waueoffrynges of golde vnto the Lorde and euery man with whom was founde Iacyncte scarlet purpull bysse or gootes hayre or red skynnes of rammes or taxus skynnes brought it And all that houe vpp golde or brasse brought an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde And all men with whom was founde sethim wodd mete for any maner worke or seruyce brought it And all the wemen that were wise herted to worke with their handes spanne and brought the sponne worke both of Iacyncte scarlet purpull and bysse And all the wemen that excelled in wysdome of herte spaÌne the gotes hayre And the lordes brought Onix stones and settstones for the Epod and for the brest lappe and spyce and oyle both for the lightes and for the anoyntyng oyle and for the swete cens And the childern of Israel brought wyllyngeoffrynges vnto the Lorde both men aÌd women as many as their hartes made theÌ wyllynge to brynge for all maner workes which the Lorde had commaunded to make by the hande of Moses And Moses sayde vnto the childern of Israel beholde the Lorde hath called by name Bezabeel the son of Vri the son of Hur of the trybe of Iuda and hath fylled him with the sprete of God with wisdome vnderstoÌdinge and knowlege euen in all maner worke aÌd to fynde out curyous workes to worke in golde syluer and brasse and with grauynge of stones to sett and with keruynge in wodd and to worke in all maner of sotle workes And he hath put in hys harte the grace to teach both him and Ahaliab the son of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan hath he fylled with wisdome of herte to worke all maner of grauen worke they are also broderers and workers with nedle In Iacyncte scarlet purple and bysse and are weuers that can make all maner worke and can deuyse sotle workes The .xxxvi. Chapter ANd Bezaleel wrought and Ahaliab aÌd all wyse harted meÌ to whom the Lorde had geuen wysdome and vnderstondynge to knowe how to worke all maner worke for the holye service in all that the Lorde commaunded And Moses called for Bezaleel Ahaliab and all the wise harted men in whose hertes the Lorde had put wysdome eueÌ as many ab their hartes coraged to come vnto the worke to worke it And they receaued of Moses all the heueoffrynges which the childern of Israel had brought for the worke of the holye service to make it with all And they brought besyde that wyllyngeoffringes euery mornyng And all the wise men that wrought all the holye worke came euery man from his worke when wil the Pope saye hoo and forbid to offere for the byldinge of saint Peters chyrch and when will ouâe spiritâaltie saye hoo and forbid to geue theÌ more londe aÌd to make moo fuÌdacious neuer verely vntill they haue all which they made and spake vnto Moses saynge the people brynge to moch and aboue that is ynough to serue for the werke which the Lorde hath commaunded to make And then Moses gaue a commaundment and they caused it to be proclamed thorow our the hoste saynge se that nether man nor woman prepare any moare worke for the holy heueoffrynge and so the people were * forboden to brynge for the stuffe they had was sufficyent for them vnto all the worke to make it and to moch And all the wyse harted men amonge them that wroughte in the worke of the habytacyon made euen .x. cortcynes of twyned bysse Iacyncte scarlet and purple and made them full of cherubyns with broderd worke The length of one curtayne was .xxviij. cubettes and the bredth .iiij. and were all off one syse And they coupled fyue curteynâ by them selues and other fyue by them selues And they made fyftye louppes of Iacincte alonge by the edge of the vtmost curtayne euen in the silvege of the couplynge courtayne And likewise they made on the syde of the vtmost couplinge curtayne on the other syde fyftye louppes they made in the one curtayne and fyftye in the edge of the couplynge courtayne on the other syde so that the loupes were one oueragenst another And they made fyftye rynges of golde and coupled the curtaynes one to another with the rynges and so was it made a dwellinge place And they made .xi. curtaynes of gootes heere to be a tent ouer the tabernacle xxx cubettes longe a pece and .iiij. cubettes brode and they all .xi. of one syse And they coupled .v. by them selues and and .vi. by them selues and they made fyftye louppes alonge by the border of the vtmost couplinge courtayne on the one syde and fyftye in the edge of the couplynge curtayne on the other syde And they made fyftye rynges of brasse to couple the tent together that it myghte be one And they made a couerynge vnto the tent of rammes skynnes red and yet another of taxus skynnes aboue all And they made bordes for the dwellynge place of sethim wodd that stode vpright euery borde .x. cubetes longe and a cubet aÌd an halfe brode And they made .ij. fete to euery boorde of the dwellinge place ioyninge one to another And they made .xx. boordes for the south syde of the habytacyon and .xl. sokettes of syluer vnder the .xx. boordes .ij. sokettes vnder euery boorde euen for the .ij. fete of theÌ And for the other syde of the dwellynge towarde the north they made other .xx. boordes with xl sokettes of syluer .ij. sokettes vnder euery boorde And behynde in the ende of the tabernacle towarde the west they made .vi. boordes and .ij. other bordes for the corners of the habitacyon behynde and they were ioyned closse both beneth and also aboue with clampes and thus they dyd to both the corners so they were in all .viij. boordes and .xvi. sokettes vnder euery borde two sokettes And they made barres of sethim wodd .v. for the bordes of the one syde of the habitacion and .v. for the other aÌd fiue for the bordes of the west ende of the habitacion And they made the myddell barre to shote thorowe the bordes euen from the one ende to the other and ouerlayde the bordes with golde and made the rynges of golde to thrust the barres thorow and couered the barres with golde And they made an hangynge of Iacincte of scarlett purple aÌd twyned bysse with cherubyns of broderd worke And made thervnto .iiij. pilers of sethim wodd and ouerlayde them with golde Their knoppes were also of gold aÌd they cast for them .iiij. sokettes of syluer And they made an hangynge for the tabernacle dore of Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse of nedle worke and the pilers of it were fiue with their knoppes and ouerlayde the heades of them and the whooppes with golde with their fiue sokettes of brasse The .xxxvij. Chapter ANd bezalecl made the arcke of sethim wodd two cubettes and an halfe longe and a cubette and a halfe brode and a cubett and a halfe hye and ouerlayde it with fyne golde both within and without and made a crowne of golde to it rounde
Sabbath of the Lorde wheresoeuer ye dwell These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy in their ceasons The xiiij daye of the first moneth at eueÌ is the Lordes Passeouer And the .xv. daye of the same moneth is the feast of swete bred vnto the Lorde vij dayes ye must eate vnleuended bred The first daye shal be an holy feaste vnto you so that ye maye do no laborious worke therein But ye shall offer sacrifices vnto the Lord. vij dayes and the seuenth daye also shal be an holy feast so that ye maye doo no laborious worke therein And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande whiche I geue vnto you and repe doune youre haruest ye shall brynge a shefe of the first frutes of youre haruest vnto the preast and he shall waue the shefe before the Lorde to be accepted for you and euen the morow after the Sabbath the preaste shall waue it And ye shall offer the daye when he waueth the shefe a laÌbe without blemysh of a yere olde for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde and the meatoffrynge thereof two tenth deales of fine floure mengled with oyle to be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde of a swete sauoure and the drinkofferinge thereto the fourth deale of an hin of wyne And ye shall eate nether bred nor parched corne nor furmentye of new corne vntyll the selfe same daye that ye haue broughte an offrynge vnto youre God And this shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you where soeuer ye dwell And ye shall counte from the morowe after the Sabbath euen from the daye that ye broughte the sheffe of the waueoffrynge vii wekes complete euen vnto the morow after the .vij. weke ye shall numbre .l. dayes And theÌ ye shal bringe a newe meatoffrynge unto the Lorde And ye shall brynge out of youre habitacions two waueloaues made of two tenthdeales off fine floure leuended and baken for first frutes vnto the Lorde And ye shall bringe with the bred seuen lambes without deformyte of one yere of age and one yonge oxe and .ij. rambes which shall serue for burntoffrynges vnto the Lorde with meatoffringes and drinkoffringes longinge to the same to be a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And ye shall offer an he goote for a synneofferinge and two lambes of one yere old for peaceoffringes And the preast shall waue theÌ with the bred of the first frutes before the Lorde and with the two lambes And they shal be holy vnto the Lorde and be the preastes And ye shall make a proclamacioÌ the same daye that it be an holy feast vnto you and ye shall do no laborious worke therein And it shal be a lawe for euer thorowe out all youre habitacions vnto youre childern after you When ye repe doune youre haruest thou shalt not make cleane ryddaunce off thy felde nether shalt thou make any aftergatheringe of thy haruest but shalt leue them vnto the poore and the straunger I am the Lorde youre God And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge ⪠speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌd saye The first daye of the suenth moneth shal be a rest of remembraunce vnto you to blowe hornes in an holy feast it shal be and ye shall do no laborious worke therein and ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge also the tenth daye of the selfe seueÌth moneth is a daye of an attonement and shal be on holy feast vnto you aÌd ye shall humble youre soules and offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde Moreouer ye shall do no worke the same daye for it is a daye of attonement to make an attonemeÌt for you before the Lord your God For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not him selfe that daye he shal be destroyde from amonge his people And whatsoeuer soule do any maner worke that daye the same I will destroye from amonge his people Se that ye do no maner worke therfore And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre generacions after you in all youre dwellynges A sabbath of reste it shal be vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules The .ix. daye of the moneth at euen and so forth from eueÌ to euen agayne ye shall kepe your Sabbath And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌd saye the xv daye of the same seuenth moneth shal be the feast of tabernacles .vij. dayes uÌto the Lorde The first daye shal be an holy feast so that ye shall do no laborious worke therein Seuen dayes ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde and the. viij daye shal be an holy feast vnto you aÌd ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde It is the ende of the feast and ye shall do no laborious worke therein These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy feastes for to offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde burnt offerynges meat offerynges and drink offrynges euery daye besyde the sabbathes of the Lorde aÌd besyde youre giftes and all youre vowes and all your fre will offerynges whiche ye shall geue vnto the Lorde Moreouer in the .xv. daye of the seuenth moneth after that ye haue gathered in the fruteâ of the lande ye shall kepe holy daye vnto the Lorde vij dayes longe The first daye shall be a daye of reste and the .viij. daye shal be a daye of rest And ye shall take you the first daye the frutes of goodly trees and the braunches off palme trees and the bowes of thicke trees aÌd wylowes of the broke and shall reioyse before the Lorde .vij. dayes And ye shall kepe it holy daye vnto the Lorde .vij. dayes in the yere And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you that ye kepe that feast in the seuenth moneth And ye shall dwell in bothes seuen dayes euen all that are Israelites borne shall dwell in bothes that youre children after you maye knowe howe that I made the childern of Israel dwell in bothes when I broughte them out of the lande of Egipte for I am the Lorde youre God And Moses told all the feastes of the Lorde vnto the childern of Israel ¶ The. xxiiij Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge commaunde the childern of Israel that they bringe vnto the pure oyle olyue beteÌ for lightes to poure in to the lampes allwaye without the vayle of testimonye within the tabernacle of witnesse And Aaron shall dresse them both euen and morninge before the Lorde alwayes And it shal be a lawe for euer amoÌge youre childern after you And he shal dresse the lampes apon the pure candelsticke before the Lorde perpetually And thou shalt take ââââ floure aÌd bake xij wastels thereof two tenthdeales shall euery wastell be And make two rowes of them sixe on a rowe apon the pure table before the Lorde and put pure frankencens vppon the rowes And it shal
lorde to whom be honoure and prayse for ever and vnto god oure father thorow him AMEN The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis The fyrst Chapiter IN the begynnynge God created heaven and erth The erth was voyde and emptie aÌd darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water Than God sayd let there be lyghte and there was lyghte And God sawe the lyghte that it was good devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse and called the lyghte daye and the darcknesse nyghte and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye And God sayd let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters aÌd let it devyde the waters a sonder Than God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament from the waters that were above the fyrmament And it was so And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye And God sayd let the waters that are vnder heaven gather them selves vnto one place that the drye londe may appere And it came so to passe And god called the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called âe the see And God sawe that it was good And God sayd let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth And it came so to passe aÌd the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in his kynde trees berynge frute havynge their seed in theÌ selves every one in his kynde And God sawe that it was good and theÌ of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye Than sayd God let there be lyghtes in the firmament of heaven to devyde the daye froÌ the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days yeares And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heaveÌ to shyne vpon the erth so it was And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth and to rule the daye the nyghte aÌd to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse And god sawe that it was good and so of the evenynge aÌd mornynge was made the fourth daye And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move have lyfe foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyoe and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes aÌd all maner of federed foules in their kyndes And God sawe that it was good and God blessed them saynge Growe and multiplye aÌd fyll the waters of the sees let the foules multiplye vpoÌ the erth And so of the evenynge morninge was madethe fyfth daye And God sayd leth the erth bringforth lyvynge creatures in thir kyndes catell wormes beastes of the erth in their kyndes so it came âo passe And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes catell in their kyndes aÌd all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes and God sawe that it was good And God sayd let vs make man in oure symilitude aÌd after oure lycknesse that he may have rule over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over catell and over all the erth and over all wormes that crepe on the erth And God created man after hys lycknesse after the lycknesse of god created he him male female created he them And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth And God sayd se I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which are on all the erth and all maner trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed to be meate for yow for all beastes of the erth and vnto all foules of the ayre and vnto all that crepeth on the erth where in is lyfe that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for to eate and even so it was And God behelde al that he had made aÌd loo they were exceadynge good and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye The seconde Chapter Thus was heaveÌ erth fynished wyth all their apparell aÌd iÌ yâ seueÌth daye god ended hys worke which he had made rested in yâ seventh daye froÌ all his workes which he had made And God blessed yâ seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made ¶ These are the generations of heaven erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde before they werein the erthe And all the herbee of the felde before they sprange for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth ⪠Then the LORde God shâpe man even of the mâulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe So man was made a lyvynge soule ¶ The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant âo eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell ¶ And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe into foure principall waters The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth And the gold of that contreys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called Oâix The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth ââver is Euphrates ¶ And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it and the LORde God coÌmaunded AdaÌ saynge of all the trees of the gardeÌ se thouÌ eate But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not for even yâ same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye ¶ And the LORde God sayd it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company And after that the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the
