no man euil for euil procure things honest in the sight of all men 18 * If it be possible asmuche as in you is haue peace with all men 19 Dearly beloued * auēge not your selues but giue place vnto wrath for it is written * Vengeance is mine I wil repaye saith the Lord. 20 * Therefore if thine enemie hunger fede him if he thirst giue him drinke for in so doing thou shalt heape coles of fyre on his head 21 Be not ouercome of euil but ouercome euil with goodnes CHAP. XIII 1 The obediēce to the Rulers 4 Why they haue the sword 8 Charitie ought to measure all our doings 11 An exhortation to innocencie and puritie of life 1 LEt * euerie soule be subiect vnto the higher powers for there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordeined of God 2 Whosoeuer therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shal receiue to them selues iudgement 3 For princes are not to be feared for good workes but for euil Wilt thou thē be with out feare of the power do wel so shalt thou haue praise of the same 4 For he is the minister of God for thy wealth but if thou do euil seare for he beareth not the sworde for noght for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euil 5 Wherefore ye must be subiect not because of wrath onely but also for conscience sake 6 For for this cause ye paye also tribute for they are Gods ministers applying thē selues for the same thing 7 * Giue to all men therefore their duetie tribu te to whome ye owe tribute custome to whome custome feare to whome feare honour to whome ye owe honour 8 Owe nothing to any man but to loue one another for he that loueth another hathe fulfilled the Law 9 For this * Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other cōmaundement it is briefly comprehended in this saying euen in this * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 10 Loue doeth not euil to his neighbour there fore is loue the * fulfilling of the Law 11 And that considering the season that it is now time that we shulde arise from slepe for now is our saluation nerer then when we beleued it 12 The night is past the day is at hand let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenes and let vs put on the armour of light 13 So that we walke honestly as in the day not in * glotonie and dronkennes nether in chambering and wantonnes nor in strife and enuying 14 * But put ye on the Lord IESVS CHRIST and take no thoght for the flesh to fulfil the lustes of it CHAP. XIIII 1 The weake ought not to be despised 10 No man shulde offende anothers conscience 15 But one to supporte another in charitie and faith 1 HIm that is weake in the faith receiue vn to you but not for controuersies of disputations 2 One beleueth that he may eat of all things another which is weake eateth herbes 3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and let not him which 〈◊〉 not iudge him that eateth for God hathe receiued him 4 * Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant he standeth or falleth to his owne master yea he shal be established for God is able to make him stande 5 This man estemeth one day aboue another day and another man counteth euerie daye a like let euerie man be fully persuaded in his minde 6 He that obserueth the day obserueth it to the Lord and he that obserueth not the day obserueth it not to the Lord. He that eateth eateth to the Lord for he giueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not to the Lord and giueth God thankes 7 For none of vs liueth to him self nether doeth anie dye to him self 8 For whether we liue we liue vnto the Lord or whether we dye we dye vnto the Lord whether we liue therefore or dye we are the Lords 9 For Christ therefore dyed and rose againe and reuiued that he might be Lord bothe of the dead and the quicke 10 But why doest thou iudge thy brother or why doest thou despise thy brother * for we shal all appeare before the iudgemēt seat of Christ. 11 For it is written * I liue saith the Lord euerie knee shal bowe to me and all tōgues shal confesse vnto God 12 So then euerie one of vs shal giue accountes of him self to God 13 Let vs not therefore iudge one another anie more but vse your iudgement rather in this that no man putte an occasion to fall or a stombling blocke before his brother 14 I knowe and am persuaded through the Lord Iesus that there is nothing vncleane of it self but vnto him that iudgeth any thing to be vncleane to him it is vncleane 15 But if thy brother be grieued for the meat now walk est thou not charitably * destroy not him with thy meat for whome Christ dyed 16 Cause not your commoditie to be euil spoken of 17 For the kingdome of God is not meat nor drinke but righteousnes and peace ioye in the holie Gost. 18 For whosoeuer in these things serueth Christ is acceptable vnto God and is approued of men 19 Let vs then folowe those things which con cerne peace and where with one may edifie another 20 Destroy not the worke of God for meats sake * all things indede are pure but it is euil for the man whiche eateth with offence 21 * It is good nether to eat flesh nor to drinke wine nor any thing whereby thy bro ther stombleth or is offended or made weake 22 Hast thou faith haue it with thy self before God blessed is he that condemneth not him self in that thing which he aloweth 23 For he that douteth is condemned if he eat because he eateth not of faith and whatsoeuer is not 〈◊〉 saith is sinne CHAP. XV. 1 Paul exhorteth thē to support and loue one an other by the example of Christ 9 And by the onelie mercie of God which is the cause of saluation bothe of the one the other 14 He sheweth his zeale towarde them and the Church 30 And requireth the same of them 1 WE which are strōg ought to beare the infirmities of the weake and not to please our selues 2 Therefore let euerie man please his neighbour in that that is good to edification 3 For Christ also wolde not please him self but as it is written * The rebukes of them which rebuke thee fel on me 4 For whatsoeuer things are writtē afore time are
