aulter 6 And thou shalt make two barres for the aulter of Sittim wood and couer them with brasse ' 7 And let them be put in the ringes along ' by the sides of the aulter to beare it with all 8 And make the aulter holowe with boordes euen as it was shewed thee in the mount so shalt thou make it 9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle on the south side euen full south the curtaines for the court shal be of whyte twined silke of an hundreth cubites long for one side 10 And twentie pillers therof with their twentie sockets of brasse but the knops of the pillers and their whopes shal be siluer 11 In likewise on the north syde there shal be curtaynes of an hundred cubites long and twentie pillers with their twentie sockets of brasse and the knops and the whopes of siluer 12 And the breadth of the court whiche is westwarde shall haue curtaynes of fiftie cubites and the pillers of them shal be ten and the sockets of them ten ' 13 Fiftie cubites shal be in the court eastwarde ' euen full east 14 The curtaynes of one syde shal be of fifteene cubites the pillers of them three and the sockets three 15 And likewise on the other side shal be curtaines of fifteene cubites with their three pillers and three sockets 16 And in the gate of the court shal be a vayle of twentie cubites of blewe silke purple and scarlet and white twyned silke wrought with needle worke and foure pillers with their foure sockets 17 All the pillers rounde about the court shal be whoped with siluer and their knoppes shal be of siluer and their sockets of brasse 18 The length of the court shal be an hundred cubites and the breadth fiftie on euery side and the heyght of the curtaynes shal be fiue cubites of whyte twyned silke and their sockettes of brasse 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all maner of seruice and the pinnes therof yea and all the pinnes also of the court shal be of brasse 20 And thou shalt commaunde the chyldren of Israel that they geue thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the light that they may make the lampes to borne alwayes 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vayle whiche is before the witnesse shall Aaron his sonnes dresse the lampes both euening and morning before the Lorde and it shal be a statute for euer vnto the generations of the chyldren of Israel AB The length of the court a hundred cubites on the south side in which there are .20 pillers of .5 cubites hye with their sockettes and heades and curtains of twined linnen CD The like length on the north side BC. The west side .50 cubites long in which there are .10 pillers of .5 cubites high with their sockettes and heades and curtains of twined linnen AD. The east side is also .50 cubites long E. The curtains of twined linnen of .50 cubites long and .3 pillers of .5 cubites high with their heades and sockettes F. Like curtaines on the side ouer agaynst it G. Curtains of .20 cubites long beyng at the entry of the court embrodered with .4 pillers H. The stakes or pinnes to which the cordes of the tentes are fastened ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 The deckyng of Aaron the priest 6 The Ephod or the ornament that shoulde be vpon the shoulders 15 The pectorall or stomacher of iudgement 1 AND take thou vnto thee Aaron thy brother and his sonnes with him from among the children of Israel that Aaron may minister vnto me in the priestes office Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes 2 And thou shalt make holy rayment for Aaron thy brother glorious and beautifull 3 And thou shalt speake vnto all that are wise hearted whom I haue filled with the spirite of wisdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate him that he may minister vnto me in the priestes office 4 These are the garmentes which they shall make a brestlap and an ephod a tunicle a brodered coate a miter and a girdle these holy garmentes shall they make for Aaron thy brother and his sonnes that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office ' 5 And let them take golde blewe silke ' purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 6 They shall make the ephod of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke with brodered worke ' 7 The two sides shall come together and ' be closed vp in the two edges therof 8 And the girdle of the ephod shal be of the same workmanship and of the same stuffe euen of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 9 And thou shalt take two Onyx stones and graue in them the names of the children of Israel 10 Sixe names of them in the one stone and the other sixe in the other stone accordyng to their birth 11 After the worke of a stone grauer and of him that graueth signettes shalt thou graue the two stones with the names of the children of Israel and shalt make them to be set in ouches of golde 12 And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the two shoulders of the ephod that they may be stones of remembraunce vnto the children of Israel and Aaron shal beare their names before the Lord vpon his two shoulders for a remembraunce 13 And thou shalt make ouches of golde ' 14 And two chaynes of fine golde of a certayne length linke worke wreathed and fasten the wreathed chaynes to the ouches 15 And thou shalt make the brestlap of iudgement with brodered worke euen after the worke of the ephod thou shalt make it namely of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 16 Foure square it shal be and double an hande bredth long and an hande bredth brode 17 And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes of stones in the first rowe shal be a Sardius a Topas and Smaragdus 18 In the seconde rowe a Rubi Saphir ' and Diamonde ' 19 In the thirde a Lyncurius an Achat ' and an Ametyst ' 20 In the fourth a Turcas an Onyx and a Iaspis and they shal be set in golde in their inclosers 21 And the stones shal be grauen as signettes be grauen with the names of the children of Israel euen with twelue names euery one with his name accordyng to the twelue tribes 22 And thou shalt make vpon the brestlap two fastenyng chaynes of pure golde and wreathen worke 23 And thou shalt make likewise vpon the brestlap two ringes of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlap 24 And put the two wreathen chaynes of golde in the two ringes which are in the edges of the brestlap 25 And the other two endes of the chaines thou shalt fasten in two close ouches and put them vpon the shoulders of the ephod on the foreside of it 26 And thou shalt yet make two ringes of golde which thou shalt put in the two edges of the brestlap
And they gathered them selues together agaynst Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them Ye take much vpon you seyng all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is among them Why lyft you your selues vp aboue the congregation of the Lord 4 And when Moyses hearde it he fell vpon his face 5 And spake vnto Corah and vnto all his company saying To morowe the Lord wyll shewe who are his who is holy and who ought to approche nye vnto hym and whom he hath chosen he will cause to come neare vnto hym 6 This do therfore Take you firepannes both Corah all his companie 7 And do fire therin and put incense in them before the Lorde to morowe And the man whom the Lorde doth chose the same shal be holy Ye take much vpon you ye sonnes of Leui. 8 And Moyses sayd vnto Corah Heare I pray you ye sonnes of Leui 9 Seemeth it but a small thyng vnto you that the God of Israel hath seperated you from the multitude of Israel and brought you to hym selfe to do the seruice of the tabernacle of the Lorde and to stande before the multitude and to minister vnto them 10 He hath taken thee to hym and all thy brethren the sonnes of Leui with thee and seeke ye the office of the priest also 11 For which cause both thou and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lorde And what is Aaron that ye murmure agaynst hym 12 And Moyses sent and called Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab which sayde We wyll not come vp 13 Is it a small thyng that thou hast brought vs out of the land that floweth with mylke and honie to kyll vs in the wildernesse except thou make thy selfe lorde and ruler ouer vs also 14 Moreouer thou hast not brought vs vnto a lande that floweth with mylke honie neither geuen vs inheritaunce of fieldes and vineyardes Wylt thou put out the eyes of these men We wyll not come vp 15 And Moyses waxed very angry and sayde vnto the Lorde Turne not thou vnto their offeryng I haue not taken so much as an asse from them neither haue I hurt any of them 16 And Moyses sayde vnto Corah Be thou al thy company before the Lord both thou they and Aaron to morowe 17 And take euery man his censer and put incense in them and bryng ye before the Lorde euery man his censer euen two hundreth and fiftie censers thou also and Aaron euery one his censer 18 And they toke euery man his censer and put fire in them and layde incense theron and stoode in the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moyses and Aaron 19 And Corah gathered all the congregation agaynst them vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation And the glorie of the Lorde appeared vnto all the congregation ◠And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 21 Seperate your selues from among this congregation that I may consume them at once 22 And they fell vpon their faces and sayde O God the God of spirites of all fleshe hath not one man sinned Wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude 23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 24 Speake vnto the congregation and say Get you away from about the tabernacle of Corah Dathan Abiram 25 And Moyses rose vp and went vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israel folowed hym 26 And he spake vnto the congregation saying Depart I pray you from the tentes of these wicked men and touche nothyng of theirs lest ye perishe in all their sinnes 27 And so they gate them from the tabernacle of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan Abiram came out stoode in the doore of their tentes with their wiues their sonnes and their litle children 28 And Moyses