from of the face of the erth and froÌ thy syghte must I hyde my selfe aÌd I must be wandrynge and a vagabunde vpon the erth Morover whosoever fyndeth me wyll kyll me And the LORde sayd vnto hi Not so but whosoever sleyth Cain shal be punyshed .vij. folde And the LORde put * a marke vpoÌ Cain that no maÌyt founde hym shulde kyll hym ⪠And Cain went out froÌ the face of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod on the east syde of Eden And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoth And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch And Henoch begaâ Irad And Irad begat Mahuiael And Mahuiael begat Mathusael And Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke hym two wyves the one was called Ada and the other Zilla And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes aÌd possesse catell And hys brothers name was Iubal of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron And Tubalcains syster was called Naema Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada aÌd Zilla heare my voyce ye wyves of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue sla yn a yongman and gotte my selfe strypes For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde but Lamech seventie tymes seven folde ¶ Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne aÌd called hys name Seth For god sayd she hath geven me another sonne For Abell whom Cam slewe And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde The .v. Chapter THys is the boâe of the generacion of man In thedaye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god Male and female made he theÌ and called their names man in the daye when they were created And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude and called hys name Seth. And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres and begat Enos And after he had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and .xij. yere and dyed And Enos lyved lxxxx yere and begat kenan And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij hundred and .xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Enos were ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat sonneâ and doughters and al the dayes of kenan were .ix. hundred and .x. yere and than be dyed And Mahalaliel lyued .lxv. yere and begat Iared And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved .viij. hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were .viij. hundred nynetye and .v. yeare and than he dyed And Iared lyved an hundred and .lxij. yere and begat Henoch and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij. yere and than he dyed And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere aÌd begat Mathusala And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala .iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Henoch were .iij. hundred and .lxv. yere and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij yere and begat Lamech and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere aÌd begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Methusala were .ix. hundred lxix yere and than he dyed And Lamech lyved an hundred .lxxxij. yere begat a sonne and called hym Noe sayng This same shall comforte vs as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and .v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Lamech were .vij. hundred .lxxvij. yere and than he dyed And when Noe was .v. hundred yere olde he begat Sem Ham and Iaphet ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ men begaÌ to multiplye apoÌ the erth aÌd had be got them doughters the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoÌge theÌ all And the LORd sayd My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and .xx. yeres There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne And whan the LORde sawe yâ the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually he repented that he had made man apon the erth and sorowed in his hert And sayd I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made froÌ of the face of the erth both man beast worme and foule of the ayre for it repeÌteth me that I haue made them But yet Noe found gracein the syghte of the LORde These are the generatioÌs of Noe. Noe was a ââghteous man and âncoârapte in his tyme walked wyth god And Noe begat .iij. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe And God loked vpon the erth aÌd looâ was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth Than sayd God to Noe the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth Make the an arcke of pyne tree and make chaumbers in the arcke and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch And of this facion shalt thou make it The lenth of the arcke shall be .iij. hundred cubytes aÌd the bredth of it .l. cubytes and the heyth of it .xxx. cubytes A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in the syde of it and thou shalt make it with iij loftes one aboue an other For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven wherin breth of life is so that all that is
their beestes flee to house and they that regarded not the worde of the Lorde left their servauntes and their beestes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche forth thine hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egipte apoÌ maÌ aÌd beest aÌd apoÌ all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the loÌde of Egipte that there was hayle aÌd fyre meÌgled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent aÌd called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe aÌd the barly were smytteÌ for the barly was shott vp aÌd the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie froÌ Pharao aÌd sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth wheÌ Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn aÌd hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest theÌ and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte aÌd the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses aÌd Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene aÌd they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the EgiptiaÌs after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute aÌd went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters aÌd with oure shepe and oxeÌ must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust theÌ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe aÌd all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte aÌd the Lorde brought an east wynde vppoÌ the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers aÌd the greshoppers weÌt vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and AaroÌ in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away froÌ me this deth only And he weÌt out froÌ Pharao aÌd prayd vnto the Lorde aÌd the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast theÌ in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte âo that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heaueÌ aÌd let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte eueÌ that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heaueÌ aÌd there was a darke myst vppoÌ all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no maÌ sawe another nether rose vp froÌ the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childreÌ of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoosâe be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we caÌnot knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
the bones of Ioseph with him for he made the childern of Israel swere saynge God will surely vyset you take my bones therfore away hence with you And they toke their iorney from Suchoth and pitched their tentes in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse And the Lorde went before them by daye in a piler of a cloude to lede them the waye and by nyghte in a piler of fyre to geue theÌ lighte that they myghte goo both by day aÌdnyghte And the piler of the cloude neuer departed by daye nor the piler of fyre by nyghte out of the peoples sighte The .xiiij. Chapter THan the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge byd the childern of Israel that they turne and pytch their tentes before the entrynge of Hiroth betwene Migdole and the sâ toward Baal zephon euen before that shall ye pytch apon the see For Pharao will saye of the childern of Israel they are taÌgled in the loÌd the wildernesse hath shott theÌ in And I will hardeÌ his harte that he shall folowe after theÌ that I maye gett me honoure vppoÌ Pharao aÌd vppoÌ all his hoste that the Egiptians maye knowe that I am the Lorde And they dyd euen so And wheÌ it was tolde the kynge of Egipte that the people fled thaÌ Pharaos harte and all his seruauÌtes turned vnto the people aÌd sayde why haue we this done that we haue let Israel go out of oure seruyce and he made redie his charettes aÌd toke his people with hym aÌd toke vi huÌdred chosen charettes aÌd all the charettes of Egipte aÌd captaynes vppoÌ all his people For the Lorde hardened the harte of Pharao kynge of Egipte that he folowed after the childern of Israel which for all that went out thorow an hye haÌde And the EgiptiaÌs folowed after theÌ aÌd ouertoke theÌ where they pitched by the see with all the horsses aÌd charettes of Pharao aÌd with his horssemeÌ aÌd his hoste eueÌ fast by the entrynge of Hiroth before Baal Zephon And Pharao drewenye aÌd wheÌ the childern of Isreal lyft vp their eyes and sawe how the EgiptiaÌs folowed after theÌ they were sore a fraide aÌd cried out vnto the Lorde ThaÌ sayde they vnto Moses were there no * graues for us in Egipte but thou must bringe us awaye for to dye in the wyldernesse wherfore hast thou serued us thus for to carie us out of Egipte Dyd not we tell the this in Egipte saynge let us be in rest and serue the Egiptians For it had bene better for us to haue serued the Egiptians than for to dye in the wildernesse And Moses sayde vnto the people feare ye not but stonde still and beholde how the Lorde shall saue you this daye For as ye se the Egiptians this daye shall ye see them nomore for euer till the worldes ende The Lorde shall fighte for you and ye shall holde youre peace The Lorde sayde vnto Moses wherfore criest thou vnto me speake vnto the childern of Israel that they goo forwarde But lifte thou vp thi rodd and stretch out thi hande ouer the see and deuyde it a sondre that the childern of Israel may goo on drye grouÌde thorow the myddest thereof And beholde I will harden the hertes of the Egiptians that they maye folowe you And I will gett me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoste vpon his charettes aÌd vpon his horse meÌ And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lord whan I haue gotten me honoure vpoÌ Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And the angell of God which went before the hoste of Israel remoued aÌd went behinde them And the cloudeÌpiler that was before them remoued aÌd stode behinde them aÌd weÌt betwene the hoste of the Egiptians aÌd the hoste of Israel Yt was a darke clowde and gaue lighte by nyghte so that all the nyghte long the one coude not come at the other when now Moses stretched forth his honde ouer the see the Lorde caried awaye the see with a stronge east wynde that blewe all nyghte and made the see drie londe aÌd the water deuyded it silfe And the childern of Israel went in thorow the myddest of the see vppon the drie grounde And the water was a walle vnto them both on their righthande aÌd on the ir lefte hande And the Egiptians folowed aÌd went in after them to the myddest of the see with all Pharaos horses and his charettes and his horssemen And in the mornynge watch the Lorde loked vnto the hoste of the EgiptiaÌs out of the fyery and clowdie piler and troubled their hoste and smote of their charett wheles and cast them doune to the grounde Than sayde the Egiptians Let vs fle from Israel for the Lorde fyghteth for them agaynst vs. Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses stretch out thine hand ouer the see that the water maye come agayne vppoÌ the Egiptians vppon their charettes aÌd horsemen Than stretched forth Moses his hande ouer the see and it came agayne to his course erly iÌ the morniÌg aÌd the EgiptiaÌs fledd agaynst it Thus the Lorde ouerthrewe the Egiptians in the middest of the see aÌd the water returned and couered the charettes and the housemeÌ so that of all the hoste of Pharao that came in to the see after them there remayned not one But the children of Israel went vpon drie loÌde in the myddest of the see aÌd the water was a walle vnto them both on the righte hand of them and also on the lifte Thus the Lorde delyuered Israel the selfe same daye out of the honde of the Egiptians and Israell sawe the Egiptians deade vpoÌ the see syde And when Israel sawe that myghtye hande which the Lorde had shewed vppoÌ the Egiptians they feared the Lorde and beleued both the Lorde and also his servaunte Moses ¶ The .xv. Chapter THen Moses and the childern off Israel sange this songe vnto the Lord aÌd saide Let vs synge vnto the Lorde for he is become glorious the horse and him that rode vpon him hath he ouerthrowne in the see The Lorde is my strength aÌd my songe aÌd is become my saluation He is my God and I will glorifie him he is my fathers God and I will lifte him vp an hie The Lorde is a maÌ off warre Iehouah yâ his name Pharaos charettes aÌd his hoste hath he cast in to the see His iolye captaynes are drowned in thered see the depe waters haue couered them thei soncke to the botome as a stone Thine hande Lorde is glorious in power thine haÌd Lord hath all to dashed the enemye And with thy great glorie thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentest forth thy wrath aÌd it consumed them eueÌ as stobell With the breth off thine anger the water gathered together and the flodes stode fiyll as a rocke ad the depe water congeled together in the myddest off the see The enymye sayde I will folowe and ouertake theÌ aÌd will deuyde the spoyle I will satysfie my lust apon theÌ I will drawe my swerde
him not for he wyll not spare youre mysdedes yee and my name is in him But and yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce aÌd kepe all that I shall tell the theÌ I wil be an enimye vnto thyne enimies and an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries when myne angell goth before the aÌd hath broughte the in vnto the Amorites Hethites Pherezites Canaanites Heuites and Iebusites and I shall haue destroyed them se thou worshippe not their goddes nether serue them nether do after the workes of them but ouertrowe them and breake doune the places of them And se that ye serue the Lorde youre God aÌd he shall blesse thi bred and thy water aÌd I will take all sycknesses awaye from amonge you Moreouer there shal be no woman childlesse or vnfrutefull in thi londe and the nombre of thi dayes I will fulfyll I will sende my feare before the and will kyll all the people whether thou shalt goo And I will make all thine enemies turne their backes vnto the aÌd I will send hornettes before the and they shall dryue out the Heuites the Cananites and the Hethites before the. I will not cast them out in one yere lest the lande growe to a wyldernesse and the beestes of the felde multiplye apon the. But a litle and a litle I will dryue them out before the vntill thou be increased that thou mayst enherett the londe And I will make thi costes froÌ the red see vnto the see of the Philistenes and from the deserte vnto the ryuer I By the ryuer vnderstonde the river Eâphrates ⪠will delyuer the inhabiters of the londe in to thine hande and thou shalt dryue them out before the. And thou shalt make none appoyntment with them nor wyth their goddes Nether shall they dwell in thi londe lest they make the synne agaynst me for yf thou serue their goddes it will surely be thy decaye The xxiiij Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses come vnto the Lorde both thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the. lxx elders of Israel and worshippe a ferre of And Moses went him selfe alone vnto the Lorde but they came not nye nether came the people vp with him And Moses came aÌd tolde the people al the wordes of the Lorde and all the lawes And all the people answered with one voyce and sayde all the wordes which the Lorde hath sayde will wee doo Then Moses wrote all the wordes of the Lorde and rose vp early aÌd made an alter vnder the hyll and .xij. pilers acordynge to the nombre of the .xij. trybes of Israel aÌd sent yonge men of the childern of Israel to sacrifyce burntoffrynges aÌd to offre peaceoffrynges of oxen vnto the Lorde And Moses toke halfe of the bloude and put it in basens and the otherhalfe he sprenkeld on the alter And he toke the boke of the appoyntment and red it in the audience of the people And they seyde All that the Lorde hath sayde we will do and heare And Moses toke the bloude aÌd sprinkeld it on the people aÌd sayde beholde this is the bloude of the appoyntment which the Lorde hath made wyth you apon all these wordes Then went Moses and Aaron Nadab aÌd Abihu and the .lxx. elders of Israel vppe and sawe the God of Israel and vnder his fere as it were a brycke worde of Saphir and as it were the facyon of heauen when is it cleare and apoÌ the nobles of the childern of Israel he sett not his hande And when they had sene God they ate and dronke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses come vpp to me in to the hyll and be there ⪠aÌd I will geue the tables of stone and a lawe and commaundmentes which I haue written to teach them Then Moses rose vppe aÌd his minister Iosua and Moses went vppe in to the hyll of God aÌd seyde vnto the elders tarye ye here vntill we come agayne vnto you And beholde here is Aaron and Hur with you Yf any man haue any maters to doo let him come to them when Moses was come vpp in to the mounte a clowde couered the hyll and the glorye of the Lorde abode apon mounte Sinai and the clowde couered it .vi. dayes And the seuenth daye he called vnto Moses out of the clowde And the facyon of the glorie of the Lorde was like consumynge fyre on the toppe of the hyll in the syghte of the children of Israel And Moses went in to the mountayne And Moses was in the mounte .xl. dayes and xl nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel that they geue me an heueoffrynge and of euerey man that geueth it willingly wyth his herte ye shall take it And this is the heueoffrynge which ye shall take of them gold siluer aÌd brasse and Iacyncte coloure scarlet purpull bysse and gootes here rams skynnes that are red and the skynnes of taxus and sethimwodd oyle for lightes and spices for a noyntynge oyle and for swete cense Onix stones and sett stones for the Ephod and for the Ephod is a garment lyke aâ amyâe brestlappe And they shall make me a sanctuarye that I maye dwell amonge them And as I haue shewed the the facion of the habitacioÌ and of all the ornamentes therof eueÌ so se that ye make it in all thynges And they shall make an arke of sethim wodd .ij. cubittes and an halfe longe a cubite aÌd an halfe brode and a cubitt and an halfe hye And thou shalt ouerleye it with pure golde both within and without and shalt make an hye vppon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalt cast .iiij. rynges of golde for it and put them in the .iiij. corners there of .ij. rynges on the one syde of it and ij on the other And thou shalt make staues of sethim wodd and couer them with golde and put the staues in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the arke to bere it with all And the staues shall abyde in the rynges of the arke and shall not be taken awaye And thou shalt put in the arke the wytnesse which I shall geue the. And thou shalt make a merciseate of pure golde .ij. cubytes and an halfe longe and a cubete and an halfe brode And make .ij. cherubyns off thicke golde on the .ij. endes of the mercyseate and sett the one cherub on the one ende and the other on the other ende of the mercyseate so se that thou make them on the ij endes there of And the cherubyns shall stretch their wynges abrode ouer an hye aÌd couer the mercy seate with their wynges and theyr faces shall loke one to another eueÌ to the mercyseate warde shall the faces of the cherubyns be And thou shalt put the mercyseate aboue apon the arke aÌd in the arke thou shalt put the wytnesse which I will geuethe There I will mete the and will comon with the from apon the mercyseate from betwene the two cherubyns which are apon the arke of
