in lawe we go vnto the place of whiche the Lorde sayde I wyll gyue it you Come thou therfore with vs and we wyll do the good for the Lorde hath promysed good vnto Israell And he answered hym I wyll not go but wyll departe to myne owne lande and to my kynred He sayde oh nay leaue vs not for thou knowest oure mansyons in the wyldernes thou hast ben to vs in steade of ☞ eyes And yf thou go with vs loke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth vnto vs the same wyl we shewe vnto the. And they departed from the mounte of the Lorde thre dayes iourney and the arke of the testament of the Lorde went before them in the thre dayes iourney to serche out a restyng place for theÌ„ And the lorde made a shadowe for them thorowe the cloude by daye when they went out of the tentes And it fortuned that when the arke went forth Moses sayd Ryse vp lorde and let thyne enemyes be scartered and let them that hate the flee before the. And when the arke rested he sayde Returne O Lorde vnto the many thousandes of Israell ¶ The people murmureth They desyre flesshe They lothe Manna The wauerynge fayth of Moses The Lorde diuideth the burden of Moses to seuentie of the aunâ—yentes and they Prophesy It rayneth quayls The flesshe rauenâ—ts are punysshed CAPI XI ANd it fortuned that wheÌ„ †the people dyd wyckedlye it was a dyspleasure in the eares of the Lorde And
when the Lorde herde it ☞ his countenaūce was prouoked to wrath the fyre of the lorde burnte amonge them and cōsumed them that were vttermost of the hoost And the people cryed vnto Moses And when Moses made intercessyon vnto the lorde the fyre quēched And the name of the place was called ☞ Chabarah bicause the fyre of the lord burnt among them And the rascall peple that was among them fel a lustynge and turned them selues and wepte euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel and sayde who shall gyue vs flesshe to eate we remembre the fyshe which we dyd eate in Egypte for nought and the Cucumbers and melons lekes onyons garleke But nowe our soule is dryed awaye for we can se nothynge els saue Manna The Manna was as coriander seede and to se to lyke Bedellion And the people went aboute and gathered it and grounde it in mylles or bette it in morters and baked it in pannes and made cakes of it And the tast of it was lyke vnto the tast of an oyle cake And when the dewe fell downe vpō the hoost in the nyght the Manna fell vpon it And when Moses herde the people wepe thorowout theyr housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent ☞ the face of the Lorde was prouoked vnto wrath excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayd vnto the lord wherfore hast thou delte cruelly with thy sernaunt And wherfore haue I not founde fauoure in thy syght seynge that thou puttest the weyght of all this people vpon me haue I conceyued al this people or haue I begotten them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge chylde vnto the lande whiche thou swarest vnto theyr fathers wher shuld I haue flesshe to gyue vnto all this people which wepe before me saynge gyue vs flesh that we maye eate I am not able to beare all this people alone seynge it is to heuy for me Yf thou deale thus with me kyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght that I se not my wretchednesse And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses gather vnto me lxx men of the Elders of Israell which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people and offycers ouer them thou shalte brynge them vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse that they maye stande there with the. And ☞ I wyll come downe and talke with the there ☞ take of the spiryte which is vpon the and put vpon them they shall beare the burden of the people with the leest thou be constrayned to beare it alone And saye vnto the people be halowed agaynst to morowe and ye shall eate flesshe for your wepynge is in the eares of the lorde seynge ye sayd who shall gyue vs flesshe to eate we were happye in Egypte therfore the Lorde wyll gyue you fleshe and ye shal eate Ye shall not eate one daye or two nor fyue dayes neyther ten nor twenty dayes but euē a moneth longe vntyl it come out at the nose thyrls of you and make you to parbrake bycause that ye haue cast the lorde asyde whiche is amonge you and haue wepte before hym sayenge why came we thus out of Egypt And Moses sayde syxe hundred thousand foremen are there of the people among whiche I am And thou haste sayde I wyll gyue them flesshe that they maye eate a moneth longe Shall the shepe and the oxen be slayne for them to fynde them eyther shal al the fysshe of the see be gathered togyther for them to serue them And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Shall the lordes hande be waxed shorte Thou shalte se nowe whyther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And Moses went out tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx Elders of the people and set them round aboute the Tabernacle And the lorde came downe in a cloude and spake vnto hym and toke of the spiryte that was vpon hym and gaue it vnto the. lxx Elders And it fortuned that when the spiryte rested vpon them they prophesyed and dyd not cease But there remayned two of the mē in the hoost the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad And the spiryte rested vpon them and they were of them that were wrytten and went not ou◠vnto the Tabernacle but prophesyed in the hoost And there ran a yonge man and tolde Moses and sayd Eldad and Medad do pro phesye in the hooste And Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moses †one of his yong men answered and sayd mayster Moses forbyd them And Moses sayde vnto hym enuyest thou for my sake wolde god that all the lordes people coulde prophesye and that the lorde wolde put his spiryte vpō them And Moses gat him into the hoost he the elders of Israell And there went forth a wynde from the Lorde brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoost euen a dayes iourney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoost and †They dyd flye in the ayre as it were two cubytes hye ouer the earth And the people stode vp and all that daye and all that nyght and on the morowe they gathered quayles And he that gathered a lytle gathered ten homers full And they spred them abrode rounde aboute the hooste And whyle the flesshe was yet bytwene theyr teeth and or it was chewed vp beholde the coūtenaunce of the Lorde was moued agaynst the people the Lorde slewe the people w t an excedyng great plage And the name of the plage was called The graues of luste bycause they buryed the people that lusted there And the people toke theyr iourney from the graues of lust vnto Hazeroth and bode at Hazeroth ¶ Aaron Mir Iam grudge agaynst Moses Mir Iam is stryken with Leprosye and healed at the prayer of Moses CAPI XII ANd Mir Iam and Aaron spake agaynst Moses bycause of the woman of Iude which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of Iude. And they sayde Hath the Lorde in dede spoken only thorow Moses Hath he not spoken also by vs And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the earth And the Lorde spake atonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron and to Mir Iam come out ye thre vnto the tabernacle of wytnesse they came out all thre And the lorde came downe in the pyller of the cloude and stode in the dore of the tabernacle and called Aaron and Mir Iam. And they went out bothe of them And he sayde heare my wordes Yf there be a Prophet of the Lordes amonge you I wyll be knowen of hym in a vision and wyll speake vnto hym in slepe My seruaunt Moses is not so whiche is faythfull in all myne house Unto hym wyll I speake mouth to mouth in a vision but in
ryddels and similitudes doth not he se the lorde Wherfore then were ye not afrayde to speake agaynste my seruaunt Moses And the lorde was moued vnto wrath agaynst them and he went his way and the cloude departed from of the tabernacle And beholde Mir Iam was become leperous as it were snow And AaroÌ„ loked vpon Mir Iam behold she was leperous and Aaron sayde vnto Moses I beseche the my lorde put not the syn vpon vs which we haue foolyshly coÌ„mytted synned Oh let her not be as one that coÌ„meth out of his mothers wombe and whose halfe flesh is eaten awaye And Moses cryed vnto the lorde sayenge Heale her O God I beseche the. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Yf her father had ☞ spyt in her face shulde she not be ashamed vii dayes Let her be shutte out of the hoost vii dayes and after that let heâ— be receyued in agayne And Mir Iam was shut out of the hooste vii dayes the people remoued not tyl she was brought in agayne And afterward the people remoued froÌ„ Hazeroth pitched in the wyldernes of PharaÌ„ ¶ Certayne men are sent to searche the land of Canaan CAPI XIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Send men out to serch the land of CanaaÌ„ which I gyue vnto the children of Israel of euery trybe of theyr fathers shall ye sende a man and let them all be such as are rulers amonge them And Moses at the commaundement of the Lorde sent forth out of the wyldernesse of Pharan suche men as were al heades of the chyldren of Israell Theyr names are these Of the trybe of Ruben SaÌ„mua the son of Zacur Of the trybe of Symeon Saphat the son of Hori Of the trybe of Iuda Caleb the sonne of Iephune Of the trybe of Isachar Igeall the sonne of Ioseph Of the trybe of Ephraim ☞ Hosea the son of Nun Of the trybe of Ben Iamin Palthi the sonne of Raphu Of the trybe of Zabulon Gadiell the sonne of Sodi Of the trybe of Ioseph Namely of the tribe of Manasse Gaddi the son of Susi Of the trybe of Dan Amiell the son of Gemali Of the tribe of Aser Sethur the son of Michaell Of the trybe of Nephthali Nahebi the Sonne of Uaphsi Of the trybe of Gad Guell the son of Machi These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spye out the land And Moses called the name of Hosea the Son of Nun Iosua And Moses sent them forth to spye out the lande of Canaan and sayde vnto them Get you vp this waye southwarde that ye maye go vp into the hye countrey and se the lande what maner thynge it is the people that dwelleth therin whyther they be strong or weyke eyther fewe or many and what the land is that they dwel in whyther it be good or bad what maner of Cityes they be that they dwell in whyther they dwel in tentes or walled townes what maner of lande it is whyther it be fat or leane and whyther there be trees therin or not Be of a good courage and brynge of the fruyte of the lande And it was aboute the tyme that Grapes are fyrsie rype And so they went vp and searched out the lande from the wyldernesse of Zin vnto Rehob as men come to Hemath they ascended vnto the south and came vnto Hebron where AhimaÌ„ was and Sesai Thalmani the sonnes of Enack Hebron was bylt seuen yeare before ☞ Zoan in Egypte And they came vnto the ryuer of Escol and cut downe there a braunche with one clouster of grapes and twayne bare it vpon a staffe and they brought also of the pomgarnates and of the fygges And the place was called the ryuer Escol bycause of the clouster of grapê which the chyldren of Israell cut downe thence And they turned backe agayne froÌ„ searchynge of the lande after xl dayes And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and vnto all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell in the wyldernesse of Pharan which is Cades and brought them word and also vnto al the congregacion and shewed them the fruyte of the lande And they tolde hym and sayde we came into the lande whyther thou sendest vs and surely it floweth with mylke and hony and here is of the fruyte of it Neuerthelesse the people be stronge that dwell in the lande and the cities are walled and excedynge greate and moreouer we sawe the chyldren of Enacke there The Amalechites dwell in the south countre and the Hethites Iebusites â–ª and the Amorytes dwell in the mouÌ„taynes and the Cananites dwell by the see and by the coost of Iordan And Caleb stylled the †murmure that vvas raysed vp of the people before Moses sayenge We wyll go vp and conquere it for we be able to ouercome it But the men that went vp with hym sayde We be not able to go vp agaynst the people for they are stronger then we And they brought vp an euyll reporte of the lande whiche they had serched sayenge vnto the Chyldren of Israell The lande which we haue gone thorowe to search it out is a lande that ☞ eateth vp the inhabiters therof and the people that we sawe in it are men of a greate stature And there we sawe also gyauntes the Chyldren of Enacke whiche come of the gyauntes And we semed in oure syght as it were greshoppers and so we dyd in theyr syght ¶ The people murmure agaynst god and wold haue stoned Caleb and Iosua The searchers of the lande dye Amalech kylleth the Israelytes CAPI XIIII ANd al the multitude of the people cried out and wepte thorowout that nyght and all the chyldren of Israel murmured agaynst Moses and AaroÌ„ And the hole congregacyon sayde vnto them wolde God that we hadde dyed in the lande of Egypte eyther that we had dyed in this wyldernesse Wherfore hath the Lorde brought vs vnto this lande to fall vpon the swerde that our wyues and our Chyldren shulde be a praye Were it not better that we returne vnto Egypt agayne And they sayd one to another We wyl make a captayne and returne vnto Egypte agayne But Moses and Aaron fell on theyr faces before all the congregacyon and multytude of the Chyldren of Israell And Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb the Son of Iephune which were of them that searched the lande rent theyr clothes and spake vnto all the company of the Chyldren of Israell sayenge The lande whiche we walked thorowe to serche it is a very good lande Yf the lorde haue lust to vs he wyll brynge vs in to that lande and gyue it vs whiche is such a lande as floweth with mylke hony But in anywyse rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde Neyther nede ye to feare the people of the lande for they are but ☞ breade for vs. ☞ Theyr †shadowe is departed from them and the lorde is with vs feare them not therfore But all they whiche were in
that multytude bad stone them with stoones And the glorye of the Lorde appeared in the Tebernacle of wytnesse before all the chyldren of Israell And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Howe longe do this people prouoke me and howe longe wyll it be or they byleue me for all the sygnes which I haue shewed amonge them I wyll smyte them with the Pestylence and destroye them and wyll make of the a greater nacyon and a myghtyer then they And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde then the Egyptians shall heare it for thou broughtest this people in thy myght from amonge them And it wyl be tolde to the inhabyters of this lande also for they haue herde lykewyse that thou lorde arte amonge this people and that thou lorde arte sene face to face and that thy cloude standeth ouer them and that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a pyller of a cloude and in a pyller of fyre by nyght Yf thou shalte kyll all this people as they were but one man then the nacyons whiche haue herde the fame of the wyll saye The Lorde is not able to brynge in this people into the lande whiche he sware vnto them but hath slayne them in the wyldernesse And nowe I beseche the let the power of my lord be great accordynge as thou haste spoken sayenge The lorde is longe or he be angrye and full of mercye suffereth iniquyte and syn and †☞ leaueth no man innocent visiteth the vnryghteousnesse of the Fathers vpon the chyldren in the thyrde fourth generacyon be mercyfull I beseche the vnto the synne of this people accordynge vnto thy great mercye as thou hast forgyuen this people from Egypt euen vntyll now And the lorde sayd I haue forgyuen ☞ it accordynge to thy request But ☞ as truly as I lyue al the earth shal be ☞ fylled with the glorye of the lorde But all those men whiche haue sene my glorye and my myracles whiche I dyd in Egypt in the wyldernesse and haue tempted me nowe this x. tymes wyl not herken vnto my voyce shall not se the lande whiche I sware vnto theyr fathers neyther shall any of them that prouoked me se it But my seruaunt Caleb w t whome there was another maner of spiryte bycause he hath folowed me vnto the vttermoost hym I wyll brynge into the lande which he hath walked in his seed shal enherite it also the Amalechites Cananites which dwel in the playne coūtre To morowe turne you and get you in to the wyldernes euen by the way of the red see And the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron saynge how longe doth this cuyl multytude murmur agaynst me I haue herde the murmurynges of the chyldren of Israel with the which they murmure agaynst me Tell them therfore As truly as I lyue sayeth the lorde I wyl do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in my eares Your carkasses shal lye in that wyldernesse And all you that were tolde thorow out your nombres from xx yere and aboue whiche haue murmured agaynst me shall not come into the lande ouer whiche * ☞ I lyfted vp myne hand to make you dwel ther in saue Caleb the Son of Iephune Iosua the son of Nun. But your chyldren which ye sayd shulde be a praye them I wyl bryng in they shall knowe the lande whiche ye haue refused and your carkasses shall lye in this wyldernesse And your chyldren shal wandre in this wyldernesse xl yeres suffre for your ☞ hooredome vntyll your carkasses be wasted in the wyldernesse after the nombre of the dayes in whiche ye serched out the lande euen xl dayes euery daye for a yere shal ye beare your vnryghteousnesse euen xl yeare †and ye shall knowe my dyspleasure I the Lorde haue sayde that I wyll do it vnto all this euyll congregacyon that are gathered togyther agaynst me For in this wyldernes they shal be cōsumed and here they shal dye And the men which Moses sent to serche the lande whiche when they came agayne made all the people to murmure ☞ before hym and brought vp a sclaunder vpon the land euen those men that dyd bryng vp that sclaunder vpon it as though it had ben euyl dyed in a great plage before the lorde But Iosua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Iephune whiche were of the men that went to searche the lande lyued styll And Moses tolde these sayenges vnto all the chyldren of Israell and the people toke great sorowe And they rose vp early in the mornynge and gat them vp in to the top of the mountayne sayenge lo we be here and wyll go vp vnto the place of whiche the Lorde sayde vnto vs for we haue synned And Moses sayde Wherfore wyll ye go on this maner beyonde the worde of the Lorde it wyll not come well to passe go not vp therfore for the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne before your enemyes For the Amalechites and the Cananites are there before you and ye wyll fal vpon the swerde †bycause ye are turned awaye from the Lorde and the Lorde wyll not be with you But they †presumed obstinatly to go vp into the hyl top Neuerthelatter the arke of the testament of the Lorde Moses departed not out of the hooste Then the Amalechites and the Cananites whiche dwelt in that hyll came downe smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma ¶ The drynke offerynges of them that enter in to the lande The punysshement of hym that synneth o◠arrogancye or pryde CAPI XV. ANd he Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israell and saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande of youre habytacyons whiche I gyue vnto you and wyll offre an offerynge vnto the Lorde Namely a burntofferynge or a specyall Sacrifice eyther of a vowe or of a wyllyng mynde and ☞ in your princypal feastes to make a swete sauour vn to the Lorde of the oxen or of the flocke Then let hym that offereth his offeryng vnto the Lorde brynge also a meatofferyng of a tenth deale of floure myngled with the fourth parte of an Hin of oyle the fourth parte of an Hin of wyne for a drynkofferyng and offre with the burntofferynge or any other offerynge when it is a Lambe Or yf it be a ram thou shalt offre for a meate offryng two tenth deales of floure myngled with the thyrde parte of an Hin of oyle and for a drynkoffryng thou shalt offre the thyrd parte of an Hin of wyne for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And when thou offerest a bullocke for a burntofferyng or for a specyal vowe or peace offeryng vnto the Lorde let hym bryng with a bullocke a meatofferynge of iii. tenth deales of floure myngled w t halfe an Hin of oyle And thou shalte bryng for a drynkeofferyng euen halfe an Hin of wyne for an offryng of a swete sauour vnto the lorde After this
maner shall it be done for an oxe or for a ram or for a lambe or a kyd Loke what nombre thou makest in these suche a nombre shalte thou make in them also And accordyng to the noÌ„bre of suche offerynges thou shalte encrease the meatofferynges and the drynkofferyngê All that are of your selues shall do these thyngê after this maner to offre an offeryng of swete sauoure vnto the lorde And yf a straunger soiourne with you or who soeuer be amonge you in your generacyons and wyll offre an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde euen as ye do so he shall do One ordynaunce shall be bothe for you of the coÌ„gregacion also for the straunger It shal be an ordinaunce for euer in your generacyons both vnto you to the straunger before the Lorde One lawe and one maner shal serue bothe for you for the straunger that soiourneth with you And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and saye vnto them When ye be come into the lande to the whiche I bryng you then when ye wyl eate of the breade of the lande ye shall take vp an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde Ye shal take vp a cake of the fyrst of your dow for an heueofferynge as ye do the heueofferynge of the barne euen so ye shall heue it Of the fyrst of your dow ye shal gyue vnto the lorde an heueofferyng in your generacions And yf ye ouerse your selues and obserue not all these commaundementes whiche the Lorde hathe spoken vnto Moses euen all that the Lorde hath coÌ„maunded you by the hande of Moses from the fyrst daye that the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses hence forwarde among your generacions If it happen that ought is coÌ„mytted ygnorantly of the congregacyon all the multitude shal offre a bullock for a burntofferyng to be a swete sauour vnto the Lorde with the meatofferynge and the drynkofferyng therto accordyng to the maner and an he goote for synne And the preest shall make an attonement for all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell and it shall be forgyuen them for it is ygnorauÌ„ce And they shal bryng theyr offeryng for a sacrifice vnto the lorde theyr synofferyng before the lorde for theyr ygnoraunce and it shal be forgyuen vnto all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel and vnto the straunger that dwelleth among you seynge al the people were in ignoraunce Yf any one soule syn thorowe ignoraunce he shall brynge a she goote of a yeare olde for syn And the preest shall make an atonement for the soule that synned ygnorauÌ„tly with the synofferynge before the Lorde to recoÌ„syle hym that it may be forgyuen hym And bothe thou that arte borne one of the chyldren of Israel the straunger that dwelleth amonge you shall haue bothe one lawe who so doth synne thorowe ygnoraunce But the soule that dothe ought presumptuously whyther he be an Israelite or a strauÌ„ger the same blasphemeth the lord And that soule shal be roted out from amonge his people bycause he hath despysed the worde of the Lorde and hath broken his coÌ„maundement that soule therfore shall perysshe his synne shall be vpon hym And whyle the chyldren of Israel were in the wyldernes they founde a maÌ„ that ☞ gathered styckes vpon the Sabboth daye And they that founde hym gatheryng styckê brought hym vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all the congregacion they put hym in warde seynge it was not declared what shulde be done vnto hym And the lorde sayd vnto Moses Let the man dye and let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoost And al the multitude brought hym w t â–ª out the hoost stoned hym with stones and he dyed as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the chyldren of Israell and byd them that they make them gardes in the quarters of theyr garmentê thorowout theyr generacyons and put vpon the garde of the quarters a ryband of yelowe sylke And the garde shall be vnto you to loke vpon it that ye may remembre al the coÌ„maundementes of the lorde and do them and †that ye seke not after your owne herte or your owne eyes after the which ye vse to go a hoorynge but ye shall remembre rather and do al my coÌ„maundementes and be holy vnto your god I am the Lorde your God which brought you out of the lande of Egypte for to be your God I am the lorde your God ¶ The rebellyon of Corah Dathan and Abiram CAPI XVI ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Cahath the sonne of Leui and Dathan and Abiram the son of Eliab and Ou the son of Peleth the sonne of Ruben rose vp before Moses with other men of the chyldren of Israel two hundred fyftie which were captaynê of the multitude great and famous men in the congregacyon and they gathered themselues togyther agaynst Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto them ye make moche to do seynge all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is amonge them Why heue ye your selues vp aboue the congregacyon of the Lorde And when Moses herde it he fell vpon his face and spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye saynge to morowe the Lorde wyll shewe who are his who is holy who ought to approche nygh vnto hym whom he hath chosen to come to hym This do ther fore take you fyre pannes both Corah and al his company and put fyre therin put sence in them before the lorde to morowe And the man whome the Lorde dothe chose the same shal be holy Ye make moch to do ye chyldren of Leui. And Moses sayd vnto Corah here ye chyldreÌ„ of Leui. Is it but a smal thyng vnto you that the God of Israell hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel brought you to hym self to do the seruyce of the dwellyng place of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to ministre vnto hym he hathe taken the to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leuy with the and seke ye the offyce of the preest also For which cause both thou and all thy companye are gathered togyther agaynst the Lorde What is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym And Moses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab whiche sayde we wyll not come vp Is it a small thynge that thou hast brought vs out of a lande that floweth with mylke and hony to kyll vs in the wyldernesse and to reygne ouer vs also Hast thou brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony and gyuen vs enherytaunce of feldes and vyneyardes Wylte thou pull out the eyes of these men we wyll not come vp And Moses waxed very angry and sayd vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto theyr offerynge I haue not taken so moche as an Asse from them neyther haue I hurte any of them And Moses sayd vnto Corah
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
hoost the preest shall be vncleane vnto the euen And he that burneth her shall wasshe his clothes in water bathe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyl euen And a man that is cleane shal take vp the asshes of the kow and put them without the hoost in a cleane place And it shall be kepte for the multitude of the chyldren of Israel for a sprynklynge water and for an attonement of synne Therfore he that gathereth the asshes of the kowe shal wasshe his clothes remayne vncleane vntyll euen And this shall be vnto the chyldren of Israell and vnto the straunger that dwelleth amonge them a statute for euer He that toucheth the deade body of any man shall be vncleane seuen dayes And he shall puryfye hym selfe with this water the thyrde daye and the seuenth day and he shal be cleane But yf he purifie not hym selfe the thyrde day the seuenth day he shall not be cleane Whosoeuer toucheth the coorse of any man that is deade and sprynkleth not hym selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the lorde and that soule shal be roted out of Israell bycause the sprynklynge water was not sprynkled vpon hym He shall be therfore vncleane and his vncleannesse shall remayne vpon hym This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in a tent all that come in to the tent and all that is in the tent shall be vncleane seuen dayes And all the vessels that be open which haue no lyd nor couerynge vpon them shal be vncleane And who soeuer toucheth one that is slayne with a swerde in the feldes or a deade persone or a bone of a deade man or a graue shall be vncleane seuen dayes Therfore for an vncleane person they shal take of the burnt asshes of the synofferynge runnyng water shal be put therto in a vessell And let a cleane persone take Isope dyp it in the water and sprynkle it vpon the tente and vpon al the vessels on the soules that were therin and vpon him that touched a bone or a slayne person or a deade body or a graue And the cleane persone shall sprynkle vpon the vncleane the thyrde day and the seuenth day And the seuenth day he shal purifie hym selfe wasshe his clothes bathe hym selfe in water shall be cleane at euen But the man that is vncleane and sprynkleth not hym selfe the same soule shal be destroyed from amonge the congregacyon bycause he hath defyled the hooly place of the lorde the sprynklynge water hath not bene sprynkled vpoÌ„ hym therfore shall he remayn vncleane And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them And he that sprynkleth the sprynklyng water shall wasshe his clothes And he that toucheth the sprynklyng water shall be vncleane vntyll euen And what soeuer the vncleane persone toucheth shal be vncleane And the soule that toucheth it shal be vncleane vntyll the euen ¶ Mir Iam dyeth The people murmure They haue water euen out of the rocke Edom denyeth the Israelites passage thorowe his realme The death of Aaron in whose rowme Eleazar succedeth CAPI XX. AND the chyldren of Israel came with the hole multitude in to the deserte of Sin in the first moneth and the people abode at Cades And there dyed Mir Iam and was buryed there But there was no water for the multitude ✚ and they gathered them selues togyther agaynste Moses and Aaron And the people chode with Moses spake saynge Wolde god that we had perysshed wheÌ„ our brethren dyed before the lorde Why haue ye brought the congregacyon of the Lorde vnto this wyldernesse that bothe we and our cattell shulde dye in it Wherfore haue ye made vs to go out of Egypte to bryng vs into this vngracyous place which is no place of seed nor of fygges nor vynes nor of pomegarnates neyther is there any water to drynke And Moses and Aaron wente from the congregacyon vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and fell vpon theyr faces †And they cryed vnto the Lorde and fayde O LORDE GOD heare the crye of this people and open them thy treasure euen a fountayne of lyuynge vvater that they may be satisfyed that theyr murmurynge may cease And the glorye of the Lorde appeared vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the rod and gather thou thy brother Aaron the congregacyon togyther and speake vnto the rocke before theyr eyes and it shall gyue for the his water And thou shalte brynge them water out of the rocke to gyue the company drynke and theyr beastes also And Moses toke the rod from before the Lorde as he coÌ„maunded hym And Moses and Aaron gathered the coÌ„gregacyon togyther before the rocke and Moses sayd vnto them Here ye rebellyons must we fetche you water out of this rocke And Moses lyft vp his hande and with his rod he smote the rocke two tymes and the water came out aboundauntly and the multitude dranke and theyr beastes also And the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron bycause ye byleued me not to sanctifie me in the eyes of the chyldren of Israel therfore ye shall not brynge this congregacyon in to the lande whiche I haue gyuen them This is the water of stryfe bycause the chyldren of Israel stroue with the lorde ☞ he was sanctified in them ⊢ And Moses sent messengers from Cades vnto the kynge of Edom. Thus saythe thy brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauayle that hath happened vs. Our fathers wente downe in to Egypte we haue dwelte in Egypte a longe tyme and the Egypcians vexed vs our fathers And when we cryed vnto the Lorde he herde oure voyce sente an angell and hath fet vs out of Egypte And beholde we are in Cades euen in the vttermoost citie of thy bordre We wyll go now thorowe thy countrey but we wyll not go thorowe the feldes or vyneyeardes neyther wyl we drynke of the water of the fountaynê we wyll go by the kynges hye way and neyther turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the left vntyl we be past thy couÌ„trey And Edom answered hym Thou shalt not go by me lest I come out agaynst the with the swerde The chyldren of Israel sayde vnto hym we wyl go by the beaten waye and yf I and my cattell drynke of thy water I wyll pay for it †I wyll but onely without any harme go thorow on my feete He answered thou shalt not go thorow And Edom came out agaynst hym with moche people and with a myghty power And thus Edom denyed to gyue Israel passage thorowe his countrey wherfore Israel turned away from hym And the chyldren of Israel departed from Cades and came vnto mounte Hor with all the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in mounte Hor harde by the coost of the lande of Edom sayenge Aaron shall be ☞ gathered vnto his people for he shall not come in to the lande whiche I haue gyuen vnto the
chyldren of Israell bycause ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of stryfe Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne and brynge them vp in to mount Hor thou shalte stryppe Aaron out of his vestimentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron shal be gathered vnto his people and shall dye there And Moses dyd as the lorde coÌ„maunded they went vp in to mount Hor in the syght of all the multitude And Moses toke of Aarous clothes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the top of the mounte And Moses and Eleazar came downe out of the mount When all the multitude sawe that Aaron was dead they mourned for Aaron thyrtie dayes thorowout all the housholdes of Israel ¶ Israell â—auquesâ—â—eth kynge Arad The fyrye serpentes stynge them The kynges Sehon and Og are ouercome in battayle CAPI XXI ANd when kynge Arad the Cananite whiche dwelte towarde the south herde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spyes had founde out he fought agaynst Israel and toke some of them prysoners And Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde sayd If thou wylte delyuer this people in to my hande I wyl vtterly destry theyr Cyties And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel and delyuered them the Cananytes And they destroyed them and theyr cyties and called the name of the place Horma And they departed from mount Hor by the way of the red see to compasse the lande of Edom. And the soule of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agaynste God agaynst Moses wherfore hast thou brought vs out of Egypte for to dye in the wyldernes for here is neyther breade nor water and our soule lotheth this lyght breade Wherfore the Lorde sente fyrye serpentes amonge the people whiche stonge them and moche people of Israel dyed Therfore the people came to Moses and sayd we haue synned for we haue spoken agaynst the lorde agaynst the make intercessyoÌ„ to the lorde that he take away the serpentes from vs. And Moses made intercession for the people And the lorde sayd vnto Moses ☞ †make the a fyrie serpent set it vp for a sygne that as many as are bytten maye loke vpon it lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse and set it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any maÌ„ he behelde the serpent of brasse and was healed And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel departed thence and pytched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and pitched at the heapes of Abarim euen in the wyldernesse whiche is by the playne of Moab on the East syde And they remoued thence and pytched vpon the ryuer of Zarad And they departed thence pytched on the other syde of Arnon which is in the wyldernes cometh out of the coostes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab bytwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in ☞ the boke of the warre of the Lorde what thynge he dyd in the red See and in the ryuers of Arnon And the heade of the ryuers that gothe downe to the dwellyng of Ar stretcheth vnto the border of Moab From thence it turneth vnto Beer The same is Beer or well wherof the lorde spake vnto Moses Gather the people togyther and I wyll gyue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vp wel syng ye vnto hym The prynces dygged this wel the captaynes of the people digged it with the teacher with theyr staues And from the wyldernesse they wente to Matana and from Matana to Nahaliel from Nahaliel to Bamoth from Bamoth to the valey that is in the felde of Moab vnto the toppe of the hyll that appeareth before Iesimon And Israell sent messengers vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorytes saynge I wyll go thorow thy lande we wyll not turne in to the feldes or vyneyeardê neyther drynke of the waters of the well but we wyll go alonge by the kynges hye way vntyll we be past thy countrey But Sehon wolde gyue Israell no lycence to passe thorowe his couÌ„trey but gathered al his peple togyther went out agaynst Israel into the wyldernes And he came to Iaheza and fought agaynst Israel And Israell smote hym in the edge of the swerde and conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto the chyldren of Ammon For the bordre of the chyldren of Ammon was stronge And Israell toke all these cyties and dwelte in all the cyties of the Amorites in Hesbon in all the townes that long therto For Hesbon was the cytie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites which fought before agaynst the kyng of the Moabites toke all his lande out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore they say in the prouerbe Come to Hesbon and let the cytie of Sehon be buylte repayred for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon and a flame from the cytie of Sehon and hath consumed Ar in Moab the enheritours of the hye places in Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of ☞ Chamos ye are vndone he hath put his sonnes to flyght and his doughters to captiuite vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites Theyr empyre is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon we made a wyldernes euen vnto Nopha which reacheth to Mediba And thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche out Iaezer and they toke the townê belongyng therto and roted out the Amorites that were therin And they turned and wente vp towarde Basan And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them he and all his people to fyght at Adrei And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses feare hym not for I haue delyuered hym in thy hande and all his people and his lande And thou shalt do to hym as y u dyddest vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amoritê which dwelt at Hesbon They smote him therfore and his sonnes all his people vntyll there was nothyng left hym And they coÌ„quered his land ¶ Kynge Baâ—ar sendeth for Balaam whose name in the Hebrue is wrytten Bâ—leam Balaams Asse speaketh CAPI XXII ANd the chyldren of Israel departed and pytched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane ouer agaynste Iericho And Balac the son of Ziphor law all that Israel had done to the Amorites the Moabites were sore afrayde of the people bycause they were many and †stode in feare of the chyldren of Israel And Moab sayd vnto the elders of Madian nowe shall this company lycke vp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the son of Ziphor was kynge of the Moabites at that tyme. He sent messengers therfore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor in Pethor whiche is by the ryuer in the land of the chyldren of his folke to call hym sayeng beholde there is a people come out of Egypte beholde they couer the face of
Baall Peor And the indygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take all the prynces of the people hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be turned awaye from Israel And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel †Euery one sleye his men that were ioyned vnto Baall Peor And behold one of the chyldren of Israel came and brought vnto his brethren a Madiaâ—â—tyshe woman euen in the syght of Moses and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell that wepte before the dore of the â—abernacle of wytnes And wheÌ„ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it he rose vp out of the myddes of the company and toke a weapon in his hande and went after the man of Israell ☞ in to the tent and thrust them thorowe bothe the man of Israell and also the woman euen thorowe the belly of her And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel And there dyed in the plage xxiiii thousaÌ„d And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye Wherfore saye beholde I gyue vnto hym my couenaunt of peace he shall haue it and his seed after hym euen the couenauÌ„t of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake and made an atonement for the Chyldren of Israell The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman was Zamri the son of Salâ— a Lorde of an house and kynred of Simeon And the name of the Madianityshe woman that was sleyne was Cozbi the doughter of Zur a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they trouble you with theyr wyles whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the doughter of a Lorde of the Madianytes whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake ¶ The chyldren of Israell are nombred CAPI XXVI ANd it fortuned that after the plage the Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazar the son of Aaron the preest sayenge take the nombre of all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell from xx yere and aboue thorowout theyr Fathers houses all that are able to go to warre in Israell And Moses and Eleazar the Preest spake vnto them in the feldes of Moab by Iordayne ouer agaynst Ierico from xx yere aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the chyldren of Israell wheÌ„ they were come out of Egypt Ruben the Eldest son of Israell The chyldren of Ruben Hanoch of whome commeth the kynred of the Hanochites and Palu of whome commeth the kynred of the Paluites Of Hesron commeth the kynred of the Hesronites of Carmi coÌ„meth the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites and they were in nombre xliii thousand seuen hundred â–ª and thyrtye And the sonnes of Palu Eâ—â—ab And the sonnes of Eliab Nemuell Dathan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram whiche were famous in the congregacion stroue agaynst Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agaynst the Lorde And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp Corah also was in the death of that multitude what tyme the fyre consumed two hundred and fiftye men and they became a sygne Notwithstandynge the Chyldren of Corah dyed not And the Chyldren of Simeon after theyr kynreds were Nemuell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whome commeth the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iachinites of Zareh commeth the kynred of the Zarehites And of Saull commeth the kynred of the Saulâ—tes These are the kynredê of Simeon euen xxii â–ª thousande and two hundred The Chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds were Zephon of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zephonites Haggi of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Haggites Suni of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sunâ—tes Of Aseni commeth the kynred of the Asenites and of Eri commeth the kynred of the Erites Of Arod coÌ„meth the kynred of the Arodites Of Aâ—â—ell commeth the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynreds of the Chyldren of Gad aâ—dynge to theyr nombres xl thousande and fyue hundred The Chyldren of Iuda Er and Dnan and Er and Dnan dyed in the land of Canaan But the Chyldren of Iuda after theyr kynreds were Sela of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Selanites Phares of whome commeth the kynred of the Pharesites Zareh of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Zarehites And the Chyldren of Phares were â–ª Hesron of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hesâ—onites Hamull of whome commeth the kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynreds of fuda after theyr noÌ„bres lxxvi thousande and fyue hundred The chyldren of Isachar after theyr kynreds were Thola of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Tholaites Phuua of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Phuuaites of Iasub coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iasubites of Symron coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simronites These are the kynreds of Isachar after theyr nombres ixiiiâ— â–ª thousande and thre hundred The Chyldren of Zabalon after theyr kynreds were Sered of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Seredites Elon of whome commeth the kynred of the Elonites Iaheliel of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iahelielites These are the kynreds of the Zabulonites after theyr nombres threscore thousand and fyue hundred The chyldren of Ioseph thorowout theyr kynreds were Manasse Ephraim The chyldren of Manasse Machir â–ª of whome commeth the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begaâ— Gilead of Gilead coÌ„meth the kynred of the Gileadites And these are the chyldren of Gilead Hieser of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Hieserites Helech of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Helechites and Asriell of whome commeth the kynred of the Asrielites Sichâ—â—â— of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Sichemites Simida of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Simidites and Hepher of whom coÌ„meth the kynredde of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the Sonne of Hepher had no sonnê but doughters And the names of the doughters of Zelaphead were Mahela Noa Hagla Milcha and Thirza These are the kynreds of Manasse and the nombre of them iii. thousande seuen hundred These are the Chyldren of Ephraim after theyr kynreds Suthelah of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of suthelahites Becher of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Becherites Thahen of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Thahenites And these are the chyldren of Suthelah Eran of whome commeth the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynreds of the chyldren of Ephraim after theyr nombres