through all the worlde so that the enemies shal be 〈◊〉 g The 〈◊〉 graces of Gods Spirit bent them selues against Antichrist h Beleue that that is written for there is no nede to write more for the vnderstanding of Gods 〈◊〉 Dan. 12. 7. i That is by God with whome Christ by his diuinitie is equall k The faithful shal vnderstand and se this myste rie of the last iud gement the 〈◊〉 nacion of Antichrist infideles and also the glorie of the iust at the 〈◊〉 l As S. Iohn vnderstode this by reuelation so is the same reueiled to the true preachers to discouer the Pope and Antichrist m Meaning Christ. n That is the holie Scripture which declareth that the minister must receiue them at the hand of God before he can preache them to others o Which signifieth that the ministers ought to receiue the worde into their hearts and to 〈◊〉 graue and depe iudgement and 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 it and with zeale to 〈◊〉 it p 〈◊〉 that albeit that the minister haue 〈◊〉 by the worde of God yet shal he haue sore and grieuous enemies which shal be trouble some vnto him q Not onely meaning in his lifetime but that this boke after his death shulde be as a preaching vnto all 〈◊〉 * Eze. 3. 1. a Which declareth that Christ Iesus wil builde his Churche and not haue it destroyed for he measureth out his spiritual Tem ple. b The Iewish temple was deuided into thre parts the bodie of the temple which is called the court whereinto euerie man entred the holie places where the leuits wereand the holiest of all whereinto the high Priest once a yere entred in respect therefore of thesetwo later the first is said to be cast out becau seas a thing prophane it is negle cted when the temple is measured and yet the aduersaries of Christ boast that 〈◊〉 are in the Tē ple ād that none are of the Temple but they c That is the Church of God e By two witnesses he meaneth all the preachers that shulde buylde vp Gods Church alluding to 〈◊〉 Iehoshua which were chiefly appointed for this thing and also to this saying In the mouthe of two 〈◊〉 slandeth euerieword f Signifying a c r teine time for whē God 〈◊〉 strength to his ministers their 〈◊〉 seme but as itwere for a day or two g In poore and simple apparel h Whereby are signified the 〈◊〉 graces of thē which beare witnes to the Gospel i Who hathe dominion ouer the whole earth k By Gods word whe eby his ministers discomsit the enemies l They denounce God iudgement against the wicked that they cā not enter into heauen m Which is to declaré and procure God vengeance n That is the Popewhich hathe his power our of hil and cometh thence o He sheweth how the Pope gaineth the victo rie not by Gods worde but by cruel warre p Meaning the whole iurisdictiō of the Pope which is compared to 〈◊〉 for their abominable sinne and to Egypt because the true libertie to serue God is taken away 〈◊〉 the faithful and Christ was condemned by Pilate who represented the Romaine power which s hulde be enemie to the godlie d Meaning a cer teine time for God hath limited the time of Anti christs tyrannie q The infidels are tormented by 〈◊〉 the trueth preached r Which shal be at the last resurrection s For it semed that Antichrist had chased them out of the hearth t 〈◊〉 the power of Antichrist u When they shal vnderstand by Gods worde the glorie of his and the punishment of his 〈◊〉 thei shal fall from the Pope and glorifie God x Albeit Satan by that Pope Tur ke and other instruments troubleth the worlde neuer so muche yet Christ shal rei gne y Iesus Christ. z This declareth the office of the godlie which is to giue God thankes for the deliuerance of his and to praise his iustice for 〈◊〉 hing of his enemies a Which signifie the destruction of the enemies a In this third vision is declared how the Church which is comapssed about with lesus Christ the Sonne of righteousnes is 〈◊〉 ted of Antichrist b The 〈◊〉 ch treadeth vnderfo te whatsoeuer is mutable and inconstant with all corrupt affections and suche like c Which signifie God and his worde d The Church euerwith a 〈◊〉 seruent desire lōged that Christ shulde be borne and that the faith ful might be 〈◊〉 nerate by his power e The deuil and all his power whiche burneth with furie and is red with the blood of the 〈◊〉 f For he is prin ce of this world and almoste hath vniuersal gouernement g By his flatteries and promises he gaineth manie of the excellent ministers and honorable persones and bringeth them to destruction h Which is Iesus Christ the first borne among manie brethren who was borne of the virgin Marie as of a special member of the Churche i The Churche was remoued from among the Iewes to the Gētiles which were as a baren wildernes and so it is persecuted to and fro Psal. 2. 9. k Iesus Christ ād his members as Apostles Martyrs and the rest of the faithful l For the dragon was depriued of al his dignitie and had no more place in the Church m They put their liues in daunger so oft as nede required n Meanyng thē that are geuen to the worlde and fles hlie lustes o And was ouer come of Christe then 〈◊〉 foght against his mēbets p VVhiche the Lord had appoin ted for her q God gyueth meanes to hys Churche to escape the furie of Sa 〈◊〉 making his creatures to serue to the sup po t there of r 〈◊〉 was not ableto destroy the head nor the bodie and therefore sheweth his rage against the members a Here is the description of the Romaine empire whiche standeth in 〈◊〉 and tyrannie b Meanyng Rome because it was firste gouerned by seuen kyngs or Emperours after Nero and also is cōpassed aboure with seuen moū taines c VVhich signifie manie prouinces e That is the deuil f This may be vn derstand of Neto who moued the first persecution againste the Churche and after slewe hym self so that the fa milie of the Cesarsended in him g For the empire was established againeby 〈◊〉 d By these beastes are signified the Macedoniās Persians Chaldeās whom the Romaines ouercame h By receyuinge the staturs ordinances decrees ceremonies and religiō of the Ro maine empire i 〈◊〉 time and power is limited k In their bodies not in soule l He meaneth that vniuersal de parryng where of S. Paul speaketh to the Thes salonians m Antichryste hath not power ouer the elect n As God ordeined from before al beginning ād all the sacrifices were as signes sacramentes of Christ death o They whiche soules captiues go them selues in to captiuitie p As the kyngdome of Christis from heauen ād bryngeth men thither so the po pes king
The purging of the San ctuarie 17 The clēsing of the Tabernacle 21 The Priest confesseth the sinnes of the people 29 The feast of clensing sinnes 1 FVrthermore the Lord spake vnto Mosés * after the death of 〈◊〉 two sonnes of Aarón when they came to offer before the Lord and dyed 2 And the Lord said vnto Mosés Speake vnto Aarón thy brother * that he come not at al times in to the Holy place within the vaile before the Merciseat whiche is vppon the Arke that he dye not for I will appeare in the cloude vpon the Merciseat 3 After this sort shall Aarôn come into the Holy place euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring aram for a burnt offryng 4 He shall put on the holy linen coat and shal haue linen breches vpon his flesh shal be girded with a linen girdel and shal couer his head with a linen mitre these are the holy garments therefore shal he wash his flesh in water when he doeth put them on 5 And he shall take of the Congregacion of the children of Israél two he goates for a sinne offring and a ram for a burnt offrying 6 Then Aarón shal offer the bullocke for hys sinne offryng * and make an atonement for him selfe and for his house 7 And he shal take the two he goates present thē before the Lord at the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregacion 8 Then Aarón shall cast lots ouer the two he goates one lot for the Lorde and the other for the Scape goat 9 And Aarón shal offer the goat