yf I haue fouÌde grace in thi sighte o Lorde than let my Lorde goo with us for it is a stuburne people and haue mercy apoÌ oure wikednesse aÌd oure synne and let us be thyne enheritaunce And he sayde beholde I make an appoyntment before all this people that I will do maruells soch as haue not bene done â all the worlde nether amoÌge any nacyon And all the people amonge which thou art shall se the worke of the Lorde for it is a terryble thinge that I will doo with the kepe all that I commaunde the this daye and beholde I will cast out before the the Amorites Canaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites Take hede to thi selfe that thou make no compacte with the inhabiters of the loÌde whether thou goest lest it be cause of ruyne amonge you But ouerthrowe their alters and breke their pilers and cutt doune their grooues for thou shalt worshippe no straunge God For the Lorde is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agreament with the inhabiters of the lande when they go a whoorynge after their goddes aÌd do sacrifyce vnto their goddes they call the and thou eate of their sacrifyce aÌd thou take of their doughters vnto thi sonnes and when their doughters goo a whoorynge after their goddes they make thi sonnes goo a whoorynge after their goddes also Thou shalt make the no goddes of metall The fest of swete bred shalt thou kepe aÌd vij dayes thou shalt eate vnleuended bred as I commaunded the in the tyme apoynted in the moneth of Abib for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egipte All that breaketh vp the matryce shal be mine and all that breaketh the matryce amonge thi catell yf it be male whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of the asse thou shalt by out with a shepe or yf thou redeme him not se thou breake his necke All the firstborne of thi sonnes thou must That is a god texte for the popeâ nedes redeme And se that no maÌ appeare before me emptye Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and the seueÌth thou shalt rest both from earynge and reapynge Thou shalt obserue the feast of wekes with the fyrst frutes of wheate heruest aÌd the feast of ingaderynge at the yeres ende Thrise in a yere shall all youre men children appeare before the Lorde Ichouah God of Israel for I will cast out the nacyons before the and will enlarge thi costes so that no man shall desyre thi londe while thou goest vp to appeare before the face of the Lorde thi God thryse in the yere Thou shalt not offre the bloude of my sacrifyce with leuended bred nether shall ought of the sacrifyce of the feast of Passeover be lefte vnto the morninge The first of the firstfrutes of thy loÌde thou shalt brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God And se that thou seth not a kydd in his mothers mylke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write these wordes for vppon these wordes I haue made a couenaunt with the and with the childern of Israel And he was there with the Lorde .xl. dayes aÌd .xl. nyghtes aÌd nether ate bred nor dronke water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaunt euen ten verses And Moses came doune from mount Sinai and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande and yet he wyst not that the skynne of his face shone with beames of his comenynge with him And when Aaron and all the childern of Israel loked apon Moses and sawe that the skynne of his face shone with beames they were a frayde to come nye him But he called theÌ to him and then Aaron and all the chefe of the companye came vnto him aÌd Moses talked with them And at the last all the childern of Israel came vnto him and he commaunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto him in mount Sinai And as soone as he had made an ende of comenynge with them he put a couerynge apoÌ his face But wheÌhe went before the Lorde to speak with him he toke the coueriÌge of vntill he came out And he came out and spake The Pope speaketh that whiche he is not commaunded vnto the childern of Israel that which he was commaunded And the childern of Israel sawe the face of Moses that the skynne of his face shone with beames but Moses put a couerynge vppon his face vntill he went in to comen with him The .xxxv. Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the companye of the childern of Israel together and sayde vnto them these are the thinges which the Lorde hath commaunded to doo Sixe dayes ye shall worke but the seuenth daye shal be vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in shall dye Moreouer ye shall kyndle no fyre thorow out all youre habitacyons apoÌ the Sabbath daye And Moses spake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel sainge this is the thinge which the Lorde coÌmauÌded saynge Geue froÌ amoÌge you an heueoffringe vnto the Lorde All thatt are willynge in their hartes shall brynge heueoffringes vnto the Lorde golde syluer brasse Iacyncte scarlet purpull bysse aÌd gootes hare rams skynnes red and taxus skynnes and Sethim wodd and oyle for lightes aÌd spices for the anoyntynge oyle aÌd for the swete cens And Onixstones and stones to be sett for the Ephod and for the brestlappe And let all them that are wyseharted amoÌge you come and make all that the Lorde hath commaunded the habitacion and the tens there of with his couerynge aÌd his rynges bordes barres pilers and sokettes the arke and the staues thereof with the mercyseate aÌd the vayle that couereth it the table and his staues with all that perteyneth thereto aÌd the shewebred the candelsticke of lighte with his apparell and his lampes aÌd the oyle for the lightes the censalter and his staues the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens aÌd the hangynge before the tabernacle dore the alter of burntsacrifyces aÌd his brasen gredyren that longeth there to with his staues aÌd all his ordynauÌce aÌd the lauer and his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pilers and their sokettes and the hangynge to the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacion and the pynnes of the courte with their boordes the mynystrynge garmentes to mynystre with in holynesse and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and the vestimentes of his sonnes to mynystre in And all the companye of the childern of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And they went as many as their hartes coraged them and as many as their spirites made them willynge and broughte heueoffrynges vnto the Lord to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse and for all his vses and for the holy vestmentes And the men came with the wemen euen as manye as were willynge harted and brought bracelettes earynges rynges and girdels and all maner Iewels of golde And all the men that waued
two thousande and iiij hundred sycles And therewith he made the sokettes to the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the brasen altare and the brasen gredyren that longeth thereto and all the vessels of the alter and the sokettes of the courte rounde aboute and the sokettes of the courte gate and all the pynnes off the habitacyon and all the pynnes of the courte rounde aboute ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter ANd of the Iacyncte scarlet purple and twyned bysse they made the vestimeÌtes of ministracion to do seruyce in in that holye place and made the holye garmentes that perteyned to Aaron as the Lorde ⪠commaunded Moses And they made the Ephod of golde Iacinte scarlet purple and twyned bysse And they dyd beate the golde in to thynne plates aÌd cutte it in to wyres to worke it in the Iacincte scaâlet purple and the bysse with broderd worke And they made thâ sydes come together and cloosed them vp by the two edges And the brodrynge of the girdel that was vpon it was of the same stuffe and after the same worke of golde Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they wrought onix stones cloosed in ouches of golde and graued as sygnettes are grauen with the names of the children of Israel and put them on the shulders of the Ephod that they shulde be a remembraunce off the childern of Israel as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they made the bresâlappe of conning worke after the worke of the Ephod euen of golde Iacincte scarlet purple aÌd twyned bysse And they made it .iiij. square aÌd double an haÌde bredth longe and an hande bredth brode And thei filled it with .iiij. rowes of stones the first rowe Sardios a Topas aÌd smaragdus the secoÌde rowe a Rubin a Saphir aÌd a DiamoÌde The .iij. rowe Ligurios an Achat aÌd a Amatist The fourth rowe a Turcas an Onix aÌd a Iaspis closed in ouches of gold in their inclosers And the .xij. stones were graueÌ as sygnet âes with the names of the childern of Israel euery stone with his name acordinge to the. xij trybes And they made apon the brestlappe twoo fastenynge cheynes of wrethen worke aÌd pure golde And they made two hokes of golde aÌd two golde rynges and put the two rynges apoÌ the two corners of the brestlappe And they put the two chaynes of golde in the .ij. rynges in the corners of the brestlappe And the .ij. endes of the two cheynes they fastened in the .ij. hokes aÌd put them on the shulders of the Ephod apon the forefront of it And they made two other rynges of golde and put them on the two other corners of the brestlappe alonge apon the edge of it toward the insyde of the Ephod that is ouer agaynst it And they made yet two other golde rynges aÌd put them on the .ij. sydes of the Ephod beneth on the fore syde of it eueÌ where the sydes goâ together aboue apon the brodrynge of the Ephod aÌd they strayned the brestlappe by his râges vnto the ringes of the Ephod with laces of Iacincte that it mighte lye fast apon the brodrynge of the Ephod and shulde not be lâwsed from of the Ephod as the Lorde coÌmauÌded Moses And he made the tunycle vnto the Ephod of wouen worke and all together of Iacincte aÌd the heade of the tunycle was in the middest of it as the color of a partlet with a bonde rounde aboute the color that it shulde not rent And they made beneth apon the hem of the tunycle pomgranates of Iacincte scarlet purple and twyned bysse And they made litle belles of pure golde aÌd put them amonge the pomgranates rouÌde aboute apoÌ the edge of the tunycle a bell aÌd a pomgranate a bell aÌd a pomgranate rounde aboute the hommes of the tunycle to mynistre in as the Lorde commaunded Moses And they made cotes of bysse of woueÌ worke for Aaron and his sonnes and a mytre off bysse and goodly âonettes of bysse and lynen breches off twyned bysse and a gyrdell of twyned bysse Iacyncte scarlett and purple euen of nedle worke as the Lorde coÌmauÌded Moses And they made the plate of the holy croune of fine golde aÌd wrote apoÌââ with graueÌ worke the holynes of the Lorde aÌd tyed it to a lace of Iacincte to fasten yt an hye apon the mytre as the Lorde commaunded Moses Thus was all the worke of the habitacyon of the tabernacle of witnesse finysshed And the childern of Israel dyd acordyng to all that the Lorde had commaunded Moses And they brought the habitacyon vnto Moses the tent and all his apparell thereof the buttones boordes barres pilers and sokettes and the couerynge of rams skynnes red and the couerynge of taxus skynnes and the hanginge vayle and the arcke of witnesse with the staues thereof and the mercyseate the table and all the ordinaunce thereof and the shewbred and the pure candelsticke and the lampes prepared therevnto with all the vessells thereof and the oyle for lyghtes and the golden altare and the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens and the hangynge of the tabernacle doore aÌd the brasen alter and the gredyern of brasse longynge therevnto with his barres and all hys âessels and the lauer with his fote and the hanginges of the courte with his pilers and sokettes and the hangynge to the courte gate hys boordes and pynnes aÌd al the ordinaunce that serueth to the habitacion of the tabernacle of witnesse and the ministringe vestimentes to serue in the holy place and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and his sonnes raymeÌ tes to ministre in acordyng to all that the Lorde commaunded Moses euen so the childern of Israel made all the worke And Moses behelde all the worke and se they had done it euen as the Lorde commaunded and thaÌ Moses blessed them ¶ The .xl. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge In the first daye of the first moneth shalt thou sett vp the habitacioÌ of the tabernacle of witnesse aÌd put theriÌ the arcke of witnesse and couer the arcke with the vayle aÌd brynge in the table and apparell it and brynge in the candelsticke and put on his lampes and sett the censalter of golde before the arcke of witnesse and put the hangynge of the dore vn to the habitacion And sett the burntostrynge alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse aÌd sett the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse aÌd the alter aÌd put water theri and make the court rouÌde aboute aÌd set vp the haÌgynge of the courte gate And take the anoyntinge oyle and anoynt the habitacion and all that is there in and halow Of this texte the scole men dispute that the very sââe ringe alone maketh the prest now also with out the brestlapp of light and perfectinesse so that they haue all power thereby and what thei saye is done immediatly whether theâ send to heven or hell aud that with out preachynge ether of the laâe of God
oâ of his holy Gospell it and all that belonge thereto that it maye be holye And anoynte the altar of the burntoffringes and all his vessels and sanctifye the altar that it maye be most holye And anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifye it Than brynge Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and wash them with water And put apon Aaron the holye vestmentes and anoynte him and sanctifye him that he maye ministre vnto me that their * anoyntige maie be an euerlastinge preast hode vnto theÌ thorow out their generacions And Moses dyd acordige to all that the Lorde commaunded him Thus was the tabernacle reared vp the first moneth in the secoÌde yere And Moses rered vp the tabernacle aÌd fastened his sokettes aÌd set vp the bordes aÌd put in their barres aÌd rered vp the pillers aÌd spred abrode the teÌt ouer the habitacioÌ aÌd put the coueringe of the tent an hye aboue it as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he toke aÌd put the testimonye in the arke aÌd sett the staues to the arcke and put the merciseate an hye apon the arcke and broughte the arcke in to the habitacioÌ and hanged vp the vayle aÌd couered the arcke of witnesse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the table in the tabernacle off witnesse in the north syde of the habitacioÌ with out the vayle and set the bred in ordre before the Lorde eueÌ as the Lorde had commaunded Moses And he put the candelsticke in the tabernacle of witnesse ouer agaynst the table in the south syde of the habitacion and set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the golden alter in the tabernacle of witnesse before the vayle aÌd brent swete cens there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And set vp the hangynge in the dore of the habitacion and set the burntoffringe alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and offred burntoffringes and meatofferinges there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he set the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and poured water there in to wash with all And both Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their haÌdes and their fete there at both when theywent in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ they went to the alter as the Lorde coÌmaunded Moses And he âered vp the courte rounde aboute the habitacion and the alter and set vp the hanginge of the courte gate and so Moses fynished the worke And the clowde couered the tabernacle of witnesse and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion so that Moses coude not entre in to the tabernacle of witnesse because the clowde abode there in and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion When the clowde was taken vp from of the habitacyoÌ the childern of Israel toke their iornayes as oft as they iornayed And yf the clowde departed not they iornayed nott till it departed for the clowde of the Lorde was apon the habitacion by daye and fyre by nyghte in the sighte of all the house of Israel in all their iornayes The ende of the seconde boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ A prologe in to the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus THe ceremonies which are described in the boke folowinge were cheflye ordined off God as I sayde in the ende of the prologe vppon Exodi to occupye the mindes of that people the Israelites and to kepe them from servinge of God after the imaginacyon of their blinde zele and good entent that their conscienceâ might be stablished and they sure that they pleased God therein which were impossible yf a man did of his awne heed that which was not commaunded of God nor depeÌded of any appoyntement made betwene him and God Soch ceremonies were vnto them as an A. B C. to lerne to spelle and read and as a nurce to fede them with milke and pappe and to speake vnto them after their awne capacyte and to lispe the wordes unto them acording as the babes and childern of that age might sounde them agayne For all that were before Christ were in the infancye and childhod of the worlde and sawe that sonne which we se openlye but thorowe a cloude and had but feble and weake imaginacions of Christ as childern haue of mennes deades a fewe prophetes excep ââ whiche yet described him vnto other in sacrifices and ceremonies likenesses rydles prouerbes and darke and straunge speakinge vntyil the full age were come that God wold shewe him openlye vnto the whole worlde and delyuer them from their shadowes and cloudelight and the hethen out of their dead slepe of starcke blinde ignorancye And as the shadowe vanisheth awaye at the comynge of the light euen so doo the ceremonyes and sacrifices at the comynge of Christ and are henceforth no moare necessarye then a token left in remembraunce of a bargayne is necessary wheÌ the bargayne is fulfilled And though they sâme playne childish yet they be not altogither frutelesse as the popettes and .xx. maner of try fles which mothers permitte vnto their yonge childern be not all in vayne For all be it that soch phantasyes be permytted to satisfie the childers lustes yet in that they are the mothers gifte and be done in place and tyme at hir coÌmaundement they kepe the childern in awe and make them knowe the mother and also make them more apte agenste a more stronger age to obaye in thinges of greater ârneste And moraouer though sacrifices and ceremonies can be no ground or fundacion to bild apon that is though we can proue noughte with them yet when we haue once sound oute Christ and his misteries then we maye borow figures that is to saye allegoryes similitudes or examples to open Christ and the secrettes off God hyd in Christ euen vnto the quycke and to declare them more lyuely and sensebly with them than with all the wordes of the worlde For similitudes haue more vertue and power with them than bare wordes and lead a mans wittes further in to the pithe and marye and spirituall vnderstondinge of the thinge than all the wordes that can be imagined And though also that all the ceremonies and sacrifices haue as it were a slerrelyght of Christ yet some there be that haue as it were the lighte of the brode daye a litle before the sonne risinge and expresse him and the circumstaunces and vertue of his deth so playnly as if we shulde playe his passyon on a scaffold or in a stage play opeÌlye before the eyes of the people As the scape gote the brasen serpent the oxe burnt without the hoste ⪠the passeouerlambe c. In so moch that I am fully persuaded and can not but beleue that God had shewed Moses the secrettes of Christ and the verey maner of his deth before hande and commaunded him to ordene them for the confirmacion of oure faythes whiche are now in