xxxii thousande and fyue hundred And these are the chyldren of Ioseph after theyr kynreds These are the chyldren of Ben Iamin after theyr kynreddes Bela of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Belaites Asbell of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Asbelites Ahiram of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Ahiramites Supham of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Suphamites Hupham of whome coÌ„meth the kinred of the Huphamites And the chyldren of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence coÌ„meth the kynred of the Ardites and of Naaman the kynred of the Naamites These are the chyldren of Ben Iamin after theyr kynreds and after theyr nombres xiv thousande and sixe hundred These are the chyldreÌ„ of Dan after theyr kynreds Suham of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Suhamites These are the householdes of Dan after theyr kynreds All the kynreds of the Suhamites were after theyr nombres lxiiii thousande and foure hundred The chyldreÌ„ of Aser after theyr kynreds were Iemna of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iemnites Iesui of whom coÌ„meth the kynred of the Iesuites Bria of whome commeth the kynred of the Brites The chyldren of Bria were Heber of whome coÌ„meth the kynred of the Heberites Malchiel of whom came the kynred of the Malchielites And the doughter of Aser was called Sarah These are the kynreds of Aser after theyr noÌ„bres liii thousande and foure hundred The chyldren of Nephthali after theyr kynreds were Iaheziell of whome came the kynred of the Iahezielites Guni of whome came the kynred of the Gunites Iezer of whome came the kynred of the Iezerites Selem of whome came the kynred of the Selemites These are the kynreds of Nephthali accordynge to theyr housholdes whose nombre is xiv thousande and foure hundred These are the nombres of the Chyldren of Israell syxe hundred thousande and a thousande seuen hundred and thyrtye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vnto these the lande shal be deuyded to enheryte accordyng to the nombre of names To many thou shalte gyue the more enheritaunce and to fewe the lesse to euery trybe shall the enheritaunce be gyuen accordynge to the nombre therof Notwithstandynge the lande shall be deuyded by lot and accordyng to the names of the tribes of theyr fathers they shal enheryte accordyng to the lot shall the possessyon therof be deuyded bytwene many and fewe These are the nombres of the Leuytes after theyr kynreds Gerson of whome came the kynred of the Gersonites Cahath of whome came the kynred of the Cahathites Merari of whome came the kynred of the Merarites These are the kynreds of the Leuytes the kynred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musytes the kynred of the Karahites Kahath begat AmraÌ„ and Amrams wyfe was called Iochebed a doughter of Leui which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Iam theyr syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar And Nadab Abihu dyed when they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And after theyr noÌ„bres they were xxiii thousande all males from a moneth olde aboue For they were nombred amonge the Chyldren of Israell bycause there was no enheritaunce gyuen them amonge the chyldren of Israel These are the nombres when Moses and Eleazar the Preest nombred the chyldren of Israell in the playne of Moab fast by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho And amonge these there was not a man of them whome Moses and Aaron nombred when they told the chyldren of Israell in the wyldernesse of Sinay For the Lorde sayde of them they shall dye in the wyldernesse and there was not lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the son of Nun. ¶ The lawe of the herytage of the doughters of zelapâ—â—aâ— The land of promesse is shewed vnto Moses in whose steade is appoynted Iosua CAPI XXVII ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasse of the kynred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph whose names were Mahela Noha Hagla Melcha and Thirza came and stode before Moses and Eleazar the Preest before the Lordes all the multitude by the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse sayenge oure Father dyed in the wyldernesse and was not in the company of them that gathered them selues togyther agaynst the Lorde in the coÌ„gregacyon of Carah But ☞ dyed in his owne syn had no sonnê Wherfore then is the name of our fathers taken away from amonge his kynred bycause he hath no son Gyue vnto vs therfore a possessyon amonge the brethren of our father And Moses brought theyr cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speake ryght thou shalte gyue them a possession to enheryt among theyr fathers brethreÌ„ and shalt turne the enheritaunce of theyr father vnto them And thou shalte speake vnto the chyldren of Israell saynge Yf a man dye and haue no Son ye shall turne his enherytaunce vnto his doughter If he haue no doughter ye shal gyue his enheritaunce vnto his brethren Yf he haue also no brethren ye shall gyue his enheritaunce vnto his Fathers brethren And yf his father haue no brethren ye shal gyue his enheritauÌ„ce vnto him that is nexte to hym of his kynred he shall possesse it And this shal be vnto the chyldren of Israel ☞ a law of iudgement as the lord hath coÌ„maunded Moses And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses get the vp into the mounte Abarim and beholde the lande which I haue gyuen vnto the children of Israell And when thou hast sene it ☞ thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered For ye were disobedyent vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Sin in the stryfe of the congregacyon Neyther dyd ye sanctifye me in the waters before theyr eyes That is the water of stryfe in Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin And Moses spake vnto the Lorde sayenge Let the Lorde god of the spirytes of all flesh set a man ouer the coÌ„gregacyon which may ☞ go out in before them and leade them out and in that the coÌ„gregacyon of the lorde be not as shepe which haue not a shepheerde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take Iosua the son of Nun in whome is the spiryte ☞ and put thyne handes vpon hym and set hym before Eleazar the preest and before all the congregacyon and gyue hym a charge in theyr syght And put of thy prayse vpon hym that all the companye of the Chyldren of Israell maye be obedient And he shal stande before Eleazar the preest whiche shall aske counsell for hym ☞ after the iudgement of Urim before the lorde And accordynge vnto his worde shall they go out and in bothe he and all the Chyldren of Israell with hym and all the congregacyon And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym and he toke
hundredes which came from the warre and battayle and Moses sayde vnto them Haue ye saued all the women alyue Beholde these caused the chyldren of Israell thorow ☞ the counsell of Balaam to commyt trespace agaynst the Lorde in the busynesse of Peor and there folowed a plage amonge the congregacion of the lorde Nowe therfore sley all the men chyldren the women that haue lyen with men fleshlye But all the women Chyldren that haue not lyen w t men kepe a lyue for your selues And ye shall remayne without the hoost vii dayes all that haue kylled any person and all that haue touched any deade bodye and purify both your selues and your prysoners the thyrde day the seuenth And sprynkle all youre raymentes and all that is made of skynnes and all worke of Gootes heere and althynges made of woode And Eleazar the preest sayd vnto the men of war whiche came frome the Battayle this is the ordynaunce of the lawe whiche the Lorde commaunded Moses Golde Syluer brasse and yron tyn and leade all that ☞ maye abyde the fyre ye shall make it go thorowe the fyre it shall be cleane Neuerthelesse it shall be sprynkled with sprynklynge water And al that suffereth not the fyre ye shal make go thorowe the water And washe your clothes the seuenth daye ye shall be cleane And afterwarde come in to the hooste And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the somme of the praye that was taken both of the women and of cattell thou and Eleazar the preest and the auncient fathers of the congregacyon And deuyde it into two partes bytwene them that toke the warre vpon them and went out to battayle all the congregacyon And take a porcioÌ„ vnto the lorde of the men of warre whiche went out to battayle ☞ one soule of fyue hundred bothe of the women and of the oxen and of the asses and of the shepe and ye shall take it of theyr halfe and gyue it vnto Eleazar the preest as an heueofferyng of the lord And of the halfe of the chyldreÌ„ of Israell thou shalt take one porcyon of fiftye of the women of the oxen of the asses and of the shepe and of all maner of beastes and gyue them vnto the Leuites which wayte vpon the habitacyon of the Lorde And Moses and Eleazar the Preest dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the bootye and the pray which the men of warre had caught was vi hundred thousand and lxxv thousande shepe and. lxxii thousande oxen lxi thousande Asses xxxii thousande soules of women that had lyen by no man And the halfe whiche was the parte of them that went out to warre was thre hundred thousande and. xxxvii thousonde and fyue hundred shepe And the Lordes parte of the shepe was sixe hundred and. lxxv And the oxen were xxxvi thousande and fyue hundred of which the lordes parte was lxxii And the asses were xxx thousande and fyue hundred of which the lordes parte was thre score and one And the soules of women were xvi thousande of whiche the Lordes parte was xxxâ—i soules And Moses gaue that somme which was the Lordes heueofferyng vnto Eleazar the Preest as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the other halfe of the chyldren of Israel whiche Moses seperated frome the men of war that is to wete the halfe that perteyned ☞ vnto the congregacyon was iii. hundred thousande and. xxxvii thousande fyue hundred shepe and. xxxvi thousande oxen and xxx thousande asses and fyue hundred xvi thousande soules of womeÌ„ And Moses toke of this halfe that perteyned vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel one porcyon of fyftie bothe of the women and of the cattel and gaue them vnto the Leuytes whiche wayted vpon the habitacyon of the Lorde as the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the offycers of thousandes of the hoost the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundredes came forth and sayde vnto Moses Thy seruauntes haue taken the somme of the men of warre whiche are vnder oure auctoryte there lacketh not one man of vs. We haue therfore brought a present vnto the Lorde what soeuer man founde of Iewels of golde cheynes bracelettes rynges earynges and spangles to make an atonement for our soules before the Lorde And Moses Eleazar the preest toke the golde of them Iewels of all maner facions And all the golde of the heueofferyng that they heued vp to the lorde of the captaynes ouer thousandes and hundredes was xvi thousande vii hundred l. sycles for the men of war had spoyled euery man for hym selfe And Moses and Eleazar the preest toke the golde of the captaynê ouer the thousandes and of the captaynes ouer the hundredes and brought it in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse for a memoryall of the chyldren of Israel before the Lorde ¶ To Ruben and God and to the halfe trybe of Manasses is promised the possessyon beyonde Iordayne Eastwarde CAPI XXXII THe chyldren of Ruben and the chyldren of Gad had an excedynge great multitude of cattell And when they sawe the lande of Iazer and the lande of Gilead that it was an apte place for cattel the chyldren of Ruben and the chyldreÌ„ of Gad came spake vnto Moses and Eleazar the preest and vnto the lordes of the congregacyon sayenge The lande of Ataroth and Dibon Iazer Nemâ—ah Hesbon and Elealeh Sabam and Nebo and Beon whiche countrey the Lorde smote before the congregacyon of Israel is a lande mete for cattell and we thy seruauntes haue cattell Wherfore sayde they yf we haue founde grace in thy syght let this lande be gyuen vnto thy seruauntes to possesse brynge vs not ouer Iordan And Moses sayde vnto the chyldren of Gad and of Ruben shall your brethren go to warre and ye shall syt here Wherfore dyscourage ye the herte of the chyldren of Israel that they shulde not go ouer in to the lande whiche the Lorde hath gyuen them Thus dyd your fathers wheÌ„ I sent them from Cades barne to se the lande For when they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escoll and sawe the lande they discouraged the hertes of the chyldren of Israel that they shulde not go in to the lande which the lorde hath gyueÌ„ them And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge None of the men that came out of Egypte from twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the lande whiche I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob bycause they haue not hollye folowed me saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Kenesite Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed the lorde And the lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wyldernesse fourtye yere vntyll all the generacyon that hadde done euyll in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers steade as an encrease of synfull men to augmente the fearse wrath of the Lorde to warde Israel For yf ye turne away froÌ„ hym he wyll
yet agayne leaue the people in the wyldernesse and ye shal destroy al this folke And they wente neare hym and sayde We wyl buylde shepe foldes here for our shepe for our cattell and †vvalled Cities for our chyldren But we oure selues wyll go redye armed before the chyldren of Israell vntyll we haue brought them vnto theyr place And our chyldren †and vvhat soeuer vve may haue shall dwell in the fenced Cities bycause of the inhabiters of the Lande We wyll not returne vnto oure houses vntyll the chyldren of Israel haue enherited euery man his enheritaunce Neyther wyll we enheryte with them on yonder syde Iordan forwarde bycause oure enheritaunce is fallen to vs on this syde Iordan eastwarde And Moses sayde vnto them If ye wyll do this thynge and go harnessed before the Lorde to warre and wyl go all of you in har nesse ouer Iordane before the Lorde vntyll he haue cast out his enemyes before him and vntyll the lande be subdued before the lorde then ye shall returne and be without synne before the Lorde before Israell and this land shal be your possessyon before the lorde But and yf ye wyll not do so beholde ye haue synned agaynst the Lorde and be sure youre synne wyll fynde you out Nowe therfore buylde cities for your chyldren and foldes for your shepe and do that ye haue spoken The chyldren of Gad and the chyldren of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge Thy seruauntes wyll do as my Lorde commaundeth Oure chyldren oure wyues oure shepe and all oure cattell shall remayne heare in the Cyties of Gylead But thy seruauntes wyll go all harnessed for the warre and vnto battayle before the Lorde as my lorde sayth And for theyr sakes Moses coÌ„maunded Eleazar the Preest and Iosua the sonne of Nun and the auncient fathers of the trybes of the Chyldren of Israell and Moses sayd vnto them If the chyldren of Gad and the chyldren of Ruben wyl go with you ouer Iordan al prepared to fyght before the lorde then when the lande is subdued before you ye shall gyue them the lande of Gylead to possesse But yf they wyll not go ouer with you in harnesse they shall haue theyr possessyons among you in the lande of Canaan And the chyldren of Gad and the chyldren of Ruben answered saynge As the Lorde hath sayde vnto thy seruauntes so wyll we do We wyll go harnessed before the Lorde in to the lande of Canaan that the possessyons of oure enherytaunce maye be on this syde Iordan And Moses gaue vnto the Chyldren of Gad and to the chyldren of Ruben and vnto halfe the trybe of Manasse the Sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sehon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdom of Og kyng of Basan the lande with the Cityes therof in the Coostes and Cityes of the countrey rouÌ„de aboute And the chyldren of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer and Atroth Sophan Iaâ—ser and Iegabea Bethnimra and Betharan fenced cities and they buylte foldes for the shepe And the chyldren of Ruben buylt Hesbon Eleale Kiriathaim Nebo Baal Meon and ☞ turned theyr names Sibama also and gaue other names vnto the Cities whiche they buylded And the chyldren of Machir the sonne of Manasse wente to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites that dwelte therin And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelte therin And Iahir the sonne of Manasse wente and toke the smal townes therof and called them Hauoth Iair And Nobah went and toke Kenath and the townes longyng therto and called it Nobah after his owne name ¶ The ionâ—neys of Israell are nombred They are commaunded to kyll the Canaanites CAPI XXXIII THese are the iourneys of the chyldren of Isaell whiche went out of the lande of Egypte with theyr armyes vnder the hande of Moses and Aaron And Moses wrote theyr goynge out by theyr iourneys ac cordynge to the coÌ„maundement of the lorde euen these are the iourneys of theyr goynge out They departed from Rahemses the xv day of the fyrst moneth on the morowe after Passeouer and the chyldren of Israel wente out with an hygh hand in the syght of all the Egyptians For the Egyptians buryed all theyr fyrstborne which the lorde had smytten among them And vpon theyr gods also the Lorde dyd execucyon And the chyldren of Israel remoued from Rahemses and pytched in Socoth And they departed from Socoth pytched theyr tentes in Ethan whiche is in the edge of the wyldernesse And they remoued from Ethan and turned agayne vnto Pi Hiroth whiche is before Baal Zephon and pytched before Mig doll And they departed from the playne of Hiroth and went thorowe the myddes of the see in to the wyldernesse and wente thre dayes iourney in the wyldernesse of Ethan and pytched in Marah And they remoued from Marah and came vnto Elim where were xii fouÌ„taynes of water and. lxx palme trees and they pytched there And they remoued from Elim and laye fast by the red see And they remoued from the red see and laye in the wildernes of Sin And they toke theyr iourney out of the wyldernesse of Sin and set vp they tentes in Daphka And they departed frome Daphka and laye in Alus And they remoued frome Alus and lay at Raphedim where was no water for the people to drynke And they departed from Raphedim and pytched in the wyldernesse of Sinay And they remoued frome the deserte of Sinay and pytched at the graues of lust And they departed from the sepulchres of lust and lay at Hazeroth And they departed from Hazeroth pytched in Rithma And departed from Rithma and pytched at Rimon Parez And they departed from Rimon Parez and pytched in Lybna And they remoued frome Lybna and pitched at Rissa And they iourneyed from Rissa and pytched in Rehelatha And they wente from Rehelatha and pytched in mounte Sapher And they remoued from mounte Sapher and laye in Harada And they remoued from Harada and pytched in Makeheloth And they remoued from Makeheloth and lay at Tahath and they departed from Tahath â–ª and pytched at Tharath And they remoued from Tharath and pytched in Mithca And they went from Mithca and pytched in Hasmona And they departed from Hasmona and lay at Moseroth And they departed from Moseroth and pytched in Bane Iakan And they remoued froÌ„ Bane Iakan and laye at Horgadgad And they went from Horgadgad and pytched in Iathbatha And they remoued from Iathbatha and lay at Abrona And they departed from Abrona and laye at Ezeon gaber And they remoued from Ezeon gaber pytched in the wyldernes of Sin which is Cades And they remoued from Cades and pytched in mounte Hor whiche is in the edge of the lande of Edom. And Aaron the Preest wente vp in to mounte Hor at the commaundement of the lorde dyed there euen in the fourtyeth yere after the chyldren of Israel were come out of the
lande of Egypte and in the fyrst daye of the fyfte moneth And Aaron was an huÌ„dred and. xxiii yeare olde when he dyed in mount Hor â–ª And kyng Erad the Canaanite whiche dwelte in the south of the lande of Canaan herde of the comyng of the chyldreÌ„ of Israel And they departed from mount Hor pitched in zalmona And they departed from Zalmona and pytched in Phunon And they departed from Phunon pitched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and pyched in Iohabarim toward the border of Moab And they departed frome Iehabarim and pytched in Dibon Gad â–ª And they remoued from Dibon Gad laye in Almon Diblathaim And they remoued from Almon Diblathaim and pitched in the mountaynes of Abarim before Nabo And they departed from the mountaynes of Abarim and pytched in the feldes of Moab fast by Iordan ouer agaynst Iericho And they pytched by Iordane from Beth Haiesmoth vnto the playne of Sittim in the feldes of Moab And the lorde spake vnto Moses in the feldes of Moab by Iordan ouer agaynst Iericho saynge speake vnto the chyldren of Israel say vnto them when ye are come ouer Iordan to entre in to the lande of Canaan ye shall dryue out all the inhabyters of the lande before you and destroy all †theyr pyctures breake asondre all theyr Images of metal and plucke downe al theyr aulters And possesse the lande and dwell therin for I haue gyuen you the lande to enioye it And ye shall deuyde the enherytaunce of the lande by lot amonge your kynreddes and gyue to the moo the more enherytaunce and to the fewer the lesse enheritaunce And your enherytaunce shal be in the tribes of your fathers euery mans enherytaunce in the place where his lot falleth But and yf ye wyll not dryue out the inhabyters of the lande before you then those whiche ye let remayne of them shall be ☞ pryckes in your eyes and dartes in your sydes shall vexe you in the lande wherein ye dwell Moreouer it wyll come to passe that I shall de vnto you as I thought to do vnto them ¶ The coostes and bordres of the lande of promesse Certayne men are assygned to deuyde the lande CAPI XXXIIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge coÌ„maunde the chyldren of Israel and saye vnto them when ye come in to the land of CanaaÌ„ this is the lande that shal fal vnto your enherytaunce the lande of CanaaÌ„ with her coostes And youre south quarter shal be froÌ„ the wyldernesse of Sin alonge by the coost of EdoÌ„ so that your south quarter reache from the syde of the salt see eastward and fet a compasse from the south vp to Acra him and reache to Zinna And go out from the south to Cades barne and go out also to Hazat Adar and go along to Azmon and fet a compasse agayne from Azmon vnto the ry uer of Egypte and shall go out at the see And let your west quarter be the great see let the same see be your west coost And this shall be your north quarter ye shal compasse your border from the great see vnto mounte Hor. And from mounte Hor ye shall describe your border tyll it come vnto Hemath and the ende of the coost shal be at Zedada the coost shal reache out to Ziphron go out at Hazar Enan This shal be your north quarter And ye shall compasse your east quarter from Hazar enan to Sepham And the coost shall go downe from Sepham to Ribla on the east syde of Ain And the same border shal descende go out at the syde of the see of Cenereth castwarde And then go downe alonge by Iordane and leaue at the salte see And this shall be youre lande with the coostes therof round aboute And Moses coÌ„maunded the chyldren of Israel saynge This is the lande which ye shal enheryte by lot whiche the Lorde coÌ„maunded to gyue vnto nyne trybes and an halfe for the trybe of the chyldren of Ruben arcordyng to the housholdes of theyr fathers and the trybe of the chyldren of Gad accordynge to theyr fathers housholdes and halfe the trybe of Manasse haue receyued theyr enherytaunce Two tribes and an halfe haue receyued theyr enheritauÌ„ce on the other syde of Iordan ouer agaynst Ierico eastwarde And the Lorde spake to Moses sayenge These are the names of the men whiche shal deuyde the land vnto you Eleazar the preest and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And ye shall take also a Lorde of euery trybe when ye deuyde the lande The names of the men are these Of the trybe of Iuda Caleb the sonne of Iephune Of the trybe of the chyldren of Suncon Semuel the sonne of Amiud Of the trybe of Ben Iamin Elidad the sonne of Cisson Of the trybe of the chyldren of Dan the lorde Bucki the sonne of Iagli From among the chyldren of Ioseph for the trybe of the chyldreÌ„ of Manasse the lorde Haniel the son of Ephod Of the tribe of the chyldren of Ephraim the lorde Camuel the son of Siph â—an Of the trybe of the sonnes of Zabulon the lorde Elizaphan the sonne of Pharnach Of the trybe of the chyldren of Isachar the lorde Palthyel the son of Asan Of the trybe of the sonnes of Aser the lorde Ahihud the sonne of Salomi Of the trybe of the chyldreÌ„ of Nephthali the lorde Peda El the sonne of of Ammihud These are they whom the lorde coÌ„maunded to deuyde the enheritaunce vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel in the lande of Canaan ¶ Cityes and suburbes gyuen to the Leuites Cityes of refuge The lawe of manquellynge For one mans wytnesse shall no man be condempned CAPI XXXV AND the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the feldes of Moab by Iordane ouer agaynst Ierico sayenge coÌ„maunde the Chyldren of Israll that they gyue vnto the Leuytes of the enherytaunce of theyr possessyon cities to dwell in And ye shall gyue also vnto the cities of the Leuytes suburbes harde by theyr cities rounde aboute them The cities shal they haue to dwell in and the suburbes for theyr cattell and for theyr possessyon and all maner of beastes of theyrs And the suburbes of the cities which ye shal gyue vnto the Leuytes shal reache from the wall of the citie outwarde a thousande cubites rounde oboute And ye shal measure with out the citie of the East syde two thousande cubites And of the south syde two thousand cubites And of the west syde two thousande cubites And of the north syde two thousand cubites also the citie shal be in the myddes And these shal be the suburbes of theyr cities And from among the cities whiche ye shall gyue vnto the Leuytes there shall be syxe cities for refuge whiche ye shall appoynte to that intente that he whiche kylleth maye flee thyther And to them ye shall adde xlii cities mo so that all the cities whiche ye shall gyue the Leuytes may be xlviii w t theyr suburbê And
these coÌ„maundementes which I coÌ„maunde you so that ye do them Namely that ye loue the lorde your God and walke in all his wayes and cleue vnto hym Then wyl the lorde cast out all these nacyons before you ye shal be the heyres of greate nacyons of them that are myghtyet then your selues All the places wheron the sooles of your fete shal treade shal be yours euen from the wyldernes and from Libanon and from the ryuer Euphrates euen vnto the vttermost see shall youre coost be There shal no man be able to stand before you for the Lorde your God shall cast the feare and drede of you vpon all the lande that ye shall treade vpon as he hath sayde vnto you ⊢ Beholde I set before you this day a blessyng a curse a blessyng yf ye obey the coÌ„maundementes of the lorde your god which I coÌ„maunde you this day And a curse yf ye wyll not obey the coÌ„mauÌ„dementê of the lorde your god but turne out of the way whiche I coÌ„maunde you this day to go after straunge goddes whiche ye haue not knowen When the Lorde thy God therfore hathe brought the in to the lande whyther y u goest to possesse it thou shalte put the blessynge vpon mounte Garizim and the curse vpon mount Ebal which mountaynes are on the other syde Iordane on the backe syde of the way towarde the goynge downe of the sonne in the lande of the Cananites whiche dwell in the playne ouer agaynst Gilgal besyde the groue of Moreh For ye shall passe ouer Iordane to go in and possesse the lande whiche the lorde your god gyueth you ye shall con quere it and dwel therin Take hede therfore that ye do all the coÌ„maundementes lawes whiche I set before you this day ¶ Idolatrye must the Israelites destroye and flee from They must onely do that thynge which god coÌ„maundeth CAPI XII THese are the ordinauÌ„ces lawes which ye shal obserue do in the lande which the lorde God of thy fathers gyueth the to possesse it as longe as ye lyue vpon the earth Ye shal destroy all places wherin the nacions which ye shal conquere serued theyr goddes vpon hye mountaynes on hylles vnder euery thycke tree Ouerthrowe theyr aulters and breake theyr pyllers and burne theyr groues with fyre and hewe downe the grauen ymages of the goddê that they haue and bryng the names of them to nought out of that place ☞ Ye shall not do so vnto the Lorde your God but ye shall seke the place whiche the lorde your God shall haue chosen out of all your trybes to put his name there and there to dwell And thyther thou shalte come and thyther ye shal brynge your burnt sacrifices your offerynges your tythes and heueofferynges of your hande your vowes your frewylofferynges and the fyrst gendred of your oxen and of your shepe And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God and ye shall reioyse in all that ye put your hande vn to both ye and your housholdes wherin the Lorde thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall not do after all the thynges that we do here this day euery man what semeth hym good in his owne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest to the enheritaunce which the Lorde your God gyueth you But when ye go ouer Iordane and dwell in the lande whiche the Lorde your god hath gyuen you to enherite and when he hath gyuen you rest from all your enemyes rouÌ„de aboute so that ye dwell in safetie then vnto the place which the Lorde your God hath chosen to put his name there ye shall brynge all that I commaunde you Namely your burntsacrifices your offerynges your tythes the heue offerynge of youre hande and all youre syecyall vowes whiche ye vowe vnto the Lorde And ye shall reioyse before the lorde your god yea and your sonnes and your doughters your seruauntes and your maydes the Leuite that is within your gates for as moche as he hath no parte nor enheritaunce with you Take hede that thou offer not thy burnt offerynges in euery place that thou seest â–ª but in the place whiche the Lorde shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes there thou shalt offer thy burntofferynges and there thou shalt do all that I coÌ„maunde the. Notwithstandyng thou mayst kyll and eate flesshe in all thy cities whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after accordyng to the blessynge of the Lorde thy God whiche he hathe gyuen the bothe the vncleane the cleane may eate therof euen as the roo or the herte onely ye shal not eate the blood but powre it vpon the earth as water Thou mayst not eate within thy gates the tythe of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle and the fyrst gendred of thyne oxen of thy shepe neyther any of thy vowes which thou vowest nor thy frewylofferyngê or heueofferynge of thyne hande but y u must eate them before the Lorde thy God in the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen Thou thy sonne and thy doughter thy seruaunte and thy mayde and the Leuyte that is within thy gates and thou shalte reioyse †and be refresshed before the lorde thy God in all that thou puttest thyne hande to Beware that thou forsake not the Leuite as long as thou lyuest vpon the earth If when the lorde thy god hath enlarged thy border as he hath promised the thou say I wyll eate flesshe bycause thy soule longeth to eate flesshe thou mayst eate flesshe whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth If the place whiche the lord thy god hath chosen to put his name there be to farre from the then thou shalte kyll of thy oxen and of thy shepe whiche the lorde hath gyuen the as I haue coÌ„maunded the and thou shalte eate in thyne owne citie whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth And as the too and the herte is eaten euen so thou shalt eate them both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them But be strong that thou eate not the blood For the blood is the lyfe thou mayst not eate the lyfe with the fleshe thou shalte not eate it but powre it vpon the earth as water Se thou eate it not that it may go well with the and with thy chyldren after the. But thou shalte do that whiche is ryght in the syght of the Lorde But ☞ thy holy thynges which thou hast and thy vowes thou shalte take and come vnto the place whiche the Lorde hath chosen and thou shalte offre thy burntofferynges bothe fleshe and blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde thy God and the blood of thyne offerynges shall be powred out vpon the aulter of the lorde thy God and thou shalte eate the fleshe Take hede and heare al these wordes whiche I coÌ„maunde the that it may go well with the with thy chyldreÌ„ after the for euer yf thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the syght of the Lorde thy
vnto the lorde thy god accordyng as the lorde thy god hath blessed the. And reioyce before the lorde thy god thou thy son thy doughter thy seruauÌ„t thy mayde the Leuite that is within thy gates the straunger the fatherlesse the wydowe that are among you in the place whiche the Lorde thy god hath chosen to put his name there And remembre that y u wast a seruaunt in Egypte thou shalt obserue do these ordinaunces Thou shalte also obserue the feast of tabernacles seuen dayes after that thou haste gathered in thy corne and thy wyne And thou shalte reioyce in that thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte and thy made the Leuyte the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wydowe that are within thy gates Seuen dayes shalte thou kepe holy day vnto the lord thy god in the place which the Lorde shall chose for the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in al thy fruytes and in al the workes of thyne handes therfore shalte thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shall all thy males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche he shall chose In the feast of swete breade in the feast of wekes and in the feast of tabernacles And no maÌ„ shal appeare before the lorde emptte but euery man accordyng to the gyfte of his hande and accordyng to the blessynge of the Lorde thy god whiche he hath gyuen the. Iudges and offycers shalt thou make the in all thy Cities whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the thorowout the trybes they shal iudge the people ryghteouslye Wrest not thou the lawe nor knowe any persone neyther take any rewarde for gyftes blynde the wyse peruerte the wordes of the righteous That wich is iust ryght shalte thou folowe that thou mayst lyue enioy the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the. Thou shalte plante the no groue of what soeuer trees it be nygh vnto the aulter of the lorde thy god whiche thou shalte make the. Thou shalte set the vp no pyller which the Lorde thy God hateth ¶ The punyshment for Idolatrye The punyshment of a rebell The institucyon of a Kynge CAPI XVII THou shalte offer vnto the lorde thy god no oxe nor shepe wherin is blemysshe or any deformite for that is an abhominacion to the lorde thy god If there be fouÌ„de amonge you within any of thy gates which the Lorde thy god gyueth the man or womaÌ„ that hath wrought wyckednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy god so that they haue gone beyonde his appoyntment and gone and serued straunge goddes and worshypped them the sonne or moone or any of the hoost of heuen whiche I haue not coÌ„maunded and it is tolde the thou hast herde of it then shalt thou enquere diligently And yf it be true the thynge of a suretye that suche abhominacyon is wrought in Israell then shalte thou brynge forth that man or that woman which haue coÌ„mytted that wycked thynge vnto the gates and shalte stone them with stones tyll they dye At the mouth of two or thre wytnesses shall he that is worthy of death dye And at the mouth of one wytnesse let no man dye The handes of the witnesses shal be fyrst vpon hym to kyll hym afterward the handes of the people thou shalte put the wycked away from the. If there ryse a matter to harde for the in iudgement bytwene blood blood bytwene plee and plee bytwene plage and glage and the matters come to stryfe within thy gates Then shalte thou aryse and get the vp vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy god hath chosen and come vnto the preestes the Leuytes vnto the iudge that shall be in those dayes and aske and they shall shewe the the sentence of iudgement And thou must do accordyng to that which they of that place which the lorde had chosen shewe the thou shalte obserue to do accordynge to all that they enfourme the. Accordynge to the sentence of the lawe whiche they teache the and accordynge to the iudgement which they tell the shalte y u do bowe not from that which they shewe the neyther to the ryght hand nor to the lefte And that maÌ„ that wyl do presumptuously wyll not herken to the preest that standeth there before the Lorde thy God to ministre or vnto the iudge that man shall dye and thou shalte put away euyl from Israel And al the people shall heare and feare and shall do no more presumpt â—ously When thou arte come vnto the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the and enioyest it and dwellest therin and yf thou shalte saye I wyll set a kynge ouer me lyke as all the nacyons that are aboute me Then thou shalte make hym kyng ouer the whom the Lorde thy god shal chose Euen one from amonge thy brethren shalte thou make kynge ouer the and thou mayste not set a straunger ouer the whiche is not of thy brethren But he shall not multiplie horses to hym selfe nor brynge the people agayne to Egypt thorowe the multitude of horses for as moch as the lorde hath sayd vnto you ye shal hence forthe go no more agayne that way Also he ought not to multiply wyues to hym selfe lest his hert turne away neyther shall he gather hym golde or syluer to moche And when he is set vpon the seate of his kyngdome he shall wryte hym out a copye of this lawe in a boke before the preestes the Leuytes And it shall be with hym and he oughte to rede therin all dayes of his lyfe that he may lerne to feare the Lorde his God and to kepe all the wordes of this law these ordinauÌ„ces for to do them that his herte aryse not aboue his brethreÌ„ that he turne not froÌ„ the coÌ„maundement to the ryght hande or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in his kyngdome he his chyldren in Israel ¶ The Leuites had no possessyons Idolatrye must be fled The Prophet Chryst is promysed The false prophet muste be sleyne and howe he may be knowen CAPI XVIII THe preestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui must haue no parte nor enheritaunce with Israel but shall eate the offerynges of the Lorde his enheritaunce Therfore shall they haue no enheritaunce amonge theyr brethren But the Lorde he is theyr enheritauÌ„ce as he hath sayd vnto them And this is the preestes dutie of the people of them that offer sacrifice whyther it be oxe or shepe They must gyue vnto the preest the shoulder the two chekes and the mawe the fyrst fruytes also of thy corne wyne and oyle the fyrst of the woll of thy shepe shalt thou gyue hym For the Lorde thy god hath chosen hym out of al thy trybes to stande and to ministre in the name of the Lorde he and his sonnes for euer If
a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of al Israel where he is a soiour ner and come with al the lust of his herte vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen He shal ministre in the name of the lorde his god as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the lorde And they shal haue lyke porcions to eate besyde that which cometh to hym of the patrimonye of his elders When thou arte come vnto the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the se that thou learne not to do after the abhominacions of those nacyons Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his Sonne or doughter to go thorowe the fyre or that vseth wytchcraft or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the fleynge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmer or that couÌ„selleth with spirites or a soth sayer or that asketh †the trueth at them that be deade For all that do suche thynges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde and bycause of these abhominacions the Lorde thy God dothe caste them out before the Thou shalte be perfyte therfore †and vvithout ble mysshe in the syght of the Lorde thy god For these nacions which thou shalt conquere herken vnto chosers out of dayes and vnto sorcerers but the lorde thy god hath not suffered the so to do The Lorde thy God wyll styrre vp vnto the a prophete among you euen of thy brethren lyke vnto me vnto hym ye shall herken accordynge to all that thou desyredst of the Lorde thy god in Horeb in the day of the gatherynge togyther when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my lorde god no more nor se this greate fyre anye more that I dye not And the Lorde sayd vnto me they haue well spoken I wyll rayse them vp a prophete from amonge theyr brethren lyke vnto the wyl put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shal coÌ„maunde hym And who soeuer wyl not herken vnto the wordes whiche he shall speake in my name I wyll requyre it of hym But the prophete whiche shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not coÌ„maunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of straunge Gods the same prophete shall dye And yf thou saye in thyne herte howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken †This token shalt thou haue Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the lorde ☞ yf the thyng folow not nor come to passe that is the thing which the lorde hath not spoken But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalte not therfore be afrayde of hym ¶ The fraunâ—â—eseâ— townes The punyshment of hym that beareth false wytnesse CAPI XIX WHen the Lorde thy God hath roted out the nacyons whose lande the lorde thy god gyueth the and thou succedest in theyr enheritaunce and dwellest in theyr cities and in theyr houses thou shalte appoynte iii. cities for the in the myddes of the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to possesse it ☞ thou shalt prepare the way and deuyde the coostes of thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the to enherite into iii. partes that who soeuer coÌ„mytteth murther may flee thyther For this cause must the steer fâ—ee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neyghboure ygnorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed And when a man goeth vnto the wood with his neyghboure to hewe wood †thynkyng no harme as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the heade slyppeth from the hafte smyteth his neyghbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same Cities lyue Leest the executer of bloode folowe after the sleer whyle his herte is hote and ouertake hym bycause the way is longe and slee hym yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as moche as he hated hym not in tyme past Wherfore I coÌ„mauÌ„de the saynge thou shalt appoynte out iii. cities for the. And yf the lorde thy god enlarge thy coostes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and gyue the all the lande which he sayd he wolde gyue vnto thy fathers thou shalte kepe all these coÌ„maundementes to do them whiche I commaunde the this daye that thou loue the Lorde thy god and walke in his wayes euer and adde iii. cities mo for the vnto those iii. that innocent blood be not shed in thy lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryte and so ☞ blood come vpon the. But and yf any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he dye and then fleeth vnto any of these cities the elders of his citie shall sende and fetche hym thence delyuer hym in to the handes of the iustyce of blood that he may dye Thyne eye shall not spare hym but thou shalte put away innocent blood froÌ„ Israel that it maye go well with the. Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke whiche they of olde tyme haue set in thyne enheritaunce that thou shalte enherite in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enioy it One wytnesse shal not ryse agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner syâ—ie or for any maner faute that he offende in But at the mouth of two wytnesses or of thre wytnesses shal the matter be stablysshed If an vnryghteous wytnesse ryse vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse then bothe the men whiche stryue togyther shall stande before the Lorde before the Preestes and the Iudges whiche shall be in those dayes and the Iudges shall make diligent inquisicion And yf the wytnes be fouÌ„de false and that he hath gyuen false wytnesse agaynst his brother theÌ„ shal ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalte put euyll away from the. And other shall heare feare and shall henceforth coÌ„myt no more any suche wyckednes among you And thyne eye shal haue no compassion but ☞ soule for soule eye for eye tothe fortothe hande for hande fote for fote ¶ Who ought to go to battayle The Lawe of armes The â—anaanites must they kyll CAPI XX. WHeÌ„ thou goest out to battayle agaynst thyne enemyes and seest horses charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with the whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypte And when ye are come nygh vnto battayle the preest shall come forth to speake vnto the people and shall say vnto them Heare O Israel ye encountre this day with your enemyes in battayle let not your hertes faynte neyther feare nor be amased nor abrede of them For the lorde your god goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemyes and to saue you And let the offycers speake vnto the people saynge If any
husbandê brother refuseth to styrte vp vnto his brother a name in Israel neyther wyll he marry me Then the elders of his citye shall call hym and comen with hym And yf he stande and saye I wyl not take her then shall his kynswoman come vnto hym in the presence of the elders and loose his showe of his foote and spyt in his face and answere and saye So shall it be done vnto that man that doth not buylde vp his brothers house And his name shall be called in Israell the vnshodhouse Yf when men stryue togyther one with another the wyfe of the one ran to for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym and put forth her hande and take hym by the secretes Thou shalte cut of her hande let not thyne eye pitie her Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weyghtes a great and a small neyther shalt thou haue in thyne house dyuerse measures a great and a small But thou shalte haue a ryght and iust weyght and a perfecte and a iust measure shalt thou haue that thy dayes may be lengthened in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the. For al that do such thynges and all that do vnryght are abhominacyoÌ„ vnto the Lorde thy God Remembre what Amalech dyd vnto the by the waye when ye were come out of Egypte howe he met the by the waye smote the hyndmoost of you al that were feble and came behynde when thou wast faynted and werye and he feared not god Therfore when the lorde thy God hath gyuen the rest from all thyne enemyes rounde aboute in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryt and possesse se that thou put out the remeÌ„braunce of Amalech from vnder heuen and forget not ¶ The fyrst fruytes and tythes to the Leuytes fatherlesse wydowes and straungers CAPI XXVI WHen ✚ thou arte come in to the lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the to enheryte and hast enioyned it and dwellest therin take of the fyrste of all the fruyte of the earth and brynge it out of thy lande that the Lorde thy GOD gyueth the and put it in a maunde and go vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy God shall chose to set his name in it And thou shalt come vnto the preest that shall be in those dayes and saye vnto hym I knowledge this daye vnto the Lorde thy God that I am come vnto the countre which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to gyue vs. And the Preest shall take the maunde out of thyne hande and set it downe before the aulter of the Lorde thy god And thou shalte answere and saye before the Lorde thy God The Sirians went about to destroye my father and he went downe in to Egypte and so soiourned there with a fewe folke grew there vnto a nacyon great myghtye and ful of people And the Egyptians vexed vs troubled vs and laded vs with moost cruell bondage And when we cryed vnto the lorde God of our fathers the Lorde herde oure voyce and loked on our aduersyte labour oppressyon And the Lorde brought vs out of Egypte in a myghtye hande a stretched out arme and in great terriblenes sygnes and wonders ⊢ And he hath brought vs into this place and hath gyuen vs this lande that floweth with mylke and honye And nowe ✚ loo I haue brought the fyrst fruytes of the lande whiche thou O Lorde hast gyuen me And thou shalte set it before the lorde thy God and worshyp before the Lorde thy God reioyse in al the good thynges which the Lorde thy God hath gyuen vnto the and vnto thyne house thou and the Leuite and the straunger that is amonge you When thou hast made an ende of tythyng al the tythes of thyne encrease the thyrd yere whiche is the yeare of tythynge thou shalte gyue it vnto the Leuite the straungers the fatherlesse and the wydowes that they maye eate within thy gates fyl them selues And thou shalte saye before the Lorde thy God I haue brought the halowed thynges out of myne house and haue gyuen them vnto the Leuites the straungers the fatherlesse the wydowes accordyng to all thy coÌ„maundementes whiche thou hast coÌ„maunded me I haue not ouerskypped thy coÌ„mauÌ„dementes nor forgotten them I haue not eaten therof in my mournynge nor suffered ought to peryshe thorowe vnclennesse nor gyuen ought therof for the deade but haue herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that y u hast coÌ„maunded me ⊢ ✚ Loke downe therfore from thy hooly habitacyon euen from heuen and blesse thy people Israell the lande whiche thou hast gyuen vs as thou swarest vnto our fathers a lande that floweth with mylke and honye This daye the Lorde thy God hath coÌ„maunded the to do these ordinaunces and lawes kepe thou them and do them withall thyne herte and all thy soule Thou hast set vp the Lorde this daye to be thy god and to walke in his wayes to kepe his ordynaunces his coÌ„mauÌ„dementê and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the Lorde hath set the vp this daye to be a seueral people vnto hym as he hath promysed the and that thou kepe his coÌ„maundementes to make the hye aboue all nacions which he hath made in prayse in name honoure that thou mayst be an holy people vnto the Lorde thy god as he hath sayde ⊢ ¶ They buylde an aulter The blossynges in the hyll Garizim The cursed in the hyll Eball CAPI XXVII ANd Moses with the Elders of Israell coÌ„maunded the people sayenge kepe al the coÌ„maundementes which I coÌ„maund you this daye And when ye be come ouer Iordane vnto the lande which the lorde thy god gyueth the thou shalte set the vp greate stones and plaster them with plaster and wryte vpon them all the wordes of this lawe when thou arte come ouer bycause thou arte come into the lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the a lande that floweth with mylke honye as the Lorde god of thy fathers hath promysed the. Therfore when ye be come ouer Iordane ye shall set vp these stoones whiche I coÌ„maunde you this daye in mount Eball and thou shalt plaster them with plaster And there shalte thou buylde vnto the Lorde thy god an aulter of stones and lyft vp no yron vpon them Thou shalt make the aulter of the Lorde thy god of hoole stones and offre burntofferynges theron vnto the Lorde thy god And thou shalte offre peaceofferynges shall eate there reioyce before the lorde thy God And thou shalt wryte vpon the stoones all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses and the Preestes the Leuites spake vnto all Israell sayenge take hede and heare O Israell this daye thou arte become the people of the Lorde thy God Thou shalt herken therfore vnto the
