vpoÌ the wood that is in the fire for it is a burnt offriÌg an oblatioÌ made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord. CHAP. II. 1 The meat offring is after thre sortes of fine floure vnbaken 4 Of bread baken 14 And of corne in the eare 1 ANd when anie wil offer a meat offring vnto the Lord his offring shal be of fine floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it put incenseth ereon 2 And shall bring it vnto Aarons sonnes the Priests he shal take theÌce his handful of the floure of the oyle with al the incense and the Priest shal burne it for a memoriall vpon the altar for it is an offring made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord. 3 * But the remnant of the meat offryng shal be Aarons his sonnes for it is most holy of the Lords offrings made by fire 4 ¶ If thou bring also a meat offring baken in the ouen it shal be an vnleauened cake of fine floure mingled with oyle or an vnlea uened wafer anointed with oyle 5 ¶ But if thy meat offring be an oblation of the friyng pan it shal be of fine floure vnleauened mingled with oyle 6 And thou shalt parte it in pieces and powre oyle thereon for it is a meat offring 7 ¶ And if thy meat offring be an oblation made in the caudron it shal be made of fine floure with oyle 8 After thou shalt bring the meat offring that is made of these things vnto the Lord and shalt present it vnto the Priest and he shal bring it to the altar 9 And the Priest shal take from the meat offring a * memorial of it shal burne it vpon the altar for it is an oblation * made by fire for a swete sauour vnto the Lord. 10 But that which is left of the meat offring shal be Aarons his sonnes for it is moste holy of the offrings of the Lord made by fire 11 All the meat offrings which ye shal offer vnto the Lord shal be made without leauen for ye shal nether burne leauen nor hony in any offring of the Lord made by fire 12 ¶ In the oblation of the first frutes ye shal offer them vnto the Lord but they shal not be burnt vpon the altar for a swete sauour 13 All the meat offrings also shalt thou season with * salt nether shalt thou suffre the salt of the couenant of thy God to be lacking froÌ thy meat offring but vpon all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt 14 If then thou offer a meat offring of thy first frutes vnto the Lord thou shalt offer for thy meat offring of thy first frutes * eares of cor ne dried by the fire and wheat beaten out of the grene eares 15 After thou shalt put oyle vpon it and laie incense thereon for it is a meat offring 16 And the Priest shal burne the memorial of it euen of that that is beaten and of the oyle of it with all the incense thereof for it is an offring vnto the Lord made by fire CHAP. III. 1 The maner of peace offrings and beasts for the same 17. The Israclites may nether eat fat nor blood ALso if his oblation be a peace offring if he wil offer of the droue whether it be male or female he shal offer suche as is without blemish before the Lord 2 And shal put his hand vpon the head of his offring and kil it at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and Aarons sonnes the Priests shal sprinckle the blood vpon the altar round about 3 So he shal offer parte of the peace offrigs as a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord euen the * fat that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes 4 He shal also take away the two kidneis and the fat that is on them and vpon the flanks and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis 5 And Aarons sonnes shal burne it on the altar with the burnt offring whiche is vpon the wood that is on the fire this is a sacrifice made by fire for a swete sauourvnto the lord 6 ¶ Also if his oblation be a peace offring vn to the Lord out of the flocke whether it be male or female he shall offer it without blemish 7 If he offer a lambe for his oblation then he shall bring it before the Lord. 8 And lay his hand vpon the head of his offring and shall kill it before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and Aarons sonnes shal sprinkle the blood therof round about vpon the altar 9 After of the peace offrings he shal offer an offring made by fire vnto the Lord he shall take awai the fat thereof the rumpe altogether hard by the backe bone and the far that couereth the inwardes and all the fat that is vpon the inwardes 10 Also he shall take away the two kidneis with the fat that is vpoÌ theÌ vpoÌ the * flaÌks and the kal vpon the liuer with the kidneis 11 Then the Priest shal burne it vpon the altar as the meat of an offrings made by fire vnto the Lord. 12 ¶ Also if his offring be a goat then shal he offer it before the Lord. 13 And shall put his hand vpon the head of it and kil it before the Tabernacle of the CoÌ gregacion and the sonnes of Aarón shall sprinkle the blood thereof vpon the altar roundabout 14 Then he shal offer there of his offring eueÌ an offring made by fire vnto the Lord the fat that couereth the inwardes al the fat that is vpon the inwardes 15 Also he shal take away the two kidneis and the fat that is vpon theÌ and vpon the flanks and the kal vpon the liuer with the kidneis 16 So the Priest shal burne theÌ vpon the altar as the meat of an offring made by fire for a swete sauour * all the fat is the Lords 17 This shal be a perpetual ordinaÌce for your generacions throughoutal your dwellings so that ye shal eat nether fat nor * blood CHAP. IIII. 1 The offring for sinnes done of ignoraÌce 3 For the Priest 13 The Congregacion 22 The ruler 27 And the priuate man 1 MOreouer the Lord speake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél saying If anie shall sinne through ignoraÌce in anie of the commandements of the Lord which oughtnot to be done but shal do coÌtrarie to anie of them 3 If the Priest that is anointed do sinne according to the sinne of the people theÌ shall he offer for his sinne which he hath sinned a yong bullocke without blemish vnto the Lord for a sinne offring 4 And he shal bring the bullocke vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord and shal put his hand vpoÌ the bullocks head and kil the
shal pronounce with an othe and it be hid froÌ him after knoweth that he hathe offeÌded in one of these points 5 WheÌ he hathe sinned in anie of these things then he shal confesse that he hathe sinned therein 6 Therefore shal he bring his trespasse offring vnto the Lord for his sinne which he hathe committed euen a female from the flocke be it a laÌbe or a she goat for a sinne offring and the Priest shal make an atonement for him concerning his sinne 7 But if he be not able to bring a shepe he shal bring for his trespasse which he hathe committed two turtle doues or two yong pigeoÌs vnto the Lord one for a sinne offring and the other for a burnt offring 8 So he shal bring them vnto the Priest who shal offer the sinne offring first and * wring the necke of it a sundre but not plucke it cleane of 9 After he shal sprinkle of the blood of the sinne offring vpon the side of the altar and the rest of the blood shal be shed at the fote of the altar for it is a sinne offring 10 Also he shal offer the seconde for a burnt offring as the maner is so shal the Priest make an atonement for him for his sinne which he hathe committed and it shal be forgiuen him 11 ¶ But if he * be not able to bring two turtle doues or two yong pigeons then he that ha the sinned shal bring for his offring the teÌth parte of an Epháh of fine floure for a sinne offring he shal put none oyle thereto nether put anie incense thereon for it is a sinne ne offring 12 Then shal he bring it to the Priest and the Priest shal take his handeful of it for the * remembrance thereof and burne it vpon the altar * with the offrings of the Lord made by fire for it is a sinne offring 13 So the Priest shal make an atonement for him as touching his sinne that he hathe coÌmitted in one of these points and it shal be forgiuen him and the remnant shal be the Priests as the meat offring 14 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 15 If anie persone transgresse sinne through ignorance by taking awaie things consecrated vnto the Lord he shal then bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lord a raÌ without blemish out of the flocke worthe two shekels of siluer by thy estimation after the shekel of the Sanctuarie for a trespasse offring 16 So he shal restore that wherein he hathe offended in taking awaie of the holy thing and shal put the fift parte more thereto and giue it vnto the Priest so the Priest shal make an atonemeÌt for him with the ram of the tres passe offring and it shal be forgiuen him 17 ¶ Also if anie sinne and * do against anie of the commandements of the Lord which ought not to be done and knowe not and sinne and beare his iniquitie 18 Then shal he bring a ram without blemish out of the flocke in thy estimation worth * two shekels for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest and the Priest shal make an atonemeÌt for him coÌcerning his ignorance wherein he erred and was not ware so it shal be forgiuen him 19 This is the trespasse offring for the trespasse committed against the Lord CHAP. VI. 6 The offring for sinnes which are done willingly 9 The lawe of the burnt offrings 13 The fire must abide euermore vpon the altar 14 The lawe of the meat offring 20. The offrings of Aarón and his sonnes 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 If anie sinne coÌmit a trespasse against the Lord denie vnto his neighbour that which was takeÌ him to kepe or that which was put to him of trust or doeth by robberie or by violeÌce oppresse his neighbour 3 Or hathe found that which was lost and denieth it and sweareth falsely * for anie of these things that a man doeth wherein he sinneth 4 When I say he thus sinneth and trespasseth he shal then restore the robbery that he rob bed or the thing taken by violence which he toke by force or the thing which was deliuered him to kepe or the lost thing which he founde 5 Or for whatsoeuer he hathe sworne falsely he shal bothe restore it in the whole * summe and shal adde the fift parte more thereto and giue it vnto him to whome it perteineth the same day that he offreth for his trespasse 6 Also he shal bring for his trespasse vnto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the * flocke in thy estimatioÌ worthe two shekels for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest 7 And the Priest shal make an atonement for him before the Lord and it shal be forgiuen him whatsoeuer thing he hathe done and trespassed therein 8 ¶ Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 9 Commande Aarón and his sonnes saying This is the lawe of the burnt offring it is the burnt offring because it burneth vpon the altar all the night vnto the morning and the fire burneth on the altar 10 And the Priest shal put on his linnen garment and shal put on his linnen breches vpon his flesh and take away the ashes when the fire hathe consumed the burnt offring vpon the altar and he shal put them beside the altar 11 After he shal put of his garments and put on other raiment and cary the ashes forthe without the hoste vnto a cleane place 12 But the fire vpoÌ the altar shal burne thereoÌ and neuer be put out wherefore the Priest shal burne wood on it euerie morning lay the burnt offring in ordre vpon it he shal burne thereon the fat of the peace offrings 13 The fire shal euer burne vpon the altar and neuer go out 14 ¶ * Also this is the lawe of the meat offring which Aarons sonnes shal offer in the presence of the Lord before the altar 15 He shal euen take thence his handful of fine floure of the meat offring and of the oyle and all the incens which is vpon the meat offring and shalt burne it vpon the altar for a swete sauour as a * memorial therefore vnto the Lord 16 But the rest thereof shal AaroÌn and his sonnes eat it shal be eaten without leauen in the holy place in the courte of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion they shal eat it 17 It shal not be baken with leauen I haue gi uen it for their porcion of mine offrings ma de by fire for it is as the sinne offring and as the trespasse offring 18 All the males among the children of AaroÌn shal eat of it It shal be a statute for euer in your generacions concerning the offrings of the Lord made by fire * whatsoeuer tou cheth them shal be holy 19 ¶ Againe the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying
the garments and put vpon Aarón the tunicle and the robe of the Ephod and Ephod and the brest plate and shalt close them to hym with the broydred garde of the Ephod 6 Then thou shalt put the mitre vppon hys head thou shalt put the holy * crowne vpon the mitre 7 And thou shalt take the anointyng * oyle and shalt powre vpon his head and anoint him 8 And thou shalt bring his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And shalt gird them with girdels bothe Aarón and his sonnes and shalt put the bonets on them and the Priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuallawe thou * shalt also fil the hands of ãâã and the hands of his sonnes 10 After thou shalt present the calf before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion * Aaron and his sonnes shall put their hand vppon the head of the calf 11 So thou shalt kill the calf before the Lorde at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 12 Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calf and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger and shalt powre al the rest of the blood at the fote of the altar 13 * Also thou shalt take al the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the liuer and the two kidneis and the fat that is vpon theÌ and shalt burne them vpon the altar 14 But the flesh of the calf and his sking and his douÌg shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste it is a sinne offring 15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one ram and Aarón and his sonnes shal put their hands vpon the head of the ram 16 TheÌ thou shalt kil theraÌ take his blood and sprinkle it round about vpon the altar 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces wash the inwardes of him and his legges shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof vpon his head 18 So thou shalt burne the whole ram vpó the altar for it is a burnt offring vnto the Lord for a swete sauo ur it is an offring made by sire vnto the Lord. 19 ¶ And thou shalt take the other ram and Aarón and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ram 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram and take of his blood and put it vpon the lap of Aarons ãâã and vpoÌ the lap of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thumbe of their right hand and vpon the great toe of their right fote and shalt sprinkle the blood vpon the altar round about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the altar and of the anointing oyle shalt sprinkle it vpon Aaron and vpon his garments and vpon his sonnes and vpon the garments of his sonnes with him so he shal be halowed aÌd his clothes his sonnes and the garments of his sonnes with hym 22 Also thou shalt take of the rams the fat and the rópe euen the fat that couereth the inwardes the kal of the liuer the two kidneis the fat that is vpon theÌ and the right shulder for it is the ram of consecration ãâã 23 And one loaf of bread and one cake of bread teÌpered with oyle one wafer out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lord. 24 And thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron and in the hand of his sonnes and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lord 25 Againe thou shalt receiue them of their hands and burne theÌ vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a swete sauour before the Lord for this is an offring made by fire vnto the Lord. 26 Likewise thou shalt take the brest of the raÌ of the consecracion whiche is for Aarón shalt shake it to h and fro before the Lorde and it shal be thy parte 27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest of the shaken offrings the shulder of the heaue offrings which was shaken to and fro whiche was hcaued vp of the ram of the consecracion which was for Aarón and whiche was for his sonnes 28 And Aarón and his sonnes shal haue it by a statute for euer of the children of Israél for it is an heaue offring and it shal be an heaue offringe of the children of Israél of their peace offrings euen their heaue offryng to the Lord. 29 ¶ And the holy garments which appertey ne to Aarón shal be his sonnes after him to be anointed therein and to be consecrat therein 30 That sonne that shal be Priest in his stede shal put them on seuen dayes when he cometh into the Tabernacle of the Cógregacion to minister in the holy place 31 ¶ So thou shalt take the ram of the consecracion and sethe his flesh in the holy place 32 * And Aarón and his sonnes shal eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in ãâã basket at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 33 So they shal eat these things whereby their atonement was made to consecrat theÌ and to sanctifie theÌ but a stranger shal not eate thereof because they are holy things 34 Now if ought of the flesh of the coÌsecratioÌ or of the bread remaine vnto the morning then thou shalt burne the rest with fire it shal not be eateÌ because it is an holy thing 35 Therefore shalt thou do thus vnto Aarón and vnto his sonnes according to all things which I haue commanded thee seuen daies shalt thou consecrat them 36 And shalt offer euerie day a calf or a sinne offring for reconciliation and thou shalt clense the altar when thou hast offred vpon it for reconciliation and shalt anoint it to sanctifie it 37 Seuen daies shalt thou clense the altar and sanctifie it so the altar shal be moste holy whatsoeuer toucheth the altar shal be holy 38 ¶ * Now this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar euen two lambes of one yere olde day by day continually 39 The one lambe thou shalt preseÌt in the mor ning and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen 40 And with the one lambe a tenth parte of fine floure mingled with the fourte parte of an Hin of beaten oile and the fourte parte of an Hin of wine for a drinke offring 41 And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen thou shalt do thereto according to the offring of the morning aÌd according to the drinke offring thereof to be a burnt offring for a swete sauoure vnto the Lord. 42 This shal be a continual burnt offring in your generations at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Lord where I wil make appointment with you to speake there vnto thee 43 There I wil appoint with the children of Israél and the place shal be ãâã by my glorie 44 And I wil sanctifie the
by a statute for euer froÌ among the children of Israél 35 ¶ This is the anointyng of Aarôn and the anointyng of his sonnes concernyng the offrings of the Lorde made by fire in the daye wheÌ he presented them to serue in the Priests office vnto the Lord. 36 The which portions the Lord commaÌded to gyue them in the daye that the anointed them from among the children of Israél by a statute for euer in their generacions 37 This is also the lawe of the burnt offryng of the meat offring and of the sinne offring and of the trespasse offring and of the consecrations and of the peace offrings 38 Which the Lord commanded Mosés in the mount Sinái when he commanded the children of Israél to offer their giftes vnto the Lord in the wildernes of Sinái CHAP. VIII 12 The anointing of Aarón and his sonnes with the sacrifice con ceinyng the same 1 AFterwarde the Lorde spake vnto Mosés saying 2 * Take Aarón and his sonnes with hym and the garments and the * anointing oyle and a bullocke for the sin offring and two rams and a basket of vnleauened bread 3 And assemble all the companie at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 4 So Mosés did as the Lord had commanded him and the companie was assembled at the dore of the Tabernacle of the CongregacioÌ 5 Then Mosés said vnto the companie * This is the thyng whiche the Lorde hathe commanded to do 6 And Mosés broght Aarón and his sonnes aÌd washed them with water 7 And put vpon him the coat and girded him with a girdel aÌd clothed him with the robe and put the EphoÌd on him which he girded with the broydred garde of the Ephód and bonde it vnto him therewith 8 After he put the brest plate thereon and put in the brest plate * the Vrim and the ãâã 9 Also he put the mitre vpon his head and put vpon the mitre on the fore fronte the golden plate aÌd the holy crowne as the Lord had commanded Mosés 10 Now Mosés had taken the anointing oyle and anointed the Tabernacle and that was therein and sanctified them 11 And sprink led thereof vpon the altar seuen times and anointed the altar and all hys instruments and the lauer and hys fote to sanctifie them 12 * And he powred of the anoynting oyle vppon Aarons head and anointed hym to sanctifie him 13 After Mosés broght Aarons sonnes and put coates vpon them and girded them with gir dels and put bonets vpon their heades as the Lord had commanded Mosés 14 * Then he broght the bullocke for the sin offryng and his sonnes put their handes vppon the head of the bullocke for the sinne offring 15 And Mosés slewe hym and toke the blood which he put vpon the hornes of the Altar round about with his finger aÌd purified the Altar and powred the reste of the blood at the fote of the Altar so he sanctified it to make reconciliation vpon it 16 Then he toke all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis with their fat which Mosés bur ned vpon the Altar 17 But the bullocke and hys hyde and hys flesh and his doung he burnt with fire without the hoste as the Lorde had commanded Mosés 18 ¶ Also he broght the ram for the burnt offryng and Aaron and hys sonnes put their hands vpon the head of the ram 19 So Mosés killed it and sprinkled the blood vpon the Altar round about 20 And Mosés cut the ram in pieces aÌd burnt the head with the pieces and the fat 21 And washed the inwardes aÌd the legs in water so Mosés burnt the ram euerie whit vpoÌ the Altar for it was a burnt offrynge for a swete sauour whiche was made by fire vnto the Lord as the Lord had coÌmanded Mosés 22 ¶ * After he broght the other ram the ram of consecracions and AaroÌn and his sonnes laied their hands vpon the head of the ram 23 Whyche Mosés slewe and toke of the blood of it and put it vppon the lap of Aarons ryght eare and vppon the thombe of his right hand and vpon the great toe of his ryght fote 24 Then Mosés broght Aarons sonnes and put of the blood on the lap of theyr ryght eares and vpon the thumbes of their ryght hands and vpon the great toes of their right fete and Mosés sprinkled the reste of the blood vpon the Altar round about 25 And he toke the fat and the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwardes and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis wyth their fat and the right ãâã 26 Also he toke of the basket of the vnleauened bread that was before the Lord one vnleauened cake and a cake of oyled breade and one wafer and put them on the fat and vpon the right shulder 27 So he put * all in Aarons handes and in hys sonnes hands and shoke it to and fro before the Lord. 28 After Mosés toke them out of their hands and burnt them vpon the Altar for a burnt offryng for these were consecracions for a swete sauour which were made by fire vnto the Lord. 29 Likewise Mosés toke the breast of the ram of consecracions and shoke it to and fro before the Lord for it was Mosés * portion as the Lord had commanded Mosés 30 Also Mosés toke of the anointing oyle and of the blood which was vpon the Altar and sprinkled it vpon Aarón vpon ãâã garments and vpon his sonnes and on hys ãâã garments with him so he sanctified Aarón hys garments and his sonnes and his sonnes garments with him 31 ¶ Afterward Mosés sayd vnto Aarón and his sonnes Sethe the fleshe at the dore of the g Tabernacle of the Congregacion and there * eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecracions as I coÌmanded saying Aarón and his sonnes shal eat it 32 But that which remaineth of the fleshe and of the bread shal ye burne with fire 33 And ye shalte not departe from the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion seuen dayes vntil the dayes of your consecracions be at an end * for seueÌ daies said the Lord shal he consecrate you 34 As he hathe done thys day so the Lorde hathe commanded to do to make an atonement for you 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion daye and nyght seuen dayes and shal kepe the watch of the LORD that ye dye not for so I am commanded 36 So Aarôn and his sonnes did all things whiche the Lord had commanded by the hand of Mosés CHAP. IX 8 The first offrings of Aarón 22 Aaron blesseth the people 23 The glorie of the Lorde is sheweth 24 The fire commeth from the Lord. 1 ANd in the eyght daye Mosés called Aarón and hys sonnes and the Elders of
Isráel 2 * TheÌ he said vnto Aaron Take thee a yong calf for a sinne offring aÌd a ram for a burnt offring bothe without blemish and bring them before the Lord. 3 And vnto the children of Israél thou shalte speake saying Take ye an he goat for a sinne offring and a calf and a lambe both of a yere olde without blemish for a burnt offring 4 Also a bullocke aÌd a ram for peace offrings to offer before the Lord and a meat offring mingled with oyle for to day the Lorde will appeare vnto you 5 ¶ Then thei broght that which Mosés commanded before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and all the assemble drewe nere and stode before the Lord. 6 For Mosés had said This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye shulde do and the glorie of the Lord shal appeare vnto you 7 Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn Drawe nere to the Altar and offer thy sin offring and thy burnt offring and make an atonement for thee for the people offer also the offring of the people and make an atonement for them as the Lord hathe commanded 8 ¶ Aarón therefore went vnto the Altar and killed the calf of the sin offring which was for him self 9 And the sonnes of Aaron broght the blood vnto him aÌd he dipt his finger in the blood and put it vpon the hornes of the Altar and powred the rest of the blood at the fote of the Altar 10 But the fat and the kidneis and the kall of the liuer of the sin offring he burnt vpon the Altar as the LORD had commanded Mosés 11 The flesh also and the hyde he burnt with fire with out the hoste 12 After he slewe the burnt offring and Aarons sonnes broght vnto him the blood which he sprinkled round about vpon the Altar 13 Also thei broght the burnt offring vnto him with the pieces thereof and the head and he burnt them vpon the Altar 14 Likewise he did wash the inwardes and the legs and burnt them vpon the burnt offring on the Altar 15 ¶ Then he offred the peoples offring and toke a goat which was the sin offring for the people and slewe it and offred it for sinne as the first 16 So he offred the burnt offring and prepared it according to the maner 17 He presented also the meat offring and filled his hand thereof and * beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt this vpon the Altar 18 He slewe also the bullocke and the ram for the peace offrings that was for the people and Aarons sonnes broght vnto him the blood which he sprinkled vpon the Altar round about 19 With the fat of the bullocke and of the ram the rumpe and that which couereth the inwardes and the kidneis and the kall of the liuer 20 So thei laied the fat vpon the breasts and he burnt the fat vpon the Altar 21 But the breasts and the right shulder Aarôn shoke to fro before the Lord as the Lord had commanded Moses 22 So Aarón lift vp his hand towarde the people and blessed theÌ and came downe from offring of the sinne offring and the burnt offring and the peace offrings 23 After Mosés and Aarón went into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and came out and blessed the peole * and the glorie of the Lord appeared to all the people 24 * And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fat which when all the people sawe thei gaue thankes fel on their faces CHAP. X. 2 Nadáb and Abihu are burnt 6 Israél murneth for theÌ but the Priests might not 9 The Priests are forbidden wine 1 BVt * Nadáb and Abihú the sonnes of Aarôn toke ether of them his censor and put fire therein and put incens thereupon and offred strange fire before the LORD which he had not commanded them 2 Therefore a fire went out from the Lord and deuoured them so thei dyed before the Lord. 3 Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn This is it that the Lord spake saying I wil be sanctified in them that come nere me and before all the people I wil be glorified but Aarón helde his peace 4 And Mosés called Mishaél and Elzaphán the sonnes of Vzziél the vncle of Aarón and said vnto them Come nere cary your brethren from before the Sanctuarie out of the hoste 5 Then thei went and caryed them in their coates out of the hoste as Mosés had commanded 6 After Mosés said vnto Aarón and vnto Eleazar and I thamar his sonnes Vncouer not your heades nether rent your clothes lest ye dye and lest wrath come vpon all the people but let your brethren all the house of Israél be waile the burning which the Lord hathe kindled 7 And go not ye out from the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion lest ye dye for the anointing oyle of the Lord is vpon you and thei did according to Mosés commandement 8 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Aarôn saying 9 Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke thou nor thy sonnes with thee when ye come into the Tabernacle of the Congre gacion lest ye dye this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generacions 10 That ye may put difference betwene the holy and the vnholy and betwene the cleane and the vncleane 11 And that ye may teache the children of Israél all the statutes which the Lord hathe coÌ manded them by the hand of Mosês 12 ¶ Then Mosés said vnto Aarôn and vnto Eleazár and to Ithamár his sonnes that were left Take the meat offring that remaineth of the offrings of the Lord made by fire and eat it without leauen beside the altar for it is moste holy 13 And ye shal eat it in the holy place because it is thy duetie and thy sonnes duetie of the offrings of the Lord made by fire for so I am commanded 14 Also* the shaken breast and the heaue shul der shal ye eat in a cleane place thou and thy sonnes and thy daughters with thee for thei are giuen as thy ãâã and thy sonnes duetie of the peace offrings of the children of Israél 15 The heaue shulder and the shaken breast shal they bring with the offrings made by fire of the fat to shake it to and fro before the Lord and it shal be thine and thy sonnes with thee by alawe for euer as the Lord hathe commanded 16 ¶ * And Mosés soght the goat that was offred for sinne and lo it was burnt therefore he was angry with Eleazár and Ithamár the sonnes of Aarón which were left aliue saying 17 Wherefore haue ye not eaten the sin offring in the holy place seing it is moste holy and God hathe giuen it you to beare the iniqui tie of the Congregacion to make an atonement for them
remember all the commandementes of the Lord and dotheÌ and that ye seke not after your owne heart nor after your owne eies after the which ye go a whoring 40 That ye may remember and do al my commandements and be holy vnto your God 41 I am the Lord your God which broght you out of the land of Egypt to be your God I am the Lord your God CHAP. XVI 1 The rebellion of Korah Dathán Abrám 31 Kórah his companie perisheth 41 The people the next day mur mure 49. 14700. are slaine for murmuring 1 NOw * Kórah the sonne of IzhaÌr the sonne of Koháth the sonne of Leui went a parte with Dathán and Abirám the sonnes sonnes of Eliáb and On the sonne of Péleth the sonnes of Reubén 2 And they rose vp against Mosés with certeine of the children of Israél two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie * famous in the Congregacion and men of renoume 3 Who gathered theÌ selues together against Mosés and against AÌarón and said vnto theÌ Ye take to muche vpon you seing all the Congregacion is holy euerie one of them and the Lord is among them wherfore theÌ lift ye your selues aboue the Congregacion of the Lord 4 But when Mosés heard it he fel vpon hys face 5 And spake to KoÌrah vnto al his companie saying Tomorowe the Lord wil shewe who is his and who is holy who ought to approche nere vnto him whome he hathe chosen he wil cause to come nere to him 6 This do therefore Take you censers both KoÌrah and all his companie 7 And put fire therein and put in cens in them before the Lorde tomorowe and the man whome the Lorde doeth chose the same shal be holy ye take to muche vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 Againe Mosés said vnto KoÌrah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui. 9 Semeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israél hathe separated you from the multitude of Israél to take you nere to him self to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the CongregacioÌ and to minister vnto them 10 He hathe also taken thee to him al thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seke ye the office of the Priest also 11 For which cause thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord and what is AaroÌn that ye murmure against him 12 ¶ And Mosés sent to call Dathán Abirám the sonne of Eliáb who answered We will not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast broght vs out of a land that floweth with milke and hony to kil vs in the wildernes except thou make thy selfe Lord and ruler ouer vs also 14 Also thou hast not broght vs vnto a lande that floweth with milke honie nether giuen vs inheritance of fieldes and viney ardes wilt thou put out the eies of these men we wil not come vp 15 Then Mosés waxed verie angrie and said vn to the Lord * Loke not vnto their offryng I haue not taken so muche as an asse froÌ them nether haue I hurte anie of them 16 And Mosés said vnto KoÌrah Bethou and al thy coÌpanie before the Lord both thou they and AaroÌn tomorowe 17 And take euerie man his censor and put incens in them and bryngye euerie man his censor before the Lorde two hundreth and fiftie censors thou also and AaroÌn euerie one his censor 18 So they toke euerie man his censor and put fire in them laied incens thereon stode in the dore of the Tabernacle of the CoÌgregacion with Mosés and Aarôn 19 And KoÌrah gathered all the multitude against theÌ vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion then the glorie of the Lord appeared vnto all the Congregacion 20 And the Lorde speake vnto Mosés and to Aarón saying 21 Separate your selues froÌ amoÌg this Congre gacion that I may consume theÌ atonce 22 And they fell vpon their faces and said O God the God of the spirits of al flesh hath not one man onely sinned and wilt thou be wrath with all the Congregacion 23 And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 24 Speake vnto the Congregacion and say Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Kórah Dathán and Abirám 25 Then Mosés rose vp went vnto Dathán and Abiram the Elders of Israél followed him 26 And he spake vnto the Congregacion saying Departe I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothing of theirs lest ye perish in all their sinnes 27 So they gate them away froÌ the Tabernacle of Kôrah Dathán Abirám on euerie side and Dathán and Abirám came out stode in the dore of their tentes with their wiues and their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Mosés said Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hathe sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of mine owne minde 29 If these men dye the commune death of all men or if they be visited after the visitacion of all men the Lord hath not sent me 30 But if the Lorde make a newe thing and the earth open her mouth swalow theÌ vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit theÌ ye shal vnderstand that these men haue prouoked the Lord. 31 ¶ And as sone as he had made an end of spaking all these wordes euen the grounde claue a sunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth * opened her mouthe and swalowed them vp with their families and all the men thet were with Kórah and all their goods 33 So they and all that they had went downe aliue into the pit the earth couered theÌ so they perished froÌ among the Congregacion 34 And al Israél that were about them fled at the crye of theÌ for thei said Let vs ãâã lest the earth swalo we vs vp 35 But there came out a fire from the Lord consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incens 36 ¶ And the Lord speake vnto Mosés saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazár the sonne of Aaron the Priest that he take vp the censers out of the burning aÌds kater the fire beyonde the altar for they are halowed 38 The censers I say of these sinners that destroyed them selues let them make of theÌ broad plates for a couering of the Altar for they offred theÌ before the Lord therfore they shal be holy and they shal be a signe vn to the children of Israél 39 TheÌ Eleazár the Priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offred and made broad plates of them for a couering of the Altar 40 It is a remembrance vnto the children of Israél that no stranger whiche is not of the sede of Aaron come nere to offer incens before the Lorde that he be
there are hid yet greater things then these be we haue sene but a fewe of hys workes 33 For the Lord hathe made all things and giuen wisdome to suche as feare God CHAP. XLIIII The praise of certein holie men Enoch Noe Abraham Isaac and Iacob 1 LEt vs now commende the famous men and our fathers of whome we are begotten 2 The Lord hathe gotten great glorie by them and that through his great power from the beginning 3 Thei haue borne rule in their kingdomes and were renoumed for their power and were wise in counsel and declared prophecies 4 * They gouerned the people by counsel by the knowledge of learning mete for the people in whose doctrine were wise seÌ tences 5 They inuented the melodie of musicke expounded the verses that were writen 6 They were riche and mightie in power liued quietly at home 7 All these were honorable men in their generacions and were wel reported of their times 8 There are of them that haue left a name behinde them so that their praise shal be spoken of 9 There are some also which haue no memo rial * and are perished as thogh they had neuer bene and are become as thogh they had neuer bene borne and their children after them 10 But the former were merciful men whose righteousnes hathe not bene forgotten 11 For whose posteritie a good inheritance is reserued and their sede is conteined in the couenant 12 Their stocke is conteined in the couenant and their posteritie after them 13 Their sede shal remaine for euer their praise shal neuer be taken away 14 Their bodies are buryed in peace but their name liueth for euer more 15 * The people speake of their wisdome the congregacion talke of their praise 16 * Enoch pleased the Lord God therefore was he translated for an example of repentance to the generacions 17 * ãâã was founde perfite and in the time of wrath he had a rewarde therefore was he left as a remnant vnto the earth when the flood came 18 An euerlasting couenant was made with him that all flesh shulde * perish no more by the flood 19 AbrahaÌ was a * great father of maniepeo ple in glorie was there none like vnto him 20 He kepeth the Law of the moste High was in couenant with him and he set couenant * in his flesh and in tentation he was founde faithful 21 Therefore he assured him an * othe that he wolde blesse the nacions in his sede and that he wolde multiplie him as the dust of the earth exalte his sede as the starres cause them to inheritaÌce from sea to sea froÌ the Riuer vnto the end of the worlde 22 * With Isaac did he coÌfirme likewise for Abraham his fathers sake the blessing of all men and the couenant 23 And caused it to rest vpon the head of Iacob and made him selfe knowen by * hys blessings and gaue him an heritage and deuided his porcions * and parted them among the twelue tribes 24 And he broght out of him a mercifull man whiche founde fauour in the sight of all flesh CHAP. XLV The praise of Moyses Aaron and Phinees 1 ANd Moyses the * beloued of God men broght forthe whose remembrance is blessed 2 He made him like to the glorious Saints and magnified him by the feare of his enemies 3 By his wordes he caused the wonders to cease and he made him * glorious in the sight of Kings and gaue him commandements for his people and shewed him hys glorie 4 * He sanctified him with faithfulnes and mekenes and chose him out of all men 5 He caused him to heare his voyce and broght him into the darke cloude * and there he gaue him the commaundements before his face euen the Lawe of life and knowledge that he might teache Iacob the couenant and Israel his iudgements 6 He exalted Aaron an holie man like vnto him eueÌ his * brother of the tribe of Leui. 7 An euerlasting couenant made he with him and gaue him the Priesthode amoÌg the people and made him blessed through his comelie ornament clothed him with the garment of honour 8 He put perfite ioye vpon him and gyrded him with ornaments of strength as with breches and a tunicle and an ephod 9 He compassed hym aboute with belles of golde and with manie belles round about * that when he went in the sound might be heard and might make a ãâã in the Sanctuarie for a remembrance to the children of Israel his people 10 And with an holie garment with golde also and blewe silke and purple diuers kindes of workes and with a brestlappe of iudgemeÌt with the signes of trueth 11 And with worke of skarlet conningly wroght and with precious stones grauen like seales and set in golde by gold smithes worke for a memorial with a writing grauen after the noÌber of the tribes of Israel 12 And with a crowne of golde vpon the mitre hearing the forme and marke of holines an ornameÌt of honour a noble worke garnished and pleasant to loke vpon 13 Before him were there no suche faire ornaments there might no stranger put theÌ on but onely his children and his childreÌs children perpetually 14 Their sacrifices were wholy consumed eue rie day twise continually 15 * Moses filled his hands and anointed him with holie oyle this was appointed vnto him by an euerlasting couenant and to his sede so long as the heauens shulde remaine that he shulde minister before him and also to execute the office of the priesthode and blesse his people in his name 16 Before all men liuing the Lord chose him that he shulde present offrings before him and a swete sauour for a remembrance to make reconciliation for his people 17 * He gaue him also his commandements autoritie according to the Lawes appointed that he shulde teache Iacob the testimonies and giue light vnto Israél by his Law 18 * Strangers stode vp against him and enuied him in the wildernes euen the men ãâã toke ãâã and Abirams parte and the companie of Core in furie and rage 19 This the Lord sake and it displeased him and in his wrathful indignacioÌ were they consumed he did wonders vpon them and consumed them with the syrie flame 20 * But he made Aaron more honorable and gaue him an heritage and parted the first frutes of the first ãâã vnto him vnto him specially he appointed bread in abundance 21 For the Priests did eat of sacrifices of the Lord which he gaue vnto him and to his sede 22 * Els had he none heritage in the land of his people nether had he any porcion among the people for the Lord is the porcion of his inheritance 23 The third in glorie is * Phinees the sonne of Eleazar because
brasse was about in measure as the sea 4 He ãâã care for his people that they shulde not fall fortified the citié against the siege 5 How honorable was his conuersation among the people and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile 6 He was as the morning starre in the middes of a cloude and as the moone when it is ful 7 And as the sunne shining vpon the Temple of the moste High as the rainebowe that is bright in the faire cloudes 8 And as the floure of the roses in the spring of the yere and as lilies by the springs of waters and as the branches of the frankeÌ censetre in the time of somer 9 As a fyre and incense in the censer and as ãâã a vessel of massie golde set with all maner of precious stones 10 And as a faire oliue tre that is fruteful and as a cypressetre which groweth vp to the cloudes 11 When ' he put on the garment of honour and was clothed with all beautie he went vp to the holy altar and made the garmeÌt of holines honorable 12 When he toke the porcions out of the Priests hands he him self stoode by the herth of the altar compassed with his bre thren rounde about as the braÌches do the cedre tre in Libanus and thei compassed him as the branches of the palme trees 13 So were all the sonnes of Aaron in their glorie the oblacions of the Lord in their haÌds before all the congregacioÌ of Israél 14 And that he might accoÌplish his ministerie vpon the altar and garnish the offring of the moste High and almightie 15 He stretched out his hand to the drinke offring powred of the blood of the grape and he powred at the fote of the altar a perfume of good sauour vnto the moste high King of all 16 Then showted the sonnes of Aaron and blowed with brasen trumpets and made a great noyce to be heard for a remeÌbrance before the moste High 17 Then all the people together hasted and fell downe to the earth vpoÌ their faces to worship their Lord God almightie and moste high 18 The singers also sang with their voyces so that the sounde was great and the melodie swete 19 And the people prayed vnto the Lord moste high with prayer before him that is merciful til the honour of the Lord were performed and they had accomplished his seruice 20 Then went he downe and stretched out his hands ouer the whole congregacion of the children of Israél that they shulde giue praise with their lippes vnto the Lord and reioyce in his Name 21 He begaÌ againe to worship that the might receiue the blessing of the moste High 22 Now therefore giue praise all ye vnto God that worketh great things euerie where which hathe increased our dayes from the wombe and delte with vs according to his mercie 23 That he wolde giue vs ioyfulnes of heart peace in our dayes in Israél as in olde time 24 That he wolde confirme his mercie with vs and deliuer vs at his time 25 ¶ There be two maner of people that mine heart ab horreth and the third is no people 26 They that sit vpon the mountaine of Samaria the Philistims and the foolish people that dwell in Sicinus 27 ¶ Iesus the sonne of Sirach the sonne of Eleazarus of Ierusalém hathe writen the doctrine of vnder standing and knowledge in this boke ãâã powred out the wisdome of his heart 28 Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therein he that layeth vp these in his heart shal be wise 29 For if he do these things he shal be strong in all things for he setteth his steppes in the light of the Lord which giueth wisdome to the godlie The Lord be praised for euer more so be it so be it CHAP. LI. A prayer of Iesus the sonne of ãâã 1 I Wil confesse thee ô Lord and King and praise thee ó God my Sauiour I giue thankes vnto thy Name 2 For thou art my defender and helper and hast preserued my bodie from destruction and from the snare of the sclanderouston gue and from the lippes that are occupied with lies thou hast holpen me against mine aduersaries 3 And hast deliuered me according to the multitude of thy mercie and for thy Names sake from the roaring of them that were readie to deuoure me and out of the hands of suche as soght after my life and from the manifolde affliction which I had 4 And from the fyre that choked me rounde about and from the middes of the fyrethat I burned not 5 And from the botome of the belie of hel from an vncleane tongue from lying wor des from false accusation to the King froÌ the sclander of an vn righteous tongue 6 My soule shal praise the lord vnto death for my soule drewe nere vnto death my life was nere to the hel beneth 7 They compassed me on euerie side there was no man to helpe me I loked for the succour of men but there was none 8 Then thoght I vpon thy mercie ô Lord vpon thine actes of olde how thou deliue rest suche as waite for thee and sauest theÌ out of the hands of the enemies 9 Then lift I vp my prayer from the earth and praied for deliuerance from death 10 I called vpon the Lord the father of my Lord that he wold not leauemein the daye of my trouble and in the time of the proude without helpe 11 I wil praise thy Name continually and wil sing praise with thankes giuing and my prayer was heard 12 Thou sauedst me from destruction and deliueredst me from the euil time therefore wil I giue thankes and praise thee blesse the Name of the Lord. 13 When I was yet yong or euer I weÌt abroad I desired wisdome openly in my prayer 14 I praied for her before the Temple and soght after her vnto farre countreis and she was as a grape that waxeth ripe out of the floure 15 Mine heart reioyced in her my foote walked in the right way and from my youth vp soght I after her 16 I bowed some what downe mine eare and receiued her and gate me muche wisdome 17 And I profited by her therefore wil I ascribe the glorie vnto him that giueth me wis dome 18 For I am aduised to do thereafter I wil be ielous of that that is good so shal I not be confounded 19 My soule hathe wresteled with her and I haue examined my workes I lifted vp mine hands on hye and considered the ignoran ces thereof 20 I directed my soule vnto her an I founde her in purenes I haue had mine heart ioyned with her from the beginning therefo re shal I not be forsaken 21 My bowels are troubled in seking her therefore haue I gotten a good possession 22 The Lord hathe giuen me a tongue for my rewarde where with I wil praise him 23 Drawe nere vn to me ye vn lerned
verely they whiche are the children of Leui which receiue the office of the Priesthode haue a* commandement to take according to the Law tithes of the people that is of their brethren thogh they came out of the loynes of Abraham 6 But he whose kinred is not counted among them receiued tithes of Abraham blessed him that had the promises 7 And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater 8 And here men that dye receiue tithes but there he receiueth them of whome it is witnessed that he liueth 9 And to say as the thing is Leui also whiche receiueth tithes payed tithes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loines of his Father Abraham when Melchi-sedec met him 11 If therefore perfection had bene by the Priesthode of the Leuites for vnder in the Law was established to the people what neded it furthermore that another Priest shuld rise after the order of Melchi-sedec and not to be called after the order of Aaron 12 For if the Priesthode be changed then of necessitie must there be a change of the Law 13 For he of whome these things are spoken perteineth vnto another tribe whereof no man serued at the altar 14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda concernyng the whiche tribe Moses spake nothyng touchyng the Priesthode 15 And it is yet a more euident thyng because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec there is risen vp another Priest 16 Which is not made Priest after the Law of the carnal commandement but after the power of the endles life 17 For he testifieth thus * Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec 18 For the commandement that went afore is disanulled because of the weakenes thereof and vnprofitablenes 19 For the Law made nothing perfite but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite whereby we drawe nere vnto God 20 And forasmuche as it is not wythout an othe for these are made Priests wythout an othe 21 But this he is made with an othe by hym that said vnto him * The Lord hath sworne aÌd will not repent Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec 22 By so muche is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament 23 And amonge them many were made Prists because they were not suffred to endure by the reason of death 24 But this man because he endureth euer hathe an euerlasting Priesthode 25 Wherefore he is able also perfitely to saue them that come vnto God by hym seyng he euer liueth to make intercession for them 26 For suche an hye Priest it became vs to haue whiche is holie harmeles vndefiled separate frome sinnes and made hier then the heauen 27 Which neded not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice * first for hys owne sinnes and then for the peoples for that did he once when he offred vp him self 28 For the Law maketh men hie Priests which haue infirmitie but the worde of the othe that was since the Law maketh the Sonne who is consecrated for euermore CHAP. VIII 6 He proueth the abolishing aswel of the Leuitical Priest hode as of the olde Couenant by the spiritual and euerla ãâã Priesthode of Christ 8 And by the new Couenant 1 NOw of the things which we haue spoken this is the summe that we haue su che an hie Priest that sitteth at the righthand of the throne of the maiestie in heauens 2 And is a minister of the Sanctuarie and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord pight and not man 3 For euerie hie Priest is ordeined to offer bothe giftes and sacrifices wherefore it was of necessitie that this man shulde haue some what also to offer 4 For he were not a Priest if he were on the earth seing there are Priests that according to the Law offer giftes 5 Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenlie things as Moses was warned by God when he was about to finish the Tabernacle * Se said he that thou make all things according to the paterne shewed to thee in the mount 6 But now our hie Priest hathe obteined a more excellent office in asmuche as he is the Mediatour of a bettter Testament which is established vpon better promises 7 For if that first Testament had bene fauteles no place shulde haue bene soght for the seconde 8 For in rebuking them he saith * Beholde the dayes wil come saith the Lord when I shal make with the house of Israel and with the house of Iuda a new Testament 9 Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers in the day that I toke them by the hand to leade them out of the land of Egypt for they continued not in my Testament and I regarded theÌ not saith the Lord. 10 For this is the Testament that I wil make with the house of Israel After those dayes saith the Lord I wil put my lawes in their min de and in their heart I wil write them I wil be their God and they shal be my people 11 And they shal not teache euerie man his neighbour euerie man his brother saying Knowe the Lord for all shall knowe me froÌ the least of them to the greatest of them 12 For I wil be merciful to their vnrighteousnes and I wil remember their sinnes aÌd their iniquities no more 13 In that he saith a newe Testament he hathe abrogate the olde now that which is disanulled and vaxed olde is readie to vanish away CHAP. IX 1 How that the Ceremonies and sacrifices of the Lawe are abolished 11 By the eternitie and perfection of Christs sacrifice 1 THen the first Testament had also ordinances of religion and a worldlie San ctuarie 2 For the first * Tabernacle was made wher in was the candlesticke the table and the shew bread which Tabernacle is called the Holie places 3 And after the seconde vaile was the Taber nacle which is called the Holiest of all 4 Which had the golden senser and the Arke of the Testament ouerlaide rounde about with gold wherein the golden pot which had manna was and* Aarons redde that had bud ded the * tables of the Testament 5 * And ouer the Arke were the glorious Che rubims shadowing the mercie seat of which things we wil not now speake particularly 6 Now when these things were thus ordeined the Priests went alwayes into the first Tabernacle and accomplished the seruice 7 But into the second went the * hie Priest alone once euerie yere not without blood which he offered for him self and for the ignorances of the people 8 Whereby the holie Gost this signified that the way into the Holiest of all was not yet opened while as yet the first