and halowe it froÌ the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And wheÌ he hath made an ende of recoÌcylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌd the alter let him bringe the lyue goote aÌd let AaroÌ put both his handes apon the heede of the lyue goote and confesse ouer him all the mysdeades of the childern of Israell and all their trespaces and all their synnes and let him put them apoÌ the heed of the goote aÌd sende him awaye by the handes of one that is acoynted in the wyldernesse And the goote shall bere apon him all their mysdeades vnto the wildernesse and he shall let the goote goo fre in the wildernesse And let Aaron goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and put off the lyneÌ clothes which he put on when he weÌt in in to the holy place aÌd leaue them there And let him wasshe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burntofferynge and the burntofferynge of the people and make an atonemeÌt for him selfe aÌd for the people and the fatt of the synofferynge let him burne apon the alter And let him that caryed forth the scapegoote wasshe his clothes and bathe hys flesh in water and then come in to the hoste agayne And the oxe of the synofferynge and the goote of the synofferynge whose bloude was brought in to make an atonemeÌt in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh aÌd their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes aÌd bathe his flesh in water and theÌ come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And eueÌ in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no worke at all whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that sogeorneth amonge you for that daye shall an attonemeÌt be made for you to clense you from all youre synnes before the Lorde and ye shal be cleane It shal be a sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and it shal be an ordynaunce for euer And the preast that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to mynistre in his fathers steade shall make the attonemeÌt and shall put on the holy lyneÌ vestimeÌtes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌd the alter and shall make an attonemeÌt also for the preastes and for all the people of the congregacion And this shal be an euerlastynge or dynaunce vnto you to make an atonement for the childern of Israel for all their synnes once a yere and it was done eueÌ as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto AaroÌ and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel aÌd saye vnto them this is the thynge which the Lorde charged saynge whatsoeuer he be of the housse of Israel that kylleth an oxe lambe or goote in the hoste or out of the hoste and bryngeth theÌ not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse to offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellynge place of the Lorde bloude shal be imputed vnto that man as though he had shed bloude and that man shall perysh from amonge his people Wherfore let the childern of Israel brynge their offerynges they offer in the wyde felde vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and vnto the preast and offer theÌ for peaseofferynges vnto the Lorde And the preast shall sprinkle the bloude apon the alter of the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fatt to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them nomoare offer their offerynges vnto deuyls after whom thy goo an whoorynge And this shal be an ordynauÌce for euer vnto you thorow out youre generacyons And thou shalt saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that sogeorne amonge you that offereth a burntofferynge or any other offerynge and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to offer vnto the Lorde that felow shall perysh from amonge his people And what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my faâe agaynst that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy him from amonge his people for the life of the flesh is in the bloude and I haue geuen it vnto you apon the alter to make an attonement for youre soules for bloude shall make an attonemeÌt for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel se that no soule of you cate bloude nor yet any straunger that soiourneth amonge you What soeuer man it be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne amonge you that honteth and catcheth any beest or foule that maye be eateÌ he shall poure out the bloude aÌd couer it with erthe for the life of all flesh is in the bloude therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel ye shall eate the bloude of no maner of flesh for the life of all flesh is in his bloude and whosoeuer therfore eateth it shall perysh And what soeuer soule it be that eateth that which dyed alone or that which was torne with wylde beestes whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes aÌd bathe him selfe in water aÌd shal be vncleane vnto the eueÌ aÌd thaÌ is he cleane But aÌd yf he wasshe them not nor wasshe his flesh he shall beare his synne ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌd saye vnto them I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt se that ye doo not nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whether I will bringe you nether walke ye in their ordinaunces but doo after my iudgemeÌtes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces aÌd my iudgemeÌtes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby for I am the Lorde Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kyn red for to vncouer their secrettes for I am the Lorde The secrettes of thy father and thy mother se thou vnheale not she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer for they are thy fathers secrettes Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne awne preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter which she bare to thy father for she is thy
suster thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kyn Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kyn Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife for she is thyne awnte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore vncouer not hir secrettes Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife for that is thy brothers preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife aÌd hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their secrettes they are hir nexte kyn it were therfore wikydnesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister there to to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to defyle thi selfe with her Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch that thou defile not the name of thi God for I am the Lorde Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for that is abominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto for that is abhominacion Defile not youreselues in any of these thinges for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you and the lande is defiled and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it and the lande shal spe we out hir inhabiters Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you and the lande is defiled lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you For whosoeuer shall coÌmytt any of these abhominacions the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Be holy for I the Lorde youre God am holye Se that ye feare euery man his father and his mother aÌd that ye kepe my Sabbathes for I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall not turne vnto ydolls nor make you goddes of metall I am the Lorde youre God When ye offre youre peaceofferynges vnto the Lorde ye shall offer them that ye maye be accepted And it shal be eaten the same daye ye offer it and on the morowe but what soeuer is lefte on the thirde daye shal be burnt in the fire Yf it be eaten the thirde daye it shal be vncleane aÌd not accepted And he that eateth it shall bere his synne because he hath defiled the halowed thinges of the Lorde aÌd that soule shall perish from amonge his people When ye repe doune the rype corne of you relande ye shal not repe doune the vtmost borders of youre feldes nether shalt thou gather that which is left behynd in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde clene nether gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped But thou shalt leaue them for the pore aÌd straunger I am the Lord youre God Ye shall not steale nether lye nether deale fal sely one with another Ye shal not swere by my name falselye that thou defilest not the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalt not begile thy neyghboure with cauellacioÌs nether robbe him violently nether shall the workmans laboure abide with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaffe nether put a stomblinge blocke before the blynd but shalt feare thy God I am the Lorde Ye shall doo no vnrightuousnes in iudgement Thou shalt not fauoure the poore nor honoure the mightye but shalt iudge thy neghboure rightuously Thou shalt not go vp aÌd doune a * preuy accuser Yes for God aÌd with his aââne coÌfessioÌ shalt thou accuse him to stablishe the holye fathers kingdome amoÌge thy people nether shalt thou helpe to shed the bloude of thy neyghboure I am the Lorde Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne hart but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neghbour that thou bere not synne for his sake Thou shalt not avenge thy selfe nor bere hate in thy mynde against the childern of thi people but shalt loue thy neghboure eueÌ as thy self I am the Lorde Kepe myne ordinaunces Let none of thy catell gendre with a coÌtrary kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled seed nether shalt thou put on ony garment of lynen and wollen Yf a man haue to doo with a woman that is bonde and hath bene medled with al of another man which nether is boughte nor fredome geuen her there shal be a payne apon it but they shall not dye because she was not made fre And he shall brynge for his trespaceofferynge vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse a ram for a trespace offrynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge before the Lord for his synne which he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him as concerninge the synne which he hath done And when ye come to the lande aÌd haue plaÌted all maner of trees where of meÌ eate ye shal holde them vncircumcised as concerning the it frute eueÌ thre yere shal they be vncircuÌcysed vnto you aÌd shall not be eateÌ of Id the fourth yere all the frute of theÌ shal be holy aÌd acceptable to the Lorde And the fifth yere maye ye eate of the frute of theÌ aÌd gather in the encrease of them I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall eate nothinge with the bloude ye shall vse no witchcrafte nor obserue dismall dayes ye shall not rounde the lockes of youre heedes nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde Ye shall not rent youre flesh for any soules sake nor printe any markes apon you I am the Lorde Thou shalt not pollute thi doughter that thou woldest maintene her to be an whoore lest the laÌde fall to whoredome aÌd waxe ful of wekednesse ¶ Se that ye kepe my Sabbathes and feare my sauctuary I am the Lorde Turne not to theÌ that worke with sprites nether regarde theÌ that obserue disemall dayes that ye be not defiled by theÌ for I am the Lorde youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed aÌd reuerence the
face of the old maÌ aÌd dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌt nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌces true weightes A true Epha aÌd a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌtes we may happelye escape â ordlye iudges but we caÌnot avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌd vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ kynd they haue both coÌmitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌd hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ go vnto a beest aÌd lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ aÌd the beest also they shal dye aÌd their bloud be apoÌ their hedes Yf a maÌ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌd se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌd she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌd thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌd not âaây the byrth as Iuda wolâ haue burnt Thamar beinge great ââ ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌd foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ or womaÌ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ shall stone them with stones aÌd their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌge as she is a mayde aÌd dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌd not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌd the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
and whose hande was fylled to put on the vestimeÌtes shall not vncouer his heed nor rent his clothes nether shall goo to any deed body nor make him selfe vncleane no not on his father or mother nether shall goo out of the sanctuarye that he polute not the holy place of his God for the croune of the anoyntynge The annoyntynge was the coronacion both of kynges aÌd of prestes also oyle of God is apon him I am the Lorde He shall take a mayden vnto his wife but no wedowe nor deuorsed nor poluted whoore But he shall take a mayden of his awne people to wife that he defyle not his seed apoÌ his people for I am the Lorde which sanctifye him And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye No man of thi seed in their generacioÌns that hath any deformyte apon him shall prese for to offer the bred The pope for bideth all soch lyke wise tyll they haue payd for dispensacioÌs of his God flor none that hath any blemysh shall come nere whether he be blynde lame snot nosed or that hath any monstrous meÌbre or broken foted or broken handed or croke backed or perlâyed or gogeleyed or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken No man that is deformed of the seed of Aaron the preast shall come nye to offer the sacrifyces of the Lorde Yf he haue a deformyte he shall not prese to offer the bred of his God Notwithstondynge he shall eate of the bred of his God euen as well of the most holy as of the holy but shall not goo in vnto the vayle nor come nye the alter because he is deformed that he polute not my sanctuary for I am the Lorde that sanctifye them And Moses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel ¶ The XXII Chapter ANd the Lorde comened with Moses saynge byd Aaron and his sonnes that they absteyne from the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue halowed vn to me that they polute not myne holy name for I am the Lorde Saye vnto them whosoeuer he be of all youre seed amonge youre generacion after you that goeth vnto the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel shall haue halowed vnto the Lorde his vnclennes shal be apon him and that soule shall perysh from out of my syghte I am the Lorde None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a runnynge sore shall eate of the halowed thinges vntill he be cleane And whosoeuer twytcheth any vncleane soule or man whose seed runneth froÌ him by nyghte or whosoeuer twitcheth any worme that is vncleane to him or man that is vncleane to him what soeuer vnclennesse he hath the same soule that hath twyched any soch thynge shal be vncleane vntill euen and shall not eate of the halowed thynges vntill he haue wasshed his flesh with water And than when the sonne is doune he shal be cleane aÌd shall afterward eate of the halowed thynges for they are his fode Off a beest that dyeth alone or is rent with wylde beastes he shall not eate to defyle him selfe therwith I am the Lorde But let them kepe therfore myne ordynaunce lest they lade synne apoÌ them and dye therein when they haue defyled them selues for I am the Lorde which sanctifye them There shall no straunger eate of the halowed thinges nether a gest of the preastes or an hyred seruaunte But yf the preast bye any soule with money he maye eate of it and he also that is borne in his housse maye eate of his bred Yf the preastes doughter be maryed vnto a straunger she maye not eate of the halowed heueofferynges Notwithstondynge yf the preastes doughter be a wedowe or deuorsed and haueno childe but is returned vnto hir fathers housse agayne she shall eate of hir fathers bred as wel as she dyd in hyr youth But thereshall no straunger eate there of Yf a man eate of the halowed thynges vnwyttingly he shall put the fyfte parte there vnto and make good vnto the preast the halowed thynge And let the preastes see that they defyle not the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue offered vnto the Lorde lest they lade them selues with mysdoynge and trespace in eatynge their halowed thinges for I am the Lorde which halowe them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel and saye vnto them what soeuer he be of the housse of Israel or straunger in Israel that will offer his offerynge what soeuer vowe or frewillofferynge it be which they will offer vnto the Lorde for a burntofferynge to reconcyle them selues it must be a male without blemysh of the oxen shepe or gootes let them offer nothynge that is deformed for they shall gett no fauoure there with Yf a man will offer a peaseoffrynge vnto the Lorde and separate a vowe or a frewill offerynge of the oxen or the flocke it must be without deformyte that it maye be accepted There maye be no blemysh therein whether it be blide brokeÌ wounded or haue a wen or be maunge or scabbed se that ye offre no soch vnto the Lorde nor put an offerynge of any soch apon the alter vnto the Lorde An oxe or a shepe that hath any membre out of proporcion mayst thou offer for a frewillofferynge but in a vowe it shal not accepted Thou shalt not offer vnto the Lorde that which hath his stones broosed brokeÌ plucked out or cutt awaye nether shalt make any soch in youre lande nether of a straungers hande shall ye offer an offerynge to youre God of any soch For they marre all in that they haue de formytes in them and therfore can not be accepted for you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge when an oxe a shepe or a goote is brought forth it shal be seueÌ dayes vnder the damme And from the .viij. daye forth it shal be accepted vnto a gifte in the sacrifice of the Lorde And whether it be oxe or shepe ye shall not kyll it and hir yonge both in one daye When ye will offre a thankofferynge vnto the Lorde ye shall so offre it that ye maye be accepted And the same daye it must be eateÌ vp so that ye leaue none of it vntill the morowe For I am the Lorde kepe now my commaundementes and do them for I am the Lorde And polute not my holy name that I maye be halowed amonge the childern of Israel For I am the Lorde which halowe you and broughte you out of the londe of Egipte to be youre God for I am the Lorde ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them These are the feastes off the Lorde which ye shal call holy feastes Sixe dayes ye shall worke aÌd the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest an holy feast so that ye maye do no worke therein for it is the
