offeryng for peace it shuld be vsde To make acord wher strife was had that hate myght be refusde Of oxen shepe and lambs and gotes attonement shulde be made Leuiticus the thyrd Chapter doth shew the forme and trade The .iiii Chapter That priest that then cōmitted synne and done by ignoraunce Shuld reconsile wyth sacrifice confessyng his myschaunce And if a lord dyd lykewyse so offer he must lykewyse The subiect for the same offence must offer sacrifice The v Chapt For such as swere and not performd they must confesse the dede And offer a gote or ells a lambe vnlesse he be in nede The order how he shulde be clensde that touchte an vncleane thyng The Ignorante that synnyd then an offeryng must brynge The .vi. Chapter Then he that stale or dyd dysceyue his neyghbours wyllyngly Or founde a thyng and it denyde fyue folde restore shulde he The doars euell then offer shulde for there offence and synne An offeryng then is tolde full ryght for Aaron and hys kyne The .vii. Chapter For trespase offeryng must be had lykewyse for synne and peace The bakte broyld with fryed fleshe is theirs that it dothe dresse The fat or bloude may no man eate it is denyed playne of best or foule where so it dye by chaunce or elles be slayne The .viii. Chapter The order how that Aaron shuld anoynted priest then be And all his garmentes fyt for hym then mete for hys degre And also for hys sonnes thereto to mynister also Whyth all their albes and tunicles wherein that they shulde go The ix chap Then Aaron offerd to the lorde for hym and all the reste And then the people out of hande by Aaron were all bleste Thys lyked so well the lorde aboue Hys glory dyd apeare Consume he hyd the sacrifice afore them all wyth fyre The x Chapt And straunge fyre in sensors tho was offered vp a newe And they were slayne for their offence Nadab and Abihu The priests were thē forbyddē wyne to drynke they were denyde But they myght eate the sacrifice if ought were lefte besyde The xi Chapter The beastes y t do not chow their cud nor weare their hoffes in twaine For man to eate for sustenaunce they myght not then be slaine Fyshe lackyng scale or fynne to swym myght not be eaten tho Nor diuerse fouls nor creping beasts whych on the earth doth go The xii chap A law to Moses god dyd gyue for women that bare chylde Such paynes to them to the lyke myght teach them to be mylde Eyght dayes in house remayne they shulde and then be purifide And offer giftes for sacrifice such as she myght abyde The xiii chapter The priests for lepers they must loke and iudge them by their skynne A whyte spot that is waxed blacke a lepre dothe beginne All other notes if man wyl know a lepre howe to deme Let hym then reade the Chapter all which is of L thirtene The .xiiii. Chapter Now at the time when he must be amonge the folke agayne He muste be clensd then of the priests by order wrytten playne And all the house that he was in it must be clensde also With searching had when it beginnes er further that it go The .xv. Chapter the maner how that men shulde be clensyd and purged cleane If they wer staynd by course vnkynd vnpurenes it doth meane For women also it doth shewe that haue their byrthryght kynde A sacrifice to purge them wyth for them was then assygnd The xvi Chapter What thyngs that Aarō must fulfyl wythin the holy place And how to clense the sanctuary the maner and the case The feaste of clensyng then is tolde howe that it shuld be vsde And all was done as god them bade and nought at al refusde The .xvii. Chapter Without the dores the sacrifices they must nedes all be slayne So was the lord wythout tho gates whych dyed for our payne And god dyd thē cōmaund they shuld not offer vnto deuelles Nor eate the bloud nor carren meat but keepe them from such euels The xviii Chapter The ten and eyght of L doth tell what kynreds are forbode To mary or spouse in wedlocke rate whych are denyd of god But chargd thei are to kepe and sarue the lorde hys hests and wyll and quight to flye frō Gentyls trades whych altogether ar ill The xix Chapter Expoundyd is the ten precepts in