vpon which the Lords lot shall fall and make him a sinne offring 10 But the goat on which the lot shal fal to be the Scape goat shal be presēted aliue before the Lord to make reconciliacion by hym and to let him go as a Scape goat into the wildernes 11 Thus Aarôn shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring and make a reconciliacion for him selfe and for his house and shal kil the bullocke for his sinne offring 12 And he shal take a censer ful of burning coles from of the Altar before the Lord his handefull of swete in cens beaten small and bring it within the vaile 13 And shal put the in cens vpō the fire before the Lord that the cloude of the in cens may couer the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie so he shal not dye 14 And he shal * take of the blood of the bullocke * sprinkle it with his finger vpō the Merciseat Eastward and before the Merci seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with hys finger seuen times 15 ¶ Then shall he kill the goat that is the peoples sinne offryng and bryng his blood within the vaile and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullocke and sprinkle it vpon the Merciseat and before the Merciseat 16 So he shall purge the Holy place from the vnclennes of the children of Israél from their trespasses of all their sinnes so shall he do also for the Tabernacle of the Congrega cion placed with them in the middes of their vnclennes 17 * And there shal be no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregacion when he goeth in to make an atonemēt in the Holy place vntil he come out and haue made an atonemēt for him selfe and for his housholde and for all the Congregacion of Israél 18 After he shal go out vnto the Altar that is before the Lorde and make a reconciliacion vpon it and shall take of the blood of the bullocke and of the blood of the goat and put it vpō the hornes of the Altar round about 19 So shal he sprinkle of the blood vpō it with his finger 〈◊〉 times and clense it and halo we it from the vnclennes of the children of Israél 20 ¶ When he hathe made an end of purgyng the Holyplace and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and the altar then he shall bring the liue goat 21 And Aarón shal put bothe his hands vpon the head of the liue goat and confesse ouer him all the iniquities of the children of Israél and al their trespasses in all their sinnes putting them vpon the head of the goat and shal send him away by the hand of a man appointed into the wildernes 22 So the goat shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the lād that is not in habited he shal let the goat go into the wildernes 23 After Aarón shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and put of the linen clothes which he put on when he went into the Holy place and leaue them there 24 He shal wash also his flesh with water in the Holy place and put on his owne raiment and come out and make his burnt offring and the burnt offring of the people and make an atonement for him self and for the people 25 Also the fat of the sinne offring shal he bur ne vpon the Altar 26 And he that caryed forthe the goat called the Scape goat shal wash his clothes and wash his flesh in water and after that shal co me into the hoste 27 Also the bullocke for the sinne offring and the goat for the 〈◊〉 offring whose blood was broght to make a reconciliacion in the Holy place shal one * cary out without the hoste to be burnt in the fire with their skins and with their flesh and with their doung 28 And he that burneth them shal 〈◊〉 his clo thes and wash his flesh in water and afterwarde come into the hoste 29 ¶ So this shal be an ordinance for euer vnto you the tenth day of the seuenth moneth ye shal humble your soules and do no wor ke at all whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger that soiourneth among you 30 For that * day shal the Priest make an atonement for you to clense you ye shal be clea ne from all your sinnes before the Lord. 31 This shal be a Sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shal humble your soules by an ordinance for euer 32 And the Priest whome he shal anoint and whome he shal consecrate to minister in his fathers stede shal make the atonement and shal put on the linen clothes and holy vestments 33 And shal purge the holy Sanctuarie and the Tabernacle of the Congregacion and shall clense the Altar and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregacion 34 And this shal be an euerlasting ordinance vnto you to make an atonement for the chil dré of 〈◊〉 for all their sonnes * once a yere and as the Lord commanded Mosés he did CHAP. XVII 4 All sacrifices 〈◊〉 be broght to the dore of the Tabernacle 7 To deuils may they not offer 10 They not eat blood 1 ANd the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto
I am the lord your God which haue broght you out of the land of Egypt that ye shul de not be their bondmē I haue broken the bondes of your yoke and made you go vpright 14 ¶ * But if ye wil not obey me nor do all these commandements 15 And if ye shal despise mine ordināces ether if your soule abhorre my Lawes so that ye wil not do all my commādements but breake my couenant 16 Then wil I also do this vnto you I will appoint ouer you fearfulnes a consumption and the burning ague to consume the eies and make the heart heauie and you shal sowe your sede in vaine for your enemies shal eat it 17 And I wil set my face against you and ye shal fall before your enemies and they that hate you shal reigne ouer you * and ye shal flee when none pursueth you 18 And ifye wil not for these things obey me then wil I punish you seuen times more according to your sinnes 19 And I wil breake the pride of your power and I wil make your heauen as yron and your earth as brasse 20 And your strēght shal be spent in vaine ne ther shal your land giue her increase nether shal the trees of the land giue their frute 21 ¶ And if ye walke stubbernely against me and wil not obey me I wil then bring seuen times mo plagues vpon you according to your sinnes 22 I wil also send wilde beastes vpō you which shal spoile you and destroy your cattel make you fewe in nomber so your hye wayes shal be desolate 23 Yet if by these ye wil not be reformed by me but walke stubbern ely against me 24 Then wil I also walke* stubbernely against you and I wil smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes 25 And I wil send a sworde vpon you that shal auenge the quarel of my couenat and whē ye are gathered in your cities I wil send the pestilence among you and ye shal be deliuered into the hand of the enemie 26 Whēl shal breake the staffe of your bread then ten women shal bake your bread in one ouen they shal deliuer your bread againe by weight and ye shal eat but not be satisfied 27 Yet if ye wil not for this obey me but walk against me stubbernely 28 Then wil I walke stubberly in mine angre against you I wil also chastice