the Lorde a feldewhich he hath boughte and is not of his enheritaunce then the preast shall reken with him what it is worth vnto the trompet yere and he shall geue the price that it is set at the same daye and it shal be holy vnto the Lorde But in the trompet yere the felde shall returne vnto him of whome he boughte it whose enheritaunce of londe it was And all settinge shal be acordinge to the holy sycle One sycle maketh .xx. Geras But the firstborne of the beestes that pertayne vnto the Lorde maye no maÌ sanctifie whether it be oxe or shepe for they are the Lordes allredy Yf it be an vncleane beest then let him redeme it as it is sett at and geue the fifte parte moare thereto Yf it be not redemed theÌ let it be solde as it is rated Notwithstondinge no dedicated thinge that a man dedicateth vnto the Lorde of all his goode whether it be man or beest or lande off his enheritaunce shal be solde or redemed for all dedicate thiÌges are most holy vnto the Lorde No dedicate thinge therfore that is dedicate of maÌ may be redemed but must nedes dye All these tithes of the londe whether it be of the corne of the felde or frute of the trees shal be holy vnto the Lorde Yf any man will redeme oughte of his tithes let him adde the fifte parte moare thereto And the tithes of oxen and shepe and of all that goeth vnder the herdemans kepinge shal be holye tithes vnto the Lorde Men shal not loke yf it be good or bad nor shall chaunge it Yf any man chaunge it then both it and that it was chaunged with all shal be holy and maye not be redemed These are the commaundmentes whiche the Lorde gaue Moses in charge to geue vnto the childern of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The ende of the thyrde boke of Moses ¶ A prologe into the fourth boke of Moses called Numeri ¶ A Prologe in to the fourth boke of Moses called Numeri IN the seconde aÌd thirde boke they receaved yâ lawe And in this .iiij. they begynne to worke and to practyse Of which practiâynge yese many good ensamples of vnbeleffe what frewill doth when she taketh in hand to kepe the lawe of her awne power without help of fayth in the promyses of god how she leueth her masters carkesses by the way in the wildernesse and bringeth them not in to the londe of rest Why coude they not entre in Because of their vnbeleffe Hebre .iij. For had they beleved so had they bene vnder grace and their old synnes had bene forgeuen theÌ aÌd power shulde haue bene geueÌ them to haue fulfilled the lawe thenceforth they shuld haue bene kepte from all temptacioÌs that had bene to stronge for them For it is wrytten Iohan. 1. He gaue them power to be the sonnes of god thorow belevynge in his name Nowe to be the sonne of god is to loue god and his commaundmentes and to walke in his waye after the ensample of his sonne Christ But these people toke vppon them to worke without faith as thou seysie in the xiiij of this boke where they wold fight and also did without the worde of promysse eueÌ when they were warned that they shuld not And in yâ .xvi. a gayne they woulde please god with their holye faithlesse workes for where gods worde is not there can be no faith but yâ fyre of god consumed their holy workes as it did Nadab and Abihu Leui .x. And froÌ these vnbeleuers turne thyne eyes vnto the pharesyes which before the comynge of Christ in his flesh had layde the fundacion of frewill after the same ensample Wheron thei bilt holy workes after their awne imaginacion with our faith of the worde so fervently that for the greate zele of them they slew the kinge of all holy workes and the lorde of frewill which only thorow his grace maketh the will fre and lowseth her from bondage of synne and geueth her loue and lust vnto the lawes of god and power to fulfyll them And so thorowe their holye workes done by the power of frewill they excluded them selues out of the holy rest of forgeuenesse of synnes by faith in the blonde of Christ And then loke on oure ypocrites which in like maner folowinge the doctryne of Aristot le and other hethen paganes haue agenste all the scripture sett vpp frewill agayne vnto whose power they ascribe the kepinge of yâ coÌmaundmeÌtes of god For they haue set vp wilfull povertye of another maner then any is coÌmaunded of god And the chastite of matrimony vtterlye defyed they haue set vp another wilfull chastite not required of god whiche they swere vowe professe to geue god whether he will geue it them or no and compell all their disciples there vnto sayenge that it is in the power of euery mans frewill to obserue it contrarye to Christ and his apostle Paule And the obedience of god and man excluded they haue vowed a nother wilfull obedience condemned of all the scripture whiche they will yet geue God whether he will or wyll not And what is become of their wilfull pouertye hath it not robbed the whole worlde brought all vnder them ân there be ether kynge or emperoure or of what soeuer degre it be excepte he will hold of them aÌd be sworne vnto them to be their servaunte to go and come at their luste and to defende their quarels be they false or true Their wilfull pouertye hath all readye eaten vpp the whole worlde is yet still gredyar then euer it was in so moche that ten worldes mo were not ynough to satisfye the hongre thereof Moreouer besydes dayly corruptinge of other mens wyues and open who edome vnto what abominacions to fylthye to be spoke off hath their voluntarye chastite broughte them And as for their wilfull obedieÌce what is it but the disobedieÌce the diffâauÌce hâth of all yâ lawes of god maÌ in so moch that yf any price begiÌne to execute any law of maÌ vppoÌ theÌ they curse him vnto the botom of hell proclayme him no right kinge that his lordes ought no longerto obaye him and interdite his comen people as they were hetheÌ turkes or saracenes And yf any man preache them gods lawe him they make an heretike and burne him to asshes And in steade of gods lawe and mans they haue sette vpp one off their awne imaginacion which they obserue with dispensacions And yet in these workes they haue so greate confidence that they not onlye truste to be saued therby and to be hyer in heauen then they that be saued thorow christ but also promessero all other forgeuenesse of their synnes thorow the merites of the same Wherin they rest and teach other to rest also excludyn get he whole worlde from the reste of forgeuenesse of synnes thorowe faith in Christes bloude And now seynge that faith only letteth a maÌ in uÌto rest vnbeleffe
fyrst repentaunce then fayth in Christe that for his sake synne is forgeueÌ to them that repent then good workes which are nothyng saue the commaundement of god only And the commaundementes are nothinge els saue the helpynge of oure neyghboures at their neade the tamyinge of oure meÌbres that they myght be pure also as the harte is pure thorow hate of vice and loue of vertue as gods word teacheth vs which workes must procede out of faith that is I must do them for the loue which I haue to god for that greate mercye which he hath shewed me in christ or els I do them not in the sight of god And that I faynte not in the payne of the sleyinge of the synne that is in my flesh myne helpe is the promesse of the assistence of the power of god and yâ comforte of the rewarde to come which rewarde I ascribe vnto the goodnesse mercye aÌd truth of the promiser that hath chose me called me taught me and geuen me the ernest thereof not vnto the merites of my doeÌges or soferiÌges For all that I do soffre is but yâ waye to the rewarde aÌd not the deseruinge thereof As if the kinges grace shuld promesse me to defend me at whome in myne awne royalme yet the waye thyther is thorow the see wheriÌ I might happlye soffre no litle trouble And yet for all that yf I might lyue in rest when I come thither I wold thike so wold other saye that my paynes were well rewarded which reward benefyte I wold not proudlye ascribe vnto the merites of my paynes takynge by the waye but vnto the goodnesse mercyfulnesse and constaunt truth of the kinges grace whose gifte it is and to whome yâ prayse thanke thereof belongeth of duetye and right So now a rewarde is a gift geueÌ ârelye of the goodnesse of the geuer and not of the deseruinges of the reaceuer Thus it appeareth that if I vowe what soeuer it be for any other purposse then to tame my membres and to be an ensample of vertue aÌd edefyenge vnto my neyghboure my sacrifice is vnsauery and cleane without salt and mylaÌpe without oyle and I one of the folyshvirginis and shal be shut out from the feast of the bruydegrome when I thinke my self most sure to entre in Yf I vowe voluntary pouerty this must be my purposse that I will be content with a competent lyuinge which cometh vnto me ether by succession of myne elders or which I gettetruly with my laboure in ministringe doynge seruice vnto the comen welth in one office or in a nother or in one occupacyon or other because that riches and honoure shall not corrupte my mynde and drawe myne harte from god and to gene an ensample of vertue and edefiynge vnto other that my neyghboure maye haue a lyuinge by me as well as I if I make a cloke of dissimulacioÌ of my vowe laynge a net of fayned beggerye to catch superfluous aboundaunce of ryches hye degre and authorite and thorow the estimacion of false holinesse to fede and mayntayne my slowthfull ydlenesse with the sweate laboure laÌdes rentes of other men after yâ ensample of oure spiritualtye robbynge theÌ of their faythes and god of his honoure turnynge vnto myne ypocrisye that confidence which shuld be geueÌ vnto yâ promyses of god only am I not a wilye fox a raueninge wolfe in a laÌbes skynne a paynted sepulchre fayre without aÌd filthye with in In like maner though I seke no worldlye promocyon therebye yet if I do it to be iustifyed therwith aÌd to gett an hyer place in heauen thinkynge that I do it of myneawne naturall strength of yâ naturall power of my frewill that euery man hath might euen soto doo and that they do it not is their faute negligeÌce and so with the proude pharesye in coÌparyson of my self despise the sinfull publicanes what other thinge do I then eate yâ bloude fatt of my sacrifice devowringe that my self which shuld be offered vnto god alone and his christe And shortly what soeuer a man doeth of his naturall giftes of his naturall witte wisdom vnderstondinge reason will good entent before he be otherwyse cleane coÌtrary taught of goddes sprete haue receaued other witt vnderstondinge reason aÌd will is flesh worldlye and wrought â abominable blidnesse with which a man can but soke him self his awne profyte glory honoure eueÌ in very spirituall matters As if I were alone in a wildernesse where no man were to seke profite or prayse of yet if I wold seke heueÌ of god there I coude of myne awne naturall gyftes seke it no no ther wayes then for the merites and deseruinges of my good workes and to entre therin by another waye then by that dore christ which were very theste for christ is lord ouer all and what so euer any man wil haue of god he must haue it geuen him frelye for christes sake Now to haue heauen for myne awne deseruinge is myne awne prayse and not christes For I can not haue it by fauoure grace in christ and by myne awne merites also ⪠For fregeuinge and deseruinge can not stoÌd together Yf thou wilt vowe of thy goodes vnto god thou must put salt vnto this sacrifice that is thou must ministre knowlege in this deade as Peter teacheth .ij. pet .i. Thou must put oyle of gods worde in thy laÌpe do it accordinge to knowlege if thou wayte for the comynge of the bridegrome to entre in with him in to his rest Thou wilt haÌge it aboute the image to moue men to deuocyon Denocyon is a feruent loue vnto gods coÌmaâdmentes and a desyre to be with god and with his euer lastinge promyses Now shall the sight of soch riches as are shewed at saynt thomas shryne or at walsingham moue a man to loue the coÌmaundmeÌtes of god better and to desyre to be loosed from his flesh and to be with god or shall it not rather make his poore herte sigh because he hath no soch at home and to wysh parte of it in another place The preast shall haue it in gods stead Shall the preast haue it Yf the preast be bought with christes bloude theÌ he is christes seruauÌte not his awne ought therefore to feade christes flocke with christes doctryne to ministre christes sacrameÌtes vnto theÌ purely for very loue not for felthy lucres sake or to be lord ouer theÌ as Peter teacheth .i. pet .v. paule Actes .xx. Besyde this christ is oures aÌd is a gifte geuen vs we be heyres of christ of all that is christes Wherfore the preastes doaryne is oures we heires of it it is yâ fode of oure soules Therfore if he ministre it not truly aÌd frely vnto vs with out sellinge he is a thefe a soule murtherar aÌd euen so is he if he take vppon him to fede vs
of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a raÌ and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue laÌbes of a yere olde And this was the offrynge of Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai The .xi. daye Pagiel the sonne of Ochran the chefe Lorde amonge the childern of Asser offered And his gifte was a syluereÌ charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle and both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meateoffrynge and a golden spone of .x. sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferinges and an he goote for a synneofferynge aÌd for peaceofferynges two oxen fyue rammes v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Pagiel the sonne of Ochran The .xij. daye Ahira the sonne of Enan chefe lorde amonge the childern of Nephtali offered And his gifte was a sylueren charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of twentye sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synneofferinge and for peaceofferynges two oxen .v. raÌmes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Ahira the sonne of Enan Of this maner was the dedicacyon of the alter when it was anoynted vnto the whiche was broughte of the prynces of Israel .xij. chargers of syluer .xij. syluern boules and. xij spones of golde euery charger contaynynge an hundred and .xxx. sycles of syluer and euery boule .lxx. so that all the syluer of all the vessels was two thousande and .iiij. hundred sycles of the holy sycle And the .xij. golden spones which were full of cens contayned ten sycles a pece of the holy sycle so that all the golde of the spones was an hundred and .xx. sycles All the oxen that were broughte for the burntoffrynges were .xij. and the raÌmes xij the laÌbes .xij. of a yere olde a pece with the meateofferynges with he gootes for synneyr offrynges And all the oxeÌ of the peaceofferynges were .xxiiij. the rammes .lx. the gootes .lx. and lambes of a yere olde a pece .lx. this was the dedicacion of the alter after the it was anoynted And when Moses was gone in to the tabernacle of witnesse to speke with hiÌ he hardethe voyce of one speakinge vnto him from of the mercy seate that was apon the arcke of witnesse euen from betwene the two cherâbyns he spake vnto him ¶ The .viij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye vnto hym when thou puttest on the lampes se that they lighte all seuen apon the forefront of the candelsticke And Aaron dyd euen so and put the lampes apon the forefroÌt of the candelsticke as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the worke of the candelsticke was of stiffe golde both the shaft and the floures thereof And accordinge vnto the visyon whiche the Lorde had shewed Moses euen so he made the candelsticke And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel and clense them And this deo vnto them when thou clensest them sprinckle water of purifyenge apon them and make a rasure to runne alonge apon all the fleshe of them and let them washe their clothes and then they shall be cleane And let them take a bollocke and his meatofferynge fyne floure myngled with oyle another bollocke shalt thou take to be a synneofferynge Than brynge the lennes before the tabernacle of witnesse and gather the hole multitude of the chyldern of Israel together And bringe the lemtes before the Lorde and let the childern of Israel put their handes apon the leuites And let Aaron heue the lemtes before the LORDE for an heueofferynge geuen of the childern of Israel aÌd theÌ let them be appoynted to wayte apon the seruyce of the Lorde And let the leuites put their handes vpoÌ the heedes of the bollockes and then offer them the one for a synne offerynge and the other for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde to make an attonement for the leuites And make the leuites stonde before Aaron hys sonnes and heue them to be a heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And thou shalt separate the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel that they be myne and after that let them goo and do the seruice of the tabernacle of witnesse Clense them and waue them for they are geuen vnto me from amonge the childreÌ of Israel for I haue taken them vnto me for all yâ firstborne that opeÌ any matrice amoÌge the childern of Israel For all the fyrstborne among the childern of Israel are myne both man and beest because the same tyme that I smote the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte I sanctyfyde them for my selfe and I haue taken the Leuites for all the fyrstborne amonge the childern of Israel and haue geuen them vnto Aaron and his sonnes from amonge the childern of Israel to doo the seruyce of the childern of Israel in the tabernacle of witnesse and to make an attonement for the chyldern of Israell that there be no plage amonge the childern of Ysraell yf they come nye vnto the sanctuary And Moses and Aaron and all the congregacion of the childern of Israel dyd vnto the leuites acordynge vnto all that yâ Lorde commaunded Moses And the leuites purifyed them selues and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before yâ Lorde and made an attonement for them to clense them And after that they went into doo their seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse before Aaron and his sonnes And acordinge as the Lorde had commaunded Moses as concernynge the leuites euen so they dyd vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this shal be the maner of the leuites from xxv yere vppwarde they shall goo in to wayte vppon the seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse and at fyftye they shall ceasse waytynge apon the seruyce thereof and shall laboure no moare but shall ministre vnto their bretheren in the tabernacle of witnesse and there wayte but shall doo no moare seruyce And se that thou doo after this maner vnto the leuites in their waytynge tymes ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the fyrste moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the londe of Egipte sayeng let yâ childern of Israel offer Passe ouer in his season euen the .xiiij. daye of this moneth at euen they shall kepe it in his season accordynge to all the ordinaunces maners thereof And Moses bade the childern of Ysrael that they shulde offer Passeouer they offered Passeouer the .xiiij. daye of the first moneth at euen in