of the middes of a bushe and he loked and beholde the bushe burned with fyre and the bushe was not consumed 3 Therefore Mosés sayd I wyll turne aside nowe and se this great sight why the bushe burneth not 4 And when the Lord sawe that he turned aside to se God called vnto hym out of the middes of the bushe and said Mosés Mosés And he answered I am here 5 Then he sayd Come not hither put thy shooes of thy fete for the place whereon thou standest is holy grounde 6 Moreouer he said * I am the God of thyfather the GOD of Abrahám the God of Izhák and the GOD of Iaakob Then Mosés hid hys face for he was afrayed to loke vppon God 7 ¶ Then the Lord sayd I haue surely sene the trouble of my people whiche are in Egypt and haue heard their crye because of their taske masters for I knowe their sorowes 8 Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians and to brynge them out of that lande into a good land and a large into a land that floweth with milke and hony euen into the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites aÌd the Hiuites and the Iebusites 9 And nowe lo the crye of the chyldren of Israél is come vnto me and I haue also sene the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppresse them 10 Come now therefore and I will send thee vnto Pharaóh that thou maiest bring my peo ple the children of Israél out of Egypt 11 ¶ But Mosés said vnto God Who am I that I shulde go vnto Pharaóh and that I shulde bring the children of Israél out of Egypt 12 And he answered Certeinly I wil be with thee and this shal be a token vnto thee that I haue sent thee After that thou hast broght the people out of Egypt ye shal serue God vpon this Mountaine 13 Then Mosés said vnto God Behold wheÌ I shall come vnto the children of Israél and shal say vnto them The God of your fathers hathe sent me vnto you if they say vnto me What is hys Name what aunswere shall giue them 24 And GOD aunswered Mosés I AM that I AM. Also he sayd Thus shalte thou saye vnto the chyldren of Israél I am hathe sent me vnto you 15 And God spake further vnto Mosés Thus shalte thou saye vnto the children of Israél The Lorde God of your fathers the God of Iaakób hathe sent me vnto you this is my Name for euer and this is my memorial vnto all ages 16 Go and gather the Elders of Israél together and thou shalt saye vnto them The LORD God of your fathers the God of Abrahám Izhák and Iaakób appeared vnto me and sayde I haue surely remembred you and that which is done to you in Egypt 17 Therefore I did saye I wyll bryng you out of the affliction of Egypte vnto the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hiuites and the Iebusites vnto a land that floweth with milke and hony 18 Then shal they obeye thy voyce and thou aÌd the Elders of Israél shal go vnto the King of Egypt and saye vnto hym The LORD praye the enowe therefore let vs go thre dayes iourney in the wildernes that we may sacrifice vnto the Lord our God 19 ¶ But I knowe that the Kyng of Egypt wil not let you go but by strong hand 20 Therefore wil I stretch out mine hand and smite Egypt with all my wonders whiche I will do in the middes thereof and after that shal he let you go 21 And I will make this people to be fauored of the Egyptians so that when ye go ye shal not go emptie 22 For euerie woman shall aske of her neigh bour and of her that soiourneth in her house iewels of siluer and iewels of golde and raiment and ye shal put them on your sonnes and on your daughters and shall spoile the Egyptians CHAP. IIII. 3 Moses rod is turned into a serpeÌt 6 His haÌd is leprous 9 The water of the riuer is turned into blood 14 Aaron is giuen to helpe Mosés 21 God hardeneth Pharaóh 25 His wife circumciseth her sonne 27 Aaron meteth with Mosés and they come to the Israelites and are beleued 1 THen Mosés aunswered and said But lo they wil not beleue me nor heark en vnto my voyce for they wilsay The Lorde hathe not appeared vnto thee 2 And the Lord said vnto him What is that in thine hand And he answered A rod. 3 Then said he Cast it on the grounde So he cast it on the grounde aÌd it was turned into a serpent and Mosés fled from it 4 Againe the Lord said vnto Mosés Put for the thine hand and take it by the taile Then he put for the his hand and caught it and it was turned into a rod in his hand 5 Do thys that they may beleue that the Lord God of their fathers the God of Abrahám the God of Izhák and the God of Iaakób hathe appeared vnto thee 6 ¶ And the Lord said furthermore vnto him Thrust nowe thine hande into thy bosome And he thrust his hand into hys bosome and when he toke it out agayne beholde hys hand was leprous as snow 7 Moreouer he sayd Putthine hand into thy bosome agayne So he put his hand into hys bosome againe and pluckt it out of hys bosome and beholde it was turned agayne as his other flesh 8 So shal it be if they will not beleue thee nether obey the voyce of the firste signe yet shal they beleue for the voyce of the seconde signe 9 But if they will not yet beleue these two signes nether obey vnto thy voyce then shalt thou take of the water of the riuer and powre it vpon the drye lande so the water which thou shalt take out of the riuer shal be turned to blood vpon the drye land 10 ¶ But Mosés sayd vnto the Lorde Oh my Lord I am not eloquent nether at any time haue bene nor yet since thou haste spoken vnto thy seruaunt but I am slowe of speache and slow of tongue 11 Then the Lorde said vnto hym Who hathe giuen the mouth to man or who hathe made the domme or the deafe or hym that seeth or the blinde haue not I the Lord 12 Therefore go nowe and * I wyll be with thy mouth and will teache thee what thou shalt say 13 But he sayd Oh my Lorde send I pray thee by the hand of hym whome thou shuldest send 14 Then the Lorde was very angry with Mosés and said Do not I knowe Aarón thy bro ther the Leuite that he him self shal speak for lo he commeth also forthe to mete thee and when he seeth thee he wil be glad in his heart 15 Therefore thou shalt speake
vnto him and put these wordes in his mouth and I wil be with thy mouth and with his mouth and wilteache you what ye ought to do 16 And he shal be thy spokesman vnto the peo ple he shal be eueÌ he shal be as thy mouth and thou shalt be to him as God 17 Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand where with thou shalt do miracles 18 ¶ Therefore Mosés went and returned to Iethró his father in lawe and sayd vnto him I pray thee let me go and returne to my brethren whiche are in Egypt and se whether they be yet aliue Then Iethró sayd to Mosés Go in peace 19 For the Lorde had said vnto Mosés in Midian Go returne to Egypt for they are all dead which went about to kil thee 20 Then Mosés toke his wife and his sonne and put them on an asse and returned to warde the land of Egypt and Mosés toke the rod of God in hys hand 21 And the LORD sayd vnto Mosés When thou art entred and come into Egypte agayne se that thou do al the wonders before Pharaoh whiche I haue put in thine hande but I wil harden his heart and he shall not let the people go 22 Then thou shalt say to Pharaóh Thus sayth the Lorde Israél is my sonne euen my first borne 23 Wherefore I say to thee Let my sonne go that he may serue me if thou refuse to let him go beholde I will slay thy sonne euen thy first borne 24 ¶ And as he was by the way in the ynne the Lord met him and wolde haue killed him 25 Then Zipporáh toke a sharpe knife and cut awaye the fore skinne of her sonne and cast it at his fete and sayd Thou art in dede a bloodie housband vnto me 26 So ãâã departed from hym Then she sayd O bloodye housband because of the circumcision 27 ¶ Then the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Go mete Mosés in the wildernes And he went God of the Ebrewes hath met with vs we and met him in the Mount of God and kissed him 28 Then Mosés tolde Aarón all the wordes of the Lord who had sent him all the signes where with he charged him 29 ¶ So went Moses and Aaron and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israél 30 And Aarón tolde all the wordes which the Lord had spokenvnto Mosés and he did the miracles in the sight of the people 31 And the people beleued and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israél and had loked vpon their tribulacion they bowed downe and worshipped CHAP. V. 1 Moses and Aaron do their message to Pharaoh who letteth not the people of Israel departe but oppresseth them more and more 20 They crye out vpoÌ Moses and Aaron therefore and Moses complaineth to God 1 THen afterward Mosés and Aaron went aÌd said to Pharaóh Thus saith the Lord God of Israél Let my people go that they maie celebrate a feast vnto me in the wildernes 2 And Pharaóh said Who is the Lord that I shulde heare his voyce let Israél go I kno we not the Lord nether wil I let Israél go 3 And they said We worship the God of the Ebrewes we pray thee suffre vs to go thre daies iournei in the desert and to sacrifice vn to the Lord our God lest he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sworde 4 Then said the King of Egypt vnto them Mosés and Aarón why cause ye the people to cease from their workes get you to your burdens 5 Pharaóh said furthermore Beholde muche people is now in the land and ye make them leaue their burdens 6 Therefore Pharaoh gaue commandement the same day vnto the taske masters of the people and to their officers saying 7 Ye shal giue the people no more strawe to make bricke as in time past but let them go and gather them straw them selues 8 No withstanding lay vpon them the nombre of bricke which they made in time past diminish nothing thereof for they be idle therefore thei crye saying Let vs go to offre sacrifice vnto our God 9 Lay more worke vpon the men and cause them to do it and let them notregarde vaine wordes 10 ¶ Then went the taske masters of the people and their officers out and tolde the people saying Thus saith Pharaóh I wil giue you no more straw 11 Go your selues get you straw where ye can finde it yet shal nothing of your labour be diminished 12 Then were the people scatred abrode throughout all the land of Egypte for to gather stubble in stede of straw 13 And the taske masters hasted them saying Finish your dayes worke euerie dayes taske as ye did when ye had straw 14 And the officers of the children of Israéll which Pharaohs taske masters had set ouer them were beaten and demanded Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making brick yesterday today as iÌ times past 15 ¶ Then the officers of the children of Israél came and cryed vnto Pharaóh saying Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy seruants 16 There is no straw giuen to thy seruants they say vnto vs Make bricke lo thy seruants are beaten and thy people is blamed 17 But he said Ye are to muche idle therefore ye say Let vs go to offre sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now and worke for there shal no straw be giueÌ you yet shal ye deliuer the whole tale of bricke 19 Then the officers of the children of Israél sawe theÌ selues in an euil case because it was said Ye shal diminish nothing of your brick nor of euerie dayes taske 20 ¶ And they met Mosés and Aarón whiche stode in their way as they came out frome Pharaóh 21 To whome they said The Lordloke vpon you and iudge for ye haue made our sauour to * stincke before Pharaóh and before his seruants in that ye haue put a sworde in their hand to slay vs. 22 Wherefore Mosés returned to the Lord said Lord why hast thou afflicted this people wherefore hast thou thus sent me 23 For since I came to Pharaóh to speake in thy Name he hath vexed this people yet thou hast not deliuered thy people CHAP. VI. 3 God renueth his promes of the deliueraÌce of the Israelites 9 Mosés speaketh to the Israelites but they beleue him not 10 Mosés And AaroÌ are sent againe to Pharaoh 14 The genealogie of Reubén Simeon and Leui of whome came Mosés and Aaron 1 THen the Lorde said vnto Mosés Now shalt thou se what I wil do vnto Pharaoh for by a strong hand shall he let them go and euen be constreined to driue them out of his land 2 Moreouer God spake vnto Mosés and said vnto him I am the Lord. 3 And I appeared vnto Abrahám to Izhák to laak ób by the Name of Almightie God
but by my Name Iehouáh was I not knoweÌ vnto them 4 Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them the land of Canáan the land of their pilgremage wherein they were strangers 5 So I haue also heard the groning of the chil dren of Israél whome the Egyptians kepe in bondage and haue remembred my couenant 6 Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israél I am the Lorde and I wil bring you out from the burdens of the Egyptians and will deliuer you out of their bondage and wil redeme you in a stretched out arme in great iudgementes 7 Also I wil take you for my people and wil be your God then ye shall knowe that I the Lord your God bring you out from the bur dens of the Egyptians 8 And I wil bring you into the land whiche I sware that I wolde giue to Abrahám to Izhák and to Iaakôb and I wil giue it vnto you for a possession I am the Lord. 9 ¶ So Mosés tolde the children of Israél thus but thei heark ened not vnto Mosés for an guish of spirit and for cruel bondage 10 Then the Lorde speake vnto Mosés saying 11 Go speake to PharaoÌh King of Egypt that he let the children of Israél go out of his laÌd 12 But Mosés spake before the Lorde saying Beholde the children of Israél hearken not vnto me how then shal Pharaóh heare me whiche am of vncircumcised lippes 13 Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés and vnto AaroÌn charged theÌ to go to the children of Israél and to PharaoÌh King of Egypt to bring the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt 14 ¶ These be the heades of their fathers hou ses the sonnes of Reubén the first borne of Israél are HanoÌch and Pallú HezroÌn Carmi these are the families of Reubén 15 Also the sonnes of Simeón Iemuéll and Iamin and O had and Iachin and ZoÌar and Shaull the sonnes of a Canaanitish woman these are the families of SimeoÌn 16 ¶ These also are the names of the sonnes of ãâã in their generacions GershoÌn and Koháth and Merari and the yeres of the life os Leui were an hundreth thirty and seueÌ yere 17 The sonnes of GershoÌn were Libni and Shimi by their families 18 And the sonnes of Koháth Amrám Izhár and HebroÌn and Vzziél and Koháth liued an hundreth thirty and thre yere 19 Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali Mushi these are the families of Leui by their kinreds 20 And Amrám toke Iochébed his fathers sister to his wife and she bare him AaroÌn Mosés and Amrám liued and hundreth thirty and seuen yere 21 ¶ Also the sonnes of Izhár Kórah and Néphegh and Zichri 22 And the sonnes of Vzzièl Mishaél and Elzaphán and Sithri 23 And AaroÌn toke ElisheÌba daughter of Amminadáb sister of NahashoÌn to his wife which bare him Nadáb and Abihú Eleazár and Ithamár 24 Also the sonnes of KoÌrah Assir and Elkanáh and Abiasáph these are the families of the ãâã 25 And Eleazár Aarons sonne toke hym one of the daughters of Putiél to his wife which bare him * PhinehaÌs these are the principal fathers of the Leuites through out their families 26 These are AaroÌn and Mosés to whome the Lord said Bring the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt according to their armies 27 These are that Mosés AaroÌn which spake to PharaoÌh King of Egypt that they might bring the children of IsraeÌl out of Egypt 28 ¶ And at that time when the Lord spake vn to MoseÌs in the land of Egypt 29 When the Lord I say spake vnto Mosés saying I am the Lord speake thou vnto PharaoÌh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee 30 Then Mosés said before the Lord Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes and how shal PharaoÌh heare me CHAP. VII 3 God hardeneth Pharaohs heart ãâã Moses and Aaron do the miracles of the serpent and the blood and Pharaohs sorcerers do the like 1 THen the Lord said to MoseÌs Beholde I haue made thee Pharaohs God and Aa roÌn thy brother shal be thy Prophet 2 Thou shalt speake all that I coÌmanded thee and Aarôn thy brother shal speake vnto Pharaóh that he suffre the children of Israél to go out of his land 3 But I wil harden Pharaohs heart and multiplie my miracles and my wondres in the land of Egypt 4 And PharaoÌh shal not hearken vnto you that I may lay mine hand vpon Egypt and bring out mine armies euen my people the children of Israél out of the land of Egypt by great iudgements 5 Then the Egyptians shalk now that I am the Lord when I stretch forth e mine hand vpon Egypt and bring out the children of Israél from among them 6 So Mosés and AaroÌn did as the Lord commanded them euen so did they 7 Now Mosés was foure score yere olde AaroÌn foure score and thre when thei spake vnto PharaoÌh 8 ¶ And the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés Aarón saying 9 If PharaoÌh speake vnto you saying Shewe a miracle for you then thou shalt say vnto AaroÌn Take thyrod and cast it before PharaoÌh and it shal be turned into a serpent 10 ¶ Then went Mosés and Aarón vnto PharaoÌh and did euen as the Lord god commanded and AaroÌn caste forthe his rod before PharaoÌh and before his seruants and it was turned into a serpent 11 Then PharaoÌh called also for the wise men and sorcerers and those charmers also of Egypt did in like maner with their enchantements 12 For they cast downe euerie man his rod and thei were turned into serpents but Aarons rod deuoured their rods 13 So Pharaohs heart was hardened and he hearkned not to them as the Lord had said 14 ¶ The Lord then said vnto Mosés Pharaohs heart is obstinat he refuseth to let the people go 15 Go vnto PharaoÌh in the morning lo he wil come vnto the water thou shalt stand mete him by the riuers brinke and the rod which was turned into a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand 16 And thou shalt say vnto him The Lord God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee saying Let my people go that they may serue me in the wildernes and beholde hitherto thou woldest not heare 17 Thus saith the Lorde In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde beholde I will smite with the rod that is in mine handvpon the water that is in the riuer and it shal be turned to blood 18 And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye the riuer shal stinke and it shal greue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the ãâã 19 ¶ The Lord then spake to Mosés Say vnto Aarón Take thy rod and stretche out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt ouer their streames ouer their riuers ouer their pon des and ouer all
all your trees that bud in the field 6 And they shal fil thine houses and al thy seruant houses and the houses of al the Egyptians as nether thy fathers not thy fathers fath ers haue sene since the time they were vpon the earth vnto this day So he returned and went out from PharaoÌh 7 Then Pharaohs seruants said vnto him How long shall he be an offence vnto vs let the men go that they may serue the Lorde their God wilt thou first knowe Egypt is destroyed 8 So Mosés and AaaroÌn were broght againe vnto PharooÌh and he said to them Go serue the Lord your God but who are they that shall go 9 And Mosés answered We will go with our yong and with our olde with our sonnes with our daughters with our shepe with our cattel wil we go for we must celebrate a feast vnto the Lord. 10 And he said vnto them Let the Lord so be with you as I will let you go and your children beholde for euill is before your face 11 It shal not be so now go ye that are men and serue the Lord for that was your desire Then they were thrust out from Pharaohs presence 12 ¶ After the Lord said vnto Mosés Stretche out thine hand vpon the land of Egypt for the greshoppers that they may come vpon the land of Egypt and eat all the herbes of the land euen all that the haile hathe left 13 Then Mosés stretched forthe his rod vpon the land of Egypt and the Lord broght an East winde vpon the land all that day and all that night in the morning the East winde broght the greshoppers 14 So the greshoppers went vp vpon all the land of Egypt and remained in all quaters of Egypt so grieuous greshoppers lyke to these were neuer before nether after them shal be suche 15 For they couered al the face of the earth so that the land was darcke and they did eat al the herbes of the land all the frutes of the trees which the haile had left so that there was no grene thyng left vpon the trees nor among the herbes of the field throughout al the land of Egypt 16 Therefore Pharaôh called for Mosés and Aaron in haste and said I haue sinned against the Lorde your GOD and against you 17 And nowe forgiue me my sinne onely this once and pray vnto the Lord your GOD that he may take away from me this death onely 18 Moses then went out from PharaoÌh and praied vnto the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a mightie stroÌg West winde and toke away the greshoppers and violently cast theÌ into the red Sea so that there remained not one greshopper in all the coast of Egypt 20 But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart he did not let the children of Israél go 21 ¶ Againe the lord said vnto Mosés Stretche out thine hand to ward heauen that there may be vpon the land of Egypt darckenes euen darcknes that may be felt 22 Then Mosés stretched forth his haÌd toward heauen and there was a blacke* darcknes in all the land of Egypt thre days 23 No man sawe an other nether rose vp from the place where he was for thre dayes * but all the children of Israél had light where they dwelt 24 Then Pharaóh called for Moses and said Go serue the Lorde onely your shepe and your cattel shal abide and your childreÌ shall go with you 25 And Mosés said Thou must giue vs also sacrifices and burnt offrings that we may do sacrifice vnto the Lord our God 26 Therefore our cattell also shall go with vs there shal not an hoofe be left for thereof must we take to serue the Lord ourgod nether do we knowe how we shall serue the Lord vntil we come thither 27 But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart he wolde not let them go 28 And Pharaôh said vnto him Get thee from me loke thouse my face no more for when soeuer thou commest in my sight thou shalt dye 29 Then Moses said Thou hast said well from hence for the wil I se thy face no more CHAP. XI 1 God promiseth their departure 2 He willeth them to borrow their neighbours iewels 3 Moses was estemed of all saue Pharaoh 5 He signifieth the death of the first borne 1 NOw the Lord had said vnto Mosés Yet wil I bring one plague more vpon Pharaóh and vpon Egypt after that he wil let you go hence when he letteth you go he shal at once chase you hence 2 Speake thou now to the people that euerie man require of his neighbour and euerie woman of her neighbour * iewels of siluer and iewels of golde 3 And the Lord gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians also * Moses was ãâã great in the land of Egypt in the sight of Pharaohs seruants and in the sight of the people 4 Also Mosés said Thus saith the Lord * About midnight wil I go out into the middes of Egypt 5 And all the first borne in the land of Egypt shal dye from the first borne of Pharaóh that sitteth on his throne vnto the first borne of the maid seruant that is at the mille and all the first borne of beastes 6 Then there shal be a great crye throughout all the land of Egypt suche as was neuer none like nor shal be 7 But against none of the childreÌ of Israél shal a dog moue his tongue nether against man nor beast that ye may knowe that the Lord putteth a difference betwene the Egyptians and Israél 8 And all these thy seruantes shal come downe vnto me and fall before me saying Get thee out ãâã all the people that are at thy fete and after this wil I depart So he went out from Pharaóh very angry 9 And the Lord said vnto Mosés PharaoÌh shal not heare you that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt 10 So Mosés and Aarón did all these wonders before Pharaôh but the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart and he suffred not the children of Israél to go out of his land CHAP. XII 1 The Lord instituteth the Passeouer 26 The fathers must teache their children the mysterie thereof 29 The first borne are slaine 31 The Israelites are driuen out of the land 35 The Egyptians are spoiled 37 The nom bre that departeth out of Egypt 40 How long thei were in Egypt 1 THen the Lord spake to Moses and to Adrôn in the land of Egypt saying 2 This moneth shal be vnto you the beginning of moneths it shal be to you the first moneth of the yere 3 Speake ye vnto all the Congregacion of Israél saying In the tenth of this moneth let euerie maÌtake vnto him a lambe according to the house of the fathers a lambe for an house 4 If the housholde be to litle for the lambe he shal take his
Edôm shal be amased trembling shal come vpon the great men of MoaÌb all the inhabitants of Canáan shall waxe faint hearted 16 * Feare and dread shal fall vpon them because of the greatnes of thine arme they shal be stil as a stone til thy people passe ô Lord til this people passe which thou hast purchased 17 Thou shalt bring them in and plant them in the mountaine of thine inheritance which is the place that thou hast prepared ãâã Lord for to dwel in euen the sanctuarie ô Lord which thine hands shal establish 18 The Lord shal reigne for euer and euer 19 For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsmeÌ into the Sea the Lord broght the waters of the Sea vpon them but the children of Israél went on drye land in the middes of the Sea 20 ¶ And Miriám the prophetesse sister of AaroÌn toke a timbrel in her hand and all the women came out after her with timbrels daunces 21 And Miriám answered the men Singye vn to the Lord for he hathe triuÌphed gloriously the horse and his rider hathe he ouerthrowen in the Sea 22 Then Mosés broght Israél from the red Sea aud they weÌt out into the wildernes of Shur and they went thre dayes in the wildernes and founde no waters 23 And when they came to Maráh they colde not drinke of the waters of Maráh for they were bitter therefore the name of the place was called Maráh 24 Then the people murmured against Mosés saying What shal we drinke 25 And he cryed vnto the Lord and the Lord shewed him a * tre which wheÌ he had cast into the waters the waters were swete there he made them an ordinance and a lawe and there he proued them 26 And said If thou wilt diligently hearken ô Israel vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God and wilt do that which is right in his sight and wilt giue eare vnto his commande ments and kepe all his ordinances then wil I put none of these diseases vpoÌ thee which I broght vpon the Egyptians for I am the Lord that healeth thee 27 ¶ * And they came to Elim where were twelue founteines of water and seuentie pal me trees they caÌped there by the waters CHAP. XVI 1 The Israelites come to the desert of Sin and murmure against Mosés and Aarón 13 The Lord ãâã ãâã and Manna 17 The seuenth day Manna colde not be founde 32 It is kept for a remembrance to the ãâã 1 AFterward all the Congregacion of the children of Israél departed from Elim and came to the wildernes of Sin which is betwene Elim and Sinái the fiftenth day of the secoÌde moneth after thei departing out of the land of Egypt 2 And the whole Congregacion of the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and against Aaron in the wildernes 3 For the children of Israél said to them Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt when we sate by the flesh pottes when we ate bread our bellies ful for ye haue broght vs out into this wildernes to kil this whole companie with famine 4 ¶ Then said the Lord vnto Mosés Beholde I wil cause bread to raine from heauen to you and the people shal go out and gather that that is sufficient for euerie day that I may proue them whether they wil walke in my Lawe or no. 5 But the sixt day they shal prepare that which thei shal bring home and it shal be twise as muche as they gather daiely 6 Then Mosés and Aarôn said vnto all the children of Israél At euen ye shal knowe that the Lord broght you out of the land of Egypt 7 And in the morning ye shal se the glorie of the Lord for he hathe heard your grudgings against the Lord and what are we that ye haue murmured against vs 8 Againe Mosés said At euen shal the Lord giue you ãâã to eat and in the morning your fil of bread for the Lord hathe heard your murmuriÌgs which ye murmure against him for what are we your murmurings are not against vs but against the Lord. 9 ¶ And Mosés said to Aarón Say vnto all the CongregacioÌ of the childreÌ of Israél Drawe nere before the Lord for he hathe heard your murmurings 10 Now as Aarón spake vnto the whole Congregacion of the children of Israél they loked toward the wildernes and beholde the glorie of the Lord appeared* in a cloude 11 For the Lord had spoken vnto Mosés saying 12 * I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israél tel them therefore and say At euen ye shal eat flesh and in the morning ye shal be filled with bread ye shal knowe that I am the Lord your God 13 And so at euen the * ãâã came and coue red the campe in the morning the dewe laye rounde about the hoste 14 * And when the dewe that was fallen was ascended beholde a smale rounde thing was vpon the face of the wildernes smale as the hore frost on the earth 15 And when the childreÌ of ãâã saue it they said one to another It is MAN for they wist not what it was And Mosés said vnto them * This is the bread which the Lord hathe giuen you to eat 16 ¶ This is the thing which the Lord hathe commanded ãâã of it euerie man according to his eating an Omer for a man accor ding to the nombre of your persones ãâã man shal take for theÌ which are in his tent 17 And the children of Israél did so and gathe red some more some lesse 18 And when they did measure it with an Omer * he that had gathered muche had nothing ouer and he that had gathered litle had no lacke so euerie man gathered according to his eating 19 Moses then said vnto them Let no man reserue thereof til morning 20 Notwithstanding thei obeid not Mosés but some of theÌ reserued of it til morning and it was ful of wormes and stanke therefore Mosés was angry with them 21 And they gathered it euerie morning euerie man according to his eating for wheÌ the heat of the sunne came it was melted 22 ¶ And the sixt day they gathered twise so muche bread two Omers for one man then all the rulers of the Congregacion came and tolde Mosés 23 And he answered them This is that which the Lord hathe said To moro we is the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lord bake that to daie which ye wil bake and seche that which ye wil sethe and all that remaineth lay it vp to be kept til the morning for you 24 And they laied it vp til the morning as Mo sés bade and it stanke not nether was there any worme therein 25 Then Mosés said Eat that to day for to day is the
them 13 TheÌ Mosés rose vp and his minister Ioshúa and Mosés went vp into the mountaine of God 14 And said vnto the Elders Tarie vs here ãâã we come againe vnto you and beholde Aaron and Hur are with you whosoeuer hathe anie matters let him come to them 15 Then Mosés went vp to the mount and the cloude couered the mountaine 16 And the glorie of the Lorde abode vppon mount Sinái and the cloude couered it six daies and the seuenth day he called vnto Mo sés out of the middes of the cloude 17 And the sight of the glorie of the lord was like consuming fire on the top of the moun taine in the eies of the children of Israél 18 And Mosés entred into the middes of the cloude and went vp to the mountaine and Mosés was in the * mount fourty dayes and fourty nightes CHAP. XXV 2 The voluntarie gifts for the making of the Tabernacle 10 The forme of the Arke 17 The Mercisent 23 The Table ãâã The Cádelsticke 40 Allmust be done according to the patern 1 THen the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél that they receiue an offring for me of * euerie man whose heart giueth it frely ye shal take the offring for me 3 And this is the offring which ye shall take of them golde and siluer and brasse 4 And blewe silke and purple and skarlet and fine linen and goates heere 5 And ramme skins coulored red the skins of badgers and the wood Shittim 6 Oyle for the light spices for anoyting oyle and for the perfume of swete sauour 7 Onix stones and stones to be set in the * Ephod and in the * brest plate 8 Also they shal make me a Sanctuarie that I may dwel among them 9 According to all that I she we thee euen so shal ye make the forme of the Tabernacle the facion of all the instruments thereof 10 ¶ They shal make also an * Arke of Shittim wood two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broad and a cubite and an halfe hie 11 And thou shal ouerlaie it with pure golde within and without shalt thou ouerlaie it shalt mak evpoÌ it a crowne of golde rounde about 12 And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it put them in the foure corners thereof that is two rings shal be on the one side of it and two rings on the other side thereof 13 And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood and couer them with golde 14 Then thou shalt put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke to beare the Arke with them THE ARKE OF THE TESTIMONIE A B The length two cubites and an halfe B C. The breadth a cubite and an halfe A D The height a cubite and an halfe E E The golden crow ne aboue the Arke F The foure rynges of golde in the foure corners G. The barres couered wyth golde to putte through the ryngs to cary the Arke H The inner parte of the Arke where the Testimonie was put I The Mercie ãâã whyche was the coueryng of the Arke where were the two Cherubims and whence the oracle ãâã 15 The barres shal be in the rings of the Arke they shall not be taken away from it 16 So thou shalt put in the Arke the Testimo nie which I shall giue thee 17 Also thou shalt make a Merciseat of pure golde two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broad 18 And thou shalte make two Cherubims of golde of worke beaten out with the ãâã shalt thou make them at the two endes of the Merciseat 19 And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one end and the other Cherub at the other ende of the matter of the Mercise at shall ye make the Cherubims on the two endes thereof 20 And the Cherubims shall stretche their wyngs on hie coueryng the Merciseat with their wings and their faces one to an other to the Merciseat ward shall the faces of the Cherubims be 21 And thou shalt put the Merciseat aboue vppon the Arke and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie which I wil giue thee 22 And there I wil declare my selfe vnto thee and frome aboue the Merciseat * betwene the two Cherubims whiche are vpon the Arke of the Testimonie I wyll tell thee all things which I will giue thee in commandement vnto the children of Israel THE TABLE OF THE SHEWE BREAD A B The heyght a cubite aÌd an halfe B C The length two cubites C D The breadth a cubite E A crowne of gold aboue and beneth separated the one from the other by a border of an haÌd breadth thycke whyche declareth that the table was an hande breadth thicke F The foure rings G The barres to cary the table which were put through the rings H Dishes wherein the shewe breade was put I The twelue cakes or loaues called the shewe bread K The goblets or couerings L The incense cuppes 23 ¶ * Thou shalt also make a table of Shittim wood of two cubites loÌg a cubite broad and a cubite and an half hie 24 And thou shalt couer it with pure golde aÌd make therto a crown of gold round about 25 Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of fou re fingers round about thou shalt make a goldeÌ crown round about the border therof 26 After thou shalt make for it foure rings of golde aÌd shalt put the rings in the foure cor ners that are in the foure fete thereof 27 Ouer agaynst the border shall the rings be for places for barres to beare the Table 28 And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood aÌd shalt ouerlay them with golde that the Table may be borne with them 29 Thou shalte make also dyshes for it and incens cups for it and couerings for it and goblets wherewith it shal be couered eueÌ of fine golde shalt thou make them 30 And thou shalte set vpon the Table shewebread before me continually THE CANDELSTICKE Because the facion of the candelstick is so plaine and euident it nedeth not to describe the particular partes thereof accordyng to the ordre of lettres Onely where as it is sayd in the 34 verse that there shal be foure bowles or cuppes in the candelsticke it muste be vnderstande of the shaft or shanke for there are but thre for euerie one of the other braunches Also the knoppes of the candelsticke are those whyche are vnder the braunches as they issue out of the shaft on ether side 31 ¶ * Also thou shalt make a Candelsticke of pure golde of worke beaten out with the hammer shal the Candelsticke be made his shaft and his braÌches his bolles his knops and his floures shal be of the same 32 Six branches also shal come out of
twined linen of broydred worke 7 The two shulders therof shal be ioined toge ther by their two edges so shal it be closed 8 And the embroydred garde of the same Ephod whiche shal be vpon hym shal be of the selfe same worke and stuffe euen of golde blewe silke aÌd purple and skarlet aÌd fine twined linen 9 And thou shalt take two onix stones and gra ue vpon them the names of the chyldren of Israél 10 Six names of theÌ vpon the one stone and the six names that remaine vpon the seconde stone according to their generacions 11 Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones ac cordyng to the names of the children of Israél by a grauer of signets that worketh and graueth in stone and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde 12 And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the shulders of the Ephod as stones of remeÌbrance of the chyldren of Israél for Aarón shal beare their names before the Lord vpoÌ his two shulders for a remembrance 13 So thou shalt make bosses of golde 14 ¶ And two cheynes of fine golde at the ende of wrethed worke shalte thou make them and shalt fasten the wrethed cheines vpon the bosses 15 ¶ Also thou shalte make the brest plate of iudgement with broydred worke lyke the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it of golde blewe silke and purple and skarlet and fine twined linen ãâã thou make it 16 Foure square it shal be aÌd double an hand bred long an hand bred broad 17 Then thou shalte set it full of places for stones euen foure rowes of stones the ordre shal be this a ruby a topaze and a carbuÌ cle in the first rowe 18 And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude a saphir and a diamond 19 And in the thirde rowe a turkeis an achate and an hematite 20 And in the fourte rowe a chrysolite an onix and a iasper and they shal be set in gold in their embossements 21 And the stones shal be accordyng to the names of the children of Israél twelue according to their names grauen as signets euerie one after hys name and they shal be for the twelue tribes 22 ¶ Then thou shalte make vppon the brest plate two cheines at the endes of wrethen worke of pure golde 23 Thou shalt make also vpon the brest plate two rings of golde and put the two rings on the two endes of the brest plate 24 And thou shalt put the two wrethen cheines of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate 25 And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines thou shalte fasten in the two embossements and shalt put them vpon the shulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it 26 ¶ Also thou shalt make two rings of golde which thou shalt put in the two other endes of the brest plate vpon the border there of to ward the inside of the Ephod 27 And two other rings of golde thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of the Ephod beneth in the fore parte of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod 28 Thus they shal binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod with a lace of blewe silke that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod and that the brest plate be not losed froÌ the Ephod 29 So Aarón shal beare the names of the chil dren of Israél in the brest plate of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembrance continually before the Lord. 30 ¶ Also thou shalt put in the brest plate of iudgemeÌt the Vrim the Thúmim which shal be vpon Aarons heart when he goeth in before the Lord and Aarón shal be are the iudgement of the children of Israél vpon his heart before the Lord continually 31 ¶ And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And the hole for his heade shal be in the middes of it hauing an edge of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it so it shal be as the coller of an habergeoÌ that it rent not 33 ¶ And beneth vpoÌ the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe silke and purple and skarlet round about the skirtes thereof and belles of golde betwene them round about 34 That is * a golden bel and a pomgranate a golden bel a pomgranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe 35 So it shal be vpon Aarón when he ministreth and his sound shal be heard when he goeth into the holy place before the Lord when he commeth out and he shal not dye 36 ¶ Also thou shalt make a plate of pure golde and graue theron as signets are grauen HOLINES TO THE LORD 37 And thou shalt put it on a blewe silk elace and it shal be vpon the mitre euen vpoÌ the fore fronte of the mitre shal it be 38 So it shal be vpoÌ Aarons forehead that Aarón may be are the iniquitie of the offrings which the children of Israél shal offre in all their holy offrings aÌd it shal be alwaies vpon his forehead to make them acceptable before the Lord. 39 Likewise thou shalt embroydre the fine linen coat and thou ãâã make a mitre of fine linen but thou shalt make a girdel of nedle worke 40 Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates and thou shalt make them girdels bonets shal thou make them for glorie and comelines 41 And thou shalt put them vpon AaroÌn thy brother and on his sonnes with him shalt anoynt them and fil their hands sanctifie them that they may ministre vnto me in the Priests office 42 Thou shalt also make them linen breches to couer their priuities from the loynes vnto the thighs shal they reache 43 And they shal be for Aarón and his sonnes when they come into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion or when they come vnto the altar to minister in the holy place that they commit not iniquitie and so dye This shabe a lawe for euer vnto him and to hys sede after hym CHAP. XXIX 1 The maner of consecrating the Priests 38 The coÌtinual sacrifice 45 The Lord promiseth to dwel amoÌg the children of Israél 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou consecratest them to be my Priestes * Take a yong calfe and two rams without blemish 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened anointed with oyle of fine wheat flower shalt thou make them 3 Then thou shalt put theÌ in one basket and present them in the basket with the calfe and the two rams 4 And shalt bryng Aarón and his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and wash them with water 5 Also thou shalt take
the morning that thou maiest come vp early vnto the mount of Sinai and waite there for me in the top of the mount 3 But let no man come vp with thee nether let anie maÌ be sene throughout al the mount nether let the shepe nor cattell fede before this mount 4 ¶ Then Mosés hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first rose vp early in the morning and went vp vnto the mount of Sinái as the Lord had commanded him and toke in his hand two Tables of stone 5 And the Lord descended in the cloude and stode with him there and proclaimed the Name of the Lord. 6 So the Lorde passed before his face and cryed The Lord the Lord strong mercifull and gracious slow to angre and abundant in goodnes and trueth 7 Reseruing mercie for thousands forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne not making the wicked innocent * visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the childreÌ and vpon the childrens children vnto the third and fourth generacion 8 Then Mosés made haste and bowed him self to the earth and worshipped 9 And said ô Lorde I praye thee if I haue founde grace iÌ thy sight that the Lord wolde now go with vs for it is a stifnecked people and pardone our iniquitie and our sinne and take vs for thine enheritance 10 And he answered Beholde * I will make a couenant before althy people and will do meruels suche as haue not bene done in all the world nether in al nations all the peo ple amoÌg whome thou art shalse the worke of the Lorde for it is a terrible thing that I wil do with thee 11 Kepe diligently that whiche I commande thee this day beholde I will cast out before thee the Amorites and the Canaanites the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Hiuites and the Iebusites 12 * Take hede to thy self that thou make no compact with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest lest they be the cause of ruine among you 13 But ye shall ouerthrowe their altars and breake their images in pieces cut downe their groues 14 For thou shalt bowe downe to none other god because the Lord whose Name is * Ielous is a ielous God 15 Lest thou make a * coÌpact with the inhabitants of the land when they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice vnto their gods some man call thee and thou * eat of his sacrifice 16 And lest thou take of their* daughters vnto thy sonnes aÌd their daughters go a whoring after their gods and make thy sonnes go a whoring after their gods 17 Thou ãâã make thee no gods of metal 18 ¶ The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou kepe seueÌ dayes shalt thou eat vnleauened bread as I commanded thee in the time of the * moneth of Abib for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt 19 * Euerie male that first openeth the wombe shal be mine also the first borne of thy flocke shal be reconed mine bothe of beues and shepe 20 But the first of the asse thou shalt bye out with a lambe and if thou redeme him not then thou shalt breake his necke al the first borne of thy sonnes shalt thou redeme and none shal appeare before me empty 21 ¶ Six dayes thou shalt worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest bothe in earyng time and in the haruest thou shalt rest 22 ¶ * Thou shalt also obserue the feast of wekes in the time of the first frutes of wheat haruest and the feast of gathering frutes in the end of the yere 23 ¶ Thrise in a yere shal al your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouáh God of Israel 24 For I wil cast out the nacions before thee and enlarge thy coastes so that no man shall desire thy land when thou shalt come vp to appeare before the Lorde thy God thrise in the yere 25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen nether shal ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the mornyng 26 The first ãâã frutes of thy land thou shalt bring vnto the house of the Lorde thy God yet shalt thou not se the a kid in his mothers milke 27 And the Lord said vnto Mosés Write thou these wordes for after the tenoure of* these wordes I haue made a couenant with thee with Israél 28 So he was there with the Lorde fourtie daies and fourtie nights and did nether eat bread nor drinke water and he wrote in the Tables * the wordes of the couenant ãâã the ten commandements 29 ¶ So when Mosés came downe froÌ mount Sinái the two Tables of the Testimonie were in Mosés hand as he descended from the mount now Mosés wist not that the skin of his face shone bright after that God had talked with him 30 And aarôn and all the children of Israél loked vpon Mosés beholde the skin of his face shone bright and they were afraide to come nere him 31 But Mosés called them and Aaron and al the chief of the Congregacion returned vnto him and Mosés talked with them 32 And after ward al the childreÌ of Israél came nere and he charged them with all that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinái 33 So Mosés made an end of communyng with them * aÌd had put a couering vpon his face 34 But when Mosés came before the Lorde to speake with hym he toke of the couering vntil he came out then he came out spake vnto the children of Israél that whiche was commanded 35 And the children of Israél sawe the face of Mosés how the skin of Mosés face shone bright therefore Mosés put the coueryng vpon his face vntil he wentto speake with God CHAP. XXXV 2 The Sabbath 5 The fre gifts are required 21 The readines of the people to ãâã 30 Bezale él and Aholiáb are praised of Mosés 1 THen Mosés assembled all the Congregacion of the children of Israél said vnto theÌ These are the wordes whiche the Lorde hathe commanded that ye shulde do them 2 * Six dayes thou shalt worke but the seueÌth day shall be vnto you the holy Sabbath of rest vnto the Lord whosoeuer soeuer doeth anye worke therein shal dye 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day 4 ¶ Againe Mosés spake vnto al the Congregacion of the children of Israél saying This is the thing which the Lorde commandeth saying 5 Take from among you an offring vnto the Lorde whosoeuer is of a * willing heart let him bring this offring to the Lord namely golde and siluer and brasse 6 Also blewe silke and purple and skarlet fine linen and goates heere 7 And rams skins died red and badgers skins with Shittim wood 8 Also oyle for light
offring * of Shittim woode fiue cubites was the length thereof and fiue cubites the breadth thereof it was square and thre cubites hie 2 And he made vnto it hornes in the foure cor ners thereof the hornes thereof were of the same and he ouerlaied it with brasse 3 Also he made al the instruments of the Altar the * ashpans and the besomes and the basins the fleshokes and the censers all the instruments thereof made he of brasse 4 Moreouer he made a brasen grate wroght like a net to the Altar vnder the compas of beneth in the middes of it 5 And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure ends of the grate to put barres in 6 And he made the barres of ãâã wood couered them with brasse 7 The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it with all and made it holowe within the boardes 8 ¶ Also he made the Lauer of brasse and the fote of it of brasse of the glasses of the women that did assemble and came together at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 9 ¶ Finally he made the courte on the South-side ful Southe the hangings of the courte were of ãâã twined linen hauing an hundreth cubites 10 Their pillers were twentie and their brasen sockets twentie the hokes of the pillers and their filets were of siluer 11 And on the Northside the hangings were an hundreth cubites their pillers twentie their sockets of brasse twentie the hokes of the pillers and their filets of ãâã 12 On the Westside also were hangings of fiftie cubites their ten pillers with their ten sockets the hokes of the pillers and their filets of siluer 13 And toward the Eastside ful East were hangings of fiftie cubites 14 The hangings of the one side were fiftene cubites their thre pillers and their thre sockets 15 * And of the other side of the courte gate on bothe sides were hangings of fiftene cubites with their thre pillers and their thre sockets 16 All the hangings of the courte round about were of fine twined linen 17 But the ãâã of the pillers were of brasse the hokes of the pillers and their filets of siluer and the couering of their chapiters of siluer and all the pillers of the courte were hooped about with siluer 18 He made also the hanging of the gate of the courte of nedle worke blewe silke and purple and skarlet and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long and fiue cubites in height and breadth like the hangings of the courte 19 And their pillers were foure with their foure sockets of brasse their hokes of siluer and the couering of their chapiters aÌd their filets of siluer 20 But all the * pins of the Tabernacle and of the courte round about were of brasse 21 ¶ These are the partes of the Tabernacle I meane of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie which was appointed by the commandement of Mosés for the office of the Leuites by the hand of Ithamár sonne to Aaron the Priest 22 So Bezaleél the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudáh made all that the Lord commanded Mosés 23 And with him Aholiáb sonne of Ahisamách of the tribe of Dan a cunning workeman and an embroyderer and a worker of nedle worke in blewe silke and in purple and in skarlet and in ãâã linen 24 All the golde that was occupied in all the worke wroght for the holy place which was the golde of the offring was nine and twentie talents and seuen hundreth and thir tie shekels according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie 25 But the siluer of them that were nombred in the Congregacion was an hundreth talents and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie 26 A portion for a man that is halfe a shekel after the shekel of the Sanctuarie for all them that were nombred from twentie yere olde and aboue among six hundreth thousand and thre thousand and fiue hundreth and fiftie men 27 Moreouer there were an hundreth talents of siluer to cast the sockets of the Sanctuarie and the sockets of the vaile an hundreth sockets of an hundreth talens a talent for a socket 28 But he made the hokes for the pillers of a thousand seuen hundreth and seuentie and fiue shekels and ouerlaied their chapiters and made filets about them 29 Also the brasse of the offring was seuentie talents and two thousand and foure hundreth shekels 30 Whereof he made the sockets to the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the brasen Altar and the brasengrate which was for it with all the instruments of the Altar 31 And the sockets of the courte round about and the sockets for the courte gate and all the * pins of the Tabernacle and all the pins of the courte round about CHAP. XXXIX 1 The apparel of Aarón and his sonnes 32 All that the Lord commanded was made and finished 43 Mosés blesseth the people 1 MOreouer they made garments of ministration to ministre in the Sanctuarie of blewe silke and purple and skarlet thei * made also the holy garments for Aarón as the Lord had commanded Mosés 2 So he made the Ephód of golde blewe silke and purple and skarlet and fine twined linen 3 And they did beate the golde into thin plates and cut it into wiers to worke it in the blewe silke and in the purple and in the skar let in the fine lineÌ with broydred worke 4 For the which thei made shulders to couple together for it was closed by the two edges thereof 5 And the broydred garde of his Ephód that was vpon him was of the same stuffe and of like worke euen of golde of blewe silke purple and skarlet and fine twined linen as the Lord had commanded Mosés 6 ¶ And they wroght * two onix stones closed in ouches of golde and graued as signets are grauen with the names of the children of Israél 7 And put theÌ on the shulders of the Ephód as stones for a * remembrance of the children of Israél as the Lord had commanded Mosés 8 ¶ Also he made the brest plate of broydred worke like the worke of the Ephód to wit of golde blewe silke and purple and skarlet and fine twined linen 9 They made the brest plate double and it was square an hand breadth long an hand breadth broad it was also double 10 And they filled it with foure rowes of stones The ordre was thus ãâã ruby a topaze a carbuncle in the first rowe 11 And in the seconde rowe an emeraude a saphir and a diamond 12 Also in the third rowe a turkeis an a chate and an hematite 13 Like wise in the fourte rowe a chrysolite an onix and a iasper closed and set in ouches of golde 14 So the stones were according to the names of the children
the Congregacion shal Aarôn dresse them bothe eueÌ and morning before the Lord alwaies this shal be a law for euer through your generacions 4 He shal dresse the lampes vppon the* pure Candelsticke before the Lord perpetually 5 ¶ Also thou shalt take fine floure and bake tweleue* cackes thereof two tenth deales shal be in one cake 6 And thou shalt set theÌ in two rowes six in a rowe vpoÌ the pure table before the Lord. 7 Thou shalt also put pure in cense vpon the rowes that in stede of the breade it may be for a remembraÌce and an offring made by fire to the Lord. 8 Euerie Sabbath he shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore receauing theÌ of the children of Israél for an euerlasting couenant 9 * And the bread shal be AaroÌs and his sonnes and thei shal eat it in the holy place for it is most holy vnto him of the offrings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual ordinance 10 ¶ And there went out among the children of Israél the sonne of an Israelitish woman whose father was an Egyptian this sonne of the Israelitish womaÌ amaÌ of Israél stroue together in the hoste 11 So the Israelitish womaÌs sonne blasphemed the Name of the Lord and cursed they broght him vnto Mosés his mothers name also was Shelomith the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they* put him in warde till he tolde them the minde of the Lord. 13 Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 14 Bring the blasphemer with out the hoste and let all that heard him * put their haÌds vpon his head and let al the CongregacioÌ stone him 15 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israél saying Whosoeuer curseth his God shal beare his sinne 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord shal be put to death all the Congregacion shallstone him to death as well the straÌger as he that is borne in the land wheÌ he blasphemeth the Name of the Lord let him be slaine 17 ¶ * He also that killeth anie man he shal be put to death 18 And he that killeth a beast he shal restore it beast for beast 19 Also if a man cause anie blemish in hys neighbour as he hathe done so shall it be done to him 20 * Breache for breache eie for eie to the for to the such a blemish as he hath made in anie suche shal be repaied to him 21 And he that killeth a beast shal restore it but he that killeth a man shal be slaine 22 Ye shal haue* one la we it shal be aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey for I am the Lord your God 23 ¶ Then Mosés tolde the childreÌ of Israél and they broght the blasphemer out of the hoste and stond him with stones so the children of Israél did as the Lord had commanded Mosés CHAP. XXV 2 The Sabbath of the seuenth yere 8 The Iubile in the fiftieth yere 14 Not to oppresse their brethren 23 The sale and redeming of lands houses and persones 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés in mouÌt Sin ai saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél and say vnto them When ye shall come into the land which I giue you the* land shall kepe Sabbath vnto the Lord. 3 Six yeres thou shalt sowe thy field and six yeres thou shalt cut thy vineyarde and gather the frute thereof 4 But the seuenth yere shal be a Sabbath of rest vnto the land it shal be the Lords Sab bath thou shalt nether sowe thy field nor cutthy vineyarde 5 That which groweth of it owne accorde of thy haruest thou shalt not reape nether gather the grapes that thou haste lefte vnlaboured for it shal be a yere of reste vnto the land 6 And the rest of the land shal be meate for you euen for thee and for thy seruant for thy maid for thy hyred seruaÌt for the stranger that soiourneth with thee 7 And for thy cattel and for the beastes that are in thy land shall all the increase therof be meat 8 ¶ Also thou shalt nomber seuen Sabbaths of yeres vnto thee euen seuen times seueÌ yere the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeres wil be vnto the nine fourty yere 9 Then thou shalt cause to blowe the trumpet of the Iubile in the tenth day of the seuenth moneth euen in the day of the recoÌ ciliacion shal ye make the trumpet blowe throughout all your land 10 And ye shall halowe that yere euen the fiftieth yere and proclaime libertie in the land to all the inhabitants there of it shal be the Iubile vnto you and ye shal returne euerie man vnto his possession and euerie man shal returne vnto his familie 11 This fiftieth yere shal be a yere of Iubile vnto you ye shall not sowe nether reape that which groweth of it self nether gather the grapes therof that are left vnlaboured 12 For it is the Iubile it shall be holy vnto you ye shal eat of the increase thereof out of the field 13 In the yere of this Iubile ye shall returne euerie man vnto his possession 14 And when thou sellest ought to thy neigh bour or byest at thy neighbours hande ye shal not oppresse one another 15 But according to the noÌber of yeres after the Iubile thou shalt bye of thy neighbour also according to the noÌber of the yeres of the reuenues he shal sel vnto thee 16 According to the multitude of yeres thou shalt encrease the price therof and accordynge to the fewnes of yeres thou shalt abate the price of it for the nomber of frutes doeth he sel vnto thee 17 Oppresse not ye therefore anie man hys neighbour but thou shalt feare thy God for I am the Lord your God 18 ¶ Wherefore ye shal obey mine ordinaÌces and kepe my Lawes and do them and ye shalwel in the land in saftie 19 And the land shal giue her frute ye shall eat your fil and dwel therein ãâã 20 And if ye shal say What shal we eat the seueÌth yere for we shal not sowe nor gather-in our increase 21 I wil send my blessings vppon you in the sixt yere and it shal bring forthe frute for thre yeres 22 And ye shalsowe the eight yere and eate of the old frute vntil the ninth yere vntil the frute therof come ye shal eat the olde 23 ¶ Also the laÌd shal not be sold to be cut of froÌ the familie for the land is mine ye be but strangers and soiourners with me 24 Therfore in al the land of your possession ye shal grante a redempcioÌ for the land 25 ¶ If thy brother be impouerished and sel his possession theÌ his redemer shall come euen his nere kinsman and bye out