cast out from before the chyldren of Israel onely so that thou in anywyse deuyde it by lot vnto the Israelites to enherite as I haue coÌ„mauÌ„ded the. Nowe therfore deuyde this lande to enherite vnto the nyne tribes and the half tribe of Manasses For with the other halfe the Rubenites and the Gaddites haue receyued theyr enheritauÌ„ce whiche Moses gaue them beyonde Iordan Eastwarde euen as Moses the seruaunt of the Lorde gaue them from Aroer that lyeth on the brym of the ryuer Arnon and from the citie that is in the myddes of the ryuer And all the playne of Midba vnto Dibon and all the Cityes of Sehon kynge of the Amorites whiche reygned in Hesbon euen vnto the border of the chyldren of Ammon and Gilead and the border of Gesuri and Machati and all mounte Hermon with al Bason vnto Salecah euen all the kyngdome of Og in Basan whiche reygned in Asthoroth and Adrai which same remayned yet of the rest of the Gyauntes These dyd Moses smyte and cast them out Neuerthelesse the chyldren of Israell expelled not the Gesurites and the Machathttes But the Gesurites and the Machathites dwelte among the Israelites euen vnto this daye Onely vnto the tribe of Leut he gaue none enheritaunce But the offeryng of the Lorde God of Israell is theyr enheritaunce as he sayd vnto them Moses gaue vnto the tribe of the Chyldren of Ruben accordynge to theyr kynreds And theyr coost was from Aroer that lyeth on the banke of the ryuer Arnon and from the citie that is in the myddes of the ryuer all the playne whiche is by Madba Hesbon with all theyr townes that lye in the playne Dibon and Baal and the house Baalmeon and Iahazah and Kedemoth Mephaah Kâ—â—iatham Sabamah and Zarath Zahar in the mounte of the valley the house of Peor and the sprynges of the hylles Beth Pheoâ— and the sprynges of Phasgah and Bethiesimoth and all the cities of the playne And al the kyngdom of Sehon kynge of the Amorites whiche reygned in Hesbon whom Moses smote with the lordes of Madian Eui Rekem Zur and Hur and Reba the whiche were dukes of Sehon dwellyng in the countrey And Balaam the sonne of Beor the soth sayer dyd the chyldren of Israell sley with the swerde amonge other of them that were sleyne And the border of the chyldren of Ruben was Iordan with the couÌ„trey that lyeth theron This was the enheritaunce of the chyldren of Ruben after theyr kynreds cities and villages perteynyng therto And Moses gaue vnto the tribe of Gad euen vnto the chyldren of Gad he gaue by theyr kynreds And theyr coostes were Iazer and all the cities of Gilead halfe the lande of the chyldren of Ammon vnto Aroer that lyeth before Rabah And from Hesbon vnto Ramâ—â—â— Mazphah and Betonâ—m and from Mahanaim vnto the borders of Dabir And in the valley they had Betharam Bethnimra Socoth and Zaphon the rest of the kyng dome of Sehon kyng of Hesbon vnto Iordane and the coostes that lye theron eueÌ„ vnto the edge of the see of Ceneroth on the other syde Iordan eastwarde This is the enheritaunce of the chyldren of Gad after theyr kynreds theyr cities and villages And Moses gaue vnto the halfe tribe of Manasses And this was the possessyon of the halfe tribe of Manasses by theyr kinreds Theyr coost was from Mahanaim euen all Basan and all the kyngdome of Og kynge of Basan and all the townes of Iair whiche lye in Basan euen thre score cities and halfe Gilead Astaroth Edrai cities of the kyngdome of Og in Basan which perteyne vnto the chyldren of Machir the sonne of Manasses euen the halfe porcyon of the chyldren of Machir by theyr kynreds These are the thynges whiche Moses dyd distribute in the 〈◊〉 of Moab on the other syde Iordan ouer agaynst Iericho eastwarde But vnto the trybe of Leui Moses gaue none enherytaunce for the lorde god of Israel he is theyr enherytaunce as he sayde vnto them ¶ Caled requireth the enherytaunce that was promised hym and Hebron was gyuen hym CAPI XIIII ANd these are the countreys whiche the chyldren enherited in the lande of Canaan vnto whiche Eleazar the preest and Iosua the sonne of Nun and the auncient heades of the tribes of the chyldren of Israel gaue them theyr enheritaunce by lot as the lorde coÌ„maunded by the hande of Moses to gyue vnto the nyne tribes vnto the halfe tribe of Manasses For Moses had gyuen enheritaunce vnto two tribes an halfe on the other syde Iordan But vnto the Leuites he gaue none enherytaunce among them For the chyldren of Ioseph were two tribes Manasses and Ephraim And therfore they gaue no parte vnto the Leuites in the lande saue cities to dwell in with the suburbes of the same for theyr beastes and cattell As the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses euen so the chyldren of Israell dyd when they deuyded the lande And the chyldreÌ„ of Iuda came vnto Iosua in Gilgall And Caleb the son of Iephune the kenâ—syte sayd vnto hym thou wottest what the Lorde sayde vnto Moses the man of god aboute my matter and thyne in Cades barne Fourtye yere olde was I when Moses the seruaunt of the Lorâ—â— sent me from Cades barne to spye out the lande And I brought hym worde agayn euen as it was in myne herte Neuertheles my brethren that went vp with me dyscouraged the herts of the people And I folowed the lorde God And Moses sware the same day sayenge The lande wheron thy feete haue troden shall be thyne enheritaunce thy chyldrens for euer bycause thou hast folowed the lorde God And beholde the Lorde hath kepte me alyue as he sayde this fourtye and fyue yeres euen synce the Lorde spake this worde vnto Moses whyle the chyldren of Israell wandered in the wyldernesse And nowe â—o I am this day foure score and fyue yere olde yet am as stronge at this tyme as I was when Moses sent me loke howe stronge I was then so stronge am I nowe whyther I go to warre or come agayne Now therfore gyue me this mouÌ„tayne wherof the Lorde spake in that day for thou herdest in that day how the Enakims are there and the cities great and walled Peraduenture the Lorde wyll be with me and I shall be able to dryue them out as the lorde sayde And Iosua blessed hym gaue vnto Caleb the son of Iephune ☞ Hebron to enherite And Hebron therfore became the enheritauÌ„ce of Caleb the sonne Iephune the kenesite vnto this day bycause he folowed the lorde god of Israell And the name of Hebron was called in olde tyme Kariath arbe For the same was a great man among the Enakims And the lande ceased from warre ¶ The â—oâ—â—e of the chyldren of Iuda and the names of the Cityes and vyllages of the same CAPI XV. THis was the lot of the tribe of the chyldren of Iuda by theyr kynreds Namelye towarde the
Gasar but the Cananices dwelte among the Ephraites vn to this daye and serued vnder tribute ¶ The Lotte or porcyon of the halfe trybe of Manasses The Lananites â—re become try tutaryes to the Israelytes Manasses Ephraim require a greater proeyoÌ„ of heritage CAPI XVII This was the lot of the tribe of Manasses whiche was the eldest sonne of Ioseph And Machir the eldest sonne of Manasses whiche was the father of Gilead and a man of warte had Gilead and Basan This was the possessyon of the reste of the chyldren of Manasses by theyr kynreds Namely of the chyldren of Abiezer the chyldren of Helekâ—the chyldren of Ariell the chyldren of Sichem the chyldren of Hepher the chyldren of Semida for these were the male chyldren of Manasses the sonne of Ioseph by theyr kynreds But Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the sonne of Manasses had no sonnes but doughters whose names are these Mahela Noa Hagla Melcha Thirza which came before Eleazar the Preest and before Iosua the sonne of Nun and before the Lordes sayenge the lorde coÌ„maunded Moses to gyue vs an enheritaunce amonge our brethren And therfore accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde he gaue them an enherytaunce amonge the brethren of theyr father And there fel ten poreyons to Manasses besyde the lande of Gilead Basan whiche is on the other syde Iordan bycause the doughters of Manasses dyd enherite amonge his sonnes And Manasses other sonnes had the lande of Gilead And the coost of Manasses was from Aser to Machmathah that lyeth before Sichem and went alonge on the ryght hande euen vnto the enhabiters of Entaphuah and the lande of Thaphuah belonged to Manasses whiche Thaphuah is besyde the border of Manasses and besyde the border of the chyldren of Ephraim And the coost descended vn to the ryuer Eanah southwarde euen to the ryuer of the cities of Ephraim and bytwene the cities of Manasses The coost of Manasses went also on the north syde to the ryuer and the endes of it go out at the see so that the South perteyned to Ephraim and the north to manasses the see is his border And they met to gyther in Aser northwarde in Isacar eastwarde And Manasses had in Isaear in Aser Bethsean and her townes Iiblean and her townes and the enhabytoures of Dor with the townes perteynynge to the same and the enhabitoures of Endor with the townes of the same and the enhabitoures of Thaanath with her townes and the enhabitoures of Magedo with the townes of the same euen thre countreys Yet the chyldren of Manasses coulde not ouercome those eities But the Cananites presumed to dwell in the same lande Neuerthelesse as soone as the chyldren of Israell were wared stronge they put the Canaanites vnder tribute but expelled them not And the chyldren of Ioseph spake vnto Iosua sayenge Why hast thou gyuen me but one lot one porcion to enheryt seynge I am a great people for as moche as the Lorde hath blessed me hytherto and Iosua answered them If thou be moche people then get the vp to the wood countrey and prepare for thy selfe there in the lande of the Pheresites and of the Giauntes yf mounte Ephraim be to narow for the. And the chyldren of Ioseph sayd The hyll is not ynough for vs and all the Cananites that dwell in the lowe countrey haue charetê of yron so haue they that enhabite Bethsean the townes of the same and they also that dwell in the valey of Iezreel And Iosua sayde vnto the house of Ioseph Ephraim and Manasses ye be moche people and haue great power and shall not therfore haue one lot Therfore the hyll shall be yours and ye shall cut downe the woode that is in it and the endes of it shal be yours yf ye cast out the Cananites which haue yron charettes and are very stronge ¶ Lertayne are sente to deâ—yde the lande to the other 〈◊〉 trybes The lotte of the Lhyldren of Ben Iamin CAPI XVIII ANd the hoole congregacion of the chyldren of Israel came togyther at Silo set vp the taberncle of wytnesse there and the lande was in subieccion before them And there remayned among the chyldren of Israel seuen tribes whiche had not yet receyned theyr enheritauÌ„ce And Iosua sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel howe longe are ye so slacke to come and possesse the lande whiche the Lorde God of your fathers hath gyuen you Gyue out from amonge you for euery tribe thre men that I may sende them And that they maye ryse and walke thorowe the lande and dystribute it accordyng to the enheritaunce therof and come agayne to me And let them deuyde it vnto them in to seuen partes And Iuda shall abyde in theyr cooste on the south and the house of Ioseph shall stande in theyr coostê on the northe Describe ye the lande therfore in to seuen partes and brynge the descripcion hyther to me I shall cast lottes for you here before the Lorde oure god But the Leuites haue no parte among you for the preesthode of the lorde is theyr en heritaunce And Gad and Ruben halfe the tribe of Manasses haue receyued theyr en heritauÌ„ce beyonde Iordan east warde which Moses the seruaunt of the lorde gaue them And the men arose went theyr way And Iosua charged them that wente to describe the lande sayeng departe go thorowe the lande describe it and come agayne to me that I maye here cast lottes for you before the lorde in Silo. And the men departed and walked thorowe the lande and described it by cities in to seuen partes in a boke and returned to Iosua into the hoost at Silo. And Iosua cast lottes for them in Silo before the lorde and there Iosua deuyded the laude vn to the chyldren of Israell to eche theyr porcion And the lot of the tribe of the chyldren of Ben Iamin came vp accordynge to theyr kynreds And the coost of theyr lot came out bytwene the chyldren of Iuda and the chyldren of Ioseph And theyr north coost was from Iordan and went vp to the syde of Ierico on the north syde and wente vp thorowe the mountaynes westwarde and they ended at the wyldernesse of Bethauen went from thence toward Lus euen by the south syde of Lus the same is Bethell and descended agayne to Atcothadar vnto the hylle that lyeth on the southsyde of the nether Bethhoron And the coost turneth thence and coÌ„passeth the corner of the see southwarde euen from the hylle that lyeth before Bethhoron southwarde and goeth out at Kiriathbaal whiche is Kiriath Iarim a Citye of the chyldren of Iuda this is the west quarter and the south coost goeth from the edge of Kiriathiarim goeth out westwarde and thence it turneth to the water wel of Nepthoah coÌ„meth dowrie agayne to the edge of the hyll that lyeth before the valeye of the sonne of Hennon euen in
go agaynst Gibea Ben Iamin bycause of all the abhominacyon that they haue wrought in Israell And so all the men of Israell gathered togyther agaynste the Citye knyt togyther as it had bene but one man And the tribes of Israel sent men thorowe all the tribe of Ben Iamin sayeng What wyckednesse is this that is happened amonge you Nowe therfore delyuer vs the men those chyldren of Beliall whiche are in Gibea that we maye sley them and put awaye euyll from Israell Neuerthelatter the Chyldren of Ben Imin wolde not hâ—rken vnto the voyce of theyr brethren and chyldren of Israell but gathered themselues togyther out of the cityes vnto Gibea to come out and fyght agaynst the chyldren of Israel And the chyldren of Ben Iamin were nombred at that tyme out of the cityes xxvi thousande men that drewe swerdes besyde the enhabitours of Gibea which wereÌ„ nombred seuen hundred chosen men And amonge all these folke were seuen hundred lefte handed meÌ„ which euery one coulde flyng stones at an heere bredth not mysse And the chyldren of Israell besyde Ben Iamin were nombred foure hundred thousande men that drewe swerdes and were all men of war And the chyldren of Israel arose and went vp to Bethel and asked counsayle of god who shuld begyn the batayle agaynst the chyldren of Ben Iamin And the Lorde sayd Iuda shall begyn And the chyldren of Israell stode vp early and befeyged Gibea And the men of Israel wente out to battayle agaynst Ben Iamin and the men of Israell put themselues in araye to fyght agaynste them besyde Gibea And the chyldreÌ„ of Ben Iamin came out of Gibea and destroyed of the Israelites that day xxii thousande men and brought them to the earth And the folke of the Chyldren of Israell plucked vp theyr hertes and went to agayne made battayle in the same place where they dyd the fyrste day And the chyldren of Israell wente vp wepte before the Lorde vnto euen and asked of the Lorde sayenge shall we go agayne to battayle agaynst the chyldren of Ben Iamin our brethren And the Lorde sayde go vp agaynst them And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel came out agaynst the the chyldren of Ben Iamin the seconde day And the chyldren of Ben Iamin went agaynst them out of Gibea the seconde day and destroyed to the earth of the chyldren of Israel once agayne xviii M. meÌ„ that drewe swerdes euery man of them Then the chyldren of Israell and all the people went vp and came vnto Bethell and wepte and sat there before the Lorde fasted the same daye vnto euen and offered burntofferynges and peaceofferynges before the Lorde And the chyldren of Israell asked the Lorde for there was the arke of the appoyntment of God in those dayes And ☞ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the son of Aaron waytyng vpon it at that tyme sayde shall I get me vp to go out any more to battayle agaynst the chyldren of Ben Iamin my brethren or shall I cease The Lorde sayde go for to morowe I wyl delyuer them in to your handes And Israel set lyers awayte rounde aboute Gibea And the chyldren of Israell went vp agaynst the chyldren of Ben Iamin the thyrde tyme and put themselues in aray agaynst Gibea as twyse before And the chyldren of Ben Iamin came out agaynste the people and were drawen away from the citye And they began to smyte of the people deade as twyse before by two hygh wayes of whiche one gothe vp to Bethel and the other to Gibea thorow the felde vpon a thyrtye men of Israell And the chyldren of Ben Iamin sayd They are fallen before vs as at the fyrste But the chyldren of Israel sayd let vs flee plucke them awaye from the citye vnto the hygh wayes And all the men of Israel arose vp out of theyr place and put themselues in araye at Baal Thamar And lyke wyse the lyers in wayte of Israell came forth out of theyr places euen of the medowes that were about Gibea came agaynst Gibea ten thousande chosen meÌ„ out of all Israel and there was a sore battayle But the other wyst not that so greate euyll was so nygh them And the lorde plaged Ben Iamin before Israel and the chyldren of Israell destroyed of the Beniamites the same day xxv thousand and an hundred men that drewe swerdes euery one of them And when the chyldren of Ben Iamin saw that they were put to the worse the men of Israell gaue rowme to the Beniamites bycause they trusted vnto the lyers in wayte which they had layde besyde Gibea And the lyers in wayte hasted and ran vpon Gibea and went smote all the citye with the edge of the swerde And an appoyntment had the men of Israel from the lyers in wayte that they shulde make a great smoke aryse vp out of the citye And when the men of Israell sted in the battayle Ben Iamin began to smyte dead of the chyldren of Israel aboute a thyrtye persones and sayde the other are put to the worse before vs as in the fyrst battayle But when there began to aryse out of the citye a pyller of smoke the Beniamites loked backe and beholde the wastynge of the hole citye began to ascende vp to heuen When the men of Israel also turned agayne the meÌ„ of Ben Iamin were abasshed for they sawe that euyll approched them And therfore they turned theyr backes before the men of Israel vnto the way that leadeth to the wyldernesse but the men of warre ouertoke them And besyde that they whiche came oute of the Citye destroyed them in the myddest of them And thus they compassed the Beniamites about and chased hym to Manuha and ouerran them to Gibea on the East syde and there were sleyne of Ben Iamin xviii thousande which were all men of warre And they turned and fled towarde the wyldernes vnto the rocke of Rimmon And the other slue by the way of the rest of them fyue thousande meÌ„ and stycked vnto them vntyll they came to Gideom and slue two thousande meÌ„ of them So that all that were sleyne that same day of Ben Iamin were xxv thousand men that drue swerdes whiche were all men of warre only vi hundred men turned fled to the wyldernesse vnto the rocke of RimmoÌ„ and abode there iiii monethes And the men of Israel turned backe agayne vnto the chyldren of Ben Iamin smote them with the edge of the swerde in the cityes bothe man beast al that came to hande and set on fyre all the cityes that they coulde come by ¶ The enhabiters of Gilead are vtterly destroyed CAPI XXI ANd euery man of Israel sware in Mizpa saynge there shall none of vs gyue his doughter vnto any of Ben Iamin to wyfe And the people came to Bethell and abode there tyll euen before God lyfte vp theyr voyces and wepte sore and sayde Oh lorde god of Israel why is this chauÌ„ced in Israell that there shulde be this day
to Gibea And there †folowed hym stronge men whose hertes God had touched But the chyldren of Beliall sayde howe shall he saue vs And they despised hym and brought hym no presentes And he helde his tongue ¶ The people renueth the kyngdome of Saull CAPI XI NAhas the Ammonite came and beseged Iabes in Gilead And all the men of Iabes sayd vnto Nahas make a couenaunt with vs we wyll be thy seruauntes And Nahas the Ammonite answered them In this wyll I make a couenaunt w t you yf I maye thrust out all youre ryght eyes and brynge that shame vpoÌ„ all Israel To whom the elders of Iabes sayd gyue vs. vii dayes respyte that we may sende messengers vnto all the coostes of Israel And then yf there be no man to helpe vs we wyll come out to the. Then came the messengers to Gibea vnto Saul and tolde this tydynges in the eares of the people And all the people lyfte vp theyr voyces wepte And beholde Saull came folowynge the cattell out of the felde Saull sayd what ayleth this peple that they wepe And they tolde hym the tydynges of the men of Iabes And the spiryte of god came vpon saull when he herde those tydynges and he was excedynge angrye and toke a yocke of oxen he wed them in peces sent them thoroweout all the coostes of Israell by the handes of messengers sayenge whosoeuer commeth not forth after Saul after Samuel so shall his oxen be serued And ☞ the feare of the Lorde fell on the people they came out as it had ben but one man And when he nombred them in Bezek the chyldren of Israell were CCC M. men the men of Iuda xxx M. And they sayde vnto the messengers that came so saye vnto the men of Iabes in Gilead to morow by that tyme the son be hote ye shall haue helpe And the messengers came shewed the men of Iabes which were glad Therfore the men of Iabes sayd to morowe we wyll come out vnto you and ye shall do w t vs all that pleaseth you And on the morowe it fortuned that Saull put the people in thre partes And they came in vpon the hoost in the mornynge watche and slewe the Ammonites vntyll the heate of the day And they that remayned were skattred so that two of them were not lefte togyther And the people sayde vnto Samuell what is he that dare say shall Saull reygne ouer vs â–ª brynge those men that we may sley them And Saull sayde there shall no man dye this daye for to daye the Lorde hath saued Israell Then sayde Samuell vnto the people come that we maye go to gylgall ☞ and renewe the kyngdome there And all the people went to Gilgall and made Saull kynge there before the Lorde in Gilgall And there they offered peaceofferyngê before the Lorde And there Saull and all the men of Israell reioysed excedyngly ¶ Samuell declareth hym selfe to be an innocent Iudge CAPI XII SAmuell sayde vnto all Israell beholde I haue herkened vnto your voyce in all that ye sayde vnto me haue made you a kynge Now therfore your kynge walketh before you And I am olde graye headed beholde my sonnê are with you and I haue walked before you from my chyldhode vnto this daye Beholde here I am beare recorde of me before the lorde before his anoynted Whose oxe haue I taken or whose Asse haue I taken whome haue I done wronge to †Whome haue I hurte Or of whose hande haue I receyued any brybe to blynde myne eyes therwith I wyl restore it you agayne They sayd y u hast done vs no wrong nor hurte vs neyther hast thou taken ought of any mannes hande He sayd vnto them agayne the Lorde is wytnesse gaynst you his anoynted is wytnesse this daye that ye haue fouÌ„de nought in my handes And they answered he is wytnesse And Samuel sayd vnto the people it is †the Lorde that made Moses and Aaron that brought youre fathers out of the lande of Egypt Nowe therfore stande styll that I may reason with you before the Lorde accordynge to all ☞ the ryghtousnesse of the Lorde which he shewed bothe you youâ— fathers After that Iacob was come into Egypte your fathers cryed vnto the Lorde the Lorde sent Moses â–ª and Aaron whiche brought youre fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place And when they forgat the Lorde theyr god he delyuered them in to the hande of Sisara captayne of the hooste of Hazor and in to the hande of the Philistines and in to the hande of the kynge of Moab they fought agaynst them And they cryed vnto the lorde and sayde we haue synned bycause we haue forsaken the Lorde and haue serued Baalim and Astharoth Nowe therfore delyuer vs out of the handes of our enemyes we wyll serue the. And the Lorde sent ☞ Ierobaall Badan Iephthah Samuell and delyuered you out of the handê of your enemyes on euery syde and ye dwelled safe And for al that when ye sawe that Nahas the kynge of the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ came agaynst you ye sayde vnto me not so but a kynge shall reygne ouer vs when yet the lorde your god was your kynge Nowe therfore beholde the kynge whome ye haue chosen and whome ye haue desyred so the Lorde hath set a kynge ouer you Yf ye wyll feare the Lorde serue hym and heare his voyce and not dysobeye the worde of the Lorde bothe ye the kynge that reygneth ouer you shall folow the lorde your God Yf ye wyll not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde but dysobeye the Lordes mouth then shall the hande of the Lorde be vpon you and on youre fathers Nowe also stande and se this great thynge whiche the Lorde wyl do before your eyes is it not now wheatheruest I wyl call vnto the lorde and ☞ he shall sende thunder and rayne that ye maye perceyue and se howe that youre wyckednesse is great whiche ye haue done in the syght of the Lorde in askynge you Kynge And so Samuell called vnto the Lorde the lorde sent thunder rayne the same day And all the people feared the Lorde and Samuell excedynglye And all the people sayde vnto Samuell praye for thy seruauntes vnto the Lorde thy God that we dye not for we haue synned in askynge vs a kynge besyde all the synnes that euer we dyd And Samuell sayde vnto the people feare not Ye haue in dede done all this wyckednesse yet departe not from folowynge of the Lorde But serue hym euen with all youre hertes Neyther turne ye after vayne thyngê whiâ—â— are not able to profyt you for they are but vanitie For the Lorde wyll not forsake his peple bycause of his greate names sake bycause †it hath pleased the Lorde to make you his people Moreouer God forbyd that I shulde synne agaynst the
in those ii pyllers beneth ouer agaynst the myddes and before the net worke And vpoÌ„ the seconde headpece were there two hundred Pomegarnates in two rowes rounde aboute And he set vp the pyllers in the porche of the temple And when he had set vp the ryght pyller he called the name therof Iachin and wheÌ„ he had set vp the lefte Pyller he called the name therof Boaz. And in the top of the pyllers was a worke of roses and so was the workmanshyp of the pyllers fynysshed And he made a molten lauatory ten cubites wyde from brym to brym rounde in compasse and fyue cubites hygh And a stryng of thyrtie cubites dyd compasse it aboute and vnder the brym of it there were knoppes rounde about ten in one cubite and they compassed the lauatory rounde about And the knoppes were cast with it in two rowes when it was cast And it stode on twelue oxen of whiche iii. loked towarde the north iii. towarde the west thre towarde the South and thre towarde the East and the lauatorye stode vpon them and all theyr hynderpartes were inwarde It was an hande bredthe thycke and the brym wrought lyke the brym of a cup with floures of lylyes And it contayned two thousande ☞ Bates And he made ten sockets of brasse foure cubites longe and foure cubites brode apece and thre cubites hygh And the worke of the sockers was on this maner They had sydes the sydes were bytwene the ledges And on the sydes that were bytwene the ledges were lyons oxen and Cherubs And lykewyse vpon the ledges that were aboue beneth the lyons and oxen were certayne addicions made of thyn worke And vnder euery socket were foure brasen wheles and bordes of brasse And in the four corners therof were vndersetters vnder the lauatorie cast eche ouer agaynst his felowe And the stalke of the lauatorye was in the mydle of it †vvhere it is sene on the oursyde one cubyte hyghe and a cubyte and an halfe round and in the heyght of it were grauen workes whose sydes were made four square and not rounde And vnder the sydes were foure wheles and the axeltrees ioyned faste to the bottome And the heyght of euerye whele was a cubyte and an halfe And the workemanshyp of the wheles was lyke the worke of a charet whele And the axeltrees nauels spokes shaftes were all molten And there were iiii vndersetters in the. iiii corners of one socket and the vndersetters were of the verye bottome selfe And in the heyght of the bottome was there a rouÌ„de compasse of halfe a cubite hye and in the heyght of the bottom there proceded both ledges sydes out of the same For in the bordes of the ledges on the sydes he had grauen pyctures of Cherubins lyons palme trees one by an other rounde aboute Thus made he the ten sockets after this maner And they had all one fassyon of castyng one measure and one syse Then made he ten lauers of brasse one lauer conteynynge xl Bathes and one lauer was foure cubites and vpon euery one of the ten sockets he put one lauer And he put fyue of those sockets on the ryght syde of the house and other fyue on the lefte And he set the lauatorie on the ryght syde of the house Eastwarde and towarde the South And Hiram made pottes shouels basens so fynyshed all the worke that he made to kyng SalomoÌ„ for the house of the Lorde that is to say two pyllers two rounde heade peces that were to be set on the toppes of the two pyllers and foure hundred Pomegarnates for the two net workes euen two rowes of Pomgarnates in one net worke to couer the two headpeces that were to be set on the toppes of the pyllers And the ten sockets ten lauers on the sockets The lauatorie twelue oxen vnder it pottes shouels basens And al these vessels whiche Hiram made to kyng Salomon for the house of the lorde were of bryght brasse In the playne of Iordan dyd the kyng cast them euen in the thycke claye bytwene Socoh and Zarthan And Salomon lefte al the vessels vnweyed bycause they were so excedynge many neyther founde they oute the weyght of the brasse And so Salomon made all the vessels that perteyned vnto the house of the Lorde the golden aulter the golden table wheron the shewbread was And fyue candelstyckes for the right syde and fyue for the lefte before the queer of pure golde with floures lampes and snoffers of golde and bolles flat peces basens spones masoures of pure golde hyndges made he of golde both for the dores of the queer the place most holy and for the dores of the temple also And so was ended al the worke that kynge Salomon made for the house of the Lorde â–ª And Salomon brought in the thynges which Dauid his father had dedicated euen the syluer golde vessels and layde them vp among the treasures of the house of the lord ¶ The Aâ—he is borne in to the temple A cloude fylleth the temple The temple is blessed CAPI VIII THen Salomon gathered togyther the elders of Israell all the heades of the tribes and them that were captaynes amonge the fathers of the Chyldren of Israell vnto hym in Ierusalem that they myght brynge vp the arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde out of the citye of Dauid whiche is Sion And all the men of Israell assembled vnto kynge Salomon to the feast that falleth in the moneth ☞ Ethanim whiche is the seuenth moneth And all the elders of Israell were come and the preestes toke vp the arke They bare the arke of the Lorde in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle those dyd the preestes and the Leuites bere And kynge Salomon all the congregacyon of Israel that were assembled vnto hym went with hym before the arke dyd offre shepe and oxen that coulde not be tolde nor nombred for multitude And so the preestê brought the arke of the appoyntment of the lorde vnto his place eueÌ„ into the queer of the temple and place most holy vnder the wynges of the Cherubs Forthe Cherubs stretched out theyr wynges ouer the place of the arke couered bothe it also the staues therof an hygh vpon it And they drewe oute the staues that the endes of them myght appeare out of the holy place within the queer but they were not sene without And there they haue bene vnto this daye ☞ and there was nothyng in the arke saue the two tables of stone whiche Moses put there at Horeb in the which tables the lorde made an appoyntmente with the chyldren of Irael when he brought them out of the land of Egypte And it fortuned that when the preestes were come out of the holy place the cloude fylled the house of the Lorde that the preestes coulde not stand minister bycause of the cloude for
sonnes of Ieroham These were auncient fathers and captaynes in theyr kynreddes and these dwelte in Ierusalem And at Gibeon dwelte Abi Gibeon whose wyfe was called Maacah And his eldest son was Abdon then zur Cis Baal and Nadab Gedor Ahio and zacher And Mikloth begat Simea And these also dwelt with theyr brethren in Ierusalem ouer agaynst them Ner begat Cis and Cis begat Saul Saul begat Iehonathas Malchisua Abinadab and Esbaal. And the son of Iehonathas was Meribbaal Meribbaal begat Micah And the sonnes of Micah were Puhon Melech Tharea Ahaz And Ahaz begat Iehoiada And Iehoiada begat Alemeth Asmaueth zihiri Zimri begat Moza Moza begat Binea whose sonne was Rapha and his sonne was Elasa and his son Azel And Azel had syre sonnes whose names are these Esricam Bochri Ismael Seatia Obadia and Hanan All these were the sonnes of Azel And the soÌ„nes of Esek his brother were Ulam his eldest Iehus the seconde and Elfphelet the thyrde And the sonnes of Ulam were myghtie men and stronge archers and bowe men and had many sonnes and sonnes sonnes an hundred and fyftye All these are of the sonnes of Beniamin ¶ Of the preestes Leuites and of theyr offyces CAPI IX ANd so all Israel nombred by kynreddes Beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel of Iuda and were caryed away to Babilon for theyr transgressyon Euen the olde enhabitoures than dwelte in theyr owne possessyons cityes the Israelites the preestes Leuites Nethenei And in Ierusalem dwelte of the chyldren of Iuda of the chyldreÌ„ of Beniamin and of the chyldren of Ephraim Manasse Uthai the sonne of Amthud the sonne of Omri the son of Imri the sonne of Bent of the chyldren of Pharez the sonne of Iuda And of Siloni Asaia the eldest and his sonnes And of the sonnes of zerah Iebuel theyr brethren syxe hundred and nynetye And of the sonnes of Beniamin Salu the sonne of Mesullam the sonne of Hodauia the sonne of Senua Iibneia the sonne of Ieroham And Ela the sonne of Uzi the sonne of Michri And Mesullam the sonne of Sepharia the sonne of Rehuel the sonne of Iibnia and theyr brethren accordyng to theyr kynreddes nyne hundred fyftye and syxe All these were principal men and auncient in the housholdes of theyr fathers And of the preestes Iedaia Iehoiarib Iachin Azaria the son of Helkia the son of Mesullam the son of Zadoc the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Ahitob the cheyfest in the house of God And Adaiah the sonne of Ieroham the son of Phashur the sonne of Melchia And Maasi the sonne of Adiel the sonne of Iehezrah the son of Mesullam the sonne of Mesillomith the sonne of Immer And theyr brethren whiche were heades of the auncient housholdes of theyr fathers a thousand seuen hundred and thre score actiue men for the worke of the seruyce of the house of God And of the Leuites Semeia the sonne of Hasub the sonne of African the sonne of Hasabia of the sonnes of Merari And Bacbakar Heres and Galal And Mathania the sonne of Mirah the sonne of Zicri the son of Asaph And Obadia the sonne Semeia the son of Galal the son of Iouthum And Berechia the son of Aza the sonne of Elcana that dwelte in the villages of the Netophathites The porters were Sallum Acub Talmon Ahiman and theyr brother Sallum was the cheyfe For they watched hytherto euen vnto the kynges gate eastwarde thorowout the tentes of the chyldren of Leui. And Sallum the son of Corah the sonne of Abiasaph the son of Corah and his brethren the Corahites of the house of theyr father had theyr busynesse and offyce to kepe the porches of the tabernacle and theyr fathers the hoost of the Lorde kepte the entryng And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar was theyr foregyde the Lorde was with hym And Zacharia the sonne of Meselemia kepte the watche before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse All these were chosen men to kepe the thresholdê euen CC. and xii thorowout the genealogi were they nombred in theyr villages And them dyd Dauid Samuel the Sear institute bycause of theyr fidelite So they and theyr chyldren had the ouersyght of the gates of the house of the lorde euen of the tabernacle to kepe them In. iiii quarters dyd they kepe the watche towarde the east west north and south And theyr brethren remayned in the countrey and came after vii dayes from tyme to tyme w t them For the Leuites whiche had the ouersyght of the vestries treasures of the house of God were vnder the custody of foure notable porters they rounde about the house of God bicause the kepyng therof perteyned to them they had the keyes to open euery mornyng And certayne of them had the rule of the ministryng vessels brought them in out by tale Some of them were appoynted to ouerse the vessels all the ornamentes of the sanctuary the flour wyne oyle frankiâ— sence swete odours And certayne of the sonnes of the preestes made oyntmentes of the swete odours And Mathathia one of the Leuites whiche was the eldest son of Sallum the Corathite had the ouersyght of the thynges that were made in the fryenge pan And other of theyr brethren the sonnes of Cahath had the ouersyght of the shewbreade whiche they prepayred euery Sabboth These are the syngers euen auncient fathers of the Leuâ— tes which dwelt in seperate chambres were fre for they had to do both day night These were auncient fathers of the Leuites in theyr generacions and dwelte at Ierusalem And in Gibeon dwelt Abi Gibeon Iehiel whose wyfe was called Maacha his eldest son was Abdon then Zur Cis Baal Neâ— Nadab Gedor Ahio Zacharia Mikloth And Mikloth begat SimeaÌ„ And they also dwelte w t theyr brethren at Ierusalem euen harde by them And Ner begat Cis Cis begat Saul And Saul begat Iehonathas Malchisua Abinadab and Esbaal. And the son of Ionathas was Meribbaal And Meribbaal begat Micah the sonnes of Mirah were Pithon Melech Chahrea And Ahaz begat Iahra Iahra begat Alameth Asmaneth Zimri Zimri begat moza Moza begat Binea whose son was Rephaia his sonne was Elasa his sonne Azell And Azell had syxe sonnes whose names are these Azricam Bochru Ismael Searia Obadia Hanan These are the sonnes of Azel ¶ The battayle of Saull agaynst the Philistines in whiche he dyeth and his sonnes also CAPI X. ANd the Philistines fought agaynst Israel And the men of Israell fled before the Philistines and were ouerthrowen and wounded in mounte Gilboa And the Philistines folowed were fearce after Saul and his sonnes and the Philistines smote Iehonathas and Abinadab and Malchisua the sonnes of Saul And the battayle went sore agaynst Saul and the archers founde hym he was wounded of shuters Then sayd Saull to his weapon berer drawe thy swerde and thrust
Maacah and Iosaphat a Mithanite Uria an Astherathâ—te Sama and Iehiell the sonnê of Hothan an Aroerite Iediell the sonne of Zimri and Ioha his brother an Hathizite Eliell a Mahanyte Ieribai and Iosaia the sonnes of Elnaam and Iâ—hma a Moabite Eliel and Obed and Iasiell a Mesobaite ¶ What they were that went with Dauid when he â—led from Saull CAPI XII THese are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag whyle he yet kept hym self close bycause of Saull the sonne of Cis and they were very stronge helpers in battayle They were weapened with bowes and could hurle stones with the ryght hande and with the lefte and shute arowes oute of a bowe and were of Sauls brethren euen of Beniamin The cheyfest were Ahiezer and Ioas the sonnes of Simaa a Gibeonite and Ieziell and Pelet the sonnes of Asmaneth Beracah and Iehu of Anathoth And Ismaia a gilbeonite a myghtye man amonge thyrtye and more then the thyrtye Ieremiah Iehaziell Iohanan and Iosabad of Gedor Eleâ—sai Ierimoth Bealia Semaria and Seaphatia the Haraphites Elcana Iesia Azaâ—aell Ioezet IosebeaÌ„ Hakorim Ioela and Zebadiah the sonnes of Ieroam of Gedud And of the Gadites there separated them selues some vnto Dauid in to the holde of the wyldernes men of myght and men apte for warre and coulde handle shylde speare whose faces were lyke the faces of Lyons and they were as swyfte as the Râ—â—s in the mountaynes Ezer the fyrste Obdia the seconde and Eliab the thyrde Masmana the fourth Ieremia the fyfte Atthai the syxte Eliell the seuenth Iohanan the eyght Elsabath the nynth Ieremia the tenth Machbaonai the eleuenth These were of the sonnê of Gad and were captaynes ouer the men of warre the small pursued an hundred and the greate a thousande These are they that went ouer Iordane in the fyrst moneth whâ—â— he had fylled ouer all his bankes And they put to flyght all them of the valleye bothe towarde the East and West And there came of the Chyldren of Benâ—a min and Iuda to the holde vnto Dauid And Dauid went out to mete them and answered and sayd vnto them Yf ye be come peaceable lye vnto me to helpe me myne herte shall be knyt vnto you But and yf ye come to betray me to myne aduersaryes seynge there is no wyckednesse in myne handê the God of our fathers loke theron and rebuke it And the spiryte came vpon Amasai whiche was the cheyfe amonge thyrtye and he sayde thyâ—e are we Dauid and on thy syde thou sonne of Isai Peace peace be vnto the and peace be to thy helpers for thy God is thyâ—e helpe Then Dauid receyued them and made them heades of companyes of the men of warre And there fell some of Manasse to Dauid when he came with the Philistines agaynst Saull to battayle but they helped them not For the lordes of the Philistines toke aduysement sent hym awaye agayne saynge he wyll fall to his mayster Saull to the ieoperdye of our heades As he went to Zikleg there fel to him of Manasse Adna Iozadad Iediell Michael Iozabad Elihu Zilthai heades of the thousandes that were of Manasse And they helped Dauid agaynst the rouers For they were al myghtye men of war and captaynes in the hoost For at that tyme there came one or other to Dauid day by day to helpe hym vntyl it was a great hoost lyke the hooste of god And this is the nombre of the cheyfe Captaynes that were prepared to battayle and came to Dauid to Hebron to turne the kyngdom of Saull to hym accordynge to the worde of the Lorde The chyldren of Iuda that bare shylde and speare were vi M. and eyght hundred redy prepared to the war Of the chyldren of Symeon men of myght to war vii M. and one hundred Of the chyldren of Leui foure thousande syxe hundred And Ieoâ—ada was the cheyfe of them of Aaron and with hym iii. M. and seuen hundred And Zadocke a yonge man stronge valiaunt and of his fathers housholde xxii captaynes And of the chyldren of Beniamin the brethren of Saull iii. M. And a great parte of them dyd vnto that tyme folowe the house of Saull And the chyldren of Ephraim xx M. and eyght hundred myghtye men of war and famous men in the housholde of theyr fathers And of the halfe trybe of Manasse xviii thousande whiche were appoynted by name to come and make Dauid kynge And of the chyldren of Isacar which were men that had vnderstandynge in the ryght tyme to know †hovv to coÌ„maunde what Israell ought to do The heades of them were two hundred and al theyr brethren were at theyr wyll And of ZabuloÌ„ that went out to the battayle and proceded forth to the war with all maner of instrumentes of war fyftie M. that were prepared to the war without any doublenesse of herte And of Nephthali a thousande captaynes with them with shylde and speare xxxvii M. And of Dan prepared to battayle xxviii M. and syxe hundred And of Asseâ— that went out to the war and kepte the forefront of the battayle fourtye thousande And of the other syde Iordane of the Rubenites and Gaddites and of the halfe trybe of Manasse with all maner of instrumentes of war an hundred and twentye thousande All these were men of warre kepynge the forefront of the battayle with perfyte herte and came to Hebron to make Dauid kynge ouer all Israell And all the rest of Israell was of one accorde to make Dauid kynge And there they were with Dauid thre dayes eatynge and drynkynge for theyr brethren had prepared for them Moreouer they that were nygh them vntyll Isacar ZabuloÌ„ and Nephthali brought bread on Asses Camels Mules and oxen and meate floure fygges raysyns wyne and oyle oxen shepe aboundantlye For there was ioye in Israell ¶ The Arke is brought agayne from Kiriath Iaâ—iâ— to Ierusalem â—zâ— otherwyse called Osa dyeth CAPI XIII ANd Dauid counsayled with the captaynes of thousandes hundreds and with all the Lordes and sayde vnto all the congregacyon of Israell Yf it seme you good and to be of the Lorde our god we wyl take and sende vnto oure brethren that are lefte in all the lande of Israell with them also to the Preestes and Leuites whiche are in theyr cytyes and suburbes togyther them togyther vnto vs. And we wyll brynge agayne the Arke of the Lorde to vs for we regarded it not in the dayes of Saull And all the congregacyon was content that he shuld do so for the thynge semed good in the eyes of all the people So Dauid gathered all Israell togyther from ☞ Sihor in Egypt vnto the entrynge of Hemath to brynge the Arke of the Lorde from Kiriath Iarim And Dauid went vp and all Israell to an hygh place towarde Kiriath Iarim that was in Iuda to fet thence the Arke of the lorde God that dwelleth bytwene the Cherubs where his name is called on And they caryed the Arke of god in a new carte out of