you seuē times more according to your sinnes 29 And ye shal eat the flesh of your sonnes the flesh of your daughters shal ye deuoure 30 I wil also destroye your hie places * cut away your images and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles my soule shal abhorre you 31 And I wil make your cities desolate and bring your Sāctuarie vnto noght and wil not smel the sauour of your swete odoures 32 I wil also bring the land vnto a wildernes and your enemies which dwel therein shal be astonished there at 33 Also I wil scatter you among the heathen and wil drawe out a sworde after you your land shal be waste and your cities shal be desolate 34 Then shal the land enioye her * Sabbaths as long as it lieth voyde and ye shal be in your enemies land then shal the land rest and enioye her Sabbaths 35 All the daies that it lieth voyde it shal rest because it did not rest in your Sabbaths when ye dwelt vpon it 36 And vpon them that are left of you I wil send euen a faintenes into their hearts in the land of their enemies the sounde of a leafe shaken shal chase them and they shal fiee as fleing from a sworde and they shal fall no man pursuing them 37 They shal fall also one vpon an other as before a sworde thogh none pursue them and ye shal not be able to stād before your enemies 38 And ye shal perish among the heathen the land of your enemies shal eat you vp 39 And they that are left of you shal pine away for their iniquitie in your ennemies lands for the iniquities of their fathers shal they pine away with them also 40 Then thei shal confesse their iniquitie the wickednes of their fathers for their trespas which they haue trespassed agaist me and also because thei haue walked stubbernely against me 41 Therefore I wil walke stubbernely against them and bring them into the land of their enemies so thē their vncircumcised hearts shal be humbled and thē they shal willingly beare the punishemēt of their iniquitie 42 Then I wil remembre my couenant with Iaakob and my couenant also with Izhak and also my couenant with Abraham wil I remember and wil remember the land 43 The lād also in the meane season shal be left of them shal enioye her Sabbaths while she lieth waste without thē but they shal willingly suffre the punishment of their iniquitie because thei dispised my la wes because their soule abhorred mine ordinances 44 Yet notwithstanding this whē they shal be in the land of their enemies * I wil not cast thē away nether wil I abhorre thē to destroy thē vtterly nor to breake my couenāt with thē for I am the Lord their God 45 But I wil remēbre for them the couenāt of olde when I broght them out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathē that I might be their God I am the Lord. 46 These are the ordinances the iudgements the lawes which the Lord made betwene him and the children of Israél in mount 〈◊〉 by the hand of Mosés CHAP. XXVII 2 Of diuers vowes and the redemption of the same 28 A thiug separate from the vse of man can not be solde nor redemed but remaineth to the Lord. 1 MOreouer the Lord spake vnto Mosés saying 2 Speake vnto the childrē of Israel say vnto thē If anie mā shal make a vowe of a persone vnto the Lord by thy estimaciō 3 Then thy estimaciō shal be thus a malefrō twenty yere olde vnto sixty yere olde shal be by thy estimaciō euen fifty shekels of siluer after the shekel of the Sanctuarie 4 But if it be a female then thy valuacion shal be thirty shekels 5 And from fiue yere olde to twenty yere ol dethy valuaciō shal be for the male twēty shekels for 〈◊〉 female ten shekels 6 But from a moneth olde vnto fiue yere ol de the price of the male shal be fiue shekels of siluer and thy price of the female thre shekels of siluer 7 And from sixty yere olde and aboue if he be a male then thy price shal be siftene shekels and for the female ten shekels 8 But if he be poorer then thou hast estemed him them shal he presēt him selfe before the Priest
27 Mosés is permitted to se the land but not to enter albeit he desired it 1 THen we turned and wentvp by the way of Bashán * and Og Kinge of Bashán came out against vs he and all his people to fight at Edréi 2 And the Lord said vnto me Feare him not for I will deliuer him and all his people and his land into thine hande and thou shalt do vnto him as thou diddest vnto * Sihôn King of the Amorites which dwelt at Heshbón 3 So the Lord our God deliuered also vnto our hand * Og the King of Bashán and all his people and we smote him vntill none was left him aliue 4 And we toke all his Cities the same tyme nether was there a Citie whiche we toke not from them euē thre score cities all the countrey of Argôb the kingedome of Og in Bashán 5 All these cities were fenced with hie walles gates and barres beside vn walled townes a great many 6 And we ouerthrewe them as we did vnto Sihôn King of Heshbòn destroying euerie citie with men women and children 7 But all the cattel and the spoile of the Cities we toke for our selues 8 Thus we toke at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites the lād that was on this side Iordén frome the riuer of Arnôn vnto mount Hermón 9 Which Hermón the Sidonians call Shiriôn but the Amorites call it Shenir 10 All the cities of the plaine and all Gileád and all Bashán vnto Salcháh and Edréi Cities of the kyngedome of Og in Bashán 11 For onelie Og Kynge of Bashán remayned of the remnant of the gyants whose bed was a bed of yron is it not at Rabbáth amonge the children of Ammon the length thereof is nine cubites and foure cubites the bredth of it after the cubite of a man 12 And this land which we possessed at that time from Aroér whiche is by the riuer of Arnón and halfe mount Gileád * and the cities thereof gaue I vnto the Reubenites and Gadites 13 And the rest of Gileád and all Bashán the kingdome of Og gaue I vnto the half tribe of Manasséh euen all the countrey of Argób with all Bashán whiche is called The land of gyantes 14 Iair the sonne of Manasséh toke all the countrey of Argôb vnto the coastes of Geshuri and called them after hys owne name Bashán Hauoth Iair vnto this day 15 And I gaue parte of Gileád vnto Machir 16 And vnto the Reubenites and Gadites I gaue the rest of Gileád and vnto the riuer of Arnón halfe the riuer and the borders euen vnto the riuer Iabbók which is the border of the children of Ammón 17 The plaine also and Iordén and the borders from Chinnéreth euen vnto the Sea of the plaine to wit the salt Sea vnder the springs of Pisgáh East warde 18 ¶ And I commanded you the same tyme saying The Lord your God hathe giué you this land to possesse it ye shall go ouer armed before your brethren the children of Israél all men of warre 19 Your wiues on elie and your childrē and your cattel for I know that ye haue much cattell shall abide in your cities whiche I haue giuen you 20 Vntill the Lord haue giuen rest vnto your bretheren as vnto you and that they also possesse the land which the Lord your God hathe