the Priest shal value him according to the abilitie of him that vow ed so shal the Priest value him 9 And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offring vnto the Lord all that one giueth of suche vnto the Lord shal be holy 10 He shal not alter it nor change it a good for a bad nor a bad for a good and if he change beast for beast then both this that which was chaÌged for it shal be holy 11 And if it be anie vncleane beast of which men do not offer a sacrifice vnto the Lord he shal then present the beast before the Priest 12 And the Priest shal value it whether it be good or bad aÌd as thou valuest it which art the Priest so shal it be 13 But if he wil bie it againe then he shal giue the fift parte of it more aboue thy valuacion 14 ¶ Also wheÌ a maÌ shal dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lord theÌ the Priest shall value it whether it be good or bad as the Priest shal prise it so shal the value be 15 But if he that sanctified it wil redeme his house then he shal giue therto the fift part of money more then thy estimacion and it shal be his 16 If also a man dedicate to the Lord anie grounde of his inheritaÌce then shalt thou esteme it according to the sede thereof an Homer of barlie sede shal be at fiftie shekels of siluer 17 If he dedicate his field immediately from the yere of Iubile it shal be worthe as thou doest estemeit 18 But if he dedicate his field after the Iubile then the Priest shal reken hym the money according to the yeres that remaine vnto the yere of Iubile and it shal be abbated by thy estimacion 19 And if he that dedicateth it wil redeme the field then he shal put the fift parte of the price that thou estemedst it at therenÌto and it shal remaine his 20 And if he wil not redeme the filed but the Priest sel the field to another man it shal be redemed no more 21 But the field shal be holie to the Lord when it goeth out in the Iubile as a filed separe te from commune vses the possession ther of shal be the Priests 22 If a maÌ also dedicate vnto the Lord a field which he hathe boght which is not of the grounde of his inheritance 23 Then the Priest shal set the price to him as * thou estemest it vnto the yere of Iubile and he shal giue thy price the same day as a thing holy vnto the Lord. 24 But in the yere of Iubile the field shal returne vnto him of whome it was boght to him I say whose inheritaÌce the laÌd was 25 And all thy valuacion shal be according to the skekel of * the Sanctuarie a shekel coÌ teineth twenty gerahs 26 ¶ * Notwithstanding the first borne of the beastes because it is the Lords first borne none shal dedicate suche be it bullocke or shepe for it is the Lords 27 But if it be an vncleane beast then he shal redeme it by thy valuacion and giue the fift parte more thereto if it be not rede med then it shal be solde according to thy estimacion 28 * NotwithstaÌding nothing separate froÌ the commune vse that a man doeth separate vnto the Lord of all that he hathe whether it be man or beast or land of his inheritance may be solde nor redemed for euerie thing separate from the commune vse is moste holy vnto the Lord. 29 Nothing separate from the coÌmune vse which shal be separate from man shal be redemed but dye the death 30 Also all the tithe of the laÌd bothe of the sede of the ground of the frute of the ãâã is the Lords it is holy to the Lord. 31 But if a man wil redeme anie of his tithe he shal adde the fift parte thereto 32 And euerie tithe of bullocke and of shepe and of all that goeth vnder the rod the tenth shal be holy vnto the Lord. 33 He shal not loke if it be good or bad nether shal he change it els if he change it bothe it and that it was changed with all shal be holy and it shal not be redemed 34 These are the commaÌdements which the Lord commanded by Mosés vnto the chil dren of Israel in mount Sinai THE FOVR THE BOKE OF Mosés called Nombers THE ARGVMENT FOrasmuche as God hathe appointed that his Church in this worlde shal be vnder the crosse bothe because they shulde learne not to put their trust in worldely things and also fele his comforte when all other helpe faileth he did not straight way bring his people after their departure out of Egypt into the land which he promised them but led them to and fro for the space of fourtie yeres and kept them in continual exercises before they enioyed it to trye their faith to teache them to forget the worlde and to depend on him VVhich tryal did greately profit to discerne the wicked and the hypocrites from the faithful and true seruants of God who serued him with pure heart where as the other preferring their carnal affections to Gods glorie and making religion to serue their purpose murmured when they lacked to content their lustes and despisest them whome God had appointed rulers ouer them By reason whereof they prouoked Gods terrible iudgements against them and are set forthe as a moste norable example for all ages to be ware how they abuse Gods worde preferre their owne lustes to his wil or despise his ministers Not withstanding God is euer true in his promes and gouerneth his by his holy Spirit that ether they fall not to suche inconueniences or els returne to him quickely by true repentance and therefore he continueth his graces toward them he giueth them ordinances and instructions aswel for religion as out ward policie he preserueth them against all craft and conspiracie and giueth them manifolde vi ctories against their enemies And to auoyd all controuersies that might arise he taketh away the occasions by diuiding among all the tribes bothe the land which they had wonne and that also which he had promised as semed best to his god lie wisdome CHAP. I. 1 Mosés and Aaron with the twelue princes of the tribes are commanded of the Lord to nomber them that are able to go to warre 49 The Leuites are exempted for the seruice of the Lord. 1 THe Lord spake agai ne vnto Mosés iÌ the wildernes of Sinai in the Tabernacle of the CoÌgregacioÌ in the first day of the seconde moneth in the seconde yere after they were come out of the land of Egypt saying 2 * Take ye the summe of all the CongregacioÌ of the children of Israel after their familiers housholdes of their fathers with the noÌber of their names to with all the
their father 5 Then the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 6 Bring the tribe of Leui and set them before Aarôn the Priest that thei may serue him 7 And take the charge with him ãâã the char ge of the whole Congregacion before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion to do the seruice of the Tabernacle 8 Thei shal also kepe all the instruments of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and haue the charge of the children of Israél to do the seruice of the Tabernacle 9 And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aarón and to his sonnes for thei are giuen him frely from among the children of Israél 10 And thou shalt appoint AaroÌn and his sonnes to execute their Priests office and the stranger that commeth nere shal be slaine 11 ¶ Also the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 12 Beholde I haue euen taken the Leuites froÌ among the children of Israél for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the childreÌ of Israél the Leuites shal be mine 13 Because all the first borne are mine for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt * I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israél bothe man and beast mine thei shal be I am the Lord. 14 ¶ Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinái saying 15 Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their families euerie male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber 16 * Then Mosés nombred them according to the worde of the Lord as he was commanded 17 And these were the sonnes of Leui by their names * Gershón and Koháth and Merari 18 Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershón by their families Libni and Shimei 19 The sonnes also of Koháth by their families Amrám and Izehár Hebrón and Vzziél 20 And the sonnes of Merari by their families Mahli and Mushi These are the families of Leui according to the houses of their fathers 21 Of Gershón came the familie of the Libnites and the familie of the Shimeites these are the families of the Gershonites 22 The summe whereof after the nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was counted seuen thousand and fiue hundreth 23 ¶ The families of the Gershonites shal pitch behinde the Tabernacle Westwarde 24 The captaine and ancient of the house of the Gershonites shal be Eliasáph the son ne of Laél 25 And the charge of the sonnes of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the CongregacioÌ shal be the Tabernacle and the pauillion the coue ring thereof and the vaile of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 26 And the hanging of the courte and the vaile of the dore of the courte which is nere the Tabernacle and nere the Altar round about and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof 27 ¶ And of Koháth came the familie of the Amramites and the familie of the Izeharites and the familie of the Hebronites and the fa milie of the Vzzielites these are the families of the Kohathites 28 The nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was eight thousand and six hundreth hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie 29 The families of the sonnes of Koháth shal pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle 30 The captaine ancient of the house and families of the Kohathites shal be Elizaphán the sonne of Vzziél 31 And their charge shal be the Arke and the table and the candelsticke and the altars and the instruments of the Sanctuarie that they minister with and the vaile and all that serueth thereto 32 And Eleazárthe sonne of Aarón the Priest shal be chief captaine of the Leuites hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie 33 ¶ Of Merarî came the familie of the Mahlites and the familie of the Mushites these are the families of Merari 34 And the summe of them according to the nomber of all the males from a moneth olde aboue was six thousand two hundreth 35 The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shal be Zuriél the sóne of Abihail thei shal pitch on the North side of the Tabernacle 36 And in the charge and custodie of the sonnes of Merari shal be the boardes of the Tabernacle and the barres thereof and his pillers and his sockets all the instruments thereof and all that serueth thereto 37 With the pillers of the court round about with their sockets and their pins and their cordes 38 ¶ Also on the forefront of the Tabernacle toward the East before the Tabernacle I say of the Congregacion Eastwarde shal Mosés and Aaron and his sonnes pitch hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie and the charge of the children of Israél but the stran ger that commeth nere shal be slaine 39 The whole summe of the Leuites which Mosés and Aarón nombred at the commandement of the Lord throughout their families euen all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was two and twentie thousand 40 ¶ And the Lord said vnto Mosés Nomber all the first borne that are males among the children of Israél from a moneth olde and aboue and take the nomber of their names 41 And thou shalt take the Leuites to me for all the first borne of the children of Israél I am the Lord and the cattel of the Leuites for all the first borne of the cattel of the children of Israél 42 And Mosés nombred as the Lord comman ded him all the first borne of the children of Israél 43 And all the first borne males rehearsed by name from a moneth olde and aboue according to their nomber were two and twentie thousand two hundreth seuentie and thre 44 And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 45 Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israél and the cattel of the Leuites for their cattel the Leuites shal be mine I am the Lord 46 And for the redeming of the two hundreth seuentie and thre which are mo then the Leuites of the first borne of the children of Israél 47 Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euerie persone after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it * the shekel conteineth twentie gerahs 48 And thou shalt giue the money where with the odde nomber of them is redemed vnto Aarón and to his sonnes 49 Thus Mosés toke the redempcion of them that were redemed being mo then the Leuites 50 Of the firstborne of the children of Israél toke he the money euen a thousande thre hundreth thre score and fiue shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie 51 And Mosés gaue the money of them that were redemed vnto AaroÌn aÌd to his sonnes accordyng to the worde of the Lorde as the Lord had commanded Mosés CHAP. IIII. 5 The offices of the Leuites when
the hoste remoued 46 The nomber of the thre families of Koháth Gershon and Merari ANd the Lorde spake vnto Mosés and to Aarón saying 2 Take the summe of the sonnes of Koháth from among the sonnes of Leui after their families and houses of their fathers 3 From thirtie yere olde and aboue euen vntil fiftie yere olde all that entre into the assemblie to do the worke in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 4 This shal be the office of the sonnes of Koháth in the Tabernacle of the CongregacioÌ about the Holiest of all 5 ¶ When the hoste remoueth then Aarôn and his sonnes shall come and take downe the coueryng vaile and shall couer the Arke of the Testimonie there with 6 And they shall put thereon a couerynge of badgers skins aÌd shall spread vpon it a cloth altogether of blewe silke and put to the barres thereof 7 And vpon the * table of shewe bread they shall spread a cloth of blewe silke and put thereon the dishes and the incens cups aÌd goblets and couerings to couer it with aÌd the bread shal be the eon continually 8 And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet and couer the same with a coueryng of badgers skins aud put to the barres thereof 9 Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke and couer the * candelsticke of lyght wyth his lampes and his snoffers * and hys snoffedishes and all the oyle vessels thereof which they occupie about it 10 So they shall put it and all the instruments thereof in coueryng of badgers skins and put it vpon the barres 11 Also vpon the golden altar they shal spread a cloth of blewe silke and couer it with a coueryng of badgers skins and put to the barres thereof 12 And they shal take al the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the SaÌ ctuarie and put them in a cloth of blewe silke and couer them wyth a coueryng of badgers skins and put them on the barres 13 Also they shal take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth vpon it 14 And shal put vpoÌ it all the instruments therof which they occupie about it the censers the fleshhokes and the besomes and the basens euen all the instrumentes of the altar and they shall spread vpon it a coueryng of badgers skins and put to the barres of it 15 And when Aarôn and his sonnes haue made an end of coueryng the Sanctuarie and all the instruments of the Sanctuarie at the remouing of the hoste afterwarde the sonnes of Koháth shall come to beare it but they shalnot touche anie holy thynge lest they dye Thys is the charge of the sonnes of Koháth in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 16 ¶ And to the office of EleazaÌr the sonne of Aarón the Priest perteineth the oyle for the light and the * swete incens and the dailie meat offring and the * anointing oyle with the ouersight of all the Tabernacle and of all that therein is bothe in the Sanctuarie and in all the instruments thereof 17 ¶ And the Lorde spake vnto Mosés and to Aarón saying 18 Ye shal not cut of the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Leuites 19 But thus do vnto them that they may liue and not dye when they come nere to the moste holy thyngs let Aarón and his sonnes come and appoint them euerie one to hys office and to his charge 20 But let them not go in to se when the Sanctuarie is folden vp lest they dye 21 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 22 Take also the summe of the sonnes of Gershón euerie one by the houses of their Fathers throughout their families 23 From thirtie yere olde and aboue vntil fiftie yere olde shalt thou nombre them al that entre into the assemblie for to do seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 24 This shal be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites to serue and to beare 25 They shall beare the curtaines of the Tabernacle and the Tabernacle of the Congre gacion hys coueryng and the coueryng of badgers skins that is on hie vpon it and the vayle of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 26 The curtaines also of the court the vaile of the entryng in of the gate of the court whiche is nere the Tabernacle and nere the altar round about with their cordes and all the instruments for their seruice and all that is made for them so shall they serue 27 At the commandement of Aarón and hys sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of the Gershonites be done in all their charges and in all their seruice and ye shal appointe them to kepe all their charges 28 This is the seruice of the families of the son nes of the Gershonites in the Tabernacle of the CongregacioÌ and their watch shal be vnder the hande of Ithamár the sonne of Aarón the Priest 29 ¶ Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families aÌd by the houses of their fathers 30 From thirtie yere olde and aboue euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou noÌber them all that entre into the assemblie to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 31 And this is their office and charge accordynge to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion the * boardes of the Tabernacle with the barres thereof and hys pillers and his sockets 32 And the pillers round about the court with their sockets and their pins and their cordes with all their instrumentes euen for all their seruice and by name ye shall rekeÌ the instruments of their office and charge 33 This is the seruice of the families of the son ne of Merari accordynge to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion vnder the hande of Ithamár the sonne of Aarón the Priest 34 ¶ Then Mosés and Aaron and the princes of the Congregacion nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites by their families and by the houses of their fathers 35 From thirtie yere olde and aboue euen vnto fiftie yere olde all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 36 So the nombers of them throughout their families were two thousand seuen huÌdreth and fiftie 37 These are the nombers of the families of the Kohathites all that serue in the Taberna cle of the Congregacion which Mosés and Aaron did nomber according to the commaÌ ment of the Lord by the hand of Mosés 38 Also the nombers of the sonnes of Gershón throughout their families houses of their fathers 39 From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde euen vnto fiftie yere olde all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 40 So the nombers of them by their families and by the houses of their fathers were two
thousand six hundreth and thirtie 41 These are the noÌbers of the families of the sonnes of Gershon of all that did seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion whom Mosés and Aaron did nomber according to the commandement of the Lord. 42 ¶ The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families and by the houses of their fathers 43 From thirtie yere olde and vpward euen vn to fiftie yere olde all that entre into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 44 So the nombers of them by their families were thre thousand and two hundreth 45 These are the summes of the families of the sonnes of Merari whome Mosés and Aaron nombred according to the commandement of the Lord by the hand of Mosés 46 So all the nombers of the Leuites whiche Mosés and Aaron and the princes of Israél nombred by their families and by the houses of their fathers 47 From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde euen to fiftie yere old euerie one that came to do his duetie office seruice and charge in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 48 So the nombers of them were eight thousand fiue hundreth and foure score 29 According to the coÌmaÌdemeÌt of the Lord by the haÌd of Mosés did AaroÌ noÌber theÌ euerie according to his seruice and according to his charge Thus were they of that tribe noÌbred as the Lord coÌmaÌded Mosés CHAP. V. 2 The Leprous and the polluted shal be cast forthe 6 The purging of sinne 15 The ãâã of the suspect wife 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Commande the chyldren of Israél that they * put out of the hoste euerie leper and euerie one that hathe * an issue and whosoeuer is defiled by * the dead 3 Bothe male and female shall ye put out out of the host shall ye put them that they defile not their tentes among whome I dwel 4 And the childreÌ of Israél did so and put theÌ out of the hoste euen as the Lord had commanded Mosés so did the children of Israél 5 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 6 Speake vnto the children of Israél * When a man or womaÌ shal commit ame sinne that men commit and traÌsgresse against the Lord when that persone shall trespas 7 Then they shall confesse their sinne whiche they haue done and shal restore the domma ge thereof * with his principall and put the fift part of it more thereto aÌd shal giue it vnto him against whome he hathe trespassed 8 But if the man haue no kinsman to whome he shulde restore the dommage the dommage shal be restored to the Lord for the Priests vse besides the ram of the atonemeÌt whereby he shall make atonement for him 9 And euerie offring of all the holy thyngs of the children of Israél whiche they bring vnto the Priest shal be * his 10 And euerie mans halowed thyngs shal be his that is whatsoeuer anie maÌ giueth the Priest it shal be his 11 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 12 Speake vnto the children of Israél and say vnto them If anie mans wife turne to euil and commit a trespas against him 13 So that another man lie with her fleshly and it be hid from the eyes of her housband and kept close and yet she be defiled and there be no witnes agaynst her nether she taken with the maner 14 If he be moued with a ielous minde so that he is ielous ouer his wife which is defiled or if he haue a ielous minde so that he is ielous ouer his wife whiche is not defiled 15 Then shall the man bryng hys wyfe to the Priest and bryng her offryng with her the tenth parte of an Epháh of barly meale but he shall not powre oyle vpon it nor put incens thereon for it is an offryng of ielousie an offring for a remembrance callynge the sinne to minde 16 And the Priest shall bryng her and set her before the Lord. 17 Then the Priest shal take the holy water in an eartheÌ vessel of the dust that is in the floure of the Tabernacle euen the Priest shal take it and put it into the water 18 After the Priest shall set the women before the Lorde and vncouer the womans head and put the offryng of the memorial in her hand it is the ielousie offring and the Priest shall haue bitter and cursed water in his hand 19 And the Priest shall charge her by an othe and say vnto the woman If no man haue lien with thee nether thou hast turned to vncleÌnes from thine housband be fre from this bitter and cursed water 20 But if thou hast turned froÌ thine housbaÌd and so art defiled some man hath lien with thee beside thine housband 21 TheÌ the Priest shal charge the womaÌ with an othe of cursing and the Priest shall say vn to the woman The Lord make thee to be accursed and detestable for the othe among thy people and the Lord cause thy thigh to rott and thy belly to swell 22 And that this cursed water maie go into thy bowels to cause thy belly to swell and thy thigh to rott Then the woman shal answer Amen Amen 23 After the Priest shall write these curses in a boke and shall blot them out with the bit ter water 24 And shall cause the woman to drinke the bitter cursed water and the cursed water turned into bitternes shall entre into her 25 Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offring out of the womans hand shall shake the offring before the Lord and offer it vpoÌ the altar 26 And the Priest shall take an handful of the offring for a memoriall thereof and burne it vpon the altar and afterward make the woman drinke the water 27 When he hath made her drinke the water if she be defiled and haue trespassed against her housbaÌd then shal the cursed water tur ned into bitternes entre into her her belly shal swel her thigh shal rott the woman shal be accursed among her people 28 But if the woman be not defiled but be cleane she shal be fre shal coÌceiue beare 29 This is the lawe of ielousie when a wif tur neth from her housband and is defiled 30 Or wheÌ a maÌ is moued with a ielous minde being ielous ouer his wife theÌ shal he bring the woman before the Lorde and the Priest shal do to her according to all this lawe 31 And the man shal be fre froÌ sinne but this woman shal beare her iniquitie CHAP. VI. 2 The lawe of the consecration of the Nazarites 24 The maner to blesse the people 1 ANd the Lorde speake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél and say vnto them When a man or a woman doeth separate theÌ selues to vowe a vowe of a
vp at once aÌd possesse ãâã for vndoutedly we shal ouercome it 32 But the men that went vp with hym sayd We be not able to go vp against the people for they are stronger then we 33 So they broght vp an euyll reporte of the land which they had searched for the childreÌ of Israél saying The laÌde which we haue gone through to searche it out is a land that eateth vp the inhabitantes thereof for all the people that we sawe in it are men of great stature 34 For there were sawe gyantes the sonnes of Anák whiche come of the gyantes so that we semed in our sight lyke greshoppers and so we were in their sight CHAP. XIIII 2 The people murmure against Moses 10 They wolde haue stoned Caléb and Ioshua 13 Moses pacifieth God by his prayer 45 The people that wolde entre into the land contrarie to Gods wil are slaine 1 THen all the Congregacion lifted vp their voyce and cryed and the people wept that nyght 2 And all the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and Aaron and the whole assemblie sayd vnto them Wolde God we had dyed in the land of Egypte or in this wildernes wolde God we were dead 3 Wherefore nowe hathe the Lord broght vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde our wiues and our children shal be a pray were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt 4 And they said one to another Let vs make a captaine and returne into Egypt 5 Then Mosés and AaroÌn fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the CongregacioÌ of the children of Israél 6 * And Ioshua the sonne of Nun and CaleÌb the sonne of Iephunnéh two of them that searched the land rent their clothes 7 And spake vnto all the assemblie of the children of Israél saying The lande whiche we walked through to searche it is a very good land 8 If the Lord loue vs he will bring vs into this land and giue it vs which is a land that floweth with milke and honie 9 But rebell not ye agaynst the Lorde nether feare ye the people of the lande for they are but breade for vs theyr shielde is departed from them and the Lord is with vs feare them not 10 And all the multitude said Stone theÌ with stones but the glorie of the Lorde appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before all the children of Israél 11 And the Lorde said vnto Mosés How long will this people prouoke me and how long will it be yer they beleue me for all the signes which I haue shewed among them 12 I wil smite them with the pestileÌce destroye them and will make thee a greater nacion and mightier then they 13 But Mosés said vnto the Lorde * When the Egyptians shall heare it for thou broghtest thys people by thy power frome among them 14 Then they shall saye to the inhabitantes of this land for they haue heard that thou Lord art among this people and that thou LORD art sene face to face and that thy cloude standeth ouer them and that thou* goest before them by day time in a piller of a cloude and in a piller of fire by night 15 That thou wilte kyll thys people as one man so the heathen whiche haue heard the fame of thee shall thus say 16 Because the Lorde was not * able to bryng this people into the lande whiche he sware vnto them therefore hathe he slayne them in the wildernes 17 And now I beseche thee let the power of my Lorde be great accordyng as thou haste spoken saying 18 The LORDE is * slowe to angre and of greate mercye and * forgyuyng iniquitie and sinne but not makyng the wicked innocent and * visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children in the thirde and fourth generacion 19 Be merciful I beseche thee vnto the iniquitie of people according to thy great mercy and as thou hast forgiuen this people frome Egypt euen vntill nowe 20 And the Lord said I haue forgiuen it according to thy request 21 Notwithstandynge as I liue all the earth shal be filled with the glorie of the Lord. 22 For al those men whiche haue sene my glorie and my miracles which I did in Egypt aÌd in the wildernes and haue tempted me this ten times and haue not obeyed my voyce 23 Certeinely they shal not se the land whereof I sware vnto their fathers nether shall anie that prouoke me se it 24 But my seruant * Caléb because he had an other spirit aÌd hathe folowed me stil euen hym will I bryng into the land whether he went and his sede shall inherit it 25 Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites remaine in the valley wherfore turne back tomorowe and get you into the wildernes by the way of the red Sea 26 ¶ After the Lord spake vnto Mosés and to AaroÌn saying 27 * How long shall I suffre this wicked multitude to murmure agaynst me I haue heard the murmurynges of the children of Israél which they murmure against me 28 Tel them As * I liue sayeth the Lord I will surely do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares 29 Your carkeises shall fall in thys wyldernes and all you that were * counted through all your nombers frome twentie yere olde and aboue which haue murmured against me 30 Ye shal not doutles come into the land for the whiche I * lifted vp mine hand to make you dwell therein saue Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh and Ioshua the sonne of Nun. 31 But your children which ye said shulde be a praye them wyll I bryng in and they shall knowe the land whiche ye haue refused 32 But euen your carkeises shall fall in thys wildernes 33 And your chyldren shall wander in the wildernes fourtie yeres and shal beare your whoredomes vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernes 34 After the nomber of the dayes in the whiche ye searched out the land euen fourtie dayes * euerie daye for a yere shall ye beare your iniquitie for * fourtie yeres and ye shal fele my breache of promise 35 I the Lord haue sayd Certeinely I wyll do so to all this wicked companie that are gathered together against me for in this wildernes they shal be consumed and there they shal dye 36 And the men whyche Mosés had sent to searche the lande which when they came againe made all the people to murmure agaynste hym and broght vp a slander vpon the land 37 Euen those men that did bring vp that vyle slander vpon the land * shal dye by a plague before the Lord. 38 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun and Caléb the sonne of Iephunnéh of those meÌ that went to searche the land shal liue 39 ¶ Then Mosés tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israél aÌd the people sorowed greatly
not lyke Kórah and his companie as the Lord said to hym by the hand of Mosés 41 ¶ But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israél murmured against Mosés and agaynst AaroÌn saying Ye haue killed the people of the Lord. 42 And when the Congregacion was gathered agaynst Mosés and agaynste Aarón then they turned theyr faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lord appeared 43 Then Mosés and Aarón were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 44 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Moses saying 45 Get you vp frome among this Congregacion for I will consume them quickely then they fel vpon their faces 46 And Mosés said vnto Aarón Take the cen ser and put fire therein of the Altar and put therein incens and go quickely vnto the Congregacion and make an atonement for them for there is wrath gone out frome the Lord the plague is begonne 47 Then Aarón toke as Mosés commaunded him and ran into the middes of the Congregacion and beholde the plague was begonne among the people and he put in incens and made an atonemeÌt for the people 48 And when he stode betwene the dead and theÌ that were aliue the plague was stayed 49 So they dyed of this plague fourtene thousand and seuen hundreth beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah 50 And AaroÌn went againe vnto Mosés before the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the plague was stayed CHAP. XVII 2 The twelue rods of the twelue princes of the tribes of Israél 9 Aarons rod buddeth and beareth blossoms 10 For a testimonie against the rebellious people 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israél and take of euerie one of them a rod after the house of their fathers of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers eueÌ twelue rods and thou shalte write euerie mans name vpon his rod. 3 And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euerie rod shal be for the head of the house of their fathers 4 And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion before the Arke of the Testimonie * where I wyll declare my selfe to you 5 And the mans rod whome I chose shal blos som and I wil make cease from me the grudgyngs of the children of Israél which grudge against you 6 ¶ Then Mosés spake vnto the children of Israél and all their princes gaue him a rod one rod for euerie prince according to the houses of their fathers euen twelue rods aÌd the rod of Aaron was among their rods 7 And Mosés laid the rods before the Lorde in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie 8 And when Mosés on the morowe went into the Tabernacle of the Testimonie beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and broght for the buddes and broght forth blossoms and bare ripe almondes 9 Then Mosés broght out all the rods frome before the Lord vnto all the children of Israél and they loked vpon them and toke euerie man his rod. 10 ¶ After the Lord sayd vnto Mosés * Bryng Aarons rod againe before the Testimonie to be kepte for a token to the rebellious chyldren aÌd thou shalt cause their murmurings to cease from me that they dye not 11 So Mosés did as the Lorde had commanded him so did he 12 ¶ And the children of Israél spake vnto Mo sés saying Beholde we are dead we perish we are all lost 13 Whosoeuer commeth nere or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lord shal dye shall we be consumed and dye CHAP. XVIII 1. 7 The office of Aaron and his sonnes 2 with the Leuites 8 The Priests parte of the offrings 20 God in their portion 26 The Leuites haue the tithes and offer the tenthes thereof to the Lord. 1 ANd the Lord said vnto AaroÌn Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house wyth thee shal beare the iniquitie of the Sanctua rie bothe thou and thy sonnes with thee shal beare the iniquitie of your Priests office 2 And brynge also wyth thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of the familie of the father whiche shal be ioyned wyth ãâã and minister vnto thee but thou and thy sonnes with thee shal minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie 3 And they shall kepe thy charge euen the charge of all the Tabernacle but they shall not come nere the instruments of the Sanctuarie nor to the altar lest they dye bothe they and you 4 And they shal be ioyned with thee and kepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the CoÌgre gacion for all the seruice of the Tabernacle and no stranger shal come nere vnto you 5 Therefore shall ye kepe the charge of the Sanctuarie and the charge of the altar so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the chil dren of Israél 6 For lo I haue * taken your brethren the Leuites from among the childreÌ of Israel whiche as a gift of yours are giuen the Lorde to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 7 But thou aÌd thy sonnes with thee shal kepe your Priests office for all things of the altar and within the vaile therefore shal ye serue for I haue made your Priests office an office of seruice therefore the stranger that commeth nere shal be slaine 8 ¶ Agayne the Lorde spake vnto Aarôn Beholde I haue giuen thee the keping of mine offrings of all the halowed thyngs of the children of Israél vnto thee I haue gyuen them for the anoyntynges sake and to thy sonnes for a perpetual ordinance 9 This shal be thine of the most holie things reserued from the fire all their offryng of all their meat offryng and of all their sin offring and of all their trespas offring whiche they bryng vnto me that shal be moste holy vnto thee and to thy sonnes 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it eue rie male shal eat of it it is holy vnto thee 11 This also shal be thine the heaue offringe of their gift with all the shake offrings of the children of Israél I haue giuen them vnto thee and to thy sonnes and to thy daughters with thee to be a duetie for euer all the cleane in thine house shall eat of it 12 All the fat of the oyle and all the fat of the wine and of the wheat whiche they shal offer vnto the Lord for their first frutes I haue giuen them vnto thee 13 And the firste rype of all that is in theyr land whiche they shall bring vnto the Lord shal be thyne all the cleane in thyne house shal eat of it 14 * Euerie thing separate from the commune vse in Israél shal be thine 15 All that first openeth the * matrice of anie fleshe whiche they shal offer vnto the Lord
which weÌt out of the land of Egypt according to their bandes vnder the hand of Mosés and Aaron 2 And Moses wrote their goiÌg out by their iourneyes according to the commandement of the Lord so these are the iourneies of their going out 3 Now they * departed from Ramesés the first moneth euen the fiftenth day of the first moneth on the morowe after the Pas seouer and the children of Israél went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians 4 For the EgyptiaÌs buried all their first bor ne which the Lord had smitten among them vpon their gods also the Lord did execution 5 And the children of Israel remoued from Ramesés and pitched in Succoth 6 And they departed from * Succoth and pitched in Etham which is in the edge of the wildernes 7 And they remoned from Ethà m and turned againe vnto Pi-hahiroth which is before Baal-zephon and pitched before migdol 8 And they departed from before hahiroth and * weÌt through the middes of the Sea into the wildernes and went thre dayes iourney in the wildernes of Etham and pitched in Marah 9 And they remoued from Marah and came vnto * Elim and in Elim were twelue foun tains of wator and seuent y palme trees and they pitched there 10 And they remoued from Elim and caÌped by the red Sea 11 And they remoued from the red Sea and laye in the * wildernes of Sin 12 And they toke their iourney out of the wildernes of Sin and set vp their tentes in Dophkah 13 And they departed from Dophkah lay in Alush 14 And they remoued from Alúsh and lay in * Rephidim where was no water for the people to drinke 15 And they departed from Rephidim pitched in the * wildernes of Sinai 16 And they remoued from the desert of Sinai and pitched * in Kibroth Hattaauah 17 And they departed from Kibroth Hattaauah and lay at Hazeroth 18 And they departed from Hazeroth and pitchet at Rithmah 19 And they departed from Rithmah pit ched at Rimmon Parez 20 * And they departed from Rimmon Parez and pitchet in Libnah 21 And they remoued from Libnah and pitched in Rissah 22 And they iournied from Rissah and pitched in Kehelathah 23 And they wont from Kehelathah and pit ched in mount Shapher 24 And they remoued frouÌt mount Shapher aud lay in Haradah 25 And they remoued from Haradah pitched in Makheloth This mappe properly apperteineth to the 33 Chap. of Nombres This mappe declareth the way which the Israélites went for the space of fourtie yeres from Egypt through the wildernes of Arabia vntil they ãâã into the land of Canaan as it is mencioned in Exod. Nomb. Deut. It coÌteineth also the 42 places where they pitched their tentes which are named Nomber 33 with the obseruacion of the degrees concerning the length and the breadth and the places of their abode set out by nombers 27 And they departed from Tahath pitched in Tarah 28 And they remoued from Tarà h pitched in Mithkah 29 And they went from Mithkah pitched in Hashmonah 30 And they departed from Hashmonah and lay in Moseróth 31 And they departed from Moserôth and pitched in Bene-iaakan 32 And they remoued from Bene-iaakan lay in Hor-hagidgad 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad and pitched in Iotbathah 34 And they remoued from Iotbathah and lay in Ebronah 35 And they departed from Ebronah and lay in Ezion-gaber 36 And they remoued from Ezion-gaber and pitched in the * wildernes of Zin which is Kadésh 37 And they remoued from Kadésh and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the laÌd of Edóm 38 * And Aarón the Priest went vp in to mount Hor at the commandement of the Lord and died there in the fourtieth yere after the children of Israél were come out of the land of Egypt in the first day of the fifth moneth 39 And Aarôn was an hundreth and thre tweÌtie yere olde wheÌ he died in mouÌt Hor 40 And * King Arad the Canaanite which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan heard of the comming of the children of Israél 41 And they departed from mounte * Hor and pitched in Zalmonah 42 And they departed from Zalmonah and pitched in Punón 43 And they departed from Punón and pitched in Obóth 44 And they departed from Obóth and pitched in Iie-abarim iÌ the borders of Moab 45 And they departed from * Iim and pitched in Dibón-gad 46 And theiremoued from Dibón-gad and lay in Almón-diblathaim 47 And they remoued from Almón-diblathaim and pitched in the mounteines of Abarim before Nebô 48 And they departed from the mounteines of Abarim and pitched in the playne of Moà b by Iorden toward Ierichô 49 And they pitched by Iordén from Bethieshimôth vnto * Abel-shittim in the plai ne of moab 50 ¶ And the Lord spake vnto Mosés in the plaine of Moab by Iordén toward Ierichô saying 51 Speake vnto the children of Israél and say vnto them * When ye are come ouer Iordén to entre in to the land of Canaan 52 Ye shal then driue out all the inhabitants of the land before you destroy all their pictures breake a sunder all their images of metal plucke downe all their hie places 53 And ye shal possesse the land and dwel the rein for I haue giuen you the land to possesse it 54 And ye shal inherit the land by lot accordiÌg to your families * to the more ye shal giue more inheritance to the fewer the lesse inheritance where the lot shal fall to anie man that shal be his according to the tribes of your fathers shal ye inherit 55 But if ye wil not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you then those which ye let remaine of them shal be * prickes in your eies and thornes in your sides shal vexe you in the land wherein ye dwel 56 Moreouer it shal come to passe that I shal do vnto you as I thoght to do vnto them CHAP. XXXIIII The coactes and borders of the land of Canáan ãâã Certeine men are assigned to deuide the land 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Commande the children of Israél and say vnto them When ye come into the laÌd of Canaan this is the land that shal fal vn to your inheritance that is the land of Canaan with the coastes thereof 3 * And your Southquarter shal be from the wildernes of Zin to the borders of Edôm so that your Southquarter shal be from the salt Sea coast Eastward 4 And the border shal coÌpasse you from the Southe to Maaleh-akrabbim and reache to Zin and go out from the Southe to Ka desh-barnea thence it shal stretch to Hazar-addar and go along to Azmôn 5 And the border shal compasse from AzmoÌ vnto the riuer of Egypt and shal
of Israél had appointed a cer taine time with the embushments that they shulde make a great flame smoke rise vp out of the citie 39 And when the men of Israél retired in the battel Beniamin began to smite and kil of the men of Israél about thirtie persones for they said Surely they are strikeÌ downe before vs as in the first battel 40 But when the flame began to arise out of the citie as a piller of smoke the Beniamites loked backe and beholde the flame of the citie began to ascende vp to heauen 41 Then the men of Israél turned againe the men of Beniamin were astonied for they saw that euil was nere vnto them 42 Therefore they fled before the men of Israél vnto the waye of the wildernes but the battell ouertoke them also they whiche came out of the cities slewe u among theÌ 43 Thus they compassed the Beniamites about and chased them at ease and ouerran them euen ouer agaynste Gibeah on the Eastside 44 And there were slaine of Beniamin eyghtene thousande men whiche were all men of warre 45 And they turned and fled to the wildernes vnto the rocke of Rimmón and the Israelites glained of them by the way fiue thousand men and pursued after them vnto Gidóm and slewe two thousand men of them 46 So that all that were slayne that daye of Beniamin were fiue and twentie thousand men that drewe sworde which were all men of warre 47 But six hundreth men turned and fled to the wyldernes vnto the rocke of Rimmón and abode in the rocke of Rimmón foure moneths 48 Then the men of Israél returned vnto the children of Beniamin and smote them with the edge of the sworde from the men of the citie vnto the beastes and all that came to hand also they set on fire all the cities that they colde come by CHAP. XXI 1 The Israelites sweare that they wil not mary their daughters to the ãâã 10 They slay them of Iabésh Gilead and giue their virgines to the Beniamites 21 The Beniamites take the daughters of Shiloh 1 MOreouer the ãâã of Israél sware in Mizpéh saying None of vs shall giue hys daughters vnto the Beniamites to wife 2 And the people came vnto the house of God and abode there till euen before God and lift vp their voices and wept with great lamentacion 3 And said ô Lorde God of Israél why is thys come to passe in Israél that this day one tribe of Israél shulde want 4 ¶ And on the morowe the people rose vp and made there an altar and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings 5 Then the children of Israél sayd Who is he among all the tribes of Israél that came not vp with the Congregacion vnto the Lorde for they had made a great othe concernyng him that came not vp to the Lorde to Mizpéh saying Let hym dye the death 6 And the children of Israél were sorie for Beniamin their brother and said There is one tribe cut of from Israél this day 7 Howe shall we do for wiues to them that remaine seyng we haue sworne by the Lord that we wil not giue them of our daughters to wiues 8 Also they said Is there anie of the tribes of Israél that came not vp to Mizpéh to the Lorde and beholde there came none of Iabésh Gileád vnto the hoste and to the Con gregacion 9 For when the people were ãâã beholde none of the inhabitantes of labésh Gileád were there 10 Therefore the Congregacion sent thether twelue thousande men of the moste valiant and commanded them saying Go and smite the inhabitantes of ãâã Gilead with the edge of the sworde bothe women and children 11 * And this is it that ye shal do ye shall vtterly destroye all the males and all the women that haue lien by men 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Iabésh Giléad foure hundreth maydes virgins that had knowen no man by lying with anie male and they broght them vnto the host to Shilóh which is in the land of CanaaÌ 13 ¶ TheÌ the whole Congregacion sent and spake wyth the chyldren of Beniamin that were in the rocke of Rimmón and called peaceably vnto them 14 And Beniamin came againe at that tyme aÌd they gaue them wiues whiche they had saued aliue of the women of Iabésh Gileád but they had not so ynough for them 15 And the people were sory for Beniamin because the Lorde had made a breache in the tribes of Israél 16 Therefore the Elders of the Congregacion sayd Howe shall we do for wines to the remnant for the women of Beniamin are destroyed 17 And they said There must be an inheritaÌ ce for theÌ that be escaped of Beniamin that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israél 18 Howbeit we may not gyue them wiues of our daughters for the children of Israél had sworne saying Cursed be he that giueth a wife to Beniamin 19 Therefore they said Beholde there is a feast of the Lord euerie yere in Shilóh in a place whiche is on the Northside of Beth-él and on the Eastside of the waye that goeth vp from Beth-él to She chém and to the South of Lebonáh 20 Therefore they commanded the children of Beniamin saying Go and lye in waite in the vineyardes 21 And when ye se that the daughters of Shilóh come out to dance in dances then come ye out of the vineyardes and catche you euery man a wife of the daughters of Shiloh and go into the land of Beniamin 22 And when their fathers or their brethren come vnto vs to complaine we will say vnto them Haue pitie on them for our sakes because we reserued not to eche man hys wife in the warre and because ye haue not giuen vnto them hetherto ye haue sinned 23 And the children of Beniamin did so and toke wiues of them that danced accordyng to their nomber whyche they toke and went away and returned to their inheritance aÌd repaired the cities and dwelt in them 24 So the children of Israél departed thence at that tyme euery man to his tribe and to his familie and went out from thence euerie man to his inheritance 25 * In those dayes there was no King in Israél but euerie man did that whiche was good in his eyes THE BOKE OF RVTH THE ARGVMENT THis boke is intiteled after the name of Ruth whiche is the principall persone spoken of in this ãâã Wherein also figuratiuely is set forthe the state of the Churche whiche is subiect to manifolde afflictions and yet at length God giueth good and ioyfull yssue teachyng vs to abide with pacience till God deliuer vs out of troubles Herein also is described howe Iesus Christ who accordyng to the fleshe ought to come of Dauid proceded of Ruth of whome the Lorde Iesus did vouchesaue to come notwithstandyng she was a Moabite of base coÌdicion a stranger
and the fat beastes and the lambes and all that was good and they wolde not destroye them but euery thing that was vile and noght worthe that they destroyed 10 ¶ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Samuél saying 11 It repenteth me that I haue made Saúl King for he is turned from me and hathe not performed my commandements And Samuél was moued and cryed vnto the Lord all night 12 And when Samuél a rose early to mete Saúl in the morning one tolde Samuél saying Saúl is gone to Carmél and beholde he hathe made him there a place from wheÌce he returned departed is gone downe to Gilgál 13 ¶ Then Samuél came to Saúl Saúl said vnto him Blessedbe thou of the lord I haue fulfilled the commandement of the Lord. 14 But Samuél said What meaneth then the bleating of the shepe in mine eares the lowing of the oxen which I heare 15 And Saúl answered They haue broght theÌ from the Amalekites for the people spared the best of the shepe and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lord thy God and the remnant haue we destroyed 16 Againe Samuél said to Saúl Let me tell thee what the Lorde hathe said to me thys night And he said vnto him Say on 17 Then Samuél said When thou wast litle in thine owne sight waste thou not made the head of the tribes of Israél for the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israél 18 And the Lord sent thee on a iourney and said Go and destroye those sinners the Amale kites and fight againste them vntill thou destroye them 19 Now wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lord but hast turned to the praye and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord 20 And Saúl said vnto Samuél Yea I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lorde and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me and haue broght Agág the Kinge of Amalék and haue destroyed the Amalekites 21 But the people toke of the spoyle shepe and oxen and the chiefest of the thynges which shulde haue bene destroyed to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgál 22 And Samuél said Hathe the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offrings and sacrifices as when the voyce of the Lord is obeied behold * to obey is better then sacrifice and to hearken is better theÌ the fat of raÌmes 23 For rebellion is as the sinne of witchcraft and transgression is wickednes and idolatrie Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord therefore he hathe cast away thee from being King 24 Then Saúl said vnto Samuél I haue sinned for I haue transgressed the commandemeÌt of the Lord and thy wordes because I feared the people and obeied their voyce 25 Now therfore I pray thee take away my sinne and turne againe with me that I may worship the Lord. 26 But Samuél said vnto Saúl I wil not returne with thee for thou hast cast awaye the worde of the Lord and the Lord hathe cast awaye thee that thou shalt not be Kynge ouer Israél 27 And as Samuél turned him self to go away he caught the lap of his coat and it rent 28 Then Samuél said vnto him The LORD hathe rent the kingedome of Israél from thee this daye and hathe gyuen it to thy neighbour that is better then thou 29 For in dede the strength of Israél wyll not lie nor repent for he is not a man that he shulde repent 30 Then he said I haue sinned but honour me I pray thee before the Elders of my people before Israél turne again with me that I may worship the Lord thy God 31 ¶ So Samuél turne againe and followed Saúl and Saúl worshiped the Lord. 32 Then said Samuél Bring yehither to me Agág the king of the Amale kites Agág came vnto him pleasantly and Agág said Truely the bitternes of death is passed 33 And Samuél said * As thy sworde hathe made women childeles so shal thy mother be childeles among other womeÌ And Samuél hewed Agág in pieces before the Lordin Gilgál 34 ¶ So Samuél departed to Ramáh Saúl went vp to his house to Gibeáh of Saúl 35 And Samuél came nomore to se Saúl vntill the day of his death but Samuél mourned for Saúl and the Lord repented that he made Saúl King ouer Israél CHAP. XVI 1 Samuél is reproued of God and is sent to anoint Dauid 7 God regardeth the heart 13 The Spirite of the Lorde commeth vpon Dauid 14 The wicked Spirit is sent vpoÌ Saúl 19 Saúl sendeth for Dauid 1 THe Lord then said vnto Samuél How long wilt thou mourne for Saúl seing I haue cast him awaye from reigning ouer Israél fil thine horne with oyle and come I wil send thee to Ishái the Bethlehemite for I haue prouided me a Kyng among his sonnes 2 And Samuél said How can I go for if Saúl shal heare it he wil kil me Then the Lord answered Take an heifer with thee and say I am come to do sacrifice to the lord 3 And call Ishái to the sacrifice and I will shew thee what thou shalt do thou shalt anoint vnto me him whome I name vnto thee 4 So Samuél did that the Lord bade him and came to Beth-léhem and the Elders of the towne were astonied at his comming said Commest thou peaceably 5 And he answered Yea I am come to do sacrifice vnto the Lord saÌctifie your selues and come with me to the sacrifice And he sanctified Ishái and his sonnes and called them to the sacrifice 6 And when they were come he loked on Eliáb and said Surely the Lords Anointed is before him 7 But the Lord said vnto Samuél Loke not on his countinance nor on the height of his stature because I haue refused him for God seeth not as man seeth for man loketh on the outward appearance but the Lord beholdeth the * heart 8 Then Ishái called Abinadáb made him come before Samuél And he said Nether hathe the Lord chosen this 9 Then Ishái made Shammáh come And he said Nether yet hath the Lord choseÌ him 10 Againe Ishái made hys seuen sonnes to come before Samuél and Samuél said vnto Ishái The Lord hath chosen none of these 11 Finally Samuél said vnto Ishái Are there no more children but these And he said There remaineth yet a litle one behinde that kepeth the shepe Then Samuél said vnto Ishái * Send and fet him for we will not sit downe til he be come hither 12 And he sent and broght him in and he was ruddie and of a good countinaÌce and comelie visage And the Lord said Arise anoint him for this is he 13 Then Samuél toke the horne of oyle and anointed him in the middes of his brethreÌ And the * Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde then Samuél rose vp