the house of Abinadab And Uza and his brother gyded the carte And Dauid and all Israell playde before the Arke of god with al theyr myght with syngynge and harpes psalteâ—es tymbrels and trompettes And when they came vnto the thresshynge floore of Chidon Uza put forth his hande to holde the Arke for the Oxen †beynge a lytle vvylde stombled And the Lorde was wrothe with Uza and smote hym bycause he put his hande to the Arke And there he dyed byfore God And Dauid was out of quiet bycause the Lorde had rent a rent in Uza and he called the name of that place the â—eynge of Uza vnto this daye And Dauid was afrayde of God that daye sayenge howe shall I brynge the Arke of god home to me And so Dauid brought not the Arke home to hym to the cytye of Dauid But caryed it in to the house of Obed Edom a Gethite And the Arke of god remayned w t Obed Edom euen in his house thre monethes And the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom and all that he had ¶ Hiram sendeth woode and workmen to Dauid whiche hath two victoryis of the Philistines CAPI XIIII SO Hiram the kynge of Tire sent messengers to Dauid tymbre of Cedar trees with masons and carpenters to buylde hym an house And Dauid perceyued that the Lorde had confyrmed hym kynge vpon Israell and that his kyngdom was lyfte vpon hygh bycause of his people Israell And Dauid toke yet mo wyues at Ierusalem and begat mo sonnes and doughters These are the names of his chyldren which were borne vnto hym at Ierusalem Samua Sobab Nathan and Salomon Iibhar Elisua and Elipalet Noga Nepheg and Iaphia Elisama Beeliada and Eliphalet And when the Philistines herde that Dauid was anoynted kynge vpon all Israel all the Philistines went vp to seke Dauid And Dauid herde of it went out agaynst them And the Philistines came in and praunsed thorowe the valley of Rephaim And Dauid asked counsayle at god sayenge shall I go agaynst the Philistines and wylte thou delyuer them in to myne hande And the Lorde sayde vnto hym go vp for I wyll delyuer them into thyne hande And so they came vp to Baall Perazim and Dauid smote them there And Dauid sayde God hath deuyded myne enemyes with myne hande as a man wold deuyde water And therfore they called the name of that place ☞ Baall Perazim And when they had lefte theyr Goddes there Dauid gaue a coÌ„maundement they were burnt with fyre And the Philistines came togyther agayne russhed into the valley And Dauid asked agayne at God And god sayde to hym go not vp after them but turne away froÌ„ them that thou mayest come vpon them ouer agaynst the peertrees And when thou hearest a sound go in the toppê of the peertrees then go out to battayle for god is gone forth before the to smyte the hoost of the Philistines Dauid therfore dyd as god coÌ„mauÌ„ded hym And they smote the hooste of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gazer And the fame of Dauid went out into al the landê and the lorde made all nacyons feare hym ¶ The â—enites brynge the Arke agayne Dauid daunsynge before it is dispysed of his wyfe Michou CAPI XV. ANd Dauid made him houses in the cytye of Dauid prepared a place for the Arke of God and pytched for it a tent Then Dauid sayde the Arke of God ought not to be caryed but of the Leuites For them hath the lorde chosen to beare the Arke of the lorde to minyster vnto hym for euer And Dauid gathered all Israell togyther to Ierusalem to fetche the Arke of the Lorde vnto his place whiche he had ordeyned for it And Dauid brought togyther the chyldren of Aaron the Leuites Of the sonnes of Cahath was Uriell the cheyfe of his brethren there were an hundred xx Of the chyldren of Merari Asaia the cheyfe of his brethren two hundred xx Of the sonnê of Gersom Ioell the cheyfe of his brethren an hundred and thyrtye Of the chyldren of Elizapan Semaia the cheyf of his brethren two huÌ„dred Of the sonnê of Hebron Eliel the cheyfe of his brethren lxxx Of the sonnê of Uziel Aminadab the cheyfe and of his brethren an hundred xii And Dauid called Zadock Abiathar the preestes the Leuites Uziell Asaia Ioell Semaia Eliell Aminadab â–ª sayde vnto them ye that are the princypal fathers of the Leuites se that ye be holy with your brethren that ye may brynge in the arke of the lord god of Israell vnto the place that I haue prepared for it For ☞ bycause ye were not there at the fyrst the lorde our God made a rent amonge vs for that we sought hym not as the fassyon ought to be So the preestê the Leuites sanctifyed them selues to fet the Arke of the Lorde God of Israell And the chyldreÌ„ of the Leuites bare the arke of god vpon theyr shoulders w t staues theron as Moses coÌ„mauÌ„ded accordynge to the worde of the Lorde And Dauid spake to the cheyfe heades of the Leuites that they shuld appoynt certayne of theyr brethren to synge with instrumentê of Musycke psaltries harpes and symbals that they myght make a sound to synge on hygh with ioyfulnesse And the Leuites appoynted Hâ—maÌ„ the son of Ioell of his brethren Asaph the son of Berechia And of the sonnes of Merari and of theyr brethren Ethan the son of Câ—saiahâ— And with them theyr brethren of the seconde degree Zucharia Ben Iaaziell Seâ—â—ramoth Iehiell Unni Eliab Benaiahu Maasiah Mathathiahu Eliphalehu Mikniahâ— Obed Edom Iaiell porters So Hemaâ— Asaph Ethan the syngers made a sounde with symbals of brasse And Zacharia Aziel Semeramoth Iehiell Unni Eliab Maasaiahu and Banaiahu played with psaltryes on ☞ an Alamoth Mathachtahu Eliphalehu Mikniahu Obed Edom Ieiell and Azaziah playd vpon harpes an eyght aboue with courage And Chenamahu the cheyf of the Leuites was mayster of the songe for he taught other to syng bycause he was a man of vnderstandyng Berechia Elâ—ana kepte the dore of the Arke And Sâ—caniahu Iehosaphat â–ª Nethanaell Amasai Zachaâ—iahu Banaâ—ahu Eliezer the preestes dyd blowe with trompettes before the Arke of god And Obed EdoÌ„ Iehia were kepers of the dore of the Arke And the elders of Israell the captaynes ouer thousandes went to fet the Arke of the appoyntment of the lorde out of the house of Obed Edom with gladnesse And when god helped the Leuites that bare the arke of the apoyntment of the lorde they offered seuen oxen seuen rammê And Dauid had on hym a lynnen garmente lyke as had also all the Leuites that bare the Arke so had the syngers Chenania the ruler of the songe with the syngers And Dauid had vpon hym an Ephod of lynnen And all they of Israell brought the arke of the Lordes couenaunt with shoutynge and blowynge of the shaume and trompettê makyng a noyse with symbals
psaltryes and harpes And as the Arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde came in to the cytye of Dauid Micholl the doughter of Saull lokynge out at a wyndowe sawe kynge Dauid daunsyng playenge and she despysed hym in her herte ¶ Dauid ordeyneth Asaph and his brethren to minister before the Lorde He him selfe prayseth the Lorde god of Israel CAPI XVI SO they brought in the Arke of god and set it in the myddes of the tente that Dauid pytched for it And they offered burnt sacrifyces and peaceofferynges before God And when Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burntofferynges and peace offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde And he delte to all Israell bothe man and woman a cracknell of breade and a good pece of flesshe and a flacket of wyne And he appoynted certayne of the Leuites to minyster before the lorde to repeate and to thanke and prayse the Lorde God of Israell And Asaph was the cheyfe nexte to hym Zacharia Ieiell Semeramoth Iehiell Mathathia Eliab Benaia Obed Ehom and Iehiell with psalteres harpes But Asaph made a sounde with symbals Banaiahu and Iahaziell preestes blew with trompettes continuallye before the Arke of the couenaunt of god And that same tyme Dauid dyd appoynt cheyfelye to thanke the lorde by Asaph and his brethren O gyue thankê vnto the lorde cal vpon his name make his Actes knowen amonge the people Synge vnto hym and playe vnto hym talke of all his wonderfull dedes Reioyse in his holy name let the hertes of them that seke the lorde be glad Seke the Lorde and his strength Seke his presence alwaye Remembre his maruels whiche he dyd and his wonders the iudgementê of his mouth The seede of Israell are his seruauntes the chyldren of Iacob are his chosen He is the Lorde our God in all landes are his iudgementê Thynke on his apoyntment for euer on the worde which he coÌ„maunded to a. M generacyons Whiche he made with Abraham of his othe to Isaac whiche he set before Iacob for a decree and to Israell for an euerlastynge couenaunt sayenge to the wyll I gyue the lande of Canaan to be the porcyon of your enherytaunce â–ª When ye were few and small in nombre and soiourners therin And they walked froÌ„ nacyon to nacyon and from one kyndome to an other people He suffered no man to do them wronge but rebuked euen kyngê for theyr sakes Touche not myne anoynted and do my Prophettes no harme Synge vnto the lorde all the earth and shew from day to day his Saluacion Tell of his glorye amonge the Heathen his wonderfull dedes amonge all nacyons For greate is the Lorde and worthy to be praysed excedyngly he is to be feared aboue all goddes For all the gods of the people are of no vallue But the lorde made heuen Prayse and honour are in his presence â–ª strength gladnesse are in his place Ascribe vnto the lorde ye kynreds of people Ascrybe to the lorde glorye and dominyoÌ„ Ascribe vnto the Lorde the glorye due vnto his name brynge sacrifyces come before hym worshyp the lorde with holy honour ☞ Let all the earth feare hym althoughe the compasse of the earth be so stablysshed that it can not be moued let the heuens reioyse and let the earth be glad let men tell amonge the nacyons that the lorde is kynge Let the see thuÌ„der and the fulnesse therof let the feldes reioyse and all that is therin Then shall the trees of the wood reioyse at the preseÌ„ce of the lorde bycause he coÌ„meth to iudge the earth O gyue thankes vnto the lorde for he is good for his mercye endureth euer and saye ye saue vs o God of our saluacyon gather vs togyther and delyuer vs from amonge the Heathen that we maye gyue thankes to thy holy name and triumphe in the prayse of the. Blessed be the Lorde God of Israell for euer euer and let all the people say Amen and prayse the lorde And so he lefte there beforâ—â—he arke of the Lordes couenaunt Asaph and his brethren to ministre before the arke coÌ„tinually in soch thynges as were to be done daye by daye †and that by theyr courses And Obed Edom and his brethren lxviii and Obed Edom the son of Ieduthun and Hosa were appoynted to be porters And Zadocke the preest and his brethren the preestes were before the tabernacle of the Lorde in the hygh place that was at Gibeon to offer burntofferynges vnto the lorde vpon the burntofferynge aulter perpetually in the mornynge euenynge accordynge to all that whiche is wrytten in the lawe of the Lorde whiche he coÌ„maunded Israel And with them were Heman Ieduthun and other that were chosen whose names were expressed to gyue thankes to the lorde that his mercye lasteth euer And with them dyd Heman Ieduthun synge with the trompettes and symbals ma kynge a swete melody with instrumentes of Musycke goodly songes And the sonnes of Ieduthun were porters And all the people departed euery man to his house Dauid returned to ☞ blesse his house ¶ Dauid is forbydden to buylde an house vnto the Lorde Chryst so promysed vnder the fygure of Salomon CAPI XVII ANd it fortuned that when Dauid dwelt in his house he sayd to NathaÌ„ the prophet loo I dwell in an house of Cedar tree but the Arke of the lordes couenauÌ„t remayneth vnder curtaynes And Nathan sayde to Dauid do all that is in thyne herte for god is with the. And the same nyght it for tuned that the worde of god came to Nathan saynge go and tell Dauid my seruaunt thus sayth the lorde thou shalte not buylde me an house to dwell in For I haue dwelte in no house sence the daye that I brought out the chyldren of Israell vnto this day But haue gone from tent to tent and from one habytacyon to an other And whersoeuer I haue walked with all Israell spake I euer one worde to any of the iudges of Israell whom I coÌ„maunded to fede my people sayenge why haue ye not buylde me an house of Cedar tree Nowe therfore thus shalte thou saye vnto my seruaunt Dauid thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes I toke the out of the pastures when thou wentest after shepe that thou shuldest be captayne ouer my people Israell And I haue ben with the whyther soeuer thou hast walked and haue weded out all thyne enemyes out of thy syght and haue made the a name lyke the name †of one of the greatest men that are in the earth And I haue ordeyned a place for my people Israel and made it fast so that nowe they may dwel in theyr place and moue no more Neyther shall the chyldren of wyckednesse vexe them any more as at the begynnyng And sence the tyme that I commaunded iudges to be ouer my people Israell I haue subdued all thyne enemyes I tolde the that the lorde wolde buylde the an house This also
Iezrahite in his course were xxiiii thousande The syxte captayne for the syxte moneth was Ira the sonne of Ickes a Theckuite and in his course were xxiiii thousande The seuenth captayne for the seuenth moneth was Helez the Pelonite of the chyldren of Ephraim in his course were xxiiii thousand The. viii captayne for the eyght moneth was Sibechei an Husathite of the kynred of Zarhi in his course were xxiiii thousand The ninth captayne for the nynth moneth was Abiezer an Anathothite of the sonnes of Iemini and in his course were xxiiii thousand The tenth captayne for the tenth moneth was Mahari the Netophathite of the zarahites and in his course were xxiiii thousande The eleuenth for the eleuenth moneth was Banaia the Pirathonite of the chyldren of Ephraim and in his course were xxiiii thousand The twelfth captayne for the twelfth moneth was Heldia the Netophathite with Othoniel and in his course were xxiiii thousande And the rulers ouer the tribes of Israell were these Among the Rubinites was Eliezer the son of Zichri Among the Simonites also was Saphatiahu the son of Maacha Among the Leuites Hazabia the son of Kemuel Among the Haromites zadocke AmoÌ„g them of Iuda Elihu of the brethreÌ„ of Dauid Among theÌ„ of Isachar Omri the son of Michael Among them of Zabulon Iesmaiahu the son of Obadiahu Among them of Nephthali Ierimoth the son of Azriel Among the childreÌ„ of ephraim Hosea the son of Azariahu In the halfe tribe also of Manasse Ioel the son of Phedaiahu Of the halfe tribe of Manasse in Gilead Iido the son of Zachariahu Among them of Beniamin Iaasiel the son of Abner Amonge them of Dan Azarel the son of Ieroham These are the lordes of the trybes of Israell But Dauid toke not the nombre of them vnder xx yere bycause the Lorde sayde he wolde encrease Israell lyke vnto the sterres of the skye And Iaob the sonne of Zeruia began to nombre but he fynysshed it not bycause that there fell wrathe for it agaynst Israel neyther was the nombre put in to the Cronicles of kyng Dauid Ouer the kyngê treasures was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel And ouer the treasures of the feldes in the cities and villages castels was Iehonathan the sonne of Uziahu And ouer the workemen in the feldes that tylled the grounde was Ezri the sonne of Chelub And the ouersyght of the vyneyardes had Semei the Ramathite Ouer the encreace also of the vyneyardes and ouer the wynesellers was Sabdi the Hasiphunite And ouer the oliue trees and mulbery trees that were in the valleys was Baal Hanan the Gederite And ouer the treasure of oyle was Ioas Ouer the oxen that fed in Saron was Setari the Saronite And ouer the Oxen that were in the valleys was Saphat the sonne of Adlai Ouer the camels Obel the Ismaelyte And ouer the asses was Iohadiahu the Meronothite Ouer the shepe was Iazis the Hagerite All these were the rulers of the substaunce of kynge Dauid And Iehonathan Dauids uncle a maÌ„ of counsayle and of vnderstandyng was a scribe and Iehiel the son of Hachmoni ☞ was with the kynges sonnes And Ahitophel was of the kynges counsayle And Husai the Arachite was the kynges companion And nexte to Ahitophel was Iehoiada the sonne of Banaiahu and Abiathar And the captayne of the kynges warre was Ioab ¶ Bycause Dauid was forbydden to buylde the temple he exhorteth Salamon and the people to perfourme it CAPI XXVIII ANd Dauid gathered togyther all the lordes of Israel the lordes of the tribes the lordes of the companyes that ministred to the kynge by course the captaynes ouer the thousandes and ouer the hundreds and the lordes that had the ouersyght of all the substaunce and possessyon of Dauid his sonnê with the chamberlaynes all the myghtye and valyaunt and all actiue men vnto Ierusalem And kyng Dauid stode vp vpon his fete and sayd Heare me my brethren and my people I had in myne herte to buylde an house of rest for the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and for the ☞ fote stole of our god had made redy for the buyldyng But god sayd vnto me thou shalte not buylde an house for my name bycause thou hast ben a man of warre hast shed blood Moreouer the lorde God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be kynge ouer Israell for euer for in Iuda wolde he chose a captayne of the housholde of Iuda is the house of my father amonge the sonnes of my father he had a luste to me to make me kyng ouer all Israel And of all my sonnes for the lorde hathe gyuen me many sonnes he hath chosen Salomon my sonne to syt vpon the seate of the kyngdom of the lorde in Israel And he sayd vnto me Salomon thy son he shal buylde me an house courtes I haue chosen hym to be my sonne and I wyll be his father I wyl stablysshe his kyngdom for euer yf he wyl be stronge to do my coÌ„maundementes and my lawes as it goeth this day Nowe therfore in the syght of all Israel the congregacion of the Lorde in the audience of our God kepe and seke for all the coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde your God that ye maye enioy a good lande and leaue enheritaunnce for your chyldren after you for euer And thou Salomon my sonne knowe thou the God of thy father and serue hym with a pure herte and with a swete courage For the Lorde searcheth all hertes and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacions of thoughtes And yf thou seke hym he wyll be founde of the But yf thou forsake hym he wyll cast the of for euer Take hede now for the Lorde hath chosen the to buylde hym an house of a Sanctuarie Be stronge therfore and playe the man And Dauid gaue Salomon his son the patron of the porche †of the temple also of the houses that longed therto of the store houses vpper chambres inner parlours of the house of the mercyseate the example of all that he had in his mynde for the courtê of the house of the lorde for all the celles rounde aboute for the treasures of the house of god and for the treasures of the dedicate thynges of the companyes of the preestes and Leuites that wayted by course and of all the workmanshyp that shuld serue for the house of the lorde for all the vesselles that shulde serue in the house of the Lorde For golde for the weyght of golde for all vessels of sondry ministracions for all maner of vessels of syluer in weyght and for all vessels what for euer purpose they serued vnto The weyght of golde for the candelstyckes and the golde for the lampes with the weyght for euerye candelstycke and for the lampes therof And for the candelstyckes of syluer by weyght bothe for the candelstycke and also for her lampes accordyng to the dyuersyte of the vse of euery candelstycke
And by weyght †he gaue golde for the tables of shew breade euen for euery table lykewyse syluer for the tables of syluer And golde for flesshe hokes cuppes drynkynge pottes And pure gold in weyght for basens euen for euery basen And lykewyse syluer by weyght for euery basen of syluer And for the aulter of insence pure golde by weyght And golde for the patron of the charet of the Cherubes that stretched out theyr wynges and couered the arke of the couenauÌ„t of the lorde All was gyuen me by wrytyng of the hande of the Lorde which made me vnderstande al the workemanshyp of the patrone And Dauid sayde to Salomon his sonne Be strong and do manfully feare not nor be faynt herted For the Lorde God euen my God is with the and he shall not fayle the nor forsake the vntyll thou hast fynysshed al the worke that must serue for the house of the Lorde Beholde the preestes and Leuites are deuided in companyes for all maner of seruyce that perteyneth to the house of god they are with the for all maner of workmanshyp and so are all that excell in wysdome for any maner of seruyce Thou hast also the Lordes and all the people for euery thynge that thou hast nede of ¶ The offerynge of Dauid and of the prynces for the buyldynge of the Temple Dauid dyeth and Salomon his sonne reygneth in his steade CAPI XXIX ANd Dauid the kynge sayd vnto all the congregacyon God hath specially chosen Salomon my sonne whiche is yet yonge and tender and the worke is great for the house shall not be for man but for the lorde God Moreouer I haue prepared with all my myght for the house of God golde for vesselles of golde syluer for them of syluer brasse for thynges of brasse yron for thynges of yron and wood for thynges of wood and onyke stones and stones to be set glistrynge stones of dyuerse coloures and all maner of precious stones and marble stones in great haboundaunce And bycause I haue luste to the house of my God I haue of myne owne propre good of golde and syluer whiche I haue seuerally gyuen to the house of my god besyde all that I haue prepared for the holye house euen thre thousande talentes of golde of Ophir and seuen thousande talentes of tryed syluer to ouerlay the walles of the houses withall the golde for thynges of golde syluer for them of syluer and for al maner of worke by the handes of artificers And who soeuer is wyllynge may this day consecrate his hande vnto the lorde And so the auncient fathers and the lordes of the trybes of Israel the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes with the lordes that were rulers ouer the kyngê worke were wyllynge gaue for the seruyce of the house of God fyue thousande talentes of golde ten thousande peces of golde and ten thousande talentes of syluer and. xviii thousand talentes of brasse and an hundred thousand talentes of yron And they with whom precious stones were fouÌ„de gaue them to the treasure of the house of the Lorde by the hande of Iehiel the Gersonite And the people reioysed when the were so wyllynge to gyue theyr goodes and with a perfyte herte they offered vnto the Lorde And Dauid the kynge reioysed with great gladnesse And Dauid blessed the Lorde before all the congregacion and sayde Blessed be thou lorde God of Israel our father from euer and foreuer Thyne O lorde is greatnesse and power glorie victorie and prayse for all that is in heuen and in earth is thyne and thyne is the kyngdome O lorde thou excellest aboue all euen as the heade of all And tychesse and honoure come of the and thou reygnest ouer all and in thyne hande is powre and strength and in thyne hande it is to make great and to gyue strength vnto al. And now our god we thanke the and prayse thy gloryous name But who am Iâ— what is my people that we shulde enforâ—â— our selues to gyue these thynges so wyllyngly But all thynges come of the and of that whiche we receyue of thyne hande we haue gyuen the. For we be but straungers before the and soiourners as were all our fathers Oure dayes on the earthe also are but as a shadowe and there is none abydynge O lorde our God all this stuffe that we haue prepayred to buylde the an house for thy holy name cometh of thyne hande is all thyne I wote also my god that thou tryest the hertes and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse And in the vnfaynednesse of myne herte I haue wyllyngly offred al these thynges And nowe haue I sene thy people which are fouÌ„de here to offre vnto the wyllynglye and with gladnes O lorde God of Abraham Isaac of Israell our fathers kepe this for euer as the begynnyng of the thoughtes of the herte of thy peple prepare theyr hertes vnto the. And gyue vnto Salomon my sonne â–ª a perfyte herte to kepe thy coÌ„maundements thy testymonyes and thy statutes and to do all and to buylde the house for the which I haue made prouisyon And Dauid sayde to all the congregacion ☞ Nowe blesse the lorde your god And al the coÌ„gregacion blessed the lorde god of theyr fathers and bowed downe theyr heades worshypped the lorde the kynge And they offered offerynges vnto the Lorde And on the morowe after the sayde day they offered burntoffrynges vnto the Lorde euen a thousande yong oxen a thousand rammes a thousande shepe with theyr drynke offerynges Many sacrifices offered they for all Israell and dyd eate and drynke before the Lorde the same day with great gladnesse And they made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge the seconde tyme and annoynted hym prynce before the lorde and Zadocke to be the hygh preest And Salomon sat on the seate of the Lorde and was kyng in steade of Dauid his father and prospered and al they of Israell obeyed hym And all the lordes and men of power and all the sonnes of kynge Dauid submitted them selues and were vnder kyng Salomon And the lorde magnifyed Salomon in dignitye in the syght of all them of Israell and gaue hym so gloryouse a kyngdome as no kyng had before hym in Israell And so Dauid the sonne of Isai reygned ouer al Israel And the space that he reygued ouer Israel was xl yere seuen yere reygned he in Hebron xxxiii yere reygned he in Ierusalem And he dyed in a good age full of dayes ryches and honoure And Salomon his sonne reygned in his steade The actes of Dauid the kyng fyrst and last beholde they are wrytten in the boke of Samuel the sear and in the boke of Nathan the prophet and in the boke of Gad the sear with al his kyngdom and power and tymes that wente ouer hym and ouer all Israel ouer all the kyngdomes of the earth ⧠The ende of the fyrst boke of the Cronycles otherwyse called the fyrst boke of Paralipomenon
arke of the couenaunt of the lorde out of the citye of Dauid which is Zion Wherfore all the men of Israell resorted vnto the kyng in the feast euen in the seuenth moneth And all the elders of Israell came and the Leuytes toke vp the arke And the preestes and the Leuites brought awaye the Arke and the tabernacle of wytnesse and al the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle and they bare them And kynge Salomon and all the congregacyon of Israell that were assembled vnto hym before the Arke offered shepe and oxen so many that they coulde not be tolde nor nombred for multytude And the Preestes brought the Arke of the appoyntment of the Lorde vnto his place euen in to the queere of the temple within the place moost holy and set it vnder the wyngê of the Cherubs that the Cherubs stretched out theyr wynges ouer the place of the Arke and the Cherubs couered both the Arke and her barres aboue on hygh And the barres of the Arke were so longe that the heades of the barres were sene without the Arke within the queere but not without And there the Arke remayned vnto this daye But there was nothynge in the Arke saue the two tables which Moses put thee in at Horeb when the lorde made a couenauÌ„t with the chyldren of Israell after they were come out of Egypte And it fortuned that when the Preestes were come out of the holy place for all the Preestes that were present were sanctyfyed and dyd not then wayte by course that bothe the Leuites and the syngers vnder Asaph Heman and Ieduthun were appoynted to sondrye offices with theyr Chyldren and brethren and were arayde in fyne whyte hauynge Symbals Psalteries and harpes and stode at the East ende of the aulter and by them an hundred and twentye Preestes blowynge with trompettes And the trompet blowers and the syngers so agreed that it semed but one voyce in pray synge and thankynge the Lorde And when they lyfte vp theyr voyce with the Trompettes Symbals and other instrumentes of Musycke and when they praysed the Lorde †and sayde howe that he is good and that his mercy lasteth euer the house of god was fylled with a cloude so that the preestê coulde not endure to mynyster by the reason of the cloude For the maiestye of the Lorde had fylled the house of God ¶ The wordes of Salomon to the people and the prayer that he made vnto god CAPI VI. THen Salomon sayde the Lorde hath spoken howe that he wyll dwell in the cloude And I haue buylte an habytacyon for the and a place for thy dwellynge for euer And the kynge turned his face and blessed the hoole congregacyon of Israell and all the congregacyon of Israell stode And he sayde blessed be the Lorde god of Israell whiche hath with his handes fulfylled it that he spake with his mouth to my father Dauid sayenge Sence the daye that I brought my people out of the lande of Egypte I chose no cytye amonge all the trybes of Israell to buylde an house in that my name myght be there neyther chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my people Israell sauynge that haue chosen Ierusalem that my name myght be there and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israell And when it was in the herte of Dauid my father to buylde an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell the Lorde sayde to Dauid my father for asmoche as it was in thyne herte to buylde an house for my name thou dydest well that thou so thoughtest in thyne herte Notwithstandynge thou shalte not buylde the house but thy Son whiche is proceded out of thy loynes he shall buylde an house for my name The Lorde therfore hath made good his saynge that he hath spoken and I am rysen vp in the rowme of Dauid my father and am set on the seate of Israell as the Lorde promysed and haue buylt an house for the name of the Lorde God of Israell And in it haue I put the Arke wherin is the couenaunt of the lorde that he made with the chyldren of Israell And the kynge stode before the aulter of the lorde in the presence of all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes For now SalomoÌ„ had made a brasen pulpyt of fyue cubytes longe and fyue cubytes brode and thre of heyght and had set it in the myddes of the great courte and vpon it he stode and kneled downe vpon his knees before all the congregacyon of Israell and stretched out his handes towarde heuen and sayde O lorde God of Israell there is no god lyke the in heuen and in earth which kepest couenaunt and shewest mercy vnto thy seruauntê that walke before the with al theyr hertes Thou whiche haste kepte with thy seruauaunte Dauid my father the thynges that thou promysedest hym Thou saydest it with thy mouth hast fulfylled it with thyne handes as it is to se this daye And nowe Lorde God of Israell kepe with thy seruaunte Dauid my Father the thynges that thou promysedst hym saynge thou shalte in my syght not be without a man that shall syt vpon the seate of Israell so that thy chyldreÌ„ take hyde to theyr wayes to walke in my lawe as thou hast walked be fore me And nowe Lorde God of Israell let thy sayenge be true whiche thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid And wyll God in very dede dwell with men on earth Beholde heuen and heuen aboue all heuens do not toÌ„teyne the howe moch lesse the house which I haue buylded Let it be thy pleasure therfore to turne to the prayer of thy seruaunte to his supplycacyon O Lorde my God to herken vnto the voyce and prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth before the let thyne eyes be open toward this house day nyght ouer this place wherin thou hast sayde that thou woldest put thy name to herken vnto the prayer whiche thy seruaunte prayeth in this place Herken vnto the Prayers of thy seruaunte and of thy people Israell whiche they praye in this place heare thou I sayâ— out of thy dwellyng place euen out of heuen heare and be mercyfull Yf a man syn agaynst his neyghboure and take an othe agaynst hym make hym to sweare and they bothe come before thyne aulter in this house then heare thou from heuen and worke and iudge thy seruauÌ„tes that thou rewarde the vngodlye and recompence hym his waye vpon his heade ☞ and iustifye the ryghteous and gyue hym accordynge to his ryghtwysenesse And yf thy people Israell be put to the worse before the enemye bycause they haue synned agaynst the Yet yf they turne and gyue thankes vnto thy name make intercessyon and pray before the in this house then heate thou from heuen and be mercifull vnto the synne of thy people Israell brynge them agayne vnto the lande whiche thou gauest to them and to theyr fathers When heuen is shut vp
and there be no rayne bycause they haue synned agaynst the yet yf they praye in this place and coÌ„fesse thy name and repent from theyr syn for the which thou chastenest them then heare thou in heuen and be mercyfull vnto the synne of thy seruauntes and of thy people Israell and gyde thou them in to the good waye to walke in sende rayne vpon thy lande whiche thou hast gyuen vnto thy people for an enherytaunce And yf there be derth in the lande or pestylence corrupcyon or blastynge of corne greshoppers or caterpyllers or that theyr enemyes beseyge them in the cityes of theyr lande †and destroy the countryes or whatsoeuer plage or syckenesse it be Then what supplicacyons and prayers soeuer shall be made of any man and of thy people Israell which shall knowe euery man his owne sore and his owne grefe and shall stretche out theyr handes toward this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwellyng place and shalt be merciful gyue euery man accordynge vnto all his wayes euen as thou dost know euery mann â–ª herte for thou onely knowest the hertes of the chyldren of men that they may feare the walke in thy wayes as longe as they lyue in the lande whiche thou gauest vnto our fathers Moreouer the straunger whiche is not of thy people Israell yf he come from a farre lande for thy great names sake thy myghtye hande the stretched out arme Yf they come I saye and praye in this house thou shalte heare from heuen euen from thy dwel lynge place and shalte do accordynge to all that the straunger calleth to the for That al the people of the earth may know thy name and feare the as doth thy people Israel and that they may knowe how that in this house which I haue buylt thy name is called vpoÌ„ Yf thy people go out to war agaynst theyr enemyes by the waye that thou shalte sende them and they praye to the in the waye toward this citie which thou hast chosen euen towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name then heare thou from heuen theyr supplicacyon and prayer and helpe them in theyr ryght Yf they syn agaynst the as there is no man but he doth synne and thou be angrye with them delyuer them ouer before theyr enemyes and they take them and leade them awaye vnto a lande far or neare yet yf they repent in theyr herte in the lande where they be in captiuyte and turne and pray vnto the in the lande of theyr captiuyte sayenge We haue synned we haue done euyl wyckedlye turne agayne to the with all theyr herte and al theyr soule in the lande of theyr captiuyte where they kepe them in bondage so pray toward theyr lande which thou gauest vnto theyr fathers euen towarde the cytye whiche thou hast chosen and towarde the house whiche I haue buylte for thy name Then heare thou from heuen euen from thy dwellynge place theyr supplycacyon theyr prayer and iugde theyr cause be mercyfull vnto thy people which haue synned agaynst the. Nowe my God let thyne eyes be open and thyne eares attente vnto the prayer that is made in this place Nowe vp O Lorde God in to thy restynge place thou and the Arke of thy strength O Lorde God let thy Preestes be clothed with helth let thy sayntes reioyse in goodnesse O lorde god turne not awaye the face of thyne anoynted Remembre the mercyes whiche thou hast promysed to Dauid thy seruaunte ¶ The fyre consumeth the Sacrifyce The lorde appeareth to Salomon the seconde tyme. CAPI VII ANd when Salomon had made an ende of prayenge there came downe fyre from heuen and consumed the burnt offerynge and the sacrifyces And the house was fylled with the glorye of the Lorde and the Preestes coulde not go in to the house of the Lorde bycause the glorye of the lorde had fylled the Lordes house And when all the chyldren of Israell sawe howe the fyre and the glorye of the lorde came downe vpon the house they fell downe flat vpon theyr faces to the earth vpon the pauement worshypped and confessed vnto the Lorde that he is gracyous and that his mercye lasteth euer And the kynge and all the people offered sacrifyces before the Lorde And kynge Salomon offered a sacrifyce of xxii thousande oxen and an hundred and xx thousand shepe And so the kynge and all the people ☞ dedicated the house of God And the preestê wayted on theyr offyces and the Leuites had the instrumentê of musycke of the Lorde which kynge Dauid had made to confesse vnto the lorde that his mercye lasteth euer playenge a psalme of Dauid with theyr hande And the preestes blew with trompettes before them all they of Israel stode Moreouer Salomon halowed the myddle of the courte that was before the house of the Lorde for theyr he offered burntofferynges and the fat of the peaceofferynges bycause the brasen aulter which Salomon had made was not able to receyue the burntofferynges and the meatosferynges and the fat So at the same tyme Salomon kepte a feast of seuen dayes and all they of Israell with hym an excedyng great congregacyon euen from the enterynge in of Hamath vnto the ryuer of Egypte And in the eyght daye they made a gatherynge For they kepte the dedicacyon of the aulter seuen dayes ☞ and the feast seuen dayes And the. xxiii daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people departe in to theyr tentes glad and mery in herte for the goodnesse that the Lorde had shewed to Dauid and to Salomon and to Israell his people And so Salomon finyshed the house of the Lorde and the kynges house and all that came in his herte to make in the house of the Lorde and in his owne house wente prosperouslye forwarde And the lorde appeared to Salomon by nyght and sayde to hym I haue herde thy petycyon and haue chosen this place for my selfe to be an house of Sacryfyce Yf I shut vp heuen that there be no rayne or yf I coÌ„maunde the locustes to deuoure the lande or yf I sende pestylence amonge my peple and yf they that are of my people amonge whome my name is called vpon do humble them selues and make intercessyon and seke my presence and turne from theyr wycked wayes then wyll I heare from heuen and be mercyfull to theyr synne and wyll heale theyr lande And from hence forth myne eyes shall be open myne eares attent to the prayer that is made in this place And therfore nowe I haue chosen and sanctifyed this house that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and myne herte shall be there perpetuallye And yf thou wylt walke before me as Dauid thy father walked to do all that I haue commaunded the and shalt obserue my statutes my lawes then wyll I stablyshe the seate of thy kyngdome accordynge as I made the
Rama to the entente that he wolde let none passe out or in †safely to Asa kynge of Iuda And Asa fet out golde syluer out of the treasures of the house of the Lorde of the kynges house sent to Benhadad kyng of Siria that dwelte at ☞ Darmeseâ— sayde There is a confideracion bytwene me the bytwene my father thyne Beholde I haue sent the syluer golde that thou wylte come breake thyne appoyntmeÌ„t with Baasa kyng of Israell that he may departe from me And Benhadad graunted vnto kyng Asa sent the captaynes of his armye to the cityes of Israell And they smote Iion DaÌ„ Abelmain the strong cityes of Nephthali And when Baasa herde this he lefte buyldynge of Rama and let his worke cease And then Asa the kynge toke all Iuda and caryed away the stones tymbre of Rama wherwith Baasa was a buyldyng and he bulte therwith Geba and Mizpa At that same tyme Hanani the seat came to Asa kyng of Iuda and sayd vnto hym bycause thou hast trusted in the kyng of Siria and not rather put thy trust in the Lorde thy God therfore is the hoost of the kyng of Siria escaped out of thyne hande Had not the blacke moores and ☞ Lubim an excedyng great hoost with many charets and horsmen And yet bycause thou trustedst in the Lorde he delyuered them in to thyne hande For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth to strength them that are of parfite herte towarde hym Herein thou hast done folysshly and therfore from henceforth thou shalte haue warre And Asa was wroth with the sear and put hym in to the pryson house for he was dyspleased with wym bycause of this thynge And Asa destroyed certayne of the people the same ceason And behold these dedes of Asa fyrst and last are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Asa in the. xxxix yere of his reygne fell sycke in his feete and that his dysease contynued very long And in his syckenesse he sought not the Lorde but Phisicians And Asa slept with his Fathers and dyed in the. xli yeare of his reygne And they buryed hym in his owne sepulchre whiche he had made for hym selfe in the citye of Dauid and layde hym in the bed which he had fylled with dyuers kyndes of spices and swete odoures made by the crafte of the potecaries And they burnt very moche spyce aboute hym ¶ Iehosaphat causeth the feare of the Lorde to be renued amonge the people CAPI XVII ANd Iehosaphat his sonne reygned in his steade preuayled agaynst Israel And he put souldiours in al the stronge cityes of Iuda and set rulers in the lande of Iuda and in the cityes of Ephraim whiche Asa his father had won And the Lorde was with Iehosaphat bycause he walked in the olde wayes of his father Dauid and sought not Baalim But sought the Lorde God of his father and walked in his coÌ„maundementes and not after the doynges of Israell And the Lorde stablysshed the kyngdome in his hande and all they that were in Iuda brought hym presentes so that he had abundaunce of rychesse and honoure And he lyfte vp his herte vnto the wayes of the Lorde and he put downe yet more of the hyll aulters and groues out of Iuda In the thyrde yere of his reygne he sente to his Lordes euen to Benhail Obadia Zacharia Nethanel and to Michaahu that they shulde teache in the cityes of Iuda and with them he sent Leuites euen Semeiahu Nethadiahu Zabadiahu Asahel Semiramoth Iehonathan Adoniahu Thubiahu Tubadonia and with them Elisamah and IehoraÌ„ preestes And they taught in Iuda and had the boke of the lawe of God with them and went aboute thorowout al the cities of Iuda and taught the people And the feare of the Lorde fell vpon all the kyngdomes of the lande that were round aboute Iuda and they fought not agaynste Iehosaphat And some of the Philistynes brought Iehosaphat gyftes and tribute syluer And therto the Arabians brought hym shepe euen seuen thousande and seuen hundred rammes and seuen thousand and seuen hundred he gootes And so Iehosaphat prospered and grue vp on hygh And he buylte in Iuda castelles and stronge cityes and he had great substaunce in the cityes of Iuda but the men of armes and strongest souldyours were in Ierusalem And these are the offices of them in the houses of theyr Fathers the captaynes ouer thousandes in Iuda Adna the captayn and with hym of fyghtynge men thre hundred thousande And nexte to his hande was Iehohanan a captayne and with hym two hundred and. lxxx thousande And nexte hym was Amazia the son of Zichr whiche of his owne good wyll offered hym selfe vnto the Lorde and with hym two hundred thousande myghtye men of warre And of the chyldren of Beniamin Eliada a maÌ„ of myght and had with hym armed men with bowe and schelde two hundred thousande And nexte hym was Iehosabad with hym an hundred lxxx M. that were prepared for the war These wayted on the kyng besyde those which the kyng put in strong cityes thorowout all Iuda ¶ After Ahab had asked counsel of the. LLLL â–ª prophâ—â—â— he put Michea in pryson He dyeth with the sâ—ot of an arowe CAPI XVIII ANd Iehosaphat had abundaunce of rychesse and honoure and ioyned affinite with Ahab And after certayne yeres he went downe to Samaria And Ahab slue many shepe and oxen for hym for the peple that he had with hym and entreated hym to go vp with hym to Ramoth in Gilead And Ahab kynge of Israel sayde to Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda wylte thou go with me to Ramoth in Gilead And he answered hym I wyl be as thou my people shal be as thyne and we wyll go with the to the warre And Iehosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israell aske counsayle I praye the at the worde of the Lorde this same daye Therfore the kynge of Israell gathered togyther of prophettes foure hundred men and sayd vnto them shall we go to Ramoth in Gilead to fyght or shulde I cease And they sayde go vp and god shall delyuer it into the kynges hande But Iehosephat sayde is there yet here neuer a prophet more of the Lordes that we myght aske at hym And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat there is yet one man by whom we may aske the Lorde But I hate hym for he neuer prophesyeth me good but alwaye euyll the same is Mithea the sonne of Iimla And Iehosaphat sayde let not the kynge say so And the kynge of Israell called one of his chamberlaynes and sayde fetche hyther quycklye Michea the sonne of Iimla And the kyng of Israel and Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda sat eyther of them on his seate in theyr apparell in a thresshyng floure besyde the gate of Samaria and all the prophettes prophesyed before them And one Zedekia the son of Chanana had made hym hornes of yron sayde thus sayth
the Lorde with these shalte thou ouerthrow Siria vntyl they be brought to nought And all the Prophettes prophesyed euen so sayenge Go vp to Ramoth in Gilead and it shall prospere with the for the lorde shall delyuer it in to the hande of the kyng And the messenger that went to call Michea spake to hym saynge Beholde the wordes of the prophettê speake good to the kyng w t one assent let thy wordes therfore be lyke one of theyrs that thou speake that whiche is pleasaunt And Miceha sayd as truely as the Lorde lyueth euen what my God saythe that wyll I speake And when he was come to the kyng the kyng sayd vnto hym Michea shulde we go to Ramoth in Gilead to fyght or leaue of And he sayd go vp and all shall be well and they shal be delyuered in to your hande And the kyng sayd to hym So so many tymes do I charge the that y â— saye nothynge but the truthe to me in the name of the lorde Then he sayde I dyd se all them of Israell scattered in the mountaynes as shepe that haue no shepheerde And the lorde sayd these haue no mayster let them returne euery man therfore to his house in peace And the kynge of Israel sayd to Iehosaphat dyd I not tell the that he wolde not prophesye good vnto me but euyll But he sayde agayne therfore heare ye the worde of the Lorde I saw the Lorde syt vpon his seat and al the company of heuen stode on his ryght hande on his lefte And the Lorde sayde who shall deceyue Ahab kynge of Israel that he may go vp be ouerthrowen at Ramoth in Gilead And he sayd one sayth this an other that And there came out a spirite and stode before the Lorde sayde I wyll deceyue hym And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Wherin And he sayde I wyl go out and be a lyenge spirite in the mouth of all the prophettê And the Lorde sayd thou shalte deceyue hym and shalte preuayle go out and do euen so And nowe therfore beholde the Lorde hath put a lyenge spirite in the mouthes of al these thy prophettes and the Lorde hath spoken euyl agaynst the. And Zedekia the son of Chanana wente to and smote Michea vpon the cheke sayd by what waye wente the spirite of the Lorde from me to speake with the And Michea sayd thou shalte se the day when thou shalte go in from chambre to chambre for to hyde thy selfe And the kynge of Israel sayde Take ye Michea brynge hym to Ammon the gouernoure of the citye and to Ioas the kynges sonne and ye shal say thus sayth the kyng Put this felowe in the pryson house fede hym with breade of affliction water of trouble vntyll I come agayne in peace And Michea sayde yf thou come agayne in peace then hath not the Lorde spoken to me And he sayde herken toâ—ye people euery one of you And so the kyng of Israel Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda went vp to Ramoth in Gilead And the kyng of Israel sayd vnto Iehosaphat I must chaunge me when I go to the battayle but se that thou haue thyne owne apparell vpon the. And the kynge of Israell chaunged hym selfe they came to battayle But the kynge of Siria had coÌ„maunded the captaynes of the charettes that were with hym saynge se that ye fyght not agaynste small or greate saue agaynst the kynge of Israell onely And when the captaynes of the charettê saw Iehosaphat they sayd it is the kynge of Israel therfore they compassed about hym to fyght But Iehosaphat cryed out and the Lorde helped hym and God chased them away from hym For it came to passe that wheÌ„ the captaynes of the charettê perceyued that it was not the kynge of Israell they turned backe agayne from hym And a certayne maÌ„ drewe a bowe with all his myght and smote the kynge of Israell bytwene the ioyntes of his habergeon And he sayd to his charet maÌ„turne thyne hande that thou mayst cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battell ceased that daye Howbeit the kynge of Israel caused the charet to stande styll agaynst the Siriaâ—s vntyll euen And about the tyme of the sonne goyng downe he dyed ¶ After Iehosaphat was rebuked by the prophet Iehu he called agayne the people to the honour â–ª â—â—gâ— of the lorde god CAPI XIX AND Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace to Ierusalem And Iehu the sonne of Hanam the seat went out to mete hym and sayd to kyng Iehosaphat Woldest thou helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the Lorde Therfore is wrath come downe vpon the from before the Lorde Neuerthelesse there are some good actes founde in the in that thou haste ☞ hewen downe the groues out of the lande and hast prepared thyne herte to seke God And so Iehosaphat dwelt at Ierusalem and turned and went out to the people from Beer seba to mount Ephraim and brought them agayne vnto the Lorde God of theyr fathers And he set Iudges in the lande thorowout all the strong cityes of Iuda citye by citye and sayd to the Iudges take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgementes of man but of God whiche is with you in the iudgement Wherfore nowe let the feare of the lorde be vpon you and take hede and be doynge For there is no vnryghteousnesse with the lorde our God that he shulde haue any respecte of persones or take rewardes Moreouer in Ierusalem dyd Iehosaphat set of the Leuites and of the preestes and of the auncient fathers of Israel in the iudgement and cause of the Lorde And they returned agayne to Ierusalem And he charged them saynge Thus shal ye do in the feare of the Lorde with the truthe and a pure herte What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwel in theyr cities bitwene blood blood bytwene lawe and coÌ„maundement bytwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shall warne them that they trespasse not agaynste the Lorde and so wrath come vpon you and on your brethren Thus do and ye shall not offende And beholde Amaria the hygh preest is amonge you in all matters of the Lorde and Zebadia the son of Ismael a ruler of the house of Iuda he is ouer suche busynesses as coÌ„cerne the kynge there be offycers of the Leuites also before you Take courage to you therfore and he doynge manfully and the lorde shall be with suche as be good ¶ The merueylouâ—â—â—ittorye that the lorde gaue Iehosaphaâ— kynge of Iuda agaynste the Moabites and the Chyldren of Ammon and them of Seir. CAPI XX. AFter this also it fortuned that the chyldren of Moab the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ and with them other of the Ammonites came agaynst Iehosaphat to battayle And there came some that tolde Iehosaphat sayenge there cometh a great multitude agaynst the from the other syde the see and out of Siria And beholde they be in Hasason