ten and nyne of L Let euery man that loues the word gyue eare what they do tell To steale or lye or false to deale or Iugde in matters wronge Nor man to weare a womans cote where it be short or longe The .xx. Chapter That none may sacryfice their seede to forren gods or strange Such parrell is direct thereto that death there lyffe must change And those that work by sorsery thou may not to them trust And certayn kinreds are forbod in whych not cope thou must The .xxi. Chapter When one dyd dye and hense departe the priest myght not be bye Nor yet be shauen on head nor thyn for God dyd it denye Also theyr wyues thei must be mayds theyr doughters liuyng chaste Mishapen men may be no priests of holy thinges to taste The .xxii. Chapter Such persons then y e whych myghte not eate of the sacrifice Almyghtye god tho in hys lawe showes then who he denies The maner howe that they shuld do when they to offer wente All thys was done to kepe thē backe from doyng their intente Th xxiii Chap Cōmaund did god the Sabboth day and easter to be vsde The first frutes feaste and witsontide it myght not be refusde The feast of cleansyng also must be kept in order ryght Wyth other feasts y t there are myngd as Moyses dyd them wryght The xxiiii Chapter Decred was then y e lamps shuld be and oyle in them lyght With shew bred set vpon a bord eche both in their syght The chyld that curst did blaspheme was stoned vnto deathe He that kylles a man muste dye as God almyghtie sayth The xxv Chap Eche seuē yere tho the Sabboth yere must solemnlye be kepte No vine was cut for that hole yere nor corne esowne nor repte The fyfty yere were bond men free and landes restord agayne Al vsury it is forbode by wordes that are ful playne The xxvi Chapter Forbyd dyd god all Images by wordes most playnlye tolde To them to knele he doth denye A man to be so bolde God wyll defend hys people all that wyll hys word obeye But they whych not regard hys wyll their counsells shall decaye The xxvii Chapter God told how vowes shuld prisid be woman were it or man And for y e tythes that shuld be payde whych wer apoynted than These commandements afore were gyuen in mount Sinai With chargis great them to obserue from god the almyghtye Leuiticus is past and gone twentye and seauen in all And Numery ye shall haue next the forth boke we it call The fyrst Chapter APte to battayll those that were
from twentye yeares and more Are poyntyd out of al the trybes saue Leuie kept in store Whych trybe y e lorde did take chuse to mynister his wyll Suche holy thyngs as he had lawed they must them all fullfyl The ii chapter Buyld the tents how that they shulde was tolde vnto them tho The tabarnacle rownd aboute eche trybe hys tent to know The heades and rullers of the hostes are namyd in ther kynde The Leuites seruid in the mydes as god had them assygnde The iii Chapter Chuse out to battayl myght thei not the Leuyts in their trybe For y e fyrst borne the Lord them toke and so set them on syde To mynister hys holy thyngs wythin the holye place And next therto to build their shrods they must in any case The .iiii Chapt Decre dyd God what thei shulde do their offyces he tolde And further then he poyntyd them they not to be so bold Eche one after hys stocke and kynd full decently was set And euery one to kepe hys course wythouten stay or let The v. Chapter Eche one with issue lazar man myght not among them dwell For wrongs theÌ„ done fiuefold restord the law dyd them compell From company that was suspecte to kepe mens wyues in awe There was set out of gelousye a good decreed law The vi Chapter For suche as then did vowe the vow of perfect abstynence The lord almight their fare did point to kepe them from offence And also showde to Moses than the maner how Aaron Shuld blesse y e flocke saying y e lorde blesse and kepe you eche one The .vii Chapter Gyfts wer giuen then of the Lords and heads of Israel Among them al then one was hyght by name Nathaniell Great were y e gifts that they did giue they sparyd for no cost In settyng forth Gods seruice ryght thei myght wyth al men