Moses sayde oh nay leaue us not for thou knowest where is best for us to pitche in the wildernesse and thou shalt be oure eyes And yf thou goo with us loke what goodnesse the Lorde sheweth apon us the same we will shewe apon the And they departed from the mount of the Lorde .iij. dayes iurney and the arcke of the testament of the Lorde went before them in the .iij. dayes iurney to serche out a restynge place for them And the cloude of the Lorde was ouer them by daye when they went out of the tentes And when the arcke went forth Moses sayde Ryse vp Lorde and lat thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flee before the. And when the arcke rested he sayde returne Lorde vnto the many thousandes of Ysrael ¶ The .xi. Chapter ANd the people waxed vnpacient vnd it displeased the cares of the Lorde And when the Lorde herde it he was wroth and the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them and consumed the vtter most of the hoste And the people cried vnto Moses he made intercession vnto the Lorde and the fyre qwenched And they called yâ name of the place Tabera because the fyre of the Lorde burnt amonge them And the rascall people that was amonge them fell a lustynge And the childern of Ysrael also went to and wepte and sayde who shall geue us flesh to eate we remembre the fysh which we shulde eate in Egipte for noughte and of the Cucumbers and melouns lekes onyouns and garleke But now oure soules ar dryed awaye for oure eyes loke on nothynge els sane apon Manna The Manna was as it had bene coâander seed and to see to lyke Bedellion And yâ people went aboute and gathered it grouÌde it in milles or bett it in morters and boke it in pannes and made cakee of it And the tast of it was like vnto the tast of an oylecake And when the dewe fell aboute the hoste in the nyghte the Manna fell therewithe And when Moses herde the people wepe in their housholdes euery man in the dore of his tent then the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote excedyngly and it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde wherfore dealest thou so cruelly with thi seruaunte wherfore doo I not fynde fauoure in thi syghte seynge that thou puttest the weyght of this people apon me haue I conceyued all this people or haue I begote them that thou shuldest saye vnto me carye them in thi bosome as a nurse beareth the suckynge childe vnto the londe which thou swarest vnto their fathers where shulde I haue flesh to geue vnto all this people For they wepe vnto me sayenge geue us flesh that we maye eate I ââ not able to bere all this people alone for it is to heuy for me Wherfore yf thou deale thus with me fyll me I praye the yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syght and let me not se my wrechidnesse And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses gather vnto me .lxx. of the elders of Ysrael which thou knowest that they are the elders of yâ people and officers ouer them and brynge them vnto the tabernacle of witnesse and let them stonde there with the. And I wyll come doune and talke with the there and take of yâ spirite which is apon the and put apon them aÌd they shall bere with them the burthen of the people and so shalt thou not beare alone And saye vnto yâ people halowe youre selues agenst to morow that ye maye eate flesh for ye haue whyned in the eares of the Lorde saynge who shall geue vs flesh to eate for we were happie when we were in Egipte therfore the Lorde will geue you flesh and ye shall âate Ye shall not eate one daye only other .ij. or .v. dayes other .x. or .xx. dayes but euen a moneth longe aÌd vntill it come out at the nostrels of you that ye be ready to perbrake because that ye haue cast yâ Lorde a syde which is amonge you and haue wepte before him saynge why came we out of Egipte And Moses sayde sixe hundred thousande fotemen are there of the people amonge which I am And thou hast sayde I will âââe them flesh and they shall care â moneth âoÌge Shall the sheâe aÌd the oxen be slayne for them to fyââdâ them ether shall all the fysh of the see be gathered together to serue them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses is the lordes hande waxed shorte Thou shalt se whe ther my worde shall come to passe vnto the or not And moses went out and tolde the people the sayenge of the Lorde and gathered the lxx elders of the people and sett them rounde aboute the tabernacle And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him aÌd toke of the sprete that was apon him aÌd put it apon the .lxx. elders And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els But there remayned .ij. of yâ meÌ in the hoste the one called Eldad aÌd the other Medad And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they weÌâ not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoste And there ran a younge tolde Moses and sayed Eldad aÌd Medad do prophecye in the hoste And Iosua the sonne of Nil the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed master Moses forbyd them And Moses sayed vnto him enuy est thou for my sake wolde God that all the The pâpâ wold that âne of the lordes people coud prophecie that none had his spirite Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them And then both Moses and the elders of Israel gat them in to the hoste And there went forth a wynde froÌ yâ lorde and brought quayles from the see and let them fall aboute the hoste euen a dayes intney rounde aboute on euery syde of the hoste and .ij. cubetes hye apon the erth And the people stode vpp all that nyghte and on the morowe aÌd gathered quayles And he that gathered the lest gathered .x. homers full And they kylled them rounde aboute the hoste And whyle the flesh was yet betwene theirteeth yer it was chewed vpp the wrath of the Lorde waxed whore apon the people and the Lorde slewe of the people an exceadynge myghtie slaughter And they called the name of the place the graues of lust because they buried the people that lusted there And the people toke their iurney from the graues of lust vnto hazeroth and bode at haâroth ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd Mir Jam and Aaron spake ageÌst Moses because of his wife of inde which he had taken for he had taken to wyfe one of India And they sayed doth yâ Lorde speake oÌly thorow Moses doth he not speake also by us And the Lorde herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all the men of the erthe And yâ Lorde spake attonce vnto Moses vnto Aaron Mir
in any wise rebell not agenst the Lorde Moreouer feare ye not the people of the londe for they are but bred for vs. Their shylde is departed from them the Lorde is with vs feare them not therfore And all the whole multitude bade stone them with stones But the glorie of the Lorde appered in the tabernacle of witnesse vnto all the childern of Israel And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Howe longest all thys people rayle apon me and how longe will it be yer they beleue me for all my signes whiche I haue shewed amonge them I will smyte them with the pâstilence destroy theÌ and will make of the a greatter nacion and a mightier then they And Moses sayed vnto the Lorde then The Pope wolde not so haue prayed if thei had bene aboute to stone him the Egiptians shall heare it for thou broughtest this people with thy mighte from amonge them And it wil be tolde to the inhabiters of this lande also for they haue herde likewise that thou the Lorde art amoÌge this people aÌd that thou art sene face to face yâ tây cloude stondeth ouer them that thou goest before them by daye tyme in a piler of a cloude in a piler of fyre by nyght Yf thou shall kill all this people as thei were but one maÌ then the nacions which haue herde the fame of the will speake sayenge because that Lorde was not able to bringe in this people in to â londe which he swore vnto them therfore he slewe them in the wildernesse So now lat the power of my Lord be greate acordynge as thou hast spoken sayenge the Lorde is longe yer he be angrye aÌd full of merey and suffereth synne and trespace and leaueth no man innocent and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon yâ childern eueÌ vpoÌ that thirde fourth generacion be mercyfull I beseche yâ therfore vnto the synne of this people acordinge vnto thi greate mercy acordinge as thou hast forgeueÌ this people from Egipte euen vnto this place And the Lorde sayed I haue forgeueÌ it acordynge to thy request But as trulye as Ilyue all the erth shal be fylled with my glorye For of all those meÌ whiche haue sene my glorye my miracles which I dyd in Egipte in yâ wildernesse yet haue tempted me now this .x. tymes haue not herkened vnto my voyce there shall not one se the lond whiche I sware vnto their fathers nether shall any of theÌ that rayled apoÌ me se it But my servanÌte Caleb because there is another maner sprite with hi because he hath folowed me vnto the vttmost him I will bringe in to the lond which he hath walked in his seed shall conquere it also the Amalechites aÌd Cananites which dwell in the lowe contrees Tomorowe turne you and gete you in to the wildernesse euen the waye towarde the reâ see And the Lorde spake vnto Moses aÌd Aaron sayenge how longe shall this euell multitude murmure agenst me I haue herde yâ murmurynges of yâ childern of Ysrael whyche they murmure agenste me Tell them yâ the Lorde sayeth As truely as I lyue I wil do vnto you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares You re carkasses shall lye in this wildernesse nether shall any of these numbres which were numbred from .xx. yere aboue of you which haue murmured agenst me come in to the londe ouer which I lifted myne hande to make you dwell therein saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And youre childern whiche ye sayed shuld be a praye theÌ I will bringe in they shall knowe the londe which ye haue refused and youre carkesses shall lye in this wildernesse And youre childern shall waÌdre in this wildernesse .xl. yeres suffre for youre whoredome vntill your carkasses be wasted in the wildernesse after the numbre of the dayes in which ye serched out yâ londe .xl. dayes euery daye a yere so that they shall bere your vnrightuousnes .xl. yere ye shall fele my vengeaunce I the Lorde haue sayed that I will do it vnto all this euell congregacion yâ are gathered together agenst me euen in thys wildernesse ye shal be consumed and here ye shall dye And the men which Moses sent to serche the londe and which when they came agayne made all the people to murmure agenst it in that they broughte vpp a slaunder apon yâ londe dyed for their bryngenge vp that euell slaunder apon it and were plaged before the Lorde But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of yâ meÌ that went to serche the londe lyued still And Moses tolde these sayenges vnto all the childern of Ysrael and the people toke great sorowe And they rose vp yerlee in the mornynge Blinde reasoÌ which yer-while wolde not let them beleue in Gods worde teacheth them now to trust in their awne workes gau them vpp in to the toppe of the mountayne sayenge lo we be here aÌd will goo vpp vn to the place of which the Lorde sayed for we haue synned And Moses sayed wherfore will ye goo on this maner beyonde the worde of the Lorde it will not come well to passe goo not vpp for the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne before youre enemyes For the Amalechytes and the Cananites are there before you ye will fall apon the swerde because ye are turned a waye from yâ Lorde and therfore the Lorde wyll not be with you But they were blynded to goo vpp in to yâ hyll toppe Neuer the lather the arke of the testament of the Lorde and Moses departed not out of the hoste Then the Amalekytes aÌd the Cananites which dwelt in that hill came doune and sinote them and hewed theÌ euen vnto Horma ¶ The .xv. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayeÌge speake vnto the childern of Israel saye vnto them when ye be come in to yâ londe of youre habitacion which I geue vnto you and will offre an offerynge apon the fyre vnto the Lorde whether it be a burnt offerynge or a speciall vowe or frewill offerynge or yf it be in youre principall festes to make a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde of the oxen oâ of the flocke Then let him that offereth his offerynge vnto the Lorde brynge also a meat offerynge of a tenth deale of floure myngled with the fourth parte of an hin of oyle and the fourth parte of an hin of wine for a drynk offerynge and offer with yâ burnt offerynge or any other offerynge when it is a lambe And vnto a raÌ thou shalt offer a meat offerynge of .ij. tenth deales of floure myngled with yâ thyrde parte of an hin of oyle and to a drynk offerynge thou shalt offer the thyrde parte of an hin of wyne to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde When thou offerist an oxe to a burnt offerynge or in any speciall vowe or pease offeringe vnto the Lorde then
with oyle vnto one bollocke and .ij. teÌthdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle vnto one raÌ And euermoare â teÌth deale of floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferinge vnto one laÌbe That is a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of the Lorde And their drynkofferynges shal be halfe an hin of wyne vnto one bollocke aÌd the thyrde parte of an hin of wyne vnto a ram and the fourth parte of an hin vnto a lambe This is the burntofferynge of euery moneth thorow out all the monethes of the yere one he goote for a synofferynge vnto the Lorde which shal be offered with the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And the .xiiij. daye of the first moneth shal be Passeouer vnto the Lorde And yâ .xv. daye of the same moneth shal be a feast in which vij dayes men must eate vnleueÌded bred The first daye shal be an holy feast so that ye shall do no maner of laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde .ij. bollockes one ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and their meatofferynge of floure myngled with oyle .iij. tenthdeales vnto a bollocke and .ij. tenthdeales vnto a ram and euermoare one tenthdeale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes an hegoote for a synofferynge to make an atonement for you And ye shall offer these besyde the burntofferynge in the mornynge that is allway offered And after this manerye shall offer thorow out the .vij. dayes the fode of the sacrifice of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And it shal be done besydethe dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And the seuenth daye shall be an holy feast vnto you so that ye shall doo no laboryous woâke therein And the daye of youre first frutes when ye brynge a new meatofferynge vnto the Lorde in youre wekes shal be an holy feast vnto you so that ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde .ij. younge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde a pece with their meatofferynges of floure myngled with oyle .iij. tenthdeales vnto a bollecke .ij. tenthdeales to a ram aÌd euermoare one tenthdeale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes aÌd an he goote to make an atonement for you And this ye shall doo besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his meatofferynge they shal be without spot with their drynkofferynges ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ANd yâ first daye of the .vij. moneth shal be an holy feast vnto you aÌd ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein It shal be a daye of tromperblowynge vnto you And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde one younge bollocke one raÌ .vij. laÌbes of a yere olde a pece that are pure And their meatofferinges of floure myngled with oyle iij tenth deales vnto the bollocke and .ij. vnto the ram and one tenth deale vnto one lambe thorow the .vij. lambes And an he goote for a synofferynge to make an atonement for you besyde the burntofferynge of the moneth and his meatofferynge and besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meatofferynge and the drynkofferynges of the same acordynge vnto the maner of them for a sauoure of swetnesse in the sacrifice of yâ Lorde And the tenth daye of that same seuenth moneth shal be an holy feast vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no maner worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde of a swete sauoure one bollocke and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde a pece without faute their meatofferynges of floure myngled with oyle iij. tenth deales to a bollocke aÌd .ij. to a raÌ and all waye a tenth deale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes And one he goote for a synofferynge besyde yâ synofferynge of atonement and the dayly burntofferynge and yâ meate and drynkofferynges that longe to the same And the .xv. daye of the seuenth moneth shal be holy daye ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein and ye shall kepe a feast vnto yâ Lorde of .vij. dayes longe And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde xiij bollockes .ij. rammes and .xiiij. laÌbes which are yerelynges and pure with oyle iij tenth deales vnto euery one of the .xiij. bollockes .ij. teÌâh deales to ether of the rammes and one tenth deale vnto eche of the .xiiij. lambes And one he goote vnto a synofferynge besyde yâ dayly burntofferynge with his meate and drynkofferynges And the seconde daye .xij. younge bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. yerlynge lambes without spot their meatofferynges and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and lambes acordynge to the numbre of them after the maner And an he goote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge aÌd his meate and drynkofferynges And the thyrde daye .xi. bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. yerelynge lambes without spot their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes lambes after the numbre of theÌ acordynge to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge his meate and drynkofferynges And the fourth daye .x. bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. laÌbes yerelynges pure aÌd their meate drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes raÌmes laÌbes acordynge to their nuÌbre and after the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge aÌd his meate and drynkofferynges And the fyfte daye .ix. bollockes .ij. raÌmes and .xiiij. lambes of one yere olde a pece without spott And their meat and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes raÌmes and lambes acordynge to the numbre of them and after the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the syxte daye .viij. bollockes .ij. rammes aÌd xiiâj yerelynge lambes without spot And their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and lambes acordynge to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the seuenth daye .vij. bollockes .ij. raÌmes and .xiiij. lambes that are yerelynges pure And their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and laÌbes acordynge to their numbre to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the eyght daye shal be the conclusion Out of soch come oure octaues aÌd feastes of eight dayes longe of yâ feaste vnto you ye shall doo no maner laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde one bollocke one raÌ .vij. yerelynge laÌbes without spott And the meate drynkofferynges vnto the bollocke raÌ and laÌbes acordynge to their nuÌbres acordynge to yâ maner And an he goote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate drynkofferynges These thinges ye shall doo vnto the Lorde in youre feastes besyde youre vowes and ârewyll offerynges in youre burntofferinges meatofferynges drynkofferynges and pease