sayde Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to do all these workes for I haue not done them of myne owne mynde 29 If these men dye the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me 30 But and if the Lorde make a newe thyng and the earth open her mouth and swallowe them vp with all that they haue and they go downe quicke into the pit then ye shall vnderstande that these men haue prouoked y e Lorde 31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking al these wordes the ground cloue asunder that was vnder them 32 And the earth opened her mouth and swalowed them vp and their houses and all the men that were with Corah and all their goodes 33 And they and all that they had went downe alyue vnto the pit and the earth closed vpon them and they perished from among the congregation 34 And all Israel that were about them fled at the crye of them And they sayde lest the earth swalowe vs vp also 35 And there came out a fire from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fiftie men that offered incense 36 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest that he take vp the censers out of the burnyng and scatter the fire here and there for they are halowed 38 The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter For they offered them before the Lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shal be a signe vnto the children of Israel 39 And Eleazar the priest toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and made brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter 40 To be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel that no straunger which is not of the seede of Aaron come neare to offer incense before the Lorde that he be not lyke vnto Corah and his companie as the Lorde sayde to hym by the hande of Moyses 41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron saying Ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde 42 And whē the multitude was gathered agaynst Moyses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of the congregation And beholde the cloude couered it and the glorie of the Lorde appeared 43 And Moyses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 45 Get you from among this congregation that I may consume thē quickly And they fell vpon their faces 46 And Moyses sayd vnto Aaron Take a censer and put fire therin out of the aulter and powre on incense and go quickly vnto the congregation make an attonement for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plague begunne 47 And Aaron toke as Moyses cōmaunded hym and ranne into the middes of y e congregation and beholde the plague was begunne among the people and he put on incense and made an atonement
vnto Moyses Nowe shalt thou see what I wyll do vnto Pharao for in a mightie hande shal he let them go and in a mightie hande shall he dryue them out of his lande 2 And God spake vnto Moyses and said vnto him I am Iehouah 3 I appeared vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob as an almightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowen vnto them 4 Moreouer I made a couenaunt with them to geue them the lande of Chanaan the land of their pilgrimage wherein they were straungers 5 And therefore I haue also heard the groning of the childrē of Israel whom the Egyptians kepe in bondage and haue remembred my couenaunt 6 Wherfore say vnto the children of Israel I am Iehouah I wil bryng you out from the burthens of the Egyptians and will ryd you out of their bondage and will deliuer you in a stretched out arme and in great iudgementes 7 And I will take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God which bring you out from the burthens of the Egyptians 8 And I will bryng you into the lande concerning the whiche I did lift vp my hand to geue it vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob and wyll geue it vnto you for a possession for I am Iehouah 9 And Moyses tolde the children of Israel euen so but they hearkened not vnto Moyses for anguishe of spirite and for cruell bondage 10 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 11 Go in and speake vnto Pharao king of Egypt that he let the children of Israel go out of his lande 12 And Moyses spake before the Lorde saying beholde the children of Israel hearken not vnto me howe then shall Pharao heare me whiche am of vncircumcized lippes 13 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and vnto Aaron gaue them a charge concerning the chyldren of Israel and concerning Pharao king of Egypt that they shoulde bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt 14 These be the heades of theyr fathers houses The children of Ruben y e first borne sonne of Israel are these Hanoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi these be the children of Ruben 15 The chyldren of Simeon Iemuel and Iamin Ohad Iachin Sohar and Saul the sonne of the Chanaanitishe woman these are the kinredes of Simeon 16 These also are the names of the chyldren of Leui in their generations Gerson and Cehath and Merari Leui liued an hundred thirtie and seuen yere 17 The sonnes of Gerson Libni and ' Simi by their kinredes ' 18 The chyldren of Cehath Amram Ishar and Hebron and Vziel And Cehath liued an hundred thirtie and three yere 19 The children of Merari Mahli and Musi these are the kinredes of Leui by their generations 20 Amram toke Iochebed his fathers sister to wyfe and she bare hym Aaron and Moyses and Amram liued an hundred and thirtie and seuen yeres 21 ' And the chyldren of Ishar Corah ' Nepheg and Sichri 22 ' The chyldren of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan ' and Zithri 23 And Aaron toke Eliseba daughter of Aminadab and sister of Nahason to wyfe whiche bare hym Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 24 The chyldren of Corah Assir and Eleanah and Abiasaph these are the kinredes of the Corahites 25 Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the daughters of Putiel to wyfe whiche bare hym Phinees and these are the principal fathers of the Leuites throughout their kinredes 26 This is that Aaron and Moyses to whom the Lorde sayd Leade the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt according to theyr armies 27 These are that Moyses and Aaron which spake to Pharao king of Egypt that they might bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt 28 And in the day when the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the lande of Egypt 29 He spake vnto hym saying I am the Lorde speake thou vnto Pharao the king of Egypt all that I say vnto thee 30 And Moyses sayde before the Lorde beholde I am of vncircumcized lippes how shall Pharao geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Moyses with Aaron is sent vnto Pharao 3 God causeth signes that he onlye may be knowen mightie 10 The rodde of Moyses is turned into a serpent 11 The enchaunters do the same 19 Water turned into blood 22 The enchaunters do the same 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses behold I haue made thee Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete 2 Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde thee and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the children of Israel out of his lande 3 And I will harden Pharaos heart and multiplie my miracles my wonders in the lande of Egypt 4 But Pharao shall not hearken vnto you that I may set my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out myne armies and my people the chyldren of Israel out of the land of Egypt in great iudgmentes 5 And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt and bryng out the children of Israel frō among them 6 Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them euen so did they 7 Moyses was fourescore yere olde and Aaron fourescore and three when they spake vnto Pharao 8 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 9 If Pharao speake vnto you saying shewe a miracle for you thou shalt say vnto Aaron Take thy rod and cast it before Pharao that it may be a serpent 10 Then went Moyses and Aaron in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded and Aaron caste foorth his rodde before Pharao and before his seruauntes and it turned to a serpent 11 Then Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters and those sorcerers of Egypt dyd in like maner with their sorcerie 12 For they cast downe euery man his rod and they turned to serpentes but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes 13 And he helde Pharaos heart that he hearkened not vnto them euen as the Lorde had sayde 14 The Lorde also sayde vnto Moyses Pharaos heart is hardened he refuseth to let the people go 15 Get thee vnto Pharao in the morning loe he wyll come vnto the water and thou shalt stand vpō the ryuers brincke agaynst he come and the rodde whiche was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thyne hande 16 And thou shalt say vnto hym the Lorde God of the Hebrewes hath sent me vnto thee saying Let my people go that they may serue me in the wyldernesse and beholde hytherto thou wouldest not heare 17 Thus sayeth the Lord In this thou shalt knowe that I am the Lorde beholde I wyll smyte with the rodde that is in my hande the waters whiche are in the ryuers and they shal be turned to blood 18 And the fishe that is in the riuer