their land out of mine hand that the Lord shulde deliuer Ie rusalém out of mine hand 36 But the people held their peace and answered not him a worde for the Kings commandement was saying Answer ye him not 37 Then Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiáh which was stewarde of the house and Shebnáh the chaÌceller Ioah the soune of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent tolde him the wordes of Rabshakéh CHAP. XIX 6 God promiseth Isaiah victorie to Hezekiáh 35 The An gel of the Lord ãâã an hundreth and ãâã score and fiue thousand men of the AssyriaÌs ãâã Saueherib is killed of his owne ãâã 1 ANd * when King Hezekiah heard it he rent his clothes and put on sacke clothe and came into the house of the Lord 2 And sent Eliakim which was the stewarde of the house and Shebnah the chanceller the Elders of the Priests clothed in sacke clothe to Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amóz 3 And they said vnto him Thus sayth Hezekiah This day is a day of tribulacion and of rebuke and blasphemie for the children are come to the birth and there is no strength to bring forthe 4 If so be the Lorde thy GOD hathe heard all the wordes of Rabsnakéh whome the King of Asshúr his master hathe sent to raile on the liuing God and to reproche him with wordes which the Lord thy God hathe heard them lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnant that are left 5 ¶ So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 And Isaiah said vnto them So shal ye say to your master Thus sayth the Lord Be not afrayed of the wordes which thou hast heard where with the seruauts of the King of Asshúr haue blasphemed me 7 Beholde I wil send a blast vpon him and he shal heare a noyse returne to his owne land I wil cause him to fall vpon the swor de in his owne land 8 So Rabshakéh returned and founde the King of Asshúr fighting against Libnah for ãâã had heard that he was departed from Lachish 9 He heard also men say of Tirhákah King of Ethiopia Beholde he his come out to fight against thee he therefore departed and sent other messengers vnto Hezekiáh saying 10 Thus shal ye speake to Hezekiáh King of Iudáh and say Let not thy God disceiue thee in whome thou trustest saying Ierusalém shal not be deliuered into the hand of the King of ãâã 11 Beholde thou hast heard what the Kings of ãâã haue done to all lands how they haue destroyed them and shalt thou be deliuered 12 Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed as Gozan and Harán and Rézeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelasár 13 Where is the King of Hamáth and the King of Arpád and the King of the citie of Sepharuáim Hená and Iuá 14 ¶ So Hezekiáh receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and red it and Hezekiáh went vp into the house of the Lord and Hezekiáh spred it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiáh prayed before the Lord said O Lord God of Israél which dwellest betwene the Cherubims thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made the heauen and the earth 16 Lord bowe downe thine eare and heare Lord open thine eyes and beholde and heare the wordes of Saneherib who hathe sent to blaspheme the liuing God 17 Trueth it is Lord that the Kings of Asshúr haue destroyed the nacions and their lands 18 And haue set fyre on their gods for they were no gods but the worke of mans hands euen wood and stone therefore they destroyed them 19 Now therefore O Lord our God I beseche thee saue thou vs out of his hand that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe that thou ô Lord art onely God 20 ¶ Then Isaiáh the sonne of AmoÌz sent to Hezekiáh saying Thus sayth the Lord God of Israél I haue heard that which thou hast prayed me concerning Saneherib King of Asshúr 21 This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against him O virgine daughter of Zión he hathe despised thee and laughed thee to scorne ô daughter of Ierusalém he hathe shaken his head at thee 22 Whome hast thou railed on and whome hast thou blasphemed and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce lifted vp thine eyes on hye euen against the Holy one of Israél 23 By thy messengers thou hast railed on the Lord and said By the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the top of the mountaines by the sides of Lebanón and wil cut downe the hie cedres thereof and the faire fyrre trees thereof and I wil go into the lodging of his borders and into the forest of his Cármel 24 I haue digged and dronke the waters of others and with the plant of my feete haue I dryed all the floods closed in 25 Hast thou not heard how I haue of olde time made it and haue formed it long ago and shulde I nowe bring it that it shulde be destroyed and layed on ruinous heapes as cities defensed 26 Whose inhabitaÌts haue small power and are afraied and confouÌded they are like the grasse of the field grene herbe or grasse on the house toppes or as corne blasted before it be growen 27 I knowe thy dwelling yea thy goying out and thy comming in and thy fury againste me 28 And because thou ragest against me and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares I wil put mine hoke in thy nostrels and my bridel in thy lipes and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest 29 And this shal be a signe vnto thee oÌ Hezekiáh Thou shalt eat this yere such things as growe of them selues and the next yere suche as growe without sawing and the third yere sowe ye reape and plant vineyardes and eat the frutes thereof 30 And the remnaÌt that is escaped of the house of Iudáh shal againe take roote downewarde and beare frute vpwarde 31 For out of Ierusalém shal go a remnant and some that shal escape out of mount Zión the zeale of the Lord of hostes shal do this 32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the King of Asshúr He shal not entre in to his citie nor shote an arow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a mount against it 33 But he shal returne the way he came and shal not come into this citie sayth the Lord. 34 For I wil defend this citieto saue it for mine owne sake and for Dauid my seruants sake 35 ¶ * And the same night the Angel of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshúr an hundreth foure score and fyue thousand so when they rose early in the morning beholde they were all dead corpses 26 So
house to the Name of the Lord my God 8 But the worde of the Lord came to me saying * Thou hast shed muche blood hast made great battels thou shalt not buylde an house vnto my Name for thou hast shed muche blood vpon the earth in my sight 9 Reholde a sonne is borne to thee which shal be a man of rest for I wil giue him rest from all his enemies round about therefore his name is Salomón and I wil send peace quietnes vpon Israél in his dayes 10 * He shal buylde an house for my Name and he shal be my sonne and I wil be his father I wil establish the throne of his kingdome vpon Israél for euer 11 Now therefore my sonne the Lord shal be with thee and thou shalt prosper and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lord thy God as he hathe spoken of thee 12 Onely the Lord giue thee wisdome vnderstaÌding and giue thee charge ouer Israél euen to kepe the Law of the Lord thy God 13 Then thou shalt prosper if thou take hede to obserue the statutes and the iudgements which the Lord coÌmanded Mosés for Israél be strong and of good courage feare not ne ther be afraied 14 For beholde according to my pouertie ha ue I prepared for the house of the Lord an hundreth thousand talents of golde and a thousand thousand talents of siluer and of brasse and of yron passing weight for there was abundance I haue also prepared timbre and stone and thou maiest prouide more thereto 15 Moreouer thou hast workemen with thee ynough hewers of stone workemen for timbre and all men expert in euerie worke 16 Of golde of siluer and of brasse and of yron there is no nomber Vp therefore and be doing the Lord wil be with thee 17 Dauid also commanded all the princes of Israél to helpe Salomón his sonne saying 18 Is not the Lord your God with you and ha the giuen you rest on euerie side for he hathe giuen the inhabitants of the land into mine hand and the lands is subdued before the Lord and before his people 19 Now set your hearts and your soules to seke the Lord your God arise buylde the Sanctuarie of the Lord God to bring the ãâã of the couenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of GOD into the house buylt for the Name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIII 1 Dauid being olde ordeineth Salomon King 3 He causeth the Leuites to be nombred 4 And assigneth them to their offices 13 Aaron and his sonnes are for the hie Priests 14 The sonnes of Moses 1 SO when Dauid was olde and ful of daies * he made Salomón his sonne King ouer Israél 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israél with the Priests and the Leuites 3 And the Leuites were nombred froÌ the age of thirtie yere and aboue and their nomber according to their summe was eight and thir tie thousand men 4 Or these foure and twentie thousand were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord and six thousand were ouerseers iudges 5 And foure thousand were porters foure thousand praised the Lord with instrumeÌts which he made to praise the Lord. 6 * So Dauid deuided offices vnto them to wit to the sonnes of Leui to * Gershón Ko háth and Merari 7 Of the Gershonites were LaadaÌn and Shimei 8 The sonnes of Laadán the chief was Iehiél and Zethám and Ioél thre 9 The sonnes of Shimei Shelomith Haziél and Haram thre these were the chief fathers of Laadán 10 Also the sonnes of Shimei were Iáhath Ziná Ieúsh and Beriáh these foure were the sonnes of Shimei 11 And Iáhath was the chief and Zizáh the seconde but Ieúsh and Beriáh had not many ãâã therefore they were in the families of their father counted but as one 12 ¶ The sonnes of Koháth were Amrám Izhár Hebrón and Vzziél foure 13 * The sonnes of Amrám AaroÌn and Mosés and AaroÌn was separated to sanctifie the moste holy place he and his sonnes foreuer to burne inceÌse before the Lord to minister to him and to ãâã in his Name for euer 14 ¶ Mosés also the man of God and his children werenamed with the tribe of Leui 15 The sonnes of Moses were Gershóm and Eliézer 16 Of the sonnes of * Gershóm was Shebuél the chief 17 And the sonne of Eliézer was RehabiaÌh the chief for Eliézer had none other sonnes but the sonnes of Rehabiáh were very many 18 The sonne of Izhár was Shelomith the chief 19 The sonnes of HebroÌn were Ieriáh the first Amariáh the seconde Iahaziél the third and Iekamiám the fourt 20 The sonnes of Vzziél were Micháh the first and Isshiáh the seconde 21 ¶ The sonnes of Merari were Mahli and Mushi The sonnes of Mahli Eleazár and Kish 22 And Eleazár dyed and had no sonnes but daughters and their brethren the sonnesof Kish toke them 23 The sonnes of Mushî were Mahli Edér and ãâã thre 24 These were the sonnes of Leui according to the house of their fathers euen the chief fathers according to their offices according to the nomber of names and their summe that did the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord from the age of twenty yeres and aboue 25 For Dauid said The Lord God of Israél hath giuen rest vnto his people that they may dwelin Ierusalém for euer 26 And also the Leuites shal nomore beare the Tabernacle and all the vessels for the seruice thereof 27 Therefore according to the last wordes of Dauid the Leuites were nombred froÌ tweÌtie yere and aboue 28 And their office was vnder the haÌd of the sonnes of Aaron for the seruice of the house of the Lord in the courtes and chambers in the purifying of all holy things and in the worke of the seruice of the house of God 29 Bothe for the shewe bread and for the fine sloure for the meat offring and for the vnleauened cakes and for the fryed things and for that which was rosted and for all measures and cise 30 And for to stand euerie morning to giue thankes and to praise the Lord and like wise at euen 31 And to offer all burnt offrings vnto the Lord in the Sabbaths in the moneths and at the appointed times according to the nomber according to their custome continnally before the Lord 32 And that they shulde kepe the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the charge of the holie place and the charge of the sonnes of Aaron their brethren in the ser uice of the house of the Lord. CHAP. XXIIII Dauid assigneth offices vnto the sonnes of Aarón 1 THese are also the * diuisions of the sonnes of Aarón The sonnes of Aarón were Nadáb and Abihú Eleazár and Ithamár 2 But Nadáb and Abihú dyed before their father
had no children therefore Eleazar and Ithamár executed the Priests office 3 And Dauid distributed them euen Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazár and Ahimélech of the sonnes of Ithamár according to their offices in their ministration 4 And there were found mo of the sonnes of Eleazár by the nomber of men then of the sonnes of i th amár and they deuided them to wit amoÌg the sonnes of Eleazár sixtene heades according to the housholde of their fathers and among the sonnes of Ithamár according to the housholde of their fathers eight 5 Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other and so the rulers of the Sanctuarie and the rulers of the house of God were of the sonnes of Eleazar and of the sonnes of IthamaÌr 6 And Shemaiáh the sonne of Nethaneél the scribe of the Leuites wrote them before the King and the princes and Zadók the Priest and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathát and before the chief fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites one familie being reserued for Eleazár and another reserued for Ithamár 7 And the first lot fel to Iehoiarib and the second to Iedaiáh 8 The third to Harim the fourt to Seorim 9 The fift to ãâã the sixt to Miiamin 10 The seuent to Hakkóz the eight to Abiiáh 11 The ninte to Ieshúa the ten to She caniáh 12 The eleuent to Eliáshib the twelft to Iakim 13 The thirtente to Huppáh the fourtene to Ieshebeáb 14 The fiftene to Bilgáh the sixtente to Immér 15 The seuentente to Hezir the eightene to Happizzér 16 The ninetente to Pethahiáh the twentieth to Iehezek el 17 The one and twentie to Iachin the two and twentie to Gamúl 18 The thre and twentie to DeliaÌh the foure and twentie to Maaziáh 19 These were their ordres according to their offices when they entred into the house of the Lord according to their custome vnder the hand of Aaron their father as the Lord God of Israél had comman ded him 20 ¶ And of the sonnes of Leui that remained of the sonnes of Amrám was Shubaél of the sonnes of Shubaél Iedeiáh 21 Of Rehabiáh euen of the sonnes of Rehabiah the first Isshiiah 22 Of Izhari Shelomóth of the sonnes of She Iomóth Iahath 23 And his sonnes Ieriáh the first Amariáh the seconde Iahaziél the thirde and Iekameám the fourt 24 The sonne of Vzziél was Micháh the son ne of Micháh was Shamir 25 The brother of Micháh was Isshiiáh the sonne of Isshiiáh Zechariáh 26 The sonnes of Merari were Mahli Mushi the sonne of Iaaziiah was BenoÌ 27 The sonnes of Merari of Iahaziah were Benó and Shóham and Zaccur and Ibri 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar whiche had no sonnes 29 Of Kish the sonne of Kish was Ierahmeél 30 And the sonnes of Mushi were Mahli and Edér and Ierimóth these were sonnes of the Leuites after the housholde of their fa thers 31 And these also cast lottes with their brethreÌ the sonnes of Aarón before King Dauid and ZadoÌk and Ahimélech and the chief fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites euen the chief of the families against their yoÌger brethren CHAP. XXV The singers are appointed with their places lottes 1 SO Dauid and the captaines of the armie separated for the ministerie the sonnes of Asaph and HemaÌ and Ieduthún who shulde sing prophecies with harpes with violes and with cymbales and their nomber was euen of the men for the office of their ministerie to wit 2 Of the sonnes of Asaph Zaccûr and Ioséph and Nethaniah and Asharélah the sonnes of Asaph were vnder the haÌd of Asaph which sang prophecies by the commission of the King 3 Of Ieduthûn the sonnes of Ieduthún Gedaliah and Zeri and Ieshaiah Ashabiah and Mattithiah six vnder the hands of their father Ieduthún ãâã prophecies with an harpe for to giue thankes and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Heman the sonnes of Heman Bukkiah Mattaniah Vzziél Shebuél and Ierimóth Hananiah Hanani Eliathah Giddalti Romamti-ézer Ioshbekashah Mallóthi Hothir and Mahazióth 5 All these were the sonne of Hemán the Kings Seer in the wordes of God to lift vp the ãâã and God gaue to Hemán fourtene son nes and thre daughters 6 All these were vnder the hand of their father singing in the house of the Lord with cymbales violes and harpes for the seruice of the house of God and Asáph Ieduthún and Hemán were at the Kings commande ment 7 So was their nomber with their brethreÌ that were instruct in the songs of the Lord eueÌ of all that were conning two huÌdreth foure score and eight 8 And thei castlottes charge against charge aswel small as great the cunning man as the scholer 9 And the first lot fell to Ioséph which was of Asáph the secoÌde to Gedaliáh who with his brethren and his sonnes were twelue 10 The third to Zaccúr he his sonnes and his brethren were twelue 11 The fourte to Izri he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 12 The fift to Netaniáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 13 The sixt to Bukkiáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 14 The seuent to Iesharéláh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 15 The eight to Ieshaiáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 16 The nint to Mattaniáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 17 The tent to Shimei he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 18 The eleuent to Azaréel he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 19 The twelft to Ashabiáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 20 The thirtene to Shubaél he his sonnes his brethren twelue 21 The fourtent to Mattithiáh he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 22 The fiftent to Ierimóth he his sonnes his brethren twelue 23 The sixtente to Hananiáh he his sonnes his brethren twelue 24 The seuentente to Ioshbekáshah he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 25 The eightente to Hanani he his sonnes his brethren twelue 26 The ninetente to Mallóthi he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 27 The twentieth to Eliáthah he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 28 The one and twentieth to Hothir he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 29 The two and twentieth to Giddálti he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 30 The thre and twentieth to Mahazioth he his sonnes and his brethren twelue 31 The foure and twentieth to Romámtiézer he his sonnes and his brethren twelue CHAP. XXVI 1 The porters of the TeÌple are ordeined euerie man to the gate which he shulde kepe 20 And ouer the treasure 1 COncerning the dinisions of the porters of the Kothites Meshelemiáh the sonne of Koré of the sonnes of Asáph 2 And ãâã sonnes of Meshelemiáh Zechariáh the eldest Iediaél the seconde Zebadiáh the third Iathniél the fourt 3 Elám the fift Iehohanán the sixt and Elichoenái the seuent 4 And of the soÌnes of Obéd EdoÌm Shemaiáh the eldest Iehozabád the seconde Ioáh the third and
you me 5 ãâã you not to knowe that the Lorde GOD of Israél hathe giuen the kyngdome ouer Israél to Diuid for euer euen to him and to his sonnes by a couenant of salt 6 And Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat the seruant of Salomón the sonne of Dauid is risen vp and hathe * rebelled against his Lord. 7 And there are gathered to hym vaine men and wicked and made them selues strong agaynste Rehoboam the sonne of Salomón for Rehoboam was but a childe and * tender hearted and colde not resist them 8 Now therefore ye thinke that ye be able to resiste agaynste the kingdome of the Lorde whiche is in the handes of the sonnes of Dauid and ye be a great multitude and the golden calues are with you whyche Ieroboam made you for gods 9 * Haue ye not driuen awaye the Priestes of the Lorde the sonnes of Aaron and the Leuites and haue made you Priestes lyke the people of other countreis whosoeuer commeth to consecrate with a yong bullocke and seuen rams the same maye be a Priest of them that are no gods 10 But we belong vnto the Lord our God and haue not forsaken him and the Priestes the sonnes of Aaron minister vnto the Lord and the Leuites in their office 11 And they burne vnto the Lord euerie mor nyng and euerie euening burnt offrings and swete incense and the bread is set in order vpon the pure table and the candel sticke of golde with the lampes thereof ãâã burne eue rie euenyng for we kepe the watche of the Lord our God but ye haue forsaken him 12 And beholde this God is with vs as a captaine and hys Priestes with the soundyng trumpets to crye an alarme agaynst you O ye children of Israèl fight not agaynste the LORDE God of your fathers for ye shall not prosper 13 ¶ But Ieroboam caused an ambushment to compasse and come behinde them wheÌ they were before Iudah and the ambushement behinde them 14 Then Iudah loked and beholde the battel was before and behinde them and they cryed vnto the Lorde and the Priests blewe with the trumpets 15 And the men of Iudah gaue a shoute and euen as the men of Iudah shouted GOD smote Ieroboam and also Israél before Abiiah and Iudah 16 And the children of Israél fled before Iudah and God ãâã theÌ into their hand 17 And Abiiah and hys people slewe a greate slaughter of them so that there fell downe wounded of Israél fiue hundreth thousand chosen men 18 So the children of Israél were broght vnder at that tyme and the children of Iudah preuailed because they stayed vpon the Lord God of their fathers 19 And Abiiah pursued after Ieroboam and toke cities from him euen Bethél and the villages thereof and Ieshanah with her villages and Ephron with her villages 20 And Ieroboam recouered no strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah but the Lorde plaged him and he dyed 21 So Abiaah waxed mightie ' and maried four tene wiues and begate two and twentie sonnes and sixtene daughters 22 The rest of the actes of Abiiah and his maners and hys sayings are writen in the storie of the Prophet Iddo CHAP. XIIII 3 Asa destroieth idolatrie and commandeth his people to serue the true God 11 He prayeth vnto God when he shulde go to fight 12 He ãâã the victorie 1 SO * Abiiah slept with his fathers and they buryed hym in the citie of Dauid and Asá hys sonne reygned in hys steade in whose dayes the land was quiet ten yere 2 And Asá did that was good and ryght in the eyes of the Lord his God 3 For he toke awaye theÌ altars of the strange gods and the hie places and brake downe the images and cut downe the groues 4 ãâã commaunded Iudah to seke the Lorde God of their fathers and to do accordyng to the Lawe and the commandement 5 And he toke away out of all the cities of Iudah the places and the images therfore the kingdome was quiet before him 6 He buylt also strong cities in Iudah because the land was in rest and he had no warre in those yeres for the LORDE had gyuen hym rest 7 Therfore he said to Iudah Let vs buyld these cities and make walles about and to wres ga tes and barres whiles the land is before vs because we haue soght the Lorde our God we haue soght him and he hath giuen vs rest on euerie side so they buylt and prospered 8 And Asá had an armie of Iudah that bare shields and speares thre hundreth thousand and of Beniamin that bare shields and drewe bowes two hundreth and foure score thou sand all these were valiant men 9 ¶ And there came out againste then Zérah of Ethiopia with an hoste often hundreth thousand and thre hundreth charets and came vnto Maresháh 10 Then Asa went out before hym and they set the battel in aray in the valley of Zephathah beside Mareshah 11 And Asa * cryed vnto the Lord his God and said Lord it is nothing with thee to helpe with many or with no power helpe vs ô Lorde our God for we rest on thee and in thy Name are we come against this multitude ô Lord thou art our God let not maÌ pre uaile against thee 12 ¶ So the Lorde smotethe Ethiopians before Asá and before Iudáh and the Ethiopians ãâã 13 And Asá and the people that was with him pursued them vnto Gezár And the Ethiopians host was ouerthrowen so that there was no life in them for they were destroyed before the Lorde and besore his hoste and they caryed away a mighty great spoile 14 And they smote all the cities rounde about ãâã for the feare of the Lord came vpon them aÌd they spoiled all the cities for there was exceding muche spoile in them 15 Yea and they smote the tents of cattel and caryed away plentie of shepe and camels aÌd returned to Ierusalém CHAP. XV. 1 The exhortation of Azariah 8 Asa purgeth his countrey ãâã 11 He ãâã with the people 14 The sweare together to ãâã the Lord. 16 He deposeth hys mother for her idolauie 1 THen the Spirit of God came vpon Azariah the sonne of Obéd 2 And he went out to mete ãâã and said vnto hym O Asa and all Iudáh and Beniamin heare ye me The Lorde is with you while ye be with him and if ye seke hym he wil be founde of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you 3 Nowe for a long season Israél hathe bene without the true God and without Priest to teache and without Lawe 4 But whosoeuer returned in his affliction to the Lorde God of Israél and soght him he was founde of them 5 And in that time there was no peace to him that did go out and go in but great troubles were to all the inhabitants
of his Prophetes 26 And the Leuites stode with the instruments of Dauid and the Priestes with the trumpets 27 And Hezekiáh commanded to offer the burnt offring vpon the altar and wheÌ the burnt offring begaÌ the song of the Lord began with the trumpets and the instruments of Dauid King of Israél 28 And all the Congregacion worshiped singing a song and they blewe the trumpets all this continued vntil the burnt offring was finished 29 And when they had made an ende of offring the King and all that were present with him bowed them selues and worshiped 30 ¶ Then Hezekiáh the Kyng and the princes commanded the Leuites to prayse the LORD with the wordes of Dauid and of Asáph the Seer so they praised with ioye and thei bowed them selues worshiped 31 And Hezekiáh spake and sayd Now ye haue consecrate your selues to the Lord come nere and bring the sacrifices and offrings of praise into the house of the Lord. And the Congregacion broght sacrifices and offrings of praises and euerie maÌthat was willing in heart offred burnt offriÌgs 32 And the nomber of the burnt offrynges which the Congregacion broght was seuentie bullockes an hundreth rammes and two hundreth lambes all these were for a burnt offring to the Lord 33 And for sanctification six hundreth bullockes and thre thousand shepe 34 But the Priests were to fewe and were not able to flay all the burnt offrings therfore their brethreÌ the Leuites did helpe them till they had ended the worke and vntill other Priests were sanctified for the Leuites were more vp right in heart to sanctifie them selues then the Priests 35 And also the burnt offrings were manye with the * fat of the peace offrings the drinke offrings for the burnt offring so the seruice of the house of the Lord was set in order 36 Then Hezekiáh reioyced and all the people that God had made the people so ready for the thing was done sodenly CHAP. XXX 1. 13 The keping of the Passeouer by the Kings commandement 6 He exhorteth Israél to turne to the Lord. 18 He praieth for the people 24 His oblation and the ãâã 27 The Leuites blesse the people 1 ANd Hezekiáh sent to all Israél and Iudáh also wrote letters to a Ephráim and Manasséh that thei shulde come to the house of the LORD at Ierusalém to kepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord GOD of Israél 2 And the King and his princes and all the Congregacion had taken counsel in Ieru salém to kepe the Passeouer in the secoÌde moneth 3 For thei colde not kepe it at this time because there were not Priests ynow sanctified nether was the people gathered to Ierusalém 4 And the thing pleased the King and all the Congregaciou 5 And they decreed to make proclamation throughout all Israél ãâã Beershéba eueÌ to Dan that they shuld come to kepe the Passe ouer vnto the Lord God of Israél at Ierusalém for they had not done it of a great time as it was writen 6 ¶ So the postes went with letters by the commission of the Kyng and his princes throughout all Israél and ãâã and with the commandement of the Kynge saying Ye children of Israél turne againe vnto the Lord God of Abrahám Izhák and Israéll and he will returne to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hands of the Kings of ãâã 7 And be not ye like your fathers and lyke your brethren which trespassed agaynste the Lord God of their fathers and therefore he made them desolate as ye se. 8 Be not ye now stifnecked like your fathers but giue the hand to the Lord and come into his Sanctuarie which he hathe sanctified for euer and serue the Lord your God and the fearcenes of his wrath shall turne away from you 9 For if ye returne vnto the Lord your brethren and your children shal finde mercie before them that led them captiues and they shal returne vnto this lande for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful wil not turne away his face from you if ye conuert vnto him 10 ¶ So the postes went from Citie to Citie through the land of Ephráim and Manasséh euen vnto Zebulún but they laughed them to scorne and mocked them 11 Neuertheles diuers of Ashér and Manasséh of Zebulún submitted them selues and came to Ierusalém 12 And the hand of God was in Iudáh so that he gaue them one heart to do the cómandement of the King and of the rulers according to the worde of the Lord. 13 And there assembled to Ierusalém muche people to kepe the feast of the vnleauened bread in the secondemoneth a verye great assemblie 14 ¶ And they arose and toke away the altars that were in Ierusalém and all those forinceÌse toke they away and cast them into the broke Kidrón 15 Afterwarde they slewe the Passeouer the fourtene day of the seconde moneth and the Priests and Leuites were ashamed and sanctified them selues broght the burnt offrings into the house of the Lord. 16 And they stode in theyr place after theyr maner accordynge to the Lawe of Mosés the man of God and the Priests sprinkled the blood receiued of the hands of the Leuites 17 Because there were manie in the Congregacion that were not sanctified therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of the Passeouer for all that were not cleane to sanctifie it to the Lord. 18 For a multitude of the people eueÌ a multitude of Ephráim and Manasséh Issachár and Zebulún had not clensed them selues yet did eat the Passeouer but not as it was writen wherfore Hezekiáh prayed for theÌ saying The good Lord be merciful to ward him 19 That prepareth his whole heart to seke the Lord GOD the GOD of his fathers thogh he be not clensed according to the purificacion of the Sanctuarie 20 And the Lord heard Hezekiah healed the people 21 And the children of Israél that were present at Ierusalém kept the feast of the vnleauened bread seueÌ dayes with great ioye and the Leuites and the Priests praised the Lord day by day singing with lowd instruments vnto the Lord. 22 And Hezekiáh spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites that had good knowledge to sing vnto the Lord and thei did eat in that feast seueÌ dayes offred peace offriÌgs and praised the Lord God of their fathers 23 And the whole assemblie toke counsel to kepe it other seuen dayes So they kept it seuen dayes with ioye 24 For Hezekiáh King of Iudáh had giueÌ to the CongregacioÌ a thousand bullockes and seuen thousand shepe And the princes had giuen to the Congregacion a thousand bullockes and ten thousande shepe and many Priests were sanctified 25 And all the Congregacion of Iudáh reioyced with the Priests and the Leuites all the Congregacion that came out of Israél and the strangers that came out of the land of
to Elnathán men of vnderstanding 17 And I gaue them commandement to Iddô the chiefest at the place of Casephiá and I tolde them the wordes that they shulde speake to IddoÌ and to hys brethten the Nethmims at the place of Casiphiá that they shulde cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs. 18 So by the good hand of our GOD whiche was vpon vs they broght vs a man of vnderstandynge of the sonnes of Mahali the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israél and Sherebiah with his sonnes and his brethren ãâã eightene 19 Also Hashabiah and with him Ieshaiah of the sonnes of Merari with his brethren and their sonnes twentie 20 And of the Nethinims whome Dauid had set and the princes for the seruice of the Leuites two huÌdreth and twentie of the Ne thinims which all were named by name 21 And these at the Riuer by Ahauá I proclaimed a faste that we might humble our selues before our GOD and seke of hym a right waye for vs and for our children and for all our substance 22 For I was ashamed to require of the King an armie and horsemen to helpe vs against the enemie in the way because we had spoken to the Kyng saying The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in good nes but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him 23 So we fasted and besoght our God for this and he was intreated of vs. 24 Then I separated twelue of the chief of the Priests Sherehiah and Hashabiah and ten of their brethren with them 25 And weighed then the ãâã and the gold aÌd the veslels euen the offring of the house of our God which the Kyng and his counselers and his princes and al Israél that were present had offred 16 And I weighed vnto their hand six hundreth and fifty talents of siluer aÌd in siluer vessel an hundreth talents and in golde an hundreth talents 27 And twentie basins of golde of a thousand drammes and two vessels of shining brasse very good and precious as golde 28 ¶ And I said vnto them Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde and the vessels are consecrate and the golde and the siluer are frely offred vnto the Lord God of your fathers 29 Watche ye and kepe them vntil ye weigh them before the chief Priests and the Leuites and the chief fathers of Israél in IerusaleÌ in the chambers of the house of the Lorde 30 So the Priests and the Leuites receiued the weight of the siluer and of the golde and of the vessels to bring them to Ierusalém vnto the house of our God 31 ¶ Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahaua on the twelft day of the first moneth to go vnto Ierusalém and the hand of our God was vpon vs and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie and of suche as layed waite by the way 32 And we came to ãâã and abode there thre dayes 33 And on the ãâã day was the siluer weighed and the golde and the vessel in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriáh the Priest and with him was Eleazarthe sonne of Phinehas and with theÌ was Iozabad the sonne of Ieshua and Noa diah the sonne of Binnui the Leuites 34 By nomher and by weight of euerie one aÌd all the weight was writen at the same time 35 Also the children of the captiuitie whiche were come out of captiuitie offred burnt offrings vnto the God of Israél twelue bullockes for all Israél ninetie and six rams seuentie seuen lambes twelue he goates for sinne all was a burnt offring of the Lord 36 And they deliuered the Kings commission vnto the Kings officers to the captaines beyonde the Riuer and they promoted the people and the house of God CHAP. IX 1 Ezrá complaineth on the people that ãâã turned them selues from God and maryed with the Gentiles 5 He prayeth vnto God 1 WHen * as these things were done the rulers came to me saying The people of Israél and the Priests and the Leuites are not separated from the people of the lands as touching their abominacion to wit of the Canaanites the Hittites the ãâã the Iebusites the Ammonites the Moabites the Egyptians and the Amorites 2 For they haue taken their daughters to theÌ selues and to their sonnes and they haue mixed the holy sede with the people of the laÌds and the hand of the princes and rulers hath bene chief in this trespasse 3 But when I heard this saying I rent my clothes mv garment and ãâã of the heere of mine head and of my heard ãâã downe astonied 4 And there assembled vnto me all that feared the wordes of the God of Israél because of the transgression of them of the captiuitie And I sate downe astonied vntil the * ãâã sacrifice 5 And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp from mine heuines when I had rent my clothes and my garmeÌt I fel vpon my knees spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God 6 And said O my God I am confounded and ashamed to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God for our iniquities are increased ouer our head and our ãâã is ãâã vp vnto the heauen 7 From the dayes of our fathers haue we bene in a great ãâã vnto ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã our iniquities haue we our ãâã ãâã Priests bene deliuered into the hand ãâã the Kings of the lands vnto the sworde into captiuitie into a spoyle and into confusion of face as appeareth this day 8 And now for a title space grace hathe bene shewed from the Lord our God in causing a remnant to escape and in giuing vs a nayle in his holy place that our GOD may light our eyes and giue vs a litle reuiuing in our seruitude 9 For thogh we were boÌdemen yet our God hathe not forsaken vs in our bondage but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the Kings of Persia to giue vs life and to erect the house of our God and to redresse the desolate places thereof and to giue vs a wallin Iudáh and in Ierusalém 10 And now our God what shal we say after this for we haue forsaken thy commandements 11 Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the Prophetes saying * The land where unto ye go to possesse it is an vncleane laÌd because of the filthines of the people of the lands which by their abominacions and by their vnclennes haue filled it from ãâã to corner 12 Now therefore shal ye not giue your daugh ters vnto their sonnes nether shalye take their daughters vnto your sonnes nor seke their * peace nor wealth for euer that ye may be strong and eat the goodnes of the land and leaue it for an inheritance to your sonnes for euer 13 And after all that is come vpon vs for our euil
the barbarous people 2 Iudáh was his sanctificatioÌ and Israél his dominion 3 The Seasawe it and fled Iordén was turned backe 4 The mouÌtaines leaped like ramps the hilles as lambs 5 What ailed thee ô Sea that thou fled dest ô Iordén why wast thou turned backe 6 Ye mountaines why leaped ye like rams and ye hilles as lambs 7 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the God of Iaak ãâã 8 Which turneth the rocke into waterpooles and the flint into a fountaine of water PSAL. CXV 1 A prayer of the faithful oppressed by idolatrous tyrants against whome they desire that God wolde succour theÌ 9 Trusting moste constantly that God wil preserue them in this their nede seing that he hathe adopted and receiued them to his fauour ãâã Promising finally that thei wil not be vnmindeful of so great a benefite if it wolde please God to heare their prayer deliuer them by his omni potent power 1 NOt vnto vs ô Lord not vnto vs but vnto thy Name giue the glorie for thy louing mercie and for thy trueths sake 2 Wherefore shal the heathen saye Where is now their God 3 But our God is in heauen he doeth whatsoeuer he wil. 4 Their idoles are siluer and golde euen the worke of mens hands 5 They haue a mouth and speake not thei haue eyes and se not 6 Thei haue eares and heare not thei haue no ses and smell not 7 Thei haue hands and touche not they haue fete and walke not nether make they a sounde with their throte 8 They that make them are like vnto them so are all that trust in them 9 O Israél trust thou in the Lord for he is their helpe and their shield 10 O house of AaroÌ trust ye in the Lord for he is their helper and their shield 11 Ye that feare the Lord trust in the Lord for he is their helper and their shield 12 The Lord hathe bene mindeful of vs he wil blesse he wil blesse the house of Israél he wil blesse the house of Aarón 13 He wil blesse them that feare the Lord both small and great 14 The Lord wil encrease his graces toward you euen toward you and toward your chil dren 15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made the heauen and the earth 16 The heauens euen the heauens are the Lords but he hathe giuen the earth to the soÌ nes of men 17 The dead praise not the Lord nether anie that go downe into the place of silence 18 But we wil praise the Lord froÌ hence forthe and for eue Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXVI 1 Dauid being in great daÌger of Saul in the desert of Maón perce uing the great and inestimable loue of God toward him magnisieth suche great mercies 13 And protesteth that he wil be thankeful for the same 1 I Loue the Lord because he hathe heard my voice and my prayers 2 For he hathe inclined his eare vnto me wheÌ I did call vpon him in my dayes 3 When the ãâã of death compassed me the griefs of the graue caught me when I founde trouble and sorowe 4 Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord saying I beseche thee ãâã Lord deliuer my soule 5 The Lord is merciful and righteous and our God is ful of compassion 6 The Lord preserueth the simple I was in mi serie and he saued me 7 Returne vnto thy rest ô my soule for the Lord hathe bene beneficial vnto thee 8 Because thou hast deliuered my soule from death mine eyes from teares and my fete from falling 9 I shal walke before the Lord in the land of the liuing 10 I beleued therefore did I speake for I was sore troubled 11 I said in my feare All men are lyers 12 What shal I rendre vnto the Lord for all his benefites to ward me 13 I wil take the cup of saluacion and call vpon the Name of the Lord. 14 I wil paye my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints 16 Beholde Lord for I am thy seruant I am thy seruant and the sonne of thine hand maied thou hast broken my bonds 17 I wil offer to thee a sacrifice of praise wil call vpon the Name of the Lord. 18 I wil paie my vowes vnto the Lord euen now in the presence of all his people 19 In the courtes of the Lords house euen in the middes of thee ô ãâã Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXVII 1 He exhorteth the Gentiles to praise God because he hath accomplished aswel to them as to the Iewes the promes oflife euerlasting by Iesus Christ. 1 ALl * nacioÌs praise ye the Lord all ye peo ple praise him 2 For his louing kindenes is great toward vs and the trueth of the Lord endureth for euer Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXVIII 1 Dauid reiected of Saúl and of the people at the time appointed obteined the kingdome 4 For the which he bid deth all them that feare the Lord to be thankeful And vn der his persone in all this was Christ liuely set for the who shulde be of his people reiected 1 PRaise ye the Lord because he is good for his mercie endureth for euer 2 Let Israél now saye That his mercie endureth for euer 3 Let the house of Aarón now saye That his mercie endureth for euer 4 Let them that feare the Lord now saye That his mercie endureth for euer 5 I called vpon the Lord in trouble and the Lord heard me and set me at large 6 The Lord is with me therefore I wil not feare what man can do vnto me 7 The Lord is with me among theÌ that helpe me therefore shal I se my desire vpon mine enemies 8 It is better to trust in the Lord then to haue confidence in man 9 It is better to trust in the Lord then to haue confidence in princes 10 All nations haue compassed me but in the Name of the Lord shal I destroye them 11 Thei haue compassed me yea they haue coÌpassed me but in the Name of the Lord I shal destroye them 12 They came about me like bees but they were queÌched as a fyre of thornes for in the Name of the Lord I shal destroye them 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall but the Lord hathe holpen me 14 The Lord is my strength and song for he hathe bene my deliuerance 15 The voice of ioye and deliuerance shal be in the tabernacles of the righteous saying The right hand of the Lord hathe done valiantly 16 The right hand of the Lord is exalted the right hand of the Lord hathe done valiantly 17 I shal not dye but liue and declare the workes of
I shal teache them their sonnes also shal sit vpon thy throne for euer 13 For the Lord hathe chosen Zion loued to dwell in it saying 14 This is my rest for euer here wil I dwell for I haue a delite therein 15 I wil surely blesse her vitailes wil satisfie her poore with bread 16 And wil clothe her Priests with saluacion and her Saintes shal showte for ioye 17 There wil I make the horne of Dauid to bud for I haue ordeined a light for mine Anointed 18 His enemies wil I clothe with shame but on him his crowne shal florish PSAL. CXXXIII 1 This psalme conteineth the commendacion of brotherlie amitie among the seruants of God ¶ A song of degrees or Psalme of Dauid 1 BEholde how good how comelie a thiÌg it is brethren to dwell euen together 2 It is like to the precious ointment vpon the head that runneth downe vpoÌ the beard eueÌ vnto Aarons beard which weÌt downe on the border of his garments 3 And as the dewe of HermoÌn which falleth vpon the mouÌtaines of ZioÌn for there the Lord appointed the blessing life for euer PSAL. CXXXIIII 1 He ãâã the Leuites watching in the Temple to praise the Lord. ¶ A song of degrees 1 BEholde praise ye the Lord all ye seruaÌts of the Lord ye that by night stand in the House of the Lord. 2 Lift vp your hands to the Sanctuarie and praise the Lord. 3 The Lord that hathe made heauen earth blesse thee out of Zión PSAL. CXXXV 1 He exhorteth all the faithful of what estate so euer they be to praise God for his maruelous workes 12 And specially for his graces toward his people wherein he hathe declared his maiestie 15 To the confusion of all idolaters and their idoles ¶ Praise ye the Lord. 1 PRaise the Name of the Lord ye seruants of the Lord prayse him 2 Ye that stand in the House of the Lord in the courtes of the House of our God 3 Praise ye the Lord for the Lord is good sing praises vnto his Name for it is a comelie thing 4 For the Lord hathe chosen IaakoÌb to him selfe and Israél for his chief treasure 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is aboue all gods 6 Whatsoeuer pleased the Lord that did he in heaueÌ and in earth in the sea and in all the depths 7 He bringeth vp the cloudes from the ends of the earth and maketh the * lightnings with the raine he draweth forthe the winde out of his treasures 8 * He smote the first borne of Egypt bothe of man and beast 9 He hathe sent tokens and wonders into the middes of thee ô Egypt vpon PharaoÌh and vpon all his seruants 10 * He smote manie nacions and slewe mightie Kings 11 As ãâã King of the Amorites and Og King of Bashán and all the kingdomes of Canáan 12 And gaue their land for an inheritance euen an inheritance vnto Israél his people 13 Thy Name ô Lord endureth for euer ô Lord thy remembrance is from generation to generation 14 For the Lord wil iudge his people and be pacified towards his seruants 15 The idoles of the heathen are siluer and golde euen the worke of mens ãâã 16 Thei haue a mouth and speake not they ha ue eyes and se not 17 They haue eares and heare not nether is there anie breath in their mouth 18 Thei that make them are like vnto them so are all that trust in them 19 Praise the Lord ye house of Israél praise the Lord ye house of AaroÌn 20 Praise the Lord ye house of Leui ye that feare the Lord praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of ZioÌn whiche dwelleth in Ierusalém Praise ye the Lord. PSAL. CXXXVI 1 A moste earnest exhortation to giue thankes vnto God for the creation gouernaÌce of all things which staÌdeth in confessing that he giueth vs all of his mere liberalitie 1 PRaise ye the Lord because he is good for his mercie endureth for euer 2 ãâã ye the GOD of gods for his mercie endureth for euer 3 Praise ye the Lord of lords for his mercie endureth for euer 4 Which onelie doeth great wonders for his mercie endureth for euer 5 Which by his wisdome made the heauens for his mercie endureth for euer 6 Which hathe stretched out the earth vpon the waters for his mercie endureth for euer 7 Which made great lights for his mercie en dureth for euer 8 As the sunne to rule the daie for his mercie endureth for euer 9 The moone and the starres to gouerne the night for his mercie endureth for euer 10 Which smote Egypt with their first borne for his mercie endureth for euer 11 And broght out Israél from among them for his mercie endureth for euer 12 With a mightie hand and stretched out arme for his mercie endureth for euer 13 Which diuided the red Sea in two partes for his mercie endureth for euer 14 And made Israél to passe through the middes of it for his mercie endureth for euer 15 And ouerthrowe PharaoÌh his hoste in the red Sea for his mercie endureth for euer 16 Which led his people through the wildernes for his mercie endureth for euer 17 Which smote great Kings for his mercie endureth for euer 18 And slewe mightie Kings for his mercie endureth for euer 19 As ãâã King of the Amorites for his mer cie endureth for euer 20 And Og the King of Bashán for his mercie endureth for euer 21 And gaue their land for an heritage for his mercie endureth for euer 22 Euen an heritage vnto Israél his seruant for his mercie endureth for euer 23 Which remembred vs in our base estate for his mercie endureth for euer 24 And hathe rescued vs from our oppressours for his mercie en dureth for euer 25 Which giueth foode to all ãâã for his mercie endureth for euer 26 Praise ye the God of heauen for his mercie endureth for euer PSAL. CXXXVII 1 The people of God in their banishment seing Gods true religion decaie liued in great anguish and sorowe of heart the which grief the Chaldeans did so litle pitie 3. That thei rather increased the same daiely with tauntes reproches and blasphemies against God 7 wherefore the Israelites desire God first to punish the Edomites who prouoked the Babylonians against them 8 And mo ued by the Spirit of God prophecie the destruction of Ba bylon where thei were handled so tyrannously 1 BY the riuers of Babél we sate and there we wept when we remembred ZioÌn 2 We hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof 3 Then thei that led vs captiues required of vs songs and mirth when we had hanged vp our harpes saying Sing vs one of the songs of Zión 4 How shal we sing said we a
doctrine for certeine dayes that the people might the bet ter marke it as Isa 8. 1. Habak 2. 2. the Priests toke it downe and ãâã it among their registers so by Gods prouidence these bokes were preserued as a monument to the Church for euer As touching his persone and time he was of the Kings stocke for Amoz his father was brother to Aziariáh King of Iudáh as the best writers agre and prophecied more then 64 yeres from the time of Vzziáh vnto the reigne of Manasséh whose father in lawe he was as the Ebrewes write of whome he was put to death And in reading of the Prophetes this one thing among other is to be obserued that thei speake of things to come as thogh thei were now past because of the certeintie thereof and that thei colde not but come ãâã passe because God had ordeined them in his secret counsel and so reueiled them to his ãâã CHAP. I. 2 Isaiáh reproueth the Iewes of their ingratitude and stub bernes that nether for benefites nor punishment wolde amend 11 He sheweth why their sacrifices are reiected and wherein Gods true seruice standeth 24 He prophecieth of the destruction of Ierusalem 25 And of the resti tution thereof A Vision of Isaiáh the sonne of Amóz which he sawe concerning Iudáh and Ierusalém in the daies of Vzziáh Iothám Ahaz Hezekià h Kings of Iudah 2 Heare ô heauens and hearken ô earth for the Lord hathe said I haue nourished and broght vp children but they haue re belled against me 3 The oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his masters cryb but Israel hathe not knowe my people hathe not vnderstand 4 Ah sinful nacion a people laden with iniquitie a sede of the wicked corrupt chil dreÌ thei haue forsaken the Lord thei haue prouoked the holy one of Israél to anger they are gone back warde 5 Wherefore shulde ye be smitten anie more for ye fall away more and more the who le head is sicke the whole heart is hea uie 6 From the sole of the foote vnto the head there is nothing whole therein but wouÌdes and swelling and sores ful of corruption thei haue not bene wrapped nor bounde vp nor mollified with oyle 7 Your landis waste your cities are burnt with fyre strangers deuoure your land in your presence and it is desolate like the o uerthrowe of strangers 8 And the daughter of ZioÌn shal remaine like a cotage in a vineyarde like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers and like a besieged citie 9 Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs euen a smale remnant we shulde haue bene as Sodôm and shulde haue be ne like vnto Gomoráh 10 Heare the worde of the Lord ô princes of Sodóm hearken vnto the Law of our God ô people of Gomorah 11 What haue I to do with the multitude of your sacrifices saith the Lord I am ful of the burnt offrings of rams of the fat of fed beastes and I desire not the blood of bullockes nor of lambes nor of goates 12 WheÌ ye come to appeare before me who required this of your hands to tread in my courtes 13 Bring no mo oblations in vaine in cense is an abomination vnto me I can not suffer your newe moones nor sabbats nor solemne daies it is iniquitie nor so lemne assemblies 14 My soule hateth your newe moones and your appointed feasts they are a burden vnto me I am weary to be are them 15 And when you shal stretch out your hands I wil hide mine eyes from you and thogh ye make manie prayers I wil not heare for your hands are ful of blood 16 Wash you make you cleane take away the euil of your workes from before mine eyes cease to do euil 17 Learne to do wel seke iudgement relieue the oppressed iudge the fatherles and defend the widowe 18 Come now and let vs reason together the Lord thogh your sinnes were as crimsin they shal be made white as snowe thoght they were red like skarlet they shal be as woll 19 If ye consent and obey ey shal eat the good things of the land 20 But if ye refuse and be rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the sworde for the mouth of the Lord hathe spoken it 21 How is the faithful citie become an harlot it was ful of iudgement and iustice lodged therin but now they are murtherers 22 They siluer is become drosse thy wine is mixt with water 23 Thy princes are rebellions and companions of theues euerie one loueth gifts and followeth after rewards they iudge not the fatherles nether doeth the widowes cause come before them 24 Therefore saith the Lord God of hostes the mightie one of Israél Ah I wil ease me of mine aduersities and auenge me of mine enemies 25 Then I wil turne mine hand vpon thee and burne out thy drosse til it be pure and take away all thy tynne 26 And I wil restore thy iudges as at the first and thy counsellers at the beginning afterwarde shalt thou be called a citie of righ teousnes and a faithful citie 27 Zión shal be redemed in iudgement and they that returne in her in iustice 28 And the destruction of thetransgressours and of the sinners shal be together and thei that forsake the lord shal be coÌsumed 29 For thei shal be coÌfounded for the okes which ye haue desired and ye shal be ashamed of the gardens that ye haue chosen 30 For ye shal be as an oke whose leafe fadeth as a garden that hathe no water 31 And the strong shal be as towe and the maker thereof as a sparke and they shal bothe burne together and none shal quen che them CHAP. II. 2 The Church shal be restored by Christ and the Gentiles called 6 The punishment of the rebellious and obstinate 1 THe worde that I saiaÌh the sonne of AmoÌz sawe vpon Iudáh and Ierusalem 2 * It shal be in the last daies that the moun taine of the house of the Lord shal be prepared in the top of the mountaines and shal be exalted aboue the hilles and all nacions shal flowe vnto it 3 And manie people shal go and say Come and let vs go vp to the Lord to the house of the God of Jaakob and he wil teache vs his waies and we wil walke in his paths for the Lawshal go for the of Zión and the worde of the Lord froÌ Ierusalém 4 And he shal iudge among the nacions rebuke manie people thei shal breake their swordes also into mattockes their spares into sithes nacion shal not lift vp a sworde against nacion nether shal they learne to fight a nie more 5 O house of Iaakob come ye and let vs walke in the
not Hamáth like Arpád Is not Samaria as Damascus 10 Like as mine hand hathe founde the kingdomes of the idoles seing their idoles were aboue Ierusalém and aboue Samaria 11 Shal not I as I haue done to Samaria and to the idoles thereof so do to Ierusalém and to the idoles thereof 12 ¶ But when the Lord hathe accomplished all his worke vpon mount Zión and Ierusa lém I wil visit the frute of the proude heart of the King of Asshúr and his glorious and proude lokes 13 Because he said By the power of mine owne hand haue I done it and by my wisdome be cause I am wise therefore I haue remoued the borders of the people and haue spoiled their treasures and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man 14 And mine hand hathe founde as a nest the riches of the people and as one gathereth eg ges that are left so haue I gathered all the earth and there was none to moue the wing or to open the mouth or to whisper 15 Shal the axe boast it felf against him that heweth there with or shal the sawe exalt it self against him that moueth it as if the rod shulde lift vp it self against him that taketh it vp or the staffe shulde exalt it self as it were no wood 16 Therefore shal the Lord God of hostes send among his fat men leanenes and vnder his glorie he shal kindle a burning like the burning of fyre 17 And the light of Israél shal be as a fyre and the Holy one thereof as a flame and it shal burne and deuoure his thornes and his briers in one day 18 And shal consume the glorie of his forest and of his fruteful fields bothe soule and flesh and he shal be as the fainting of a stan derd bearer 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shal be fewe that a childe may tel them 20 ¶ And at that day shal the remnant of Israél and such as are escaped of the house of Iaakób staye no more vpon him that smote theÌ but shal stay vpon the Lord the holy one of Israél in trueth 21 The remnant shal returne euen the remnant of Iaak ób vnto the mightie God 22 For thogh thy people ô Israél be as the saÌd of the sea yet shal the remnant of theÌ retur ne The consumption decreed shall ouerflowe with righteousnes 23 For the Lord God of hostes shal make the consumption euen determined in the middes of all the land 24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hostes O my people that dwellest in Zión be not afraied of Ashur he shal smite thee with a rod and shal lift vp hys staffe against thee after the maner of Egypt 25 But yet a very litle tyme and the wrath shal be consumed and mine angre in their destruction 26 And the Lord of hostes shal raise vp a scour ge for him accordyng to the plague of Midian in the ãâã Oréb and as hys staffe was vpon the Sea so he wil lift it vp after the maner of Egypt 27 And at that day shal his burden be taken away from of thy shulder and his yoke from of thy necke and the yoke shal be destroyed because of the ãâã 28 He is come to ãâã he is passed into Migrón at Michmash shall he lay vp hys armour 29 They haue gone ouer the foorde they lodged in the lodging at ãâã ãâã is afrayed Gibeáh of Saul is fled away 30 Lift vp thy voice o daughter Gallim cause Laish to heare o poore Anathoth 31 MadmenaÌh is remoued the inhabitants of Gebim haue garhered them selues together 32 Yet there is a tyme that he wil stay at Nob he shal lift vp his hand toward the mount of the daughter Zión the hil of ãâã 33 ãâã the LORDE God of hostes shal cut of the bough wyth feare ãâã they of high stature shal be cut of and the hie shal be humbled 34 And he shall cut away the ãâã places of the forest with yron and Lebanon shal haue a mightie fall CHAP. XI 1 Christ borne of the roote of Ishai 2 His vertues and kingdome 6 The frutes of the Gospel ãâã The calling of the Gentiles 1 BVt there shall come a rod forthe of the stocke of Ishai and a graft shall growe out of his rootes 2 And the Spirit of the Lorde shall rest vpon him the Spirit of wisdome and vnderstaÌding the Spirit of counsel strength the Spirit of knowledge and of the feare of the Lord. 3 And shall make hym prudent in the feare of the Lord for he shal not iudge after the sight of hys eyes nether reproue by the hearing of his eares 4 But with righteousnes shal he iudge the poo re and with equitie shal he reproue for the meke of the earth and he shal smite the earth with the rod of his mouth with the breath of his lippes shal he slay the wicked 5 And iustice shal be the girdle of his loynes and faithfulnes the girdle of his raines 6 The wolfe also shal dwell with the lambe and the leoparde shal lye with the kid aÌd the cal ãâã aÌd the lyon and the fat beast together and a litle childe shal lead them 7 And the kowe and the beare shal fede their yong ones shal ãâã ãâã and the lyon shal ãâã strawe like the bullocke 8 And the suckyng childe shal playe vpon the hole of the aspe and the wained chylde shall put his hand vpon the cockatrice hole 9 Then shall none hurt nor destroye in all the mountaine of myne holynes for the earth shal be ful of ãâã knowledge of the Lord as the waters that couer the sea 10 And in that day the roote of Ishai whiche shall stande vp for a signe vnto the people the nacions shall seke vnto it and hys rest shal be glorious 11 And in the same day shal the Lord stretche out his hand agayne the seconde tyme to possesse the remnant of hys people whiche shal be ãâã of Asshur and of Egypte and of Pathros and of Ethiopia and of ElaÌm and of ãâã and of Hamáth and of the yles of the sea 12 And he shall set vp a signe to the nacions and assemble the dispersed of Israél and gather the scattered of Iudah from the foure corners of the worlde 13 The hatred also of Ephraim shall departe and the aduersaries of Iudà h shal be cut of Ephráim shall not ãâã Iudah nether shal Iudah vexe Ephraim 14 But they shal flee vpon the shoulders of the Philistims towarde the West they shal spoile them of the East together Edom and Moab shal be the stretching out of their hands and the children of Ammon in their obedience 15 The Lord also shal vtterly destroye the tongue of the Egyptians sea and with his migh tie wind shal lift vp his hand ouer the riuer and shal