giuen them beyonde Iordén thē shal ye * returne euerie man vnto his possessiō which I haue giuen you 21 ¶ * And I charged Ioshûa the same tyme saying Thine eies haue sene all that the Lord your God hathe done vnto these two Kings so shal the Lord do vnto al the kingdomes whither thou goest 22 Ye shal not feare them for the Lorde your God he shall fight for you 23 And I besoght the Lorde the same tyme saying 24 O Lord God thou haste begonne to shew thy seruant thy greatnes and thy mightye hand for where is there a God in heauē or in earth that can do like thy workes and like thy power 25 I pray thee let me go ouer and sethe good land that is beyonde Iordén that goodlie mountaine and Lebanôn 26 But the Lord was angry with me for your sakes and wolde not heare me the Lord said vnto me Let it suffice thee speake no more vnto me of this matter 27 Get thee vp into the top of Pisgáh and lift vp thine eyes Westward Northward and Southward and Eastward and behold it with thine eyes for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordén 28 But charge Ioshúa and in courage him bolden him for he shal go before this people and he shal deuide for inheritāce vnto them the land which thou shalt se. 29 So we abode in the valley ouer agaynste Beth-Peôr CHAP. IIII. 1 An exhortaciō to obserue the Law without adding therto or diminishing 6 Therein standeth our wisedome 9 VVe must teache it to our children 15 No image ought to be made to worship 26 Threatenings against them that forsake the Lawe of God 37 God chose the sede because he loued theyr Fathers 43 The thre Cities of refuge 〈◊〉 1 NOw therefore hearken ô Israél vnto the ordināces and to the lawes which I teach you to do that ye may liue and go in and possesse the land which the LORD God of your fathers giueth you 2 Ye shall put nothynge vnto the worde which I commāde you nether shal ye take ought there from that ye may kepe the commandements of the Lord your GOD which I commande you 3 Your eyes haue sene what the Lorde did because of Baal-Peôr for all the men that followed Baal-Peôr the Lord thy GOD hath destroyed euerie one from amōg you 4 But ye that did cleaue vnto the Lord your God are aliue euerie one of you this day 5 Beholde I haue taught you ordinances and lawes as the Lord my God commanded me that ye shuld do euen so with in the land whither ye go to possesse it 6 Kepe them therefore and do them for that is your wisdome and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people which shal heare all these ordinances and shall say Onely this people is wise and of vnderstanding and a great nacion 7 For what nacion is so great vnto whome the Gods come so nere vnto them as the Lord our God is nere vnto vs in all that we call vnto him for 8 And what nacion is so great that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous as al this Lawe whiche I set before you this day 9 But take hede to thy selfe and kepe thy soule diligently that thou forget not the things which thine eyes haue sene that they departe not out of thine heart all the daies of thy life but teache thē thy sonnes and thy sonnes sonnes 10 Forget not the day that thou stodest before the Lord thy God in Horéb
vnto this lande how fearce is this great wrath 25 And they shal answer Because they haue for sakē the couenant of the Lord God of their fathers which he had made with them whē he broght them out of the land of Egypt 26 And went and serued others gods and wor shipped thē euen gods which they knewe not and which had giuen them nothing 27 Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hote agaynst this land to bring vpon it euerie curse that is written in this boke 28 And the Lorde hathe rooted them out of their land in angre and in wrath and in great indignacion and hathe caste them into another land as appeareth this day 29 The secret thyngs belong to the Lorde our God but the things reueiled belong vn to vs and to our children for euer that we may do all the wordes of this Law CHAP. XXX 1 Mercie shewed when they repent 6 The Lord doeth circumcise the heart 〈◊〉 All excuse of ignorance is taken away 19 Life and death is set before them 20 The Lorde is their life which obey him 1 NOw when all these things shall come vppō thee ether the blessing or the curse which I haue set before thee ād thou shalt turne into thine heart among all the naciōs whether the Lord thy God hath driuē thee 2 And shalt returne vnto the Lorde thy God and obey hys voyce in all that I commande thee this day thou and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soule 3 Then the Lorde thy God will cause thy ' captiues to returne and haue compassion vpon thee and will returne to gather thee out of all the people where the Lord thy God had scatered thee 4 Thogh thou werest caste vnto the vtmost parte of heauen from thence will the Lord thy God gatherthee ād from thence wil he take thee 5 And the Lord thy God wil bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed and thou shalt possesse it and he wil shewe thee fauour and wil multiplie thee aboue thy fathers 6 And the Lord thy God wil circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy sede that thou maist loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule that thou maist liue 7 And the Lord thy God wil lay all these curses vpon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and that persecute thee 8 Returne thou therefore obey the voice of the Lord and do all his commandements which I commande thee this day 9 And the Lord thy God wil make thee plenteous in euerie worke of thine hand in the frute of thy body and in the frute of thy cattel and in the frute of the land for thy welth for the Lord wil turne againe and reioyce ouer thee to do thee good as he reioyced ouerthy fathers 10 Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God in keping his commandemēts and his ordinances which are written in the boke of this Lawe when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule 11 ¶ For this cōmandement which I commande thee this day is nothid frō thee nether is it farre of 12 It is not in heauen that thou shuldest say * Who shal go vp for vs to heauen and bring it vs and cause vs to heare it that we may do it 13 Nether is it beyonde the sea that thou shul dest say Who shal go ouer the sea for vs and bring it vs and cause vs to heare it that we may do it 14 But the worde is verie nere vnto thee euen in thy mouth and in thine heart for to do it 15 Beholde I haue set before thee this day life and good death and euil 16 In that I commande thee this day to loue the Lord thy God to walke in his wayes ād to kepe his commandements and his ordinances and his lawes that thou maiest liue and be multiplied and that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in the land whether thou goest to possesse it 17 But if thine heart turne away so that thou wilt not obey but shalt be seduced and wor ship other gods and serue them 18 I pronounce vnto you this day that ye shal surely perish ye shal not prolong your dayes in the land whether thou passest ouer Iordén to possesse it 19 * I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you that I haue set before you life and death blessing and cursing therfore chose life that bothe thou and thy sede may liue 20 By louing the Lord thy God by obeying his voyce and by cleauing vnto him for he is thy life and the length of thy dayes that thou maist dwel in the land which the Lord sware vnto thy fathers Abrahám Izhák and Iaakób to giue him CHAP. XXXI 2. 