sonnes shall washe ' their handes and their feete therin ' 20 Euen when they go into the tabernacle of the congregation or when they go in to the aulter to minister and to burne the Lordes offeryng they shall washe them selues with water lest they dye 21 Likewise they shal washe their handes their feete lest they dye and it shal be an ordinaunce vnto them for euer both vnto hym his seede throughout their generations 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 23 Take vnto thee principal spices of the most pure Mirrhe fiue hūdreth sicles of sweete Synamond halfe so much euen two hundreth and fiftie sicles of sweete Calamus two hundreth and fiftie sicles 24 Of Cassia fiue hundreth sicles after the waight of the sanctuarie and of oyle Olyue an hyn 25 And thou shalt make of the oyle an holy oyntment euen an oyntment compound after the craft of the apoticarie 26 It shal be the oyle of holy oyntment and thou shalt annoynt the tabernacle of the congregation therwith and the arke of the testimonie 27 And the table and al his apparell and the candlesticke and all his vessels and the aulter of incense ' 28 And the aulter of burnt sacrifice with ' all his vessels and the lauer his foote 29 And thou shalt sanctifie them that they may be most holye whatsoeuer toucheth them shal be sanctified 30 And thou shalt anoynt Aaron and his sonnes and consecrate them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 31 And thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel saying This shal be an holy oynting oyle vnto me throughout your generations 32 Vpon mans fleshe shall it not be powred neither shal ye make any other after the makyng of it for it is holy and ' shal be holy vnto you ' 33 Whosoeuer maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vpon a straūger shall perishe from amongst his people 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Take vnto thee sweete spices Starte Onycha sweete Galbanum these spices with pure Frankensence of eche a lyke wayght 35 And make of them sweete smellyng incense after the craft of the apoticarie mingled together pure and holy 36 And beate it to powder and put of it before the arke of the testimonie in the tabernacle of the congregation where I wyll meete with thee it shal be vnto you most holy 37 And you shal not make to your selues after the makyng of that incense which thou shalt make it shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde 38 Whosoeuer shall make lyke vnto that ' to smell thereto shall perishe from amongst ' his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter 1 God geueth his spirite to Besaleel and Ooliab the workemen to inuent all thynges which appertayne to the trimme makyng of the tabernacle 13 What signe the Sabboth is 18 Tables of stone written with the finger of God 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 2 Beholde I haue called by name Besaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda 3 And I haue fylled hym with the spirite of God in wisedome and vnderstandyng in knowledge and in all maner worke 4 To fynde out wittie deuises and to worke in golde siluer and in brasse 5 And in the craft to set stones and to carue in tymber and to worke in all maner workmanship 6 And beholde I haue geuen hym to be his companion Ooliab the sonne of Achisame◠of the tribe of Dan and in the heartes of all that are wise hearted I haue put wisedome to make all that I haue commaunded thee 7 The tabernacle of the congregation the arke of the testimonie the mercie seate that is thervpon and all the furniture of the tabernacle 8 And the table and his furniture and the pure candlesticke with all his furniture and the aulter of incense 9 And the aulter of burnt offeryng and all his furniture and the lauer with his foote 10 The vestmentes to minister in and the holy garmentes for Aaron the priest and the garmentes of his sonnes to minister in 11 And the annoyntyng oyle and sweete incense for the sanctuarie accordyng to all that I haue commaunded thee shal they do 12 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 13 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say In any wyse see that ye kepe my Sabbothes for it is a signe betweene me you in your generations for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doth sanctifie you 14 Kepe my Sabboth therefore for it is holy vnto you He that defileth it shal be put to death for whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be rooted out from amongst his people 15 Six dayes shall men worke and in the seuenth day is the Sabboth of the holy rest of the Lorde whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth day shall dye the death 16 Wherefore let the children of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue the Sabboth throughout their generations it is a perpetuall couenaunt 17 For it is a signe betweene me and the children of Israel for euer for in six dayes the Lorde made heauen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested and was refreshed 18 And when the Lorde had made an end of commnuyng with Moyses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue hym two tables of witnesse euen tables of stone writen with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxii. Chapter 1 The Israelites do pray vnto the golden calfe 7 God warneth Moyses of the sinne of the people 9 The people of Israel of a styffe necke 11 Moyses intreateth God for Israel cityng his promises 15 Moyses descendeth of the hyll The tables described of God 19 Moyses beyng angry breaketh the tables and the calfe 21 He chideth his brother Aaron 27 The Idolaters be murdered of the Leuites at Moyses commaundement 30 Moyses rebuketh the offence of the people 31 He wyll be putten out of the booke of lyfe and haue the peoples offence pardoned 33 They that be writen in the booke of God 1 ANd when y e people sawe that it was lōg or Moyses came downe out of the mountaine they gathered them selues together vnto Aaron and sayd vnto hym Vp make vs Gods to go before vs for we wote not what is become of this Moyses the man that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt 2 And Aaron sayd vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of your wiues of your sonnes of your daughters bring them vnto me 3 And all the people plucked of the golden earinges which they had in their eares and brought them vnto Aaron 4 And he receaued them of their handes fashioned it with a grauer made of it a calfe of molten mettel and they said These be thy gods O Israel which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 5 And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it and Aaron made proclamation saying To morowe is
Whosoeuer he be that despiseth his father or his mother let hym dye for he hath deminished the estimation of his father mother his blood be vpon him 10 And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe let be slayne both the adulterer and the adultresse 11 And the man that lyeth with his fathers wyfe and vncouereth his fathers nakednes let them both die their blood be vpon them 12 If a man lye with his daughter in lawe let them dye both of them they haue wrought abhomination their blood be vpon them 13 If a man also lye with mankinde after the maner as with women kynde they haue both committed an abhomination let them dye their blood be vpon them 14 And if a man take a wyfe and her mother also it is wickednesse They shall burne with fire both hym them that there be no wickednesse among you 15 And if a man lye with a beast let hym ' dye and ye shall slea the beast also ' 16 If a woman go vnto any beast and lye downe thereto thou shalt kyll the woman and the beast also let them dye their blood be vpon them 17 If a man take his sister his fathers daughter or his mothers daughter see her nakednesse and she his nakednesse it is a wicked thing they shal be cut of in the sight of their people he hath vncouered his sisters nakednesse he shall beare his sinne 18 If a man lye with a woman hauing her natural disease and vncouer her nakednesse and open her fountayne and she also open the foūtayne of her blood they shall both be cut of from among their people 19 Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister nor of thy fathers sister for he that doth so hath vncouered his next kyn they shal beare their misdoyng 20 If a man lye with his vncles wyfe and vncouer his vncles nakednesse they shall beare their sinne and shall dye chyldlesse 21 If a man take his brothers wyfe it is an vncleane thyng he hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse they shal be chyldlesse 22 Ye shall kepe therefore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and do them that the lande whyther I bryng you to dwell therein spewe you not out 23 Ye shall not walke in the maners of this nation whiche I caste out before you For they committed all these thinges and therfore I abhorred thē 24 But I haue sayde vnto you ye shall enherite their lande and I wyll geue it vnto you to possesse it euen a lande that floweth with mylke and hony I am the Lorde your God whiche haue seperated you from other nations 25 And therefore shall ye put difference betweene cleane beastes and vncleane betweene vncleane foules and cleane Ye shal not defile your soules in beastes and foules and in all maner creeping thinges that the grounde bryngeth foorth whiche I haue seperated from you as vncleane 26 Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nations that ye shoulde be myne 27 If there be a man or woman that worketh with a spirit or that is a soothsayer let them dye Men shall ouerwhelme them with stones their blood be vpon them ' ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ' 'A lawe for the priestes ' 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto the priestes the sonnes of Aaron say vnto them Let none be defiled by a corse among his people 2 But by his kynsman that is nye vnto him that is by his mother and his father by his sonne and his daughter and his brother 3 And by his sister a mayde that is nye vnto hym whom no man hath knowē for her shall he be defiled 4 But he shall not be defiled vpon hym that hath aucthoritie among his people to pollute him selfe 5 Let them not make baldnesse vpon their head nor shaue of y e lockes of their bearde nor make any cuttinges in their fleshe 6 They shal be holy vnto their God and not pollute the name of their God for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire and the bread of their God they do offer therfore they shall be holy 7 Let them not take a wyfe that is an whore or polluted nor put from her husband for such a one is holy vnto his god 8 Thou shalt sanctifie hym therfore for he offereth vp the bread of thy God he shall therefore be holy vnto thee for I the Lorde which sanctifie you am holy 9 If a priestes daughter fall to play the whore she polluteth her father therefore must she be burnt with fire 10 He that is the hie priest among his brethren vpon whose head the annoynting oyle was powred and that consecrated his hand to put on y e vestments shal not vncouer his head nor rent his clothes 