I wil be like the moste high 15 But thou shalt be broght downe to the graue to the sides of the pit 16 They that se thee shal loke vpon thee consider thee saying Is this the man that made the earth to tremble and that did sha ke the kingdomes 17 He made the worlde as a wildernes and de stroyed the cities thereof and opened ãâã the house of his prisoners 18 All the Kings of the nacions euen they all slepe in glorie euerie one in his owne house 19 But thou art cast out of thy graue like an abominable branche like the raiment of those that are slaine thrust thorowe with a sworde which go downe to the stones of the pit as a carkeise troden vnder fete 20 Thou shalt not beioyned with them in the graue because thou hast destroied thine own land and slaine thy people the sede of the wicked shal not be renoumed for euer 21 Prepare a slaughter for his childreÌ for the iniquitie of their fathers let them not rise vp nor possesse the land nor fil the face of the worlde with enemies 22 ¶ For I wil rise vp against theÌ saith the Lord of hostes and wil cut of from Babél the name and the remnant and the sonne and the nephewe saith the Lord 23 And I wil make it a possession to the hedgehog and pooles of water and I wil swepe it with the besome of destruction saith the Lord of hostes 24 The Lord of hostes hathe sworne saying Su rely like as I haue purposed so shal it come to passe and as I haue consulted it shal stand 25 That I wil breake to pieces Asshúr in my land and vpon my mountaines wil I treade him vnder fote so that his yoke shal departe from them and his burden shal be taken from of their shuldre 26 This is the counsel that is consulted vpon the whole worlde and this is the hand stretched out ouer all the nacions 27 Because the Lord of hostes hathe determined it and who shal disanulit and his hand is stretched out and who shal turne it away 28 ¶ In the yere that King Aház dyed was this burden 29 Reioyce not thou whole Palestina because the rod of him that did beat thee is brokeÌ for out of the serpents roote shal come forthe a cockatrise and the frute thereof shal be a fyrie flying serpent 30 For the first borne of the poore shal be fed and the nedie shallye downe in safety and I wil kil thy roote with famine it shal slay thy remnant 31 Howle ô gate crye ô citie thou whole land of Palestina art dissolued for there shal come from the North a smoke and none shal be alone at his time appointed 32 What shal then one answer the messengers of the Gentiles That the Lord hathe stablished Zión and the poore of his people shal trust in it CHAP. XV. A prophecie against Moáb 1 THe burdeÌ of Moáb Surely Are of Moáb was destroyed broght to silence in a night surely Kir of Moáb was destroyed broght to silence in a night 2 He shal go vp to the temple and to Dibon to the hie places to wepe for Nebó and for Medebá shal Moáb howle vpoÌ all their heads shal be baldenes and euerie beardsha uen 3 In their stretes shal they be girded with sackecloth on the toppes of their houses and in their stretes euerie one shal howle and come downe with weping 4 And Heshbón shal crye and Elealéh their voyce shal be heard vnto Iáhaz therefore the warriers of Moáb shal showte the soule of euerie one shal lament in him self 5 Mine heart shal crye for Moáb his ãâã shal flee vnto Zóar an heiffer of thre yere olde for they shal go vp with weping by the mounting vp of Luhith and by the way of Horonnáim they shal raise vp a crye of destruction 6 For the waters of Nimrim shal be dryed vp therefore the grasse is withered the herbes consumed there was no grene herbe 7 Therefore what euerie man hathe left and their substance shal they beare to the broke of the wilowes 8 For the crye went rounde aboute the borders of Moáb and the howling thereof vn to Eglaim the skriking thereof vnto Beer Elim 9 Because the waters of Dimón shal be ful of blood for I wil bring more vpon DimoÌn euen lyons vpon him that escapeth of Moáb and to the remnant of the land CHAP. XVI The causes wherefore the Moabites are destroyed 1 SEnd ye a lambe to the ruler of the worlde from the rocke of the wildernes vnto the mountaine of the daughter Zión 2 For it shal be as a birde that flyeth a nest forsaken the daughters of Moáb shal be at the foordes of ArnoÌn 3 Gather a counsel execute iudgemeÌt make thy shadowe as the night in the mid ay hide them that are chased out be wraye not him that is fled 4 Let my banished dwel with thee Moáb be thou their couert from the face of the destroyer shal be consumed the oppressour shal cease out of the land 5 And in mercie shal the throne be prepared and he shal sit vpon it in stedfastnes in the tabernacle of Dauid iudging and taking iudgement and hasting iustice 6 We haue heard of the pride of Moáb he is verie proud euen his pride and his arrogaÌcie and his indignacion but his lies shal not be so 7 Therefore shal Moáb howle vnto Moáb euerie one shal howle for the fundacions of Kir-haréseth shal ye mourne yet they shal be striken 8 For the vineyardes of Heshbón are cut dow ne and the vine of Sibmáh the lords of the heatheÌ haue broken the principal vines thereof they are come vnto Iaazér they waÌ dred in the wildernes her goodlie branches stretched out them selues and went ouer the sea 9 Therefore wil I wepe with the weping of Iaazér of the vine of Sibmáh ô Heshbón and Elealéh I wil make thee drunke with my teares because vpon thy sommer frutes and vpon thy haruest a showting is fallen 10 And gladnes is taken away ioye out of the plentiful field and in the vineyardes shal be no singing nor shouting for ioye the treader shal not tread wine in the wine presses I haue caused the reioycing to cease 11 Wherefore my bowels shal sounde like an harpe for Moáb and mine inwarde partes for Ker-haÌresh 12 And when it shal appeare that Moáb shal be wearie of his hie places then shal he come to his temple to pray but he shal not preuaile 13 This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against Moáb since that time 14 And now the Lord hathe ãâã saying In thre yeres as the yeres of a hyreling and the glorie of Moáb shal be contemned in all the great multitude
of the citie of Dauid for they were manie and ye gathered the waters of the lower poole 10 And ye nombred the houses of IerusaleÌ and the houses haue ye broken downe to fortifie the wall 11 And haue also made a ditch betwene the two walles for the waters of the olde poole and haue not loked vnto the maker there of nether had respect vnto him that formed it of olde 12 And in that day did the Lord God of hostes call vnto weping mourning to baldnes and girding with sacke cloth 13 And beholde ioye and gladnes slaying oxen and killing shepe eating flesh and drinking wine eating and drinking forto morowe we shal dye 14 And it was declared in the eares of the Lord of hostes Surely this iniquitie shal not be purged from you til ye dye saith the LORD God of hostes 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hostes Go get thee to that treasurer to Shebná the steward of the house say 16 What hast thou to do here and whome hast thou here that thou shuldest here hew thee out a sepulchre as he that he weth out his se pulchre in an hie place or that graueth an ha bitacion for him self in a rocke 17 Beholde the Lord wil carye thee awaye with a great captiuitie and wil surely couer thee 18 He wil surely rolle turne thee like a ball in a large countrey there shalt thou dye and there the charets of thy glorie shal be the shame of thy lords house 19 And I wil dryue thee from thy station and out of thy dwelling wil he destroy thee 20 And in that day wil I call my seruant Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiáh 21 And with thy garments wil I clothe him with thy girdle wil I strengthen him thy power also wil I commit into his hand he shal be a father of the inhabitants of Ierusalém and of the house of Iudáh 22 And the keye of the house of Dauid wil I laye vpon his shoulder so he shal open no man shal shut and he shal shut and no man shal open 23 And I'wil fasten him as a naile in a sure place and he shal be for the throne of glorie to his fathers house 24 And thei shal hang vpon him all the glorie of his fathers house euen of the nephewes and posteritie all smalevessels from the vessels of the cuppes euen to all the instrumeÌts of musike 25 In that daie saith the Lord of hostes shal the naile that is fastened in the sure place departe and shal be broken and fall and the burdeÌ that was vpon it shal be cut of for the Lord hathe spoken it CHAP. XXIII 1 A prophecie against Tyrus 17 A promise that it shal be restored 1 THe burden of Tyrus Howle ye shippes of ãâã for it is destroied so that there is none house none shal come from the land of Chittim it is reueiled vnto them 2 Be stil ye that dwell in the ãâã the marchaÌts of Zidon and such as passe ouer the sea haue replenished thee 3 The sede of Nilus growing by the abundance of waters and the haruest of the riuer was herreuenues and she was a marte of the nations 4 Be ashamed thou Zidôn for the sea hathe spoken euen the strength of the sea saying I haue not trauailed nor broght for the chil dren nether nourished yoÌgmen nor broght vp virgins 5 When the fame commeth to the Egyptians they shal be sorie concerning the rumor of Tyrus 6 Go you ouer to Tarshish howle ye that dwell in the yles 7 Is not this that your glorious citie her anti quitie is of ãâã daies her owne fete shal lead her a farre of to be a soiourner 8 Who hathe decreed this against Tyrus that crowneth men whose marchants are princes whose chapmen are the nobles of the worlde 9 The Lord of hostes hathe decreed this to staine the pride of all glorie and to bring to contempt all them that be glorious in the earth 10 Passe through thy land like a flood to the daughter of Tarshish there is no more strength 11 He stretched out his hand vpon the sea he shoke the kingdomes the Lord hathe giuen a commandement concerning the place of marchandise to destroye the power thereof 12 And he said Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed ô virgin daughter of Zidón rise vp go ouer vnto Chittim yet there thou shalt haue no rest 13 Beholde the land of the Chaldeans this was no people Asshúr founded it by the in hahabitants of the wildernes they set vp the towres thereof they raised the palaces there of he broght it to ruine 14 Howle ye shippes of Tarshish for your strength is destroyed 15 And in that daye shal Tyrus be forgotten se uentie yeres according to the yeres of one King at the end of seuétie yeres shal Tyrus sing as an harlot 16 Take an harpe go about the citie thou harlot that hast bene forgotten make swe te melodie sing mo songs that thou maiest be remembred 17 And at the end of seuentie yeres shal the Lord visite Tyrus and she shal returne to her wages and shal commit fornication with all the kingdomes ãâã the earth that are in the worlde 18 Yet her occupying and her wages shal be holie vnto the Lord it shal not be layed vp nor kept in store but her marchaÌdise shal be for them that dwell before the Lord to eat sufficiently and to haue durable clothing CHAP. XXIIII A prophecie of the curse of God for the sinnes of the people 13 A remnant ãâã shal praise the Lord. 1 BEholde the Lord maketh the earth emptie and he maketh it waste he turneth it vpside downe scattereth abroad the inha bitants thereof 2 And there shal be like people like Priest like seruant like master like maide like mai straisse like byer like seller like lender ãâã borrower like giuer like taker to ãâã 3 The earth shal be cleane emptied and vtterly spoyled for the Lord hathe spoken ãâã worde 4 The earth lamenteth and fadeth away ãâã worlde is febled decayed the proude peo ple of earth are weakened 5 The earth also deceiueth because ãâã ãâã in habitants thereof for ãâã transgressed the lawes they changed the ordinances and brake the euerlasting couenant 6 Therefore hathe the curse ãâã the earth and the inhabitants thereof are desola te Wherefore the inhabitants of the laÌd are burned vp and fewe men are left 7 The wine faileth the vine hathe no might all that were of mery heart do mourne 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth the noise of them that reioyce endeth the ioye of the harpe ceaseth 9 They shal not drinke wine with mirth strong drinke shal be bitter to them that drinke it 10 The
deceiue you for he shal not be able to deliuer you 15 Nether let Hezekiáh make you to trust in the LORD saying The LORDE wyll surely deliuer vs this Citie shall not be giuen ouer into the hande of the King of Asshur 16 Hearken not to Hezekiáh for thus saith the King of Asshúr Make appointement with me and come out to me that euerye man maye eat of his owne vine and euerye man of hys owne figtre and drinke euerie man the water of his owne well 17 Till I come and bring you to a lande like your owne land euen a land of wheat wine a land of bread and vineyardes 18 Lest Hezekiáh disceiue you saying The Lord wil deliuer vs. Hathe anie of the gods of the nacioÌs deliuered his land out of the hand of the King of ãâã 19 Where is the god of Hamáth and of Ar pád Where is the god of Sephareáim or how haue they deliuered Samaria out of mine hands 20 Who is he among all the gods of these lands that hathe deliuered their couÌtrey out of mine hand that the Lord shulde de liuer Ierusalem out of mine hand 21 Then they kept silence and answered him not a worde for the Kings commande ment was saying Answer him not 22 Then came Elia kim the sonne of Hilkiah the steward of the house and Shebna the chanceller and Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder vnto Hezekiah with reÌt clothers and tolde him the wordes of Rabsha kéh. CHAP. XXXVII 2 Hezekiah asketh counsel of Isaiah who promiseth him the victorie ãâã ãâã blasphemie of ãâã 16 Hezekiah prayer 36 The armie of Sancherib is slayne of the Angel 38 And he him ãâã of his owne sonnes 1 ANd * when the King Hezekiáh heard it he rent his clothes and put on sackeclóth came into the House of the lord 2 And he sent Eliakim the steward of the hou se and Shebná the chanceller with the Elders of the Priests clothed in sackeclothe vnto Isaiáh the Prophet the ãâã of Amoz 3 And they said vnto him Thus saith Hezekiáh This day is a day of tribula cion and of rebuke and blasphemie for the children are come to the birth there is nostreÌgth to bring forthe 4 If so be the Lord thy God hathe heard the wordes of Rabshakéh whome the King of Asshúr his master hade sent to rai le on the liuing God and to reproche him with wordes which the Lord thy God hathe heard then lift thou vp thy praier for the remnant that are left 5 So the seruants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiáh 6 And Isaiáh said vnto them Thus say vnto your master Thus saith the Lord Be not afraied of the wordes that thou hast heard wherewith the seruants of the King of Asshur haue blasphemed me 7 Beholde I wil send a blast vpon him and he shal heare a noise turne to his owne land I wil cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land 8 ¶ So Rabshakéb returned and founde the King of Asshúr fighting against Libnah for he had heard that he was departed froÌ Lachish 9 He heard also men say of Tirhakáh King of Ethiopia Beholde he is come out to fight against thee and wheÌ he heard it he sent other messeÌgers to Hezekiáh saying 10 Thus shal ye speake to Hezekiáh King of Iudáh saying Let not thy God deceiue thee in whome thou trustest saying Ie rusalém shal not be giuen into the hand of the King of Asshúr 11 Beholde thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshúr haue done to all lands in destroying them shalt thou be deliuered 12 ãâã the gods of the nacions deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed as Gozain and Harán Rézeph and the children of Eden which were at Telassár 13 Where is the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad the King of the citie of Sepharuáim Hena and Iuah 14 ¶ So Hezekiáh receiued the letter of the hand of the messengers and red it and he went vp into the House of the Lord and Hezekiah spred it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah praied vnto the Lord saying 16 O Lord of hostes God of Iraél whiche dwellest betwene the Cherubims thou art very God alone ouer all the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made the heauen the earth 17 Encline thine eare ô Lord and heare opeÌ thine eyes ô Lord and se and he are all the wordes of Sancherib who hathe sent to blaspheme the liuing God 18 Trueth it is ô Lord that the Kings of Asshúr haue destroyed all lands their countrey 19 And haue cast their gods in the fyre for they were no gods but the worke of maÌs haÌds euen wood or stone therefore they destroyed them 20 Now therefore ô Lord our God saue thou vs out of his hand that all the king domes of the earth may knowe that thou onely art the Lord. 21 ¶ Then Isaiah the sonne of Amóz sent vn to Hezekiáh saying Thus said the Lord God of Israél Because thou hast prayed vnto me concerning Saneherib King of Asshur 22 This is the worde that the Lord hathe spoken against him O virgine daughter of Zion he hathe despised the laughed thee to scorne ô daughter of Ierusalém he hathe shaken his head at thee 23 Whome hast thou railed on and blasphemed and against whome hast thou exalted thy voyce and lifted vp thine eyes on hie euen against the holy one of Israél 24 By thy seruants hast thou railed on the Lord and said By the multitude of my cha rets I am come vp to the top of the moun taines to the sides of Lebanon and wil cut downe the hie cedres thereof and the faire fyrre tres thereof and I wil go vp to the heights of his toppe and to the forest of his fruteful places 25 I haue digged dronke the waters with the plant of my fete haue I dryed all the riuers closed in 26 Hast thou not heard how I haue of olde ti me made it and haue formed it long ago and shulde I now bring it that it shulde be destroyed and layed on ruinous heapes as cities defensed 27 Whose inhabitants haue smale power and are afraied confounded thei are like the grasse of the field and grene herbe or grasse on the house toppes or corne blasted afore it be growen 28 But I knowe thy dwelling thy going out and thy comming in and thy furie a gainst me 29 Because thou ragest against me and thy tumult is come vp vnto mine eares therefore wil I put mine ho kein thy ãâã my bridle in thy lippes wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest 30 And this shal be a signe vnto thee O He zekiah Thou shalt eat this yere suche as groweth of it self and the second yere su che things as grow without
a strong man that can not helpe yet ãâã ô Lord art in the middes of vs and thy Name is called vpon vs forsake vs not 10 Thus sayth the Lorde vnto this people Thus haue they delited to wandre they haue not refrained their fete therefore the Lord hathe no delite in them but he wil now remember their iniquitie and visit their sinnes 11 Then said the Lorde vnto me Thou shalt not praye to do this people good 12 When they fast I will not heare their crye and when they offer burnt ãâã and an ãâã I will not accept them but I wil consume them by the sworde and by the famine and by the pestilence 13 Then aunswered I Ah Lord God beholde the Prophetes say vnto them Ye shal not se the sword nether shall famine come vpon you but I will giue you assured peace in this place 14 Then the Lorde sayd vnto me The Prophetes prophecielies in my Nawe * I haue not sent them nether did I commande them nether spake I vnto them but they prophecie vnto you a false vision and diuination and ãâã and deceitfulnes of their owne heart 15 There fore thus sayth the Lorde Concernyng the Prophetes that propheciein my Name whome I haue not sent yet they say Sworde and famine shal not be in this land by sworde and famine shal those Prophetes be consumed 16 And the people to whome these Prophetes do prophecie shal be caste out in the stretes of Ierusalém because of the famine and the sword and there shal be none to burie them bothe they and their wiues and their sonnes and I their daughters for I will power their wickednes vpon them 17 Therefore thou shalt say thys worde vnto them Let myne eyes drop downe teares night and day without ceasing for the virgine daughter of my people is destroyed with a great destruction and with a sore grieuous plague 18 For if I go into the field beholde the slayne with the sworde and if I entre into the citie beholde them that are sicke for hunger also more ouer the Prophete also and the Priest go a wandring into a land that they know not 19 Hast thou vtterly reiected Iudah or hathe thy soule abhorred Zion Why haste thou smitten vs that we can not be healed We loked for peace and there is no good and for the time of health and beholde trouble 20 We acknowledge ô Lord our wickednes and the iniquitie of our fathers for we haue sinned against thee 21 Do not abhorre vs for thy Names sake caste not downe the throne of the glorie remember and breake not thy couenant with vs. 22 Are there anie among the vanities of the Gentiles that can giue raine or can the heauens giue showers is it not thou ô Lord our God! therefore we wil waite vpon thee for thou hast made all these things CHAP. XV. 1 The Lorde wolde heare no prayer for the Iewes 3 But threatneth to destroye them with foure plagues 1 THen said the Lord vnto me Thogh MoseÌs and Samuél stode before me yet ãâã ne affection colde not be towarde hys people cast them out of my sight and let them departe 2 And if they say vnto thee Whether shal we departe then tel them Thus sayth the Lord * Suche as are appointed to death vnto death and suche as are for the sworde to the sworde and such as are for the famine to the famine and suche as are for the captiuitie to the captiuitie 3 And I wil appointe ouer them foure kindes saith the Lord the sworde to slay and the dogges to teare in pieces and the foules of the heauen and the beastes of the earth to deuoure and to destroye 4 I wil ãâã them also in all kyngdomes of the earth ãâã because of ãâã the sonne of Hezekiah King of Iudáh for that which he did in Ierusalém 5 Who shal then haue pitie vpon thee ô Ierusalém or who shal be sorie for thee or who shal go to pray for thy peace 6 Thou hast for saken me saith the Lord aÌd gone backwarde therefore wil I stretch out mine hand against thee and destroye thee for I am wearie with repenting 7 And I will scatre theÌ with the fanne in the gates of the earth I haue wasted and destroyed my people yet they wolde notreturne from their wayes 8 Their widdowes are increased by my aboue the sand of the sea I haue broght vpon them and against the assemblie of the yong men a destroyer at none day I haue cau sed hym to fall vpon them and the citie suddenly and spedely 9 She that hath borne seuen hath bene made weake her heart ha the failed the sunne hathe failed her whiles it was day she hathe bene confounded and ashamed and the residue of them will I deliuer vnto the sworde before their enemies saith the Lord. 10 ¶ Wo is me my mother that thou hast bor ne me a conteÌtious man and a man that striueth with the whole earth I haue nether lent on vsurie normen haue lent vnto me on vsurie yet euerie one doeth cursse me 11 The Lord laid Surely thy remnant shal haue welth surely I wil cause thine enemie to intreat thee in the time of trouble and in the time of affliction 12 Shal the yron breake the yron aÌd the bras se that commeth from the North 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I giue to be spoiled without gaine and that for allthy sinnes euen in all thy borders 14 And I wil make thee to go with thine enemies into a land that thou knowest not for a ãâã is kindled in mine angre which ãâã burne you 15 O Lord thou knowest remembre me and visit me and reuenge me of my persecuters take me not a waye in the continuance of thine angre knowe that for thy sake I haue suffred rebuke 16 Thy wordes were founde by me and I did eat them and thy worde was vnto me the ioye and reioy ãâã of mine heart for thy Name is called vpon me ô Lord God of hostes 17 I sate not in the assemblie of the mockers net her did I reioyce but sate alone because of thy plague for thou last filled me with indignation 18 Why is myne heauines continual and my plague desperate and can not be healed why art thou vnto me as a lyer and as wa ters that faile 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord If thou returne then wil I bring thee againe ãâã thou shalt stand before me and if thou take away the precious from the vile thou shalt be accordyng to my worde let them returne vnto thee but returne not thou vnto them 20 And I will make thee vnto thys people a strong brasen wal and they shal fight against thee but they shall not preuaile againste thee for I am with thee to saue thee and to
Priest for Iehoiadá the Priest that ye shuld be officers in the House of the Lord for euery maÌ that raueth and maketh him self a Prophet to put him in prison and in the stockes 27 Now therefore why hast not thou reproued Ieremiáh of Anathóth which prophecieth vnto you 28 For for this cause he sent vnto vs in Babél saying This captiuitie is long buyld hou ses to dwell in and plant gardens and eat the frutes of them 29 And Zephaniáh the Priest red this lettre in the eares of Ieremiáh the Prophet 30 Then came the word of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh saying 31 Send to all them of the captiuitie saying Thus saith the Lord of Shemaiáh the Nehelamite Because that Shemaiáh hath pro phecied vnto you and I sent him not and he caused you to trust in a lye 32 Therefore thus saith the Lord Beholde I wil visite Shemaiáh the Nehelamite hys sede he shal not haue a man to dwel amoÌg this people nether shall he beholde the good that I wil do for my people saith the Lord because he hath spoken rebelliously against the Lord. CHAP. XXX 1 The returne of the people from Babylon 16 He menaceth the enemies 18 And comforteth the Church 1 THe worde that came to Ieremiáh from the Lord saying 2 Thus speaketh the Lord GOD of Israél saying Write thee all the wordes that I haue spoken vnto thee in a boke 3 For lo the daies come saith the Lord that I wil bring againe the captiuitie of my peo ple Israél and Iudáh saith the Lord. for I wil restore them vnto the land that I gaue to their fathers and they shal possesse it 4 Againe these are the wordes that the Lord spake concerning Israél and concerning Iudáh 5 For thus saith the Lord We haue heard a terrible voyce of feare and not of peace 6 Demande now and beholde if man trauail with childe wherefore do I beholde euery man with his hands on his loines as a woman in trauail and all faces are turned into a palenes 7 Alas for this day is ãâã none hath bene like it is euen the ãâã of Iaakobs trouble yet shal he be deliuered from it 8 For in that day saith the Lord of hostes I wil breake his yoke from of thy necke and breake thy bondes and strangers shal no more serue them selues of him 9 But they shal serue the Lord their God Dauid their King whome I wil rise vp vn to them 10 Therefore feare not ô my seruant Iaakób saith the Lord nether be afraied ô Israél for lo I wil deliuer thee from a farre countrey and thy sede from the land of their ca ptiuitie and Iaakób shal turne againe shal be in rest prosperitie and none shal make him afraid 11 For I am with thee saith the Lord to saue thee thogh I vtterly destroy all the nacioÌs where I haue scattered thee yet wil I not vtterly destroy thee but I wil correct thee by iudgement and not vtterly cut thee of 12 For thus saith the Lord Thy bruising in curable and thy wounde is dolorous 13 There is none to iudge thy cause or to lay a plaister there are no medecines nor helpe for thee 14 All thy louers haue forgotten thee thei seke thee not for I haue striken thee with the wounde of an enemie with a sharpe chastisement for the multitude of thine ini quitie because thy sinnes were increased 15 Why cryest thou for thine affliction thy so rowe is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquities because thy sinnes were increased I haue done these thiÌgs vnto thee 16 Therefore all they that deuoure thee shal be deuoured and all thine enemies euery one shal go into captiuitie and they that spoyle thee shal be spoyled and all thei that robbe thee wil I giue to be robbed 17 For I wil restore helth vnto thee and I wil heale thee of thy woundes saith the Lord because they called thee The cast away saying This is Zión whome no man seketh after 18 Thus saith the Lord Beholde I wil bring againe the captiuitie of Iaakóbs tentes haue compassion on his dwelling places the citie shal be buylded vpon her owne heape and the palace shal remaine after the maner thereof 19 And out of them shal procede thankesgiuing and the voyce of them that are ioyous and I wil multiplie them and thei shalnot be fewe I wil also glorifie them they shal not be diminished 20 Their children also shal be as a fore time their congregacion shal be established before me and I wil visite all that vexe them 21 And their noble ruler shal be of them selues and their gouernour shal procede from the middes of them and I wil cause him to drawe nere and approche vnto me for who is this that directeth his heart to come vn to me saith the Lord. 22 And ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 23 Beholde the tempest of the Lord goeth forthe with wrath the whirlewinde that hangeth ouer shall light vpon the head of the wicked 24 The fierce wrath of the Lord shal not returne vntil he haue done and vntil he haue performed the intents of his heart in the latter daies ye shal vnderstand it CHAP. XXXI 1 He reheareth Gods benefites after their returne from Ba bylon 23 And the spiritual ioye of the faithfull in the Church 1 AT the same time saith the Lord wil I be the God of all the families of Israél and they shal be my people 2 Thus saith the Lord The people whiche escaped the sworde founde grace in the wildernes he walked before Israél to cause him to rest 3 The Lord hath appeared vnto me of olde say they Yea I haue loued thee with an ãâã lasting loue therefore with mercie I haue drawen thee 4 Againe I will buylde thee and thou shalt be buylded ô virgine Israél thou shalt stil be adorned with thy tymbrels and shalt go forth in the dance of theÌ that be ioyful 5 Thou shalt yet plaÌt vines vpoÌ the mountaines of Samaria and the planters that plant them shal make them commune 6 For the daies shal come that the watchemen vpoÌ the mount of Ephráim shal crye Arise and let vs go vp vnto ZioÌn to the Lord our God 7 For thus saith the Lord Reioyce with gladnes for Iaakób and shoute for ioye among the chief of the Gentiles publishe praise and say O Lord saue thy people the remnant of Israél 8 Beholde I will bring them from the North countrey and gather theÌ from the coastes of the worlde with the blinde the lame amoÌg them with the woman with child and her that is deliuered also a great companie shal returne hether 9 Thei shal come weping and with mercie will I bring them againe I will leade them by the riuers of
they feared them because Ishmaél the sonne of Nerthaniáh had slaine Gedaliáh the sonne of Ahikám whome the King of Babél made gouernour in the land CHAP. XLII 1 The captaines aske counsel of Ieremiáh what they ought to do 7 He admonisheth the remnant of the people not to go into Egypt 1 THen all the captaines of the hoste and Io hanán the sonne of Karéah and Iezaniáh the sonne of ãâã and all the people from the least vnto the moste came 2 And said vnto Ieremiáh the Prophet Heare our prayer we beseche thee and pray for vs vnto the Lord thy GOD euen for all this remnant for we are left but a fewe of manie as thine eyes do beholde 3 That the Lord thy GOD may shewe vs the way wherein we may walke and the thing that we may do 4 Then Ieremiáh the Prophet said vnto them I haue heard you beholde I wil pray vnto the Lord your God according to your wordes and whatsoeuer thing the Lord shal ansswer you I wil declare it vnto you I wil kepe nothing backe from you 5 Then they said to Ieremiáh The Lord be a witnes of trueth and faith betwene vs if we do not euen according to all things for the whiche the Lord thy God shal send thee to vs 6 Whether it be good or euil we wil obey the voyce of the Lord God to whome we send thee that it may be wel with vs when we obey the voyce of the Lord our God 7 ¶ And so after ten dayes came the worde of the Lord vnto Ieremiáh 8 TheÌ called he Iohanán the sonne of Karéah all the captaines of the hoste which were with him and all the people from the least to the moste 9 And said vnto theÌ Thus saith the Lord God of Israél vnto whome ye sent me to present your prayers before him 10 If ye wild well in this land then I wil buylde you and not destroye you and I wil plant you and not roote you out for I repent me of the euil that I haue done vnto you 11 Feare not for the King of Babél of whome ye are afraid be not afraid of him saith the Lord for I am with you to saue you and to deliner you from his hand 12 And I wil grant you mercie that he may haue compassion vpon you and he shal cause you to dwell in your owne land 13 But if ye say We wil not dwell in this land nether heare the voyce of the LORD your God 14 Saying Nay but we wil go into the land of Egypt where we shal se no warre nor heare the sounde of the trumpet nor haue hungre of bread and there wil we dwell 15 And now therefore heare the worde of the LORD ye remnant of Indáh thus ãâã the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israél If ye set your faces to entre into Egypt go to dwell there 16 Then the sworde that ye feared shal take you there in the land of Egypt and the famine for the which ye care shal there ãâã poÌ you in Egypt and there shal ye dye 17 And all the men that set their faces to entre into Egypt to dwell there shal dye by the sworde by the famine by the ãâã none of them shal remaine nor escape from the plague that I wil bring vpon them 18 For thus saith the Lord of hostes the GOD of Israél As mine angre and my wrath hathe bene powred forthe vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalém so shal my wrath be powred for the vpon you when ye shal entre into Egypt and ye shal be a detestation and an astonishment and a cursse and are proche and ye shal se this place no more 19 O ye remnant of ãâã the Lord hathe said concerning you Go not into Egypt knowe certeinly that I haue admonished you this day 20 Surely ye dissembled in your hearts when ye sent me vnto the Lord your God saying Pray for vs vnto the LORD our GOD and declare vnto vs euen according vnto all that the LORD our GOD shal say and we wil do it 21 Therefore I haue this day declared it you but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord your God nor anie thing for the which he hathe sent me vnto you 22 Now therefore knowe certeinely that ye shal dye by the sworde by the famine and by the pestilence in the place whether ye desi re to go and dwell CHAP. XLIII Iohanán caryeth the remnant of the people into Egypt ãâã trarie to the minde of ãâã S Iaremiah prophecieth the destruction of Egypt 1 NOw when Ieremiáh had made an end of speaking vnto the whole people all the wordes of the Lord their God for the which the Lord their GOD had sent him to them euen all these wordes 2 TheÌ spake Azariáh the sonne of Hoshaiáh and Iohanán the sonne of Karéah and all the proude men saying vnto Ieremiáh Thou speakest falsly the Lord our God hathe not sent thee to say Go not into Egypt to dwell there 3 But Barúch the sonne of Neriáh prouoketh thee againstvs for to deliuer vs into the hand of the Caldeans that they might slaye vs and carie vs a way captiues into ãâã 4 So Iohanán the sonne of Karéah and all the captaines of the hoste and all the people obeyed not the voyce of the Lord to dwell in the land of Iudáh 5 But Iohanán the sonne of Kareah and all the captaines of the hoste ãâã all the remnant of Iudáh that were returned froÌ all nacions whether they had bene driuen to dwell in the land of Iudáh 6 Euen men and women and children and the Kings daughters euerie persone that Nebuzar-adaÌthe chief steward had left with Gedaliáh the sonne of ãâã the sonne of Shaphán and Ieremiáh the Prophet Baruch the sonne of Neriáh 7 So they came into the land of Egypt for they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord thus came they to Tahpanhes 8 ¶ Then came the worde of the Lord vnto Ie remiah in Tahpanhes saying 9 Take great stones in thine hand and hide them in the clay in the bricke kil whiche is at the entrie of Pharaohs house in Tahpanhes in the sight of the men of Iudáh 10 And say vnto them Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél Beholde I wil send and bring Nebuchad-nezzár the King of Babél my seruant and wil set his throne vpon these stones that I haue hid and he shal sprea de his pauillion ouer them 11 And when he shal come he shal smite the land of Egypt suche as are appointed for death to death and such as are for captiuitie to captiuirie and suche as are for the sworde to the sworde 12 And I kindle a fyre in the houses of the gods of Egypt and he shal burne them and carye them awaye ãâã he shal araye him self with the land of
Egypt as a shepherd putteth on his garmeÌt and shal departe from thence in peace 13 He shal brake also the images of Beth-shé mesh that is in the land of Egypt and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shal he burne with fyre CHAP. XLIIII He reproueth the people for their idolatrie 15 They that set light by the threatening of the Lorde are ãâã 26 The destruction of Egypte and of the Iewes ãâã is prophecied THe worde that came to Ieremiah concer ning all the Iewes whiche dwell in the land of Egypt and remained at Mig-dól and at Tahpanhes and at Noph and in the couÌtrey of Pathros saying 2 Thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél Ye haue sene all the euil that I haue broght vpon Ierusalém and vpon all the cities of Iudah and beholde this day they are ãâã and no man dwelleth therem 3 Because of their wickednes which they haue committed to prouoke me to angre in that they went to burne incense and to serue other gods whome they knewe not nether they nor you nor your fathers 4 Howbeit I sent vnto you all my seruants the Prophetes rising early and sending them saying Oh do not this ãâã able thyng that I hate 5 But they wolde not heare nor in cline theyr eare to turne from their wickednes and to burne no more incense vnto other gods 6 Wherefore my wrath and mine angre was powred forthe and was kyndled in the cities of iudah and in the stretes of Ierusalém and they are desolate and wasted as appea reth this daye 7 Therefore now thus sayth the Lorde of hostes the God of Israél Wherefore commit ye this great euil against your soules to cut of from you man and woman childe and suckeling out of Iudáh and leaue you none to remaine 8 In that ye prouoke me vnto wrath with the workes of your hands burning incense vnto other gods in the land of Egypt whether ye be gone to dwell that ye might bring destruction vnto your selues and that ye might be a cursse and a reproche among al nations of the earth 9 Haue ye forgotten the wyckednes of your fathers and the wickednes of the Kyngs of Iudah and the wickednes of their wiues and your owne wickednes and the wickednes of your wiues whiche they haue committed in the land of Iudah and in the stretes of Ierusalém 10 They are not humbled vnto this daye nether haue they feared nor walked in my Law not in my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers 11 Therfore thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél Beholde I will set my face against you * to euil and to destroye all ãâã 12 And I will take the remnant of Iudah that haue set their faces to go into the land of Egypt there to dwel and they shal all be con sumed and fall in the land of Egypte they shal euen be consumed by the ãâã aÌd by the famine they shall dye from the least vnto the most by the sworde and by the famine and they shal be a detestation and an astonishment and a cursse and a reproche 13 For I will visit them that dwell in the lande of Egypt as I haue visited Ierusalém by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence 14 So that none of the remnant of Iudah whiche are gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or remaine that they shulde returne into the land of Iudah to the whiche they haue a desire to returne to dwell there for none shall returne but suche as shal escape 15 Then all the men whiche knewe that their ãâã had burnt incense vnto others Gods and all the women that stode by a great mul titude euen all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Pathros aunswered Ieremiah saying 16 The worde that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the Name of the Lord we wil not heare it of thee 17 But we will do what soeuer thing goeth out of our owne mouth as to burne incense vn to the Quene of heauen and to powre out drynke ãâã vnto her as we haue done both we and our fathers our Kings aÌd our princes in the citie of Iudáh and in the stretes of Ieru salém for then had we pleÌtie of vitailes and were wel and felt none euil 18 But since we left of to burne incense to the Quene of heauen and to powre out drinke ãâã vnto her we haue had scarcenes of all things and haue bene ãâã by the sworde and by the famine 19 And when we burnt incense to the Quene of heauen and powred out drinke offringes vnto her did we make her cakes to make her glad and powre out drinke offrings vnto her with out our housbandes 20 Then said leremiáh vnto all the people to the men and to the women aÌd to all the peo ple which had giueÌ him that answer saying 21 Did not the Lord remeÌber the incense that ye ãâã in the cities of Iudáh in the stretes of Ierusalém both you aÌd your fathers your Kings aÌd your princes and the people of the land and hathe he not coÌsidered it 22 So that the LORDE colde no longer forbeare because of the wickednes of your inuencions and because of the abominations whiche ye haue committed there fore is your land desolate aÌd an astonishment and a cursse and without in habitant as appeareth this daie 23 Because ye haue burnt incense and because ye haue sinned against the Lorde and haue not obeyed the voice of the Lorde nor walked in his Lawe nor in his statutes nor in his testimonies therefore this plague is come vpon you as appeareth this day 24 Moreouer Ieremiáh said vnto all the people and to all the women Heare the worde of the Lord all Iudáh that are in the land of Egypt 25 ¶ Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes the God of Israél saying Ye and your wiues haue bothe spoken with your mouthes and fulfilled with your hand saying We will performe our vowes that we haue vowed to burne incense to the Quene of heauen and to powre out drinke offrings to her ye will performe your vowes and do the things that ye haue vowed 26 Therefore heare the worde of the Lord all Iudáh that dwell in the land of Egypte Beholde I haue sworne by my great Name saith the Lord that my Name shal no more be called vpon by the mouth of any man of Iudáh in all the land of Egypt saying The Lord God liueth 27 Beholde I will watche ouer them for euill and not for good and all men of Iudáh that are in the land of Egypt shal be consumed by the sworde and by the famine vntil they be vtterly destroyed 28 Yet a smale noÌbre that escape the sworde shall returne out of the land of Egypt into the land of Iudáh and all the
that dwell therein then the men shal crye and all the in habitants of the land shal howle 3 At the noyce stamping of the hoofes of his stroÌg horses at the noyce of his charets and at the ruÌbling of his wheles the fathers shal not loke backe to their children for feblenes of hands 4 Because of the daye that cometh to destroye all the Philistims and to destroye Tyrus and Zidón and all the rest that take their parte for the Lord wil destroye the Philistims the remnant of the yle of Caphtór 5 Baldenes is come vpon Azzáh Ashkelon is cut vp with the rest of their valleis How long wilt thou cut thy self 6 O thou sworde of the Lord how long wil it be or thou cease turne againe into thy scaberde rest and be stil. 7 How can it cease seing the Lord hathe giuen it a charge against ' Ashkelón and against the sea bancke euen there hathe he appointed it CHAP. XLVIII The worde of the Lord against the Moabites 26 Because of their pride and crueltie 1 COncerning Moáb thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél Wo vnto Nebó for it is wasted Kiriatháim is confounded and taken Misgáb is confounded and afraied 2 Moáb shal boast no more of Heshbón for thei haue deuised euil against it Come and let vs destroye it that it be no more a nacion also thou shalt be destroyed ô Madmén and the sworde shal pursue thee 3 A voice of crying shal be from Horonáim with desolation and great dectruction 4 Moáb is destroyed her litle ones haue caused their crye to be heard 5 For at the going vp of Luhith the mourner shal go vp with weping for in the going downe of Horonáim the enemies haue heard a crye of destruction 6 Flee and saue your liues and be like vnto the heath in the wildernes 7 For because thou hast trusted in thy workes and in thy treasures thou shalt also be taken and Chemosh shal go for the into captiuitie with his Priests and his princes together 8 And the destroier shal come vpon all cities and no citie shal escape the valley also shal perish and the plaine shal be destroied as the Lord hathe spoken 9 Giue wings vnto Moáb that it may flee and get away for the cities there of shal be desola te without any to dwell therein 10 Cursed be he that doeth the worke of the Lord negligently cursed be he that kepeth backe his sworde from blood 11 Moáb hathe bene at rest from his youth he hathe setled on his lees and hathe not bene powred froÌ vessel to vessel nether hathe he gone into captiuitie therefore histaste remained in him his sent is not changed 12 ¶ Therefore beholde the daies come saith the Lord that I wil send vnto him suche as shal cary him away and shal emptie his vessels and breake their bottels 13 And Moáb shal be ashamed of Chemósh as the house of Israél was ashamed of Beth-él their confidence 14 How thinke you thus We are mightie strong men of warre 15 Moáb is destroyed and his cities burnt vp and his chosen yong men are gone downe to slaughter saith the King whose name is The Lord of hostes 16 The destruction of Moáb is readie to come and his plague hasteth fast 17 All ye that are about him mourne for him all ye that knowe his name say How is the strong staffe broken the beautiful rod 18 Thou daughter that doest inhabite ãâã come downe from thy glorie sit in thirst for the destroyer of Moáb shal come vp vpon thee and he shal destroy thy strong holdes 19 Thou that dwellest in Aroér stand by the way and beholde aske him that fleeth and that escapeth and say What is done 20 Moáb is confounded for it is destroyed howle crye tel ye it in Arnon that Moáb is made waste 21 And iudgement is come vpon the plaine countrey vpon Holón and vpon Iahazáh vpon Mepháath 22 And vpon Dibón and vpon Nebó and vpoÌ the house of ãâã 23 And vpon Kiriatháim and vpoÌ Bethgamúl and vpon Beth-meón 24 And vpon Kerióth and vpon Bozráh and vpon all the cities of the land of Moáb farre or nere 25 The horne of Moáb is cut of and his arme is broken saith the Lord. 26 Make ye him drunken for he magnified him self against the Lord Moáb shal wallow in his vomite and he also shal be in derision 27 For did est not thou deride Israél as thogh he had bene founde among theues for wheÌ thou speak est of him thou art moued 28 Oye that dwellin Moáb leaue the cities and dwell in the rockes and be like the doue that maketh her neste in the sides of the holes mouth 29 * We haue heard the pride of Moáb he is exceding proude his stoutnes and his arrogancie and his pride and the hautenes of his heart 30 I knowe his wrath saith the Lord but it shal not be so his dissimulacions for they do not right 31 Therefore will howle for Moáb and I wil crye out for all Moáb mine heart shal mour ne for the men of Kir-héres 32 O vine of Sibmáh I wil wepe forthee as I wept for Iazér thy plantes are gone ouer the sea they are come to the sea of Iazér the de stroyer is fallen vpon thy sommer frutes and vpon thy vintage 33 And ioye and gladnes is taken from the pleÌ tiful field and from the land of Moáb and I haue caused wine to faile from the wine presse none shal tread with showting their showting shal be no showting 34 From the crye of Heshbon vnto Elaléh vnto Iahaz haue ãâã made their noyse from Zóar vnto Horonáim the heiffer of thre ye re olde shal go lowing for the waters also of ãâã shal be wasted 35 Moreouer I wil cause to cease in Moáb saith the Lord him that offred in the high places and him that burneth incense to his gods 36 Therefore mine heart shal sound for Moáb like a shaume mine heart shal souÌde like a shaume for the men of Kir-héres because the riches that he hathe gotten is perished 37 * For euery head shal be balde and euery bearde plucked vpon all the handes shal be cuttings and vpon the loynes sacke clothe 38 And mourning shal be vpon all the house toppes of Moáb and in all the stretes thereof for I haue broken Moáb like a vessel wherein is no pleasure saith the Lord. 39 Thei shal houle saying How is he destroyed how hathe Moáb turned the backe with shame so shal Moáb be a derision and a feare to all them about him 40 For thus saith the Lord Beholde he shal flee as an egle and shal spread his wings ouer Moáb 41 The cities are taken and the strong holdes are wonne and the mightie
I haue laied vpon thee the yeres of their iniquitie according to the nomber of the daies euen thre hundreth and ninty daies so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israél 6 And when thou hast accomplished them slepe againe vpon thy right side and thou shalt beare the iniquitie of the house of Iu dáh fourtie daies I haue appointed thee a day for a yere euen a day for a yere 7 Therefore thou shalt direct thy face toward the siege of Ierusalém and thine arme shal be vncouered and thou shalt prophecie against it 8 And beholde I wil lay bands vpon thee and thou shalt not turne thee from one sideto another til thou hast ended the daies of thy siege 9 Thou shalt take also vnto thee wheat and barly and beanes and lentiles and milles and fitches and put them in one vessel make thee bread thereof according to the noÌber of the daies that thou shalt slepe vpon thy side euen thre hundreth and nintie daies shalt thou eat thereof 10 And the meat whereof thou shalt eat shal be by weight euen twentie shekels a day and froÌ time to time shalt thou eat thereof 11 Thou shalt drinke also water by measure euen the sixt parte of an Him from time to time shalt thou drinke 12 And thou shalt eat it as barly cakes and thou shalt bake it in the dongue that co meth out of man in their sight 13 And the Lord said So shal the children of Israél eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles whether I wil cast them 14 Then said I Ah Lord God beholde my sou le hathe not bene polluted for from my youth vp euen vnto this house I haue not eaten of a thing dead or torne in pieces nether came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth 15 Then he said vnto me Lo I haue giueÌ thee bullockes dongue for mans dongue thou shalt prepare thy bread there with 16 Moreouer he said vnto me Sonne of man beholde I wil breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalém and they shal eat bread by weight and with care and they shal drinke water by measure and with astonishment 17 Because that bread and water shal faile they shal be astonied one with another and shal consume away for their iniquitie CHAP. V. The signe of the heere 's whereby is signified the ãâã of the people 1 ANd thou sonne of man take thee a sharpe knife or take thee a barbours rasor and cause it to passe vpoÌ thine head and vpon thy beard then take thee balances to weigh and deuide thee heere 2 Thou shalt burne with fyre the third part in the middes of the citie when the daye of the siege are fulfilled thou shalt take the other third parte and smite about it with a knife and the last third parte thou shalt scatter in the winde and I wil drawe out a sworde after them 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a fewe in noÌber and binde them in thy lappe 4 Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fyre and burne theÌ in the fyre for thereof shal a fyre come forthe into all the house of Israél 5 Thus saith the Lord God This is Ierusalém I haue set it in the middes of the nacions and countreys that are rounde about her 6 And she hathe changed my iudgements into wickednes more then the nacions my statutes more then the countreys that are rounde about her for thei haue refused my iudgements and my statutes and they haue not walked in them 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Becau se your multitude greater then the nacioÌs that are rounde about you and ye haue not walked in my statutes nether haue ye kept my iudgements no ye haue not done according to the iudgements of the nacions that are rounde about you 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde I euen I come against thee and wil execute iudgement in the middes of thee euen in the sight of the nacions 9 And I wil do in thee that I neuer did before nether wil do anie more the like because of all thine abominacions 10 For in the middes of thee the fathers * shal eat their sonnes and the sonnes shal eat their fathers and I wil execute iudgement in thee the whole remnant of thee wil I scatter into all the windes 11 Wherefore as I liue saith the Lord God Surely because thou hast defiled my SaÌctua rie with all thy filthines and with all thine abominacions therefore wil I also destroy thee nether shal mine eye spare thee nether wil I haue anie pitie 12 The third parte of thee shal dye with the pestilence and with famine shal they be consumed in the middes of thee and another third parte shal fall by the sworde rounde about thee I wil scatter the last third parte into all windes and I wil drawe out a sworde after them 13 Thus shal mine angre be accomplished I wil cause my wrath to cease in them I wil be comforted thei shal knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it in my zeale wheÌ I haue accomplished my wrath in them 14 Moreouer I wil make thee waste abhor red amoÌg the nacioÌs that are rounde about thee aÌd in the sight of all that passe by 15 So thou shalt be a reproche and shame a chastisement and an astonishmeÌt vnto the nacions that are rounde about thee wheÌ I shal execute iudgements in thee in angre and in wrath and in sharpe rebukes I the Lord haue spoken it 16 When I shal send vpon theÌ the euil arrowes of famine which shal be for their destruction which I wil seÌd to destroye you and I wil encrease the famine vpon you and wil breake your staffe of bread 17 * So wil I send vpon you famine and euil beasts and they shal spoyle thee and pesti lence and blood shal passe through thee I wil bring the sworde vpoÌ thee I the Lord haue spoken it CHAP. VI. He sheweth that Ierusalém shal be destroyed for their idolatrie 8 He prophecieth the repentance of the remnant of the people and their deliuerance 1 AGaine the worde of the Lord came vn to me saying 2 Sonne of man Set thy face towards the * mountaines of Israél and prophecie against them 3 And say Ye mountaines of Israél heare the worde of the Lord God thus saith the Lord God to the mountaines and to the hilles to the riuers and to the valleis Beholde I euen I wil bring a sworde vpon you and I wil destroye your hie places 4 And your altars shal be desolate and your images of the sunne shal be broken and I wil cast downe your slayne meÌ before your idoles 5 And I wil lay the dead carkeises of the chil dreÌ of Israél before their idoles and I