Thamar whiche is Engadi And Iehosaphat feared and set hym selfe to seke the Lorde and proclamed fastynge thorowout all Iuda And they that were in Iuda gathered them selues togyther to aske counsayle of the Lorde And they came out of al the cityes of Iuda to make intercessyon to the Lorde And Iehosaphat stode bytwene the congregacyon of Iuda and Ierusalem in the house of the lord before the newe courte and sayde O Lorde God of our fathers arte not thou god in heuen reygnest not thou on al the kyngdoms of the hethen And in thyne hande is power myght and there is no man that is able to withstand the. Arte not thou our God which dydest cast out the enhabitours of this lande before thy people Israell and gauest it to the seed of Abraham thy louer for euer And they dwelte therin and haue buylte the a temple therin for thy name sayenge If euyl come vpon vs as the swerde of iudgement pestilence or hongre then yf we stande before this house in thy presence for thy name is in this house and crye vnto the in oure tribulation heate thou and helpe And now beholde the chyldren of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir by whom thou woldest not let them of Israel go when they came out of the lande of Egypte but they departed from them and destroyed them not Se how they rewarde vs to come for to cast vs out of thy possessyon which thou hast gyuen vs to enherite O our god wylt thou not iudge them for we haue no myght agaynste this great company that cometh agaynst vs. Neyther wote we what to do but our eyes be vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the lorde with theyr yong ones theyr wyues and theyr chyldren there was Iehasiel the son of Zacharia the son of Benaia the son of Ieâ—el the son of Mathania a Leuite of the sonnê of Asaph vpoÌ„ hym came the spirite of the lorde euen in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacyon And he sayd herken al Iuda ye enhabitours of Ierusalem thou kyng Iehosaphat Thus sayth the lorde vnto you be not afrayde nor faynte herted by reason of this great multitude for the battayle is not yours but gods To morowe go ye downe agaynste them for they come vp at Ziz and ye shall fynde them at the ende of the broke before the wyldernesse of Ieruel Ye shall not nede to fyght in this battayle but step forth and stande beholde the helpe of the Lorde which is with you feare not nor let your hertes fayle you Oye of Iuda and of Ierusalem Tomorow go out agaynst them for the lorde wyll be w t you And Iehosaphat bowed his face to the earth and all Iuda and the enhabitoures of Ierusalem fel before the lorde worshyppyng the lorde And the Leuites of the chyldren of the Cahathites and of the chyldren of the Corahites stode vp to prayse the Lorde God of Israell with a loude voyce on hye And when they arose early in the mornynge they gatte them out vnto the wyldernesse of Thekoa And as they went out Iehosaphat stode sayd heare me O Iuda ye enhabitoures of Ierusalem Put your truste in the Lorde your God that ye may be founde faythfull Gyue credence to his prophettes and so shall ye prospere And he gaue the people counsell and set some to synge vnto the Lorde and to prayse hym in the beautie and holynesse and to go out before the armye as they went and to say prayse the Lorde for his mercy lasteth euer And what tyme as they began to laude and prayse then the lorde styrred vp certayne of the chyldren of Ammon and Moab which layde wayte for them that were of Mounte Seir whiche were come agaynst Iuda And they were ouerthrowen with strokes among them selues For the chyldren of Ammon and Moab rose agaynst the enhabiters of mount Seir. And they siue and destroyed them And when they had made an ende of the enhabitours of Sier euery one helped to destroy an other amonge them selues And when Iuda came to the edge of the wyldernesse they loked vnto the multitude And beholde they were dead carcasses fallen to the earth none escaped And when Ieosaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them they founde amonge them abundaunce of goodes rayment pleasaunt Iuels which they toke for them selues more then they coulde cary away so that they were thre dayes in gatheryng of the spoyle it was so moche And the fourth day they assembled in the valley of blessing for there they blessed the Lorde And therfore they called the name of the same place the valley of blessyng vnto this day And so all the men of Iuda Ieru salem returned with Iehosaphat theyr heade for to go agayne to Ierusalem with gladnes for the Lorde had made them to reioyse ouer theyr enemyes And they came to Ierusalem with psaltryes and harpes shaulmes euen vnto the house of the Lorde And the feare of god fel in the kyngdomes of al landes when they had herde that the lorde fought agaynst the enemyes of Israell And so the realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquilyte and his god gaue hym test on euery syde And Iehosaphat reygned vpon Iuda was .xxxv. yere olde wheÌ„ he began to reygne and reygned .xxv. yere in Ierusalem And his mothers name was Asuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in the way of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom doynge that whiche was ryght in the syght of the Lorde Howbeit the hyll aulters were not taken away for the peple had not yet prepared theyr hertes vnto the God of theyr fathers The rest of the actes of Ieosaphat fyrst and last beholde they are wrytten among the sayengê of Iehu the sonne of Hanani whiche noted them in the boke of the kynges of Israel After this dyd Ieosaphat kyng of Iuda ioyne hym selfe with Ahaziahu kynge of Israell whose mynde was to do wyckedly He coupled hym selfe with hym to make shyppê to go to Tharsis And they made the shyppê in Ezion Gaber And Eliezer the son of Dodanah of Maresa prophesied agaynst Iehosaphat saynge bycause thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziahu the Lorde hath broken thy workes And the shyppes were broken that they were not able to go to Tharsis ¶ Ieosaphat dyeth and Iehoram succedeth hym which putteth his brethren to death is oppressed of the Philistines and dyeth of the Flyâ—â— CAPI XXI I Ehosaphat also slepte with his fathers was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Iehoram his son reygned in his steade and he had brethren which were the sonnes of Iehosaphat Asaria Iehicl Zacharia Asaria Michael and Sephattahu All these were the sonnes of Iehosaphat kynge of Iuda And theyr father gaue them many great gyftes of golde and syluer and other specyal substaunce with stronge cityes in Iuda But the kyngdome gaue he to Iehoram for he was the eldest And Iehoram arose vp agaynst the kyngdom of
his father and preuayled and slue al his brethren with the swerde and dyuers of the Lordes of Israell Iehoram was two and thyrtye yere olde when he began to reygne he reygned eyght yere in Ierusalem And he walked in the way of the kynges of Israell lyke as dyd the house of Ahab for he had the doughter of Ahab to wyfe and he wroughte euyll in the eyes of the Lorde Howbeit the Lorde wolde not destroye the house of Dauid bycause of the couenaunt that he had made with Dauid as he promysed to gyue a lyght to hym and to his sonnes for euer In his dayes the Edomites rebelled when they were vnder the dominion of Iuda and made them selues a kyng And Iehoram went forth with his lordes and all his charettes were with hym and arose vp by nyght and smote the Edomites whiche compassed hym in and the captaynes of the charettes But Edom rebelled styll so that they wolde not be vnder the hande of Iuda vnto this daye That same tyme also dyd Libna departe from beyng vnder his hande Bycause Iehoram had forsaken the Lorde God of his fathers Moreouer he made hyll aulters in the cityes of Iuda caused the enhabitours of Ierusalem to commyt fornicacyon and prouoked Iuda to Idolatrie And there came a wrytyng to hym from Elia the prophet sayenge Thus sayth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father bycause thou hast not walked in the wayes of Iehosaphat thy father and in the wayes of Asa kynge of Iuda but walkedst in the wayes of the kynges of Israel hast made Iuda the dwelleis of Ierusalem to go a hooryng lyke to the hooredome of the house of Ahab hast sleyne thy brethren eueÌ„ thy fathers house whiche were better then y u Beholde with a great plage wyll the Lorde smyte thy folke thy chyldren thy wyues and thy goodes And y u shalte suffre great payne euch a disease of thy bowels vntyl thy guttê falout by reason of thy sycknes day by day And so the Lorde styrred vp agaynst Iehoram the spirite of the Philistines the Arabians that were besyde the blacke Moores And they came vp into Iuda wasted it caried away al the substauÌ„ce that was found in the kynges house and his sonnes and his wyues so that there was neuer a sonne lefte hym saue Iehoahaz whiche was the yongest among his sonnes And after all these thynges the lorde smote hym in his bowels with an vncurable disease And it came to passe that in processe of tyme euen after the ende of .ii. yere his guttes fell out in his sycknes so he dyed of very euyll dyseases And they made no ☞ burnynge for hym lyke the burnynge of his fathers When he began to reygne he was .xxxii. yere olde and reygned in Ierusalem .viii. yere and lyued wretchedly Howbeit they buryed hym in the citye of Dauid but not amonge the Sepulchres of the kynges ¶ Ahaziahu reygneth in the roume of Iehorain Iehâ—â— kynge of Israell kylleth Ahaziahu Athalia putteth to death all the the â—ynges lyuâ—ge onely Ioas â—â—capcth CAPI XXII ANd the enhabitoures of Ierusalem made Ahaziahu his yonge son kyng in his steade For the men of warre that came w t the hoost of the Arabians had sleyne al his eldest sonnes And so Ahaziahu the son of IehoraÌ„ kyng of Iuda was made kynge ☞ Xlii. yere olde was he when he began to reygne he reygned one yere in Ierusalem His mothers name was Athalia the doughter of Amri And he walked also in the wayes of the house of Ahab for his mother by her couÌ„sayle entysed hym to do wyckedly Wher fore he dyd that which was euyl in the syght of the lorde as did they that were of the house of Ahab for they were his couÌ„saylours after the death of his father to his destruccion And he walked after theyr counsayle and went with IehoraÌ„ son of Ahab kynge of Israel to fyght agaynst Hazael kyng of Siria at Ramoth in Gilead the Sirians smote IoraÌ„ And he returned to be healed in Iezreel of the woundes whiche were gyuen hym at Rama when he fought with Hazael kyng of Siria And Ahaziahu the son of IehoraÌ„ king of Iuda went downe to se Iehoram the son of Ahab at Iezreel bycause he was diseased And it came of God that Ahaziahu shulde be despysed for his comyng to IehoraÌ„ for when be was come he went out w t IehoraÌ„ agaynst Iehu the sonne of Nimsi whom the Lorde had anoynted to destroy the house of Ahab And so it came to passe that wheÌ„ Iehu was executyng iustice vpon the house of Ahab had founde the lordes of Iuda the sonnes of the brethren of Ahaziahu that waytch on Ahaziahu he slue them And he sought Ahaziahu they caught hym where he was hyd in Samaria and brought hym to Iehu And when they had sleyne hym the buryed hym Bycause sayd they he is the son of Iehosaphat which sought the lorde with al his hert And the house of Ahaziahu had no power to kepe styll the kyngdome But when Athalia the mother of Ahaziahu sawe that her son was dead she arose destroye all the kynges â—eed in the kynred of the house of Iuda And Iehosabeath the doughter of the kyng toke Ioas the son of Ahaziahu stale hym from among the kynges sonnes that were â—leyâ—â— put hym and his nurce in a preuy â—hambre And so Iehosabeath the doughter of kynge Iehoram the wyfe of Iehoida the preest the syster of Ahaziahu hyd hym fro Athalia that he was nor sleyne And so he was with them hyd in the house of God syxe yere And Athalia reygned ouer the lande ¶ Ioas the sonne of Ahaziahu is made kynge Athalia is put to death CAPI XXIII ANd in the seuenth yere Iehoiada beynge bolde toke the captaynes of hundredes Azariahu the son of Ieroham Ismael the sonne of Iehohanam Azariahu the sonne of Obed Maasiahu the son of Ada iahu and Elisaphat the sonne of Zichri and made a bonde with them And they wente aboute in Iuda and gathered the Leuites out of all the cityes of Iuda and the auncient fathers of Israel and they came to Ierusalem And al the congregacion made a bonde with the kynge in the house of God And he sayde vnto them beholde the kynges sonne muste reygne as the lorde hath sayde of the chyldren of Dauid This is it therfore that ye shall do The thyrde parte of you shall on the Sabboth come to the preestes Leuites and kepers of the porches And an other thyrde parte shall be by the kynges house and an other thyrde parte shall be at the gate of the foundacion all the people shall be in the courtes of the house of the Lorde But there shal none come into the house of the lorde saue the preestes they that ministre vnto the Leuitê They shal go in for they are holy but al the people
shal kepe the watche of the Lorde And the Leuites shall compasse the kyng rounde aboute and euery man shall haue his weapon in his hande and what other maÌ„ soeuer doth come into the house of the Lorde he shal be sleyne let them be with the kyng when he cometh in and when he goeth out And the Leuites all Iuda dyd accordynge to all thynges that Iehoiada the preest had coÌ„maunded toke euery man his men that came in on the Sabboth with them that wente out on the Sabboth day neyther did Iehoiada the preest let the companies departe And Ieohoiada the Preest delyuerrd to the captaynes of hundreds speares scheldes and buckelers that had perteyned to kynge Dauid and were in the house of god And he set al the people euery man hauyng his weapon in his hande from the ryght syde of the temple to the lefte syde of the temple alonge by the aulter the temple rounde about the kynge And they brought out the kynges son and put vpon hym the crowne and ☞ the testimonie †and they gaue hym in his hande the lavv that vvas to be kepte and made hym kynge And Iehoiada his sonnes annoynted hym and sayde God saue the kynge When Athalia herde the noyse of the people runnyng â— praysynge the kynge she came to the people in to the house of the Lorde And she loked and beholde the kynge stode in his place at the entrynge in and the Lordes and the trompettes were by the kyng and all the people of the lande reioysed blowynge with trompettes and dyd play with instrumentes of musyke and taught to synge and prayse But Athalia rent her clothes and sayde treason treason And Iehoiada the Preest went out to the captaynes of hundredes that were gouernours of the hoost and sayde vnto them haue her out without the dore of the temple and who so foloweth her let hym be sleyne with the sweth For the preest sayd that they shuld not sley her in the house of the lord And they layde handes on her tyll she was come to the entryng of the horse gate besyde the kynges house and there they slue her And Iehoiada made a bonde bytwene hym and all the people the kynge that they shulde be the lordes people And all the people went to the house of Baal and destroyed it and brake his aulters and his ymages slue Mathan the Preest of Baal before the aulters And Iehoiada put the offices for the house of the lorde vnder the hande of the preestes and Leuites as Dauid had distributed them in the house of the Lorde to offer burnte offerynges vnto the Lorde as it is wrytten in the law of Moses with reioysyng and syngyng as it was ordeyned by Dauid And he set porters by the gates of the house of the Lorde that none whiche was vncleane in any thyng shulde entre in And he toke the captaynes of hundreds and all the nobles and the gouernours of the people and al the folke of the lande caused the kyng to come downe out of the house of the lorde and they came thorowe the hygh gate in to the kyngê house and set the kyng vpon the scate of the kyngdome And all the people of the lande reioysed and the citye was in tranquilite after that they had sleyne Athalia with the swerde ¶ Ioas durynge the lyfe of Iehoiada kepeth the lawe but after his death he regardeth it not He kylleth zaâ—â—aâ—â—a the prophet Ioas is kylled of his owne seruauntes and after hym reygneth Amaziahu CAPI XXIIII IOas was seuen yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned fourtye yere in IerusaleÌ„ His mothers name also was Zibia of Beer seba And Ioas dyd that which was ryght in the syght of the Lorde all the dayes of Iehoiada the preest â–ª And Iehoiada toke hym two wyues and he begat sonnes doughters And it chaunsed after this that Ioas was mynded to renew the house of the Lorde and he gathered togyther the preestes and the Leuites and sayde to them go out vnto the cityes of Iuda and gather of al Israell money to repayre the house of your god from yere to yere se that ye hast the thynge howbeit the Leuites were slacke And the kynge called Iehoiada that was the cheyfest and sayde vnto hym Why requirest thou not of the Leuites to brynge in out of Iuda and Ierusalem the collectyon of money accordynge to the coÌ„maundement of Moses the seruaunt of the lorde and the congregacion of Israel shulde offre it for the tabernacle of wytnesse For wyeked Athalia and her chyldren brake vp the house of god and all the thyngê that were dedicate for the house of the Lorde dyd they bestow for Bealim And at the kyngê coÌ„maundement they made a chyst and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lorde and made proclamacyon thorowe Iuda Ierusalem to brynge into the Lorde the taxacyon of money that Moses the seruaunt of god set vpon Israell in the wyldernesse And the lordes and al the peple reioysed and brought in and cast in to the chyst vntyll it was full And it fortuned that at the same tyme they brought the chyst vnto them whiche were in the kynges busynesse by the hande of the Leuites And when they sawe that there was moche money the kynges Scrybe and one apoynted by the hygh preest came emptied the chyst and toke it caryed it to his place agayne thus they dyd day by daye gathered moche money And the kynge and Iehoiada gaue it to soche as dyd the laboure and worke in the house of the lorde and hyred masons and carpenters to repayre the house of the Lorde and so dyd they artifycers in yron and brasse to mende the house of the Lorde And so the workemen wrought and the worke mended thorowe theyr handes they made the house of god as it ought to be and strengthed it And when they had finished it they brought the rest of the money before the kynge Iehoiada and therwith were made vessels for the house of the Lorde euen vessels to minyster withall to serue for burnt offerynges chargers and spones vessels of golde and syluer And they offered burntoffe tynges in the house of the lorde continuallye all the dayes of Iehoiada But Ieoiada waxed olde and dyed full of dayes For an hundred and xxx yere olde was he when he dyed And they buryed hym in the citye of Dauid amonge the kynges bycause he delt well with Israel and with God with his house And after the death of Iehoiada came the lordes of Iuda and made obeysaunce to the kynge And the kynge herkened vnto them And so they lefte the house of the Lorde God of theyr fathers and serued groues ydols And then came the wrath of God vpon Iuda and Ierusalem for this theyr trespasses sake And he sent Prophettê to them to bryng them agayne vnto the Lorde And
the lorde they conspyred treason agaynst hym in Ierusalem when he was fled to Lachis they sent to Lathis after him slue him there and brought him vp with horses and buryed hym with his fathers in the citye of Iuda ¶ After the death of Amaziahu reygneth â—â—zia otherwyse called Ozia whiche is stryhen with the â—eper and Ioâ—ham reygneth in 〈◊〉 râ—â—â—e CAPI XXVI THen all the people of Iuda toke Uzia whiche was syxtene yeare olde and made him kyng in the roume of his father Amaziahu And he buylte Eloth and brought it agayne to Iuda after the kynge was layd to slepe with his fathers Syrtene yere olde was Uzia wheÌ„ he began to reygne and he reygned â—iâ— yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Iecholia of Ierusalem And he dyd that whiche was ryght in the syght of the lorde accordyng to alas dyd his father Amaziahu And it came to passe that he sought god in the dayes of Zachariahu whiche maynteyned the feare of god and as longe as he sought the Lorde God made hym to prospere And he went to battayle agaynst the philistines and brake downe the wall of Geth and the wall of Iabne the wall of Asdod and buylt cityes aboute Asdod and amonge the Philistinê And god helped hym agaynst the Philistines and agaynst the Arabians that dwelte in Gurbaal and Hammehunim And the Ammonytes gaue tribute to Uzia his name spred abrode euen to the entryng in of Egypt for he played the man excedyngly Moreouer Uzia buylte towres in Ierusalem by the corner gate by the valley gate and at the turnynge of the wall and made them stronge And he buylte to wres in the wyldernesse and dygged many welles For he had moche cattell in the valleyes and playnes plowmen and vynedressers in the mountaynes in Charmell for he loued husbandrye And Uzia had an hoost of fyghtynge men that went out to warre in the armaye accordynge to the nombre of theyr offyce vnder the hande of Ieiell the scrybe and Maasiahu the ruler and vnder the hande of Hanania whiche was one of the kynges Lordes And the hole nombre of the auncyent fathers and of the men of myght were two thousand and syxe hundred and vnder the hande of them was the armye of the men of war euen thre hundred and seuen thousande and fyue hundred that made war with the power of an armye helpyng the kyng agaynst the enemyes And Uzia prouyded them thorowout all the hoost sheldes speares helmettes â—abergeons bowes and slynges for to cast stones And he made subtel engynnes in Ierusalem whiche he inuented and layde on the towres and corners to shute arowes greate stones with all And his name spred far abrode bycause he was helped so excellently so that he became very myghtye But in his strength his herte arose to his destructtoÌ„ for he transgressed agaynst the lorde his god went into the temple of the Lorde to burne cense vpon the aulter of incense And Azariahu the preest went in after hym and with hym foure score preestes of the lorde that were valeaunt men And they stode by Uzia the kynge sayd vnto hym It perteyneth not to the Uzia to burne cense vnto the lorde but to the preestes the chyldren of Aaron that are consecrate for to offre incense Come therfore out of the sanctuarye for thou hast trespassed and it is no worshyp to the before the lorde god And Uzia was wroth had cense in his hande to burne it so whyle he had indyngnacyon agaynst the Preestes the leprosye sprange in his foreheade before the Preestes in the house of the Lorde euen besyde the incense aulter And Azariahu the cheyfe preest with all the other Preestes loked vpon hym and beholde he was become a Leper in his forheade and they vexed hym thence And he was fayne to go out bycause the Lorde had smytten hym And Uzia the kynge coÌ„tynued a leper vnto the daye of his death and dwelt seuerall in a house beynge a leper and shuâ—ts out of the house of the lord And Iotham his sonne had the gouernaunce of the Kynges house and iudged the people of the land The rest of the actes of Uzia fyrst last dyd Isai the prophet the sonne of Amos wryte And so Uzia slept with his fathers and they buryed hym with his fathers in the felde of the buryall which was besyde the sepulchres of the kynges For they sayde he is a leper And Iotham his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Iotham reygneth and ouertâ—meth the Ammoâ—ytes Ahaz his sonne reygneth aftre hym CAPI XXVII I Otham was fyue and twentye yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned syxtene yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Ierusa the doughter of Zadoc And he dyd that which was ryght in the syght of the lorde in all poyntes as dyd his father Uzia saue that ☞ he came not into the temple of the Lorde and the people dyd yet wyckedly He buylte the bygh gate of the temple of the lorde and on the wall where the house of ordynaunce was he buylte mach Moreouer he buylte cityes in the mountaynes of Iuda and in the wood couÌ„trey he buylt castels and towres He fought w t the kyng of the chyldreÌ„ of Ammon preuayled agaynst them And the chyldren of Ammon gaue hym the same yeare an hundred talentes of syluer and ten thousande quarters of wheate and ten thousande of batley So moche dyd the chyldren of Ammon gyue hym the second yere and the thyrde also So Iotham became myghtye bycause he directed his waye before the Lorde his God The rest of the actes of Iotham and all his warres his conuersacion so they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israell and Iuda He was xxv yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned syxtene yere in Ierusalem And Iotham slepte with his fathers and they buryed hym in the citye of Dauid and Ahaz his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ The wyckednesse of Ihaz kynge of Iuda After hym reygneth Hezeâ—â—a CAPI XXVIII AHaz was twentye yeare olde when he began to reygne and reygned syxtene yere in Ierusalem and he dyd not that whiche is ryght in the syght of the Lorde as dyd his father Dauid For he walked in the wayes of the kynges of Israell and made molten ymages for Baalim He offered incense in the valley of the sonne of Hinnom and burnt his chyldren in fyre after the abhomynacyons of the Heathen whome the lorde cast out before the Chyldren of Israell He offred also burnte incence in hylaulters and on mountaynes and vnder euery grene tre Wherfore the lorde his god delyuered hym into the hande of the kynge of the Sirians whiche bet hym and caryed awaye a great multitude of his captiue and brought them to Damasco And he was delyuered in to the hande of the kynge of Israell whiche smote hym with a great slaughter For Pekah the
sonne of Remaliahu slue in Iuda an C and twentye thousand in one day whiche were all fyghtynge men that bycause they had forsaken the lorde god of theyr fatheyrs And Zâ—chri a myghtye man of Ephraim slue Maasiahu the kynges sonne and Asrica the gouernoure of the house Elcana that was nexte to the kynge And the Chyldren of Israell toke prysoners of theyr brethren C C. thousande women sonnes doughters and caryed awaye moch spoyle of them and brought the spoyle to Samaria But there was a prophet of the Lordes whose name was Obed he went out before the hoost that came to Samaria and sayde vnto them Beholde bycause the Lorde God of youre Fathers is wroth with Iuda he hath delyuered them in to youre hande And ye haue slayne them with cruelnesse that reacheth vp to heuen And now ye purpose to kepe vnder the chyldren of Iuda and Ierusalem and to make them bondmen and bondwomen And do ye not lade youre selues with syn in the syght of the lorde your God Nowe heare me therfore and delyuer the captyues agayne whiche ye haue taken of your brethren for els shall the great wrath of God be vpon you Wherfore certayne of the heades of the Chyldren of Ephraim as Azaria the sonne of Iehohanan Berechiahu the sonne of Mesillemoth and Iehezkiahâ— the sonne of Sallum and Amasa the sonne of Hadlai stode vp agaynst them that came from the war and sayde vnto them brynge not in the captyues hyther For where as we haue offended towarde god all redye ye entende to adde more to our synnes trespasse For our trespasse is great all redye and there is a fearce wrath agaynst Israell And vpon that the men of armes lefte the captyues and the spoyle before the Lordes and all the congregacyon And the men that were nowe reheatâ—ed by name rose vp toke the prysones and with the spoyle clothed all that were naked amonge them and arayde them and shoed them and gaue them to eate to drynke and anoynted them and caryed all that were feble of them vpon Asses and brought them to Ierico the citye of Paulme trees to theyr brethren and then they returned to Samaria agayne At that same tyme dyd kyng Ahaz sende vnto the kynges of Assur to haue helpe of them And the Edomites came agayne and slue some of Iuda and caryed awaye captyues And the Philistines inuaded the cityes in the lowe countrey and towarde the south of Iuda and toke Bethsames and Aialon and Gederoth and Socho with the townes longyng therto and Thimna with the townes of the same Gimso and the townes therof and dwelte there For the Lorde brought Iuda lowe bycause of Ahaz kynge of Iuda whiche made Iuda naked and transgressed fore agaynst the Lorde And Thilgath pylneser kynge of the Assirians came vpon hym and beseyged hym and he was not myghtye ynough for hym For Ahaz toke awaye a porcyon oute of the house of the Lorde and oute of the Kynges house and out of the lordes houses and gaue vnto the kynge of the Assiryans and yet it helped hym not And in the verye tyme of his tribulacion dyd kynge Ahaz trespasse yet more agaynst the Lorde For he offered vnto the Gods of them of Damasco whiche bette hym and he sayde bycause the Gods of the kynges of Siria helpe them therfore wyl I offer to them that they maye helpe me also But they were his destruction the destruccyon of all Israell And Ahaz gathered togyther the vessels of the house of God brake them and shut vp the dores of the house of the Lorde and made hym aulters in euery corner of Ierusalem And in all the cityes of Iuda he made hyll aulters to burne incense vnto other Gods and angred the Lorde god of his fathers The rest of his actes and his workes fyrst and last beholde they are wrytten in the booke of the kynges of Iuda and Israell And Ahaz slepte with his fathers they buryed hym in the citye of Ierusalem but brought hym not vnto the sepulchres of the kynges of Iuda And Hezekia his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Hezehia otherwyse called Ezechias or Iehâ—zkiâ—ahâ—â— restoreth vnto the temple of the Lorde all the thynges that had not ben regarded of his predeceslouts CAPI XXIX HEzekia began to reygne when he was fyue and twentye yeare olde and reygned nyne and twentye yeare in Ierusalem And his mothers name was Abia the doughter of Zachariahu and he dyd that whiche was ryght in the syght of the Lorde in all poyntes as dyd Dauid his father He opened the dores of the house of the Lorde in the fyrst yere fyrst moneth of his reygne and repayred them And he brought in the preestes and the Leuites and gathered them togyther into the East strete and sayde vnto them Heare me ye Leuites nowe be sanctifyed and halowe the house of the lorde God of your fathers and brynge fylthynesse out of the holy place For oure fathers haue trespassed and done euyll in the eyes of the lorde our God and haue forsaken hym and turned awaye theyr faces from the habitacyon of the lorde and turned theyr backes on it And besyde that they haue shutte vp the dores of the porch and quenched the lampes and haue neyther burned cense nor offered burntofferynges in the holye place vnto the God of Israell Wherfore the wrath of the Lorde fell on Iuda and Ierusalem and he hath brought them to trouble to be wondred on to be hyssed at euen as ye se with your eyes For lo oure fathers were ouerthrowen with the swerde and our sonnes our doughters and our wyues were caryed awaye captyue for the same cause And nowe it is in my herte to make a couenaunte with the Lorde God of Israell that he maye turne away his heuye indygnacyon from vs. Nowe therfore my Sonnes be not neclygent for the Lorde hath chosen you to stande before hym and for to minystre and serue hym and to burne incense Then the Leuites arose Mahath the son of Amasai and Ioell the sonne of Azariahu of the chyldren of the Cahathites and of the sonnes of Merari Kis the son of Addi and Azariahu the sonne of Iehalelell and of the sonnes of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah And of the sonnes of Elizaphan Simri and Iehiell and of the sonnes of Asaph Zacharia and Mathaniahu and of the sonnes of Heman Iehiell and Simei and of the sonnes of Ieduthun Semaia and Uziell And they gathered theyr brethren and puryfyed them selues and came accordyng to the coÌ„maundement of the kyng and the wordê of the lorde for to clense the house of the Lorde And the Preestes wente in to the inner partes of the house of the Lorde to clense it and brought out all the vnclennesse that they founde in the temple of the lorde in to the courte of the house of the lorde And the Leuites toke it to carye it
in the congregacyon that were not sanctifyed and the Leuites dyd sley Passeouer for all that were not cleane that myght not execute the holy worke of the lorde For many of the people very many out of Ephraim Manasse Isakar and Zabulon were not clensed yet dyd eate Passeouer agaynst the lawe appoynted Wherfore Hezekia prayed for them and sayd the good lorde be mercyful vnto them For he set his hoole herte to seke the Lorde God euen the God of his fathers but all the other dyd not so accordyng to vnfayned holynesse And the lorde herde Hezekia healed the people And the Chyldren of Israell that were present at Ierusalem helde the feast of swete breade seuen dayes with great gladnesse and the Leuites the preestes praysed and magnified the power of the lorde day by day vpon instrumentes And Hezekia spake hertely vnto all the Leuites that had vnderstandynge were of a good mynde towarde the lorde And they dyd eate thorowout that feast seuen dayes longe offered peaceofferynges thanked the lorde god of theyr fathers And the hole assemble toke counsayle to do so other seuen dayes they helde those vii dayes with gladnesse For Hezekia kyng of Iuda toke out from amonge his cattell for the congregacion a. M yonge oxen and seuen M. shepe And the lordes gaue out to the congregacyon a. M. yonge oxen and ten thousande shepe And a great nombre of the preestes were sanctifyed And all the congregacyon of Iuda with the preestes and Leuites and all the congregacyon that came out of Israell the straungers that came out of the lande of Israell that dwelte in Iuda reioysed and there was greate gladnesse in Ierusalem For synce the tyme of Salomon the Sonne of Dauid kynge of Israell there was no soche ioye in Ierusalem And the preestê and the Leuites arose and blessed the people theyr voyce was herde of the lorde theyr prayer came vp vnto heuen his holy dwellynge place ¶ After that Hezekia had called agayne the people vnto the way of the lorde he ordeneth the preestes vnto whom he coÌ„maundeth to gyue tythes CAPI XXXI ANd when all these thynges were finysshed all they of Israell that were present in the cityes of Iuda went out and brake the ymages and cut downe the groues and all to brake the hygh places aulters thorowout all Iuda and Ben iamin in Ephraim also and Manasse vntyll they had vtterly destroyed them all And all the Chyldren of Israell returned euery man to his possessyon and to theyr owne cityes And Hezekia appoynted sundrye companyes of the preestes and Leuites after the dyuersyte of theyr minystracyons euery man accordynge to his offyce bothe preestes and Leuites for the burntofferynge and peaceofferynges to ministre and to gyue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hooste of the Lorde And the kyngê porcyon of his substauÌ„ce that he gaue were burntofferynges in the mornynge and euenyng burntofferyngê for the Sabboth dayes newe moones and solempne feastes accordyng as it is wrytten in the law of the lorde And he bad the people that dwelt in Ierusalem gyue the parte to the Preestes and Leuites that they myght substancyally applye them selues to the lawe of the lorde And as soone as the kynges coÌ„maundement came abrode the Chyldren of Israell brought aboundaunce of fyrst fruytes of corne wyne oyle honye and of all maner of fruytes of the felde and the tythes of all maner of thynges brought they in plenteouslye And the Chyldren of Israell and Iuda that dwelt in the cities of Iuda they also brought in the tythes of oxen and shepe other holy tythes whiche were consecrate vnto the lorde theyr god they dyd offre and brought them all by heapes In the thyrde moneth they began to lay the heapes in maner of a foundacyon finysshed them in the seuenth moneth And when Hezekia the lordê camâ— and saw the heapes they blessed the lord and his people Israell And Hezekia questioned with the preestes and he Leuites concernyng the heapes And Azaria the cheyfe preest of the house of Zadocke answered hym and sayde synâ—e the peple began to bryng the heaueofferyngê in to the house of the lorde we also haue had ynough to â—ate there remayned so moch for the Lorde hath blessed his people and this heape is lefte And Hezekia bad prepare the chambers in the house of the lorde and they dyd prepare them and caryed in the heaue offerynges the tythes and the dedicate thynges faythfully Ouer which Chonaniahu the Leuite had the rule and Semei his brother next to hym And Iehiel Asaziahu Nahath Asaell Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachiahu Mahath and Banaiahu were ouersects ordeyned by Chonaniahu and Semei his brother was an officer of Hezekia the kyng and Asaria was the ruler of the house of god †vnto vvhom all these thynges belonged And Chore the sonne of Iimna the Leuite porâ—er of the East dore had the ouer syght of the thynges that were offered of a frewyll vnto God and were giuen in maner seuerally vnto the lord and ouer the thyngê moost holye And vnder his hande were Eden Mintamin Iesua Semeiahu Amariahu and Sechaniahu in the cityes of the preestes appoynted of theyr fyde lyte to gyue to theyr brethren theyr porcions as well to the small as to the greate Excepte that to the males that were rekened froÌ„ thre yere and aboue amonge all that went in to the house of the Lorde they shulde gyue day by daye for theyr ministracyon and for theyr gyuynge attendaunce and for theyr dyuerse waytynges by course And to the Preestes and Leuites thore wout the houshold of theyr fathers from twentye yeare aboue to wayte when theyr courses came And to the families of all theyr babes wyues sonnes and doughters thorowe all the congregacyon For vpon the fydelyte of them were ☞ the holy thynges bestowed And to the Chyldren of Aaron the Preestes whiche were in the feldes and suburbes of theyr Cityes Citye by citye the men whose names wire expressed before shuld gyue portyons euen to al the males amonge the preestes to all the Leuites accordynge to theyr nombre And of this maner dyd Hezekia thorowout all Iuda wrought it that is good and ryght and true before the lorde his god And in all the workes that he beganne for the seruyce of the house of god for the lawe and for the coÌ„maundementes he sought his God and that dyd he with all his herte and prospered ¶ Sennacherib or Sanherib besâ—ygynge Ierusalem â–ª is strâ—hrâ— of the Angell Hezekia dyeth after whom succedeth Manasse CAPI XXXII AFter that these dedes were faythfully done Sennacherib kynge of Assur came and entred in to Iuda and compassed the stronge Cityes thought to wyn them for hym selfe And so when Hezekia saw that Sennacherib was come that he was purposed to fyght agaynste Ierusalem he toke counsayle with his Lordes and men of myght to stop the water of the
the carued ymage an Idoll whiche he had made in the house of God Of which house God had sayd to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne in this house and in Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israell wyll I put my name for euer and wyll no more bryng the seate of Israel from of the land which I haue ordeyned for your fathers If so be that they wyll be diligent and â–ª do all that I haue coÌ„maunded them in all the lawe and statutes and ordinaunces by the hande of Moses And so Manasse made Iuda the enhabytours of Ierusalem to erâ—e to do worse then the hethen whom the lorde destroyed before the chyldren of Israell And the Lorde spake to Manasse to his people but they wolde not regarde Wherfore the Lorde brought vpon them the captaynes of the hoost of the kyng of the Assirians whiche toke Manasse in holde and bounde hym with cheynes and caryed hym to Babilon And when he was in tribulacyon he besought the Lorde his god and humbled hym selfe excedyngly before the god of his fathers and made intercessyon to hym and god was entreated of hym and herde his prayer and brought hym agayne to Ierusalem in to his kyngdome And then Manasse knewe that the Lorde was God After this he buylte a wall without the citye of Dauid on the west syde of Gihon in the valley as they come to the fysshe gate and rounde aboute ☞ Ophel and brought it vp of a very great heyght put caÌ„ptaynes of wat in all the strong cityes of Iuda And he toke away straunge Gods and ymages out of the house of god and al the aulters that he had buylte in the mounte of the house of God and in Ierusalem and cast them out of the citye And he repared the aulter of the Lorde sacrificed theron peace offerynges and thank offeryng and charged Iuda to serue the lorde god of Israel Neuer thelesse the people dyd offce styl in the hylaul ters howbeit vnto the lorde theyr god onely The rest of the actes of Manasse and his prayer vnto his god and the wordes of the Seats and of them that spake to hym in the name of the Lorde God of Israel Beholde they are wrytten in the sayenges of the kynges of Israell And his prayer and howe that he was herde and al his synnes and his trespasse and the places where he made hyll aulters and set vp groues and ymages before he was â—â—ekened Beholde they are wrytten amonge the sayâ—nges of the Sears And Manasse slepte with his fathers they buryed hym in his owne house and Amon his sonne reygned in his towme Amon was two and twentye yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned two yere in Ierusalem But he dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde lyke as dyd Manasse his father for Amon sa crificed to all the carued ymages which Manasse his father had made serued them submytted not hym selfe before the Lorde as Manasse his father had mekened hym selfe But Amon trespassed greatly And his owne seruauntê conspired agaynst hym slue hym in his owne house But the peple of the lande slue al them that had coÌ„spired agaynst kynge Amon. And the same peple of the lande made Iosia his sonne kynge in his rowme ¶ Iosâ—â— destroyeth the Idols and restoreth the temple in whiche the boke of the lawe is fâ—â—nde He sendeth to Hulda the Prophettesse for counsell CAPI XXXIIII IOsia was eyght yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned in Ierusalem xxxi yeare And he dyd that whiche was ryght in the syght of the Lorde and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father and bowed neyther to the ryght hande nor to the lefte In the eyght yere of his reygne when he was yet a Chylde he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father And in the twelfth yere he began to pourge Iuda and Ierusalem from hylaulters groues carued ymagê and ymages of mettal and they brake downe the aulters of Baalim euen in his presence other ymages that were in greater honoure then they he caused to be destroyed And the groues carued ymages ymages of mettal he brake made dust of them and strawed it vpon the graues of them that had offered to them And he burnt the bones of the preestes vpon the aulters of them clensed Iuda and IerusaleÌ„ And euen so dyd he in the cityes of Manasse Ephraim Simeon vnto Nephthalâ— And in the wyldernes of them rounde about he plucked a sondre the aulters the groues and dyd beate them and stampe them to powder and dyd beate downe al the ymages thorowout all the lande of Israel and returned to Ierusalem agayne In the xviii yeare of his reygne when he had pourged the lande and the Temple he sent Saphan the sonne of Amaziahu and Maasiah the gouernour of the citye and Ioah the son of Ioahaz the recorder to repayre the house of the lorde his God And when they came to Elkia the hygh preest they delyuered them the money that was brought in to the house of God whiche the Leuites that kepte the entries had gathered of the hande of Manasse and Ephraim of all that yet remayned in Israel and of all Iuda and Beniamin of the enhabitoures of Ierusalem And they put in the handes of the workemen that had the ouersyght of the house of the Lorde and they gaue it to the labourers that wroughte in the house of the Lorde to repayre and amende the house Euen the masoâ—s carpenters gaue they it to get stone and tymbre for couples and for beames of the houses whiche the kynges of Iuda had destroyed And the men dyd the worke faythfully And the ouerseers of them to courage them forwarde were Iahath and Obadiahu Leuites of the chyldren of Merari and Secharia Mesullam of the chyldren of the Cahathites and other of the Leuites whiche all coulde skyl of instrumentes of musycke And ouer the berers of burdens ouer al that wrought in whatsoeuer worke manshyp it were were there scribes offycers and porters of the Leuites And when they brought oute the money that was brought in to the house of the Lorde Helkia the preest found the boke of the lawe of the Lorde gyuen by Moses And Helkia answered sayd to Saphan the Scrybe I haue founde the boke of the law in the house of the lorde and Helkia gaue the boke to Saphan And Saphan caryed the boke to the kyng and brought the kyng worde agayn saynge all that was coÌ„mytted to thy seruauÌ„tes that do they And they haue gathered togither the money that was founde in the house of the Lorde and haue delyuered it in to the handê of the ouerseers of the worke in to the handes of the workmen And then Saphan the scribe shewed the kynge sayenge Helkia the preest hath gyuen me a boke and Saphan red in it before the kynge And it