7 Mosés preparing him selfe to dye appointeth 〈◊〉 to rule the people 9 He giueth the I 〈◊〉 to the Leuites that they shulde read it to the people 19 God giueth thē a song as a witnes betwene him and them 23 God 〈◊〉 Ioshúa 29 Mosés 〈◊〉 them that they wil rebel after his death 1 THen Mosés went and spake these wordes vnto all Israél 2 And said vnto them I am an hundreth and twentie yere olde this day I can no more go out and in also the Lord hathe said vnto me * Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordén 3 The Lord thy God he wil go ouer before thee he wil destroy these naciōs before thee and thou shalt possesse thē * Ioshúa he shal go before thee as the Lord hathe said 4 And the Lord shal do vnto them as he dyd to * Sihôn and to Og Kings of the Amorites and vnto their land whome he destroyed 5 And the Lord shal giue them before you that ye may do vnto them according vnto euerie * commandement which I haue cōmanded you 6 Plucke vp your hearts therefore and be strong dread not nor be afrayd of them for the Lord thy God him selfe doeth go with thee he wil not fayle thee nor forsake thee 7 ¶ And Mosés called 〈◊〉 and said vnto him in the sight of all Israél Be of a good courage and strong for thou shalt go with this people vnto the land which the Lord hathe sworne vnto their fathers to giue thē and thou shalt giue it them to inherit 8 And the Lord him selfe 〈◊〉 go before thee he wil be with thee he wil not fayle thee nether forsake thee feare not 〈◊〉 re nor be discomforted 9 ¶ And Mosés wrote this Lawe and deliuered it vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenāt of the Lord and vnto all the Elders of Israél 10 And Mosés cōmanded them saying * Euerie seuenth yere* when the yere of fredome shal be in the feast of the 〈◊〉 11 When
thou speake and vse physike or euer thou be sicke 19 * Examine thy self before thou be iudged in the day of the visitacion thou shalt fin de mercie 20 Humble thy self before thou be sicke and whiles thou maiest yet sinne shewe thy con uersion 21 Let nothing let thee to pay thy vowe in time and differre not vnto death to be reformed for the rewarde of God endureth for euer 22 Before thou praiest prepare thy self and be not as one that tempteth the Lord. 23 Thinke vpon the * wrath that shal be at the end and the houre of vengeance whē he shal turne away his face 24 * When thou hast ynough remember the time of hunger and when thou art riche thinke vpon pouertie and nede 25 From the morning vntil the euening the time is changed and all suche things are sone done before the Lord. 26 A wise man feareth in all things and in the daies of transgression he kepeth him self from sinne but the foole doeth not obserue the time 27 ¶ Euerie wise man knoweth wisdome and knowledge and praiseth him that findeth her 28 They that haue vnderstanding deale wisely in wordes they vnderstand the trueth and righteousnes and powre out with mo destie graue sentences for mans life 29 The chief autoritie of speaking is of the Lord alone for a mortal man hathe but a dead heart 30 ¶ * Followe not thy lustes but turne thee from thine owne appetites 31 For if thou giuest thy soule her desires it shal make thine enemies that enuie thee to laugh thee to scorne 32 Take not thy pleasure in great volupteous nes and intangle not thy self with suche companie 33 Become not a begger by making bankets of that that thou hast borowed so leaue nothing in thy purse els thou shuldest sclāderously lie in waite for thine owne life CHAP. XIX 2 Wine and whoredome bring men to pouertie 6 In thy wordes vse discretion 22 The difference of the wisdome of God and man 27 Whereby thou maist knowe what is in man 1 A Laboring man that is giuen to drunkennes shal not be riche and he that contemneth smale things shal fall by litle and litle 2 * Wine and women leade wise men out of the way and put men of vnderstanding to reprofe 3 And he that companieth adulterers shal become impudent rottennes and wormes shal haue him to heritage and he that is to bolde shal be taken away and be made a pu blicke example 4 * He that is hastie to giue credit is light minded and he that erreth sinneth against his owne soule Who so reioyceth in wickednes shal be pu nished he that hateth to be reformed his life shal be shortened and he that abhorreth babling of wordes quencheth wickednes but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his owne soule 6 He that refraineth his tongue may liue with a trouble some man and he that hateth babling shal haue lesse euil 7 Rehearse not to an other that which is tolde vnto thee so thou shalt not be hindred 8 Declare not other mens maners nether to friend not foe and if the sinne apperteine not vnto thee reueile it not 9 For he wil hearken vnto thee and marke thee and when he findeth opportunitie he wil hate thee 10 * If thou hast heard a worde against thy neighbour let it dye with thee and be sure it wil not burst thee 11 A foole trauaileth when he hathe heard a thing as a woman that is about to bring for the a childe 12 As an arrowe that sticketh in ones thigh so is a worde in a fooles heart 13 * Reproue a friend lest he do euil and if he haue done it that he do it no more 14 Reproue a friend that he may kepe his tōgue and if he haue spoken that he say it no more 15 Tell thy friēd his faute for oft times a sclāder is raised and giue no credence to euerie worde 16 A man falleth with his tōgue but not with his wil * and who is he that hathe not offē ded in his tongue 17 Reproue thy neighbour before thou threa ten him and being without anger giue pla ce vnto the Law of the moste High 18 The feare of the Lord is the first degre to be receiued of him and wisdom obteineth his loue 19 The knowledge of the commandements of the Lord is the doctrine of life and they that obey him shal receiue the frute of immortalitie 20 The feare of the Lord is all wisdome and the performing of the Law is perfite wisdome and the knowledge of his almightie power 21 If a seruāt say vnto his master I wil not do as it pleaseth thee thogh afterward he do it he shal displease him that nourisheth him 22 The knowledge of wickednes is not wisdome nether is there prudencie where as the counsel of sinners is but it is euen execrable malice and the foole is voide of wis dome 23 He that hathe smale vnderstanding and fea reth God is better then one that hathe muche wisdome and