wil scatter your bones rounde about your altars 6 In all your dwelling places the cities shal be desolate and the hie place shal be laied waste so that your altars shal be made waste and desolate your idoles shal be broken and cease and your images of the sunne shal be cut in pieces and your workes shal be abolished 7 And the slayne shal fall in the middes of you and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord 8 Yet wil I leaue a remnant that you may haue some that shal escape the sworde among the nacions when you shal be scattred through the countreis 9 And they that escape of you shal remember me among the nacions where they shal be in captiuitie because I am grieued for their whorish hearts which haue depar ted from me and for their eyes which haue gone a whoring after their idoles and they shal be displeased in them selues for the euils which they haue committed in all their abominacions 10 And thei shal knowe that I am the Lord and that I haue not said in vaine that I wolde do this euil vnto them 11 Thus saith the Lord God Smite with thine hand stretche for the with thy fote and say Alas for all the wicked abominacioÌs of the house of Israél for they shal fall by the sworde by the famine and by the pestilence 12 He that is farre of shal dye of the pestilen ce and he that is nere shal fall by the sworde and he that remaineth and is besieged shal dye by the famine thus wil I accomplish my wrath vpon them 13 Then ye shal knowe that I am the Lord when their slayne men shal be among their idoles rounde about their altars vpon euery hie hill in all the toppes of the mountaines and vnder euery grene tre and vnder euery thicke oke which is the place where they did offer swete sauour to all ãâã idoles 14 So wil I * stretch mine hand vpon them and make the land waste desolate froÌ the wildernes vnto Dibláth in all their habit a cions and they shal knowe that I am the Lord. CHAP. VII The end of all the land of Israél shal suddenly come 1 MOre ouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Also thou sonne of maÌ thus saith the Lord God An end is come vnto the laÌd of Israél the end is come vpon the foure corners of the land 3 Now is the end come vpon thee and I wil send my wrath vpon thee and wil iudge thee according to thy waies and wil laye vpon thee all thine abominacions 4 Nether shal mine eye spare thee nether wil I haue pitie but I wil laie thy waies vpoÌ thee and thine abominacion shal be in the middes of thee and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God Beholde one euil euen one euil is come 6 An end is come the end is come it watched for thee beholde it is come 7 The morning is come vnto thee that dwellest in the land the time is come the day of trouble is nere and not the sounding a gaine of the mountaines 8 Now I wil shortely powre out my wrath vpon thee and fulfil mine angre vpoÌ thee I wil iudge thee according to thy wayes and wil lay vpon thee all thine abominacions 9 Nether shal mine eye spare thee nether wil I haue pitie but I wil lay vpon thee ac cording to thy wayes and thine abominacioÌs shal be in the middes of thee ye shal know that I am the Lord that smiteth 10 Beholde the day beholde it is come thee mourning is gone for the the rod ãâã pride hathe budded 11 Crueltie is risen vp into a rod of wicked nes none of them shal remaine nor of their riches nor of anie of theirs nether shal there be lamentation for them 12 The time is come the day draweth nere let not the byer reioyce nor let him that selleth mourne for the wrath is vpon all the multitude thereof 13 For he that selleth shal not returne to that which is solde althogh they were yet a liue for the visioÌ was vnto all the multitude thereof and they returned not nether doeth anie encourage him self in the punishment of his life 14 They haue blowen the trumpet and prepared all but none goeth to the battel for my wrath is vpon all the multitude thereof 15 The sworde is without and the pestilen ce and the famine within he that is in the field shal dye with the sworde and he that is in the citie famine and pestilence shal deuoure him 16 But they that flee away from them shal escape and shal be in the mountaines like the doues of the valleis all thei shal mourne euerie one for his iniquitie 17 * All hands shal be weake and all knees shal fall a way as water 18 * They shal also gird them selues with sackecloth and feare shal couer them and sha me shal be vpon all faces baldenes vpon their heads 19 They shal cast their siluer in the stretes and their golde shal be cast far of their * siluer and their golde can not deliuer them in the day of the wrath of the Lord they shal not satisfie soules nether fil their bowels for this ruine is for their iniquitie 20 He had also set the beautie of his ornament in maiestie but they made images of their abominations and of their idoles therein therefore haue I set it farre from them 21 And I wil giue it into the hands of the strangers to be spoiled to the wicked of the earth to be robbed they shal pollute it 22 My face wil I turne also from them and they shal pollute my secret place for the destroyers shal entre into it and defile it 23 ¶ Make a chaine for the land is ful of the iudgement of blood and the citie is ful of crueltie 24 Wherefore I wil bring the moste wicked of the heathen and they shal possesse their houses I wil also make the pompe of the mightie to cease and their holie places shal be defiled 25 When destruction cometh they shal seke peace and shal not haue it 26 Calamitie shal come vpon calamitie and rumour shal be vpoÌ rumour ãâã shal they seke a vision of the Prophet but the Law shalperish from the Priest and counsel froÌ the Ancient 27 The King shal mourne the prince shal be clothed with desolation and the haÌds of the people in the land shal be troubled I wil do vnto them according to their wayes and according to their iudgements wil I iudge them and they shal knowe that I am the Lord. CHAP. VIII 1 An appearance of the similitude of God 3 Ezekiel is broght to Ierusalém in the spirit 6 The Lord sheweth the Prophet the idolatries of the
Cherubims stode vpon the right side of the house when the man wentin and the cloude filled the inner court 4 Then the glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherúb and stode ouer the dore of the house the house was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightnes of the Lords glorie 5 And the sounde of the Cherubims wings was heard into the vtter court as the voyce of the Almightie God when he speaketh 6 And when he had commanded the man clothed with linnen saying Take fyre from bet wene the wheles froÌ betwene the Cherubims then he went in and stode beside the whele 7 And one Cherúb stretched forthe his hand from betwene the Cherubims vnto the fyre that was betwene the Cherubims and toke there of and put into the hands of him that was clothed with linen who toke it and ãâã out 8 And there appeared in the Cherubims the likenes of amans hand vnder their wings 9 And when Iloked vp beholde foure wheles were beside the Cherubims one whele by one Cherúb and another wheleby another Cherúb and the appearance of the wheles was as the colour of a chrysolite stone 10 And their appearance for they were all foure of one facion was as if one whele had bene in another whele 11 When they went forthe they went vpon their foure sides thei returned not as they went but to the place whether the first went they went after it and they turned not as they went 12 And their whole body and their rings their hands and their wings and the wheles were ful of eyes round about euen in the same foure wheles 13 And the Cherub cryed to these wheles in mine hearing saying O whele 14 And euery beast had foure faces the first face was the face of a cherúb the seconde face was the face of a maÌ the third the face of alion and the fourth the face of an egle 15 And the Cherubims were lifted vp * this is the beast that I sawe at the riuer ChebaÌr 16 And wheÌ the Cherubims went the wheles went by them when the Cherubims lift vp their wings to mount vp from the earth the same wheles also turned not from beside theÌ 17 When the Cherubims stode they stode when they were lifted vp they lifted them selues vp also for the spirit of the beast was in them 18 Then the glorie of the Lord departed froÌ aboue the dore of the House and stode vpoÌ the Cherubims 19 And the Cherubims lift vp their wings and mounted vp froÌ the earth in my sight when they went out the wheles also were besides theÌ euerie one stode at the entrie of the gate of the Lords House at the East side and the glorie of the God of Israél was vpon theÌ on hie 20 * This is the beast that I saw vnder the God of Israél by the riuer ChebaÌr and I knewe that they were the Cherubims 21 ãâã one had foure faces and euerie one foure wings and the likenes of mans hands was vnder their wings 22 And the likenes of their faces was the selfe same faces which I sawe by the riuer Che bár the appearance of the Cherubims was the selfe same and they went euerie one straight forwarde CHAP. XI 1 Who they were that seduced the people of Israél ãâã AgaiÌst these he prophecieth ãâã them how they shal be ãâã abroade 19 The renuing of the heart commeth of God 21 He threatneth them that leane vnto their owne counsels 1 MOreouer the Spirit lift me vp broght me vnto the East gate of the Lords Hou se which lieth Eastward and beholde at the entrie of the gate were fiue and twentie meÌ among whome I sawe Iaazaniáhthe sonne of Azúr and Pelatiáh the sonne of Benaiáh the princes of the people 2 Then said he vnto me Sonne of man these are the men that imagine mischief and deui se wicked counselin this citie 3 For they say It is not nere let vs buylde houses this citie is the caldron and we be the flesh 4 Therefore prophecie against them sonne of man prophecie 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fel vpon me and said vnto me Speake Thus saith the Lord O ye house of Israél this haue ye said and I know that which riseth vp of your mindes 6 Manie haue ye murthered in this citie and ye haue filled the stretes thereof with the slaine 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Thei that ye haue slaine and haue layed in the middes of it they are the flesh and this citie is the caldron but I wil bring you forthe of the middes of it 8 Ye haue feared the sworde and I wil bring a sworde vpon you saith the Lord God 9 And I wil bring you out of the middes there of and deliuer you into the hands of strangers and wil execute iud gements among you 10 Ye shal fall by the sworde I wil iudge you in the border of Israél ye shal know that I am the Lord. 11 This citie shal not be your caldron nether shal ye be the flesh in the middes thereof but I wil iudge you in the border of Israél 12 And ye shal knowe that I am the Lord for ye haue not walked in my statutes nether executed my iudgements but haue done after the maners of the heathen that are round about you 13 ¶ And when I prophecied Pelatiáh the son ne of Benaiáh dyed then fel I downe vpon my face and cryed with a loude voyce and said Ah Lord God wilt thou then vtterly de stroye all the remnant o Israél 14 Againe the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 15 Sonne of man thy brethren euen thy brethren the men of thy kindred and all the house of Israél wholly are they vnto whom the inhabitants of Ierusalém haue said Departe ye farre from the Lord for the land is giuen vs in possession 16 Therefore say Thus saith the Lord GOD Althogh I haue cast them farre of among the heathen and althogh I haue scattered them among the countreis yet wil I be to them as a litle Sanctuarie in the countreis where they shal come 17 Therefore saye Thus saith the Lord GOD I wil gather you againe from the people and assemble you out of the countreis where ye haue bene scattered and I will giue you the land of Israél 18 And they shall come thether and they shall take ãâã all the idoles thereof and all the abominations there of from thence 19 * And I wil giue them one heart and I will put a newe spirit within their bo wels and I will take the stonie heart out of their bodies and wil giue them an heart of flesh 20 That they maie walke in my statutes and kepe my iudgementes and execute them and they shal be my people and I will be their God 21 But vpon
burnt 11 Then set it emptie vpon the coles thereof that the brasse of it may be hot and may burne and that the filthines of it may be molten in it that the skome of it may be consumed 12 She hathe wearied her self with lies and her great skome went not out of her therefore her skome shal be consumed with fyre 13 Thou remainest in thy filthines and wickednes because I wold haue purged thee and thou wast not purged thou shalt not be purged from thy filthines til I haue caused my wrath to light vpon thee 14 I the Lord haue spoken it shal come to pas se and I wil do it I wil not go backe nether wil ãâã spare nether will repent according to thy wayes and according to thy workes shal they iudge thee saith the LORD God 15 ¶ Also the worlde of the Lord came vnto me saying 16 Sonne of man beholde I take away from thee the pleasure of thine eyes with a pla gue yet shalt thou nether mourne nor wepe nether shal thy teares runne downe 17 Cease from sighing make no mourning for the dead and binde the tyre of thine head vpon thee put on thy shoes vpoÌ thy fete and couer not thy lippes and eat not the bread of men 18 So I spake vnto the people in the morning and at euen my wife dyed and I did in the morning as I was commanded 19 And the people said vnto me Wilt thou nottel vs what these things meane toward vs that thou do est so 20 Then I answered them The worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 21 Speake vnto the house of Israél Thus saith the Lord God Beholde I will pollute my Sanctuarie euen the pride of your power the pleasure of your eyes and your heartes desire and your sonnes and your daughters whome ye haue left shal fall by the sworde 22 And ye shal do as I haue done ye shal not couer your lippes nether shall ye eate the bread of men 23 And your tyre shal be vpon your heads and your shoes vpon your fete ye shall not mourne nor wepe but ye shall pine awaye for your iniquities mourne one toward another 24 Thus Ezekiél is vnto you a signe according to all that he hathe done ye shal do when this cometh ye shal know that I am the Lord God 25 Also thou sonne of man shall it not be in the day when I take from theÌ their power the ioye of their honour the pleasure of their eyes the desire of their heart their sonnes and their daughters 26 That he that escapeth in that daye shall come vnto thee to tel thee that whiche he hathe heard with his eares 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped thou shalt speake and be no more domme and thou shalt be a signe vnto them and ãâã shal know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXV 3 The worde of the Lord against Ammon whiche reioyced at the fast of Ierusalém 8 Against Moáb and Seir Idumea and the Philistims 1 THe word of the Lord came againe vnto me saying 2 Sonne of man set thy face against the Am monites and prophecie against them 3 And say vnto the Ammonites Heare the worde of the Lord God Thus saith the Lord God Because thou say dest Ha ha against my Sanctuarie when it was polluted and against the land of Israél when it was desolate against the house of Iudáh when they went into captiuitie 4 Beholde therfore I wil deliuer thee to the men of the East for a possession and they shal set their palaces in thee make their dwellings in thee they shall eat thy frute and they shal drinke thy milke 5 And I wil make Rabbáhad velling place for camels and the Ammonites a ãâã cote and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 6 For thus saith the Lord God Because thou hast clapped the hanÌds and stamped with the fete and reioyced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israél 7 Beholde therefore I wil stretche out mine hand vpon thee and wil deliuer thee to be spoiled of the heatheÌ and I wil roote thee out from the people and I wil cause thee to be destroyed out of the countreis and I wil destroye thee and thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. 8 Thus saith the Lord GOD because that Moáb and Seir do say Beholde the house of Iudáh is like vnto all the heathen 9 Therefore beholde I wil open the side of Moáb euen of the cities of his cities I say in his frontiers with the pleasant coun trey Beth-ieshimóth Baal-meon and Karia thaim 10 I wil call the men of the East against the Ammonites and wil giue them in possession so that the Ammonites shal no more be remembred among the nations 11 And I wil execute iudgements vpon Moáb and thei shal knewe that I am the Lord. 12 ¶ Thus saith the Lord God Because that EdoÌm hathe done euil by taking vengeaÌce vpon the house of Iudáh and hathe committed great offence and reuenged him self vpon them 13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God I wil also stretche out mine hand vpon Edóm destroye man and beast out of it and I wil make it desolate from Temán and they of Dedán shal fall by the sworde 14 And I wil execute my vengeance vpon Edóm by the hand of my people Israél and they shal do in Edóm according to mine angre and according to mine indignatioÌ and they shal knowe my vengeance saith the Lord God 15 Thus saith the Lord God Because the Phili ãâã haue executed vengeance and reuenged them selues with a despiteful heart to destroye it for the olde hatred 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde I wil stretche out mine hand vpon the Philistims and I wil cut of the Cherethims and destroye the remnant of the sea coast 17 And I wil execute great vengeance vpon them with rebukes of mine indignation thei shal knowe that I am the Lord when I shall aie my vengeance vpon them CHAP. XXVI 1 He prophecieth that Tyrus shal be ouerthrowen because it reioyced at the destruction of Ierusalém 15 The wondring and astonishment of the marchantes for the destru ction of Tyrus 1 ANd in the eleuenth yere in the first daie of the moneth the worde of the Lord came vnto men saying 2 Sonne of man because that Tyrus hathe said against Ierusalém Aha the gate of the people is broken it is turned vnto me for seing she is desolate I shal be replenished 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God Beholde I come against thee ô Tyrus and I wil bring vp manie nations against thee as the sea mounteth vp with his waues 4 And thei shal destroie the walles of Tyrus and breake downe her towers I will also scrape her dust from her make her like the toppe
prayse the Name of the Lord your God that hathe delt marueilously with you and my people shal neuer be a shamed 27 Ye shal also knowe that I am in the middes of Israél and that I am the Lord your God and none other and my people shal neuer be ashamed 28 And afterwarde will I power out my Spirit vpon all flesh and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie your olde men shal dreame dreames and your yong men shal se visions 29 And also vpon the seruaunts and vpon the maydes in those dayes will I powre my Spirit 30 And I will shewe wonders in the heauens and in the earth blood and fyre and pillers of smoke 31 The sunne shal be turned into darkenes aÌd the moone into blood before the great and terrible daie of the Lord come 32 But whosoeuer shall call on the Name of the Lord shal be saued for in mount Zión and in Ierusalém shal be deliuerance as the Lord hathe said and in the remnant whom the Lord shal call CHAP. III. Of the iudgement of GOD against the enemies of hys people 1 FOr beholde in those dayes and in that time when I shal bring againe the captiuitie of Iudáh and Ierusalém 2 I will also gather all nations and will bryng them downe into the valley of Iehoshaphát and will plead with them there for my people and for mine heritage Israél whome they haue scattered among the nations and parted my land 3 And they haue cast lottes for my people and haue giuen the childe for the harlot and solde the girle for wyne that they myght drinke 4 Yea and what haue you to do with me Tyrus and ZioÌn and all the coastes of Palestina wil ye render me a recompense and if ye re compeÌse me swiftely and spedely wil ãâã ren der your recompense vpon your head 5 For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde and haue caried into your temples my goodlie and pleasant things 6 The children also of Iudáh and the children of Ierusalém haue you solde vnto the Grecians that ye myght send them farre from their border 7 Beholde I will raise them out of the place where ye haue solde them and will render your rewarde vpon your owne head 8 And I wil sell your sonnes and your daughters into the hand of the children of Iudah and they shall sell them to the Sabeans to a people farre of for the Lorde hym self hath spoken it 9 Publish this among the Gentiles prepare warre wake vp the mightie men let all the men of warre drawe nere and come vp 10 Breake your plowe shares into swordes and your sieths into speares letthe weake saie I am strong 11 Assemble yourselues and come all ye heathen and gather yourselues together round about there shall the Lord caste downe thy mightie men 12 Let the heathen be weakened and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat for there will I sitto iudge all the heathen rounde about 13 Put in your sieths for the winepresse is ripe come get you downe for the winepresse is full yea the winepresses runne ouer for their wickednes is great 14 Omultitude ô multitude come into the valley of threshing for the daye of the Lord is nere in the valley of threshing 15 The sunne and moone shal be darkned and the starres shal withdrawe theirlight 16 The Lorde also shall roare out of ZioÌn and vtter his voice from Ierusalém and the heauens and the earth shalke but the Lord wil be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israél 17 So shall ye knowe that I am the Lord your God dwellyng in Zion mine holie Mountaine then shall Ierusalém be holy and there shall no strangers go thoro we heranie more 18 And in that day shal the mountaines drop downe newe wine and the hilles shall flowe with milke and all the riuers of Iudáh shall runne with waters aÌd a fountaine shal come forthe of the House of the Lord and shall watter the valley of Shittim 19 Egypt shal be waste and Edóm shal be a desolate wildernes for the iniuries of the children of Iudáh because they haue shed in nocent blood in their land 20 But Iudáh shall dwell for euer and Ierusalém from generacion to generacion 21 For I will clense their blood that I haue not clensed and the LORDE will dwellin Zión AMOS THE ARGVMENT AMong many other Prophetes that God raised vp to admonishe the Israelites of his plagues for their wickednes and idolatrie he stirred vp Amos who was an ãâã or shepherd of a poore towne and gaue hym bothe knowledge and constancie to reproue all estates and degrees and to denounce Gods horrible iudgements against them exceptthey did in time repent shewing them that if God spare not the other nacions about them who had liued as it were in ignorance of God in respect of them but for their sinnes will punish them that they colde loke for nothing but an horrible destruction except they turned to the Lord by vnfained repentance And finally he comforteth the godlie with hope of the comming of the ãâã by whome they shulde haue perfite deliuerance and saluacion CHAP. I. 1 The time of the prophecie of Amos. 3 The worde of the Lord against Damascus 6 The Philistims Tyrus Idumea and Ammon 1 THE wordes of Amos who was amonge the herdmeÌ at Tecoa whi che he sawe vpoÌ Israél in the dayes of Vzziáh King of Iudáh and in the dayes of IeroboaÌ the sonne of Ioáh King of Israél two yere befo re the earth quake 2 And he said The Lord shalroare from ZioÌn and vtter his voyce from Ierusalém and the dwelling places of the shepherds shal perish and the top of Carmél shal wither 3 Thus saith the Lord For thre transgressiós of Damascus and for foure I wil not turne to it because they haue thre shed Gileád with treshing instruments of yron 4 Therefore will I send a fyre into the house of Hazaél and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ben-hadád 5 I wil breake also the barres of Damascus aÌd cut of the inhabitant of Bikeath-áuen and him that holdeth the scepter out of Beth-éden and the people of Arám shal go into ca ãâã vnto Kir saith the Lord. 6 Thus saith the Lord For thre transgressions of Azzáh and for foure I wil not turne to it because they caried awaye prisoners the whole captinitie to shut them vp in Edom. 7 Therefore wil I send a fyre vpon the walles of Azzáh and it shall deuoure the places thereof 8 And I wil cut of the inhabitaÌt from Ashdod and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon and turne mine hand to Ekron and the remnant of the Philistims shall perishe saith the Lord God 9 ¶ Thus saith the Lorde For the transgressions of Tyrus and for foure I wil not turne to
the Lord God 6 Therefore haue I giuen you clennes of teeth in all your cities scarcenes of bread in all your places yÌet haue ye not returned vnto me saith the Lord. 7 And also I haue withholden theraine froÌ you when there were yet thre moneths to the hatuest and I caused it to raine vpon one citie and haue not caused it to raine vpon another citie one piece was rained vpon and the pie ce wherupon it rained not withered 8 So two or thre cities wandered vnto one citie to drinke water but they were not satisfied yet haue ye not returned vnto me saith the Lord. 9 I haue smitten you with blasting milde we your great gardens and your vineyardes and your fig trees and your oline trees did the pal mer worme deuoure yet haue ye not returned vnto me saith the Lord. 10 Pestilence haue I sent among you after the maner of Egypt your yong men haue I slay ne with the sworde haue taken away your horses and I haue made the stinke of your tents to come vp euen into your nostrels yet haue ye not returned vnto me saith the Lord 11 I haue ouerthroweÌ you as God ouerthre we SodoÌm and Gomoráh ye were as a fyre brande pluct out of the burning yet haue ye not returned vnto me saith the Lord. 12 Therefore thus wil I do vnto thee ô Israél and because I wil do this vnto thee prepare to mete thy God ô Israél 13 For lo he that formeth the mountaines and createth the winde and declareth vnto man what is his thoght which maketh the morning darkenes and walketh vpon the hie pla ces of the earth the Lord God of hostes is his Name CHAP. V. A lamentacion for the captiuitie of Israél 1 HEare ye this worde which I lift vp vpon you euen a lamentacion of the house of Israél 2 The virgine Israél is failen and shal no mo re rise she is left vpon herland and there is none to raise her vp 3 For thus saith the Lord God The citie which went out by a thousand shal leaue an hundreth and that whiche went forthe by an hundreth shal leaue ten to the house of Israél 4 For thus saith the Lord vnto the house of Is raél Seke ye me and ye shal liue 5 But seke not Beth-él nor enter into Gilgál and go not to Beer-shéba for Gilgálshal go into captiuitie and Beth-él shal come to nanght 6 Seke the Lord and ye shalliue left he breake out like fyre in the house of Ioséph and deuoure it and there be none to quenche it in Beth-él 7 They turne iudgement to worme wood leaue of ãâã in the earth 8 He maketh Pleiades and Orion and he tur neth the shadowe of death into the morning and he maketh the day darcke as night he ãâã the waters of the sea and powreth them out vpon the open earth the Lord is Name 9 He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie and the destroyer shal come against the forteresse 10 They haue hated him that rebuked in the gate and they abhorre him that speaketh vp rightly 11 For asmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore and ye take from him burdens of wheat ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone but yeshal not dwell in them ye haue planted pleasant vineyardes but ye shal not drinke wine of them 12 For I knowe your manifolde transgressions and your mightie sinnes they afflict the iust they take rewardes and they oppresse the poore in the gate 13 Therefore the prudent shal kepe silence in that time for it is an euil time 14 Seke good and not euil that ye may liue the Lord God of hostes shal be with you as you haue spoken 15 Hate the euil and loue the good and establish iudgement in the gate it may be that the Lord God of hostes wil be merciful vnto the remnant of Ioséph 16 Therefore the Lord God of hostes the Lord saith thus Mourning shal be in all stretes and they shal say in all the hie wayes Alas alas and they shal call the housbandman to lamentacion and suche as can mourne to mourning 17 And in all the vines shal be lameÌtacion for I wil passe through thee saith the Lord. 18 Wo vnto you that desire the day of the Lord what haue you to do with it the day of the Lord is darkenes and not light 19 As if a man did flee from alyon and a beare met him or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall and a serpent bit him 20 Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes and not light euen darkenes and no light in it 21 I hate and abhorre your feast dayes and I wil not smel in your solemne assemblies 22 Thogh ye offer me burnt offring and meat offrings I wil not accept them nether wil I regarde the peace offring of your fat beasts 23 Take thou away from me the multitude of thy songs for I wil not heare the melodie of thy violes 24 And let indgemeÌt runne downe a waters and righteousnes as a mightie riuer 25 Haue ye offred vnto me sacrifices and offrings in the wildernes fortie yeres ô house of Israél 26 But you haue borne Siccúth your King and Chiun your images and the starre of your gods which ye made to your selues 27 Therefore will cause you to go into captiuitie beyonde Damascus saith the Lord whose Name is the God of hostes CHAP VI. Against the princes of Israélliuing in pleasures 1 WO to them that are at ease in Zión and trust in the mountaine of Samaria which were famous at the beginning of the nacions and the house of Israél came to them 2 Go you vnto Calnéh and se and from théce go you to Hamath the great then go downe to Gath of the Philistims be thei better then these kingdomes or the border of their land greater then your border 3 Ye that put farre away the euil day and approche to the seat of iniquitie 4 The lie vpon beddes of yuorie and stretch them selues vpon their beddes and eat the lambes of the flocke and the calues out of the stall 5 They sing to the sounde of the viole thei inuent to them selues instruments of ãâã like Dauid 6 They drinke wine in bowls and anoint them selues with the chief ointments but no man is sory for the ãâã of Ioséph 7 Therefore now shal thei go captiue with the first that go captiue and the sorowe of them that stretched them selues is at hand 8 The Lord God hathe sworne by him self saith the Lord God of hostes ãâã horre the excellencie of Iaakób and hate his palaces therefore wil I deliuer vp the citie with all that is therein 9 And if there remaine ten men in one house thei shal dye 10 And his vncle shal take him vp and burne him
wil prophecie vnto thee of wine and of strong drinke he shal euen be the Prophet of this people 12 I wil surely gather thee wholy ô Iaakób I wil surely gather the remnant of Israél I wil put them together as the shepe of Bozráh eueÌ as the flocke in the middes of their folde the cities shalbeful of brute of the men 13 The breaker vp shal come vp before theÌ they shal breake out passe by the gate and go out by it and their King shal go before them and the Lord shal be vppon their heads CHAP. III. 1 Against the tvrannie of ãâã and false prophetes 1 ANd I said He are I pray you ô heads of Iaakób and ye princes of the house of Israél shulde not ye knowe iudgement 2 But they hate the good and loue the euil thei plucke of their skinnes from them their flesh from their bones 3 And they eate also the fleshe of my people and flay of their skinne from them their breake their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot and as fleshe within the caldron 4 Then shall they crye vnto the Lord but he wil not heare them he wil euen hide his face from them at that time because they haue done wickedly in their workes 5 Thus saith the Lord Concerning the Prophetes that disceiue my people and bite them with their teeth and crye peace but if a man put not into their mouthes they prepare warre against him 6 Therfore night shal be vnto you for a vision and darkenes shal be vnto you for a diuination and the sunne shall go downe ouer the Prophetes and the daye shal be darke ouer them 7 Then shal the Seers be ashamed and the sothesaiers confounded yea they shall all couer their lippes for they haue none answer of God 8 Yet not withstanding I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord and of iudgemeÌt and of strength to declare vnto Iaakób his transgression and to Israél his sinne 9 Heare this I praye you ye heades of the house of Iaakób and princes of the house of Israél they abhorre iudgemeÌt and peruert all equitie 10 They buyld vp Zión with blood and Ierusalém with iniquitie 11 The heads thereof iudge for rewardes the Priests therof teache for hyre and the Prophetes there of prophecie for money yet will they leane vpon the Lord and say Is not the Lord among vs no euill caÌ come vpon vs. 12 Therefore shall Zión for your sake be plowed as a field and Ierusalém shall be an heape and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest CHAP. IIII. 1 Of the kingdome of Christ and felicitie of his Church 1 BVt in the laste dayes it shall come to passe that the mountaine of the House of the LORD shall be prepared in the top of the mountaines and it shal be exalted aboue the hilles and people shall ãâã vnto it 2 Yea many nacions shal come say Come and let vs go vp to the Mountaine of the Lord and to the House of the God of Iaakób and he wil teach vs his waies and we wil walke in his paths for the Law shal go for the of Zión and the worde of the Lord from Ierusalém 3 And he shal iudge among many people rebuke mightie nacions a farre of they shal breake their swordes into mattockes and their speares into sieths nacion shal not lift vp a sworde against nacion nether shal they learne to fight any more 4 But thei shal sit euery man vnder his vine and vnder his fig tre and none shall make them afraied for the mouth of the Lord of hostes ha the spoken it 5 For all people wil walke euery one in the Name of his God and we wil walke in the Name of the Lord our GOD for euer and euer 6 At the same day saith the Lord will I gather her that halted and I will gather her that is cast out and her that I haue afflicted 7 And I will make her that halted a remnant and her that was cast farre of a migh tie nacion and the Lord shall rey gne ouer them in Mount Zión from hence forth eueÌ for euer 8 And thou ô to wre of the flocke the stroÌg holde of the daughter ZioÌn vnto thee shal it come euen the first dominion kingdome shall come to the daughter IerusaleÌ 9 Now why doest thou crye out with lamentacion is there no King in thee is thy counseller perished for sorow hathe taken thee as a woman in trauail 10 Sorow and mourne ô daughter Zión like a woman in trauail for now shalt thou go for the of the Citie and dwell in the fielde and shalt go into Babél but there shalt thou be deliuered there the Lord shal redeme thee from the hand of thine enemies 11 Now also manye nacions are gathered against thee saying Zión shal be condeÌned and our eye shall oke vpon Zión 12 But they knowe not the thoghts of the Lord they vnderstand not his counsell for he shall gather them as the sheaues in the barne 13 Arise and thresh ô daughter Zión for I wil make thine horne yron and I wil make thine hooues brasse and thou shalt breake in pieces many people and I will coÌsecrate their riches vnto the Lord and theyr substance vnto the ruler of the whole worlde CHAP. V. 1 The destructioÌ of ãâã 2 The excelleÌcie of ãâã 1 NOw assemble thy garisons ô daughter of garisós he hath laied siege against vs they shal smite the iudge of Israél with a rodde vpon the cheke 2 And thou Beth-léem Ephráthah art litle to be among the thousands of Iudáh yet out of thee shal he come for the vnto me that shal be the ruler in Israél whose goings for the haue bene from the beginning and from euerlasting 3 Therefore wil he giue them vp vntill the time that she which shal beare shal trauail then the remnant of their brethren shal returne vnto the children of Israél 4 And he shal stand ãâã fede in the streÌgth of the Lord 7 in the maiestie of the Name of the Lord his God and they shal dwel stil for now shal he be magnified vnto the ends of the worlde 5 And he shal be our peace wheÌ AsshuÌr shal come into our land when he shall tread in our palaces then shal we raise against him seuen shepherds and eight ãâã men 6 And they shall destroye Asshúr with the sworde and the land of Nimród with their swordes thus shall ãâã deliuer vs frome Asshúr when he cometh into our land and when he shal tread within our borders 7 And the remnant of Iaakób shal be amoÌg many people as a dewe from the Lord as the showres vpon the grasse that waiteth not for maÌ nor hopeth in
the sonnes of Adám 8 And the remnant of Iaakób shal be amoÌg the GeÌtiles in the middes of many people as the lyon among the beasts of the forest and as the lyons whelpe among the flockes of shepe who wheÌ he goeth thorow treadeth downe and teareth in ãâã and none can deliuer 9 Thine hand shal be lift vp vpon thine aduersaries all thine enemies shal be cut of 10 And it shal come to passe in that day saith the Lord that I wil cut of thine horses out of the middes of thee and I wildestroy thy charets 11 And I wil cut of the cities of thy land and ouerthrowe all thy strong holdes 12 And I will cut of thine in chanters out of ãâã ãâã and thou shalt haue no more sothsayers 13 Thine idoles also will I cut of and thine images out of the middes of thee and thou shalt no more worship the worke of thine hands 14 And I wil pluck vp thy groues out of the middes of thee so wil I destroy thine ennemies 15 And I will execute a vengeance in my wrath and indignacion vpon the heatheÌ whiche thei haue heard CHAP. VI. An exbortacion to the dumme creatures to heare the iudgement against Israél being vnkinde 6 What maner of ãâã do please God 1 HEarken ye now what the Lord saith Arise thou and contend before the mouÌtaines let the hilles heare thy voice 2 Heare ye ô mountaines the Lords quarel and ye mightie fundacioÌs of the earth for the Lord hath a quarel against his people and he wil pleade with Israél 3 O my people what haue I done vnto thee or wherein haue I grieued thee testifie against me 4 Surely I broght thee vp out of the lande of Egypt redemed thee out of the house of seruants I haue sent before thee Mosés Aarón and Miriám 5 O my people remember now what Balák King of Moáb had diuised and what BalaaÌ the sonne of Beor answered him froÌ Shittim vnto Gilgál that ye maye knowe the righteousnes of the Lord. 6 Where with shal I come before the Lord bowe my selfe before the hie God Shal I come before him with burnt offrings with calues of a yere olde 7 Wil the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or which ten thousaÌd riuers of oyle shal I giue my first borne for my transgression euen the frute of my bodie for the ãâã of my soule 8 He hathe shewed thee ô maÌ what is good and what the Lord requireth of thee surely to do iustely and to loue mercie to humble thy self to walke with thy God 9 The Lords voyce cryeth vnto the citie the maÌ of wisdome shal se thy name Heare the rod and who hathe appointed it 10 Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked and the scant measure that is abominable 11 Shal I iustifie the wicked balances and the bag of deceitful weights 12 For the riche men thereof are ful of crueltie and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lies and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth 13 Therefore also will I make thee sicke in smiting thee in making thee desolate because of thy sinnes 14 Thou shalt eat and not be satisfied and thy casting downe shal be in the middes of thee thou shalt take holde but shalt not deliuer that which thou deliuerest wil I giue vp to the sworde 15 Thou shalt sowe but not reape thou shalt treade the oliues but thou shalt not anoint thee with oyle and make swete wine but shalt not drinke wine 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept and all the maner of the house of Aháb and ye walke in their counsels that I shuld make thee waste and the in habitants thereof an hissing therefore ye shal be are the reproche of my people CHAP. VII 1 A complaint for the smale ãâã of the ãâã 4 The wickednes of these times 14 The ãâã of the Church 1 WO is me for I am as the somer gatherings and as the grapes of the vintage there is no cluster to eat my soule desired the first ripe ãâã 2 The good maÌ is ãâã out of the earth and there is none righteous among men thei all lie in waite for blood euerye man hunteth his brother with a net 3 To make good for the euil of their haÌds the prince asked the iudge iudgeth for are warde therefore the greate man he speaketh out the corruptioÌ of his soule so they wrap it vp 4 The best of them is as a ãâã and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge the daye of thy watchmen and the visitacion cometh then shal be their confusion 5 Trust ye not in a friend nether put ye coÌfideÌce in a ãâã kepe the dores of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosome 6 For the sonne reuileth the father the daughter riseth vp against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law and a mans enemies are the men of hys owne house 7 Therefore I wil loke vnto the Lord I wil waite for God my Sauiour my GOD will heare me 8 Reioyce not against me ô mine enemie thogh I fall I shall arise when I shall sit in darknes the Lord shal be a light vnto me 9 I wil beare the wrath of the Lord because I haue sinned against him vntill he pleade my cause and execute iudgement for me then wil he bring me for the to the light and I shal se his righteousnes 10 Then she that is mine ennemie shall loke vpon it and shame shal couer her whiche said vnto me Where is the Lord thy God Mine eies shal behold her now shal she be troden downe as the myre of the ãâã 11 This is the day that thy walles shal be buylt this day shal driue farre away the decre 12 In this day also they shal come vnto thee from ãâã and from the strong cities and from the strong holdes euen vnto the riuer and from the sea to sea and from mountaine to mountaine 13 Not withstanding the land shal be desolate because of them that dwel therein and for the frutes of their inuentions 14 Fede thy people with thy rod the flocke of thine heritage which dwell ãâã in the wood as in the middes of ãâã let them fede in Bashán and Gileád as in olde time 15 According to the dayes of thy comming out of the land of Egypt will shewe vnto thee marueiious things 16 The ãâã shal se and be confounded for all their power they shal laye their hand vpon their mouth their eares shal be deafe 17 They shal sicke the dust licke a serpent thei shal moue out of their holes like wor mes they shal be afraide of the Lord our God and shal feare because of thee 18 Who is a God like vnto thee that
in the land in the citie vnto all that dwell therein 9 Ho he that coueteth an euil couetousnes to his house that he may set his nest on hie to escape from the power of euil 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house by destroying manie people and hast sinned against thine owne soule 11 For the stone shall crye out of the wall the beame out of the timber shal answer it 12 Wo vnto him that buyldeth a towne with blood and erecteth a citie by iniquitie 13 Beholde is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shal labour in the very fire the people shall euen wearye them selues for very vanitie 14 For the earth shal be filled with the know ledge of the glorie of the Lord as the waters couer the sea 15 Wo vnto him that giueth hys neyghbour drinke thou ioynest thine heate makest him drunken also that thou maist se their priuities 16 Thou arte filled with shame for glorye drinke thou also and be made naked the cuppe of the Lords right haÌd shal be turned vnto thee and shameful spuing shal be for thy glorie 17 For the crueltie of Lebanón shall couer thee so shal the spoile of the beastes which made them afraide because of meÌs blood and for the wrong done in the land in the citie and vnto all that dwell therein 18 What profiteth the image for the maker there of hathe made it an image and a teacher of lies thogh he that made it truste therein when he maketh dumme idoles 19 Wo vnto him that saith to the wood Awake to the duÌme stone Rise vp it shal teach thee be holde it is laide ouer with golde and siluer and there is no breath in it 20 But the Lord is in his holie TeÌple let all the earth kepe silence before him CHAP. III. 2 A praier for the faithful 1 A Praier of Habakkúk the Prophet for the ignorances 2 O Lord I haue heard thy voyce and was afraide ô LORD reuiue thy worke in the middes of the people in the middes of the yeres make it knowen in wrath remember mercie 3 God commeth from Temán and the holie one from mounte Parán Seláh His glorie couereth the heauens and the earthe is ful of his praise 4 And his brightnes was as the light he had hornes coming out of his hands and there was the hiding of his power 5 Before him went the pestilence and burning coles went for the before his fete 6 He stode and measured the earthe he be helde and dissolued the nacions and the euerlasting mouÌtaines were brokeÌ the ancient hilles did bowe his wayes are euerlasting 7 For his iniquitie I sawe the tentes of Cu sháh and the curtaines of the land of MidiaÌn did tremble 8 Was the Lord angrie against the riuers was thine angrie against the floods or was thy wrath against the ssa thou didest ride vpon thine horses thy charettes broght saluacion 9 Thy bowe was manifestely reueiled and the othes of the tribe were asure worde Séláh thou didest cleaue the earth with riuers 10 The mountaines sawe thee they treÌbled the streame of the water passed by the de pe made a noise and lift vp his hand on hie 11 The sunne and moonestood stil in their habitacion at the light of thine arrowes thei wét and at the bright shining of thy speares 12 Thou trodest downe the land in angre didest thresh the heathen in displeasure 13 Thou wentest for the for the saluacion of thy people euen for saluation with thine Anointed thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked and discoueredst the fundations vnto the necke Séláh 14 Thou didest stricke thorowe with his one owne staues the heades of his villages they came out as a whirlewinde to scatter me their reioycing was as to deuoure the poore secretly 15 Thou didest walke in the sea with thine hor ses vpon the heape of great waters 16 When I heard my belie trembled my lippes shoke at the voyce rottennes entred into my bones and I trembled in my selfe that I might rest iÌ the day of trouble for when he cometh vp vnto the people he shal destroy them 17 For the figtre shal not florish nether shal frute be in the vines the labour of the oli ue shal faile and the fieldes shal yelde no meat the shepe shal be cut of fró the folde and there shal be no bullocke in the stalles 18 But I wil reioyce in the Lord I wil ioy in the God of my saluation 19 The Lord God is my strength he wil make my fete like hindes fete and he wil ma ke me to walke vpon mine hie places To the chief singer on Neginothái ZEPHANIAH THE ARGVMENT SEing the great rebellion of the people and that there was now no hope of amendement he denounceth the great iudgement of God which was at hand shewing that their countrei shulde be vtterly destroied and they caried away ãâã by the Babylonians Yet for the comfort of the faithful he prophecied of Gods vengeance against their enemies as the Philistims Moabites Assyrians and others to assure them that God a continnal care ouer them And as the wicked shulde be punished for their sinnes and transgressions so he exhorteth the godlie to pacience and to trust to finde mercie by reason of the fre promes of God made vnto Abraham and therefore quietly to abyde til God shewe them the effect of that grace whereby in the end they shulde be gathered vnto him and counted as his people and children CHAP. I. 4 Threatnings against Iudà h and Ierusalém because of their idolatrie 1 THe worde of the Lord. which came vnto Zephaniáh the sonne of Cushi the sonne of Gedaliáh the sonne of Amariáh the sonne of Hizkiah in the daies of * Iosiáh the sonne of * Ammón King of Iudáh 2 I wil surely destroy all things from of the Iand saith the Lord. 3 I wil destroy man and beast I wil destroy the foules of the heauen and the fish of the sea and ruines shal be to the wicked I wil cut of man from of the land saith the Lord. 4 I wil also stretche out mine hand vpoÌ Iudah and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalém and I wil cut of the remnant of Báal from this place and the names of the Che marins with the Priestes 5 And theÌ that worship the hoste of heauen vpon the house toppes theÌ that worship and sweare by the Lord and by Malchám 6 And them that are turned backe from the Lord and those that haue not soght the Lord not inquired for him 7 Be stil at the presence of the Lord God for the day of the Lord is at hand for the Lord hathe prepared a sacrifice and hathe sanctified his ghestes 8 And it shal be
in the day of the Lord sacrifice that I wil visite the princes the ãâã children and all suche as are clothed with strange apparel 9 In thee same day also wil I visit all those that dance vpon the thresholde so proud ly which fil their masters houses by crueltie and deceit 10 And in that day saith the Lord there shal be a noyce crye from the fish gate an howling from the seconde gate and a great destruction from the hilles 11 Howleye inhabitants of the lowe place for the companie of the marchants is destroied all thei that bare siluer are cut of 12 And at that thine wil I searche Ierusalém with lightes and visite the men that are forseÌ in their dregges say in their hearts The Lord wil nether do good nor do euil 13 Therefore their goods shal be spoiled and their houses waste * thei shal also buylde houses but not inhabit them and thei shal plant vineyardes but not drinke the wine thereof 14 The great day of the Lord is nere it is nere and hasteth greatly euen the voyce the day of the Lord the strong man shal of crye there bitterly 15 * That day is a day of wrath a day of trou ble and heauines a day of destruction and desolation a day of obscuritie and darkenes a day of cloudes and blackenes 16 A day of the trumpet and alarme against the strong cities against the hie towres 17 And I wil bring distres vpon men that thei shal walke like blinde men because thei haue sinned against the Lord their blood shal be powred out as dust and their flesh as the dongue 18 * Nether their siluer nor their golde shal be able to deliuer them in the day of the Lords wrath but the * who le land shal be deuoured by the fyre of his ielousie for he shal make euen a spedieriddance of all theÌ that dwell in the land CHAP. II. He moueth to returne to God 5 Prophecying destruction against the Philistims Moabites and others 1 GAther your selues euen gather you ô nacion not worthy to be loued 2 Before the decre come forthe and ye be as chasse that passeth in a day and before the fierce wrath of the Lord come vpon you 3 Seke ye the Lord all the meke of the earth which haue wroght his iudgement seke righteousnes seke lowlines if so be that ye may be hid in the day of the lords wrath 4 For Azzáh shal be for saken and Ashkelón desolate thei shal driue out Ashdód at the none day Ekróm shal be rooted vp 5 Wo vnto the inhabitants of the sea coast the nacion of the Cherethims the worde of the Lord is against you ô Canáan the land of the Philistims I wil eueÌ destroy thee without an inhabitant 6 And the sea coast shal be dwellings cotages for shepherdes and shepefoldes 7 And the sea coast shal be for the remnant of the house of Iudáh to fede there vpon in the houses of Ashkelón shal thei lodge towarde night for the Lord their God shal vi fite them and turne away their captiuitie 8 I haue heard the reproche of Moáb and the ãâã of the childreÌ of Ammón whe reby they vpbraided my people and magnified them selues against their borders 9 Therefore as I liue saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israél surely moáb shal be as Sodóm and the children of Ammón as Gomoráh euen the breeding of nettels and salt pittes and a perpetual desolation the residue of my folke shal spoile them the remnant of my people shal possesse them 10 This shal thei haue for their pride because thei haue reproched and magnified them selues against the Lord of hostes people 11 The Lord wil be terrible vnto them for he wil consume all the gods of the earth and euerie man shal worship him from his place euen all the yles of the heathen 12 Ye Morians also shal be slaine by my sworde with them 13 And he wil stretche out his haÌd against the North and destroy Asshúr and wil make Nineuéh desolate and waste like a wildernes 14 And flockes shallet in the middes of her and all the beastes of the nacions and the pellicane and the owle shal abide in the vpper postes of it the voyce of birdes shal sing in the windowes desolations shal be vpon the postes for the cedres are vncouered 15 This is the reioycing citie that dwelt car relesse that said in her heart I am and the re is none besides me how is she made waste and the Iodging of the beastes euerie one that passeth by her shal hisse and wagge his hand CHAP. III. 4 Against the gouerners of Ierusalém 8 Of the calling of all the Gentiles 13. A comfort to the ãâã of Israél 1 WO to her that is filthy and polluted to the robbing citie 2 She heard not the voyce she receiued not correction she trusted not in the Lord she drue not nere to her God 3 Her priÌces within her are as roaring * lioÌs her iudges are as * wolues in the euening which leaue not the bones til the morowe 4 Her prophetes are light and wicked persones her priests haue polluted the SaÌctuarie they haue wrested the Law 5 The iust Lord is in the middes thereof he wil do none iniquitie euery morning doeth he bring his iudgement to light he faileth not but the wicked wil not learne to be ashamed 6 I haue cut of the nations their towres are desolate I haue made their streates waste that none shal passe by their cities are destroyed without man and without inha bitant 7 I said Surely thou wilt feare me thou wilt receiue instruction so their dwelling shulde not be destroied how so euer I visited theÌ but they rose early corrupted all their workes 8 Therefore waite ye vpoÌ me saith the Lord vntil the daye that I rise vp to the pray for I am determined to gather the nacions and that I wil assemble the kingdomes to powre vpon them mine indignacion eueÌ all my fierce wrath for all the earth shal be deuoured with the fyre of my ielousie 9 Surely then wil I turne to the people a pure langage that they may all call vpoÌ the Name of the Lord to serue him with one consent 10 From beyonde the riuers of Ethiopia the daughter of my dispersed praying vn to me shal bring me an offring 11 In that daye shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy workes wherein thou hast traÌsgressed against me for theÌ I wil take away out of the middes of thee them that reioyce of thy pride and thou shalt no more be proude of mine holie Mountaine 12 Then wil I leaue in the middes of thee an humble and poore people and thei shal trust in the Name of the Lord. 13 The
remnant of Israél shal do none iniqui tie nor speake lies nether shal a deceitful tongue be founde in their mouth for they shal be fed and lie downe and none shal ma ke them afraid 14 Reioyce ô daughter Zión be ye ioyful ô Israél be glad and reioyce with all thine heart ô daughter Ierusalém 15 The Lord hathe taken a way thy iudgements he hathe cast out thine enemie the King of Israél euen the Lord is in the middes of thee thou shalt se no more euil 16 In that day it shal be said to Ierusalém Feare thou not ô Zión let not thine hands be faint 17 The Lord thy God in the middes of thee is mightie he wil saue he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioye he wil quiet him self in his Ioue he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioye 18 After a certeine time wil I gather the afflicted that were of thee and them that bare the reproche for it 19 Beholde at that time I wil bruise all that afflict thee I wil saue her that halteth and gather her that was cast out and I wil get them praise and fame in all the lands of their shame 20 At that time wil I bring you againe and then wil I gather you for I wil giue you a name and a praise amoÌg all people of the earth when I turne backe your captiuitie before your eyes saith the Lord. HAGGAI THE ARGVMENT WHen the time of the seuentie yeres captiuitie prophecied by Ieremiáh was expired God raised vp Haggai Zechariah and Malachi to comforte the Iewes and to exhorte them to the buylding of the Temple which was a figure of the spiritual Temple and Church of God whose perfection and excellencie stode in Christ. And because that all were gi uen to their owne pleasures and commodities he declareth that that plague of famine which God sent then among them was a iuste rewarde of their ingratitude in that they contemned Gods honour who had deliuered them Yet he comforteth them if they wil returne to the Lord with the promes of greater felicitie for asmuche as the Lord wil finish the worde that he hathe begonne and send Christ whome he had promised and by whome they shulde atteine to perfite ioy and glorie CHAP. I. 1 The time of the prophecie of Haggái 8 An exhortation to buylde the Temple againe 1 IN the second yere of King Darius in the sixt moneth the first day of the moneth came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggái vnto Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél a prince of Iudáh and to Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest saying 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes saying This people say The time is not yet come that the Lords House shulde be buylded 3 Then came the worde of the Lord by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggái saying 4 Is it time for your selues to dwell in your filled houses and this House lie wast 5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hostes Consider your owne waies in your hearts 6 Ye haue sowen muche and bring in litle ye eat but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not filled ye clothe you but ye be not warme and he that earneth wages putteth the wages into a broken bagge 7 Thus saith the Lord of hostes Consider your owne waies in your hearts 8 Go vp to the mountaine bring wood and buylde this House and I wil be fauo-rable in it and I wil be glorified saith the Lord. 9 Ye loked for muche and lo it came to litle and when ye broght it home I did blowe vpon it And why saith the Lord of hostes Because of mine House that is waste and ye returne euery man vnto his owne house 10 Therefore the heauen ouer you staied it self from dewe and the earth staied her frute 11 And I called for a drought vpon the land and vpon the mountaines and vpon the corne and vpon the wine and vpon the oyle vpon all that the grounde bringeth forthe bothe vpon men and vpon cattel and vpon all the labour of the hands 12 When Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél and Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest with all the remnaÌt of the people heard the voyce of the Lord their God and the wordes of the Prophet Haggái as the Lord their God had sent him then the people did feare before the Lord. 13 Then spake Haggái the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people saying I am with you saith the Lord. 14 And the Lord stirred vp the spirit of Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtié a prince of Iudáh and the spirit of Iehoshúa the soÌ ne of Iehozadák the hie Priest the spirit of all the remnant of the people and they came did the worke in the House of the Lord of hostes their God CHAP. II. He sheweth ãâã the glorie of the ãâã Temple shal ãâã the first 1 IN the foure and twentieth daye of the sixt moneth in the secoÌde yere of King Darius 2 In the seuenth ãâã in the one twen tieth day of the moneth came the worde of the lord by the ministere of the prophet Haggái saying 3 Speake now to Zerubbabél the sonne of Shealtiél prince of Iudáh and to Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadák the hie Priest and to the residue of the people saying 4 Who is left among hou that sawe this House in her first glorie and now do you se it now Is it not in your eyes in compari son of it as nothing 5 Yet now be of good courage ô ãâã él saith the Lord be of good comfort ô Iehoshúa sonne of Iehozadák the ãâã Priest and be strong all ye people of the land saith the Lord and do it for I am with you saith the Lord of hostes 6 According to the worde that I couenaÌted with you wheÌ ye came out of Egypt so my Spirit shal remaine amoÌg you feare ye not 7 For thus saith the Lord of hostes Yet a litle while and I wil shake the heauen and the earth and the ãâã and the drye land 8 And I wil moue all nacions and the desire of all nacions shal come and I wil fil this House with glorie saith the Lord of hostes 9 The siluer is mine and the golde is mine saith the Lord of hostes 10 The glorie of this last House shal be greater then the first saith the Lord of hostes and in this place wil I giue peace saith the Lord of hostes 11 ¶ In the foure and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the seconde yere of Darius came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Haggà i saying 12 Thus saith the Lord of hostes Aske now the Priests concerning the Law and say 13 If one beare holy flesh in the ãâã of his garment and with his skirt do touche the bread or the potage or