fortuned that when the kyng had herde the wordes of the lawe he tare his clothes And the kynge coÌ„maunded Helkia and Ahikam the sonne of Saphan and Habidon the sonne of Micah and Saphan the scribe and Asaia a seruauÌ„t of the kynges saynge go and enquire of the Lorde for me and for them that are lefte in Israel and Iuda concernyng the wordes of the boke that is fouÌ„de For great is the wrath of the Lorde that is fallen vpon vs bycause out fathers haue not kepte the worde of the Lorde to do after all that is wrytten in this boke And Helkia and they that the kynge had appoynted went to Hulda a prophetesse the wyfe of Sallum the sonne of Tokhath the sonne of Hasra keper of the wardrop for she dwelte in Ierusalem with in the seconde wall and so they comuned with her She answered them thus sayth the lorde God of Israel tel ye the man that sent you to me Euen thus sayth the Lorde Beholde I wyl bryng euyll vpon this place vpon the enhabiters therof euen all the curses that are wrytten in the boke which they haue red before the kyng of Iuda bycause they haue forsaken me and haue offered vnto other goddes to angre me with all maner of workes of theyr handes therfore is my wrath set on fyre agaynst this place and shall not be quenched And as for the kynge of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lorde so shall ye saye vnto hym thus sayth the Lorde god of Israell concernynge the wordes whiche thou hast herde Bycause thâ—ne herte dyd melte and thou dydest meke thy selfe before God when thou herdest his wordes agaynst this place and agaynst the enhabitours therof and humbledst thy selfe before me and tarest thy clothes and wepte before me that haue I herde also sayeth the lorde Beholde I wyl take the to thy fathers and thou shalte be put in thy graue in peace and thyne eyes shall not se all the myscheyfe that I wyl bryng vpon this place vpon the enhabitours of the same And they brought the kynge worde agayne Then the kynge sent and gathered togyther all the elders of Iuda and Ierusalem And the kynge wente vp in to the house of the lorde and al the men of Iuda and the enhabitours of Ierusalem the preestes and Leuites and all the people great and smal the kynge dyd rede in theyr hearynge al the wordes of the boke of the couenaunt that was founde in the house of tâ—â— Lorde And the kynge stode at his standyng and made a couenaunt before the Lorde to folowe the Lorde and to kepe his coÌ„maundementes his wytnesses and his statutes with all his herte and with all his soule to fulfyl the wordes of the appoyntment wrytten in the sayd boke And he set in theyr rowme all them that were founde in Ierusalem Beniamin and the enhabitoures of Ierusalem dyd accordynge to the couenaunt of the lorde God of theyr fathers And Iosia put awaye all maner of abhominacions out of all landes that perteyned to the chyldren of Israell and brought in all that were founde in Israell to worshyp and to serue the Lorde theyr God And they turned not asyde from after the Lorde God of theyr fathers as longe as he lyued ¶ Iosia holdeth Passeouer He fyghteth agaynst the kynge of Egypt and dyeth The people bewayle hâ—â—â— CAPI XXXV ANd Iosia helde the feast of passeouer vnto the lorde in Ierusalem they slue passeouer in the. xiiii daye of the fyrste moneth And he set the preestes in theyr offyces ayded them in the seruyce of the house of the lorde And he sayd vnto the Leuitê that taught all Israel were sanctified vnto the Lorde put the holy arke in the house whiche Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel dyd buylde there shall none other burdeÌ„ be layd vpon your shoulders But now serue the Lorde your God and his people Israell And prepare your selues by youre auncient housholdes and companies according to the wrytynge of Dauid kyng of Israel and the wrytyng of Salomon his sonne And stande in the holy place accordynge to the deuision of the auncient housholdes of your brethren the chyldren of the people and after the deuision of the auncient housholdes of the Leuitê kyl passeouer and sanctifie and prepare your brethren that they may do accordynge to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Moses And Iosia gaue to the people flockes of shepe and kyddes al for passeouer and for al that were present thyrtie the usande by tale and thre thousande oxen and these were euen of the kynges substauÌ„ce And his lordê gaue wyllynglye both vnto the people and to the preestes and vnto the Leuites Helkia also Zacharia and Iehiel tulers of the house of God gaue vnto the preestê for passeouer offerynges two thousande syxe hundred shepe and thre hundred oxen Conama and Semetahu and Nathanel his brethren and Hasabiahu and Iaiel and â—osabad rulers of the Leuites gaue vnto the Leuites Passeouer offerynges euen fyue thousand shepe fyue hundred oxen And so the seruyce was prepated and the preestes stode in theyr places the Leuites in theyr distincte companyes at the kynges coÌ„maundement And they slue passeouer the preestes sprinkled the bloode with theyr hande and the Leuites pulled of the skynnes of the beastê And they fet away the burnt offerynges to gyue them vnto the people that were deuâ—ded by auncient houses that they shulde offre vnto the Lorde lyke as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And so dyd they with the oxen also And they dressed the passeouer with fyre as the maner was And the other dedicate beastes â—od they in pottes cauldrons paunes and deuyded them among al the people And afterwarde they made redy for them selues and for the Preestes for the chyldren of Aaron were busyed in offeryng of burnt offerynges and the fat vntyll nyght therfore the Leuites prepared for them selues and for the preestê the sonnes of Aaron And the syngers the chyldren of Asaph stode in theyr standyng accordyng to the coÌ„maundement of Dauid aâ—d Asaph Heman and Ieduthun the kynges Seaâ— and the porters wayted at euery gate and myght not departe from theyr seruyce for theyr brethren the Leuites ☞ prepared for them And so al the seruyce of the lord was prepared the same daye to offre Passeouer to offre burnt offerynges vpon the aulter of the Lorde accordyng to the coÌ„maundement of kyng Iosia And so the chyldren of Israel that were present offered Passeouer the same tyme kept the feast of swete bread seuen dayes And there was no Passeouer lyke to that kepte in Israell from the dayes of Samuell the prophet neyther dyd all the kynges of Israell holde suche a Passeouer feast as dyd Iosia and the preestes and Leuites and all Iuda and Israel that were presenâ—e the enhabitours of Ierusalem This Passeouer was holden in the eyghtene yeare of the reygne of Iosia
euen one thre score thousande peâ—â—s fyâ—e thousande pounde of syluer and an hundred preestes garmentes So the preestes and the Leuitê certayne of the peple the syngers and the porters and the Nethinims dwelt in theyr cityes and all Israel in theyr cityes ¶ After the foundacyon of the temple once renued they sacrifyce vnto the Lorde CAPI III. ☜ ANd when ☞ the seuenth moneth came and the chyldren of Israel were now in theyr cityes the people came togyther euen as one maÌ„ vnto Ierusalem And there stode vp Iesua the sonne of Iosedee and his brethren the preestes Zorobabel the son of Salathiel his brethren buylded the auâ—ter of the god of Israel to offre burnt offrynges theron as it is wrytten in the law of Moses the man of god the aulter set they vpon his sockettes for there was a fearefulnesse amonge them bycause of the nacions landes therfore they offered burnt offerynges theron vnto the Lorde in the mornyng at euen And they helde the feast of tabernacles as it is wrytten offered burnt sacrifices dayly accordyng to the nombre and custome daye by daye Afterwarde they offered dayly burnt offerynges also in the newe moones and in al the feast dayes that were consecrate vnto the Lorde and for all them whiche dyd of theyr owne fre wyl offre vnto the Lorde From the fyrst day of the seuenth moneth began they to offre burnt sacrifices vnto the Lorde euen when the foundacion of the temple of the Lorde was not yet layde They gaue money also vnto the masons and carpenters and meate drynke and oyle vnto them of Zidon and of Tire to brynge them Cedre tymbre frome Libanus by See vnto ☞ Iappa accordyng to the graunt that they had of Cyrus the kynge of Persia. In the seconde yere of theyr comyng vnto the place of the house of God at Ierusalem in the seconde moneth began Zorobabell the sonne of Salathiel and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and the remenaunt of theyr brethreÌ„ the preestes and Leuites all they that were come out of the captiuite vnto Ierusalem appoynted the Leuites from twentye yeare olde aboue to se that the worke of the house of the Lorde went forwarde And Iesua stode with his sonnes and brethren And Cadmiel with his sonnes and the chyldren of Iuda to forther the workemen of the house of God euen the children of Heâ—adab with theyr children and theyr brethren the Leuites And when the bulders layde the foundacyon of the temple of the Lorde the preestes stode in theyr aray with trompettes And the Leuites the chyldren of Asaph with cymbals to prayse the Lorde after the maner of Dauid kyng of Israel And they sang togyther whan they gaue prayse and thankes vnto the lorde bycause he is gracious and bicause his mercy endureth for euer vpon Israell And al the people showted loude in praysyng the lorde bycause the fouÌ„dacyon of the house of the Lorde was layde Many also of the preestes and Leuites and auncient fathers which had sene the fyrst house when the fouÌ„dacyon of this house was layde before theyr eyes wepte with a loude voyce And many showted with ioye so that the noyse gaue a great sounde in so moch that the peple could not discerne the ioyful sounde and gladnes from the noyse of the wepynge amonge the people for the people showted with a loude crye and the noyse was herde farre of ¶ The buyldynge of the temple is hyndered and let CAPI IIII. BUt the aduersaries of Iuda and Ben Iamin herde that the chyldreÌ„ of the captiuite buylded the temple vnto the lorde God of Israel And they came to Zorobabel and to the principall fathers and sayde vnto them We wyll buylde with you for we seke the Lorde youre God lyke as ye do And we haue done sacrifice vnto hym synce the tyme of Asor Hadon the kynge of Assur whiche brought vs vp hyther And Zorobabell and Iesua and the other auncient fathers of Israell sayd vnto them It can not be that you and we togyther shuld buyld the house vnto our God for we our selues wyl buylde alone vnto the lorde our god of Israel as Cyrus the kynge of Persia hath coÌ„maunded vs. And it came to passe that the folke of the lande hyndered the people of Iuda and troubled them as they were buyldyng and hyred counsaylours agaynst them to hyndre theyr deuyce as long as Cyrus the kynge of Persia lyued vntyl the reygne of Darius kynge of Persia. And in the reygne of Ahasuerus euen in the begynnyng of his reygne wrote they vnto hym a complaynte agaynst the enhabitours of Iuda and Ierusalem And in the dayes of Arthaxerses wrote Mithridath Tabeell and the other of his counsayle vnto Arthaxerses the kynge of Persia with fayre wordes And the scripture of the letter was wrytten in the Sirians speche and interpretated in the language of the Sirians Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scribe wrote a letter frome Ierusalem to Arthaxerses the kynge as it foloweth Then Rehum the recorder and Samset the scribe and other of theyr companye of Dina of Arphasath of Tarpla of Persia of Arach Of Babilon of Susan of Deha of Elam and other of the people whom the great and noble Asnapar brought ouer and set in the cityes of Samaria and other that are nowe on this syde the water This is the copy of the letter that they sent vnto kynge Arthaxerses Thy seruauntes and the men that are nowe on this syde the water Be it knowen vnto the kynge that the Iues whiche came vp from the to vs are come vnto Ierusalem a citye sedicious and frowarde and buylde the same and set vp the walles therof laye the foundacyons Be it knowen nowe also vnto the kyng that yf this citye be buylded and the walles therof made vp agayne then shall not they gyue toll tribute and custome and the kynges profyte shal incur daÌ„mage And nowe in the meane season we haue destroyed the temple wolde no longer se the kynges dyshonoure Therfore sent we oute also and certified the kynge that it maye be sought in the boke of Cronicles of thy progenitours and so shalte thou fynde in the boke of the Cronicles and perceyue that this citie is sedicious and noysome vnto kynges and landâ— and that they cause other also among them to rebell of olde and for the same cause was this citye destroyed Therfore do we certifie the kynge that yf this citye be buylded agayne and the walles therof made vp thou shalte hereafter haue no porcion on this syde the water Then sente the kynge an answere vnto Rehum the recorder and Samsai the scrybe and to the other of theyr companyons that dwelte in Samaria and vnto the other that were beyonde the water in Sâ—lam and Cheheth The letter whiche ye sent vnto vs hath ben openly red before me and I haue coÌ„maunded to make search and it is found that this
Daniell of the chyldren of Dauid Hatus of the Chyldren of Zecania amonge the chyldren of Pharos Zachary and with hym were nombred an hundred and fyftye men Of the Chyldren of the captayne of Moaâ— Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia and with him two hundred men Of the chyldren of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiell and with hym thre hundred men Of the chyldren of Adin Abed the sonne of Ionathan and with hym fyftye men Of the chyldren of Elam Isai the Son of Athalia and with hym seuentye men Of the Chyldren of Saphatia Zebadia the son of Michaell and with hym foure score men Of the chyldren of Ioab Obadia the son of Iehiell and with hym two hundred and eyghtene men Of the chyldren of Selomith the sonne of Iosiphia and with him an hundred and thre score men Of the Chyldren of Bebai Zachary the Sonne of Bebai with hym eyght and. xx men Of the chyldren of Asgad Iohanan the Son of Hakatan and with hym an hundred and ten men Of the Chyldren of Adonicam that were the laste whose names were these Eliphelet Iehiell and Samaiah and with them thre score men Of the chyldren of Biguai Uthai and Zabud and with them seuentye men And I gathered them togyther by the water that renneth toward Ahaâ—a and there abode we thre dayes And I loked amonge the people and the Preestes founde there none of the chyldren of Leui. Then sent I to Elieser to Ariel Semeia Elnathan Iarib Elnathan Nathan Zachary and to Mesullam the rulers and to Ioiarib and Elnathan whiche were men of vnderstandynge and to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the cheyfest at Casphia that they shulde fetch vs minysters for the house of our god and I tolde them what they shulde saye vnto Iddo and to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia And thorowe the good hande of oure God vpon vs they brought vs a wyse man from amonge the chyldren of Moholi the Sonne of Leui the sonne of Israell and Sarabia with his sonnes and his brethren euen eyghtene And Hasabia and with hym Isai of the chyldren of Merari with his brethren and theyr sonnes twentye And of the Nethinims whome Dauid the Prynces gaue to minyster vnto the Leuites two huÌ„dred and twentye of Nethinim whiche all were named by name And euen there at the water besyde Ahaua I proclamed a fast that we myght humble ourselues before our god and seke of hym a ryght way for vs and for our chyldren and for our substaunce For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge souldyers and horsemen to helpe vs agaynste the enemye in the waye but we sayd vnto the kynge The hande of our god is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnesse and †his dominyon his violence wrath is agaynst all them that forsake hym So we fasted and besought our god for this and he herde vs. And I toke out twelue of the cheyfe preestes Sarabia and Hasabia and ten of theyr brethren with them weyed them the syluer and golde and vessels that were appyonted for the house of oure God whiche the kynge and his counsaylers and his Lordes and all Israell that there were at hande had gyuen togyther And I weyed vnto theyr hande sixe hundred and fyftye talentes of syluer and in syluer vessell an hundred talentes and in golde an hundred talentes twentye basens of golde of a thousand peces and two costly ornamentê of good brasse as cleare as golde and I sayde vnto them Ye are consecrate vn to the lorde lyke as the vessels are holy also and the golde syluer are gyuen of a good wyll vnto the Lorde God of your fathers Watch ye kepe it for ye shal weye it downe before the cheyfe Preestes and Leuites and auncient fathers of Israell at Ierusalem in the treasuryes of the house of the Lorde Then toke the preestes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde and vessel to brynge it to Ierusalem vnto the house of our God And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelueth daye of the fyrste moneth to go vnto Ierusalem and the hande of oure God was vpon vs and delyuered vs from the hande of the enemyes of soâ—h as layde wayte for vs by the way And we came to Ierusalem and abode there thre dayes But on the fourth daye was the syluer Golde and vessel weyed in the house of our God by the hande of Meremoth the Sonne of Uria the preest and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phyâ—ches and with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites Accordynge to the nombre and weyght of euery one was the weyght all wrytten vp at the same tyme. And the chyldren of the captiuyte which were come out of pryson offered burntofferynges vnto the god of Israel xii bullockes for al Israel nynety and syre rammes seuentye and seuen Lambes twelue he gootes for a synofferynge all to the burntofferyng of the Lorde And they delyuered the kynges commyssyon vnto the kynges offycers and to the captaynes that were oâ— this syde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God ¶ Esdraâ— complayneth on the people that had â—â—rned them selues from god and maryed with the gentyles CAPI IX WHen these thynges were done the rulers came to me and sayd The people of Israell and the preestes and Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes as touchyng theyr abhominacons namely of the Cananites Hethites Pheresites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egyptians and Amorytes For they haue taken the doughters of the same to them selues and to theyr sonnes and the holy seede is myxt with the nacyons in the landes and the hande of the prynces and rulers hath ben pryncypall in this trespasse And when I herde this saynge I rent my clothes and my rayment and piuckte of the heere of my heade and of my beerde and sat mournyng And there resorted vnto me all soch as feared the wordes of the the lorde God of Israel bycause of the transgressyon of the people of the captiuite And I sat mournynge vntyll the euenynge sacrifyce And aboute the euenyng sacrifyce I rose vp from my heuynes and rent my clothes and my rayment and fell vpon my knees and spred out my handes vnto the Lorde my God and sayde My god I am ashamed and dare not lyfâ— vp myne eyes vnto the my god for our wyekednesses are growen ouer oure heade and our trespasse is waxen great vnto the heuen Synce the tyme of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this daye and bycause of our wyckednesses haue we and oure kynges ben delyuered in to the hande of the kynges of the nacyons into the swerde in to captiuyte into shame and into confusyon of face as it is to se this day And now is there a lytle and sodayne gracyousnesse come from the Lorde our God in causynge some of vs to escape and that he maye gyue vs a nayle
shew theyr fathers house nor theyr seed and that they were of Israel The chyldren of Dalaiah the chyldren of Tobia and the chyldren of Nocoda syxe hundred two and fourtye And of the preestes the chyldren of Habaiah the chyldren of Hacos the chyldren of Bersilai whiche toke one of the doughters of Bersilai the Gileadite to wyfe was named after theyr name These sought theyr wrytyng in the register of theyr generacion but they were not founde therfore they were put from the preesthode And Hathirsata sayd vnto them that they shuld not eate of the moost holy tyll there came vp a preest whiche shulde weare Urim and Thumim And so the hole congregacyon togyther was two and fourtye thousande thre hundred thre score besyde theyr seruauntes and maydes of whom there were seuen thousand thre hundred and seuen and thyrty And they had two hundred and seuen and fourtie syngyng men and women Theyr horses seuen huÌ„dred and syxe and thyrtye and theyr Mules two hundred and fyue and fourtie The camels foure hundred and fyue and thyrtye syxe thousande seuen hundred and twentye Asses And certayne of the auncient fathers gaue vnto the worke Hathirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peces of golde fyftye basens fyue hundred thyrtye preestes garmentes And some of the cheyfe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke xx thousande peces of golde and two thousande two hundred pounde of syluer And the other people gaue twentye thousand peces of golde and two thousande pounde of syluer and thre score and seuen preestes garmentes And the preestes and Leuites the porters and the syngers and the other of the people and the Nethmims and all Israell dwelte in theyr cityes And the seuenth moneth came and the Chyldren of Israell were in theyr cityes ¶ Esdras gathereth the people togyther and redeth to them the Lawe They kepe the feast of Tabernacles or bothes CAPI VIII ANd ✚ all the people gathered them selues togyther as one maÌ„ in the strete that was before the water gate they sayde vnto Esdras the scribe that he shulde fetche the boke of the law of Moses which the Lorde coÌ„maunded to Israel And Esdras the Preest brought the lawe before the congregacyon bothe of men and women and all that coulde vnderstande dyd herken vnto it vpon the fyrste daye of the seuenth moneth and he red therin in the strete that was before the water gate from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye before men and women that dyd herken to it and the eares of all the people were enclyned vnto the boke of the lawe And Esdras the scribe stode vpon an hyghe pulpyt of wood which they had made for the preachynge besyde hym stode Mathathia Sema Anania Uriah Helkia and Maasia on his ryght hande and on his lefte hande stode Pedaia Misael Malchia Hasum Hasebadana Zachary and Mesulam And Esdras opened the boke before all the people for he stode aboue all the people And when he opened it all the people stode vp And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God And all the people answered Amen Amen with theyr handê vp and bowed themselues and worshypped the Lorde fallynge downe vpon theyr faces to the grounde And Iesua Baam Serabiah Iamin Acub Sebathai Hodaia Maasia Celita Azaria Iozabad Hanan Pelaia the Leuites caused the people to gyue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in theyr place And they red in the boke of the lawe of god distynctly and playnly so that men vnderstode the thynge that was red And Nehemiah whiche is Hathirsatha and Esdras the preest and scribe the Leuites that caused the people to take hede sayd vnto al the people this day is holy vnto the Lorde your God be not ye sory and wepe not For al the people wepte when they herde the wordes of the lawe And he sayd vnto them go your waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared them selues for this day is holy vnto the lord be not ye sory therfore for the ioy of the lorde is your strength ⊢ And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayd holde your peace for the day is holy vexe not ye your selues And al the people went theyr way to eate drynke and to sende parte vnto other and to make great myrth bycause they had vnderstande the wordes that was declared vnto them And on the nexte day were gathered togyther the cheyfe fathers amonge all the people and the preestes Leuites vnto Esdras the scribe that they myght vnderstande the wordes of the law And they founde wrytten in the law which the Lorde had coÌ„maunded by Moses that the chyldren of Israell shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth and that they shulde cause it to be declared proclamed in all theyr cityes and thorowout Ierusalem sayenge Go forth vnto the mount fetche Olyue braunches Pyne braunches Myrte braunches Palme brauÌ„ches braunches of thicke trees to make bothes as it is wrytten And so the people went forth and fet them and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in theyr courtes and in the courtes of the house of god in the strete by the water gate and in the strete by porte Ephraim And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captiuyte made bothes and sat vnder the bothes For synce the tyme of Iosua the son of Nun vnto this day had not the chyldren of Israel done so and there was very great gladnesse And euery day from the fyrst day vnto the laste red Esdras in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast and on the eyght day the gatheryng togyther accordynge vnto the maner ¶ The people repent forsake theyr straung wyues Esdras recyteth the benefytes of god and the synnes of the people CAPI IX IN the foure and twentye daye of this moneth came the chyldren of Israel togyther agayne with fastyng and sacke clothes and earth vpon them and they that were of the seede of Israell were separated from all the straunge chyldren and stode and knowledged theyr synnes and the wyckednesse of theyr fathers and stode vp in theyr place and red in the boke of the lawe of the Lorde theyr god foure tymes on the day and they knowledged and worshypped the Lorde theyr god iiii tymes on the day And the Leuites stode on hygh namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sabaniah Buni Sarebiah Bani Chanani and creyed loude vnto the Lorde theyr God And the Leuites Iesua and Cadmiel Bani and Hasabnia Serebia Hodia Sebania and Phathahia sayd stande vp and prayse the Lorde your God for euer and let thankes be gyuen vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankes gyuynge and prayse Thou arte Lorde alone thou hast made heuen and the heuen of all heuens with all theyr hoost the earth and all thyngs that are therin
There shal go a fyre before hym and burne vp hys enemyes on euery syde Hys lyghtnynges gaue shine vnto the worlde the earth sawe it and was afrayed The hylles melted lyke waxe at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earthe The Heauens haue declared hys ryghtuousnes and all the people haue sene hys glory Confounded be all they that worshyppe carued ymages and that delyte in vayne Goddes worshyppe hym ☞ all ye Goddes Syon herde of it and reioysed and the doughters of Iuda were glad because of thy iudgementes O Lorde For thou Lorde arte hygher then al that are in the earth thou art exalted far aboue all Goddes O ye that loue the Lorde se that ye hate the thynge whiche is euyll the Lorde preserueth the soules of his saynctes he shal deliuer them from the haÌ„de of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyful glad nesse for suche as be true herted Reioyse in the Lorde ye ryghteous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of hys holynesse ¶ The. xcviij Psalme ¶ A Psalme for Dauyd O SYNGE vnto the Lorde a newe soÌ„ge for he hath done maruelous thinges With hys owne ryght hande and wyth his holye arme hathe he gotten hymselfe the vyctorye The Lorde declared hys saluacyon his ryghteousnesse hathe he openly shewed in the syght of the Heathen He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel and al the endes of the worlde haue sene the saluacyon of our God Shewe your selues ioyfull vnto the Lorde all ye landes synge reioyse and gyue thankes Prayse the Lorde vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also and shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the Lorde the kynge Let the see make a noyse and al that ther in is the rounde world and they that dwel therin Let the floudes clappe theyr handes and let the hylles be ioyfull together Before the Lorde for he is come to iudge the earthe With ryghtuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equyte ¶ The. xcix Psalme âšœ of Dauid THE Lorde is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacyent he sytteth bytwene the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiet The Lorde is great in Syon and hye aboue all people They shall geue thankes vnto thy name which is great woÌ„derfull holy The kynges power loueth iudgement thou hast prepared equyte thou hast executed iudgement rightuousnes in Iacob O magnyfye the Lorde our God and fal downe before his fote stole for he is holy Moses and Aaron among his preastes and Samuel among suche as cal vpon his name these called vpon the Lorde and he herde them He spake vnto them out of the cloudy pyller for they kepte his testimonies and the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest them O Lorde our God thou forgauest them O God and punyshedst theyr owne inuencions O magnifye the Lorde our God and worshyppe him vpon his holy hyll for the Lorde oure God is holy ¶ The. C. Psalme ¶ A Psalme for thankesgeuynge O Be ioyfull in the Lorde all ye landes serue the Lorde with gladnes and come before hys presence with a songe Be ye sure that the Lorde he is God It is he that hath made vs and not we our selues we are his people and the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye into his gates with thankes geuynge into his courtes with praise be thankeful vnto him and speake good of his name For the Lorde is gracious his mercye is euerlastynge and his truth endureth from generacion to generacyon ¶ The. C. j. Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgement vnto the O Lorde wyll I synge O let me haue vnderstandynge in the waye of godlynesse Whan wylt thou come vnto me I wyll walke in my house wyth a perfecte herte I wyll take no wycked thynge in hande I hate the synnes of vnfaythfulnesse there shal no such cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shall departe frome I wyll nat knowe a wycked person Who so preuely slauÌ„dreth his neighbour hym wyll I destroye Who so hathe also a proude loke and an hye stomake I wyl nat suffre hym Myne eyes loke vnto such as be faythfull in the lande that they maye dwell with me who so leadeth a godly lyfe he shal be my seruaunte There shall no dysceytfull persone dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall nat tary in my syght I shal sone destroye al the vngodly that are in the laÌ„de that I maye rote out al wicked doers from the cytie of the Lorde ¶ The. C. ij Psalme ¶ A prayer of the afâ—lyâ—t when he hathe an heuye harte and powreth out his complaynte before the Lorde H Eare my prayer O Lorde and let my cryenge come in vnto the. Hyde nat thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thyne eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that ryght sone For my dayes are consumed away lyke smoke my bones are brente vp as it were a fyre brande My herte is smytten downe and wythered lyke grasse so that I forget to eate my breade For the voyse of my gronynge my bone wyll scarse cleue to my flesshe I am become lyke a Pellycane of y â— wyldernes lyke an owle y â— is in the deserte I haue watched am eueÌ„ as it were a sparowe y â— sytteth alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemyes reuyle me all the turned so that they hated his people dealt vntruly with his seruauÌ„tes Then sent he Moses hê seruauÌ„t and Aaron whom he had chosen And these shewed his tokens amonge them and wonders in the lande of HaÌ„ He sent darckenesse it was darke ☞ and they were nat obedyent vnto hys worde He turned theyr waters into bloude and slewe theyr fyshe Theyr laÌ„de brought forth frogges ye euen in theyr kynges chambers He spake the worde and theyr came all maner of flyes and lyce in al theyr quarters He gaue theÌ„ hayle stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in theyr laÌ„de He smote theyr vines also and fyge trees and destroye the trees that were in theyr coastes He spaeke the worde and the gre shoppers came and catyrpellers innumerable And dyd eate vp all the grasse in theyr lande deuoured the frute of theyr grouÌ„de He smote al the fyrst borne in theyr lande euen the chefe of all theyr strength He brought them forth also with syluer and golde there was nat one feble persoÌ„ amoÌ„ge theyr trybes Egypte was glad at theyr departing for they were afrayed of them He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue lyght in the nyght season At theyr desyre he brought quayles and he fylled them with the breade of heauen He opened the rocke of stone and the waters
flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the drye places For why he remembred his holy promes Abraham his seruauÌ„t And he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue theÌ„ the landes of the Heathen and they toke the labours of the people in possessyon That they myght kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Prayse the Lorde ¶ The. cvi Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse the noble actes of the Lorde or shewe forth al his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgement and do ryghteousnes Remembre me O Lorde accordinge to the fauour that thou bearest vnto thy people O vyset me with thy saluacyon That I maye se the felycyte of thy chosen reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thyne enherytaunce We haue synned with our fathers we haue done amysse and dealte wyckedly Oure fathers regarded nat thy wonders in Egypte nether kepte they thy greate goodnesse in remembrauÌ„ce but were dyssobedient at the see euen at the reed see Neuertheles he helped them for hys names sake that he myght make hys power to be konwne He rebuked the reed see also and it was dryed vp so he led them thorowe the depe as thorowe a wyldernesse And he saued them from the aduersaryes hande and delyuered them from the hande of the enemye As for those that troubled them the waters ouer whelmed them there was nat one of them lefte Then beleued they his wordes and sange prayse vnto hym But within a whyle they forgat his workes and wolde nat abyde his councell But luste came vpon them in the wyldernesse and they teÌ„pted God in the deserte And he gaue them theyr desyre and sent leanesse withall in to theyr soule They angred Moyses also in the tentes and Aaron the sayncte of the Lorde So the earth opened and swalowed by Dathan and couered the congre gacyon of Aberam And the fyre was kyndled in theyr company the flame brente vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molten ymage Thus they turned theyr glory in to the simylytude of a calfe that eateth haye And they forgat God theyr Sauioure which had done so great thynges i Egypte Wonderous workes in the lande of Ham and fearful thinges by the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed theÌ„ had nat Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe to turne awaye his wraythful indig nacyon leste he shulde destroye them Ye they thought scorne of y e pleasaunt lande and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in theyr tentes and herkened nat vnto the voyce of the Lorde Then lyfte he vp his hande agaynst theÌ„ to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out theyr sede amonge the nacioÌ„s to scater them in the landes They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor eate thofferinges of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with theyr owne inuencioÌ„s and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phinehes prayed and so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse amonge all po sterites for euermore They angred hym also at the waters of stryfe so that he punyshed Moses for theyr sakes Because they ê“uoked hissprete so y â— he spake vnaduisedly with his lyppes Nether destroied they the Heathen as the Lorde commaunded them But were myngled among the Heathen and lerned theyr workes In so muche that they worshypped theyr ydolles whiche turned to theyr owne decay Yee they offred theyr soÌ„nes and their doughters vnto deuils And shed innocent bloude euen the bloude of theyr sonnes and of their doughters whome they offred vnto the ydols of Canaan and the lande was defyled with bloude Thus were they stayned with theyr owne workes and wente a whorynge with theyr owne inuencions Therfore was the wrath of the Lorde kyndled agaynste his people in so moche that he abhorred hys owne enheritaunce And he gaue them ouer into the hande of the Heathen and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemyes oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they rebelled against him with theyr owne inuencions were brought downe in their wyckednesse Neuerthelesse when he sawe their aduersyte he herde their coÌ„playnte He thought vpon his couenaunt and pytied them accordyng vnto the multitude of his mercies yee he made al those that had led them a waye captiue to pytie them Delyuer vs O Lorde our God and gather vs from among the Heathen that we may geue thankes to thy holy name glory in thy prayse Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from euerlastyng and worlde without ende let all people say AmeÌ„ Amen Prayse y â— Lorde ¶ The. cvii. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracyous and his mercy endureth for euer Let them geue thankes whome the Lorde hathe redemed and delyuered from the hande of the enemye And gathered them out of the laÌ„des from the Easte from the west from the North and from the south They went a straye in the wyldernesse out of the way and founde no cytie to dwell in Hongrie and thrysty their soule faynted in them So they cried vnto the Lorde in theyr trouble and he deliuered theÌ„ from theyr distresse He led them forthe by the ryght waye y t they myght go to the cyte where they dwelt O that men wolde therfore prayse y â— Lorde for his goodnes and declare the wonders y e he doth for the chyldreÌ„ of men For he satisfyed y t emptye soule and fylled the hongry soule with goodnes Such as syt in darckenes in the shadow of death beyng fast bounde in myserye and yron Because they rebelled agaynst the wordes of y e Lorde lyghtly regarded the councel of the most hygest He also brought downe their hert thorowe heuinesse they fel downe and there was none to helpe them So whan they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of their distres For he brought them out of darckenesse out of the shadow of death brake their bondes in sonder O that men wolde therfore praise the Lorde for his goodnesse declare the woÌ„ders that he doth for the children of men For he hath broken the gates of brasse and smyten the â—acâ—es of yron i soÌ„der Folysh men are plaged for theyr offeice because of theyr wyckednesse Their soule abhorred al maner of meane and they were euen harde at deathes dore So whaÌ„ they cryed vnto the Lorde in their trouble he delyuered them out of theyr dystresse He sent his worde and healed them and they were saued from theyr destruccyon O that men wolde therfore prayse y e Lorde for his goodnesse and declare the wonders that he doth for the chyldren of men That they
wolde offre vnto hym the sacrifice of thankesgeuynge and tel out hys workes w t gladnes They that go downe to the see in shyppes and occupye their businesse in greate waters These men se the workes of the Lorde and his woÌ„ders in the deape For at hê worde the stormy wind ariseth whiche lyfteth vp the waues therof They are caried vp to the heauen and downe agayne to the deape their soule mel telth awaye because of the trouble They rele to and fro and stacker lyke a droncken man are at theyr wittes ende So whan they crye vnto y e Lord in their trouble he delyuered theÌ„ out of their distresse For he maketh the strome to ceasse so y â— the waues therof are styll TheÌ„ are they glad because they be at rest and so he bringeth them vnto the hauen where they wolde be O that men wolde therfore prayse the Lord for his goodnes and declare the woÌ„dres y t he doth for the chylden of men That they wolde exalte hiÌ„ also in the coÌ„gregacyon of the people and loue him in the seate of the elders Whiche turneth the floudes into a wyldernesse and dryeth vp the water sprynges A fâ—utfull lande maketh he baren for the wyckednesse of them that dwel therin Agayne he maketh the wyldernesse a standynge water and water sprynges of a drye grounde And there he serueth the hongrye that ye skipped lyke rammes ye lytle hylles lyke yong shepe Tremble thou erth at the presence of the Lorde at the preseÌ„ce of the God of Iacob Which turned y â— hard rocke into a standynge water and the flynt stone into a spryngynge well ¶ The. cxv Psalme NOt vnto vs O Lorde nat vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louing mercy and for thy truthes sake Wherfore shal the Heathen saye where is nowe their God As for oure God he is i heauen he hath done what so euer pleased him Theyr ydoles are syluer and golde euen the worke of mennes handes They haue mouth and speake not eyes haue they and se nat They haue eares heare nat noses haue they and swel nat They haue haÌ„des and haÌ„dle nat fete haue they and walke nat nether speake they thorow theyr throte They y â— make them are lyke vnto them and so are all suche as put theyr trust in them But âšœ house of Israel trust thou in the Lorde he is their succour defence Ye house of Aaron put youre trust in the Lorde he is their helper and defender Ye that feare the Lorde put your trust in the lorde he is theyr helper and defender The Lorde hathe bene myndfull of vs and he shall blesse vs euen he shal blesse y â— house of Israel he shal blesse the house of Aaron He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde both small and great The Lorde shal encrease you more and more you youre chyldren Ye are y â— blessed of the Lord which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the Lordes the earth hath he geueÌ„ vnto y â— chyldreÌ„ of men The deed prayse nat y â— O Lord nether all they y â— go downe in to the sylence But we wyll prayse the Lorde from thys tyme forthe for euermore ¶ The. cxvj Psalme Prayse the Lorde I Am well pleased that the Lorde hathe herde the voyce of my prayer That he hathe enclyned hys eare vnto me therfore wyll I call vpon hym as longe as I lyue The snares of death coÌ„pased me round about and y â— paynes of hell gat holde vpon me I shal fynde trouble and heuinesse and I shall call vpon the name of the Lorde O Lorde I beseche the delyuer my soule Gracyous is the Lorde and ryghteous yee our God is mercyfull â–ª The Lord preserueth the symple I was in misery and he helped me â–ª Turne agayne then vnto thy rest O my soule for the Lorde hath rewarded the. And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death mine eies from teares and my fete from fallynge I wyll walke before the Lorde in the lande of the liuyng I beleued and therfore wyl I speake but I was fore troubled I sayd in my hast All men are lyers What reward shall I geue vnto the Lorde for all the benefytes y e he hath done vnto me I wyll receaue the cappe of saluacyon and cal vpon the name of the Lorde I wyl paye my vowes nowe in the presence of al hys people ryght deare in the syght of the Lorde is the death of his sayntes Beholde O Lorde howe that I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruauÌ„t and the sonne of thy handmayde thou hast broken my bandes in sonder I wyl offre to the the sacryfyce of thanckesgeuynge and wyl call vpon the name of the Lorde I wyll paye my vowes vnto the Lorde in the sight of al his people in the courtes of the Lordes house euen in the myddes of the O Ierusalem ¶ The. cxvii Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Prayse y â— Lorde al ye HeytheÌ„ prayse him all ye nacyons For his mercyfull kyndnes is euer more and more to warde vs and the truth of the Lorde endureth for euer ¶ The cxviij Psalme ¶ Prayse the Lorde O Geue thanckes vnto the Lorde for he hys gracyous because hys mercy endureth for euer Let Israell nowe confesse âšœ that he is gracyous and that hys mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron nowe confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let them nowe that feare confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the Lorde in trouble and the Lorde herd me at large The Lord is on my syde I wyll nat feare what man can do to me The Lorde taketh my parte with them that helpe me therfore shal I se my desyre vpon myne enemyes It is better to trust in the Lord then to put any coÌ„fydence in man It is better to trust in the Lorde then to put any confydence in prynces All nacions compassed me rounde about but in y â— name of y â— Lorde wyl I destroy theÌ„ They kepte me iÌ„ on euery syde they * kept me in I say on euery syde but in the name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them They came aboute me lyke bees and are extincte euen as the fyre among the thornes for in y â— name of the Lorde I wyll destroye them ☞ Thou haste thrust sore at me that I myght fall but the Lorde was my helpe The Lorde is my strength my song and is become my saluacion The voyce ofioye and healthe is in the dwellynges of the ryghtuous the ryght hande of the Lord bringeth mightie thinges to passe The ryght hande of the Lorde hath the preemynence the ryght hande of y â— Lord bryngeth myghtye thynges to passe I wyll nat dye but lyue declare the workes of the Lorde The Lorde hath chastened and correcte me but he
the other Let Israel truste in the Lorde for with the Lorde there is mercy and with hym is plenteous redempcyon And he shall redeme Israel from all hys synnes ¶ The .cxxxi. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares LORDE I am nat hye mynded I haue no proude lookes I do nat exercyse my selfe in greate matters whiche are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe lyke as a chylde that is weened from hys mother yee my soule is euen as a weened chylde Let Israel trust in the LORDE from this tyme forthe for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares â–ª LORDE remembre Dauyd and all hys trouble Howe he swore vnto the Lorde and vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye God of Iacob I wyll nat come within the tabernacle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde I wyll nat suffre myne eyes to slepe nor myne eye lyddes to slomber âšœ Nether the temples of my heade to take anye reste Untyll I fynde out a place for the Lorde an habitacy on for the myghtye God of Iacob Lo we hearde ☞ of the same at Ephrata and founde it in the wood We wyll go in to hys tabernacle and fall downe before hys fote stole Aryse O Lorde into thy restynge place thou and the arcke of thy strengthe Let thy Preastes be clothed with ryghteousnesse and let thy saynctes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauyds sake turne nat awaye the presence of thyne anoynted The Lorde hathe made a faythfull othe vnto Dauid and he shall nat shrynke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpoÌ„ thy seate If thy chyldren wyll kepe my couenaunt and my testimonies that I shal lerne them their chyldren also shall syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the Lorde hath chosen Syon to be an habytacioÌ„ for hiÌ„selfe hathe he chosen her ☞ Thys shal be my rest for euer here wyl I dwell for I haue a delyte therin I wyl blesse her vitayles w t increase and wyl satysfy her poore w t bred ☞ I wyll decke her Preastes with healthe and her saynctes shall reioyse and synge There shall I make ☞ the horne of Dauid to floryshe I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for hys enemyes I shall clothe them with shame but vpon hymselfe shall his crowne floryshe ¶ The .cxxxiij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares of Dauid BEHOLDE howe good and ioyful a thynge it is brethren to dwell to gether in vnytye It is lyke the precyous oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd euen vnto Aarons beerd and wente downe to the skyrtes of hys clothynge Lyke the dewe of Harmon whiche fell vpon the hyl of Sion For there the Lorde promised hys blessyng and lyfe for euermore ¶ The .cxxxiiij. Psalme ¶ A songe of the steares BEholde âšœ nowe prayse the Lorde al yee seruauntes of the Lorde yee that by nyght stande in the house of the Lorde âšœ euen in the courte of the house of our God Lyfte vp youre haÌ„des in the Sanctuary and prayse the Lorde The LORDE that made heauen and earthe blesse the out of Syon ¶ The .cxxxv. Psalme O Praise the name of the Lord prayse it O ye seruauntes of the Lorde Ye that stande in y â— house of the Lord in the courtes of the house of our God O prayse the Lorde for the Lorde is gracious O synge prayses vnto hys name for it is louely For why the Lorde hathe chosen Iacob vnto hym selfe and Israel for hys owne possessyon For I knowe that the Lorde is greate and that oure Lorde is aboue all goddes Whatsoeuer the Lorde pleased that dyd hem heauen and in earth in the see and in all deape places He dringeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde â–ª and turneth the lyghtenynges vnto rayne brynging the wyndes out of theyr treasuryes He * smote the fyrste borne of Egypte bothe of man and of beast He hathe sente tokens and wouÌ„ders into the myddest of the O thou lande of Egypte vpon Pharao and all hys seruauntes He smote dyuers nacyons and slewe mygtye Kynges Sehon Kynge of y â— Amorytes and Og the King of Basan and all the Kyngedomes of Canaam And gaue they re lande to be an heritage euen an heritage vnto Israell his people Thy name O Lorde endureth for euer so dothe thy memorial O lord from one generacyon to an other For the Lorde wyll auenge his people and be gracyous vnto his seruauntes As for the ymages of the Heathen they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens handes They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue â–ª â—ey but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not neyther is there any breth in theyr mouthes They that make them are lyke vnto them and so are al they that put theyr trust in them Prayse the Lorde ye house of Israell prayse the Lorde ye house of Aaron Prayse the Lorde ye house of Leuie ye y e feare the Lord prayse the Lorde Praysed be the Lorde out of Syon whiche dwelleth at Ierusalem ¶ The .cxxxvj. Psalme O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde for he is gracyous and hys mercy endureth for euer O gyue thankes vnto the God of all Goddes for hys mercy endureth for euer O thanke the Lorde of al Lordes for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche onely dothe greate wonders for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche by his wysdome made the heauens for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche layed out the earth aboue the waters for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche hathe made greate lyghtes for his mercye endureth for euer The sonne to rule the day for his mercy endureth for euer The Moone and the Starres to gouerne the nyght for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche smote Egypte with theyr fyrste borne for his mercy endureth for euer And brought out Israel frome amonge them for his mercy endureth for euer With a myghtye hande and stretched out arme for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche deuyded the reed see into partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israell to go thorowe the myddest of it for hys mercye endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoste he ouerthrewe them in the reed see for hys mercy endureth for euer Whiche led his people thorow the wil dernes for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote great kingê for his mercy endureth for euer Yea and slue myghtye Kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sehon Kynge of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the Kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue away theyr lande for an herytage for his mercye endureth for uer Euen for an heritage vnto Israell his seruaunte for his mercye endureth for euer Whiche remembred vs when we were in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer And hathe delyuered vs from