bost The viii Chapter How y t the lord wold haue y e lambes to Moyses he dyd show The candelstyks in order fitte where they wer hye or lowe For clensyng offeryng must be had the Leuytes it must vse Whych whan they cam to fyfty yeres offeryng they myght not vse The ix Chapt Iustly how to kepe their paske to Moyses it was tolde And how the fylde or forren man to offer myght be bolde He that denyed to offer tho he muste be made to dye Both nyght and day a guide they had a cloud and light from on hie The .x. Chapter Knoweledge had the people tho by trumpettes that were blowne Were it in warres or tyme of peace the sounde to them was knowne From Sinai they dyd departe their captaines numbred all And Iethro wold not flyt wyth theÌ„ betyde what myght befall The xi Chapter Lyke fooles the people did complain and plaged they were wyth fyre Wyth Manna cloyd to Egipt backe for fleshe was their desire Moses then dyd greue the Lorde whose burden he dyd ease On quailes thei fed and kyld thei wer for god they dyd displease The xii Chap Miriam then dyd grudge swell at Moses god hys iudge And Aaron dyd consent therto and so they both dyd grudge With leprosie was Miriam stroke to teach her to rebell At Moses prayer she was restorde and lyude and dyd ful well The .xiii Chapter Notes to take of Canaan twelue men were thyther sente To se the fatnes of the lande therefore afore they went Whych came told how rych it was wyth grapes a cluster great Thei told of cities greate and stronge whych made them chafe and freat The xiiii Opinion had the people then that land not to obteyne And grudge they dyd agaynst y e lorde whych wold theÌ„ strayght haue slayne Not one of all the Israelites the hest lande dyd possesse Saue Iosue and Caleb both whych two the lorde dyd blesse The xv Chapter Prescribe dyd god a sacrifice for synnes of ignoraunce But dye they shulde that wylfullye dyd synne by arrogance Stoond he was that gathered sticks vpon the Sabboth daye Their garmentes garded rouÌ„d about goddes hestes for to obeye The .xvi. Chapt Quarels picked certeine tho and Corah was the one Also Dathan and Abiron the fourth made vp of On These rebelde against their heads and moued god to Ire He causde the earth to take them in and burnt the rest wyth fyre The .xvii. Chapter Receiue a token of their euell immediately they dyd Twelue rods wer brought froÌ„ al the heads as god hym selfe did byd Among them all then Aarons rod dyd floryshe forth wyth buddes To teach them way the prechers theÌ„ for lesyng of their bloudes The .xviii. Chapter Such thinges as Leuites theÌ„ dyd vse dyd god almyghty poynt Thei wer his priests to serue his wil whom Aaron dyd anointe To whoÌ„ the tythes fruits wer paid to maintayne their degree And Aaron had an heritage as ye may reade and see Eyghtene chapters now are past of Numeri by name And eightene more ye shall haue nexte I trust in as good frame The .xix. Chap A Red Cow then was bod to kyll by Eliazer the priest To sparge her bloud and burne her quite as he ful well it wyst A law to kepe the people cleane from fylthynes or spot No man to touch the holy place but he that was hys lot The xx chapt Begyn dyd Israell for to gruge they lackyd drynk to drynke Out of a rok there gushste a streame that fylld them to the brynke The Edomyts wolde not let pas the people thorow hys land Then Aaron dyed and in hys rome Elyazar dyd stand The xxi Chapt Captayne Arad came to fyght and lost hys Citye and lyfe Immedyatly whan they wer come euen from the waters of stryffe Then stong thei wer by serpeÌ„ts great and heald by one on hye They kylld two kings Sehon Og as Israell passyd bye The .xxii Chapt Deuyse dyd â—alak for to curse the Israelites to hell And sent for Balam in his fume his cursyng for to tell He once denyde and yet he went his mynde was set on gayne He smote his Asse and she denyde hys labour was in vayne The xxiii Chap Euen as Balac had decrede so went he vp on hye And Balam talckte with god awhyle and spake thus by and by How shal I cursse or elles defye whom god doth nothyng so And theÌ„ he blest and