it And he said This is an ãâã that goeth forthe He said ãâã This is the sight of them through all the earth 7 And behold there was lift vp a talent of lead and this is a woman that sitteth in the middes of the Epháh 8 And he said This is wickednes he cast it into the middes of the Epháh he cast the weight of lead vpon the mouth therof 9 TheÌ lift I vp mine eies loked behold there came out two women the winde was in their wings for thei had wings like the wings of a storke and they lift vp the Epháh betwene the earth and the heauen 10 Then said I to the Angel that talked with me Whither do these beare the Epháh 11 And he said vnto me To buyld it an house in the land of Shinár and it shal be established and set there vpoÌ her owne place CHAP. VI. By the foure ãâã he describeth the foure monarchies 1 A Caine I turned and life mine eyes and loked and beholde there came there foure charettes out from betwene two mountaines the mountaines were mouÌtaines of brasse 2 In the first charet were red horses and in the seconde charet blacke horses 3 And in the thirde charet white horses and in the fourte charet horses of diuers colours and reddish 4 Then I answered and said vnto the Angel that talked with me What are these my Lord 5 And the Angel answered and said vnto me These are the foure spirits of the heauen which go for the from standing with the Lord of all the earth 6 That with the blacke horse went for the into the land of the North and the white went out after them and they of diuers co lours went for the to warde the South countrey 7 And the reddish went out and required to go and passe through the worlde and he said Go passe through the worlde So they went thorowout the worlde 8 Then cryed he vpon me and spake vnto me saying Beholde these that go toward the North countrey haue pacified my spirit in the North countrey 9 And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 10 Take of them of the captiuitie euen of Heldai and of Tobiiah and Iedaiah which are come from Babél and come thou the same day go vnto the house of Ioshiáh the sonne of Zephaniáh 11 Take euen siluer and golde and make crownes and set them vpon the head of Iehoshúa the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest 12 And speake vnto him saying Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes and saith Beholde the man whose name is the Branche and he shal growe vp out of his place and he shal buylde the Temple of the Lord. 13 Euen he shal buylde the TeÌple of the Lord and he shal be are the glorie and shal sit and rule vpon his throne and he shal be a Priest vpon his throne and the counsel of peace shal be betwene them bothe 14 And the crownes shal be to Helém and to ãâã and to Iedaiah and to Hen the sonne of Zephaniah for a memorial in the Temple of the Lord. 15 And thei that are farre of shal come and buylde in the Temple of the Lord and ye shal knowe that the Lord of hostes hathe sent me vnto you And thys shall come to passe if ye will obey the voyce of the Lord your God CHAP. VII 5 The true fasting ãâã The rebellion of the people is the cause of their affliction 1 ANd in the fourth yere of King Darius the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariáh in the fourth day of the ninth moneth euen in Chisleu 2 For thei had sent vnto the house of God Sharézer and Regem mélech and their men to praye before the Lord. 3 And to speake vnto the Priestes whiche were in the House of the Lord of hostes to the Prophetes saying Shuld I wepe in the fifte moneth and separate my self as I haue done these so manie yeres 4 Then came the worde of the Lord of hostes vnto me saying 5 Speake vnto all the people of the land to the Priests and say When ye fasted and mourned in the fifte and seuenth moneth euen these seuentie yeres did ye fast vnto me do I approue it 6 And when ye did eate and when ye did drinke did ye not eat for your selues and drinke for your selues 7 Shulde ye not heare the wordes whiche the Lord hathe cryed by the ministerie of the former Prophetes when Ierusalém was inhabited and in prosperitie the cities thereof rounde about her when the South and the plaine was inhabited 8 And the worde of the Lord came vnto Zechariáh saying 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hostes saying Execute ãâã iudgement and she we mercie and compassion euerie man to his brother 10 And oppresse not the widowe nor the fatherles the stranger nor the poore and let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart 11 But they refused to hearken and pulled away the shulder and stopped their eares that they shulde not heare 12 Yea thei made their hearts as an adamaÌt stone lest they shulde heare the Lawe and the wordes which the Lord of hostes sent in his Spirit by the ministerie of the former Prophetes therefore came a greate wrath from the Lord of hostes 13 Therefore it is come to passe that as he cryed and they wolde not heare so they cryed and I wold not heare saith the Lord of hostes 14 But I scattered them among all nations whome they knewe not thus the land was desolate after them that no man passeth through nor returned for they laid the pleasant land waste CHAP. VIII 2 Of the returne of the people vnto Ierusalém and of the mercie of God towarde theÌ 16 Of good workes 20 The calling of the Gentiles 1 AGaine the worde of the Lord of hostes came to me saying 2 Thus saith the Lord of hostes I was ielous for Zión with greatielousie and I was ielous for her with great wrath 3 Thus saith the Lord I wil returne vnto Zión and wildwell in the middes of Ierusa lém and Ierusalém shal be called a citie of trueth and the mountaine of the Lord of hostes the holie Mountaine 4 Thus saith the Lord of hostes There shal yet olde men and olde women dwellin the stretes of Ierusalém and euerie man with his staffe in his hand for very age 5 And the stretes of the citie shal be ful of boyes and girles playing in the stretes the reof 6 Thus saith the Lord of hostes Thoght it be vnpossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these dayes shulde it therefore be vnpossible in my sight saith the Lord of hostes 7 Thus saith the Lord of hostes Beholde I wil deliuer my
people from the East countrey and from the West countrey 8 And I wil bring them and they shal dwell in the middes of Ierusalém and they shal be my people and I wil be their God in trueth and in righteousnes 9 Thus saith the Lord of hostes Let your hands be strong ye that heare in these dayes these wordes by the ãâã of the Prophetes which were in the ãâã that the fundacion of the House of the Lord of hostes was laide that the Temple might be ãâã 10 For before these dayes there was no hier for maÌn or anie hier for beast nether was there anie peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction for I set all men euerie one against his neighbour 11 But now I wil not intreate the residue of this people as a fore time saith the Lord of hostes 12 For the sede shal be prosperous the vine shal giue her frute and the grounde shal gi ue her increase and the heauens shal giue their dewe and I wil cause the remnant of this people to possesse all these things 13 And it shal come to passe that asye were a curse among the heatheÌ Ã´ house of Iudáh and house of Israél so wil I deliuer you ye shal be a blessing feare not but let your hands be strong 14 For thus saith the Lord of hostes As I thogh to punish you when your fathers prouoked me vnto wrath saith the Lord of hostes and repented not 15 So againe haue I determined in these dayes to do well vnto Ierusalém and to the housé of Iudáh feare ye not 16 These are the thinges that ye shall do Speake ye euerie man the trueth vnto his neighbour execute iudgement truely and vprightly in your gates 17 And let none of you imagine euil in your hearts against his neighbour and loue no false ãâã for all these are the things that I hate saith the Lord. 18 And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me saying 19 Thus saith the Lord of hostes The fast of the fourthe moneth and the fast of the fifte and the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Iudáh ioye and gladnes and prosperous hie feastes therefore loue the trueth and peace 20 Thus saith the Lord of hostes That there shal yet come people and the inhabitaÌts of great cities 21 And they that dwell in one citie shal go to another saying * Vp let vs go and pray before the Lord and seke the Lord of hostes I wil go also 22 Yea greate people and mightie nations shal come to seke the Lord of hostes in Ierusalém and to pray before the Lord. 23 Thus saith the Lord of hostes In those dayes shall ten men take holde out of all langages of the nacions euen take holde of the skirt of him that is a Iewe and say We wil go with you for we haue heard that God is with you CHAP. IX 1 The threatening of the Gentiles 9 The comming of Christ. 1 THe burden of the worde of the Lord in the land of Hadrách and Damascus shal be his rest when the eyes of man eueÌ of all the tribes of Israél shal be toward the Lord. 2 And Hamáth also shall border thereby Tyrus also Zidón thogh they be verie wise 3 For Tyrus did buyld her self a stroÌg holde and heaped vp siluer as the dust and golde as the myre of the streates 4 Behold the Lord wil spoile her and he wil smite her power in the sea and she shal be ãâã with fyre 5 Ash kelón shal se it and feare and Azzáh also shal be verie sorowful and Ekrón for her countenance shal be ashamed and the King shal perish from Azzáh and Ashkelón shal not be inhabited 6 And the stranger shal dwell in Ashdód I wil cut of the pride of the Philistims 7 And I wil take away his blood out of hys mouth and his abomin a cioÌs from betwene his teeth ãâã he that remaineth euen he shal be for our God and he shal be as a prince in Iudáh but Ekrón shal be as a Iebusite 8 And I will campe aboute mine House against the armie againste hym that passeth by and against him that returneth and no oppressour shal come vpoÌ them anie more for now haue I sene with mine eyes 9 Reioyce greatly ô daughter Zión shoute for ioye ô daughter Ierusalém behold thy King cometh vnto thee he is iuste saued poore and riding vpon an asse and vpon a colte the sole of an asse 10 And I will cut of the charrets from Ephráim and the horse from Ierusalém the bowe of the battel shal be broken and he shal speake peace vnto the heathen his dominion shal be from sea vnto sea and from the riuer to the end of the land 11 Thou also shall be saued through the blood of thy couenant I haue losed thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water 12 Turne you to the strong holde ye prisoners of hope eueÌ to day do I declare that I wil render the double vnto thee 13 For Iudáh haue I bent as a bowe for me Ephraims hand haue I filled I haue raysed vp thy sonnes ô Zión against thy sonnes ô Grecia haue made thee as a gyaÌts sworde 14 And the Lord shal be sene ouer them and his arrowe shal go forthe as the lightning and the Lord God shal blowe the trumpet and shall come forthe with the whirlewindes of the South 15 The Lord of hostes shal defend them and they shal ãâã them and subdue theÌ with sling stones and they shal drinke make ãâã as thorowe wine and they shal be filled like bowles and as the hornes of the altar 16 And the Lord their God shal ãâã them in that day as the flocke of his people for they shal be as the stones of the crowne lifted vp vpon his land 17 For how great is his goodnes and how greate is his beautie corne shall make the yong men cherefull and newe wyne the maides CHAP. X. 1 The vanitie of ãâã 3 The Lord promiseth to visite and comforte the house of Israél 1 ASke you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine so shall the Lord make ãâã cloudes and gyue you showres of raine to euery one grasse in the field 2 Surelye the idoles haue spoken vanitie and the soth sayers haue sene a lie and the dreamers haue tolde a vaine thing they coÌfort in vaine therefore thei weÌt away as shepe thei were troubled because there was no shepherd 3 My wrath was kindled agaynste the shepherds and I did visite the goates but the Lord of hostes will visite hys flocke the house of Iudáh and wil make them as his beautiful horse in the battell
the consent of King Cyrus and if it seme good to the Lord our King let him make vs answer concerning these things 23 Then Kings Darius commanded to searche in the Kings libraries that were in Babylon and there was founde in Ecbatane which is a towre in the regioÌ of Media a place where suche things were layed vp for memorie 24 In the first yere of the reigne of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded the House of the Lorde at Ierusalém to be buylded where they did sacrifice with the continual fyre 25 of the which the height shuld be of threscore cubites the breadth of threscore cubi tes with thre rowes of he wen stones aÌd one rowe of newe wood of that countrey and that the costs shuld be payed out of the hou se of King Cyrus 26 And that the holie vessels of the House of the Lord ãâã those of golde as of siluer whiche Nabuchodonosor had caryed out of the house in Ierusalém and broght into Babylon shulde be restored to the House whiche is in Ierusalém and set in the place where they were afore 27 Also he commaunded that Sisinnes gouernour of Syria aÌd Phenice and Sathrabouza nes and their companions and those which were constitute Captaines in Syria and Phenice shulde take hede to refraine from that place and to suffer Zorobabel the seruaunt of the Lorde and gouernour of Iudea and the Elders of the Iewes to buyld that House of the Lord in that place 28 And I also haue commaunded to buylde it cleane vp againe and that they be diligent to helpe them of the captiuitie of the Iewes till the House of the Lord be finished 29 And that some parte of the tribute of Coelo syria and Phenice shulde be diligently giuen to these meÌ for sacrifice vnto the Lord and to Zoro babel the gouernour for bulles rams and lambes 30 Also corne and salte and wine and oyle con tinually euerie yere without faile as the Priests whiche are in Ierusalém shall testifie to be spent euerie day 31 That offrings may be made to the hygh God for the King and his children and that they may pray for their liues 32 Furthermore he commanded that whosoeuer shulde transgresse anie thing afore spoken or writen or derogate anie thing thereof that atre shulde be taken out of his possession and he be hanged thereon and that his goods shulde be the Kings 33 And therefore let the Lord whose Name is there called vpon destroye euerie King and nation whiche stretcheth out his hand to hinder to do euil to that House of the Lord which is in Ierusalém 34 * I Darius the King haue ordeined that is shulde be diligently executed accordyng to these things CHAP. VII 1 Sisinnes and his companions follow the Kings comman dement and helpe the Iewes ãâã buyld the Temple 5 The time that it was buylt ãâã They kepe the Passeouer 1 THen Sisinnes the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phenice and Sathrabouzanes aÌd their companions obeying Kyng Darius commandements 2 Assisted diligently the holie workes workieg with the Ancients and gouernours of the Sanctuarie 3 And the holie workes prospered by Aggeus and Zacharias the Prophetes whiche pro phecied 4 So they finished all things by the commandement of the Lord God of Israél and with the consent of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes Kings of the Persians 5 Thus the holie House was finished in the thre and twentieth day of the moneth Adar in the sixtyere of Darius King of the Persians 6 ¶ And the children of Israel and the Priests and the Leuites and the rést whiche were of the captiuitie and had anie charge and according to the things writen in the boke of Mosés 7 And they offred for the dedication of the TeÌ ple of the Lord an hundreth bulles two hun dreth rams foure hundreth lambes 8 And twelue goates for the sinne of all Israel accordyng to the noÌber of the chief of the tribes of Israel 9 And the Priests and the Leuites stode according to their kinreds clothed with long robes in the workes of the Lord God of Israêl accordyng to the boke of Moses and also the porters in euerie gate 10 And the children of Israél offred the Passeouer together with theÌ of the captiuitie in the ãâã day of the first moneth after that the Priests and Leuites were sanctified 11 But all the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together but all the Leuites were sanctified together 12 And they ãâã the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie and for their brethren the Priests and for themselues 13 Then all the chyldren of Israel which were of the captiuitie did eat euen all they that had separated them selues from the abominations of the people of the land and soght the Lord. 14 And thei kept the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes reioycing before the Lord. 15 Because he had turned the counsel of the King of the Assyrians towardes theÌ to strengthen their hands in the workes of the Lord God of Israél CHAP. VIII 1 ãâã cometh from Babylonto Ierusalem 10 The copie of the commission giuen by Artaxerxes 29 Esdras ãâã thankes to the Lorde 32 The nomber of the heads of the people that ãâã with him 76 His prayer and confession 1 ANd after these things when Artaxerxes King of the Persians reigned Esdras the sonne of Sarias the sonne of Ezerias the sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salum 2 The sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amarias the sonne of Ezias the sonne of Memeroth the sonne of Zaraias the sonne of Sauias the sonne of Boccas the sonne of AbisuÌ the sonne of Phinees the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron was the hie Priest 3 This Esdras went out of Babylon and was a scribe wel taught in the Law of Moyses giuen by the Lord God of Israél 4 Also the King gaue him great honour aÌd he founde grace in hys sight in all hys requestes 5 With hym also there departed some of the children of Israél and of the Priests and Leuites and of the holy singers and of the porters and of the ministers of the Temple vnto Ierusalém 6 In the seuenth yere of the reigne of Artaxerxes aÌd in the fiftmoneth this was the seueÌth yere of the King for they went out of Baby lon in the first day of the first moneth 7 And came to IerusaleÌ according as the Lord gaue them speed in their iournay 8 For Esdras had gotten great knowledge so that he wolde let nothing passe that was in the Law of the Lord and in the commandements and he taught all ãâã all the ordinances and iudgements 9 So the commission writen by Kyng Artaxerxes was giuen Esdras the Priest and reader of the Law of the Lord the copie thereof followeth 10 King Artaxerxes to Esdras the Priest reader of the Law of the Lord Salutacion 11 Forasmuche as consider things with pitie I haue commanded that they that wil and de sire of the
sonne of Aaron of the tribe of Leui which Esdras was prisoner in the land of Medes in the reigne of Attaxerxes King of Persia. 4 * And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 5 Go and shewe my people their sinnes and their children their wickednes which thei haue committed against me that they may tel their childrens children 6 For the sinnes of their fathers are increased in them because they haue forgotten me and haue offred vnto strange gods 7 Haue not I broght them out of the land of Egypt from the house of bondage but they haue prouoked me vnto wrath and despised my counsels 8 Pull thou of them the heere of thine head cast all euil vpon them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my Law but they are a rebellious people 9 How long shal I forbeare theÌ vnto whome I haue done somuche good 10 * Many Kings haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao with his seruaÌts and all his armie haue I smitten downe 11 All the nacions haue I destroied before theÌ * I haue destroyed the East the people of the two countreis Tyrus and Sidon and haue slaine all their enemies 12 Speake thou therefore vnto them saying Thus saith the Lord 13 * I haue led you thorow the Sea and haue giuen you a sure way since the beginning * I gaue you Moses for a guide and Aaron for a Priest 14 * I gaue you light in a piller of fyre great wonders haue I done amoÌg you yet haue ye forgotten me saith the Lord. 15 Thus saith the Almightie Lord The quailes * were a token vnto you I gaue you tentes for saue garde wherein ye murmured 16 And ye triumphed not in my Name for the destruction of your enemies but ye yet murmure stil. 17 Where are the benefites that I haue done for you when ye were hungrie in the wildernes * did ye not crye vnto me 18 Saying Why hast thou broght vs into this wildernes to kil vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued the Egyptians then to dye in this wildernes 19 I had pitie vpon your mournings and gaue you Manna to eat * so ye did eat Augels fode 20 * When ye were thirstie did not I cleaue the stone waters did flowe out to satisfie you from the heat I couered you with the leaues of the trees 21 And I gaue you fat countre is I cast out the Cananite the Pheresites Philistims before you * what shal I do more for you saith the Lord 22 Thus saith the almightie Lord * When ye were in the wildernes at the bitter waters being a thirst and blaspheming my Name 23 I gaue you not fyre for the blasphemies but cast a tre into the water and made the riuer swete 24 What shal I do vnto thee ô Iacob thou * Iu da woldest not obey I wil turne me to other nations and vnto those wil I giue my Name that they may kepe my lawes 25 Seing ye haue forsaken me I wil also forsake you when ye aske mercie of me I wil not ha ue pitie vpon you 26 * WheÌ ye call vpon me I wil not heare you for ye haue defiled your hands with blood and your fete are swift to commit murther 27 Althogh ye haue not forsaken me but your owne selues saith the Lord. 28 Thus saith the almightie Lord Haue I not prayed you as a Father his sonnes and as a mother her daughters as a nurse her yoÌg babes 29 That ye wolde be my people as I am your God and that ye wolde be my children as I am your father 30 * I gathered you together as an henne gathe reth her chikens vnder her wings but now what shal I do you I wil cast you out from my sight 31 * When you bring gifts vnto me I wil turne my face from you for your soleÌne feast dayes your new moones your circumcisions ha ue I forsaken 32 I sent vnto you my seruants the Prophetes whome ye haue taken and slaine and torne their bodies in pieces whose blood I wil reuenge saith the Lord. 33 Thus saith the almightie Lord Your house shal be desolate I wil cast you out as the winde doeth the stubble 34 Your children shal not haue generacioÌ for thei haue despised my commandement and done the thing that I hate before me 35 Your houses wil I giue vnto a people to come who shal beleue me thogh they heare me not and they vnto whome I neuer shewed miracle shal do the things that I command them 36 Thogh they seno Prophetes yet shal they hate their iniquities 37 ¶ I wil declare the grace that I wil do forthe people to come whose children reioyce in gladnes and thogh they haue not sene me with bodelie eyes yet in heart they beleue the things that I say 38 Now therefore brother behold what great glorie and se the people that come from the East 39 Vnto whome I wil giue for leaders AbrahaÌ Isahac Iacob Oseas Amos Micheas Ioel Abdias Ionas 40 Naum Habacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zacha rias and Malachias which is called also the * messenger of the Lord CHAP. II. The Synagogue sindeth faute with her owne children 18 The Gentiles are called 1 THus saith the Lord I broght this people out of bondage I gaue them also my coÌmandements by my seruants the Prophetes whome they wolde not heare but despised my counsels 2 The mother that bare them saith vnto theÌ Go you away ô childreÌ for I am a widdowe and forsaken 3 I broght you vp with gladnes but with soro we and heauines haue I lost you for ye haue sinned against the Lord your God done the thing that displeaseth him 4 But what shal I now do vnto you I am a widdowe and forsaken go ye ô my children and aske mercie of the Lord. 5 And thee ô father I call for a witnes for the mother ofthese children which wolde not kepe my couenant 6 That thou bring them to coÌfusion and their motherto a spoile that their kinred be not continued 7 Let their names be scatred amoÌg the heatheÌ let them be put out of the earth for they haue despised my couenant 8 Wo vnto thee Assur for thou hidest the vnrighteous in thee ô wicked people remember * what I did vnto Sodom and Gomorrha 9 Whose land is mixt with cloudes of pitch heapes of ashes so wil I do vnto theÌ that hea re me not saith the almightie Lord. 10 ¶ Thus saith the Lord vnto Esdras Tel my people that I wil giue them the kingdome of IerusaleÌm which I wolde haue giuen vnto Israél 11 And I wil get me glorie by theÌ and giue theÌ the euerlasting tabernacles which I had prepared for those 12 They shal haue at wil thetre of life smelling of ointement they shal nether labour nor be weary 13 Goye ye shal receaue it pray that
offrings of the wicked * nether is he pacified for sinne by the multitude of sacrifice 21 Who so bringeth an offring of the goods of the poore doeth as one that sacrifiseth the sonne before the fathers eyes 22 The bread of the nedeful is the life of the poore he that defraudeth him thereof is a murtherer 23 He that taketh away his neighbours liuing slayeth him * and he that defraudeth the la bourer of his hyre is a blood shedder 24 ¶ When one buyldeth and another breaketh downe what profite haue they then but labour 25 When one prayeth and another curseth whose voyce wil the Lord heare 26 * He that washeth him self because of a dead bodie and toucheth it againe what auaileth his washing 27 * So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes and committeth them againe who wil heare his prayer or what doeth his fasting helpe him CHAP. XXXV 1 Of true sacrifices 14 The prayer of the fatherles and of the widowe and him that humbleth him self 1 WHO so kepeth the Law * bringeth offrings ynough he that holdeth fast the commandements offreth an offring of saluacion 2 He that is thankeful to them that haue wel deserued offreth fine floure * and he that giueth almes sacrifiseth praise 3 To departe from euil is a thankeful thing to the Lord and to forsake vnrighteousnes is a reconciling vnto him 4 * Thou shalt not appeare emptie before the Lord. 5 For all these things are done because of the commandement 6 * The offring of the righteous maketh the altar fat and the smel there of is swete before the most High 7 The sacrifice of the righteous is acceptable and the remembrance thereof shal neuer be forgotten 8 Giue the Lord his honour with a good and liberal eye and diminish not the first frutes of thine hands 9 * In all thy giftes shewe a ioyeful countenan ce and dedicate thy tithes with gladnes 10 Giue vnto the moste High according as he hathe enriched thee * and loke what thine hand is able giue with a chareful eye 11 For the Lord recompenseth and wil giue thee seuen times as muche 12 * ãâã nothing of thine offring for he wil not receiue it and absteine from wrong ful sacrifices for the Lord is the iudge and regardeth no * mans persone 13 He accepteth not the persone of the poore but he heareth the prayer of the oppressed 14 He despiseth not the desire of the fatherles nor the widdow when she powreth out her prayer 15 Doeth not the teares runne downe the wid dowes chekes and her crye is against him that caused them for from her chekes do they go vp vnto heauen and the Lord which heareth them doeth accept them 16 He that serueth the Lord shal be accepted with fauour and his prayer shal teache vnto the cloudes 17 The prayer of him that humbleth him self goeth thorowe the cloudes and ceaseth not til it come nere wil not departe til the most High haue respect thereunto to iudge righteously and to execute iudgement 18 And the Lord wil not be slacke nor the Almightie wil tarie long from theÌ til he hathe smitten in sunder the loynes of the vnmerciful and aduenged him self of the heathen til he haue takeÌ away the multitude of the cruel and broken the scepter of the vnrighteous til he ãâã euerie man after his workes and rewarde them after their deuises til he haue iudged the cause of his people and coÌforted them with his mercie 19 Oh how faire a thing is mercie in the time of anguish and trouble It is like a cloude of raine that cometh in the time of a drought CHAP. XXXVI 1 A prayer to God in the persone of all faithful men against those that persecute his Church 22 The praise of a good woman 1 HAue mercie vpon vs ô Lord God of all things and beholde vs aÌd shewe vs the light of thy mercies 2 And send thy feare among the nacioÌs whiche seke not after thee that they may know that there is no God but thou and that they may she we thy wonderous workes 3 Lift vp thine * hand vpon the strange nacioÌs that they may se thy power 4 As thou art sanctified in vs before them so be thou magnified among them before vs 5 That they may know thee as we know thee for there is none other God but onely thou ô Lord. 6 Renue the signes and change the wonders shewe the glorie of thine hand and thy right arme that they may shewe forthe thy wonderous actes 7 Raise vp thine indignacion and powre out wrath take away the aduersarie and smite the enemie 8 Make the time shorte remeÌber thine othe that thy wonderous workes may be praised 9 Let the wrath of the fyre ãâã them that escape and let them perish that oppresse the people 10 Smite in sonder the heades of the princes that be our enemies and say There is none other but we 11 ãâã all the tribes of Iacob together that they may knowe that there is none other God but onely thou and that they may shew thy wonderous workes and inherit thou them as from the beginning 12 O LORD haue mercie vpon the people that is called by thy Name and vpon Israel * whome thou hast likened to a first borne sonne 13 Oh be merciful vnto Ierusalem the citie of thy Sanctuarie the citie of thy rest 14 Fill ãâã that it may magnifie thine oracles and fill thy people with thy glorie 15 Giue witnes vnto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning and raise vp the prophecies that haue bene shewed in thy Name 16 Rewarde them that waite for thee that thy Prophetes may be founde faithful 17 O Lord heare the power of thy seruants ac cording to the * blessing of Aaron ouer thy people and guide thou vs in the way of righ teousnes that all they which dwell vpon the earth may knowe that thou art the Lord the eternal God 18 ¶ The belie deuoureth all meates yet is one meat better then another 19 As the throte tasteth venisone so doeth a wise minde discerne false wordes 20 A frowarde heart bringeth grief but a man of experience wil resist it 21 A woman is aptto receiue euerie man yet is one daughter better then another 22 The beautie of a woman chereth the face and a man loueth nothing better 23 If there be in her tongue gentlenes mekenes and wholesome talke theÌ is not herhous band like other men 24 He that hathe gotten a vertuous woman hathe begone to get a possession she is an helpe like vnto himself and a piller to rest vpon 25 Where no hedge is there the possession is spoiled and he that hathe no wife waÌdereth to and fro mourning 26 Who wiltrust a thief that is alway readie wandereth from towne to towne and likewise him
things from the beginning to write vnto thee there of from point to point 4 That thou mightest acknowledge the certeintie of those things whereof thou hast bene instructed 5 IN the time of Herode King of Iudea there was a certeine Priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia and his wife was of the daughters of AaroÌ and her name was Elisabet 6 Bothe were iust before God and walked in all the commaundements and ordinances of the Lord without reprofe 7 And thei had no childe because that Elisabet was barren and bothe were wel strickeÌ in age 8 And it came to passe as he executed the Priests office before God as his course came in order 9 According to the custome of the Priests office his lot was to burne incense when he went into the Temple of the Lord. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer * while the inceÌse was burning 11 Then appeared to him an Angel of the Lord standing at the right side of the altar of incense 12 And wheÌ Zacharias sawe him he was trou bled and feare fel vpon him 13 But the Angel said vnto him Feare not Zacharias for thy prayer is heard and the wife Elisabet shal beare thee a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iohn 14 And thou shalt haue ioye and gladnes and many shal reioyce at his birth 15 For he shal be great in the sight of the Lord and shal nether drinke wine nor strong drinke and he shal be filled with the holie Gost euen from his mothers wombe 16 * And many of the children of Israel shal he turne to their Lord God 17 * For he shal go before him in the spirit power of Elias to turne the hearts of the Fathers to the children and the disobedient to the wisdome of the iust men to make readie a people prepared for the Lord. 18 Then Zacharias said vnto the Angel ãâã shall knowe this for I am an olde maÌ and my wife is of a great age 19 And the Angel answered and said vnto him I am Gabriel that stand in the presence of God and am sent to speake vnto thee and to ãâã thee these good tidings 20 And beholde thou shalt be ãâã and not be able to ãâã vntil the day that these things be done because thou beleuedst not my wordes whiche shal be fulfilled in their season 21 Now the people waited for Zacharias and marueiled that he taried so long in the TeÌple 22 And when he came out he colde not speake vnto them then they ãâã that he had sene a vision in the Temple for he made signes vnto them and remained domme 23 And it came to passe when the dayes of his office were fulfilled that he departed to his owne house 24 And after those dayes his wife Elisabet coÌceiueth hid her self fiue moneths saying 25 Thus hathe the Lord dealt with me in the dayes wherein he loked on me to take froÌ me my rebuke among men 26 ¶ And in the sixt moneth the Angel Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of ãâã named Nazaret 27 To a virgine affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Marie 28 And the Angel went into her said Haile thou that art freely beloued the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women 29 And when she sawe him she was troubled at his saying and toght what maner of saluta cion that shulde be 30 Then the Angel said vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast founde fauour with God 31 * For lo thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call his name IESVS 32 He shal be great and shal be called the Sonne of the moste High and the Lord God shal giue vnto him the throne of his Father Dauid 33 * And he shal reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer of his kingdome shal be none end 34 Then said Marie vnto the Angel How shal this be seing I know no man 35 And the Angel ans ãâã and said vnto her The holie Gost shal come vpon thee the power of the most High shal ouer shadowe thee ãâã also that yholie thing which shal be borne of thee shal be called the Sonne of God 36 And beholde thy cousin Elisabet she hath also coÌceiued a sonne in her olde age this is her sixt moneth which was called barren 37 For with God shal nothing be vnpossible 38 Then Marie said Beholde the seruant of the Lord be it vnto me according to thy worde So the Angel departed from her 39 ¶ And Marie arose in those dayes and went into the hill countrey with haste to a citie of Iuda 40 And entred into the house of Zacharias saluted Elisabet 41 And it came to passe as Elisabet heard the saluacioÌ of Marie the babe spraÌg in her bel lie Elisabet was filled with the holie Gost. 42 And she cryed with a loude voyce and said Blessed art thou among women because the frute of thy wombe is blessed 43 And whence cometh this to me that the mother of my Lord shulde come to me 44 For lo assone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye 45 And blessed is she that beleued for those things shal be performed which were tolde her from the Lord. 46 Then Marie said My soule magnifieth the Lord 47 And my spirit reioyceth in God my Sauiour 48 For he hathe loked on the poore degre of his seruant for beholde from hence forthe shal all ages call me blessed 49 Because he that is mightie hathe done for me great things and holie is his Name 50 And his mercie is from generacion to generacion on them that feare him 51 * He hathe shewed strenght with his arme * he hathe scattered the proude in the imagination of their hearts 52 He hathe put downe the mightie froÌ their seates and exalted them of lowe degre 53 * He hathe filled the hungrie with good things and sent away the riche emptie 54 * He hathe vpholden Israel his seruaÌt being mindeful of his mercie 55 * As he hathe spokeÌ to our fathers to wit to Abraham and his sede for euer 56 ¶ And Marie abode with her about thre mo neths after she returned to her owne house 57 ¶ Now Elisabets time was fulfilled that she shulde be deliuered and she broght forthe a sonne 58 And her neighbours and cousins heard tel how the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her and they reioyced with her 59 And it was so that on the eight day they came to circumcise the babe and called him Zacharias after the Name of his Father 60 But his
you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustified in the Name of the Lord Iesus by the Spirit of our God 12 ¶ * All things are lawful vnto me but all things are not profitable I may do all things but I wil not be broght vnder the power of anie thing 13 Meates are ordeined for the bellie and the bellie for the meates but God shal destroie bothe it aÌd them Now the bodie is not for fornication but for the Lord aÌd the Lord for the bodie 14 And God hathe also raised vp the Lord and * shal raise vs vp by his power 15 Knowe ye not that your bodies are the meÌbres of Christ shal I then take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot God forbid 16 Do ye not knowe that he which coupleth him self with an harlot is one bodie for two saith he shal be one flesh 17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirit 18 Flee fornicatioÌ euerie sinne that a maÌ doeth is without the bodie but he that coÌmitteth fornicatioÌ sinneth against his owne bodie 19 Know ye not that * your bodie is the teÌple of the holie Gost which is in you whome ye haue of God and ye are not your owne 20 * For ye are bought for a price therefore glo rifie God in your bodie and in your spirit for they are Gods CHAP. VII 1 The Apostle answereth to certeine questions which the Corinthians desired to knowe 2 As of single life 3 Of the duetie of mariage 11 Of discordes and dissension in mariage 13 Of mariage betwene ãâã faithful vnfaithful 18 Of vncircumcising the ãâã 21 Of seruitude 25 Of virginitie 39 And seconde mariage 1 NOw concerning the things whereof ye wrote vnto me It were good foramaÌ not to touche a woman 2 Neuertheles to auoide fornication let eue rie man haue his wife and let euerie woman haue her owne housband 3 * Let the honsband giue vnto the wife due beneuolence and like wise also the wife vnto the housband 4 The wife hathe not the power of her owne bodie but the housband and like wise also the housbaÌd hath not the power of his owne bodie but the wife 5 Defraude not one another except it be with consent for a time that ye may giue your selues to fasting and prayer and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie 6 But I speake this by permission not by commandement 7 For I wolde that all men were euen as I my self am but euerie man hathe his proper gift of God one after this maner aÌd another after that 8 Therefore I say vnto the vnmaried and vnto the widowes it is good for them if they abide euen as I do 9 But if they can not absteine let them marie for it is better to marie then to 10 And vnto the maried I commaÌde not I but the Lord Let not the wife * departe from her housband 11 But and if she departe let her remaine vnmaried or be reconciled vnto her housband and let not the housband put away his wife 12 But to the remnant I speake and not the Lord If anie brother haue a wife that beleneth not if she be content to dwell with him let him not forsake her 13 And the woman which hathe an housband that beleueth not if he be content to dwel with her let her not forsake him 14 For the vnbeleuing housband is sanctified by the wife and the vnbeleuing wife is sanctified by the housband els were your children vncleane but now are they holie 15 But if the vnbeleuing departe let him departe a brother or a sister is not in subiection in suche things but God hathe called vs in peace 16 For what knowest thou ô wife whither thou shalt saue thine housband Or what knowest thou ô maÌ whither thou shalt saue thy wife 17 But as God hathe distribute to euerie man as the Lord hathe called euerie one so let him walke and so ordeine I in all Churches 18 Is anie man called being circuÌcised let him not gather his vncircumcision is anie called vncircumcised let him not be circuÌcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and vncircumcision is nothing but the keping of the commaundements of God 20 * Let euerie man abide in the same vocatioÌ wherein he was called 21 Art thou called being a seruant care not for it but if yet thou maist be fre vse it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruant is the Lords freman likewise also he that is called being fre is Christs seruant 23 * Ye are boght with a price be not the seruants of men 24 Brethren let euerie man wherein he was called therein abide with God 25 Now concerning virgines I haue no coÌmaundement of the Lord but I giue mine aduise as one that hathe obteined mercie of the Lord to be faithful 26 I suppose then this to be good for the pre sent necessitie I meane that it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be losed art thou losed from a wife seke not a wife 28 But if thou takest a wife thou sinnest not and if a virgine marie she sinneth not neuer theles suche shal haue trouble in the flesh but spare you 29 And this I say brethren because the time is short here after that bothe they which haue wiues be as thogh they had none 30 And they that wepe as thogh they wept not and they that reioyce as thogh thei reioyced not thei that bie as thogh they possessed not 31 And they that vse this worlde as thogh they vsed it not for the facion of this worlde goeth away 32 And I wolde haue you without care The vnmaried careth for the things of the Lord how he may please the Lord. 33 But he that is maried careth for the things of the worlde how he maye please his wife 34 There is difference also betwene a virgine a wife the vnmaried womaÌ careth for the things of the Lord that she may be holie bothe in bodie and in spirit but she that is maried careth for the things of the worlde how she may please her housband 35 And this I speake for your owne commoditie not to tangle you in a snare but that ye followe that which is honest and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lord without separation 36 But if anie man thinke that it is vncomelye for his virgine if she passe the flowre of her age and nede so require let him do what he wil he sinneth not let them be maried 37 Neuertheles he that standeth firme in his heart
the Lord. 1. Chro. 8. 38 Shebá ãâã Gen. 10. 7 Shebarim hope Iosh. 7. 5 Sheber hope or wheat 1. Chro. 2. 48 Shecaniáh the habitation of the Lord. 1. Chro. 3. 21 Shéchem a parte or portion Nom. 26. 31 Shedeúr a field of fyre or the light of the almightie Nomb. 1. 5 Shegúb exalted 1. King 16. 34 Shehariáh the morning of the Lord. 1. Chr. 8. 26 Sheir rough or heerie Gen. 36. 20 Sheláh dissoluing Gen. 38. 5 Sheláh sending or spoiling Gen. 10. 24 Shelemiáh peace of the Lord. Ezr. 10. 39 Shéleph drawing out Gen. 10. 26 Shélesh a captaine 1. Chro. 7. 35 Shelomith peaceable Leuit. 24. 11 Shelomóh peaceable 2. Sam. 5. 15 Shelumiél the peace of God Nomb. 1. 6 Shemaiáh hearing the Lord. 1. Chro. 4 37 Shemariáh the keping of the Lord. Ezr. 10. 32 Shémed destroying 1. Chro. 8. 12 Shémer a keaper 1. King 16. 24 Shemidá a name of knowledge Nomb. 26. 32 Shemuél appointed of God Nom. 3. 4 Shemuêl heard of God 1. Sam. 1. 20 Shephatiáh the Lord iudgeth 2. Sam. 3. 4 Sheraiáh a prince of the Lord. 1. Chro. 4. 14 Sherúgh a bough or plante Gen. 11. 20 Sheth set or put Gen. 4. 25 Shethár a remnant or hid Est. 1. 14 Sheuá vanitie 1. Chro. 2. 49 Shiciáh the protection of the Lord. 1. Chr. 8. 10 Shimei hearing or obedient Exod. 6. 17 Shimeón hearing or òbedient Gen. 29. 33. Shimshon there the seconde time because the Angel appeared the seconde time at the prayer of his father Iud. 13. 24 Shiphtán a iudge Nomb. 34. 24 Shipráh faire Exod. 1. 15 Shobáb returned 2. Sam. 5. 14. Shobál a path Gen. 36. 20 Shobnáh a buylder 2. King 8. 18. Shúa crying or sauing Gen. 38. 2 Shuáh praying or humiliation Gen. 25. 2 Shubaél the returning of God 1. Chr. 24. 20 Shuháh a pitre 1. Chron. 4. 11 Shumathi renoumed 1. Chro. 2. 53 Shuni changed or sleping Gen. 46. 16 ¶ Sithri my secret Exod. 6. 22 ¶ Sodi my secret Nomb. 13. 11 ¶ Suáh rooting vp 1. Chron. 7. 36 T TAbeél good God Isa. 7. 6 Tahásh hasting Gen. 22. 24 Taháth feare 1. Chro. 6. 37 Talmái a forow Iosh. 15. 14 Tamár a palmetree Gen. 38. 6 Tanhúmeth consolation Ier. 40 8. Talmón dew prepared 1. Chr. 9. 17 Tapháth a litle one 1. King 4. 11. ¶ Tebáh a cooke Gen. 22. 24. Tehinnáh merciful or prayer 1. Chr. 4. 12 Térah smelling Gene. 11. 24. ¶ Tiknáh hope 2. King 22. 14 Tilón murmuring 1. Chro. 4. 20 Tirás a destroyer Gen. 10. 2 Tirhanáh a searcher of mercie 1. Chro. 2. 48 Tiriá a searche 1. Chro. 4. 16 ¶ Tóah a dearte 1. Chron. 6. 34 Tobiáh the Lord is good Ezr. 2. 60 To garmáh strong or bonie Gen. 10. 3 Tóhu liuing 1. King 1. 1 Tolá a worme Gen. 46. 13 Tom at wine Mat. 10. 3 ¶ Tubál borne or broght or worldlie Ge. 10. 2 Tubál-káin worldlie possession Gen. 4. 22 V VAniáh nourishmeÌt of the Lord. Ezr. 10. 36 Vashni changed 1. Chro. 6. 28 Vashti drinking Est. 1. 9 ¶ Vopsi a thing brokeÌ or patched Nom. 13. 15 ¶ Vri my light 1. Chro. 2. 20 ãâã the light of the Lord. 2. Sam. 11. 3 Vrièl light or fyre of God 2. Chr. 13. 2 ¶ Vthái mine iniquitie or time 1. Chro. 9. 4 ¶ Vzál wandering Gen. 10. 27 Vzzáh strength 1. Chro. 6. 29. 2. Sam. 6. 3 Vzzi my strength 1. Chr. 6. 5 Vzziél the strength of God 1. Chro. 7. 7 Z ZAauan trembling Gen. 36. 27 Zabád a dowrie 1. Chro. 2. 36 Zabadiáh a dowry of the Lord. 1. Chro. 8. 15 Zabdiél a dowrie of God 1. Chro. 27. 2 Zaccúr mindeful 1. Chro. 4. 26 Zachái pure Ezr. 2. 9 Zachariáh mindeful of the Lord. 1. Chro. 5. 7 Zadok iustified or iuste 2. Sam. 8. 17 Zalmonáh our image Nom. 33. 41 Zanoáh forgetfulnes Nehem. 11. 30 ¶ Zebulún a dwelling Gen. 30. 20 Zeeb a wolfe Iudg. 7. 25 Zelophehád a shadow offeare Nom. 26. 33 Zemiráh a song 1. Chro. 7. 8 Zephaniáh the hiding of the Lord. 2. King 25. 18 Zephi a honie combe Gen. 36. 11 Zéra clearenes or rising vp Gen. 36. 13 Zeraiáh the Lord arising 1. Chro. 6. 6 Zeresh scattering heritage Est. 5. 10 Zerubbabél strange from confusion or a stranger at Babel Hag. 1. 1 Zethan their oliue 1. Chro. 26. 22 ¶ Zia swete or swelling 1. Chro. 5. 13 Zidkiáh the iustice of the Lord. 2. King 24. 17 Zidón a hunter Gen. 10. 15 Zimri a song 1. Chro. 2. 6 Ziphoráh amounting Exod. 2. 21 ¶ Zohéth a separation 1. Chro. 4. 20 ¶ Zuph a watch or a couering 1. Chro. 6. 35 Zuriél the rocke of God Nom. 3. 35 Zurishadái the rocke of the almightie NoÌ 1. 6 A TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL THINGS THAT ARE CONTEINED IN THE Bible after the ordre of the alphabet The first nomber noteth the chapter and the seconde the verse A AAron and his doings exod 4. and 10 and 28. and 29. leuit 2 10. nomb 17. 3. ebr 9. 7 aaron and miriam speake agaynste ãâã nom 12. 1 aaron elo quent exod 4. 14 ¶ Abba father marke 14. 36. roma 8. 15 gal 4. 6 abdon a iudge in Israel iud 12. 13 abell a citie where dwelte the wise 2. sam 20 18 abiathar the sonne of ahi-melech and hys doyngs 1. sam 22. and 23. 1. kin 1. and 2 abigail the ãâã of nabal 1. sam 25. 3 abihu burnt with fyre frome the Lord. leuit 10. 2 abihu seeth god in sina exod 24. 10 abiiam king of iudah 1. king 15. 1 abimelech king of gerar aÌd his doings gen 20 and 26 abimelech the sonne of gideon murdereth his brethren and after reigneth in israel iudg 9 abishai pursueth sheba 2. sam 20. 10 abner his doings and his death 1. sam 17. 55. vnto the 2. sam 3 the Abomination of the Iewes isa 1. 3. of Ierusalem eze 16. 1 abraham and hys doings frome the 12 of gen vnto the 25. his faith rom 4. 3. ebr 11. 17 abraham a prophet gen 20. 7 absalom aÌd his doings from the 2. sam 13 vnto the 19 absent from god 2. cor 5. 6 the Abstinence of moses eliiah exod 34. 28. 1. king 19. 8 abundance cometh of god deu 8. 17 ¶ Accesse to GOD by Christ. rom 5. 2 ephes 2. 18 and 3. 12 euenie man shal giue Accountes of him self to god rom 14. 12 christe is Accursed for oure sakes gal 3. 13 achan the sonne of carmi stoned and burnt to death iosh. 7. 25 achior iud 5. 5 and 14. 6 achish king of gath 1. sam 21. 11 27. 2 ¶ AdaÌ aÌd his creation gen 1. 27 and 2. 7 adam laboreth gen 3. 23 adam the figure of christ rom 5. 14 adam the first adaÌ the last 1. cor 15. 45 adoni-bezek king iudg 1. 6 adoniiah
strange sight â Or hel n Or depe and darcke places of the earth Chap. 27. 3. Deut. 11. 6. Psal. 106. 17. o which were the occasion of their owne death p Of Gods iudgements against rebelle q VVho presumed aboue hys vocacion â Or fled to wit Moses and ãâã For it was not lauful to ãâã anie other fire but of the Altar of burnt offring Leuit. 10. 1. s God had begon ne to punishe them t GOD drewe backe his hande and ceased to pu nis he them a VVhile he was in the doute of the Tabernacle Exod. ãâã 22. b To be the chief Priest c Thogh Iosephs ãâã was ãâã ãâã ãâã in the ãâã of theÌ lande yet here it is but one and Leui maketh ãâã d To declare that God did chose the houses of Leui to serue hym in the ãâã ãâã nacie Ebr. 9. 4. e Grudging that Aaron shuld be hie Priest f The Chalde text describeth thus their ãâã VVe dye by the sword the earth swalloweth vs vp the ãâã doeth coÌsume vs. a If you trespas in anie thing coÌ cerning the ceremonies of the SaÌ ãâã or your office ãâã halbe punished b That is the thyngs whiche are committed to ãâã whiche thou doest enioyne them c VVhiche was not of the ãâã of Leui. Chap. 3. ãâã â Or a gift d As the firste frute first borne and the tenthes e That whiche was not burned shulde be the Priests f That is in the Sanctuarie betwene the ãâã and the Holiest of all g Read Leuite 10. 14. h That is thy chiefest or the best Leuit. 27. 28. Exod. 13. 2. and 22. 29. Leuit. 27. 26. Chap. 3. 13. Exod. 30. 13. Leuit. 27. 25. Chap. 3. 17. Ezek. 45. 12. i Because they are appointed for sacrifice Exod. 29. ãâã Leuit. 7. ãâã k That is sure stable and ãâã l Of Canaam Deut. 10. 9. and ãâã 8 2. Ios g. 13. 14. ãâã 44. 28. m To ser ue ther ãâã in for the Leuites are put in their place n If they faile in their office they shal be punished o As acceptable as the ãâã of youre ãâã ãâã or vineyarde p VVhiche ye ãâã ue ãâã of the children of Israel q Read vers 12. r As is in the. 11. vers s Ye shal not be punished therefore t The offringes which the Israelites haue offred to God a Accordyng ãâã this lawe and ce remonie ye shal sacrifice the red kowe Ebr. ãâã 11. b By another Priest Ebr. 9. 13. Exod. 29. 13. Leuit. 4. 11. c Meaning Eleazár d The ãâã Priest who killed her and burned her e Or the water of ãâã ãâã that they that were ãâã for their vn clennes were sprinkled therewith and made cleane Chap 8. 7. It is also called holy water because it was ordeined to an ho ly vse Chap. ãâã 17. f with the sprin kling water g So that he shulde not be estemed to be of the ãâã people but as a ãâã and excommuni cate persone â Ebr a couering of cloth h Of the red kowe burnt for sinne i Water of the ãâã or riuer k One of the Priest whiche is cleane l Because he had bene among theÌ that were vncleane or elshad touched the water as vers ãâã m That is vhcleane a This was four tie yeres after their departure from ãâã b Mosés and A ãâã ãâã sister c Another rebel ãâã was in ãâã phidim Exod. 17 and this was in Kadésh Chap. 11 33. Exod. 17. ãâã d Where with thou didest mira cles in Egypt didest deuide the Sea e The punishmeÌt which followed hereof declared that Mosés and Aaron beleued not the Lords promes as appea reth vers 12. f That the children of Israél shulde beleue acknowledgemy power and so honour me g Or strife and contencion h By shewyng him self almigh tie maint eyning his ãâã i Because Iaakob or Israél was Esaus brother who was called Edom. â Or bie way â Or come not Or the Erke mites k To passe by another way Chap. 33. 37. l Read Gen. 25. 28. â Or ãâã â Or ãâã Chap. 33. 38. Deut. ãâã 50. ãâã 10. 6. and 31. 50. â Or ãâã Chap 33. 43. a By that way which their ãâã that searched the dangers ãâã to be moste safe â Or ãâã b For they were forbidden to destroie Deut. 2. 5. Chap. 11. 7. c Meaning ManÌ na which they thoght did not ãâã d For ãâã that were ãâã ãâã with were so inflamed with the heat thereof that they dyed Wisd. 16. 1. 1. ãâã 10. 9. â Or vpon a ãâã 2. king 18. 4. Ioh. 3. 14. â Or recouered Chap. 33. 47. â Or in the Lead pes of Abarim or ãâã e Which ãâã to be the boke of the Iudges or as some thinke abo ke which is lost â Or How God destroyed Vaheb the citie with a whirle winde and the vallies of Arken â Or Spring f Ye that receiue the commoditie thereof giue prai se for it g Mosés and Aa ron heades of the people onely smote the rocke with the rod or ãâã which gaue water as a well that where depe digged ãâã 2 26. Iudg. 11. 19. Deut. 29. 7. Iosh. 12. 2. Psal. 134. 11. Amos 29. h The riuer i For the people were talle and ãâã like gyaÌts Deut. 2 20. â Ebr. daughters k For ãâã it had be ne the Moabites the Israelites might not haue possessed it ãâã 2. 9. l Meaning war te m ãâã was the Idole of the ãâã 1. king 11. 33 who was not able to defende his wor shippers which toke ãâã idole for their father â Ebr. light Deut. 3. 1. 29. 3. Psal. ãâã 12. a Being at ãâã it was beyonde Iorddén but ãâã re the ãâã were it was on this side â Or was vexed b Which were the heades and gouerners Iosh. 24. 9. c To wit ãâã ãâã tes ãâã ãâã ãâã this citie Pethor d Thinking ãâã bribe him which giftes to curse the Israelites e Whome before he called ãâã meaning the go oerners and after calleth them seruants that is subiectes to their king f He warned him by a dreame that he shulde not consent to the kings wicked request g ãâã he shewed him selfe willing couerousnes had so blinded his heart h The wicked seke by al means to forther their naughty enterprises thogh thei knowe that God is against them Chap. 24. 13. i Because he tem pted God to require him contra ry to his coÌmandement his petition was granted but it turned to his owne condemnation k Moued rather with couetousnes then to obey God 2. Pet. 2 16. Iude. 11 l The second time â Or fel. m Gaue her power to speake n Since thon hast bene my master o For whose eyes the Lord doeth not open they can nether se his angre nor his loue p Bothe thy heart is corrupt thine ãâã wicked â Or before me or to ãâã me â Eb. ãâã wil ãâã ãâã ne to me q Because