11 Neither go to any dead body nor make hym selfe vncleane by his father or his mother 12 Neither shall go out of the sanctuarie nor pollute the holy place of his God for the crowne of the annoynting oyle of his God is vpon him I am the Lord. 13 He shall take a mayde vnto his wife ' 14 But a wydowe a deuorsed woman or a polluted or a harlot these shall he not marrie but shall take a mayde of his owne people to wyfe 15 Neither shal he defile his seede among his people for I am the Lorde whiche sanctifie hym 16 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 17 Speake vnto Aaron and say Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any deformitie let hym not prease for to offer bread vnto his God 18 For whosoeuer hath any blemishe shall not come neare as if he be blynde or lame or that hath a brused nose or that hath any misshapen member 19 Or is broken footed or broken handed ' 20 Or is crooke backt or bleare eyed or haue a webbe or other blemishe in his eyes or be skuruie or skabbed or hath his stones broken 21 No man that hath a blemishe is of the seede of Aaron the priest shall come nye to offer the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire When he hath a deformitie let him not prease to offer the bread of his God 22 Let him eate the bread of his God ' euen of the most holy and of the holy ' 23 Only let him not go in vnto y e vayle nor come nye the aulter because he is deformed that he pollute not my sanctuarie for I am the Lorde that sanctifie them 24 And Moyses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel ' The .xxij. Chapter ' 3 Who ought to abstayne from eating the thinges that were offered 19 Howe what and when they shoulde be offered ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes that
departed from the mount of the Lorde three dayes iourney and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde went before them in y e three dayes iourney to search out a resting place for theÌ„ 34 And the cloude of the Lorde was vppon them by day when they went out of the campe 35 And when y e arke went foorth Moyses sayde Rise vp Lorde and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee 36 And when the arke rested he sayde Returne O Lord vnto the many thousandes of Israel ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The people murmureth 4 They desire fleshe 6 They lothe Manna 11 The wauering fayth of Moyses 16 The Lorde deuideth the burthen of Moyses to seuentie of the auncientes and they prophesie 31 It raigneth quayles 33 The fleshe raueners are punished 1 ANd when the people dyd wickedly it was a displeasure in the eares of the Lorde And when the Lorde hearde it his countenaunce was prouoked to wrath and the fire of the Lord burnt among them and consumed them that were the vttermost of the hoast 2 And the people cryed vnto Moyses And when Moyses made intercession vnto the Lorde the fire quenched 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them 4 And a number of people that was among them fell a lustyng and turned them selues and wept euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel and sayd who shall geue vs fleshe to eate 5 We remember the fishe which we did eate in Egypt for naught the cucumbers melons leekes onions garleck 6 But now our soule is dryed away for we can see nothing els saue Manna 7 The Manna was as coriander seede and to see to lyke Bedellion 8 And the people went about and gathered it grounde it in milles or beat it in morters and baked it in pannes and made cakes of it And the taste of it was lyke vnto the taste of freshe oyle 9 And when the deawe fell downe vpon the hoast in the nyght the Manna fell vpon it 10 And when Moyses hearde the people weepe throughout their housholdes euery man in the doore of his tent the wrath of the Lord was kindeled exceedingly and it greeued Moyses also 11 And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde Wherefore hast thou dealt cruelly with thy seruaunt And wherefore haue I not founde fauour in thy sight seyng that thou puttest the wayght of all this people vpon me 12 Haue I conceaued all this people Or haue I begotten them that thou shouldest say vnto me Cary them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckyng chylde vnto the lande which thou swarest vnto their fathers 13 Where shoulde I haue fleshe to geue vnto all this people whiche weepe before me saying Geue vs fleshe that we may eate 14 I am not able to beare all this people alone seyng it is to heauie for me 15 If thou deale thus with me kyll me I pray thee if I haue founde fauour in thy sight y t I see not my wretchednesse 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Gather vnto me threscore and ten men of the elders of Israel which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people officers ouer them and thou shalt bryng them vnto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stande there with thee 17 And I wyll come downe and talke with thee there and take of the spirite which is vpon thee and put vpon them and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone 18 And say thou vnto the people Be halowed agaynst to morowe and ye shall eate fleshe for your whyning is in the eares of the Lorde seyng ye sayd Who shall geue vs fleshe to eate We were happy in Egypt Therefore the Lorde wyll geue you fleshe and ye shall eate 19 Ye shall not eate one day nor two nor fiue dayes neither ten nor twentie dayes 20 But euen a moneth long vntill it come out at the nostrels of you and it shal be lothsome vnto you because that ye haue cast the Lorde aside whiche is among you and haue wept before hym saying Why came we thus out of Egypt 21 And Moyses sayde Sixe hundred thousand footemen are there of the people among which I am And thou hast sayd I wyll geue them flesh that they may eate a moneth long 22 Shall the sheepe the oxen be slayne for them to finde them either shall all the fishe of the sea be gathered together for them to suffise them 23 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Shall the Lordes hande be waxed short Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee or not 24 And Moyses went out and tolde the people the saying of the Lorde and gathered the threscore and ten elders of the people and set them rounde about the tabernacle 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude and spake vnto him and toke of the spirite that was vpon him and gaue it vnto the threscore ten elders And when the spirite rested vpon them they prophesied and dyd not ceasse 26 But there remayned two of the men in the hoast the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad And the spirite rested vpon them and thei were of them that were written and went not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophesied in the hoast 27 And there ran a young man and tolde Moyses and sayd Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the hoast 28 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moyses one of his young men aunswered and sayde My lorde Moyses forbyd them 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym Enuiest thou for my sake woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them 30 And Moyses gate hym into the hoast he and the elders of Israel 31 And there went foorth a wynde from the Lorde and brought quayles from the sea let them fall about the hoast euen a dayes iourney rounde about on euery side of the hoast and they did flee in the ayre as it were two cubites hye ouer the earth 32 And the people stoode vp all that day and all that nyght and all the next day and they gathered quayles And he that gathered litle gathered ten homers ful And they spread them abrode for their vse rounde about the hoast 33 And whyle the fleshe was yet betweene their teeth yer it was chewed vp the wrath of the Lorde was â—dled against the people the Lorde smote the people with an exceedyng great plague 34 And he called the name of the place The graues of lust because the buried the people that lusted there 35 And the people toke their iourney from the graues of lust vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Aaron and Miriam grudge agaynst
the Leuites after their kinredes Gerson of whom came the kinred of the Gersonites Caath of whom came the kinred of the Caathites Merari of whom came the kinred of the Merarites 58 These are the kinredes of the Leuites the kinred of the Libnites the kinred of the Hebronites the kinred of the Mahelites the kinred of the Musites the kinred of the Corathites and Caath begat Amram 59 And Amrams wyfe was called Iochebed a daughter of Leui which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moyses and Miriam their sister ' 60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab ' and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar 61 And Nadab and Abihu dyed when they offered straunge fire before the Lorde 62 And after their numbers they were twentie and three thousande all males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred among the children of Israel because there was no inheritaunce geuen them among the children of Israel 63 These are the numbers when Moyses and Eleazar the priest numbred the chyldren of Israel in the playne of Moab fast by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho 64 And among these there was not a man of them whom Moyses Aaron numbred when they tolde the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernesse of Sinai 65 For the Lorde sayde of them They shall dye in the wyldernesse And there was not left a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosuah the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 The lawe of the heritage of the daughters of Zalphaad 12 The lande of promise is shewed vnto Moyses 18 In whose steade is appoynted Iosuah 1 THen came the daughters of Zalphaad the sonne of Hepher the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse of the kinred of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph whose names were Maala Noha Hagla Melcha and Thirza 2 And stode before Moyses and Eleazar the priest and before the lordes and all the multitude by the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 3 Our father dyed in