blest agayne or euer he dyd goo The xxiiii Chap Forth went Balam in parables declaring Israels happe And Balac angry wyth the thyng hys handes in one dyd clap When he had sayd then Balam tolde of Christes kyngdome playne A starre and Scepter vp shall ryse in Iacob for to raygne The xxv chapt Gods people then did slyp a wrye and whordom dyd commyt The Moabyts in their seruice had tyest them vnto it TheÌ„ god coÌ„mauÌ„did Moses strayght to hange the rulars all As two were doyng of the dede Phinches on them dyd fall The xxvi Chapt How many wer the Israelyts that Canaan shulde possesse The hole xii trybes are nombryd al whom God
serud and kepte no scarsenes he wyll send Those that wyll lende to such as nede the maner is tolde them how Deformytie in sacrifice the Lord doth not alow The .xvi. Chapter Quyetlye to kepe their feasts the tymes are tolde them playne When that they shuld be vsde kepte is wryten once agayne O that Iudges wolde marke read and do as God there bad To take no gyftes in any case but Iustice to be had The ·xvii Chapt. Rewardyd must Idolaters with death by law to dye And doutfull thynges must be refard to those that be on hye Presumptuous men that do rebell must dye the law doth mynge The man and state that he must kepe that they wolde take to kyng Halffe thys boke is told afore seauenten chapters iust Seauenten more ye shall haue next in God put we our trust The .xviii. Chap AL the Leuites that were priests myght not possessions haue All sorcery thei must auoyd their liues to kepe and saue Moses tolde of Christ to come and bade them hym to heare The Prophet false thei must not wey nor all hys doyngs feare The .xix. Chapt Because that murder myght be done agaynst the doers mynde For refuge cites wer set out and there vnto asygnde The false witnes must haue the stone retorne to hys owne brow An eye for eye and tothe for toth the law dyd then alow The xx Chap Such as might not thē go to warres thys chapter doth exspres The law of armes to them is tolde to vse in warre or peace The Cananites the Pherezits the Iebusites also With the Heuites they must destroye not lettynge one to go The xxi Chap Decre dyd god a goodly law for him that was fownd deade And how the Iue shuld hym behaue a Gentle for to wed The fyrst borne sonne he must posses the herytage and land The child that parents doth not fear must dye euen out of hande The xxii Chapter Ech mā must helpe his neibours asse although he be vnknowne The man denyd the womans tyre and she to go in her owne Linsey wolsey might not be worne the adulterer muste dye And order taken for that man that wyth a mayde dyd lye The xxiii Chap Forbydden was the gelded man in Christes church to dwell The harlots byrd doth god cōmaūde that they shuld quyte expell Ther might no whore amōg thē bide the lorde dyd so decree The lone of thyngs is there denide to lende on vsurye The .xxiiii. Chapter Geue leaue dyd Moses to deuorce for causes that were lyght The newlye spousde they might not force in bataile for to fyght For money lente and seruaunts hyre a goodly lesson tolde Some leysyng lyft in fielde and towne for poore folke yong or olde The .xxv chapter How many stripes the trespacer shuld haue for wycked lyfe A man that dyed without a sonne his brother shuld wed his wyfe That waights measures shulde be iust reade ye the chapters end Who so doth vse the contrarie shall come to wycked ende The xxvi Chapter Iustly must they paye their fruites that fyrst to them dyd fall The tithes they were commaūded to they shulde then pay them all Unto the priestes the fatherlesse the straunger and the wydow Such goodes wer then the poores of right how so they vse them now The xxvii Chapter Knowledge had the people then an aultar vp to reare Afore that Iordane they dyd passe or came the land so neare The curses then that Leui was commaunded for to speake Against all those that dyd delyte goddes wyll to burst or breake The xxviii Chap Louyngly the lorde dyd blesse the kepers of hys wyll to stablyshe thē in their good mindes to kepe them in it styll And curse he doth