transgresseth the Law of the moste High 24 There is a certeine subtiltie that is fine but it is vnrighteous and there is that wras teth the open and manifest Law yet there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously 25 There is some that being about wicked purposes do bowe downe them selues are sad whose inward partes burne altoge ther with deceit he loketh downe with his face and faineth him self deafe yet before thou perceiue he wil be vpon thee to hurt thee 26 And thogh he be so weake that he can do thee no arme yet when he may finde opportunitie he wil do euil 27 ¶ A man may be knowen by his loke and one that hathe vnderstanding may be perceiued by the marking of his countenāce 28 * A mans garment and his excessiue laughter and going declare what persone he is CHAP. XX. Of correction and repentance 6 To speake and kepe silen ce in time 17 The fall of the wicked 23 Of lying 24 The thief and the murcherer 28 Giftes blinde the eyes of the wise 1 THere is some rebuke that is not comelie againe some man holdeth his tongue and he is wise 2 It is muche better to reproue then to be a re euil wil and he that acknowledgeth his faute shal be preserued from hurt 3 As * when a geldedman thorowe lust wolde defile a maide so is he that vseth violen ce in iudgement 4 How good a thing is it when thou art reproued to she we repentance for so shalt thou escape wilful sinne 5 Some man kepeth silence and is founde wise some by muche babling becometh 〈◊〉 6 Some man holdeth his tongue because he hathe not to answere and some kepeth silence waiting a conuenient time 7 * A wise man wil holde his tongue til hese opportunitie but a trifler and a foole wil regarde no time 8 He that vseth manie wordes shal be abhorred
commande thee to do this thing CHAP. XXV 3 The beating of the offenders 5 To raise vp sede to the kinseman 11 In what case a womans hand must be cut of 13 Of iust weights and measures 19 To destroy the Amalekites 1 WHen there shal be strife betwene men and they shal come vnto iudgement and sentence shal be giuen vpon them and the righteous shal be iustified ād the wicked condemned 2 Then if so be the wicked be worthy to be beatē the iudge shal cause him to lye downe and to be beaté before his face according to his trespas vnto a certeine nomber 3 Forty stripes shal he cause him to haue ād not past lest if he shulde excede ād beat him aboue that with manie stripes thy brother shulde appeare despised in thy sight 4 ¶ * Thou shalt not mosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne 5 ¶ * If brethren dwel together and one of thé dye and haue no childe the wife of the dead shal not mary without that is vnto a stranger but his kinseman shal go in vnto her and take her to wife ād do the kinsmans office to her 6 And the first borne whiche she beareth shal succede in the name of his brother whi che is dead that his name be not put out of Israél 7 And if the mā wil not take his kinse woman then let his kinswoman go vp to the gate vnto the Elders and say My kinsman refuseth to raise vp vnto his brother a name in Israél he will not do the office of a kinsman vnto me 8 Then the Elders of his citie shal call him comen with him if he stand and say I will not take her 9 Then shal his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders lose his shooe from his fote spit in his face answer say So shal it be done vnto that mā that will not buyld vp his brothers house 10 And his name 〈◊〉 be called in Israél The house of him whose shooe is put of 11 ¶ When men striue together one with another if the wife of the one come nere for to rid her housband out of the hands of him that smiteth him and put for the her hand take him by his priuities 12 Then thou shalt cut of her hand thine ere shall not spare her 13 ¶ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two ma ner of weightes a great and a small 14 Nether shalt thou haue in thine house diuerse measures a great and a small 15 But thou shalt haue a right iust weight a perfit a iust measure shalt thou haue that thy dayes may be lengt hened in the lande whiche the Lord thy God giueth thee 16 For all that do such things and all that do vnrighteously are abominacion vnto the Lord thy God 17 ¶ * Remember what Amalék did vnto thee by the way whē ye were come out of Egipt 18 How he met thee by the way smote the hindmost of you all that were feble behind thee when thou wast fainted and weary he feared not God 19 Therefore when the Lorde thy God hathe giuen thee rest from al thine enemies round about in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it then thou shalt put out the remem brance of Amalék from vnder heauen forget not CHAP. XXVI 3 The offring of the first frutes 5 what thei must protest when they offer them 12 The 〈◊〉 of the third yere 13 Their protestariō in offring it 19 To what honour God 〈◊〉 thē which acknowledge him to be their Lord. 1 ALso when thou shalt come into the land whiche the Lord thy GOD giueth thee for inheritance and shalt possesse it dwell therein 2 Then shalt thou take of the first of all the frute of the earth and bryng it out of the land that the Lorde thy God giueth thee and put it in a basket and go vnto the place whiche the Lorde thy GOD shall chose to place his Name there 3 And thou shalt come vnto the Priest that shal be in those daies and say vnto him I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lord sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs. 4 Then the Priest shal take the basket out of thine hand and set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God 5 And thou shalt answer and say before the Lord thy God a Syriā was my father who being ready to perish for hūgre wēt downe into Egypt and soiourned there with a smale companie and grewe there vnto a nacion great mighty and ful of people 6 And the Egyptians vexed vs and troubled vs and laded vs with cruel bondage 7 But when we cryed vnto the Lord God of our fathers the Lord heard ourvoyce and lo ked on our aduersitie and on our labour and on our oppression 8 And the Lord broght vs out of Egypt in a mightie hand and a stretched out arme with great terriblenes both in signes wonders 9 And he hathe broght vs into this place and hathe giuen vs this land euen a land that floweth with milke and hony 10 And now lo I haue broght the first frutes of the land which thou ô Lord hast giuen me and thou shalt set it before the Lord thy God and worship before the Lord thy God 11 And thou shalt reioyce in al the good things which the Lord thy God hathe giuen vnto thee and to thine housholde thou and the Leuite and the stranger that is among you 12 ¶ When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third yere which is the yere of tithing and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite to the stranger to the fatherles and to the widowe that they may eat within thy gates and be satisfied 13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God I haue broght the halowed thing out of mine house and also haue giuen it vnto the Leuites and to the strangers to the fatherles and to the widowe according to all thy* cōmandements which thou hast commanded me I haue transgressed none of thy comman dements nor for gotten them 14 I haue not eaten there of in my mourning nor suffred ought to perish through vnclen nes nor giuē ought ther of for the dead but haue hearkened vnto the voyce of the Lord my God I haue done after al that thou hast commanded me 15 Loke downe from thine holy habitacion euen from heauen and blesse thy people Israél and the land which thou hast giuen vs as thou swarest vnto our fathers the land that floweth with milke and honie 16 ¶ This day the Lord thy God doeth cōmande thee to do these ordinances and lawes kepe them therefore and do them with