â— thou hast made with vs. Are there any amonge the Goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen Dost not thou it O Lorde our God in whom we trust Yee Lorde thou doste all these thynges ¶ The Lorde wyll not heare Moses or Aaron yf they pray for the people but wyll wrape them in many myseryes The â—â—use of suche great myseryes CAPI XV. THEN spake the Lorde vnto me Thoughe Moses Samuel stode before me yet haue I no herte to this people Dryue them awaye that they maye go out of my syght And yf they say vnto the Why ther shall we go then tell them The Lorde gyueth you this aunswere Some vnto deathe some the swearde some to honger some into captyuite For I wyl bryng foure plages vpon them sayeth the Lorde The swearde shall straÌ„gle them the dogges shal deuoure them the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earthe shall eate them vp and destroye them I wyll scatre them aboute also in all kyngdomes and landes to be plaged because of Manasseh the soÌ„ne of Hezekia kynge of Iuda for the thynges that he dyd in Ierusalem Who shall then haue pyte vpon the O Ierusalem Who shall be sorye for the Or who shal make intercessioÌ„ to optayne peace for the seynge thou goest fro me and turnest backewarde sayeth the Lord Therfore I dyd stretche out myne hande agaynst the to destroye the and I wyll not be intreated I haue scatred them abrode with the fanne on euery syde of the lande I haue wasted my people destroyed them Yet they haue had no lust to turne from their owne wayes I haue made theyr wydowes mo in nombre then the saÌ„des of the see Upon the mothers of theyr chyldren dyd I brynge a destroyer in the none day SodeÌ„ly vnawares dyd I sende a feare vpon theyr cyties She that hath borne seuen chyldren hathe none her herte is full of sorowe The Sonne doth fayle her in the clere daye she is confounded and faynte for very heuynes As for those that cemayne I wyll delyuer them vnto the swerde before they re enemyes sayeth the Lord. O mother alas that euer thou didest beare me an enemye hated of the whole lande Thoughe I neuer lent nor receyued vpon vsurye yet all men speake euyl vpon me And the Lorde answered me Lede not I y â— then vnto good Come not I to the when thou arte in trouble and helpe the when thyne enemy oppresseth the Doth one yron hurte another or one metell that commeth from the North another As for thy rychesse and treasure I wyl geue them out into a pray not for any money but because of al thy synnes that thou hast done in al thy costes And I wyl bryng the with thyne enemyes into a lande that thou know est not for the fyre that is kyndled in my indignacion shall hurne you vp O Lorde thou knowest therfore remembre me and vyset me delyuer me fro my persecuters Receyue not my cause in thy longe wrathe yet thou knowest that for thy sake I suffre rebuke When I had founde thy wordes I dyd eate them vp gredely they haue made my herte ioyful and glad For I call vpon thy name O Lorde God of Hostes I dwell not amonge the scorners neither is my delyte therein but I dwell onely in the feare of thy hande for thou haste fylled me with bytternes Shall my heuynesse endure for euer Are my plages then so great that they may neuer be healedâ— Wylt thou be as a water that falleth and can nat continue Upon these wordes thus sayde the Lorde vnto me If thou wylte turne agayne I shall set the in my seruyce and yf thou wylte take out the thynges that is precious from the vyle thou shalte be euen as myue owne mouthe They shall conuerte vnto the but turne not thou vnto them so shall I make the a stronge brasen wall against thê people They shal fyght against the but they shall not preuayle For I my selfe wyll be with the to helpe the and delyuer the sayeth the Lorde And I wyl ryd the out of the handes of the wycked and delyuer the out of the hande of Tiraunâ—es ¶ He prophecyeth the mysery of the Iewes He sheweth that the worshyppynge of Idoles the contempte of Gods lawe is the cause of their myserye He prophecyeth the captyuite of Babylon and theyr delyuâ—raunce frome thence agayne The callynge of the Gentyles CAPI XVI THVS sayde the Lord vnto me â–ª Thou shalte take the no wyfe norbeget chyldren in this place For of the chyldren that are borne in this place of they re mothers that haue borne them and of theyr fathers that haue begotten them in this lande thus sayeth the Lorde âšœ They shal dye an horrible death no man shall mourne for them nor burye them but they shall lye as donge vpon the earth They shall perishe thorowe the swearde and honger and theyr bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre and beastes of the earth For thus sayth y e Lord Go not thou in vnto theÌ„ nor come to mourn and wepe for theÌ„ for I haue taken my peace from this people sayeth the Lorde yee my fauoure my mercy And in this lande shal they dye olde and yonge and shal not be buried no man shal be wepe them no man shal clyppe or shaue him selfe for them There shal not one viset another to mourne with them for their deade or to comforte them One shall not offre another the cuppe of consolacyon to forget theyr heuynesse for father and mother Thou shalt not go into their feaste house to sytte downe to eate or dryncke with them For thus sayeth y e Lorde of Hostes the God of Israell Beholde I shal take awaye out of this place the voyce of myrth and gladnesse the voyce of the brydegrome of the bryde yee and that in your dayes that ye may se it Nowe when thou shewest this people al these wordes and they saye vnto the. Wherfore hath the Lorde deuysed all thys greate plage for vs Or what is the offence and synne that we haue done agaynste the Lord our God Then make thou them this answere Because your fathers haue forsaken me sayeth the Lorde and haue walked after straunge Goddes whome they haue honoured and worshypped but me haue they forsaken and haue not kepte my lawe And ye with youre shamefull blasphemyes haue exceaded the wyckednesse of youre fathers For euery one of you hath folowed the frowarde and euyll ymagynacyon of his owne herte and is not obedyent vnto me Therfore wyll I caste you out of this lande into a lande that ye and your fathers knowe not and there shal ye serue straunge goddes day and nyght there wyll I shewe you no fauoure Beholde therfore sayeth the Lorde the dayes are come that it shall no more be sayde The Lorde lyueth whiche
the Temple from whence it had before departed He mentyoneth the Idolatry of the chyldren of Israell for whiche they were consumed and brought to nawght He so commaunded to call them agayne to repentaunce CAPI XLIII SO he brought me to the dore that turneth towarde the east Beholde then came the glory of the God of Israell from out of y ◠east whose voyce was lyke a great noyse of warers and the earth was lyghtened with his glorye Hys syght to loke vpon was lyke the fyrst that I sawe whē I wente in what tyme as the cytie shulde haue bene destroyed and lyke the vysyon that I sawe by the water of Cobar Then fell I vpon my face but the glory of the Lorde came into the house thorowe the Easte dore So a wynde toke me vp and brought me into the ynnermer courte and beholde the house was full of the glory of the Lorde I hearde one speakynge vnto me out of the house and there stode one by me that sayde vnto me O thou sōne of man thys rowme is my seate and the place of my fotesteppes where as I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell for euermore so that the house of Israell shall nomore defyle my holy name neyther they nor theyr kynges thorowe theyr whordome thorowe theyr hye places and thorowe the deed bodyes of theyr kynges whiche haue buylded theyr thresholdes in maner harde vpon my thresholdes and theyr postes almost at my postes so y ◠there is but a bare wall betwyxte me and them Thus haue they defyled my holy name with theyr abhomynacyons that they haue commytted Wherefore I haue destroyed them in my wrath But nowe they shall put awaye theyr whordome and the deed bodies of theyr kynges out of my sight that I may dwell amonge them for euermore Therfore O thou sonne of man shewe thou the housholde of Israell a tēple that they maye be ashamed of theyr wyckednesse measure them selues an example therat And when they be a shamed of all theyr workes then shewe them the fourme and fashyon of the temple the commynge in the goynge out all the maner and descrypcion therof yee all the vses and ordynaunces of it that they maye kepe and fulfyl all the fashyons and customes therof Thys is the descripcyon of the house Aboue vpon the mounte rounde aboute all the corners it shal be the holyest of all Beholde that is the descrypcyon and fashyon of the house Thys is the measure of the aulter after the true cubyte which is a spāne longer then another cubyte hys botome in the myddest was a cubyte longe wyde and the ledge that wente rounde aboute it was a spanne brode Thys is the heygth of the aulter From the groūde to the lower steppes the length is two cubytes and the bredth one cubyte and from the lower steppes to the hygher are foure cubytes and the bredth but one cubyte The aulter was foure cubytes hye and from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hornes and it was xij cubytes longe and. xij cubytes brode vpon the foure corners the couerynge of the aulter was xiiij cubytes longe and brode vpon the foure corners the ledge that wente rounde aboute had halfe a cubyte and the botome therof roūde about one cubyte his steppes stode towarde the East And he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man thus sayeth the Lorde God these are the ordynaunces and lawes of the aulter in the daye when it is made to offre burntoffrynges to sprynckle bloude ther vpon To the prestes to the Leuites that be of y ◠sede of Sadoch ▪ and treade before me to do me seruyce sayeth the Lorde God Unto these geue thou a yonge bullocke for a synoffrynge and take the bloude of hym and sprynckle his foure hornes withall and the foure corners of the aulter couerynge with the ledge that goeth roūde about here with shalt thou clense it and reconcyle it Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the synoffrynge and burne hym in a seuerall place without the Sanctuary The nexte daye take a goatbucke without blemysh for a synoffrynge to reconcyle that aulter withall lyke as it was reconcyled with the bullocke Nowe when thou hast made it cleane then offre a yonge bullocke without blemysh and a ramme out of the flocke without blemysh also Offre them before the Lorde and let the prest caste salt ther vpon and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burntoffrynge Seuen dayes shalt thou brynge euery daye a goatbucke for sinne A yonge bullocke and a ramme of the flocke bothe without blemysh shal they offre Seuen dayes shall they reconcyle and clense the aulter and offre vpon it When these dayes are expired then vpon the. viij daye and so forth the prestes shal offre their burntoffrynges and healthoffrynges vpon the aulter so wyll I be mercyfull vnto you sayeth the Lorde God CAPI XLIIII ¶ He sheweth what dore of the temple is shutte He is commaunded to vpbrayde the people with theyr offence The vncyrcuncysed in herte and in the flesh who are to be admytted to the seruyce of the temple and who to be refused He sheweth what prestes he wolde haue admytted into the holy place and also theyr offyce AFTER thys he brought me agayne to the outwarde dore of the Sanctuary on the East syde and that was shut Thē sayde the Lorde vnto me Thys dore shall be styll shut and nat opened for any man to go thorowe it but onely for the Lorde God of Israel yee he shal go thorowe it els shal it be shut styll The prynce hym selfe shall come thorowe it that he maye eate breade before the Lorde At the porche shal he come in and there shall he go out agayne Then brought he me to the dore vpon the North syde of the house And as I loked aboute me beholde the glory of the Lorde fylled the house and I fell downe vpon my face So the Lorde spake vnto me O thou sōne of man fasten thys to thyne herte beholde and take diligent hede to al that I wyl saye vnto the concernynge all the ordynaunces of the Lorde and all hys lawes pondre wel with thyne herte the cōmynge in of y ◠house and the goynge forth of the Sanctuary and tel that obstynate housholde of Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde God O house of Israel ye haue nowe done ynough withall youre abhomynacions seynge that ye haue brought into my Sanctuary straungers hauynge vncircuncysed hertes and flesh where thorowe my Sanctuary is defyled when ye offre me bred fat and bloude Thus with all youre abhomynacyons ye haue broken my couenaunt and nat kept the holy ordynaunces of my Sanctuary but set kepers of my Sanctuary euen after youre owne mynde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Of all the straungers that dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell no straunger whose herte and flesh is nat circumcysed shal come within my Sāctuary No nor the Leuites y ◠be gone
backe fro me and haue dysceaued the people of Israell with all erroures goynge after theyr ydoles therfore shal they beare theyr owne wyckednes Shulde they be set and ordened to mynistre vnder the dores of the house of my Sanctuarye And to do seruyce in the house to slaye burntoffrynges and sacryfyces for the people to stande before theÌ„ and to serue them seynge the seruyce that they do them is before theyr Idoles and cause the house of Israel to stomble thorow their wyckednes For the whiche cause I haue pluckte out myne hande ouer them sayeth the Lorde God so that nowe they must beare theyr owne iniquyte and nat to come nye me to serue me with theyr presthode in my Sanctuary moost holyest of all that they maye beare theyr owne shame abhominacyons which they haue done Shulde I vse them to be porters of the house and to all y â— seruyce that is done therin But the Prestes the Leuytes the soÌ„ne of Sadoch that kepte the holy ordynaunces of my Sanctuary when the chyldren of Israell were gone fro me shall come to me to do me seruyce to staÌ„de before me and to offre me the fat and the bloude sayeth the Lorde God They shall go into my Sanctuary and treade before my table to do me seruice and to wayte vpon myne ordinauÌ„ces Now wheÌ„ they go in at the dores of the innermer court they shall put on lynen clothes so y â— no wollyne come vpon them whyle they do seruyce vnder the dores of the ynnermer courte and within They shall haue fayre lynen bonettes vpon theyr heades and lynen breches vpon theyr loynes whiche in theyr laboure they shall nat put aboute them And wheÌ„ they go forth to the people into the outwarde courte they shall put of the clothes wherin they haue mynistred and laye them in the habytacyon of the Sanctuary and put on other apparell lest they vnhalowe the people with theyr clothes They shall nat shaue theyr heades nor norysh the bushe of theyr heare but rounde theyr heades only * All the Prestes that go into the Inmost court shal drinke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe neyther one that is put from her husbande but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel or a wyddowe that hathe had a preste before They shal shewe my people the dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy betwixt the clene and vnclene If any discorde aryse they shall discerne it and geue sentence after my iudgementes My solempne feastes my lawes and ordynaunces shal they kepe and halowe my Sabbathes ☞ They shall come at no deed persone to defyle theÌ„ selues excepte it be father or mother sonne or daughter brother or syster that hath had yet no husbande in such they maye be defyled And when he is clensed there shall be rekened vnto hym vij dayes and yf he go into the Sanctuary agayne to do seruyse he shall brynge a synoffrynge sayeth the Lorde God They shall haue an herytage yee I my selfe wylbe theyr herytage els shall ye geue theÌ„ no possession in Israel for I am theyr possession The meatoffryng synoffrynge and treaspaceoffryng shal they eate ☞ euery dedycate thynge in Israel shal be theyrs The fyrstlynges of all the fyrst frutes and all fre wyloffrynges shall be the prestes Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the fyrstlynges of youre dough that God maye prospere the resydue But no deed caryoÌ„ shal the preste eate nor suche as is deuoured of wylde beastes foules or catell ¶ Out of all the lande of promes are there seperate iiii porcyons of whiche the fyrst is geuen to the Prestes and to the temple the seconde to the Leuites the thyrde to the â—ytie the fourth to the prynce An exhortacyoÌ„ to the heades of Israel Of â—ust weyghtes and measures Of fyrste frutes c. CAPI XLV WHen ye deuyde the laÌ„de by the lot ye shall put asyde one parte for the Lorde to be holy from other landes namely xxv M. meteroddes longe and. x. M. broade Thys shal be holy as wyde as it is rounde aboute Of thys parte there shall belonge vnto the Sanctuary v. C. meteroddes in al the foure corners and. l. cubytes wyde rounde aboute to the suburbes And from this measure namely of xxv M. meteroddes longe x. M. broade thou shalt measure wherin the Sanctuary and the holyest of all maye stande The resydue of that holy grounde shal be the prestes whiche do seruyce in the Sanctuary of the Lorde and goo in before the Lorde to serue hym that they maye haue â—ome to dwell in As for the Sanctuary it shal stande for it selfe and to the Leuites y â— serue in the house there shal be geuen xx habytacyoÌ„s of the xxv M. length and. x. M. bredth ye shal geue also vnto the cytie a possessyon of v. M. meteroddes brode and. xxv M. loÌ„ge besyde the parte of the Sanctuary that shal be for the whole house of Israel Upon bothe the sydes of the Sanctuaryes parte and by the cytie there shal be geuen vnto the prince what soeuer lyeth ouer agaynst the cytie as farre as recheth westwarde and eastwarde whiche shal be as longe as one parte from the west vnto the easte Thys shal be his owne lande in Israell that my prynces be no more chargeable vnto my people And suche as remayneth yet ouer in the lande shal be geuen to the house of Israel accordynge to theyr trybes Thus sayeth the Lord God O ye prynces ye haue nowe oppressed and destroyed ynough now leaue of handle nowe accordyng to y â— thing that is equall and laufull and thrust out my people nomore sayeth the Lorde God Ye shal haue a true weyght a true Ephah and a true Bath The Ephah and the Bath shal be a lyke One Bath shal coÌ„teyne the tenth parte of an Homer and so shal one Ephah do theyr measure shall be after the Homer One Sycle maketh xx Geras So. xx Sycles and. xxv and. xv Sycles make a pounde This is the heaueoffrynge that ye shall geue to be heaued namely the vâ— parte of an Ephah out of an homer of wheate and the. vj. parte of an Ephah out of an homer of barly The oyle shall be measured with the Bath euen y â— tenth parte of one Bath out of a Cor. Ten Bathes make one Homer for one Homer fylleth ten Bathes And one lambe from two hundreth shepe out of the pasture of Israel â–ª for a meatoffryng burntoffrynge and healthoffrynge to reconcyle theÌ„ sayeth the Lorde God All the people of the lande shal geue thys heaueoffringe with a fre wyl for the prynce of Israel Agayne it shall be the prynces parte to offre burntoffrynges meatofferynges and drynckoffringes vnto the Lorde in the holy dayes newe Moones Sabbathes and in all the hye feastes of the house of Israel The synoffrynge meatoffrynge burntofferynge healthoffrynge shal he geue to recoÌ„cyle the house of Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde God
swearde agaynst another yee they shall nomore lear ne to fyght but euery maÌ„ shall syt vnder his vyneyarde vnder hys fygâ—re and no maÌ„ to fraye him away for the mouth of y â— Lord of hostes hath spokeÌ„ it Therfore where as al the people haue walked euery maÌ„ in y â— name of his owne God we wyl walke in y â— name of the Lord our God for euer euer At the same tyme sayth the Lord wyl I gather vp y â— lame the outcastes such as I haue chastened wyl geue issue vnto the lame make of the outcastes a great people the Lorde him selfe shal be theyr kyng vpon the mount Sion from this tyme forth for euermore And vnto y â— O thou tower of Eder thou stronge holde of the daughter Syon vnto the shal it come euen the Lordshippe kyngdome of the daughter IerusaleÌ„ Why then art y u nowe so heuy is there no kyng in the are thy councelers away that thou arte so payned as a woman in her trauayle And nowe O thou daughter Syon be sorye let it greue the as a wyfe laboryng with chylde for nowe must thou get the out of the cytie dwel vpon the playne felde Yee vnto Babylon shalt thou go there shalt thou be delyuered there the Lorde shal lowse the from the hande of thyne enemyes Nowe also are there many people gathered together against the saying what SioÌ„ is cursed we shall se our lust vpon her But they knowe not the thoughtes of y â— Lorde they vnderstande not his councell that shal gather them together as the sheeues in the barne Therfore get the vp O thou daughter Syon and thresshe out the corne For I wyll make thy horne yron and thy clawes brasse that thou mayest grynde many people theyr goodes shalt thou appropriate vn to the Lorde and theyr substaunce vnto the ruler of the whole worlde ¶ Of the destruccyon of Ierusalem CAPI V. AFter that shalt thou be robbed thy selfe O y u robbers daughter they shall laye sege agaynst vs smyte the iudge of Israel w t a rodde vpon the cheke And y u BethleeÌ„ Ephrata art lytle amoÌ„ge the thousandes of Iuda Out of the shal come vnto me which shal be the gouernour in Israell whose out goynge hath bene from the begynnynge from euerlastynge In the meane whyle he plageth them for a season vntyll the tyme that she whiche shal beare haue borne then shall the remnaunt of his brethren be coÌ„uerted vnto y â— chyldren of Israel He shall staÌ„de fast and geue fode in the strength of the Lorde and in the victory of the name of the Lorde his God and when they be conuerted he shal be magnifyed vnto the farthest partes of the worlde Then shall there be peace so that the Assyrian maye come into our lande treade in oure houses We shall brynge vp seuen shepherdes and. viii princes vpon theÌ„ these shal subdue the lande of Assur w t the swerde and the laÌ„de of Nymrod wyth their naked weapeÌ„s Thus shall he deliuer vs from y â— Assirian when he coÌ„meth within our lande and setteth his fote within our borders And the reÌ„naunt of Iacob shal be among the multitude of people as the dewe of the Lorde and as the droppes vpon the grasse that taryeth for no man and wayteth of no body Yee y â— resydue of Iacob shal be among the Gentiles and the multitude of people as the lyon among the beastes of the wod and as the LyoÌ„s whelpe among a flocke of shepe which when he goeth thorow tredeth down teareth in peces and there is no man that can helpe Thyne hande shal be lyfte vp vpon thyne enemyes and all thyne aduersasaries shall peryshe The tyme shall come also sayeth y â— Lorde that I wyll take thyne horses from the and destroye thy charettes I wyl breake downe the cytyes of thy lande and ouerthrowe all thy stronge holdes All witchcraftes wyll I rote oute of thyne hande there shal no mo soth sayinges be within the. Thyne Idols and thyne Images wyll I destroye out of y â— so that thou shalt nomore bowe thy selfe vnto the worckes of thyne owne handes Thy groues wyll I plucke vp by the rotes and breake downe y â— cyties Thus wyl I be aueÌ„ged also vpoÌ„ al y â— Heathen y t wyl not heare ¶ An â—â—hortacyon to heare the iudgment agaiÌ„st Israel beynge vnkynde What maner of sacrifyces do please God CAPI VI. HErken nowe what the Lord sayeth Up reproue the mountaines let the hylles heare thy voyce O heare the punyshemeÌ„t of the Lorde ye mountaynes and ye mighty foundacioÌ„s of the earth for y â— Lorde wyl reporue his people reason w t Israel O my people what haue I done vnto y â— or wherin haue I hurte the geue me answere Because I brought the from the lande of Egypte delyuered the out of the house of bondage Because I made Moses Aaron Miriam to lede y â— RemeÌ„bre O my people what Balach y â— kyng of Moab had Imagyned agaynst the and what answere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue hym from Sethim vnto Galgal that ye may knowe the louynge kyndnesses of the Lorde What acceptable thynge shal I offer vnto the Lord shall I bowe my kne to the hye God Shall I come before hym with brent offrynges and with calues of a yeare olde Hath the Lord a pleasure in many thousaÌ„de rammes or innumerable streames of oyle Or shall I geue my fyrst borne for myne offences the frute of my body for the synne of my soule I wyll shewe the O maÌ„ what is good what the Lorde requyreth of the Namely to do right to haue pleasure in louyng kyndnesse to be lowly to walcke w t thy God that thou mayest be called a citie of the Lorde that thy name maye be rightuousnesie Heare O ye trybes who wolde els geue you such warnyng Shuld I not be displeased for y â— vnrightuous good in y â— houses of the wycked and because the measure his mynyshed Or shulde I iustifye the false balaunces and the bagge of disceatful weyghtes amonge those that be full of ryches vnryghtuously gotten where the cytesyus deale with falshede speake lyes haue disceatfull tunges in their mouthes Therfore I wyll take in haÌ„de to punish y â— and to make y â— desolate because of thy sines Thou shalt eat not haue ynough yee thou shalt briÌ„ge thy self downè Thou shalt fle but not escape those that thou woldest saue wyll I delyuer to the swerde Thou shalt sowe but not reape y u shalt presse out olyues but oyle shalt y â— not haue to anoint thy self with all thou shalte treade out swete muste but shalt dricke no wyne Ye kepe the ordiuaunces of Amri al the customes of the house of Ahab ye folowe their pleasures therfore wil
y â— Lorde consydereth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memory all boke wryten for suche as feare the Lorde remembre his name And in the day that I wyl make saieth the Lord of hostes they shal be mine owne possession and I wyll fauoure them lyke as a man fauoureth hys owne sonne that doth him ser uyâ—e Turne you therfore and consydre what difference is betwyxte the ryghteous vngodly betwixte him that serueth God and hym that serueth hym not CAPI IIII. For marcke the daye commeth that shall burne as an ouen and all the proude yee all such as do wyckednesse shal be strawe the day that is for to come shal burne them vp sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote nor braunche But vnto you that feare my name shall that Sonne of ryghteousnesse aryse and health shal be vnder hys wynges ye shal go forth multyply as the fat calues Ye shall treade downe the vngodly for they shall be lyke the ashes vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye that I shall make sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunte which I commytted vnto hym in Oreb for all Israell with the statutes and ordynaunces Beholde I wyl sende you Elias the prophet before the commyng of the daye of the greate and fearfull Lordeâ— He shal turne the hertes of the fathers to their chyldren the hertes of the chyldren to theyr fathers y â— I come not smyte the earthe with cursynge ⧠The ende of the prophecy of Malachy and consequently of al the Prophetes To the Reader IN consideracion that the bokes before are fouÌ„de in thâ—â—ebrue tong receaued of all men that the other folowing which are called Hagriog â—apha because they were woÌ„re to be reade not openly and in comeÌ„ but as it were in secret and aparte aâ—e neyther founde in the Hebrue nor in the â—alde in which tonges they haue not of long bene wrytten in lesse then it were happly the booke of Sapience wher vp on it were nowe very harde to repayre amende them And that also they are not receaued nor taken as legyitymate leafull as well of the Hebrues of the whole Church as S. Hierome she weth we haue separat them set them asyde that they may the better be knowen to the intent that men may knowe of which â—oked witnes ought to be receued of whiche not For the sayde S. Hierome speakyng of the boke of Iudith which is Hagiogriphe sayth that the auctorite therof is not estemed worthy and suffycyent to confyrme and stablysh the thynges that lyght in disput acyon And generally of all the bokes called Hagiogripha he sayth that men maye reade theÌ„ to the edyfying of the peple but not to confirme strengththen the doctrine of the Church I leaue out here the law as they call it of Canon c. Sancta Romana xv distine where he she wâ—th hys iudgement Lyke wyse the Blose of c. Canones rvi distin which sath that men reade theÌ„ but in generall as though be shulde saye that generally thorowly they are not alowed And not without a cause For that they haue bene corrupâ—ch and faisyâ—yed in many places it appeateth suffycyently by Eusebius in his boke called Historia Ecclesiastica which thing is easy to be knowen euen now a dayes â— certain poites â— namely in the bokes of the Maâ—â—â—ces whos 's second boke S. Hie. coÌ„fesseth that he found not iÌ„ the Hebrue â–ª by the meanes wherof it is become vnto vs the more suspect and the lesse receaued In lyke maner is it of the thyrde fourthe boke of Esdras whiche S. Hierome protesteth that he wolde not haue translated esteamyng theÌ„ fordreames where as Iosephus yet in hys boke of hys Autyquyâ—yes declateth the summe of the matter after the maner of a story as well of the boke of Machabees as of the â—ii of Esdras al though be esteame the bokes coÌ„pyled froÌ„ the raygne of king Artaxerses vnto his tyme. to be Agiogrtpha Wherfore then wheÌ„ thou wylt maynteyne any thing for certem reÌ„dringe a reson of thy fayth take heade to proceade therin by the liuing and piththy Scriptures folowyng S. Peter which sayth He that speaketh let him speake as though he spake the word of God He saith the word of God as a thyng most true certâ— opened by Prophetes Apostles inspyred with the holy goost of whom we haue wytnesse moare cleare then the day Lawers hauynge greate desyre to confyrme and stablysh theyr opynyoÌ„s by the lawe of maÌ„ say that they shame to speake without law How much more scare dreade theÌ„ ought he tohaue that saith be is a Christian the which holdeth not him selfe or reasteth not in the lawes of the lyuing god but in meÌ„nes inueÌ„cyons iudgyiâ—ge of all thynges accordynge to them lening to an vncerten ymaginacion phantasy Let vs therfore that are builded on the fouÌ„datyan of the hely Prophetes and Apostles on the heade corner stone on whiche they them selues were founded and which they preached that is Iesus Christ the suâ—e stone leaue the thynges that are â—ncerien to folowe the certeÌ„ holdynge vs â—easâ—inge vs in them fastening our ancre there as in asure place For our Chriten fayth consysteth not in doubtetull thynges but in playne most certen assurauÌ„ce in moost true per suasyon taken confyrmed by infallible verite In whiche God grauÌ„te vs to walcke perpetuallye to thyntent that accordynge to 〈◊〉 fulfyllynge his holy wyl in vs and settynge asyde all muâ—cyoâ—s contrary vnto him we maye lyue to hys honoure to the edyfyinge of hys Churche SO BE IT ⧠The volume of the Bokes called Hagiographa The thyrde Boke of Esdras The fourth Boke of Esdras The Boke of Tobiah The Boke of Iudith The rest of the Boke of Hester The Boke of wysdome Ecclesiasticus Baruch the Prophete The song of the. iij. chyldren in the ouen The story of Susanna The story of Bel and of the Dragon The prayer of Manasseh The fyrste Boke of the Machabees The seconde Boke of the Machabees The thyrde Booke of Esdras ¶ Iosios holdeth passeouer After his death is Iechonias â—is sonne made Kynge in his steade whome the Kynge of Egypte putteth out and setteth in his brother Ioachim Ierusalein is destroyed and Sedechis taken CAPI I. ANd Iosias helde the feast of Easter in Ierusalem vnto the Lorde and dewe the Passeouer y â— xiiij oay of the first moneth He set the prestes also in ordre accordyng to theyr dayly courses being arayed in long garmentes in the teÌ„ple of y â— Lord. And he spake vnto y â— Leuites the holy ministers of Israell that they shulde halow theÌ„ selues vnto the Lord to set the holy arcke of the Lorde in the house that kyng Salomon the soÌ„ne of Dauid had buyl ded sayde
tabernacles sake Neuertheles they had his messauÌ„gers in derision loke what god spake vnto theÌ„ by his ê“phetes they made but a sport of it This drewe on so longe tyll the Lorde was wroth with his people for their vngodlynes and tyl he caused the kynges of y â— Cal dees to come vp whiche slew their yonge meÌ„ with the swerde yee euen in the compasse of their holy temple spared no body neither yong nor olde nether maden nor yonge maÌ„ but they were all delyuered into the power of the kinges of the Caldees and al the holy vessels of the Lorde and the kynges treasures toke they and caried them vnto BabiloÌ„ As for the house of the Lorde they weÌ„t vp into it and brent it brake downe the walles of Ierusalem set fyre vpon her towres destroyed al her noble buyldiges brought them to nought and the people that were not slayne with the swearde they caryed vn to Babylon Thus became they presoners boÌ„de meÌ„ of the kyng of Babilon tyll they were delyuered raygned for them selues when the wordes of the Lorde were fulfylled whiche he promysed them by the mouth of the Prophete Ieremy and tyl the lande had her rest namely all the tyme that it lay waste had it rest and quytnes lxxvij yeares ¶ Cyruâ— gyueth lyeence to the Iâ—â—â—es to returne to Ierusalem and restoreth them the vessele of the temple After that aâ—e there letters sende to Artaxerses whiche acâ—use the Iewes for buyldynge of the cytie and so is the buyldyng â—râ—uen of vntyll the. 11. yeare of Darius CAPI II. N Owe when the kyng Cyrus raygned uer the Persians when the Lorde wolde perfourme the worde that he had promysed by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy the Lorde raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of Persians so that he caused thys wrytynge to be proclaymed thorowe out his whole realme sayinge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kyng of Persians The Lorde of Israel that hye Lorde hath made me kynge of the lande and commaunded me to buylde hym an house at IerusaleÌ„ in Iewry If there be any nowe of your people the Lorde be wyth hym and go vp wyth hym to Ierusalem And all they that dwell rounde aboute that place shall helpe them whether yt be wyth golde wyth syluer wyth gyftes horses and necessary catell and all other thynges that are brought wyth a fre wyll to the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem Then the principall men out of the trybes and vyllages of Iuda and Beniamin stode vp so dyd the prestes also and the Leuites whom the Lorde had moued to go vp and to buylde the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem And they that were about them helped them with al maner of gold and syluer and catell also and with many lyberall gyftes and thys dyd many one whose mynde was stered vp there to Kynge Cyrus also brought forth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the Lorde whyche Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabyloÌ„ had caryed awaye from Ierusalem and consecrated them to hys Idoll and ymage deliuered them to Mithrid atus his treasurer and by him they were delyuered to Salmanasar the debyte in Iewry And this was the noÌ„bre of them Two thousande iiij C. syluer boulles xxx syluer basens xxx baseÌ„s of golde ij M. and. iiij C. vessels of syluer and a thousande besyde All the vessels of gold and syluer were v. M. viij C. and. lx These were noÌ„bred vnto Salmanasar and to theÌ„ that were come agayne with hym to Ierusalem out of the captiuite of Babylon Nowe in y â— tyme of kynge Artaxerses the kynge of Persia these men Balemus and Mithridatus Sabellius Rathimê° Balthemus Semelius the Scribe other that dwelt in Samaria in other places vnder y â— dominioÌ„ therof wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of them in Iewry and Ierusalem The letter was made after thys maner Syr thy seruauÌ„tes Rathimus the story wryter Sabellius the Scribe other iudges of the courte in Celosyrya Phenyces Be it knowen manifeste to oure Lorde the kyng y t the Iewes which are come vp from you vnto vs into Ierusalem the rebellious and wicked cytye begynne to buylde it agayne and the walles aboute it and to set vp the temple a new Now yf this cytie the walles therof be set vp agayne they shall not onely refuse to geue trybutes and taxes but also rebell vtterly agaynste the kynge And for so moch as they take thys in hande now aboute the temple we thought it reasoÌ„ to thinke no scorne of it but to shewe it vnto oure Lorde the kynge and to certyfie hym therof to thintent that if it please the kinge he maye cause it to be sought in the bokes of olde and thou shalt fynde soche warning wrytten shalt vnderstande that this cytie hath all way bene rebelyous and disobedieÌ„t that it hath subdued kynges and cytyes that the Iewes whiche dwell therin haue euer bene a rebellyous obstynate vnfaythfull and fyghtyng people for the whiche cause thys cytye is wasted Wherfore nowe we certyfye our Lorde the Kynge y t yf thys cytye be buylded occupyed agayne and y e walles therof set vp a new â–ª thou canst haue no passage into Celosyria and Phenices Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the story wryter to Balthemus to Sabelius y e Scribe to y e other officers dwellers in Syria and Phenices after thys maner I haue red the epistle which thou seÌ„test vnto me haue commaunded to make diligeÌ„t search haue founde y t the cytie hath euen resysted kynges y t the same people are dysobedient and haue caused much warre and that myghty kynges haue raygned in Ierusalem whiche also haue raysed vp taxes of Syria and Phenices Wherof I haue coÌ„mauÌ„ded those people y t they shal nat buylde the cytie that they make nomore in it and that they proceade no forther with the buyldynge for so much as it myght be the cause of warre and displeasure vnto kynges Nowe when Rathymus and Sabellius the Scribe the rulers in the laÌ„de had â—eâ— the wrytynge of kynge Artaxerses they gat them together and came in all the haste to Ierusalem with an hoost of horsmeÌ„ with muche people of fote forbad theÌ„ to buylde And so they lefte of from buyldynge of the temple of Ierusalem vnto the seconde yeare of y â— raygne of Darius kynge of perseans ¶ Dariâ—s maketh a feast The thre sentenses of the thre yonge men of whiche the fyrst is declared CAPI III. Kynge Darius made a greate feast vnto hys seruauntes vnto all his courte and to all the offycers of Medea Persia yee to all the debytes and rulers that were vnder hym from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth xxvij countres So when they had eaten and droucken beynge satysfyed were gone home agayne Darius y â— kynge wente into his chambre layed hym
temple in the new mone of the second moneth in y â— secoÌ„d yere that they were came into Iewry IerusaleÌ„ And they appoynted the Leuitê that were aboue xx yere olde vnto the seruice of the Lord so Iesua his sonnes his brethren al the Leuites stode together and perfourmed the lawe ordinaunce in the house of the Lorde And the Prestes stode had theyr garmentes and troÌ„pettes and the Leuytes the sonnes of Asaph had Cimbals geuyng thaÌ„kes and prayses vnto the Lorde accordyng as Dauyd the kynge of Israel had ordayned And the song that they dyd syng vnto y â— Lorde was after this matter O syng vnto the Lorde for he is gracious his goodnes vpon Israel endureth foreuer And al y â— people blew out with trompettes and song with loude voyce praysynge the Lord together in the rearing vp of the house of y â— Lord There came also from among the Prestes and Leuites the rulers and elders accordig to the tribes and kynredes such as had sene the house afore to the buyldyng of this temple with greate crye and great mournynge many also with troÌ„pettes great toy In so much that the troÌ„pettes myght not well be hearde for the wepyng and mournyng For the coÌ„men people blewe goodly vpon the troÌ„pettes so that it myght be harde farre of Then came the enemies of the tribes of Iuda and Bemamin to knowe what that trompettyng and noyse of shawmes myght be And they perceyue y t it was they whiche were come agayne out of captyuite wolde buylde the temple vp a newe vnto the Lord God of Israel So they went to Zorobabell and Iesua and to the rulers of the villages and sayde vnto them Shal we buylde with you also For we lyke wyse haue herde your Lorde and we walke after the same maner from the dayes of Asbazareth the kynge of Assiria which brought vs hyther Then Zorobabel and Iesua and the rulers of the villages of Israel sayde vnto them It is not mete that ye shulde builde the temple of our God w t vs we our selues alone wyll buylde vnto the Lorde of Israel lyke as Cyrus y â— kyng of the PersyaÌ„s hath coÌ„maunded vs. But the Heathen in the lande layde themselues agaynst those y t were in Iewry helde vp y â— buylding from them layed wayt vpon them preuely stopped such as brought any thynge to them forbad them to buylde and hidered those y t made theÌ„ passage that y e buildyng shuld not be finyshed this coÌ„tynued so long as kynge Cyrus lyued so they put of the buylding for the space of two yeres vntyl the raygne of kyng Darius ¶ Aggeus and zachary prophecye They buylde the temple without let or hynderaunce by the commaundemente of Darius CAPI VI. NOtwithstandynge in the seconde yere of the raygne of Darius Aggeus and Zachary the soÌ„ne of Addo prophecied vpon them in Iewry and Ierusalem in the name of the God of Israel Then zorobabell the sone of Salathiell and Iesua the sonne of Iosedec stode vp and beganne to buylde the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem when the Prophetes of the Lorde helped them At the same tyme came Sysennes the vnder Shreue in Syrya and Phenices with the lande lordes and his companyons and said vnto them Who hath bydden and commaunded you to buylde this house to make y â— rofe and al other thynges agayne And who are the worcke men that buylde them Neuerthelesse the elders of the Iewes had suche grace of the Lorde that they wolde not be let though they were prouoked therto buylded on styll vntyl that Kyng â–ª Darius were certifyed therof an answered receyued froÌ„ him The letter that these meÌ„ sent vnto king Darius was after this maner Sysennes the vnder Shreue in Syrya and Phenyces and the landlordes w t theyr companyons which are head rulers in Syrya and Phenices sende theyr salutacion vnto Darius the Kynge We certyfy the Lorde the kinge y t we came into the laÌ„de of Iewry and went to IerusaleÌ„ where we founde the buyldynge and went to IerusaleÌ„ where we founde theÌ„ buylding the great house of God and the â—ple with great costely fre stone w t goodly tymbre for the walles yee they make greate haste with the worcke helpe one another and it goeth forth prosperously in their handes and with great dylygence and worship is it made Then asked we the elders who had commauÌ„ded them to make vp the house and the building and this we dyd to the intent that we myght certyfie the perfectly write vnto the the names of those that were the rulers of the worke So they gaue vs thys answere we are the seruauntes of the Lord which made heauen and earth and as for this house it hath bene buylded and set vp afore tyme by the great myghty Kinge of Israel But when our fathers prouoked God vnto wrath and synned agaynste the God of Israel he gaue them ouer into the power of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon the Kynge of the Caldees whiche brake downe the house brent it caryed awaye the peple presoners vnto Babilon Neuertheles in y e fyrst yeare y t kyng Cyrus raygned at Babylon Cyrus y e kynge wrote coÌ„maunded to buylde vp thys house agayne all the holy vessels of golde syluer that Nabuchodonosor caried away from Ierusalem vnto Babylon and appropriated vn to his owne teÌ„ple these brought Cyrê°forth againe and delyuered them to Zorobabel to Salmanasar the vnder Shreue commaundynge them that they shulde bringe those same vessels to Ierusalem into the temple to begynne from y â— tyme forthe to buylde y e teÌ„ple agayne i his owne place TheÌ„ Salmanasat layed y â— fouÌ„dacyoÌ„ of y e Lordes house at Ierusalem euer sence haue they buylded yet is it not ended And therfore O kynge yf thou thynckest it good let it be sought in the Lybraries and rolles of kyng Cyrus that are in Babylon yf it be founde theu y t the buyldiÌ„ge of the house of the Lord at Ierusalem was begon by the couÌ„cel coÌ„sent of king Cirus if our lorde the kyng be so mynded let hym wryte vnto vs therof Then coÌ„maunded Kynge Darius to seke in the Lybraryes and so at Egbathanis in a lytle cyte in medea ther was founde such a wrytynge In the first yeare of the raygne of Cyrus the same King Cyrus coÌ„maunded that the house of y e Lorde at IerusaleÌ„ shuld be buylded agayne and odours to be made ther coÌ„tynually vnto y e Lord whose heygth shal be x. cubites the bredeth thre score cubites foure square with thre hewen stones w t a loft of tymbre of the same countre yee w t a new loft the expenses therof to be geuen of the house of kyng Cyrus And the ornameÌ„tes of golde and syluer that Nabuchodonosor toke out of y e house of y e Lorde at IerusaleÌ„ shal