yere olde when the Lorde appeared to him f By vision g Suche was the corruption of those times that the chief Priest was become ãâã and negligent to vnderstand the Lords appearing h God declareth what soden feare shal come vpon men when they shal heare that the Arke is ãâã and also the Elis house destroyed i Meaning that his ãâã shulde neuer en ioye the chief Priests office k God punishe thee after this that sort except thoutel metrueth Ruth 1. 17. l The Lord accomplished what soeuer he had said â Or that Samuél was the faithful Prophet of the Lord. â Ebr. by the wor de of the Lord. () ãâã the departure of the Israelites out of Egipt vnto the time of Samuél are about 390. yere â Or stone of helpe Chap. 7. 12. a For it may ãâã that this warre was vnder taken by Samuéls commandement b For he vsed to appeare to ãâã betwene the ãâã ouer the Arke of the couenant Exod 25 vers 17. c Before we fought against men now God is come to fight against vs. d For in the red Sea in the wilder nes the EgyptiaÌs were destroyed whiche was the last of all his plagues Iudg 13. 1. e Dauid alluding to this place Psal. 77 63. saieth they were consumed with fire meaning they were sodeÌly destroyed f In token of sorrow mourning g Lest it shulde be taken of the enemies Chap. 3. 2. h According as God had a ãâã said â Or gouerned â Or to ãâã out i And setled her body toward her traúel Or No glorie or where is the glorie k She vttered her great sorrowe by repeting her wordes a Which was one of the fiue principal cities of the Philistims b Which was their chief idole as some write from the nauil downwarde was like a fishe and vpwarde like a man c Thus in steade of acknowledging the true God by this ãâã they fall to a farther supersticion Psal. 78. 66 d Thogh they had felt Gods power and were affraied thereof yet they wolde farthert ie him whiche thyng God turned to their destruction and his glorie e The wicked when they fele ãâã hand of God grudge reiecte him where the godli humble theÌ selues and crye for mercie a Thei thoght by continuance of time the plague wolde haue ceased and so wolde haue kept the Arke stil. b The idolaters confesse there is a true God who punisheth sinne iustely c This is ãâã iudgement vpon the ãâã that knowig the true God they worship him not a right Exod. 12. 31. d Meaning the goldeÌ emerods the golden mice e The God of Israél f The wicked attribute almost ãâã thing to fortune and chance whereasin dede there is nothyng done without Gods ãâã uidence decree g For the triall of the ãâã h To wit themê of Bethshémesh whiche were Israelites i These were the fiue principal cities of the Philistims which were not al conquered vnto the time of Dauid Or the plaine or lamentacion k For it was not lauful to ãâã ether to touch or to se it saue onely to Aaron and his sonnes Nomb. 4. 15. ãâã a A citie in the tribe of Iudáh called also ãâã báal Iosh. 15. 60. b Lamented for their sinnes and followed the Lord. Iosh. 24. 15. Iudg. 2. 13. Deut. 6. 4. Mat. 4. 10. Iudg. 2 11 c For Shiloh was now desolate because the Philistims had taken thence the ãâã d The ãâã ãâã hathe that they drewe water out of their heart that is wept abuÌ dantly for their sinnes e Signifying that iu the prayers of the godlie there ought to be a vehement zeale f According to the prophecie of Hannáh San. uels mother Chap. 2. 10. g Whiche was a great rocke ouer against Mizpéh h Meaning the Philistims i Which was ãâã contrarie to the Lawe for as yet a certeine place was not ãâã ted a Because he was not able to ãâã the charge b Who was also called Vashni 1. Chro. 6. 28. Deut. 16. 19. c For there his house was Chap. 7. 17. Ose. 13. 10. Act. 13. 21. d Because they were not ãâã with the ordre that God had ap pointed but wolde be gouer ned as were the Gentiles e To proue if they wil forsake their wicked purpose f Not the kings haue this autoritie by their office but that suche as reigne in Gods wrath shulde vsurpe this ouer their brethren contrary to the Law Deut. 17. ãâã â Or chief officers g Because ye repet not for vour sinnes but because ye smart for your afflictions where into ye cast your selues willingly â Or grant their request a That is bothe valiant and riche Chap. 14. 51. ãâã Chro. 8. 23. b So that it might semè that God approued their request iÌ appointing ãâã suche a persone c Al these circuÌstaÌces were meaÌs to serue vnto Gods prouideÌce whereby Saul thogh not approued of God was made king d ãâã was Ramath zophim the citie of Samuél â Or vitailes e Which is ãâã fiue pence read Gen. 23. 15. f So called becau se he foresawe ãâã to come g That is a feast ãâã theÌ offring which shulde be kepe in an hie place of the ãâã appointed for that vse h That is giue thankes and distribute the meat according to their custome â Ebr. in his care Chap. 15. 1. Act. 13. 21. i Not withstanding their wickednes yet God was euer mindful of his ãâã tance k Meaning all that thou desirest to knowe l Whome doeth Israél desire to be their King but thee m Where the feast was n That is the shoulder with the breast which the Priest had for his familie in all peace offrings Leui 10. 14. o That bothe by the assembling of the people and by the meat pro pared for thee thou mighest vnderstande that I knewe of thy comming p To speake with him secretly for the houses were flat aboue q Gods comman dement as concerning thee a In the Lawe this anointing ãâã the gifts of the holy Gost whiche were ne cessarie for them that shulde rule Gen 35 20. b Samuél confir meth him by the signes that God hathe appointed him king Or oke â Ebr. of peace c Which was an hieplace in the citie kiriathiearim where the ãâã was Chap. 7. 1. ãâã 13. 8. â Ebr. shoulder d He gaue him suche vertues as were mete for a king â Or sang ãâã Chap. 19. 24. e Meaning that prophecie commeth not by succession but is given ãâã whome it pleaseth God f Noting thereby him that frome lowe degre commeth sodenly to honour g Both to ãâã vnto then their faute in asking a king and also to shew Gods sentence therein h That is by ãâã of lot i As thogh he were vnworthy and vn willing â Ebr let the King liue k As it is writen in ãâã Chap. 17. 15. l Bothe to ãâã sedition and also to winne them by pacience a After that Saul
smite him in his seuen streames aÌd cause men to walke therein with shoes 16 And there shal be a path to the remnant of his people whiche are left of Asshur like as it was vnto Israél in the day that he came vp out of the land of Egypt CHAP. XII A thankesgiuing of the faithful for the mercies of God 1 ANd thou shalt say in that day O Lord I wil prayse thee thogh thou wast angrie with me thy wrath is turned away and thou comfortest me 2 Beholde God is my saluacion I wil trust and wil not feare for the Lord God is * my strength and song he also is become my saluacion 3 Therfore with ioy shalye drawe waters out of the welles of saluacion 4 And ye shal say in that day Praise the Lord call vpon hys Name ãâã hys workes among the people make mention of them for his Name ix exalted 5 Sing vnto the Lord for he hathe done excellent things this is knowen in all the worlde 6 Crye out and shoute ô in habitant of Zion for greate is the holy one of Israél in the middes of thee CHAP. XIII The Medes and Persians shal destroye Babylon 1 THe burden of Babél whiche Isaiah the sonne of Amóz did se. 2 Lift vp a standard vpon the hie mountaine lifte vp the voyce vnto them wagge the hand that they may go into the gates of the nobles 3 I haue commanded them that I haue sancti fied and I haue called the myghtie to my wrath aÌd theÌ that reioyce in my glorie 4 The noyse of a multitude is in the mountaines like a great people a tumultuous voy ce of the kyngdomes of the nacions gathered together the Lorde of hostes nombreth the hoste of the battel 5 They come frome a farre countrey frome the end of the heauen euen the Lord with the weapons of hys wrath to destroye the whole land 6 Howle you for the daye of the Lord is at hande it shall come as a destroyer from the Almightie 7 Therefore shal all hands be weakened and all mans hearts shal melt 8 And they shal be afrayed anguish and sorow shal take them and they shal haue peine as a woman that trauaileth euerie one shal be amased at his neighbour and their faces shal be like flames of fyre 9 Beholde the daye of the Lorde cometh cruel with wrath and fierce angre to lay the land waste and he shall destroy the sinners out of it 10 For the starres of heauen and the planets thereof shal not giue their lyght the sunne shal be darkened in his going for the and the moone shal not cause her light to shine 11 And I will visite the wickednes vpon the worlde and their iniquitie vpon the wicked and I wil cause the arrogaÌcie of the proude to cease and ãâã caste downe the pryde of tyrants 12 I will make a man more precious then fine golde euen a man aboue the wedge of gold of Ophir 13 Therfore I wil shake the heauen and the earth shall remoue out of her place in the wrath of the Lorde of hostes and in the day of his fierce angre 14 And it shal be as a chased doe and as a shepe that no man taketh vp euerie man shal turne to his owne people and flee eche one to his owne land 15 Euerie one that is founde shal be striken through and who soeuer ioyneth hym selfe shal fall by the sworde 16 * Their children also shal be broken in pie ces before their eyes their houses shal be spoiled and their wiues rauished 17 Beholde I will stirre vp the Medes against them whiche shall not regarde siluer nor be desirous of golde 18 With bowes also shal they destroye the chil dren and shal haue no compassion vpon the frute of the wombe and their eyes shal not spare the children 19 And Babél the glorie of kingdome the beau tie and pride of the ChaldeaÌs shal be as the destructioÌ of God * in Sodome Gomorah 20 It shall not be inhabited for euer nether shal it be dwelled in from generacion to generacion nether shall the Arabian pitche his tentsthere nether shal the shepherdes make their foldes there 21 But Ziim shallodge there and their houses shal be ful of Ohim Ostriches shall dwell there and the Satyrs shall dance there 22 And ãâã shall crye in their palaces and dra gons in their pleasant palaces and the time there of is readie to come and the dayes ther of shal not be prolonged CHAP. XIIII 1 The returne of the people from captiuitie 4 The derision of the King of Babylon 11 The death of the Kyng 29 The destruction of the Philistims 1 FOr the Lord wil haue compassion of Iaa kob and wil yet chuse Israél and cause them to rest in their owne land and the stran ger shal ioyne him self vnto them and they shal cleaue to the house of ãâã 2 And the people shall receiue theÌ and bryng them to their owne place and the house of Israél shall possesse them in the lande of the Lord for seruants and handmaids and they shal take theÌ prisoners whose captiues they were and haue rule ouer their oppressors 3 ¶ And in that day when the Lord shall giue thee rest from thy sorowe and ãâã thy feare and from the sore bondage wherein thou didest serue 4 Then shalt thou take vp thys prouerbe against the King of Babél and say How hath the oppressor ceased and the golde thirstie Babél rested 5 The Lord hathe broken the rod of the wicked and the sceptre of the rulers 6 Which smote the people in angrie with a coÌ tinual plague aÌd ruled the natioÌs in wrath if anie were persecuted he did not let 7 The whole worlde is at rest and is quiet they sing forioye 8 Also the fyrre trees reioyced of thee and the cedres of LebanoÌ saying since thou art laide downe no he wer came vp against vs. 9 Hell beneth is moued for thee to mete thee at thy commyng raysing vp the dead for thee euen all the princes of the earth and hathe raysed frome their thrones all the Kings of the nacions 10 All they shall crye and say vnto thee Art thou become weake also as we art thou become like vnto vs 11 Thy pompe is broght downe to the graue and the sounde of thy violes the worme is spread vnder thee and the wormes couer thee 12 How art thou fallen from heauen ô Lucifer sonne of the morning cut downe to the grounde which didest cast lottes vpon the nations 13 Yet thou saidest in thine heart I wil ascend into heauen and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God I wil sit also vpon the mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North. 14 I wil ascend aboue the height of the cloudes and
and the remnant shal be very smale feble CHAP. XVII A prophecie of the destruction of Damascus and Ephráim 7 Calamitie moueth to ãâã 1 THe burden of Damascus Beholde Da mascus is taken away from being a citie for it shal be a ruinous heape 2 The cities of Aroér shal be forsaken they shal be for the flockes for thei shal lye there and none shal make them afraide 3 The munitioÌ also shal cease from Ephráim the kingdome from Damascus the rem nant of Arám shal be as the glorie of the children of Israél saith the Lord of hostes 4 And in that day the glorie of IaakoÌb shal be impouerished and the fatnes of his flesh shal be made leane 5 And it shal be as when the haruest man gathe reth the corne and reapeth the eares with his ãâã and he shal be as he that gathereth the eares in the valley of Repháim 6 Yet a gathering of grapes shal be left in it as the ãâã of an oliue tre two or thre beries are in the top of the vp moste boughs and foure or fiue in the hye branches of the frute thereof saith the Lord God of Israél 7 At that day shal a man loke to his maker and his eyes shal loke to the holie one of Israél 8 And he shal not loke to the altars the workes of his owne hands nether shal he loke to those things which his owne fingers haue made as groues and images 9 In that day shal the cities of their strength be as the forsaking of boughs and branches which they did forsake because of the chil dren of Israél and there shal be desolation 10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy saluacion and hast not remembred the God of thy strength therefore shalt thou set plea sant plants and shalt graffe strange vine branches 11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to growe and in the morning shalt thou make thy sede to florish but the haruest shal be gone in the day of possession and there shal be desperate sorow 12 An the multitude of manie people they shal make a sounde like the noyse of the sea for the noyse of the people shal make a souÌd like the noyse of mightie waters 13 The people shal make a sounde like the noy se of manie waters but God shal rebuke them and they shal flee farre of and shal be chased as the chaffe of the mouÌtaines before the winde and as a rolling thing before the whirle winde 14 ãâã lo in the euening there is trouble but a fore the morning it is gone This is the porcion of them that spoile vs and the lot of them that robbe vs. CHAP. XVIII 1 Of the enemies of the Church 7 And of the vocation of the Gentiles 1 OH the land shadowing with wings which is beyoÌde the riuers of Ethiopia 2 Sending ambassadours by the sea euen in vessels of redes vpon the waters saying Go ye swift messengers to a nacion that is scatred abroad and spoiled vnto a terrible people from their beginning euen hitherto a nacion by litle and litle euen troden vnder fote whose land the floods haue spoiled 3 All ye the inhabitants of the worlde dwellers in the earth shal se when he setteth vp a signe in the mountaines and when he bloweth the trumpe ye shal heare 4 For so the Lord said vnto me I wil rest and beholde in my tabernacle as the heat drying vp the raine and as a cloude of dewe in the heat of haruest 5 For afore the haruest when the floure is finished and the frute is riping in the floure theÌ he shal cut downe the braÌches with hookes shal take away and cut of the boughs 6 They shal be left together vnto the foules of the mountaines and to the beastes of the earth for the foule shal sommer vpon it and euerie beast of the earth shal wintervpon it 7 At that time shal a present be broght vnto the Lord of hostes a people that is scatred abroad and spoiled and of a terrible people from their beginning hitherto a nacion by litle and litle euen troden vnder fote whose land the riuers haue spoiled to the place of the Name of the Lord of hostes euen the mount Zión CHAP. XIX 1 The destruction of the Egyptians by the Assyrians 18. Of their conuersion to the Lord. 1 THe burden of Egypt Beholde the Lord rideth vpon a swift cloude and ãâã come into Egypt and the idoles of Egypt shal be moued at his presence and the heart of Egypt shal melt in the middes of her 2 And I wil set Egyptians against the Egyptiptians so euerie one shal fight against his brother euerie one against his neighbour citie against citie and kingdome against kingdome 3 And the spirit of Egypt shal faile in the middes of her and I wil destroye their counsel and they shal seke at the idoles and at the sorcerers and at them that haue spirits of diuination and at the south sayers 4 And I wil deliuer the EgyptiaÌs into the haÌd of cruel lords and a mightie King shal rule ouer them saith the Lord God of hostes 5 Then the waters of the sea shal faile and the riuer shal be dryed vp and wasted 6 And the riuers shal go farre away the riuers of defense shal be emptyed and dryed vp the redes flagges shal be cut downe 7 The grasse in the riuer and at the head of the riuers and all that groweth by the riuer shal wither and be driuen away and be no more 8 The fisshers also shal mourne and all they that cast angle into the riuer shal lameÌt and they that spread their net vpon the waters shal be weakened 9 Moreouer they that worke in flax of diuers sortes shal be confounded and they that weaue nettes 10 For their nettes shal be broken and all they that make ponds shal be heauie in heart 11 Surely the princes of Zoán are fooles the counsel of the wise counselers of PharaoÌh is become foolish how say ye vnto PharaoÌh I am the sonne of the wise I am the sonne of the ancient Kings 12 Where are now thy wise men that they may tel thee or may know what the Lord of hostes hathe determined against Egypt 13 The princes of Zoà n are become fooles the princes of Noph are deceiued they haue de ceiued Egypt euen the corners of the tri bes thereof 14 The Lord hathe mingled among them the spirit of errous and thei haue caused Egypt to erre in euerie worke thereof as a dronken man erreth in his vomite 15 Nether shal there be anie worke in Egypt which the head maie do nor the taile the branche nor the rush 16 In that daie shal Egypt be like vnto womeÌ for it
writing of the house of Israél nether shal they entre into the land of Israél and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord God 10 And therefore because they haue deceiued my people saying Peace and there was no peace one build vp a wal behold the others dawbedit with vnteÌpered morter 11 Say vnto them which dawbe it with vntem pered morter that it shall fall for there shal ãâã a great showre aÌd I wil send haile stones whiche shal cause it to fall and stormie winde shal breake it 12 Lo wheÌ the wall is fallen shal it not be said vnto you Where is the dawbing where with ye haue dawbed it 13 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God I will cause a stormie winde to breake forthe in my wrath and a great showre shal be in mine angre and haile stones in mine indignation to consume it 14 So I wil destroy the wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter and bring it do wne to the grounde so that the fundació there of shal be discouered and it shal fall aÌd ye shal be consumed in the middes thereof and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 15 Thus will I accomplishe my wrath vpon the wall and vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and wil say vn to you The wall is no more nether the dawbers thereof 16 To wit the Prophetes of Israél whiche prophecie vpon Ierusalém and se visions of peace for it and there is no peace saith the Lord God 17 Like wise thou sonne of man setthy face against the daughters of thy people whiche prophecie out of their owne heart and prophecie thou against them and say 18 Thus saith the Lord God Wo vnto the wo men that so we pillo wes vnder all arme holes and make vailes vpon the head of euerie one that standeth vp to huntsoules wil ye hunt the soules of my people and wil ye giue life to the soules that come vnto you 19 And will ye pollute me amonge my people for handfuls of barlie and for pieces of bread to slay the soules of them that shulde not dye and to giue life to the soules that shulde not liue in lying to my people that heare your lies 20 Wherefore thus sayth the Lorde God Beholde I wil haue to do with your pillowes where with ye hunt the soules to make theÌ to ãâã aÌd I wil teare them from your armes and will let the soules go euen the soules that ye hunt to make them to flie 21 Your vailes also will I teare and deliuer my people out of your hand and they shal be no more in your handes to be hunted and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 22 Because with your lyes ye haue made the heart of the righteous sad whome I haue notmade sad aÌd strengthened the hands of the wicked that he shulde not returne from his wicked way by promising him life 23 Therefore ye shal se no more vanitie nor di uine diuinations for I wil deliuer my people out of your hand and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. CHAP. XIIII 4 The Lord ãâã false prophetes for the iugratitude of the people 22 He reserueth a smale portion for hys Church 1 THen came certeine of the Elders of Israél vnto me and sate before me 2 And the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 3 Sonne of maÌ these men haue set vp their ido les in their heart and put the stumblyng blocke of their iniquitie before their face shulde I being required answer them 4 Therefore speake vnto them and say vnto them Thus saith the Lord God Euerie man of the house of Israél that setteth vp his idoles in his heart and putteth the stumbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face and cometh to the Prophet I the Lord wil answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idoles 5 That I may take the house of Israel in their owne heart because thei are all departed froÌ me through their idoles 6 Therefore say vnto the house of Israél Thus saith the Lord God Returne and with drawe your selues and turne your faces from your idoles turne your faces from all your abominacions 7 For euerie one of the house of Israél or of the stranger that soiourneth in Israél which departeth froÌ me and setteth vp his idoles in his heart and putteth the stuÌbling blocke of his iniquitie before his face and cometh to a Prophete for to inquire of him for me I the Lord wil answer him for my selfe 8 And I wil set my face against that man and wil make him an example and prouerbe and I wil cut him of from the middes of my people and ye shal knowe that I am the Lord. 9 And if the Prophet be deceiued when he hathe spoken a thing I the Lord haue deceiued that Prophet I wil stretche out mine hand vpoÌ him and wil destroy him from the middes of my people of Israél 10 And they shal beare their punishement the punishement of the Prophet shal be euen as the punishement of him that asketh 11 That the house of Israél may go no more astray from me nether be polluted any more with all their transgressions but that they may be my people and I may be their GOD saith the Lord God 12 ¶ The worde of the Lord came againe vnto me saying 13 Sonne of maÌ when the land sinneth against me by committing a treipas then wil I stretche qut mine hand vpon it and wil breake the stasfe of the bread thereof and wil send famine vpon it and I wil destroy man beast forthe of it 14 Thogh these thre men Noáh Daniél and Iob were among them they shulde deliuer but their owne soules by their righteousnes saith the Lord God 15 If I bring noisome beasts into the land and they spoile it so that it be desolate that no man may passe through because of beastes 16 Thogh these thre men were in the middes there of As ãâã saith the Lord GOD they shal saue nether sonnes nor daughters they onely shal be deliuered but the land shal be waste 17 Or if I bring a sworde vpon this land say Sworde go through the laÌd so that I destroy man and beast out of ir 18 Thogh these thre men were in the middes there of As I line saith the Lord God they shal deliuernether sonnesnor daughters but they onely shal be deliuered themselues 19 Or if I send a pestilence into this land and powre out my wrath vpon it in blood to destroye out of it man and beast 20 And thogh Noah Daniél and Iob were in the middes of it As I liue saith the Lord God they shal deliuer nether sonne nor daughter they shal but deliuer their owne soules by their righteousnes 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD How muche more when I send my * foure sore iudgemeÌts vpon
Ierusalém euen the sworde and fami ne and the noisome beast and pestilence to destroy man and beast out of it 22 Yet be holde therein shal be left a remnant of them that shal be caryed away bothe son nes and daughters be holde they shal come forthe vnto you and ye shal se their way and their enterprises and ye shal se their way and their enterprises and ye shal be comforted concerning the euil that I haue broght vpon Ierusalém euen concerning all that I haue broght vpon it 23 And they shal coÌforte you when ye se their way and their enterprises and ye shal know that I haue not done without cause all that I haue done in it saith the Lord God CHAP. XV. As the vnprofitable wood of the vine tre is cast into the fyre so Ierusalém shal be burnt 1 ANd the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Sonne of man what cometh of the vine tre aboue all other trees and of the vine braÌche which is among the trees of the forest 3 Shal wood be takeÌ there of to do any worke or wil men take a pyn of it to hang any vessel thereon 4 Beholde it is cast in the fyre to be consumed the fyre consumeth bo the the ends of it and the middes of it is burnt Is it mete for any worke 5 Beholde when it was whole it was mete for no worke how muche lesse shal it be mete for any worke when the fyre hathe consumed it and it is burnt 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God As the vine tre that is among the trees of the forest which I haue giueÌ to the fyre to be coÌsu med so wil I giue the inhabitants of IerusaleÌ 7 And I wil set my face against them they shal go out from one fyre and another fyre shal consume theÌ ye shal knowe that I am the Lord when I set my face against them 8 And wheÌ I make the laÌd waste because thei haue greatly offended saith the Lord God CHAP. XVI The Prophet declareth the benefites of God toward Ierusalém 15 Their vnkindnes 46 He iustifieth the wickednes of other people in comparison of the sinnes of Ierusalém 49 The cause of the abominacions into which the Sodomites ãâã ãâã Mercie is promised to the repentant 1 AGaine the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Sonne of man cause Ierusalém to knowe her abominacions 3 And say Thus saith the Lord God vnto Ierusalém Thine habitacion and thy kinred is of the land of Canáan thy father was an Amo rite and thy mother an Hittite 4 And in thy natiuitie wheÌ thou wast borne thy nauel was not cut thou wast not washed in water to soften thee thou wast not salted with salt nor swadeled in cloutes 5 None eye pitied thee to do any of these vnto thee for to haue compassion vpon thee but thou wast cast out in the opeÌ field to the coÌtempt ofthy persone in the day that thou wast borne 6 And when I passed by thee I sawe the polluted in thine own blood and I said vnto thee wheÌ thou wast in thy blood Thou shalt liue euen when thou wast in thy blood I said vnto thee Thou shalt liue 7 I haue caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the field and thou hast in creased and waxen great and thou hast gotten excellent ornaments thy brests are facioned thine heere is growen where as thou wast naked bare 8 Now when I passed by thee and loked vpoÌ thee beholde thy time was as the time of loue I spred my skirtes ouer thee and couered thy filthines yea I sware vnto thee entred into a couenant with thee saith the Lord God and thou becamest mine 9 Then washed I thee with water yea I washed away thy blood froÌ thee and I an ointed thee with oyle 10 I clothed thee also with broydred worke and shod thee with badgers skinne and I gir ded thee about with fine liuen and I couered thee with silke 11 I decked thee also with ornaments and I put brasselets vpon thine hands and a chaine on thy necke 12 And I put a frontelet vpon thy face and earings in thine eares and a beautiful crowne vpon thine head 13 Thus wast thou dect with golde and siluer and thy raiment was of fine linen and silke and broydered worke thou didest eat fine floure and hony and oyle thou wast very beautiful and thou didest growe vp into a kingdome 14 And thy name was spred among the heatheÌ for thy beautie for it was perfite through my beautie which I had set vpon thee saith the Lord God 15 Now thou didest trust in thine owne beau tie and played the harlot because of thy ãâã and hast powred out thy fornicatioÌs on euery one that passed by thy desire was to him 16 And thou didest take thy garments deckt thine hie places with diuers colours and played the harlot thereupon the like things shal not come nether hathe anie done so 17 Thou hast also takeÌ thy faire iewels made of my golde and of my siluer which I had giuen thee and madest to thy self images of men and didest commit whoredome with them 18 And toke thy broidered garments and couered them and thou hast set mine oyle and my perfume before them 19 My meat also whiche I gaue thee as fine floure oyle hony wherewith I fed thee thou hast euen set it before them for a swete sauour thus it was saith the Lord God 20 Moreouer thou hast taken thy sonnes and thy daughters whome thou hast borne vnto me and these hast thou sacrificed vnto them to be deuoured is this thy whoredome a smale matter 21 That thou hast slayne my children and deliuered them to cause them to passe through fyre for them 22 And in all thine abominacions and whore domes thou hast not remeÌbred the dayes of thy youth when thou wast naked and bare and wast polluted in thy blood 23 And beside all thy wickednes wo wo vnto thee saith the Lord God 24 Thou hast also buylt vnto thee an hie place and hast made thee an hie place in euery strete 25 Thou hast buylt thine hie place at euery corner of the way and hast made thy beautie to be abhorred thou hast opened thy fete to euery one that passed by and multiplied thy whoredome 26 Thou hast also coÌmitted fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours which haue great members hast encreased thy whore dome to prouoke me 27 Beholde therefore I did stretch outmine hand ouer thee and wil diminish thine ordinarie and deliuer thee vnto the wil of them that hate thee euen to the daughters of the Philistims which are ashamed of thy wicked way 28 Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians because thou wast insatiable yea thou hast played the ãâã with them yet coldest not be satisfied 29 Thou
taketh away iniquitie and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage He ãâã not his wrath for euer becau se mercie pleaseth him 19 He ãâã againe and haue compassioÌ vpon vs he wil ãâã our iniquities and cast all their sinnes into the bottome of the sea 20 Thou wilt performe thy trueth to Iaakôb and mercie to Abrahám as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time NAHVM THE ARGVMENT AS they of Nineuéh shewed them selues prompt and ready to receiue the worde of God at Ionahs preaching and so turned to the Lord by repentance so after a certeine time rather giuing them selues to ãâã meanes to increase their dominion then seking to continue in the feare of God and trade wherein they had begonne they cast of the care of religion and so turned to their ãâã and ãâã Gods iuste iudgement ãâã them in afflicting his people Therefore their citie Nineuéh was destroyed Meroch ãâã King of Babél or as some thinke Nebuchad-nezzar enioved the empire of the ãâã But because God hathe a continual care of his Church he ãâã vp his Prophet to coÌfort the godlie ãâã that the destruction of their enemies shulde be for their consolation And as it semeth he prophe ãâã about the time of ãâã and not in the time of ãâã his sonne as the Iewes write CHAP. I. Of the destruction of the Assyrians and of the deliuerance of Israél 1 THe burden of Nineuéh The boke of the vision of NahuÌ the Elkeshite 2 God is ielous the Lord reuengeth the Lord reueÌgeth euen the Lord of angre the Lord wil take vengeance on his aduersaries and hereserueth wrath for his enemies 3 The Lord is slowe to angre but he is greate in power and will not surely cleare the wicked the Lord hathe his waye in the whirle winde and in the storme and the cloudes are the dust of his fete 4 He rebuketh the sea and dryeth it and he dryeth vp all the riuers Bashán is wasted and Carmél and the floure of Lebanón is wasted 5 The mountaines tremble for him and the hilles melt the earth is burnt at his sight yea the worlde and all that dwell therein 6 Who can stand before his wrath who can abide in the fiercenes of his wrath his wrath is powred out like fyre and the rockes are broken by him 7 The Lord is good and as a strong holde in the day of trouble and he knoweth theÌ that trust in him 8 But passing ouer as with a flood he will vtterly destroye the place thereof and darkenes shal pursue his enemies 9 What doye imagine against the LORD he wil make an vtter destruction affliction shal not rise vp the seconde time 10 For he shal come as vnto thornes folden one in another and as vnto drunkards in their drunkennes thei shal be deuoured as ãâã fully dryed 11 Therê cometh one out of thee that imagineth euill againste the Lord euen a wicked counselour 12 Thus saith the Lord Thogh thei be quiet and also manie yet thus shal they be cut of wheÌ he shal passe by thogh I haue afflicted thee I wil afflict thee no more 13 For now I ãâã breake his yoke from thee and wil burst thy bondes in sondre 14 And the Lord hathe giuen a commandement coÌcerning thee that no more of thy name be sowen out of the house of thy Gods wil I cut of the grauen and the molteÌ image I wil make it thy graue for thee for thou art vile 15 * Beholde vpon the mountaines the fete of him that declareth publisheth peace ô Iudáh kepethy soleÌne feastes performe thy vowes for the wicked shall no more passe through thee he is vtterly cut of CHAP. II. He describeth the victories of the Caldeans against the Assyrians 1 THe destroyer is come before thy face kepe thy munition loke to the way make thy loynes strong increase thy strength mightely 2 For the Lord hathe turned away the glorie of Iaak ób as the glorie of Israél for the emptiers haue emptied them out marred their vine branches 3 The shield of his mightie men is made red the valiant men are in skarlet the charrets shal be as in the fyre and flames in the day of his preparation and the firre trees shal tremble 4 The charets shal rage in the stretes thei shal runne to fro in the hie wayes thei shal seme like lampes they shal shote like the lightning 5 He shal remember his strong men they shal stumble as they go they shal make ha ste to the walles thereof and the defense shal be prepared 6 The gates of the riuers shal be opened the palace shal melt 7 And Huzzáh the Quene shal be led away captiuitie and her maides shal leade her as with the voyce of doues smiting vpon their breasts 8 But Nineuéh is of olde like a poole of wa ter yet they shal flee away Stand stand shal they crye but none shal loke backe 9 Spoile ye the siluer spoyle the golde for there is none end of the stone and glorie of all the pleasant vessels 10 She is emptie and voyde and waste and the heart melteth and the knees smite together and sorow is in all loines and the faces of them all gather blackenes 11 Where is the dwelling of the lyoÌs and the pasture of the lyons whelpes where the lyon and the lyonesse walked and the lyons whelpe and none made theÌ afraied 12 The lyon did teare in pieces ynough for his whelpes and woryed for his lyonesse and filled his holes with praye and his dennes with spoyle 13 Beholde I come vnto thee saith the Lord of hostes and I wil burne her charrets in the smoke and the sworde shal deuoure thy yong lyons and I wil cut of thy spoile from the earth and the voice of thy messengers shal no more be heard CHAP. III. 1 Of the fall of Nineuéh 8 No power can escape the hand of God 1 OBloodie citie it is all ful of lies and robberie the pray departeth not 2 The noyce of a ãâã the noyce of the mourning of the wheles the beating of the horses and the leaping of the charrets 2 The horsemaÌ lifteth vp bothe the bright sworde and the glitering speare and a mul titude is slaine and the dead bodies are manie there is none end of their corpses they stumble vpon their corpses 4 Because of the multitude of the fornications of the harlot that is beautifull and is a maistresse of witchcraft and selleth the people thorowe her whoredome and the nations thorowe her witchcraftes 5 Behold I come vpon thee saith the Lord of hostes and wil discouer thy skirtes vpoÌ thy face and wil she we the nations thy filthines and the kingdomes thy shame 6 And I wil cast filth vpoÌ thee make thee vile
he had zeale in the feare of the Lord and stode vp with good courage of heart when the people were turned backe and made reconciliation for ãâã 24 Therefore was there a couenant of peace made with him that he shulde be the chief of the Sanctuarie and of his people and that he and his posteritie shulde haue the dignitie of the priesthode for euer 25 And according to the couenant made with Dauid that the inheritance of the king do me shulde remaine to his sonne of the tribe of Iuda so the heritage of Aaron shuld be to the onelie sonne of his sonne and to his sede God giue vs wisdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnes that the good things that they haue be not abolished and that their glorie may endure for their posteritie CHAP. XLVI The praise of Iosue Caleb and Samuel 1 IEsus * the sonne of Naue was valiant in the warres was the successour of Moy ses in prophecies who according vnto his name was a great sauiour of the elect of God to take vengeaÌce of the enemies that rose vp against them and to set Israél in their in heritance 2 * What glorie gate he when he lift vp his hand and drewe out his sworde against the cities 3 Who was there before him like to him for he foght the battels of the Lord. 4 * Stode not the sunne stil by his meanes and one day was as long astwo 5 He called vnto the moste high Gouernour when the enemies preased vpoÌ him on eue rie side the mightie Lord heard him with the haile stones and with ãâã power 6 He rushed in vpoÌ the nacions in battel and in the * going downe of Bethoron he destroied the aduersaries that they might knowe his weapons and that he foght in the sight of the Lord for he followed the Almightie 7 * In the time of Moyses also he did a good worke he and Caleb the sonne of Iephu ne stode against the enemie and with helde the people from sinne and appeased the wicked murmuring 8 * And of six hundreth thousand people of fote they two were preserued to bring theÌ into the heritage euen into the land that floweth with milke and honey 9 * The Lord gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remained with him vnto his olde age so that he went vp into the high places of the land and his sede obteined it for an heritage 10 That all the children of Israél might se that it is good to follow the Lord. 11 Concerning the Iudges euerie one by name whose heart weÌt not a whoring nor departed from the Lord their memorie be blessed 12 Let * their bones florish out of their place and their name by succession remaine to them that are moste famous of their chil dren 13 ¶ Samuel the Prophet of the Lord beloued of his Lord * ordeined Kings and anointed the princes ouer his people 14 By the Lawe of the Lord he iudged the coÌ gregacion and the Lord hast respect vnto Iacob 15 This Prophete was approued for his faith fulnes and he was knowen faithful in his wordes and visions 16 * He called vpoÌ the Lord almightie when his enemies preased vpon him on euerie side when he offred the sucking lambe 17 And the Lord thondred from heauen made his voyce to be heard with a great noyce 18 So he discomfited the princes of the Tyrians and all the rulers of the Philistims 19 * And before his long ãâã he made protestacion in the sight of the Lord and his anointed that he toke no substance of any man no not so muche as a shooe and no man colde accuse him 20 * After his slepe also he tolde of the Kings death and from the earth lift he vp his voy ce and prophecied that the wickednes of the people shulde perish CHAP. XLVII The praise of Nathan Dauid and Salomon 1 AFter him rose vp * Nathan to prophe cie in the time of Dauid 2 For as the fat is taken away from the peace offring so was Dauid chosen out of the children of Israél 3 * He plaied with the lions as with kiddes and with beares as with lambes 4 * Slewe he not a gyante when he was yet but yong and toke away the rebuke from the people when he lift vp his hand with the stone in the sling to beat downe the pride of Goliah 5 For he called vpon the moste high Lord which gaue him streÌgth in his right hand to slay that mightie warriour that he might set vp the horne of his people againe 6 * So he gaue him the praise of ten thousand and honored him with great praises and gaue him a crowne of glorie 7 * For he destroied the enemies on euerie side and rooted out the Philistims his aduersaries and brake their horne in sunder vnto this day 8 In all his workes he praised the Holy one and the moste High with honorable wordes with his whole heart he sung songs and loued him that made him 9 * He set singers also before the altar and according to their tune he made swete songs that they might praise God daily with songs 10 He ordeined to kepe the feast daies comely and appointed the times perfitely that they might praise the holy Name of God and make the TeÌple to sounde in the morning 11 * The Lord toke away his sinnes and exalted his horne for euer he gaue him the couenant of the kingdome and the throne of glorie in Israél 12 After him rose vp a wise sonne who by him dwelt in a large possession 13 * Salomon reigned in a peaceable time and was glorious for God made all quiet rounde about that he might buyld an house in his Name and prepare the Sanctuarie for euer 14 * How wise wast thou in thy youth wast filled with vnderstaÌding as with a flood 15 Thy minde couered the whole earth and hathe filled it with graue and darke senten ces 16 Thy Name went abroade in the yles and for thy peace thou wast beloued 17 * The countreie marueiled at thee for thy songs and prouerbes and similitudes and in terpretations 18 By the Name of the Lord God which is called the God of Israél thou hast * gathered golde as tinne and hast had as muche siluer as lead 19 * Thou didest bowe thy loines to women and wast ouercome by thy bodie 20 Thou didest staine thine honour and hast defiled thy posteritie hast broght wrath vpon thy children and hast felt soro we for thy folie 21 * So the kingdome was deuided and Ephraim begaÌ to be a rebellious kingdome 22 * Neuertheles the Lord left not of his mer cie nether was he destroied for his workes nether did he abolish the posteritie of his elect nor toke a
way the sede of him that loued him but he left a remnaÌt vnto Iacob and a roote of him vnto Dauid 23 Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and of his sede he left behinde him Roboam euen the foolishnes of the people one that had no vnderstanding * who turned away the people thorow his counsel Ie roboam the sonne of Nabat * which caused Israél to sinne shewed Ephraim the way of sinne 24 So that their sinnes were so muche increa sed that they were driuen out of the land 25 For they soght out all wickednes til the vengeance came vpon them CHAP. XLVIII The praise of Elias Eliscus Ezekias and ãâã 1 THen stode vp * Elias the Prophete as a fyre and his worde burnt like a lampe 2 He broght a famine vpon theÌ and by his zeale he diminished theÌ for they might not away with the commandements of the Lord. 3 By the worde of the Lord he shut the heauen * and thre times broght he the fyre from heauen 4 O Elias how honorable art thou by thy wonderous dedes who may make his boast to be like thee 5 * Which hast raised vp the dead froÌ death and by the worde of the moste High out of the graue 6 Which hast broght Kings vnto destructioÌ and the honorable from their seate 7 Which heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sina * and in Horeb the iudgement of the vengeance 8 * Which didest anoint Kings that they might recompense and Prophetes to be thy successours 9 * Which wast taken vp in a whirle winde offyre and in a charet of fyrie horses 10 Which wast appointed * to reproue in due season to pacific the wrath of the Lords iudgemeÌt before it kindled to turne the hearts of the fathers vnto the childreÌ and to set vp the tribes of Iacob 11 Blessed were they that sawe thee slept in loue for we shalliue 12 * When Elias was couered with the storme Eliseus was filled with his spirit while he li ued he was not moued for any prince nether colde any bring him into subiection 13 Nothing colde ouercome him * and after his death his bodie prophecied 14 He did wonders in his life and in death were his workes marueilous 15 For all this the people repented not nether departed they from their sinnes * til they were caryed away prisoners out of their land and were scatered through all the earth so that there remained but a very few people with the prince vnto the hou se of Dauid 16 Howbeit some of them did right and some heaped vp sinnes 17 * Ezekias made his citie strong and con ueied water into the middes thereof he dig ged thorow the rocke with yron and made fountaines for waters 18 * In his time came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaces and list vp his hand against Sion and boasted proudely 19 Then trembled their hearts and hands so that they sorowed like a woman in trauel 20 But they called vpon the Lord which is merciful and lift vp their hands vnto him and immediatly the holy one heard them out of heauen 21 He thoght no more vpon their sinnes nor gaue them ouer to their enemies but deliuered them by the hand of Esai 22 * He smote the hoste of the Assyrians and his Angel destroyed them 23 For Ezekias had done the thing that plea sed the Lord and remained stedfastly in the wayes of Dauid his father as Esai the great Prophet and faithful in his visioÌ had commanded him 24 * In his time the sonne went backwarde and he lengthened the Kings life 25 He sawe by an excellent Spirit what shulde come to passe at the last and he comfor ted them that were sorowful in Sion 26 He shewed what shulde come to passe for euer and secret things or euer thei came to passe CHAP. XLIX Of Iosias Hezekiah Dauid Ieremi Ezechiel ãâã Iesus ãâã Enoch Ioseph Sem Seth. 1 THe remembraÌce of * Iosias is like the composition of the perfume that is ma de by the arte of the apothe carie it is swete as honie in all mouthes and as musicke at a banket of wine 2 He behaued him self vprightly in the refor macion of the people and toke a way all abominacions of iniquitie 3 He * directed his heart vnto the Lord and in the time of the vngodlie he established religion 4 All except Dauid and Ezekias and Iosias committed wickednes for euen the Kings of Iuda forsoke the Law of the moste High and failed 5 Therefore he gaue their horne vnto other and their honor to a strange nacion 6 He burnt the elect citie of the Sanctuarie * and destroied the stretes thereof according to the prophecie of Ieremias 7 For thei * intreated him euil which neuer theles was a Prophete * sanctified from his mothers wombe that he might roote out and a fflict and destroye and that he might also buyld vp and plant 8 * Ezechiel sawe the glorious visioÌ which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubims 9 * For he made meÌcion of the enemines vn der the figure of the raine directed theÌ that went right 10 * ¶ And let the bones of the twelue Prophetes florish out of their place and let their memorie be blessed for they comforted Iacob and deliuered them by assured hope 11 ¶ * How shal we praise Zorobabel which was as a ring on the right hand 12 So was * Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their time buylded the house and set vp the Sanctuarie of the Lord agai ne which was prepared for an euerlasting worship 13 ¶ * And among the elect was Neemias whose renoume is great which set vp for vs the walles that were fallen and set vp the gates and the barres and laied the fundacions of our houses 14 ¶ But vp on the earth was no man created like * Enoch for he was taken vp from the earth 15 Nether was there a like man vnto * Ioseph the gouernour of his brethren the vp holder of his people whose bones were kept 16 * Sem and Seth were in great honour among men and so was Adam aboue eue rie liuing thing in the creation CHAP. L. Of Simon the sonne of Onias 22 An exhortacion to praise the Lord. 27 The autor of this boke 1 SImon * the sonne of Onias the hie Priest which in his life set vp the house againe and in his dayes established the Temple 2 Vnder him was the fundacion of the double height laied the hie walles that compasseth the Temple 3 In his dayes the places to receiue water that were decaied were restored and the
the moone to shine in it for the glorie of God did light it and the Lambe is the light of it 24 * And the people whiche are saued shall walke in the light of it and the Kings of the earth shall bring their glorie and honour vn to it 25 * And the gates of it shal not be shut by day for there shal be no night there 26 And the glorie and honour of the Gentiles shal be broght vnto it 27 And there shal entre into it none vncleane thing nether whatsoeuer worketh abomination or lies but they whiche are writen in the Lambes * Boke of life CHAP. XXII 1 The riuer of the water of life 2 The frutefulnes light of the citie of God 6 The Lord giueth euer his seruants warning of things to come 9 The Angel wil not be wor shipped 18 To the worde of God may nothyng be added nor diminished there from 1 ANd he shewed me a pure riuer of water of life cleare as crystal proceding out of the throne of God and of the Lambe 2 In the middes of the strete of it of ether side of the riuer was the tre of life whiche bare twelue maner of frutes and gaue frute euerie moneth and the leaues of the tre serued to heale the nations with 3 And there shal be no more cursse but the throne of God and of the Lambe shal be in it and his seruants shall serue him 4 And they shal se his face his Name shal be in their forheades 5 * And there shal be no night there and they nede no candle nether light of the sunne for the Lord God giueth them light and they shall reigne for euermore 6 And he said vnto me These wordes are faithful and true and the Lord God of the holye Prophetes sent his Angel to shewe vnto hys seruants the things whiche must shortely be fulfilled 7 Beholde I come shortely Blessed is he that kepeth the wordes of the prophecie of this boke 8 And I am Iohn which sawe and heard these things and when I had heard and sene * I fell downe to worship before the fete of the Angel which shewed me these things 9 But he said vnto me Se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruant and of thy brethren the Prophets and of them which kepe the wordes of this boke worship God 10 And he said vnto me Seale not the wordes of the prophecie of this boke for the time is at hand 11 He that is vniust let him bevniust stil and he which is filthie let him be filthie stil and he that is righteous let him be righteous stil he that is holie let him be holie stil. 12 And beholde I come shortely and my rewarde is with me * to giue euerie man accor ding as his worke shal be 13 I am * and the beginning and the end the first and the last 14 Blessed are they that do his commandements that their right may be in the tre of life and may entre in through the gates into the citie 15 For without shal be dogges and enchanters and whoremongers and murtherers idola ters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh lyes 16 I Iesus haue sent mine Angel to testifie vnto you these things in the Churches I am the roote and the generacion of Dauid and the bright morning starre 17 And the Spirit aÌd the bride say Come And let him that heareth say Come and let him that is a thirst come and * let whosoeuer wil take of the water of life frely 18 For I protest vnto euerie man that heareth the wordes of the prophecie of this boke * if any man shaladde vnto these things God shaladde vnto him the plagues that are writeÌ in this boke 19 And if any man shal diminish of the wordes of the boke of this prophecie God shal take away his parte out of the Boke of life aÌd out of the holie citie and froÌ those things which are writen in this boke 20 He which testifieth these things saith Surely I come quickely Amen Euen so come Lord Iesus 21 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you all Amen A BRIEF TABLE OF THE INTER PRETATION OF THE PROPRE NAMES VVHICH ARE CHIEFLY FOVNDE IN THE OLDE TESTAMENT WHErein the first nomber signifieth the chapter the seconde the verse WHereas the wickednes of time and the blindnes of the former age hathe bene suche that all things altogether haue bene abused and corrupted so that the very right names of diuerse of the holie men named in the Scriptures haue bene forgotten and now seme strange vnto vs and the names of infants that shulde euer haue some godlie aduertisements in them and shulde be memorials and markes of the children of God receiued into his housholde hathe bene hereby also changed and made the signes and badges of idolatrie and heathenish impietie we haue now set forthe this table of the names that be moste vsed in the olde Testament with their interpretatioÌs as the Ebrewe importeth partly to call backe the godlie from that abuse when they shal know the true names of the godlie fathers and what they signifie that their children now named after them may haue testimonies by their very names that they are within that faithful familie that in all their doings had euer God before their eyes and that they are bounde by these their names to serue God from their infancie and haue occasion to praise him for his workes wroght in them and their fathers but chiefly to restore the names to their integritie whereby many places of the Scriptures and secret mysteries of ãâã holie Gost shal better be vnderstand We haue medled rarely with the Greke names because their interpretation isvncerteine and many of them are corrupted from their original as we may also se these Ebrewe names set in the margent of this table which haue bene corrupted by the Grecians Now for the other Ebrewe names that are not ãâã ãâã let not the diligeÌt reader becareful for he shal finde them in places moste conu enient amongs the annotations at least so many as may seme to make for any edification and vnderstanding of the Scriptures A A AroÌn or Aháron a teacher Exod. 4. 14 ¶ Abdá a seruant 1. King Chap. 4. ver 6 Abdeél a seruant of God Ierem. 36. 26 Abdi my seruant 1. Chro. 6. 7 Abdiáh a seruant of the Lord. 1. King 18. 3. and Obadiah one of the twelue Prophetes Abdiél the same 1. Chron. 55. 15 Abéd-negoÌ seruant of shining Dan. 1. 44 Abél mourning the name of a citie but Habél the name of a man doeth signifie vanitie Gen. 4. 2 Abgathá father of the wine presse Abiáh the wil of the Lord. 2. Chro. 29. 1 Abiám father of the sea 1. King 14. 31 Abiasáph a gathering father 1. Chro.
6. 33. Abiathár father of the remnant or excellent father 1. King 22. 21 Abidá father of knowledge Gen. 25. 4 Abidán father of iudgement Nomb. 1. 11 Abiél my father is God 1. King 9. 1 Abiezér the fathers helpe Ios. 17. 2 Abigáil the fathers ioye 1. King 25. 3 Abiháil the father of strength Nomb. 3. 35 Abihu he is a father Exod. 6. 23 Abihúd the father of praise 1. Chro. 8. 3 Abilene lamentable Luk. 3. 1 Abimáel a father from God Gen. 10. 25 Abimélech the Kings father or a father of con sel or the chief King Gen. 20. 3 Abinadád a father of a vowe or of a free minde or prince 1. King 16. 8 Abinoám father of beautie Iud. 4. 6 Abirám an high father 1. King 16. 34 Abishág the fathers ignorance 1. King 1. 3 AbishaÌi the fathers rewarde 1. King 26. 6 AbishaloÌm the father of peace or the peace of the father 1. King 15. 2 Abishúa the father of saluation 1. Chro. 6. 4 Abishúr the father of a song or of a wall or of righteousnes 1. Chro. 2. 29 Abitál the father of the dew 2. King 3. 4 AbitoÌb the father of goodnes 1. Chro. 8. 11 Abnér the fathers candel 1. Sam. 14. 49 Abrám an high father Gen. 11. 31 Abrahám a father of a great multitude as the name was changed Gen. 17. 5 Abshalom a father of peace or the fathers peace or rewarde 2. Sam. 3. 3 ¶ Achan troubling Ioshu 7. 1. who iscalled Achár 1. Chro. 2. 7 ¶ Adadézer read Adarézer beautiful helpe Adaiáh the witnes of the Lord. 1. Chro. 6. 41 Adaliah pouertie Ester 9. 8 Adam man earthlie read Gen. 2. 15 Adiél the witnes of God 1. Chro. 4. 36. Adoniáh the Lord is the ruler 2. Sam. 3. 4 Adonihézek the Lords thunder Iud. 1. 5 Adonikám the Lord is risen Neh. 2. 13 Adoniram the high Lord. 1. King 4. 6 Adonizédek the Lords iustice Ios. 10. 1 ¶ Agabùs a greshopper Act. 11. 28 Agár a stranger Gen. 16. 1 ¶ Aház taking or possessing 2. King 16. 1 Ahasuéros a prince or head Dan. 9. 1 Ahbam a brother of vnderstanding 1. Chr. 2. 29 Ahiiáh brother of the Lord. 1. Chro. 2. 26. Ahimáa brother of councel 1. Sam. 14. 49 Ahimán brother of the right haÌd Nomb. 13. 23. Ahimélech a Kings brother 1 Sam. 21. 1 AhimoÌth a brother of death 1. Chro. 6. 25. AhinoÌam the brothers beautie 1. Sam. 14. 49 AhioÌr the brothers light Iud. 5. 5 Ahiláb an heartie brother Iud. 1. 31 Ahráh a swete sauoring medow 1. Chro. 8. 1. Ahikà m a brother arising or aduenging 2. King 22. 12 Ahiézer the brothers helpe Nomb. 1. 12 Aholà h a mansion or dwelling in her self Aholibáh my mansion in her Ezek. 23. 4. Ahud praising or confessing Iud. 3. 15 ¶ Alián high 1. Chron. 1. 40. ¶ Amálek a licking people Gen. 36. 21. Amariáh the Lord said or the Lambe of the Lord. Zephan 1. 1. Amasá sparing the people 2. Sam. 17. 25. Amashái the gift of the people 1. Chro. 6. 24 Amashsi the treading of the people Neh. 11. 12 Amasiáh the burden of the Lord. 2. Chro. 17. 15. Amithi true or fearing 2. King 14. 25. Ammiél a people of God or God with me 1. Chron. 3. 5 Ammishádai the people of the Almightie Nomb. 1. 12. Ammon a people Gen. 19. 38 Amon faithful 2. King 21. 18 Amos a burden one of ãâã twelue Prophets Amoz strong the father of Ishai Isa. 1. 1 Amzi strong 1. Chron. 6. 46 ¶ Anáh afflicting answering or singiÌg Ge. 36. 2. Hanna gratious or merciful 1. Sam. 1. 2 Ananiáh the cloude of the Lord. Act. 5. 1 Andréas manlie Mat. 4. 18 Anùb a grape 1. Chron. 4. 8 Antipas for all or against all Reuela 2. 13. ¶ Apadno the wrath of his iudgemeÌt Da. 11. 46 ApolloÌ a destroyer 18. 24. the name also of an idole Apphia bringing forthe or encreasing Phile. 2 ¶ Arám hight or their curse Gen. 10. 23. Arbel Bel or God hathe aduenged Hos. 10. 15 Archeláus a prince of the people Mat. 2. 22. Areli the altar of God Gen. 46. 16 Arétas verteous 2. Macc. 5 Artahsháste feruent to spoile Ezra 7. 21. ¶ Asâ a physicion 1. King 15. 8. Asaél God hathe wroght 2. Sam. 2. 18 Asáph gathering 1. Chron. 6. 39 Asharélah the blessednes of God 1. Chr. 25. 2 Ashbél an olde fyre 46. 21 Ashér blessednes Gen. 30. 13 Ashiél the worke of God 1. Chro. 4. 35 Ashúr blessed or trauailing Gen. 10. 21. Asmodeus a destroyer Tob. 3. 8 Astyages gouernour of the citie Dan. 13. 64 ¶ Ataráh a crowne 1. Chron. 2. 26. Athaiáh the time of the Lord. Nehe. 11. 4. Athaliáh time for the Lord. 2. King 8. 26. ¶ Aza strength Esra 23. 47 Azaniáh hearkening the Lord. Neh. 10. 9. Azaréel the helpe of God 1. Chro. 12. 6. Azariáh helpe of the Lord. 4. King 14. 21. Azarikám helpe rising vp Neh. 11. 14. Azmáueth strength of death 2. Sam. 23. 30 Azubáh forsaken 1. King 22. 43. Azùr holpen or helper Ierem. 28. 1. B BAal Bealim lord lords the name of the idole of the Sydonians or a general name to all idoles because they were as the lords and owners of all that worshiped them Baaliada a master of knowledge 1. Chr. 14. 7 Báal-meoÌn the Lord or master oÌf the mansion or the house as also Báalzibul signifieth the same Luk. 11. 15 Báal-zebûb the master of flies BaanaÌh in affliction 2. Sam. 4. 2. Babél confusion Gen. 10. 11. 9. Bacchides one that holdeth of Bacchus or a dronkard 1. Macc. 7. 8. Bacchenor and bacenor the same 2. Mac. 12. 15. Badaiáh the Lord alone Ezr. 10. 31 Baladán ancient in iudgement 2. King 20. 12. Baldád olde loue or without loue Iob 8. 1 Barachél blessing God Iob 32. 2. Barachiáh blessing the Lord. Zech. 1. 1. Bar-ionáh sonne of a doue Mat. 16. 17 Barnabas the sonne of consolation Act. 4. 36. Barabbas sonne of confusion Mat. 27 16 Barûch blessed Iere. 32. 10 Bathséba the seueÌth daughter or the daughter of an othe 1. Sam. 11. 3. Bathshûa the daughter of saluation 1. Chro. 3. 5 ¶ Belshatsár without treasure or searcher of treasure Dan. 5. 1. Benaiáh the Lords buylding 1. Chro. 4. 36 Beniamin sonne of the right hand who was first called Benoni the sonne of sorow Ge. 35. 18 Beraiáh the Lords creature 1. Chro. 8. 20 Berák lightening Iud. 4. 6 Béred hail 1. Chron. 7. 21 Bethiáh the Lords daughter 1. Chro. 4. 18 Bezaleél in the shadow of God Exod. 31. 2 ¶ Bileâm the ancient of the people Nom. 22. 5. Bilháh olde or fading Gen. 29. 29 ¶ Boas in powre or strength Ruth 2. 2 C CAiap has a searcher Mat. 26. 57 Calcôl nourishing