all thine heart and with all thy soule 17 * Thou hast set vp the Lord this day to be thy God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his ordinances and his commandements and his lawes and to hearken vnto his voyce 18 And the Lord hathe set thee vp this day to be a precious people vnto him as he hathe promised thee and that thou shuldest kepe all his commandements 19 And to make thee * high aboue all nacions which he hathe made in praise and in name and in glorie * and that thou shuldest be an holie people vnto the Lord thy God as he hathe said CHAP. XXVII 2 They are commanded to write the Law vpon stones for a remembrance 5. Also to buylde an altar 13 The cursings are giuen on mount Ebál 1 THen Mosés with the Elders of Israél commanded the people saying Kepe all the commandements which I commande you this day 2 And whē ye shal passe ouer Iordén vnto the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee thou shalt setthee vp great stones plaister them with plaister 3 And shalt write vpon them all the wordes of this Lawe when thou shalt come ouer that thou maiest go into the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee a lād that floweth with my lke and hony as the Lord God of thy fathers hathe promised thee 4 Therefore when ye shal passe ouer Iordén ye shal set vp these stones which I commande you this day in mount Ebál thou shalt plaister them with plaister 5 * And there shalt thou buyld vnto the Lord thy God an altar euē an altar of stones thou shalt lift none yron instrument vpon them 6 Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones offer burnt offrings thereon vnto the Lord thy God 7 And thou shalt offer peace offrings and shalt eat there and reioyce before the Lord thy God 8 And thou shalt write vpon the stones all the wordes of this Lawe wel and plainly 9 ¶ And Mosés and the Priests of the Leuites spake vnto all Israél saying Take hede and heare ô Israél this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God 10 Thou shalt hearken therefore vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God and do his commandements and his ordināces which I commande thee this day 11 ¶ And Mosés charged the people the same day saying 12 These shal stand vpon mount Gerizzim to blesse the people when ye shal passe ouer Iordén Simeôn and Leui and Iudáh and Issa chár and Ioséph and Beniamin 13 And these shal stand vpon 〈◊〉 Ebál to curse Reubén Gâd and Ashér and Zebulún Dan and 〈◊〉 14 And the Leuites shal answer and say vnto all the men of Israél with a loude voyce 15 ¶ Cursed be the mā that shal make anie carued or moltē image which is an abominaciō vnto the Lord the worke of the hāds of the craftesmā and putteth it in a secret place And al the people shal answer and say So be it 16 Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother And all the people shal say So be it 17 Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marke And all the people shal say So be it 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blinde go out of the way And all the people shal say So be it 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger the fatherles and the wido we And all the people shal say So be it 20 Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wif for he hathe vncouered his fathers skirt And all the people shal say So be it 21 Cursed be he that lieth with anie beast And all the people shal say So be it 22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother And all the people shal say So be it 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe And all the people shal say So be it 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly And all the people shal say So be it 25 * Cursed be he that tak eth a rewarde to put to death innocent blood And all the people shal say So be it 26 * Cursed be he that confirmeth nor all the wordes of this Lawe to do them And all the people shal say So be it CHAP. XXVIII 1 The promises to them that obey the commandements 15. The threatenings to the contrarie 1 IF * thou shalte obey diligently the voyce of the Lorde thy God and obserue and do all his commandements whiche I commande thee this daye then the Lorde thy GOD wil set thee on hygh aboue all the nacions of the earth 2 And al these blessings shal come on thee and 〈◊〉 thee if thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the citie and blessed also in the field 4 Blessed 〈◊〉 be the frute of thy body and the frute of thy ground and the frute of thy cattel the increase of thy kine and the flockes of thy shepe 5 Blessed shal be thy basket and thy dough 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in and blessed also when thou goest out 7 The Lord shall cause thyne enemies that rise against thee to fall before thy face they shal come out against thee one way and shal flee before thee seuen wayes 8 The Lorde shall commande the blessing to be with thee in thy store houses and in all that thou 〈◊〉 thine hād to will blesse thee in the land which the Lord thy Godgiueth thee 9 The Lord shal make thee an holy people vnto him selfe as he hathe sworne vnto thee if thou shalt kepe the commandements of the Lord thy God and walke in his waies 10 Thē all people of the earth shal se that the Name of the Lord is called vpon ouer thee and they shal be afraid of thee 11 And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods in the frute of thy body and in the frute of thy cattel and in the frute of thy ground in the land which the Lord swarevn to thy fathers to giue thee 12 The Lord shal open vnto thee his good treasure euen the heauen to giue rayne vnto thy land in due season and to blesse all the worke of thine hands thou shalt lend vnto many nacions but shalt not borowe thy self 13 And the Lord shal make thee the head and not the tayle and thou shalt be aboue onely and shalt not be beneth if thou obey the commandemēts of the Lord thy God which I commande thee this day to kepe and to do them 14 But thou shalt not decline from anie of the wordes which I commande you this day ether to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serue them