the wyldernesse and * was not in the company of them that gathered them selues together agaynst the Lorde in the congregation of Corah but dyed in his owne sinne and had no sonnes 4 Wherefore then is the name of our father taken away from among his kinred because he hath no sonne * Geue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father 5 And Moyses brought their cause before the Lorde 6 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 7 The daughters of Zalphaad speake ryght thou shalt geue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren and shalt turne the inheritaunce of their father vnto them 8 And thou shalt speake vnto the chyldren of Israel saying If a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter 9 If he haue no daughter ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his brethren 10 If he haue also no brethren ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto his fathers brethren 11 And if his father haue no brethren ye shall geue his inheritaunce vnto hym that is next to him of his kinred and he shall possesse it And this shal be vnto the chyldren of Israel a lawe of iudgement as the Lorde hath commaunded Moyses 12 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Get thee vp into this mount Abarim and beholde the lande whiche I haue geuen vnto the chyldren of Israel 13 And whē thou hast seene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered 14 For ye were disobedient vnto my mouth in the desert of Zin in the stryfe of the congregation neither dyd ye sanctifie me in the waters before their eyes * That is the water of stryfe in Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin 15 And Moyses spake vnto the Lorde saying 16 Let the Lord God of the spirites of all fleshe set a man ouer y e congregation 17 Which may go out in before them and leade them out and in that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheepe which haue not a sheephearde 18 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Take thee Iosuah the sonne of Nun a man in whom is the spirite and put thyne handes vpon hym 19 And set hym before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and geue hym a charge in their sight 20 And put of thy prayse vpon him that all the companie of the children of Israel may be obedient 21 And he shall stande before Eleazar the priest which shall aske counsell for hym after the iudgement of Vrim before the Lorde And accordyng vnto his worde shall they go out and in both he and all the children of Israel with him and all the congregation 22 And Moyses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him and he toke Iosuah and set hym before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation 23 And put his handes vpon hym and gaue hym a charge as the Lorde commaunded through the hand of Moyses ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 2 What must be offered on euery feast day ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Commaunde the children of Israel and say vnto them My offeryng and my bread for my sacrifices which are made by fire for a sweete sauour shal ye obserue to offer vnto me in their due season 3 And thou shalt say vnto them * This is the offeryng made by fire which ye shall offer vnto the Lord two lambes of a yere olde without spot day by day for a continuall burnt offeryng ' 4 One lambe shalt thou prepare in the ' mornyng and the other at euen 5 * And therto the tenth part of an Epha of floure for a meate offeryng mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle 6 It is a dayly burnt offeryng such as was ordayned in the mount Sinai for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde 7 And let the drinke offering of the same be the fourth part of an Hin for one lambe and in the holy place shalt thou commaunde the wine to be powred vnto the Lorde 8 And the other lambe thou shalt offer at euen after the maner of the meate offeryng and the drynke offeryng of the mornyng a sacrifice made by fire shalt thou offer for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 9 And on the Sabbath day two lambes of a yere olde without spot and two tenth deales of floure for a meate offeryng mingled with oyle and the drynke offeryng therto 10 This is the burnt offeryng of euery Sabbath beside the dayly burnt offeryng and his drynke offeryng 11 And in the begynnyng of your monethes ye shall offer a burnt offeryng vnto the Lorde two young bullockes and a ramme and seuen lambes of a yere olde without spot 12 And three tenth deales of floure for a meate offeryng mingled with oyle for one bullocke and two tenth deales of floure
hath beautie and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne and with them he shall trouble the nations together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also ten thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasses 18 And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyce Zabulon in thy goyng out and thou Isachar in thy tentes 19 They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shall offer offeringes of righteousnesse For they shall sucke of the aboundaunce of the sea and of treasure hyd in the sande 20 And vnto Gad he sayde Blessed be he that inlarged Gad he dwelleth as a Lion that catcheth for a pray the arme with the head 21 He loked to hym selfe at the beginning because there was a portion of the law-geuer hid he came with the heades of the people and executed the ryghteousnesse of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel 22 And vnto Dan he sayde Dan is a Lions whelpe he shal leape frō Basan 23 And vnto Nephthali he sayde O Nephthali satisfied with Gods fauour and full with the blessing of the Lorde possesse thou the west and the south 24 And to Aser he sayde Aser shal be blessed with children he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle 25 Thy shoes shal be iron and brasse and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest 26 There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heauen as vpon an horse yet is he thine helper whose glorie is in the celestiall places 27 The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng God shalt thou lyue He shall cast out the enemie before thee and say destroy them 28 Israel then shall dwell in safetie and alone and the fountayne of Iacob shal be vpon a lande of corne and wine and his heauens shall drop the deawe 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like vnto thee O people that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Moyses seeth all the lande of Chanaan 5 he dyeth 8 Israel weepeth 9 Iosuah succeedeth in Moyses roome 10 The prayse of Moyses 1 AND Moyses went from the playne of Moab vp into mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyll that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lord shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan 2 And all Nephthali and the lande of Ephraim Manasse and all the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost sea 3 And the south and the playne of the valley of Iericho the citie of palme trees euen vnto Zoar. 4 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob saying I wyll geue it vnto thy seede I haue caused thee also to see it with thine eies but thou shalt not go ouer thyther 5 So Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde 6 And he buryed hym in a valley in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst the house of Peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day 7 Moyses was an hundred and twentie yeres olde when he dyed his eye was not dymme nor his naturall force abated 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moyses in the playne of Moab thirtie dayes And the dayes of weepyng and mournyng for Moyses were ended 9 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun was ful of the spirite of wisdome for Moyses had put his handes vpon hym And the children of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And there arose not a prophete since in Israel lyke vnto Moyses whom the Lorde knewe face to face 11 Accordyng vnto all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent hym to do in the lande of Egypt before Pharao and all his seruauntes and before all his lande 12 And accordyng to all that mightie hande and all the great feare which Moyses shewed in the syght of all Israel VV. E. ¶ The ende of the fifth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Ellehaddebarim and in the Latine Deuteronomium ⧠The seconde part of the Byble conteyning these bookes The booke of Iosuah The booke of the Iudges The booke of Ruth The first booke of Samuel The seconde booke of Samuel The thirde booke of the kinges The fourth booke of the kinges The first booke of the Chronicles The seconde booke of the Chronicles The first booke of Esdras The seconde booke of Esdras The booke of Hester The booke of Iob. DROIT ET LOYAL ⧠The booke of Iosuah vvhom the Hebrewes call Jehosua ¶ The .j. Chapter 2 The Lorde incourageth Iosuah to inuade the lande of promise 5 The Lorde promiseth to assist Iosuah if he obey his worde 11 Iosuah commaundeth the people to prepare them selues to passe ouer Iordane 12 and exhorteth the Rubenites to execute their charge 1 AFter the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah y e sonne of Nun Moyses minister saying 2 Moyses my seruaunt is dead Nowe therefore arise go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people vnto the lande the whiche I to them the chyldren of Israel do geue 3 All the places that the soles of your feete shall treade vpon haue I geuen you as I sayde vnto Moyses 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanon vnto the great riuer Euphrates all the lande of the Hethites euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne shal be your coast 5 There shal not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life For as I was with Moyses so wyll I be with thee and wyll not fayle thee nor forsake thee 6 Be strong therfore and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuide y e lande for inheritaunce whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them 7 Only be thou strong and of a stoute courage that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee Turne from the same neither to the right hande nor to the lefte that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but occupie thy minde therein day night that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all y t is written therin For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt do wisely 9 Haue not I cōmaunded thee that thou shouldest be strong hardie and not feare nor be faint hearted For I the Lorde thy God am with thee whyther soeuer thou goest 10 Then Iosuah commaunded the officers of the people