offerynges And Moses tolde the childern of Israel acordynge to all that the Lorde commaunded him ¶ The .xxx. Chapter ANd Moses spake vnto the heedes of HeÌce was fetrthe exaÌple of oure vowes of chastite obediens and willfull pouertie oure offerynges aÌd oure pilgremage the trybes of yâ childern of Israel sayeÌge this is the thynge which the Lorde commaundeth Yf a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe aÌd bynde his soule he shall not goo baâke with his worde but shal fulfyll all yâ proceadeth out of his mouth Yf a damsell vowe a vowe vnto yâ Lorde binde herselfe beynge in hir fathers housse and vnmaried Yf hir father heare hir vowe bonde which she hath made vppon hir soule holde his pease thereto then all hir vowes boÌdes which she hath made vppoÌ hir soule shall stonde in effecte But yf hir father for byd her the same daye that he heareth it none of hir vowes nor bondes which she hath made vppon hir soule shal be of value aÌd the Lorde shall forgeue her because hir father forbade her Yf she had an husbonde when she vowed or pronounsed oughte out of hir lippes wherewith she bonde hir soule and hir husbonde her de it and helde his peace there at the same daye he herde it Then hir vowes and hir bondes wherewith she bounde hir soule shal stonde in effecte But aÌd yf hir husbonde forbade her the same daye that he herde it than hath he made hir vowe which she had vppoÌ her of none effecte and that also whiche she pronounsed with hir lippes wherewith she bounde hir soule and the Lorde shall forgeue her The vowe of a wedowe and of her that is deuorsed all that they haue bound their soules with all shall stonde in effecte with them Yf she vowed in her husbandes housse or bounde her soule with an oth and her husbande herde it and helde his peace and forbade her not then all her vowes and bondes wherewith she bound her soule shall stoÌde But yf her husbande disanulled them yâ same daye that he herde them then nothing that proceded out of her lippes in vowes aÌd boundes wherewith she bounde her soule shall stonde in effecte for her husbande hath lowsed them and the Lorde shall forgeue her All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule maye her husbande stablish or breake But yf her husbande hold his peace from one daye vnto another then he stablisheth all her vowes and boundes whiche she had vppon her because he helde his peace the saââe daye that he herde them And yf he afterwarde breake them he shall beare her synne him self These are the ordinaunces which yâ Lorde commaunded Moses betwene a man and his wife and betwene the father and his doughter beyenge a damsell in hir fathers housse ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge auenge the childern of Israel of the Madianites and afterwarde be gathered vnto thy people And Moses spake vnto the folke sayenge Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them goo apon the Madianites and auenge the Lorde of the Madianitis Ye shall sende vnto the warre a thousande of euery try be thorow out all the trybes of Israel And there were taken oute of the thousandes of Israel .xij. thousande prepared vnto warre of euery trybe a thousande And Moses sent them a thousande of euery trybe with Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the preaste to warre and the holye vessels the trompettes to blowe with in his honde And they warred agenst the Madianites as the Lorde commaunded Moses aÌd âlewe all the males And they slewe the kynges of Madian among other that were slayne Eui Rekem Zur Hur and Reba fyne kynges of Madian And they slewe BalaÌ the sonne of Beor with the swerde And the childern of Israel toke all the wemen of Madian presoners and their childern and spoyled all their catell their substance and their goodes And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their castels with fyre And they roke all the spoyle and all they coude catche both of men and beestes And they broughte the captyues and that which they had taken and all the spoyle vnto Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌd vnto the companye of the childern of Israel euen vnto the hoste in yâ feldes of Moab by Jordanenye to Jericho And Moses and Eleazer the preast and all the lordes of the congregacion went out of the hoste agenst them And Moses was angrie with the officers of the hoste with yâ captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes which came from warre and batayle and sayde vnto them Haue ye saued the wemen alyue beholde these caused the childern of Israel thorow Balam to commytt trespace ageÌst yâ Lorde by yâ reason of Peor their folowed a plage amoÌge yâ congregacion of the Lorde Nowe therfore slee all the men childern and the wemen that haue lyââ with men fleshlye But all the wemen children that haue not lyen with men kepe alyue for youre selues And lodge without the hoste .vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone all that haue twiched any dead body purifye both youre selues youre presoners the .iij. daye the .vij. And sprinkle all youre raymentes all that is made of skynnes all worke of gootes heer aÌd all thynges made of wodd And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all yâ meÌ of warre which went out to batayle this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses Gold syluer brasse yeron tyn leed all that maye abyde yâ fyre ye shall make it goo thorow the fyre aÌd then it is cleane Neuerthelater it shal be sprinkled with sprinklinge water And all yâ soffereth not the fyre ye shall make goo thorow the water And wash youre clothes the seuenth daye then ye are cleane And afterwarde come in to the hoste And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the summe of the praye that was taken both of the wemeÌ of catell thou Eleazer the preast and the auncient heedes of yâ congregacion And deuyde it into two parties betwene them that toke the warre vppoÌ theÌ and went out to batayle and all the congregacion And take a porcion vnto the Lorde of the men of warre whiche went oâte to batayle one of fyue hundred of the women and of the oxen and of the asses and of the shepe and ye shall take it of their halfe and geue it vnto Eleazer the preast an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And of the halfe of yâ childern of Israel take one of fystye of yâ wemen of the oxen of the asses and of the shepe and of all maner of beestes geue them vnto the leuites which wayte apon the habitacion of the Lorde And Moses and Eleazer the preast did as the Lorde commaunded Moses And yâ botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught was .vi. hundred thousande lxxv thousande shepe aÌd .lxxij. thousande
that which thou hast spoken is good to be done And then I toke the heedes of youre trybes men of wysdome and that were expert and made them ruelers ouer you captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes ouer fyftye and ouer ten and officers amonge youre trybes And I charged youre Iudges the same tyme Iudges sayenge heare youre brethern and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother and the straunges that is with him Se that ye knowe no man in Iudgement but heare the small as well as the greate and be afrayed of no man for the lawe is Gods And the cause that is to harde for you brynge vnto me and I will heare it And I commaunded you the same season all the thinges which ye shul de doo And then we departed from Horeb and walked thorow all that greate and terreble wildernesse as ye haue sene alonge by the waye that ledeth vnto the hilles of the Amorites as the Lorde oure God commaunded us and came to Cades bernea And there I sayed vnto you Ye are come vnto the hilles of the Amorites which the Lorde oure God doth geue vnto us Beholde the Lorde thi God hath sett the londe before the goo vpp and conquere it as the Lorde God of thy fathers sayeth vnto the feare not nether be discoraged And then ye came vnto me euery one and sayed Let us sende men before us to serche us out the londe and to brynge us worde agayne both what waye we shall goo vpp by and vnto what cities we shall come And the sayenge pleassed me well and I toke .xij. men of you of euery trybe one And they departed and went vp in to the hye contre and came vnto the ryuer Escoll and serched it out and toke of the frute of the londe in their hondes and brought it doune vnto us and brought us worde agayne and sayde it is a good lande which the Lorde oure God doeth geue us Notwithstondinge ye wolde not consente to goo vpp but were dishobedient vnto the mouth of the Lorde youre God aÌd murmured in youre tentes and sayde because the Lorde hateth us therfore he hath brought us out of the londe of Egipte to delyuer us in to the handes of the Amorites and to destroye us How shall we goo vpp Oure brethern haue discoraged oure hartes sayenge the people is greater and taller than we aÌd the cities are greatte and walked euen vpp to heauen and moreouer we haue sene the sonnes of the Enakimes there And I sayed vnto you dreade not nor be afrayed of theÌ The Lorde youre God which goeth before you he shall fyghte for you acordynge to all that he dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eies aÌd in the wildernesse as thou hast sene how that the Lorde thy God bare the as a man shulde beare his sonne thorow out all the waye which ye haue gone vntill ye came vnto this place And yet for all this sayenge ye dyd not beleue the Lorde youre God which goeth the waye before you to serche you out a place to pitche youre tentes in in fyre by nyght that ye myghte se what waye to go and in a cloude by daye And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes and was wroth and swore sayenge there shall not one of these men of this frowarde generacion se that good londe which I sware to geue vnto youre fathers saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune he shall se it and to him I will geue the londe which he hath walked in aÌd to his childern because he hath contynually folowed the Lorde Likewise the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes sayenge thou also shalt not go in thiter But Iosua the soÌne of Nun which stondeth before the he shall go in thither Bolde him therfore for he shall deuyde it vnto Israel Moreouer youre childern which ye sayed shulde be a praye and youre sonnes which knowe nether good nor bad this daye they shall goo in thither aÌd vnto them I will geue it aÌd they shall enioye it But as for you turne backe and take youre iurneye in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the reed see Than ye answered and sayed vnto me We haue synned agenst the Lorde we will goo vp and fyghte acordinge to all that the Lorde oure God coÌmaunded us And wheÌ ye had gyrde on euery man his wepons of warre and were ready to goo vp in to the hilles the Lorde sayed vnto me saye vnto theÌ se that ye go not vp and that ye fighte not for I am not amoÌge you lest ye be plaged before youre enemies * And wheÌ I told you ye wold not heare but Here thou seâst the verey image of the papistes For thei like wise where Gods worde is there they beleue not aÌd where it is not there they be bold disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde and went presumptously vp in to the hilles TheÌ the Amorites which dwelt in those hilles came out agenst you and chased you as bees doo and hewed you in Seir eueÌ vnto Horma And ye came agayne and wepte before the Lorde but the Lorde wolde not heare youre voyce nor geue you audience And so ye abode in Cades aloÌge season acordinge vnto the tyme that ye there dwelt The .ij. Chapter THen we turned and toke oure iurney in to the wildernesse euen the waye to the red see as the Lord coÌmaunded me And we compassed the mountayns of Seir a loÌge tyme TheÌ the Lorde spake vnto me saienge Ye haue coÌpassed this mountayns loÌge ynough turne you northwarde And warne the people sayenge Ye shall goo thorow the costes of youre brethern the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir and they shal be afrayed of you But take good hede vnto youreselues that ye prouoke theÌ not for I wil not geue you of their loÌde no not so moch as a foâe breadeth because I haue geueÌ mount Seir vnto Esau to possesse Ye shall bye meate of theÌ for money to ãâã and ye shall bye water of theÌ for money to drâkâ For the Lorde thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thine haÌde aÌd knew the as thou weÌ test thorow this greate wildernesse Moreouer the Lorde thi God hath bene with the this xl yeres so that thou hast lacked nothinge And wheÌ we were departed from oure brethern the childern of Esau which dwelt in Seir by the felde waye from Elath aÌd Ezion Gaber we turned aÌd went the waye to the wildernesse of Moab TheÌ the Lorde sayed vnto me se that thou vexe not the Moabites nether prouoke theÌ to batayle for I will not geue the of their loÌde to possesse because I haue geueÌ Ar vnto the childern of loth to possesse The Emimes dwelt there in in tymes past a people greate many aÌd tal as the Enakimes which also were takeÌ for geantes as the Enakimes And the Moabites called theÌ Emymes In like maner the Horimes dwelt in Seir before time which the childern of Esau cast
your brethern as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the londe which the Lorde youre God hath geuen them beyonde lordayne and then returne agayne euery maÌ vnto his possession which I haue geueÌ you And I warned Iosua the same tyme sayeng thyne eyes haue sene all that the Lorde youre God hath done vnto these two kynges eueÌso the Lorde will doo vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the Lorde youre God he it is that fighteth for you And I besoughte the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O lorde Iehoua thou hast begonne to shewe thy servaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for there is no God in heauen nor in erth that can do after thy workes and after thy power let me goo ouer aÌd se the good londe that is beyonde Iordayne that goodly hye contre and Libanon But the Lorde was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayed vnto me be content and speake henceforth no moare vnto me of this matter Get the vp in to the toppe of Pisga aÌd lifte vpp thine eyes west north south aÌd easte aÌd beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not goo ouer this Iordayne Moreouer charge Iosua and corage him and bolde him For he shall go ouer before his people and he shall deuyde the londe which thou shalt se vnto them And so we abode in the valaye besyde Beth Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaunces aÌd lawes which I teache you ⪠for to doo them that ye maye lyue aÌd goo aÌd conquere No ⪠nââ yet corrupt it with false glosâs to coÌââme Aristotle but rebuke Aristotles false lerninge therewith the londe which the Lorde God of youre fathers geueth you Ye shall put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether doo ought there from that ye maye kepe the commaundmentes off the Lorde youre God which I commaunde you You re eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baal Peor for al the men that folowed Baal Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed fâom amoÌge you But ye that claue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this daye Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes soche as the Lorde my God commauÌded me that ye shulde do eueÌ so in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Kepe them therfore and doo them for that is youre wisdome and vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons whiche when they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondynge people is this greate nacion For what nacyon is so greate that hath Goddes so nye vnto hym as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thinges when we call vnto hym Yee and what nacyon is so greate that hath ordinaunces and lawes so ryghtuousse as all thys lawe whiche I sett before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore only aÌd kepe thy soule diligently that thou forgett not the thinges which thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne harte all the Teach youre childern dayes of thine life but teach them thy sonnes aÌd thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb wheÌ he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to fâre me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came aÌd stode also vnder the hyll aÌd the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heaueÌ aÌd there was darcknesse clowdes aÌd myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire aÌd ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men âo bowâ there hertes wordes But sawe no ymage saue herde a voyce only And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to doo euen ⪠x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone And the Lorde commaunded me the same season to teache you ordynaunces and lawes for to doo them in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Take hede vnto youre selues diligently as pertayninge vnto youre soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage the daye when the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the fire lest ye marre youre selues and make you grauen ymages after whatsoeuer likenesse it be whether after the likenesse of maÌ or womaÌ or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner fâthââ red foule that fleth in the ayre or of any maner worme that crepeth on the erth or of any maner fysh that is in the water beneth the erth Ye and leste thou lyââe vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them aÌd sârue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Forthermoare the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes and sware that I shulde not goo ouer Iordane and that I shulde not goo vnto that good londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherytaunce For I must dye in this londe and shall not goo ouer Iordane But ye shall goo ouer and conquere that good londe Take hede vnto youre selues therfore that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the. For the Lorde thi God is a coÌsuminge fyre and a gelouse God Yf after thou hast gotten childern and childerns childern and hast dwelt longe in the londe ye shall marre youre selues and make grauen ymages after the liknesse of what so euer it be and shall worke wekednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy God to prouoke him I call heauen and erth to recorde vnto you this daye that ye shall shortely peressh from of the londe whether ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it Ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin but shall shortly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scater you amonge nacions and ye shal be lefte few in numbre amonge the people whother the Lorde shall brynge you and there ye shall serue goddes which are the workes of mans hande wod and stone which nether se nor heare nor eate nor smell Neuer the later ye shall seke the Lorde youre God euen there and shalt fynde him yf thou seke him with all thine herte and with all thy soule In thi tribulacion and when all these thinges are come apon the euen in the later dayes thou shalt turne vnto the Lorde thy God and shalt herken vn to his voyce For the Lorde thy God is
But geue him and let it not greue thine hert to geue Because that for that thinge the Lorde thy God shall blesse the in all thi workes and in all that thou puttest thine hande to For the londe shall neuer be without poore Wherfore I coÌmaunde the sayenge open thine hande vnto thi brother that is neady aÌd poore in thy lande Yf thi brother an Hebrue sell him self to the or an Hebruas he shall serue the syxe yere and the seuenth yere thou shalt lett him go fre from the. And when thou sendest hym out fre from the thou shalt not let him goo awaye emptye but shalt geue him of thy shepe and of thi corne and of thy wyne and geue him off that where with the Lorde thi God hath blessed the. And remembre that thou wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egipte and the Lorde thi God delyuered the thence wherfore I commaunde the this thinge to daye But and yf he saye vnto the I will not goo awaye from the because he loueth the and thine housse and is well at ease with the. Then take a naule and nayle his eare too the doore there with aÌd let him be thi seruaunte foreuer and vnto thi mayde seruaunte thou shalt doo likewise And let it not greue thine eyes to lett him goo out from the for he hath bene worthe a double hired seruaunte to the in his seruyce .vi. yeres And the Lorde thi God shall blesse the in all that thou doest All the firstborne that come of thine oxen and of thi shepe that are males thou shalt halowe vnto the Lorde thi God Thou shalt do no seruyce with the firstborne of thi shepe but shalt eate theÌ before the Lord thi God yere by yere in the place which the Lorde hath chosen both thou and thine houssholde Yf there be any deformyte there in whether it be lame or blinde or what soeuer euell fauerednesse it hath thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lorde thi God But shalt eate it in thyne awne citie the vncleane and the cleane indifferently as the roo and the hert Only eate not the bloude there of but poure it vppon the grounde as water The .xvi. Chapter OBserue the moneth of Abyb and offer passeover vnto the Lorde thi God For in the moneth of Abib the Lorde thy God brought the out of Egipte by nyght Thou shalt therfore offer passeover vnto the Lorde thi God and shepe and oxen in the place which the Lorde shall chose to make his name dwell there Thou shalt cate no leueÌded bred there with but shalt eate there with the bred of tribulacioÌ .vij. dayes loÌge For thou camest out of the loÌde of Egipte in hast that thou mayst remembre the daye when thou camest out of the londe of Egipte all dayes of thi life And se that there be no leuended bred sene in all thi costes .vij. dayes longe and that there remayne nothinge of the flesh which thou hast offered the fyrst daye at euen vntil the mornynge Thou mayst not offer passeover in any of thi cities which the Lord thi god geueth the But in the place which the Lorde thi God shall chose to make his name dwell in there thou shalt offer Passeouer at euen aboute the goyngdoune of the sonne euen in the season that thou camest out of Egipte And thou shalt seth and eate in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen and departe on the morowe and gette the vnto thi tente Sixe dayes thou shalt eate swete bred and the seuenth daye is for the people to come together to the Lorde thi God that thou mayst do no worke Then reken the .vij. wekes and begynne to rekeÌ the .vij. wekes when the syccle begynneth in the corne and kepe the feast of wekes vnto the Lorde thi God that thou geue a frewil offeringe of thine haÌde vnto the Lord thi God acordinge as the Lorde thi God hath blessed the. And reioyse before the Lorde thi God both thou thi sonne thi doughter thi seruaunte and thi mayde and the leuite that is within thi gates and the straunger the fatherlesse aÌd the wedowe that are amonge you in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen to make his name dwel there And remeÌbre that thou why wast a seruauÌte in Egipte that thou obserue and doo these ordinaunces Thou shalt obserue the feast of tabernacles vij dayes longe after that thou hast gathered in thi corne and thi wyne And thou shalt reioyse in that thi feast both thou and thi sonne thi doughter thi seruaunte thi mayde the leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are in thi cities Seuen dayes thou shalt kepe holy daye vnto the Lorde thi God in the place which the Lorde shal chose for the Lorde thi God shall blesse the in all thi frutes and in all the workes of thine handes and thou shalt be all together gladnesse Thre tymes in the yere shall al youre males appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he shal chose In the feast of swete bred in the feast of wekes and in the booth feast And they shal not appere before the Lorde emptie but euery maÌ with the gifte of his honde acordynge to the blessinge of the Lorde thi God which he hath geuen the. The .xvij. Chapter IVdges and officers thou shalt make the in Iudgeâ all thi cities which the Lorde thi God geueth the thorow out thi trybes and lett theÌ iudge the people righteously Wrest not the lawe nor knowe any persone nether take any rewarde for giftes blynde the wise and peruerte the wordes of the righteous But in all thinge folowe righteousnesse that thou mayst lyuc and enioye the londe which the Lord thi God geueth the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what soeuer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the Lorde thi God which thou shalt make the. Thou shalt sett the vpp no piler which the Lorde thy God hateth Thou shalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no oxe or shepe where in is any deformyte what soeuer euell fauerednesse it be for that is an abhominacion vnto the Lorde thi God Yf there be founde amonge you in any of thi cities which the Lord thi God geueth the man or woman that hath wrought wekednesse in the sighte of the Lord thi God that they haue gone beyonde his appoyntment so that they haue gone and serued strauÌge goddes aÌd worshipped theÌ whether it be the sonne or mone or anythinge contayned in heaueÌ which I forbade and it was tolde the aÌd thou hast herde of it Then thou shalt enquere diligently And yf it be true and the thinge of a suertye that soch abhomynacion is wrought in Israel Opinly in the gates and not secretlye in preson with lawfull witnesse and not tormentynge them or makâge them swer agenââ theÌ selves or âor swere theÌ selves theÌ thou shalt bringe forth that maÌ or that woman whiche haue coÌmytted that weked thinge * vnto thi gates aÌd shalt stone theÌ
vnto the Lorde thi God aÌd herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I coÌmaunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite aÌd haue coÌppassion vpoÌ the aÌd goo aÌd fett the agayne from all the nacions amoÌge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpoÌ thine enemyes and on theÌ that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it aÌd doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett ât us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred aÌd .xx. yere olde this daye aÌd can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the aÌd he will destroye these nacions before the aÌd thou shalt coÌquere theÌ And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon aÌd Og kynges of the Amorites aÌd vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the coÌmaundmentes which I haue coÌmaunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be stroÌge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the aÌd he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke aÌd honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe
fatt and turne vnto straunge goddes and serue them and rayle on me and breake my testament And then when moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vppon them this songe shall answere before them and be a witnesse It shall not be forgetten out of the mouthes of their seed for I knowe their imaginacyon whiche they goo aboute euen now before I haue broughte them in to the londe which I sware And Moses wrote this songe the same season and taught it the childern of Israel And the Lorde gaue Iosua the sonne off Nun a charge and sayed be bolde and stronge for thou shalt brynge the childern of Israel in to the lond which I sware vnto them aÌd I will be with the. When Moses had made an ende of wrytynge out the wordes of this lawe in a boke vnto the ende of them he commaunded the Leuites which bare the arcke of the testameÌt of the Lorde sayenge take the boke off thys lawe and put it by the syde of the arcke of the testament of the Lorde youre God and let it be there for a witnesse vnto the. I For knowe thi stubernesse and thi stiffe necke beholde while I am yet a lyue with you this daye ye haue bene dishobedient vnto the Lorde aÌd how moch moare after my deeth Gather vnto me al the elders of youre trybes and youre officers that I maye speake these wordes in their eares and call heaueÌ aÌd erth to recorde agenst them For I am sure that after my deeth they will vtterly marre them selues and turne from the waye which I commaunded you and tribulacion will come vppon you in the later dayes when ye haue wrought welkednesse in the sight of the Lorde to prouoke him with the workes of youre handes And Moses spake in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel the wordes of this songe vnto the ende of them The .xxxij. Chapter HEare o heauen what I shall speake and heare o erth the wordes of my mouth My doctrine droppe as doeth the rayne aÌd my speach flowe as doeth the dewe as the mesellynge vpoÌ the herbes aÌd as the droppes vppoÌ the grasse For I wil call on the name of the Lorde Magnifie the might of oure God He is a rocke and perfecte are his deades for all his wayes are with discrecion God is faithfull and without wekednesse both rightuous and iuste is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to him ward aÌd âre not his sonnes for their deformities sake Doest thou so rewarde the Lorde O foolish nacyon aÌd vnwyse Is not he thy father aÌd thyne owner hath he not made the and ordeyned the Remembre the dayes that are past consydre the yeres from tyme to tyme. Axe thy father aÌd âe will shewe the thyne elders and they wyll âell the. WheÌ the most hyghest gaue the nacyons an ânheritaunce aÌd diuided the sonnes of Adam âe put the borders of the nacions fast by the multitude of the childern of Israel For the Lordes parte is his folke aÌd Israel ââ the porcion of his enheritaunce He founde him in a deserte londe in a voyde ground aÌd a rorynge wildernesse he led hiÌ aboute and gaue him vnderstondynge aÌd kepââ him as the aple of his eye As an egle that stereth vpp hyr nest and ââotereth ouer hyr younge he stretched oute âis wynges and toke hym vpp and bare hym on his shulders The Lorde alone was his guyde and there was no straunge God with him He sett him vpp apon an hye londe and he ate the encrease of the feldes And he gaue hâ honye to sucke out of the rocke aÌd oyle out of the harde stone With butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with fatt of the lambes aÌd fatt rammeâ and he gootes with fatt kydneyes and with whete And of the bloude of grapes thou drâkest wyne And Israel waxed fatt and kyked Thou wast fatt thicke and smothe And he let God goo that made hiÌ and despysed the rocke that saued him They angred him with strauÌge goddes aÌd with abhominacions prouoked him They offered vnto feldedeuels and not to God aÌd to goddes which they knewe not aÌd to newe goddes that came newly vpp whiche their fathers feared not Of the rocke that begat the thou arte vnâ myndefull and hast forgott God that made the. And when the Lorde sawe it he was angre because of the prouokynge of his sonnes and doughters And he sayed I will hyde my face from theÌ and will se what their ende shall be For they are a froward generacion aÌd childern in whoÌ is no fayth They haue angred me with that whiche is no god and prouoked me with their vanities And I agayne will angre them with theÌ whiche are no people and will prouoke theÌ with â foelish nacion For fire is kyndled in my wrath aÌd shal burne vnto the botome of hee ll And shall consume the erth with her encrease and set a fire the botoms of the mountaynes I will hepe myscheues vpon the aÌd will speÌde all myne arowes at them Burnt with hungre aÌd consumed with heet and with bitter pestilence I will also sende the âethe of beestes vppon them and poyson serpentes Without forth the swerde shall robbe theÌ off theire childern and wythin in the chamber feare both younge men and younge wemen and the suckelynges with the meÌ of gray âeedes I haue determened to scater theÌ therowout âe worlde aÌd to make awaye the remeÌbraunce of them from amonge men Were it not that I feared the raylynge off their enemyes lest theire aduersaries woâde be prowde and saye oure hye hande hath done aâ these workes and not the Lorde For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappye forcast and hath no vnderstonge in them â wolde they ware wyse and vnderstode this aÌd wolde consider their later ende Howe it cometh that one shall chace â thousande and two putt ten thousande ofâ them to flyghte excepte theire rocke had solde them and because the Lorde had delyuered them For oure rocke is not as their rocke no though oure enemyes be iudge But their vynes are of the vynes of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra Their grapes are grapes of gall and theire clusters be bytter Their wyne is the poyson of dragons aÌd the cruell gall of aspes Are not soch thinges layed in store with me ⪠aÌd seeled vpp amonge my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I will rewarde their fete shall slyde when the tyme cometh For the tyme of their destruction is at honde and the tyme that shall come vppon them maketh hast For the Lorde will doo iustice vnto hys people and haue compassion on his servauntes For it shal be sene that theire power shall fayle and at the last they shal be presoned and forsaken And it shal be sayed where are their goddes aÌd their rocke wherein they trusted The fatt of whose sacrifices they ate and drancke the wyne of their drynckofferynges let them ryse vpp and helpe you and be youre protection Se now
howe that I I am he and that there is no God but I. I can kyll and make alyue aÌd what I haue smyten that I can heale nether yâ there that can delyuer any man oute off my honde For I will lifte vp myne hande to heaueÌ aÌd will saye I lyue euer Yf I whett the lyghtenynge of my swerde and myne hande take in hande to doo iustyce I wyll shewe vengeaunce on myne enemyes and will rewarde them that hate me I will make myne arowes dronkeÌ with bloude and my swerde shall eate flesh of the bloud of the slayne and of the captyue and of the bare heed of the enemye Reioyse hethen wyth hys people for he wyll auenge the bloude off his servauntes and wyll auenge hym off hys aduersaryes and wil be mercyfull vnto the londe off hys people And Moses went aÌd spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people both he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. And when Moses had spoken all these wordes vnto the ende to all Israel then he sayed vnto them Sett youre hertes vnto all the wordes whiche I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde them vnto youre childern to obserue and doo all the wordes off thys lawe For it is not a vayne worde vnto you but it is youre lyfe and thorow thys worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lond whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to conquere it And the Lorde spake vnto Moses the selfe same daye sayenge get the vpp in to this mountayne Abarim vnto mount Nebo which is in the londe of Moab ouer agenst Iericho And beholde the londe of Canaan whiche I geue vnto the childern of Israel to possesse And dye in the mount whiche thou goest vppon and be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor aÌd was gathered vnto his people For ye trespased agenst me amonge the childern of Israel at the waters off striffe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin because ye sanctified me not amonge the childern of Israel Thou shalt se the londe before the but shall not goo thither vnto the londe which I geue the childern off Israel The .xxxiij. Chapter THis is the blessinge where with Moses gods man blessed the childern of Israel before his deeth sayenge The Lord came froÌ Sinai and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appered gloriously from mount Paran and he came with thousandes of sayntes and in his right hande a lawe of fyre for them How loued he the people All his sayntes are in his honde They yoyned theÌ selues vnto thy fote and receaued thi wordes Moses gaue us a lawe which is the enheritaunce of the coÌgregacion of Iacob And he was in Israel kinge when he gathered the heedes of the people and the tribes of Israel to gether Ruben shall lyue and shall not dye but his people shal be few in numbre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayed heare Lorde the voyce of Iuda and bringe him vnto his people let his handes fyght for him but he thou his helpe agenst his enemies And vnto Leui he sayed thy perfectnesse aÌd thi light be after thy mercyfull maÌ whoÌ thou temptest at Masa aÌd with whom thou striuedst at the waters of strife He that saieth vnto his father aÌd mother I sawe him not aÌd vnto his brethern I knewe not and to his sonne I wote not for they haue obserued thi wordes and kepte thy testament They shall teach Iacob thi iudgementes aÌd Israel thi lawes They shall put cens before thi nose and whole sacrifices apon thine altare Blesse Lorde their power and accepte the workes of their hondes smyte the backes of them that ryse ageÌst them and of them that hate them that they ryse not agayne Vnto Ben Iamin he sayed The Lordes derlynge shall dwell in saffetye by him and kepe him selfe in the hauen by hym contynually and shall dwell betwene his shulders And vnto Ioseph he sayed blessed of the Lorde is his londe with the goodly frutes off heauen with dewe and with sprynges that lye beneth and with frutes of the encrease of the sonne and with rype srute off the monethes and with the toppes of mountaynes that were from the begynnynge and with the dayntes of hilles that last euer and with goodly frute of the erth and off the fulnesse there of And the good will of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come vppon the heed of Ioseph and vppon the toppe of the heed of him that was separated fro amonge his brethern his bewtye is as a first-borne oxe and his hornes as the hornes of an vnycorne And with them he shall push the nacions to gether euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the many thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes off Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayed Reioyse Zabulon in thi goenge out and thou Isachar in thi tentes They shall call the people vnto the hill and there they shall offer offerynges of righteousnes For they shall sucke of the abundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sonde And vnto Gad he sayed blessed is the rowmmaker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion and caught the arme aÌd also the toppe of the heed He sawe his begynnynge that a parte of the teachers were hyd there aÌd come with the heedes of the people and executed the righteousnes of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayed Dan is a lions whelpe he shall flowe from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayed Nephali he shall haue abundance of pleasure and shal be fylled with the blessinge of the Lorde aÌd shall haue his possessions in the southwest And of Asser he sayed Asser shal be blessed with childern he shal be acceptable vnto his brethern and shall dyppe his fote in oyle Yern and brasse shall hange on thi showes and thine age shal be as thi youth There is none like vnto the God of the off Israel he that sitteth vppon heauen shal be thine helpe whose glorie is in the cloudes that is the dwellinge place of God from the begynnynge and from vnder the armes of the worlde he hath cast out thine enemies before the and sayed destroye And Israel shall dwell in saffetye alone And the eyes of Iacob shall loke appon a londe of corne and wyne moreouer his heauen shall droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is like vnto the A people that art saued by the Lorde thy shilde and helper and swerde of thi glorye And thyne enemyes shall hyde them selues from the and thou shalt walke vppon their hye hilles The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd Moses went froÌ the feldes of Moab vpp in to mount Nebo which is the toppe of Pisga that is ouer agenst Iericho And the Lorde shewed him all the londe off Gilead euen vnto Dan and all nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse aÌd all the londe of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost see aÌd the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the citye of datetrees euen vnto Zoar And the Lorde sayed vnto him This is the lon de which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I will geue it vnto thy seed I haue shewed it the before thyne eyes but thou shalt not goo ouer thither So Moses the seruaunte of the Lorde dyed there in the londe of Moab at the commaundment of the Lorde And he buryed him in a valey in the londe of Moab besyde Beeth Peor but no man wyst of his sepulchre vnto this daye And Moses was an hundred and .xx. ye re olde when he dyed aÌd yet his eyes were not dym nor his chekes abated And the childern of Israel wepte for Moses in the feldes off Moab .xxx. dayes And the dayes off wepynge and mornynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wisdome for Moses had put his hande vppon him And all the childeân of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the Lorde coÌmaunded Moses But there arose not a prophett sense in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face in all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent him to doo in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and all his seruauntes and vnto all his londe and in all the myghtye deades and greate tereble thinges which Moses dyd in the sight of all Israel ¶ The ende of the fifth boke of Moses Avims A kinde of geauntes and the worde signifieth crooked vnright or weked Belial weked or wekednesse he that hath cast the yoke of God of his necke aÌd will not obeye god Bruterar prophesiers or sothsayers Emims a kinde of geauÌtes so called be cause they were terreble and cruell for emin signifieth terreblenesse Enack a kinde of geauntes so called happlye because they ware cheynes aboute their neckes for enack signifieth soch a cheyne as men weer aboute their neckes Horims A kinde of geauntes aÌd signifieth noble because that of pride they called theÌ selues nobles or gentles Rocke God is called a rocke because both he aÌd his worde lasteth euer Whett theÌ on thy childern that is exercyse thy childern in theÌ aÌd putthem in vre Zamzumims a kinde of geauÌtes aÌd signifleth myscheuous or that be all waye imaginiÌge