the contrarye wyth cursyng meruelous greate Those that him loue he doth thē blesse his haters he doth threat The xxix Chapt Moses then went out and spake vnto the people all And sayde to such as feareth god the lorde defende them shall But they that not regard hys wyll such plages on them shall come as lyke hath not ben seene on earth from rysyng of the sunne The xxx chapt Not farre from them that do it seke is goddes almyghty worde Those that it loue and it obey are saued from the sworde Within our mouthes in our hertes the worde is alwayes preste Those that it keepe are sure at length for it they shall be bleste The .xxxi. Chapt Olde was Moses and dyd chose then Iosue in his steed To whom he sayd see y u be stronge and haue no feare or dreade Thys boke he wrote and dyd it geue into the Leuites hande And chargd y t thei y e same shuld reade when they came to the lande The .xxxii. Chap Pleasauntly then dyd Moses synge a goodly song of prayse Unto the lorde for all the actes that he had wrought alwayes And vp he went vnto a hyll to loke on Canaan God bade him there to runne the race that all hys fathers ranne The xxxiii Chap Quietely Moses dyd prepare to slepe his fathers slepe But thys he sayde afore he wente that god his Sainctes doth kepe Also he blessid all the tribes afore his dyinge daye And told how thei shuld rule raigne if they dyd god obeye The .xxxiiii. Chapter Rest from hys worke did Moses then and so gaue vp the goste At hys departure they dyd wepe euen thorowout all the hoste And Iosue dyd hys rome possesse as Moses had it wylld And ruled all the Israelites in citie and in fielde Of Moses bokes here is the laste as he dyd them all write Unto the lorde gyue ye the prayse whych is the god of myghte FINIS
Iosephes kyn And came to him vnknowen He threat them hard y t thei were spies into that contrey blowne Simion layde in prison is whiles they dyd home returne Beniamin they toke wyth them which made their father morne The .xliii. Chap So backe they went to Egypt tho wyth gyftes and presentes greate And Simion is deliuered out and Iosephs chekes are wet Ioseph could not chose but weepe when Beniamin he sawe They sate and feasted in two partes accordyng to their lawe The .xliiii. Chapter Then Ioseph wrougt a prety caste Beniamin for to haue And theft he layde vnto his charge he dyd him so behaue Then Iuda surety he becam for Beniamin hys sake Hys father Iacob he did knowe it heauilye to take The .xlv. Chapter Unknowē was Ioseph al this while but then he tolde them all That he their brother Ioseph was that ruled greate and small Then wylled he his brethern strayt their father for to feache In Egypt there to byde and dwell as fare as it dyd streache The xlvi Chapter Apoyntyd forth then Israell went in Egypt for to byde And God hym bade nothyng to fere for all shuld wel betyde Iacob his sonnes and al there sonnes is then in order told And Ioseph wente them all to mete full Ioyfull to beholde The .xlvii. Chapter Brought was Israel afore the king in hys presence to stand And Pharo wylld that he shuld dwel where fattyst was the land Then Iacob sware Ioseph his sonne euen vnderneth hys thye Hys bones to lay in Canaan at tyme whan he shulde dye The xlviii Chap Causd was Israell syke to be by course of natures kynde And Ioseph went with his two sōns To know hys fathers mynde Iacob did wil that Iosephs sonnes Ephraim and Manasses Shulde be as chyldren to hym borne which Ioseph well dyd please The xlix Chap Down fel his sōnes vpon their knees euen twelue by nomber Iust He blest them al and tolde of thyngs to come that wer dyscust Then chargd he thē y t they shuld laye hys bones in mamrey field Then pluckt he vp hys leggs to hym and vp the gost he yelde The l Chap Eche thing was don his corps they toke as he on lyue dyd mynge And layd it downe by abrams syde fulfyllyng so eche thynge Forgyue dyd Ioseph all the faute that hys brethern had wrought And so he dyed wylld hys bones to hys fathers to be brought Here haue ye nowe the ende and some of Moses his fyrst booke The second shal in order come