the acceptable yere of the Lorde and the day of the vengeaunce of our God that I might comfort all them that are in heauinesse 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes ioyfull oyntment for sighing pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde that they might be called trees of righteousnesse a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in 4 They shall buylde the long rough wildernesse and set vp the olde desert they shall repayre the waste places and suche as haue ben voyde throughout many generations 5 Straungers shall stande and feede your cattell and the aliauntes shal be your plowmen and dressers of your vines 6 But ye shal be named the priestes of the Lorde and men shall call you the seruauntes of our God ye shall enioy the goodes of the gentiles and triumph in their substaunce 7 For your great reproofe you shal haue double ioy and for shame shall they haue ioy of their portion for they shall haue double possession in their lande and euerlasting ioy shal be with them 8 For I the Lorde whiche loue right and hate robberie though it were offered me shall make their workes full of faythfulnesse and make an euerlasting couenaunt with them 9 Their seede also and their generation shal be knowen among the gentiles and among the people all they that see them shall knowe that they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde 10 And therefore I am ioyfull in the Lorde and my soule reioyceth in God For he hath put vpon me the garment of saluation and couered me with the mantle of righteousnesse * He shal decke me lyke a bridegrome and as a bride that hath her apparell vpon her 11 For like as the ground bringeth foorth her fruite and as the garden shooteth foorth seede so shall the Lorde God cause righteousnesse and prayse to floorishe foorth before all the heathen The .lxij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe 1 FOr Sions sake wyll I not holde my tongue and for Hierusalems sake I wyll not ceasse vntill their righteousnesse breake foorth as the shining light and their saluation as a burning lampe 2 Then shall the gentiles see thy righteousnesse and all kynges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a newe name whiche the mouth of the Lorde shall shewe 3 Thou shalt be a crowne in the hande of the Lorde and a glorious garlande in the hande of thy God 4 From this tyme foorth thou shalt neuer be called the forsaken and thy lande shall no more be called the wildernesse but thou shalt be called My pleasure is in her and thy lande shal be called The maried woman for the Lorde loueth thee and thy land shal be ioyned in mariage 5 And lyke as a young man taketh a virgin to mariage so shal thy sonnes be maried vnto thee and as a bridegrome is glad of his bride so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee 6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde and ye also that remember the Lorde ye shall not kepe him close 7 Nor leaue to speake of him vntill Hierusalem be set vp and made the prayse of the worlde 8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme that from hencefoorth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne enemies nor thy vine wherein thou hast laboured to be drinke for the straungers 9 But they that haue gathered in the corne shall eate it and geue thankes to the Lorde and they that haue borne in the vine shall drinke it in the court of my sanctuarie 10 Go you go you thorowe the gates make cleane the way for the people make playne make playne the foote path and take away the stones out of it and set out a token for the people 11 Beholde the Lorde proclaymeth vnto the endes of the worlde tell the daughter Sion See thy sauiour commeth beholde he bringeth his recompence with hym and his worke go before hym 12 For they whom the Lorde deliuereth shal be called the holy people and as for thee thou shalt be named the greatlye occupied and not the forsaken citie The .lxiij. Chapter 7 Of the redemption promised to the people 1 WHat is he this that commeth frō Edom with red coloured clothes from Bosra He is honourablye arrayed and commeth in mightyly with his power I am he that teacheth righteousnesse and am of power to helpe 2 Wherefore then is thy clothing red and thy rayment like his that treadeth in the wine presse 3 I haue troden the presse my selfe alone and of all people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade them downe in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignation and their blood shal be sprong vpon my clothes and so wyll I stayne all my rayment 4 For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yere when my people shal be deliuered is come 5 I loked about me and there was no man to shewe me any helpe I marueyled that no man helde me vp Then I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse sustayned me 6 And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrath and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay their strength 7 I wyll declare the goodnesse of the Lorde yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs for the great good that he hath done for Israel whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauour and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses 8 For he sayde These no doubt are my people and no shrinking chyldren and so was he their sauiour 9 In their troubles he was also troubled with them and the angell that went foorth from his presence deliuered them of very loue and kindnesse that he had vnto them he redeemed them he hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the worlde began 10 But after they prouoked hym to wrath and vexed his holy spirite he was their enemie and fought against them hym selfe 11 Yet remembred Israel the olde time of Moyses and his people saying where is he that brought them from the water of the sea with them that feede his sheepe Where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them 12 He led them by the right hande of Moyses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gat him selfe an euerlasting name 13 He led them in the deepe as an horse is led in the playne that they shoulde not stumble 14 As a tame beast goeth in the fielde and the spirite of God geueth hym rest thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name withall 15 Loke downe then from heauen and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie Howe is it that
whē they had prayed they layde their handes on them 7 And the worde of God encreased the number of y e disciples multiplied in Hierusalem greatly and a great companie of the priestes were obedient to y e fayth 8 ☞ And Steuen full of fayth power dyd great wonders miracles among the people 9 Then there arose certaine of the synagogue which is called the synagogue of the Libertines and Cyrenians and of Alexandria and of Cilicia of Asia disputyng with Steuen 10 * And they coulde not resiste the wisedome and the spirite by the * whiche he spake 11 Then they priuilie prepared men whiche sayde we haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moyses and agaynst God 12 And they moued the people and the elders and the scribes and came vppon hym and caught him and brought him to the counsell 13 And brought foorth false witnesses which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe 14 For we hearde hym say that this Iesus of Nazareth shal destroy this place shall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moyses gaue vs 15 And all that sate in the counsell loking stedfastly on him saw his face as it had ben the face of an angell ¶ The .vij. Chapter 2 Steuen maketh aunswere to his accusation 51 rebuketh the harde necked Iewes 58 and is stoned to death 1 THen said y e chiefe priest Are these thynges so 2 And he said Ye men brethren and fathers hearken The God of glorie appeared vnto our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Charran 3 And sayde vnto him Get thee out of thy countrey frō thy kinrede come into the lande which I shall shew thee 4 Then came he out of the lande of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Charran and from thence whē his father was dead he brought hym into this lande wherin ye nowe dwell 5 And he gaue hym none wheritaunce in it no not the breadth of a foote and promised that he woulde geue it to hym to possesse and to his seede after hym when as yet he had no chylde 6 God veryly spake on this wyse that his seede shoulde soiourne in a straunge lande and that they shoulde kepe it in bondage and entreate them euyl foure hundreth yeres 7 And the nation to whom they shal be in bondage wyll I iudge sayde God And after that shall they come foorth serue me in this place 8 * And he gaue hym the couenaunt of circumcision And he begate Isaac and circumcised hym the eyght day and Isaac begate Iacob and Iacob begate the twelue patriarkes 9 And the patriarkes moued with enuie solde Ioseph into Egypt and God was with hym 10 And deliuered hym out of all his aduersities and gaue hym fauour wisedome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt and he made hym gouernour ouer Egypt ouer all his housholde 11 But there came a dearth ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan and great affliction that our fathers founde no sustenaunce 12 But when Iacob hearde that there was corne in Egypt he sent our fathers first 13 And at the second time Ioseph was knowen of his brethren and Iosephes kinrede was made knowen vnto Pharao 14 Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought and all his kynne three score and fyfteene soules 15 And Iacob descended into Egypt and dyed both he and our fathers 16 And