soeuer is necessary for y â— to the worcke of the temple of thy god that shal be geuen the of y â— kiÌ„ges tresure loke what thou w t thy brethren wyl do with the gold syluer that do after the wyll of the Lord. And I kyng Artaxerses haue commauÌ„ded the kepers of y â— treasures in Syria and Phenyces y â— what soeuer Esdras the preste and reder of the lawe of the Lorde doth wryte it shal be dilygently geuen hym tyl an hundred talentes of syluer and of golde in lyke maner Of corne also an hundreth measures and tyl an huÌ„dreth vessels of wyne other pleÌ„teous thynges without nombre Let all thynges be done after the law of God vnto the hyest God y t the wrath of God aryse nat in the realme of the kyng of his sonnes I coÌ„mauÌ„de you also that ye requyre no taxe nor tribute of y â— prestes Leuytes syngers and ministers of the teÌ„ple nor of the writers that no maÌ„ haue auctorite to medle any thyng agaynst theÌ„ As for the O Esdras set thou iudges and arbyters in the whole lande of Syria Phenices after the wysdome of God learne al such as are ignorauÌ„t in the lawe of God thy Lord let al them that offende agaynst the lawe be diligently punyshed whether it be with death with payne to be condemned in money or to be banyshed Then sayde Esdras the wryter Blessed be the God of our fathers that hath gyueÌ„ so good a minde wyl into the hert of the king to magnifie his house that is at Ierusalem and hath made me to be accepted in the sight of the kyng of his councell of hys frendes of his nobles And so I was stedfast in my mynde accordyng as the Lord my God helped me and I chose out meÌ„ of Israell to go vp w t me And these are y â— hedes after their kynredes and houses of theyr fathers that went vp with me from Babylon out of the kyngdome of Artaxerses Of the sonnes of Phares Gersonius Of the sonnes of Siemarith Amenus Of the sonnes of Dauid Accus the sonne of Cecilia Of the sonnes of Phares Zachary and w t him turned agayne an hundreth and fyftye men Of the sonnes of the captayne of Moabylon Zaraei and with him ij C and l. men Of the soÌ„nes of Zachnes Iechonias Zecholy and with him two hundreth fyftye men Of the sonnes of Salamasias Gotholy and. lxx with him Of the sonnes of Zaphacia Zarias Mihely and with hym foure score Of the soÌ„nes of Iob Abdias Ieheli and with hym two hundreth twelue men Of the sonnes of Baâ—ia Salimoth y â— sonnes of Iosapha and with hym an hundreth an thre score men Of the soÌ„nes of Beer Zachari Behei and with him two hundreth and. viij men Of the sonnes of Esead Iohannes Ezecham and with him an huÌ„dreth and tenne men Of the sonnes of Adoniram those that were the laste and these are theyr names Eliphalam the sonne of Gebeil and Semeias and with hym lxx men All these called I together by the water Thia where we pitched our tentes thre dayes and there I mustered them As for the sonnes of the prestes Leuites I founde none there Then sent I vnto Eleazar and Eccelom and Masmam and Malobam and Enaathan and Samea Ioribimathan Eunagan Zachary Mosollamum these were the leders men of experyence and I sente them worde that they shulde come vnto Loddeus whiche was by the place of the treasury and commaunded them that they shulde speake vnto Loddeus and to his brethren and to those that were in the treasury to sende vs such men as myght execute the prestes offyce in the house of the Lorde our God And with the myghty haÌ„de of our Lord God they brought vnto vs meÌ„ of good experience from among the sonnes of Moolius the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel Sebebiam and the sonnes and hys brethreÌ„ Asbin and Anin of whom there were xviij From amonge the chyldren of the sonnes of Cananeus and theyr sonnes were xx men And of them that serued in the temple whom Dauid had ordeyned and y â— principall men that ministred for the worcke vnto the Leuites in the temple two hundreth twentie men whose names are all tokened vp in wrytynge Then coÌ„mauÌ„ded I a fastyng vnto the yonge men before the Lorde that I myght desyre of hym a prosperous iourney and a good waye for vs yee for vs for our chyldreÌ„ and for the catell because of the layenges awayt I durst not requyre of the kyng horsmen fote men to conuey vs safely agaynst our enemyes for we had said vnto the king that the power of the Lorde our God shulde be w t them that seke hi w t theyr whole hert And therfore we besought God oure Lord earnestly because of these thynges he was merciful vnto vs and herd our prayer And I seperated froÌ„ among the rulers of the people from the prestes of the temple xij men and Sebebia Asania and ten men of theire brethren w t them And I weied theÌ„ the gold and the siluer al the prestly ornamentes of the house of our God which the kynge and his couÌ„cel and his Prynces and whole Israel had geueÌ„ And when I had weyed it I gaue them an hundreth and fyfty taleÌ„tes in siluer and an buÌ„dreth taleÌ„tes of siluer vessel an huÌ„dreth talentes of golde and of golden vessell seuen tymes twentye and vessels of other metall yee of good metal twelue glisteryng as the golde and sayde vnto them ye are holy vnto the Lorde and the Uessels are holy the golde and the siluer is promysed vnto the Lorde God of our fathers Be dilygente nowe and kepe it vntyll the tyme that ye delyuer it to the Rulers of the people to the preestes to the Leuytes and to the princypall men of the cyties of Israel in Ierusalem in the chamber of the house of our God So the Preestes and the Leuytes whiche receyued of me the golde the syluer and the vessel brought it into Ierusalem into the temple of the lorde And from the ryuer of Thyawe brake vp the twelueth day of the fyrst moneth tyll we came to Ierusalem And when the thyrde day was past the weyed golde and syluer was delyuered in the house of the Lord our God the fourth day vnto Marimoth the sonne of Ior the prest and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinees and with them were Iosabdus the sonnes of Iesnet Medias and the sonne of Banus and certaine of the Leuites to the noÌ„bre and to the weyght the weight of theÌ„ was wrytten vp the same tyme. As for those that were come out of captiuite they offred sacryfyce vnto the Lord God of Israel eueÌ„ twelue oxen for al Israell lxxxvj Ramines lxxij shepe xij goates for sinne twelue kine for a thankofferyng al to the sacrifyce of the Lord. And the kynges coÌ„myssion
loue him Who so feareth the Lorde staÌ„deth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the Lorde is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lorde In whoÌ„ putteth he his trust Who is his strength For the eyes of the Lord haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mighty proteccion and stronge grouÌ„d A defeÌ„ce for the heate and refuge for the hote none daye a succore for stumblynge and an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule lyghteneth the eyes He geueth lyfe and blessynge He that geueth an offringe of vnrygh tuous good his offeringe is refused and the scornefull dealynges of the vnryghtuous please not God The Lorde is theyrs onely y â— pacientely abyde hym in the waye of the trueth of ryghtuousnes The hyghest doth not alowe the gyftes of the wycked And God hath no delyte in y â— offeringes of the vngodly nether may synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacyons Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of the goodes of the poore doth euen as one that kylleth the soÌ„ne before the fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the lyfe of the poore he y â— defraudeth hym therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth hys neyghboure of his liuyng doth as a great sine as though he sâ—e we him to death He y â— defraudeth the laborer of his hyre is a bloud shedder When one buildeth and another breaketh downe what profyte haue they then but laboure WheÌ„ one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl y â— Lorde heare He y â— washeth hi selfe because of a deed body then toucheth y â— deed agayne what doth his washyng So is it with a maÌ„ y t fasteth for his sinnes doth theÌ„ agayne who wyll heare his prayer Or what doth his fastyng helpe him ¶ It is well done to praye and to do sacryfice The prayer of the fal heeles and of the widdowe and him that humbleth hym selfe CAPI XXXV WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offringes ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundemente offreth the ryght health offeringe He that is thankefull and recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercyfull and geueth almes that is the ryght thankeoffrynge God hath pleasure when one departeth from synne and to forsake vnryghtuousnes reconcyleth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lorde for all suche is done because of the commaundement The offringe of the rightuous maketh the aulter fat a swete smell is it before the Hyest The offerynge of the ryghtuous is acceptable vnto God and shal neuer be forgotten Gyue God his honoure with a chereful herte and kepe not backe the fyrstlynges of thy handes In all thy gyftes shewe a mercyful countenaunce and halowe thy tythes vnto God with gladnesse Gyue vnto God accordynge as he hath enryched and prospered the and loke what thin haÌ„de is able geue with a chereful eye for the Lord recompenseth and geueth the seuen tymes as muche agayne Geue no vnryghtuous gyftes for suche wyll he nat receyue Beware of wrongeous offringes for the Lord is a rightuous iudge and regarderh no mannes personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed He despyseth not the desyre of the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe when she poureth out her prayer before hym Doth not God se the teares that renne downe the chekes of the wyddowe Or heareth he not the coÌ„playnte ouer suche as make her to wepe For from hyr chekes do the teares go vp vnto heaueÌ„ and the Lorde which heareth theÌ„ doth accepte them Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted and hys prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y â— humbleth him sylfe goeth thorow the cloudes tyll she come nye She will not be comforted nor go her waye tyll the hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentence and perfourme the iudgement And the Lorde wyll not be slack in coÌ„mynge nor tary long tyll he haue smytten in sonder the ba ckes of the vnmercyfull and auenged him selfe of the HeatheÌ„ tyl he haue taken awaye the multytude of the cruell and broken the cepter of the vnryghtuous tyll he geue euery man after his workes and rewarde theÌ„ after their doyngê tyl he haue deliuered his people mayntained their cause reioysed theÌ„ iÌ„ his mercy O how fayre a thyng is mercy in the time of anguish trouble It is lyke a cloude of rayne that coÌ„meth in the tyme of a drouth ¶ A prayer to God in the person of all faythfull men with the prayse of a good woman CAPI XXXVI HAue mercy vpon vs O Lorde thou God of all thynges Haue respecte vnto vs shewe vs the light of thy mercyes and sende thy feare amonge the Heathen strauÌ„gers which seke not after the that they may knowe how that there is no God but thou and that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes Lyfte vp thyne hande ouer the outlandy she Heathen that they maye learne to knowe thy myght and power Lyke as thou arte halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe that thou mayest be magnyfyed also in them before vs that they may know the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O Lorde Renue the tokens and chaunge the wonderous worckes Shew thyne hande and thy ryght arme gloryously Rayse vp thy indignacyon poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary and smyte the enemy Make the tyme short remembre thy couenaunt that thy wonderous worckes may be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume theÌ„ that lyue so carelesse and let them peryshe that do thy people hurt Smyte in sunder the heade of the Prynces that be oure enemyes and say there is none other but we Gather all the trybes of Iacob together agayne y â— they may knowe howe that there is none other God but onely thou that they maye shewe thy wonderous workes and be thou thy peoples herytage lyke as from the begyynnynge O Lord haue merey vpon the people that hath thy name and vpoÌ„ Israel whoÌ„ y u hast lyckened to a fyrst borne sonne O be mercyfull vnto Ierusalem the cytie of thy Sanctuary the cytie of thy rest Fyll Syon with thy vnspeakable vertues thy people with thy glorye Geue wytnes vnto thy creature whom thou madest from the beginnynge rayse vp the prophecyes that haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde theÌ„ that wayte for the that thy Prophetes may be founde faythfull O Lorde heare the prayer of thy seruauÌ„tes accordyng to the blessing of Aaron ouer thy people gyde thou vs in the way of ryghteousnes that all they whiche dwel vpon the earthe maye knowe that thou art the Lorde the eternall God whiche is from euerlastyng The bely deuoureth all meates yet is one meate better then another Lyke as the tong tasteth venyson so doth an herte of vnderstandyng
the wyldernesse namely they that were of Dathan and Abirams side and the furyous congregacion of Chore. This the Lorde sawe and it displeased hym and in hys wrothfull indignacion were they consumed A greate wonder dyd he vpon them and consumed them with the fyre Besydes thys he made Aaron yet more honorable and glorious He gaue hym an herytage and parted the fyrst frutes vnto him Unto hym specially he appoynted the bred for sustenaunce for the prestes dyd eat of the offrynges of y â— Lorde this gaue he vnto him and his sede Els had he no herytage nor porcion in the laÌ„de and with the people For the Lord hym selfe is his porcyon and enherytaunce The thyrde noble excelleÌ„t man is Phinehes y â— sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had the zele and feare of the Lorde For wheÌ„ the people were turned backe he put hym selfe forth ryght sone and y â— with a good wyll to pacifye the wrath of the Lorde towarde Israell Therfore was there a couenauÌ„t of peace made w t him y t he shulde be the principal among the ryghteous in the people that he and his posterite shulde haue the offyce of the prsthode for euer Lyke as there was made a couenauÌ„t with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda that from amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kyng And that Aaron also and his se de shulde be the heritage to geue vs wysdome in our hert to iudge his people in righteousnes y â— hys goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes that their honoure might endure for euer CAPI XLVI ¶ The praise of Iosue Caleb and Samuell MAnly and stronge in battayll was Iesus the sonne of Naue which insteade of Moses y â— Prophete was geuen to be captayne of the people whiche accordinge vnto hys name was a greate sauyoure vnto the elect of god to punish the enemies that â—ose vp agaynst Israel y â— Israel myght optaine theyr inheritaunce O howe greate noble excellent was he when he lyft vp his hand drewe out his swerde agaynst the cytyes Who stode so manly before hym For the Lorde hym selfe brought in the enemyes Stode not the suÌ„ne styl at his commaundemente and one daye was as longe as two He called vpon the Hyest and moste myghtye when the enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde and the Lorde herde hym wyth the hayle stones They smote the Heytheneshe people myghtely in falling downe they slewe all the aduersaryes so that the Heathen knewe his hoost and al his defence y t the Lord hym selfe fought agaynst theÌ„ for he folowed vpoÌ„ the myghtie men of theÌ„ In the tyme of Moses also he and Caâ—ch the sonne of Iephune dyd a good worcke which stode agaynst the enemyes w t helde the people from synne stylled the wycked murmuring And of syxe huÌ„dreth thousaÌ„de people of fote they two were preserued to brige theÌ„ into y e heritage namely a â—ande that floweth with mylcke and hony The Lorde gaue streÌ„gth also vnto Caleb which remained with hym vnto his age so that he went vp into the hye places of the laÌ„de and his sede coÌ„quered the same for an herytage that al the chyldreÌ„ of Israel myght se howe good a thynge it is to be obedient vnto the Lorde And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose hert went not a whoryng nor departed from the Lord and that forsoke not the Lorde vnfaythfully whose remembrauÌ„ce hath a good reporte yee their bones florish out of their place and their names shal neuer be chauÌ„ged but honoure remayneth styl w t the childreÌ„ of those holy meÌ„ Samuel the Prophete beloued of the Lorde his God * ordayned a kyng anoynted the prynces ouer the people In the law of the Lorde he iudged the congregacyon and the Lorde had respecte vnto Iacob The Prophete was founde diligent in hys faythfulnes and he is knowen faythfull in his wordes He called vpon the Lord the almyghtye when the enemyes preased vpoÌ„ him on euery syde what tyme as he offred y â— suckyng lambes And the Lord thoÌ„dred froÌ„ heauen and made his voyce to be herd with a greate noyse He discomfyted the prynces of Tire all the rulers of the Philistines Before his laste ende he made protestacyon in the syghte of the Lorde and hys anoynted that he toke neyther substaunce nor good of eny man no not so muche as a sho and no man myght accuse hym After thys he tolde that hys ende was at hande and shewed the kynge also hys ende and deathe and from the earthe lyfte he vp hys voice in the prophecy that the vngodly people shulde peryshe ¶ The prayse of Nathan Dauid and Salomon CAPI XLVII AFterward in the time of king Dauid there rose vp a prophet called NathaÌ„ For like as y â— fat is taken away from the offeryng so was Dauid chosen out of the childreÌ„ of Israell He toke his pastyme with the lyons and as with kyddes and with beares lyke as with lambes Slewe he not a gyaunte when he was yet but yonge and toke away the rebuke froÌ„ his people what tyme as he toke the stone in hys hande and smote downe proude Goliath w t the sâ—inge For he called vpon the hyest Lorde whiche gaue him strength in hys ryghte hande so that he ouerthrewe the myghtye gyaunte in the battyll that he might set vp the horne of hys people agayne Thus brought he hym to worshpype aboue all prynces and made hym to haue a good reporte in the prayse of the Lorde that he shulde were a crowne of glory For he destroyed the enemies on euery syde roted out the Philystynes hys aduersaryes and brake theyr hornes in sunder lyke as it is broken yet thys daye In all hys worckes he praysed the Hyest and Holyest and ascâ—ybed the honour vnto hym With his whole hert dyd he prayse y â— Lorde and loued god that made hym He set syngers also before the aulter and in theyr tune he made swete songes He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worshypfully and that the solempne feastes thorowe the whose yeare shulde be honorably holden with praysynge the name of the Lorde and with syngynge by tymes in the mornynge in the Sanctuary The Lorde toke awaye his synnes and exalted his horne for euer He gaue hym the couenauÌ„t of the kingdome and the trone of worshipe in Israell After hi there rose vp the wyse soÌ„ne called Salomon and for hys sake he droue the enemyes awaye farre of This SalomoÌ„ raigned w t peace in his tyme for God gaue him rest froÌ„ his enemyes on euery syde y t he myghe builde him an house in his name and prepare the SaÌ„ctuary for euer lyke as he was well instructe in hys youthe fylled with wysdome and vnderstandinge as it were with a water floude He couered and filled the whole lande with similitudes and
Sem were in great honoure amonge the people so was Adam aboue all the beastes whan he was created ¶ Of Symon the sonne of Onias CAPI L. SYmon the soÌ„ne of Onias the hye prest which in his lyfe set vp y â— house agayne and in his dayes made fast the temple The heygth of the temple also was founden of him the double buyldinge the hye walles of the teÌ„ple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadynge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them froÌ„ destruccyon He kepte hys cytie made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure worshyppe amonge his people enlarged the intrauÌ„ce of the house the courte He gaue lyght as the mornynge starre in the myndest of the cloudes and as the moone whan it is full He shyned as the sunne in the teÌ„ple of God He is as bryght as the rayne bowe in the fayre cloudes and florysheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of the yeare and as lylyes by the ryuers of water Lyke as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in the tyme of sommer as a fyre incense that is kindled Lyke as an whole ornameÌ„t of pure golde set with al maner of precious stones and as an Olyue tree that is frutefull and as a Cipres tree which groweth vp an hye When he put on the garment of honoure and was clothed with all bewtye when he went to the holy aulter to garnysh the coue rynge of the Sanctuarye when he toke the porcyons out of the Prestes hande he hym selfe stode by the herth of the aulter and his brethren rounde about in ordre As y â— braunches of Cedre tree vpon the mouÌ„t Libanus â—o stode they rounde about him And as the braunches of the Olyue tree so stode al the sones of Aaron in the glorye the oblatioÌ„s of the Lorde in theyr handes before all the congregacion of Israel And that he myght suffycyently perfourme hys setuyce vpon y â— aulter and garnysh the offrynge of y â— hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynck offerynge and poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smel vnto the hyest Prynce Then beganne the sonnes of Aaron to syng to blowe with troÌ„pettes to make a great noyce for remembraunce and prayse vnto the Lorde Then were all the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpoÌ„ theyr faces to worshyppe the Lorde theyr God and to geue thankes to the almyghty God They sunge godly also with theyr voyces so that there was a pleasaunce noyse in the great house of the Lorde And the people in theyr prayer besought the Lorde the hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honour of the Lorde were perfourmed Thus ended they theyr mynistracyon and seruice Then went he downe and stretched out hys haÌ„des ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue prayse thankes out of theyr lyppes vnto the Lorde and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he myght openly shewe the thankesgeuynge before y â— Hyest namely thus O geue prayse and thankes pe al vnto the Lorde our God which hath euer done noble great thinges which hath increased oure dayes from our mothers wombe and dealt with vs accordynge to his mercy that he wyll geue vs the ioyfulnes of herte and peace for our tyme in Israel Which faythfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore and alwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thyrde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mouÌ„tayne of Samaria the Phylystynes the foolysh people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirach Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacyons and documentes of wysdome and vnderstandynge in thys boke poured out the wysdome of my herte Blessed is he that exercyseth hym selfe therin and who so taketh such to herte shal be wyse for euer Yf he do these thynges he shal be stroÌ„ge in al. For the lyght of the Lorde leadeth hym ¶ The prayer of Iesus the â—ouâ—e of Sirach CAPI LI. I Wyll thanke the O Lorde and kynge and prayse the O God my sauyoure I wyll yelde prayse vnto thy name for thou arte my defender and helper and haste preserued my bodye from destruccyon from the snare of traytorous tonges and from the lyppes that are ocupyed with lyes Thou hast bene my helper from suche as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multytude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou bast delyuered me from the roarynge of them that prepared theÌ„selues to deuoure me out of the handes of such as sought after my lyfe from the multitude of theÌ„ that troubled me and went about to set fyre vpoÌ„ me on euery syde so that I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre FroÌ„ the depe of hell from an vnclene tonge from lyenge wordes from the wycked Kynge and from an vnryghteous tonge My soule shall prayse y â— Lord vnto death for my lyfe drewe nye vnto hell downwarde They coÌ„passed me round aboute on euery syde and there was no man to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were any man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O Lorde and vpon thy actes that thou haste done euer of olde namely that thou delyuerest suche as put theyr trust in the and ryddest theÌ„ out of the handes of the Heathen Thus lyfte I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce froÌ„ death I called vpon the Lorde the father of my Lorde that he wolde not leaue me without helpe in the daye of my trouble and in the tyme of the proude I wyl prayse thy name coÌ„tynually yeldynge honour and thankes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and deliueredest me from the vnryghteous tyme. Therfore wyll I a knowledge and prayse the and magnyfye thy name O Lorde When I was yet but yonge or euer I went astraye I desyred wysdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the teÌ„ple and sought her vnto y â— laste Then floryshed she vnto me as a grape that is soone type My hert reioysed in her then went my tote the ryght waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me much my soome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyl I ascrybe the glory vnto hym that geueth me wysdome for I am aduysed to do there after I wyll be gelous to cleue vnto the thynge that is good so shall I not be confounded My soule hache wrestled with her and I haue bene dilygent to be occupyed in her I lyfte vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lyghtened thorowe wisdome that I knowledged
hym to a place named Golgotha whiche is yf a man interprete it the place of deade mens sculles and they gaue hym to drynke wyne menglyd with myrre but he receyued it not And when they had crucified hym they parted his garmentes castynge lottes vpon them what euery maÌ„ shulde take And it was aboute the thyrde houre and they crucifyed hym And the tytle of his cause was wrytten The kyng of the Iues. And they crucified with hym two theues the one on the ryghte hande the other on his lefte And the scripture was fulfylled whiche sayeth He was counted amonge the wycked And they that wente by rayled on hym waggynge theyr heades sayeng A wretche thou that destroyest the temple and buyldest it in thre dayes saue thy selfe come downe from the crosse Lykewyse also mocked hym the hygh preestes amonge them selues with the Scribes and sayde he saued other men him selfe he can not saue Let Christ the king of Israel descende nowe from the crosse that we maye se and byleue And they that were crucified with hym checked hym also And when the syxte houre was come darkenesse arose ouer all the earth vntyll the nynth houre And at the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce sayeng Eloi Eloi lamazabachthani whiche is yf one interprete it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some of them that stode by when they herde that sayd beholde he calleth for Elias And one ranne and fylled a sponge full of vyneger and put it on a reede gaue hym to drynke sayeng let hym alone let vs se whyther Elias wyl come and take hym downe But Iesus cryed with a loude voyce and gaue vp the goost And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces from the top to the bottome And when the Centurion which stode before him saw that he so cryed and gaue vp the goost he sayde truely this man was the son of God There were also women a good waye of beholdynge hym amonge whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of Iames the lytel and of Ioses and Mary Salome whiche also when he was in Galile had folowed hym and ministred vnto hym and many other womeÌ„ whiche came vp with hym vnto Ierusalem And nowe when the euen was come bycause it was the day of preparyng that goeth before the Sabboth Ioseph of the citye of Aramathia a noble counsellour whiche also loked for the kyngdome of God came and went in boldely vnto Pilate and begged of him the body of Iesu. And Pilate meruayled that he was alredy deade called vnto hym the Centurion and asked of hym whyther he had bene any whyle dead And wheÌ„ he knew the truth of the Centurion he gaue the body to Ioseph And he bought a lynnen clothe and toke hym downe and wrapped hym in the lynnen clothe and layde hym in a sepulcre that was hewen out of the rocke rolled a stone before the dore of the sepulcre And Mary Magdalen and Mary Ioses beholde where he was layde ⊢ ¶ Christ is rysen agayne and appeareth to the apostles to whom he coÌ„mytteth the preachynge of the Gospell CAPI XVI ✚ ANd when the Sabboth was past Mary Magdalen and Mary Iacobe Salome bought swete odoures that they myght come and anoynt hym And early in the mornyng ☞ the fyrst day of the Sabboth they came vnto the sepulcre when the Sonne was rysen And they sayde amonge them selues Who shall rolle vs awaye the stone from the dore of the sepulere And wheÌ„ they loked they sawe how that the stone was rolled away for it was a very great one And they went in to the sepulere and sawe a yong man syttynge on the ryght syde clothed in a long whyte garment and they were afrayde And he sayeth vnto them be not afrayde ye seke Iesus of Nazareth whiche was crucified He is rysen he is not here Beholde the place where they had put hym But go youre waye and tell his disciples and Peter that he goth before you in to Galile there shall ye se hym as he sayde vnto you ⊢ And they went out quyckely and fled from the Sepulcre for they trembled and were amased Neyther sayd they any thynge to any man for they were afrayde ✚ When Iesus was rysen early the fyrste day after the Sabboth he appeared fyrste to Mary Magdalen out of whome he had cast seuen deuyls And she wente and tolde them that were with hym as they mourned and wepte And they when they herde that he was a lyue and had appeared vnto her byleued it not After that appeared he vnto two of them in a straunge fygure as they walked and went in to the couÌ„trey And they went and tolde it to the remenaunt And they byleued not these also ⊢ ✚ Afterwarde he appeared vnto the eleuen as they sat at meate and cast in theyr teeth theyr vnbylefe hardnesse of herte bycause they byleued not them whiche had sene that he was rysen agayne from the deade And he sayd vnto them Go ye in to all the worlde and preache the Gospell ☞ to all creatures he that byleueth is baptised shall be saued But ☞ he that byleueth not shal be damned And these tokens shall folowe them that byleue In my name they shal cast out deuyls they shall speake with newe tongues they shal dryue away serpentê And yf they drynke any deadly thynge it shall not hurte them They shall laye theyr handes on the sycke â–ª and they shall recouer So then when the lorde had spoken vnto them he was receyued in to heuen and is on the ryght hande of God And they went forth and preached euery where the Lorde workyng with them and confyrmynge the worde with myracles folowynge ¶ Here endeth the Gospell of Saynt Marke ¶ The Gospell of Saynt Luke FOR as moche as manye haue taken in hande to set forth the declaracion of those thynges whiche are moost surely to be byleued amonge vs euen as they delyuered them vnto vs whiche from the begynnynge sawe them with theyr eyes were ministers of the thynges that they declared I determined also as soone as I had searched out diligently all thynges from the begynnyng that theÌ„ I wolde wryte vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest know the certente of those thynges wherof thou haste bene enfourmed ¶ The concepcion and byrth of IohnÌ„ the Baptist. The concepcion of Christ. The thankfull songes of Mary and zachori CAPI Primo THere was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurye a certayne preest named Zacharias of the course of Abia. And his wyfe was of the doughters of Aaron her name was Elizabeth they were both ryghteous before God and walked in all the lawes and ordynaunces of the Lorde that no man coulde fynde fawte with them And they had no chyld bycause that Elizabeth was baâ—eyn and they both were
inexperte in the worde of rhghtuousnes For he is but a babe But stronge meate belongeth to theÌ„ that are partecte eueÌ„ those which by reason of vse haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyl ¶ He goeth for the with the thynge that he beganne in the latter ende of the tyfâ—c Chapyter and exhorteth them not to fayntâ— but to be stedfast and pacyent for so muchâ— as God is sure in his promesse CAPI VI. THerfore leuynge the doctryne that pertayneth to the begynnyng of Christen men let vs go forth vnto perfeccyon not laynge agayne the foundacion of repentauÌ„ce from deade worckes and of fayth toward God baptysynges of doctryne and of layinge on of handes and of resurreccion from death and of eternall iudgement And so wyl we do If God permitte ☞ For it can not be that they whiche were once lyghted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyfte and were become partakers of the holy Ghost haue tasted of the good worde of God and of the power of the world to come yf they fall awaye and as conceruyng them selues crucyfie the sonne of God a fressh make a mocke of hym that they shulde be renued agayne by repentaunce For the earth whiche dryncketh in the rayne that commeth oft vpon it and bryngeth forth herbes mete for them that dresse it receyueth blessynge of God But that grounde whiche beareth Thornes and brears is reproued and is nye vnto cursynge whose ende is to be burned Neuerthelesse deare frendes we trust to se bettter of you and thynges whych accompany saluacion thoughe we thus speake For God is not vnryghtuous that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure that procedeth of loue whyche loue ye shewe in hys name whyche haue ministred vnto the saintes and yet ministre Yee and we desyre that euery one of you shew the same diligence to the fui stablishynge of hope euen vnto the ende that ye faynt not but be folowers of theÌ„ which thorow fayth pacience receyue the enherytauÌ„ce of the promysse For when God made promes to AbrahaÌ„ bycause he had none greater to sweare by he sware by hym self saying Surely I wyl blesse the and multyply the in dede And so after that he had taried pacieÌ„tly he enioyed the promes For men verely sweare by hym that is greater then them selues and an othe to confyrme the thynge is to them an ende of all stryfe So God wyllynge very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the beyres of promes the stablenes of hys counsayle added an othe that by two immutable thynges in whyche it was vnpossible that God shulde lye we myght haue a strong consolacioÌ„ which hitherto haue sled for to hold fast y â— hope that is set before vs whych hope we holde as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast which hopealso entreth in ito those thynges whiche are within the vayle where the fore tuÌ„ners for vs entred in euen Iesus that is made an hye prest for euer after the order of Melchysedech ¶ He compareth the presthode of Christe vnto Melchisedech but to be farre more excellent CAPI VII THis Melchisedech kynge of Salem which beyng prest of the most hye god met Abraham as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges blessed him to whom also Abraham gaue tythes of al thinges fyrst is called by interpretacyoÌ„ kyng of ryghtuousnes after that kynge of Salem that is to say king of peace without father without mother without kynne hath neither begynnynge of dayes neyther yet ende of lyfe but is likened vnto the sonne of God and contynueth a preste for euer Consyder what a man this was vnto whom also the Patriarke AbrahaÌ„ gaue tythes of the spoyles And verely those chyldren of Leui which receyue the offyce of the prestes haue a coÌ„maundement to take accordyng to the lawe tythes of the people that is to saye of their brethren yee thoughe they spronge out of the loines of Abraham But he whose kin red is not counted amonge them receyued tythes of AbrahaÌ„ blessed him that had the promyses And no man denyeth but that he which is lesse receiueth blessing of hi which is greater And here meÌ„ that dye receyue tithes But there he receyued tithes of whoÌ„ it is witnessed that he liueth And to saye the trueth Leui him selfe also which vseth to receyue tithes payed tythes in AbrahaÌ„ For he was yet in the loynes of his father whaÌ„ Melchisedech met AbrahaÌ„ If now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the Leuitê for vnder that presthod the people receyued the lawe what neded it furthermore that another prest shuld ryse to be called after the order of Melchisedech and not after the order of Aaron For yf the presthod be translated then of necessitie must the lawe be translated also For he of whom these thynges are spokeÌ„ pertayne vnto another trybe of whom neuer man serued at the aulter For it is euydente that oure Lorde spronge of the trybe of Iuda of whiche trybe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng presthode And it is yet a more euident thinge yf after the similytude of Melchisedech there aryse another preste which is not made after the law of that carnall commaundemente but after the power of the endelesse lyfe For after thys maner doth he testyfye thou arâ— a preste foreuer after the order of Melchisedech ☞ Then the commaundement that wente afore is disanulled because of weakenes and vnprofytablenes For the lawe brought nothynge to perfeccion but was an introduccyoÌ„ to a better hope by the whiche we drawe nye vnto God And therfore is it a better hope because the thyng was not done without an othe For those prestes were made wtout an othe but this preste w t an othe by him that sayde vnto him The Lorde sware wyl not repent Thou art a prest for euer after the order of Melchisedech And for that cause was Iesus a stablysher of a better testament And amonge them many were made prestes because they were not suffred to endure by the reason of death But this man because he endureth euer hath an euerlastiÌ„g prest hode Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttemost that come vnto God by him seynge he euer liueth to make intercession for vs. For such an hye Preste it became vs to haue which is holy harmlesse vndefiled seperate froÌ„ synners made hyer then heauen Which nedeth not dayly as yonder hye prestes to offer vp sacrifice Fyrst for his owne synnes then for the peoples synnes For that dyd he once when he offred vp him self For the lawe maketh men prestes which haue infirmitie but the worde of the othe that came seÌ„ ce the lawe maketh that soÌ„ne prest which is perfecte for euermore CAPI VIII ¶ The offyce of Chryste is more worthy then the Preestes offyce of the olde lawe whyche was vnperfecte and therefore abrogate OF the thinges which we haue spoken this is
to feare the Lorde thy god alwaye If the way be to long for the so that thou arte not able to cary it and yf the place be far from the whiche the Lorde thy God hathe chosen to set his name there and the Lorde thy God hathe blessed the then shalte thou make it in money and take the money in thy hande and go vnto the place which the lorde thy god hath chosen and bestowe that money for what soeuer thy soule lusteth after for oxen and shepe wyne and stronge drynke for what souer thy Soule desyreth and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery both thou and thyne housholde and the Leuyte that is ☞ within thy gates shalte thou not forsake for he hath neyther parte nor enheritaunce with the. At the ende of thre yere thou shalte bryng forth al the tythes of thyne encrease the same yere and lay it vp within thyne owne gates And the Leuite whiche hath no parte nor enherytaunce with the shal come and the strauÌ„ger the fatherlesse and the wydowe whiche are within thy gates shall eate and be fylled that the Lorde thy God may blesse the in all the workes of thyne hande which thou doest ¶ The forgyuenes of detres in the seuenth yeare CAPI XV. IN the seuenth yeare thou shalte make a fredome And this is the maner of the fredome who soeuer lendeth ought w t his hand vnto his neyghbour may not aske agayn that which he hath lent of his neyghbour or of his brother bycause it is called the Lordes free yere yet of a straunger †and of an alyent thou mayst call it home agayne But he that is thy brother hym shall thyne hande remytte Neuerthelesse there shall be no begger amonge you For the Lorde shall blesse the in the lande which the lord thy god gyueth the an enheritaunce to possesse it so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy god to obserue and do all these coÌ„maundementes which I coÌ„maunded the this day For the Lorde thy god hath blessed the as he hath promysed the and thou shalte lende vnto many nacyons but thou thy selfe shalt not borowe And y u shalte reygne ouer many nacyons and they shall not reygne ouer the. If one of thy brethren amonge you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the thou shalt not hardeÌ„ thyne herte nor shut to thyne hande from thy poore brother But open thy hande vnto hym lende hym sufficient for his nede whiche he hath Beware that there be not a wycked poynt in thyne herte that y â— woldest say The seuenth yere the yere of fredome is at hande therfore it greueth the to loke on thy poore brother and gyuest hym nought he then crye vnto the lord agaynst the it be synne vnto the. But gyue him and let it not greue thyne herte to gyue vnto him Bycause that for this thynge the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in all thy workes in all that thou puttest thyne hande to ☞ The lâ—â—de shall neuer be without poore And therfore I coÌ„maunde the sayenge Thou shalte open thyne hande vnto thy brother that is nedye and poore in thy lande If thy brother an Ebrue sell hym selfe to the or an Ebruesse and serue the syxe yere in the seuenth yere thou shalte let hym go fre from the. And when thou sendest him out fre from the thou shalte not let hym go awaye emptye but shalte gyue hym of thy shepe of thy corne and of thy wyne and gyue hym of that wherwith the Lorde thy God hath blessed the. And remembre that thou wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypte and the Lorde thy god delyuered the thence and therfore I coÌ„maunde the this thynge to daye And yf he saye vnto the I wyll not go away from the bycause he loueth the thyne house and is well at ease with the Then shalte thou take a naule nayle his eare to the dore therwith let hym be thy seruauÌ„t ☞ for euer And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do lyke wyse And let it not greue thyne eye when thou lettest hym go out free from the for he hathe bene worth a double hyred seruaunt to the in his seruyce syxe yeres And the lorde thy god shall blesse the in all that thou doest All the fyrst gendred that come of thyne oxen of thy shepe that are males thou shalt halowe vnto the lorde thy God Thou shalte do no worke with the fyrst gendred of thyne oxen nor shere the fyrst gendred of thy shepe Thou shalte eate it before the Lorde thy god yere by yere in the place which the lorde hath chosen bothe thou and thyne housholde If there be any deformite therin as yf it be lame or blynde or haue any euyll fauourednesse thou shalt not offre it vnto the lorde thy god But shalte eate it within thyne owne ☞ gates the vncleane and the cleane indifferently as the roo and the herte Onely eate not the blood therof but powre it vpon the grounde as water ¶ Of Easter Wytsontyde and the feast of Tabernacles What offycers ought to be ordeyned CAPI XVI OBserue the moneth of newe corne that thou mayst offre Passeouer vnto the Lorde thy god For in the moneth wheÌ„ corne begynneth to rype the Lorde thy God brought the out of Egypte by nyght Thou shalte therfore offre passeouer vnto the lorde thy God and shepe oxen in the place which the lorde shall chose to put his name there Thou shalte eate no leuened breade with it but seuen dayes shalte thou eate vnlcuened breade therwith euen the breade of tribulacyon for thou camest out of the lande of Egypte in hast that thou mayst remembre the day when thou camest out of the lande of Egypte all dayes of thy lyfe And there shal be no leuened breade sene in all the coostes seueÌ„ dayes longe neyther shal there remayne any thynge of the flesshe which thou offeredst the fyrst day at euen vntyll the mornynge Thou mayst not offre Passeouer within any of thy gates whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the but in the place which the lorde thy God shall chose to set his name in there thou shalte offre Passeouer at euen aboute the goynge downe of the son euen in the ceason that thou camest out of Egypt And thou shalte sethe eate it in the place whiche the lorde thy god hath chosen departe on the morowe get the into the tente Syxe dayes y u shalt eate swete bread the seuenth day is a gatheryng togyther before y â— lord thy god thou shalte do no worke therin Seuen wekes shalte thou nombre vnto the begyn to nombre the. vii wekes when thou begynnest to put thy syckle to the corne and kepe the feast of wekes vnto the lorde thy god with a frewyl offeryng of thyne hande whiche thou shalt gyue
of fyre and greate wonders haue I done amonge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the almyghte Lorde I gaue you quayles to eate tentes for youre succoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascribed not the vyctory of youre enemyes vnto my name yee thys same daye do ye yet mur moure Where are the benefytes y â— I haue done for you When ye were hongrye in the wyldernes dyd ye nat cry vnto me saying why hast thou brought vs into this wyldernes to kyll vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued the Egypcyans then to dye in thys wyldernesse Then had I pytye vpon youre mournynges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye dyd eate angels foode When ye were thyrstye dyd I nat hewe the hardestone caused water to flowe therout For the heate I couered you with the leaues of the trees A good pleasaunte fat lande gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresytes and Philystines before you What shall I do more for you sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth y â— Almyghtye Lorde WheÌ„ ye ware in the wildernes in the water of the Amorytes beynge a thyrst blasphemynge my name I gaue you nat fyre for your blas phemyes but cast a tree into the water and made the ryuer swete What shal I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest nat obeye me I wyll turne me to another people vnto those Wyt I geue my name that they may kepe my statutes Sayng ye haue forsaken me I wyl forsake you also When ye desire me to be gracious vnto you I shal haue no mercy vpon you When ye call vpo me I wyll nat heare you For ye haue defyled youre handes with bloude youre fete are swyft to commyt manstaughter Ye haue nat forsaken me in a maner but youre owne selues sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the almyghtye Lorde haue I nat prayed you as a father his soÌ„nes as a mother her daughters and as a norsse her yonge babes that ye wolde be my people I shulde be youre God that ye wolde be my chyldren I shulde be your owne fathers I gathered you together as an henne gathereth her chekens vnder her wynges But nowe what shall I do vnto you I shal cast you out fro my face When ye offre vnto me I shal turne my face from you for your solempne feast dayes youre newe moones and your circumcysyons haue I forsake I sent vnto you my seruauÌ„tes the Prophetes whom ye haue taken and stayne and torne theyr bodyes in peces whose bloude I wyll requere of youre handes sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Almyghty Lorde your house must be desolate I wyll caste you out as the wynde doth the strawe youre chyldreÌ„ shall nat be fruteful for they haue despysed my commaundement and done the thynge that is euell before me You re houses wyl I geue vnto a people that shall come they that neuer harde me shall beleue in me and they vnto whom I neuer shewed tokeÌ„ shall do the thyng y â— I coÌ„maunde theÌ„ They haue sene no Prophetes yet shall they call theyr synnes to remembraunce and knowledge them I reporte me vnto the grace y â— I wyl do for the people which is come whose children reioyse in gladnes though they haue not sene me with bodely eyes yet in sprete they beleue the thing that I saye And nowe brother beholde what greate worshyppe se the people that coÌ„meth froÌ„ the East vnto whom I wyl geue the dukedom of Abraham Isaac and Iacob of Oseas Amos Micheas of Ioel Abdy Ionas Naum Abacuâ— of Sophonyâ— Aggeus Zachary Malachy which is called also an angell or messenger of the Lorde CAPI II. The Synagoge syndeth faute with her owne chyldreÌ„ The Gentles are called THVS sayeth the Lorde I brought thys people out of bondage I gaue them my commaundementes by my seruairtes the Prophetes whiche they wholde nat heare but despysed my counsels The mother that bare them sayeth vnto them Go youre waye ye chyldren for I am a wyddowe and forsaken I brought you vp with gladnesse but with sorowe and heuynes haue I loste you for ye haue synned before the Lorde youre God and done the thynge that is euell before hym But what shall I nowe do vnto you I am a wyddowe and forsaken go youre waye O my chyldreÌ„ and aske mercy of the Lorde As for me O father I call vpon the for a wytnesse ouer the mother of these chyldren whiche wolde not kepe my couenaunt that thou brynge them to confusyon and theyr mothers to spoyle that she beare no more Let theyr names be scatred abroade amonge the Heathen let them be put out of the earth for they haue thought scorne of my couenaunte Wo be vnto the Assur thou that hydest y â— vnryghtuous by the. Thou wycked people remeÌ„bre what I dyd vnto Sodome Gomorre whose laÌ„de is turned to pytch and asshes Euen so also wyll I do vnto all them that heare me not sayeth y â— almyghty Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde vnto Esdras Tell my people y t I wyl geue theÌ„ the Kyngdome of Iesusalem whiche I wolde haue geuen vnto Israel Theyr glory also wyll I take vnto me geue them the euerlastynge tabernacles whiche I had prepared for those The tree of lyfe shal be vnto them a swete smellynge oyntement they shall neyther laboure nor be weery Go ye youre waye and ye shall receaue it Praye for youre selues a fewe dayes y t they maye dwel therin Nowe is the Kyngdome prepared for you therfore watche Take heauen earth to witnesse for I haue broken the euell in peaces created the good for I lyue sayeth the Lorde Mother embrace thy chyldren brynge theÌ„ vp with gladnesse make theyr fote as fast as a pyâ—er for I haue chosen the sayeth y â— Lorde And those that be dead wyll I rayse vp agayne from theyr places and brynge them out of the graues for I haue knowen my name in Israell Feare nat thou mother of the chyldren for I haue chosen the sayeth the Lorde And for thy helpe I shall sende the my seruauntes Esay and Ieremy after whose councel I haue sanctifyed and prepared for the twelue trees loded with dyuerse frutes and as many welles flowynge with mylke hony and seuen mouÌ„taynes whervpon there growe roses and lylyes wherin I wyll fyll my chyldren with ioye Execute iustyce for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherles geue to the poore defende the comforteles clothe y â— naked heale the wounded and sycke laugh â—at a lame man to scorne defende the crepel and let the blynde come into the syght of my clearnes kepe the old the yonge within thy walles Whersoeuer thou fyndest the dead take them and burye them I shal geue the the tyâ—st place in my resurreccyon Holde styll O my people and take thy rest for thy quietnes is come Feade thy chyldren O thou good norsse