such paine the wryter toke The fyrst Chapter THe fyrst Chapter of Exodus the twelue tribes it doth name Which being dead laid in earth theyr chyldren came to fame A newe kyng than in Egypt came that gaue the Midwyues charge To kyl y e males when thei were born but they set them at large The .ii. Chapter Moses then was borne and caste euen downe the riuer in reedes And Pharos doughter toke him vp and shewd him motherly deedes Then Moses slue an Egiptian and fled and toke a wyfe Then cried the people to the Lord whych sawe their woful lyfe The iii Chapter So Moses kept hys fathers shype not farre from Oreb hyll Where in a bushe the Lord aperd and told hym all hys wyll And bade hym go to Egypt bake the Esraelyts to tell That out of bōdage they shuld come and lyue and do full well The iiii Chap And Moyses then receyuyd sygnes of hys callynge by God Hys reasons all they are assoyld and forth the Lord hym bode And Aaron met wyth hym in felde together then they went Of Iethro Moses toke hys leaue and yed where he was sent The v Chap Aaron ▪ Moses both they twain told Pharo God hys mynd The more the people wer opprest the kyng was so vnkynde Then cride they out and gan to chyde wyth Moyses and Aaron And Moses axed God the cause whych loked them vpon The vi Chap He promised deliueraunce vnto the Israelites Also the land of Canaan which made them chereful wyghts Then Rubens spring wyth Simion is tolde and Leuito Of whom came Moses and Aaron that had gods hests to do The vii Chap Thē god made Moses Pharos god and Aaron his prophet And then god turned Moses rod into a serpent greate The Sorcerers dyd euen the same to harded Pharos herte Thē wer the waters turned to bloud yet dyd he not conuerte The .viii Chapter The second plage that Pharo had was frogges ouer the lande He sent for Moses and Aaron to take the thyng in hande He mocked them therfore the lorde turned their dust to lisse And thei put by then came there flies after the lordes deuice The ix Chap The fyft plage was moren of beasts that dyed in Pharos lande And syxtly sores with botches great yet dyd he god wythstand The seuēth was hayle thūder much that made the lande to shake And lightning great frō heauē on hye which causd them all to quake The x Chap Yet Pharos hert was hardenyd and god he dyd resiste He dyd it not of ignoraunce but well he knewe and wyste The eyght plage was grashoppers that god almyghty sente The ninth was darkenes in the daye thei knew not where they went The .xi. Chap Comandyd wer the Israelyts the Egyptyans for to spoyll Agaynst they shulde depart and go and gyue them all a foyle At midnight then the Lord did vowe to make so great a slaughter The fyrst borne of Egipt to kyll as it is tolde hereafter The xii Chap The passouer with the swete bread commaundyd they dyd eate And If there chyldern axe the cause the meanyng they must treate The fyrst borne then destroyd was and robbed wer the rest And so the Ebrues toke there waye euen towards the land behest The xiii Chap The fyrst borne of the Israelyts the Lord dyd tak and chuse And cōmanded them an yearely feast among them for to vse Then passyd they the wyldernes wyth Iosephs bonnes also Two pyllers for the day and nyght they had thereby to go The xiiii Chap Pharo hys herte was hardenyd agaynst the Israelyts So follow did he wyth al hys trayne and came wythin theyr syghtes But God hys people dyd defend by nyght and day from harme The passe the sea but Egypt men lay drowned in a swarme The xv Chap Whē they wer past thys danger great they sang a goodlye songe A woman cam forth w t dyuers more and daunsed all along The bytter water was made swet and pleasaunt for to drynke God must be harde in his couenaunt and on hym must we thynke The xvi chap So whē the people wer to monthes wythin the wyldernes Then wyshyd thei againe to be in Egyp at theyr fleshe It rained quailes from heauen on hie and manna for there bred And forty yeare in wyldernes with that they wer all fed The .xvii. Chapter Forth as thei went thei lackid drink and gruge then dyd the flocke At Moses sute then had