were caryed ouer into Sichem and layde in the sepulchre that Abrahā bought for money of the sonnes of Emor the sonne of Sichem 17 But when the tyme of the promyse drewe nye whiche God had sworne to Abraham * the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt 18 Tyll another king arose which knew not of Ioseph 19 The same dealt subtilly with our kinrede and euyll intreated our fathers made them caste out their young chyldren that they shoulde not remayne alyue 20 The same tyme was Moyses borne and was acceptable vnto God and norished vp in his fathers house three monethes 21 And when he was cast out Pharaos daughter toke hym vp norished hym for her owne sonne 22 And Moyses was learned in all maner of wisedome of the Egyptians and was myghtie in deedes and in wordes 23 And when he was full fourtie yeres olde it came into his heart to visite his brethren the chyldren of Israel 24 And when he sawe one of them suffer wrong he defended hym and auenged his quarrell that had the harme done to hym and smote the Egyptian 25 For he supposed his brethren woulde haue vnderstande howe that God by his hande shoulde delyuer them But they vnderstoode not 26 And the next day he shewed hym selfe vnto them as they stroue and woulde haue set them at one agayne saying Sirs ye are brethren why do ye wrong one to another 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust hym awaye saying Who made thee a ruler and a iudge ouer vs 28 Wylt thou kyll me as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday 29 Then fledde Moyses at that saying and was a straunger in the lande of Madian where he begate two sonnes 30 And whē fourtie yeres were expired there appeared to hym in the wyldernesse of mount Sina an Angel of the Lorde in a flambe of fire in a busshe 31 When Moyses sawe it he wondred at y e sight And as he drue neare to behold the voyce of the Lord came vnto hym 32 I am the God of thy fathers y e God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and y e God of Iacob Then Moyses trembled durst not beholde 33 Then sayde the Lorde to hym Put of thy shoes from thy feete for the place where thou standest is holy grounde 34 I haue seene I haue seene the afflictiō of my people which is in Egypt and I haue hearde their gronyng and am come downe to deliuer them And now come I wyll sende thee into Egypt 35 This Moyses whom they forsoke saying who made thee a ruler and a iudge the same dyd God sende to be a ruler and a deliuerer by the handes of the angell whiche appeared to hym in the busshe 36 He brought them out shewyng wonders and signes in Egypt in the read sea in the wyldernesse fourtie yeres 37 This is that Moyses which saide vnto the chyldren of Israel A prophete shall the Lorde your God raise vp vnto you of your brethren lyke vnto me him shall ye heare 38 This is he that was in the Churche in y e wyldernesse with the angel which spake to hym in the mount Sinai and with our fathers This man receaued the worde of lyfe to geue vnto vs. 39 To whom our fathers woulde not obey but thrust it from them and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt 40 Saying vnto Aaron Make vs gods to go before vs.
dyd repent 14 He also reioyceth in God for the efficacie of his doctrine 17 confutyng therby such quarell pykers as vnder pretence of speakyng agaynst his person sought nothyng but the ouerthrowe of his doctrine 1 BVt I determined this in my selfe y t I would not come againe to you in heauynesse 2 For if I make you sorie who is he y t shoulde make me glad but the same which is made sorie by me 3 And I wrote this same vnto you lest when I came I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you all that my ioy is the ioy of you all 4 For in great affliction and anguishe of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shoulde be made sorie but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you 5 But yf any man hath caused sorowe the same hath not made me sorie but partly lest I shoulde greeue you all 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many 7 So that nowe contrarywise ye ought rather to forgeue hym and comforte hym lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse 8 Wherfore I pray you that you would confirme your loue towardes hym 9 For this cause veryly did I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye be obedient in all thynges 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng I forgeue also For if I forgaue any thing to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christe 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ☜ 12 Furthermore when I came to Troada to preache Christes Gospell and a doore was opened vnto me of the lorde 13 I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leaue of them and went away into Macedonia 14 Nowe thankes be vnto God whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place 15 For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued and in them which perisshe 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death vnto death and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is meete vnto these thynges 17 For we are not as many are whiche chop chaunge with the word of God but as of purenesse of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He taketh for example the fayth of the Corinthians for a probation of the trueth which he preached 6 and to exalt his apostleship agaynst the braggers of the false apostles 7.13 he maketh comparison betwixt the lawe and the Gospell 1 DO we begyn to prayse our selues agayne Or neede we as some other of epistles of recōmendation vnto you or letters of recommendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our heartes whiche is vnderstande and read of all men 3 Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with ynke but with the spirite of the lyuyng God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 ☞ Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde 5 Not that we are sufficiēt of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues but our ablenesse is of God 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter kylleth but the spirite geueth lyfe 7 Yf the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was in glorie so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses for the glorie of his countenaunce whiche glorie is done away 8 Howe shall not the ministration of the spirite be much more in glorie 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie ☜ 10 For euen that which was glorified is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious much more that which remayneth is glorious 12 Seyng then that we haue such truste we vse great boldnesse 13 And not as Moyses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shoulde not see for what purpose that serued which is put away 14 * But their myndes were blynded For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament which vayle is put away in Christe 15 But euen vnto this day when Moyses is read * the vayle is layde vppon their heart 16 Neuerthelesse * when it shall turne to the Lorde the vayle shal be taken away 17 The Lorde is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lorde is there is libertie 18 But we all behold as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glorie to glorie euen as of the spirite of the Lorde ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He declareth his diligence and roundnesse in his office 8 and that which his enemies toke for his disaduauntage to wit the crosse and affliction which he endured he turned it to his great aduauntage 11 17 shewyng what profite commeth therby 1 THerfore seyng that we haue such a ministerie as we haue receaued mercie we faynt not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftynesse neither handle we the word of God disceitefully but in openyng of the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God 3 ☞ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe which is the image of God should shine vnto them 5 ☞ For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse whiche hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christe 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellencie of the power be Gods and not ours 8 We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyft We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somewhat 9 We suffer persecution but are not forsaken therin We are cast downe but we perisshe not 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie ☜ 11 For we which lyue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in
prison and is made a kyng and another which is borne in the kyngdome commeth vnto pouertie 15 And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other 16 As for the people that haue ben before hym and that come after hym they are innumerable and they that come after hym shall not reioyce of hym This is also a vayne thyng and vexation of mynde 17 When thou commest into the house of God kepe thy foote and drawe nye that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles for they knowe naught but to do euyll The .v. Chapter 1 Not to speake lightly chiefly in Gods matters 9 The couetous can neuer haue enough 11 The labourers sleepe is sweete 14 Man when he dyeth taketh nothyng with hym 18 To lyue ioyfully and with a contented mynde is the gyft of God 1 BE not hasty with thy mouth and let not thine heart speake any thyng rashly before God For God is in heauen and thou vpon earth therfore let thy wordes be fewe 2 For where much carefulnesse is there are many dreames and where many wordes are there men may heare fooles 3 If thou make a vowe vnto God be not slacke to perfourme it As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them yf thou promise any thyng pay it 4 For better is it that thou make no vowe then that thou shouldest promise and not pay 5 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce and destroy all the worke of thyne handes 6 And why wheras are many dreames and many wordes there are also diuers vanities but loke that thou feare God 7 If thou seest the poore to be oppressed and wrongfully dealt withall so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande marueyle not thou at such a thyng for he that is hygher then the hyghest regardeth and there be hygher then they 8 The increase of the earth vpholdeth all thyng yea the kyng hym selfe is maynteyned by husbandry 9 He that loueth money wyll neuer be satisfied with money and he that loueth riches shal be without the fruite therof This is also a vayne thyng 10 Wheras much riches is there are many also that spende them away And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them sauyng that he may loke vpon them with his eyes 11 A labouryng man sleepeth sweetly whether it be litle or much that he eateth but the aboundaunce of the riche wyll not suffer hym to sleepe 12 Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne namely riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession 13 For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble and yf he haue a childe it getteth nothyng 14 Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe so goeth he thyther agayne and caryeth nothyng away with hym of all his labour 15 This is a miserable plague that he shall go euen as he came away What helpeth it hym then that he hath laboured in the wynde 16 All the dayes of his lyfe also he dyd eate in the darke with great carefulnesse sicknesse and sorowe 17 Therfore me thynke it a better and a fairer thyng a man to eate and drynke and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth hym for this is his portion 18 For vnto whom soeuer God geueth riches goodes and power he geueth it hym to enioy it to take it for his portion and to be refresshed of his labour this is the gyft of God 19 For he thinketh not much howe long he shall lyue forasmuch as God fylleth his heart with gladnesse The .vj. Chapter The miserable estate of hym to whom God hath geuen riches and not the grace to vse them 1 THere is yet a plague vnder the sunne and it is a generall thyng among men when God geueth a man riches goodes and honour so that he wanteth nothyng of all that his heart can desire and yet God geueth hym not leaue to enioy the same but another man spendeth them This is a vayne thyng and a miserable plague 2 If a man beget a hundred children and lyue many yeres so that his dayes are many in number and yet can not enioy his good neither be buryed as for hym I say that vntymely birth is better then he 3 For he commeth to naught spendeth his tyme in darknesse and his name is forgotten 4 Moreouer he seeth not the sunne and knoweth not of it and yet hath he more rest then the other 5 Yea though he lyued two thousande yeres yet hath he no good lyfe Come not all to one place 6 All the labour that a man taketh is for him selfe and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde 7 For what hath the wise more then the foole What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng 8 The cleare syght of the eye is better then that the soule shoulde walke after desires of the lust Howbeit this is also a vayne thyng and a disquietnesse of mynde 9 The thyng that hath ben is named alredy and knowen that it is euen man him selfe neither may he go to lawe with him that is mightier then he 10 Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie and what hath a man els 11 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life whiche is but a shadowe Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne The .vij. Chapter Diuers preceptes to folowe that whiche is good and to auoyde the contrary 1 A Good name is more worth then precious oyntment the day of death is better thē the day of byrth 2 It is better to go into an house of mourning then into a banketting house For there is the ende of all men and he that is liuing taketh it to heart 3 Grauitie is better then to laugh for when the countenaunce is heauie the heart is refourmed 4 The heart of the wise is in the mourning house but the heart of the foolishe is in the house of myrth 5 It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man then to heare the songue of fooles 6 For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot and that is but a vayne thing 7 The wyse man hateth wrong dealing and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes 8 Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning The pacient of spirite is better then the hye minded 9 Be not hastyly angrie in thy
minde for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles 10 Say not thou What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe for that were no wyse question 11 Wysdome with inheritaunce is good yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne 12 For wysdome defendeth aswell as money and the excellent knowledge wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession 13 Consider the worke of God how that no man can make the thing straight whiche he maketh crooked 14 Vse well the tyme of prosperitie and remember the tyme of misfortune for God doth so temper the one and the other that a man can finde nothing els 15 All thinges haue I considered in the time of my vanitie that the iust man perisheth for his righteousnesse sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse 16 Therfore be thou neither to righteous nor ouer wyse that thou perishe not 17 Be neither to vnrighteous also nor to foolishe lest thou die before thy time 18 It is good for thee to take holde of this and not to let that go out of thy hande For he that feareth God commeth foorth with them all 19 Wysdome geueth more courage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good and sinneth not 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee for thyne owne heart knoweth that thou thy self also hast ofttimes spoken euyll by other men 22 All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome for I thought to be wyse but she went farther fro me then she was before yea and so deepe that I might not reache vnto her 23 I applied my minde also vnto knowledge and to seeke and searche out science wysdome and vnderstanding to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the errour of doting fooles 24 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with and her handes are chaynes Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her but the sinner wyll be taken with her 25 Beholde saith the preacher this haue I diligently searched out and proued One thing must be considered with another that a man may come by knowledge which as yet I seeke and finde it not 26 Among a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman among all 27 Lo this onlye haue I founde that * God made man iust and right but they sought many inuentions ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 To obey princes and magistrates 17 The workes of God passe mans knowledge 1 WHo is wise who hath knowledge to make an aunswere A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour 2 Kepe the kynges commaundement namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight and see thou continue in no euyll thing for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym that doth he 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who may say vnto him what doest thou 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement shall feele no harme but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement 6 For euery thing wyll haue oportunitie and iudgement and this is the thing that maketh men full of carefulnesse and sorowe 7 And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who can tell hym when it shal be 8 Neither is there any man that hath power ouer the spirite to kepe styll the spirite nor to haue any power in the tyme of death nor that can make an ende of the battayle neither may vngodlynesse deliuer them that meddle withall 9 All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme 10 For I haue seene often the vngodly brought to their graues and yet they haue returned into the citie agayne and came from the place of holy men whiche in the citie were growen out of memorie as were those also that liued well This is also a vayne thing 11 Because nowe that euyll workes are not hastyly punished the heart of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wickednesse 12 Because an euyll person offendeth an hundred tymes and God deferreth geuing hym long life therefore am I sure that it shall go well with them that feare God whiche haue hym before their eyes 13 Againe as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him neither shall he prolong his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God 14 Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Againe there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous This haue I called also a vayne thing 15 Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne then to eate and drinke and to be merie for that shall he haue of his labour al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne 16 And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of suche a fashion that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night 17 I vnderstoode of all the workes of God but it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto the workes that are done vnder the sunne and though he bestowe his labour to seeke them out yet can he not reach vnto them yea though a wyse man would vndertake to know them yet shall he not finde them ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 By no outwarde thing can man know whom God loueth or hateth 11 No man knoweth his ende 1◠Wysdome excelleth strength 1 FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seeke out The righteous wise yea their seruauntes also are in the hand of God and there is no man that knoweth eyther loue or hate but all thinges are before them 2 It happeneth vnto one as vnto another it goeth with the righteous as with the vngodly with the good and cleane as with the vncleane with hym that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the sinner as it happeneth vnto the pariured so happeneth it also to hym that is afrayde to be forsworne 3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne this is a miserie that it happeneth vnto all alike This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue vntyll they dye 4 And why as long