sokettes off brasse for them ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ANd thou shalt make an altare of sethim wodd fyue cubettes longe aÌ„d .v. cubettes brode that it be fouresquare and .iij. cubettes hye And make it hornes proceding out in the .iiij. corners of it and couer it with brasse And make his asshepannes shovels basens fleshhokes fyrepannes and all the apparell there of of brasse after the fascyon of a net aÌ„d put apon the nette .iiij. rynges euen in the .iiij. corners of it and put it beneth vnder the compasse of the altare and let the net reache vnto the one halfe of the altare And make staues for the altare of sethim wodd and couer theÌ„ wyth brasse and let them be put in rynges alonge by the sydes off the altare to bere it with all And make the altare holowe with bordes euen as it was shewed the in the mount so lett them make it And thou shalt make a courte vnto the habitacion which shall haue in the fouth syde haÌ„gynges of twyned bysse beyng an hundred cubettes longe and .xx. pilers thereof with there xx sokettes of brasse but the knoppes of the ¶ The forme of the alter of the burntosâ—rynge with his hornes ringes staues gredyernes and other ornametes And in the gate of the courte shal be a vayle of .xx. cubettes of lacyncte scarlet purpul and twyned bysse wroughte with nedle worke and .iiij. pilers with their .iiij. sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shal be whoped with syluer and their knoppes of syluer and their sokettes of brasse The length of the courte shall be an hundred cubettes and the bredth fiftye and the heygth fyue and the hangynges shal be of twyned bysse and the sokettes of brasse And all the vessels of the habitacion to all maner seruyce aÌ„d the pynnes there of ye and the pynnes also of the courte shal be brasse ¶ The figure of the orderinge of all the 〈◊〉 which must stande in the tabernacle And commaunde the childern of Israel that they geue the pure oyle olyue beaten for the lyghtes to poure all way in to the lampes In the tabernacle of witnesse without the vayle wich is before the wytnesse shall Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes dresse it both even and mornynge FroÌ„ hâ— ce vnto the bokes ende aÌ„d therovvâ— out att the nexte boke thou shalt se vvhat moued the Pope and vvhence he â—â—ke the fascion of the garmeÌ„tes and ornamâ—tes that are novve vsed in the chyrche and the maner of halovvenge off the church altare chalice â—onte belles aÌ„d so forth aÌ„d is become as it vvere a prest of the olde â—avve aÌ„d haue brought vs in to â—apâ—suite as it vvere vnder the cerâ—monies of the old lavve saue their spak and ours bedomâ—â—â— before the Lorde And it shal be a dewtie for euer vnto youre generacyous after you to be geuen of the childern of Israel The .xxviij. Chapter ANd take thou vnto the Aaron thi brother and his sonnes with him from amonge the childern of Israel that he maye minystre vnto me both Aaron Nadab Abiliu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes And thou shalt make holye rayment for Aaron thy brother both honorable and gloryous Moreouer speake vnto all that are wyse harted which I haue fylled with the sprete of wysdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate him wyth that he maye mynistre vnto me These are the garmentes which they shall make a brestlappe Ephod a tunycle a strayte cote a myter and a girdell And they shall make holye garmentes for Aaron thi brother aÌ„d his soÌ„nes that he maye mynistre vnto me And they shal take there to golde lacincte scarlet ¶ The forme of Aaron with all his apparell And they shall make the Ephod of golde Iacyncte scarlett purpull aÌ„d white twyned bysse with broderdworke The two sydes shall come together clossed vppe in the edges thereof And the girdell of the Ephod shal be of the same workemanshippe aÌ„d of the same stufle euen of golde Iacyncte scarlete purpull aÌ„d twyned bysse And thou shalt take two onyx stones and graue in them the names of the childern of Israel sixe in the one stone and the other sixe in the other stone acordinge to the order of their birth After the worke of a stonegrauer eueÌ„ as sygnettes are grauen shalt thou graue the. ij stones with the names of the childern of Israel aÌ„d shalt make theÌ„ to be set in ouches of golde And thou shalt put the two stones apoÌ„ the two shulders of the Ephod aÌ„d they shal be stones off remembraunce vnto the childern off Israel And Aaron shall bere their names before the Lorde vppon hys two shulders for a remembraunce And thou shalt make hokes off golde and two cheynes off fine golde lynkeworke and wrethed and fasten the wrethed cheynes to the hokes And thou shalt make the brestlappe of ensample with broderd worke eueÌ„ after the worke of the Ephod shalt thou make it of golde Iacyncte scarlet purple aÌ„d twyned bysse shalt thou make it Fouresquare it shall be aÌ„d double an hand brede longe and an hand brede brode And thou shalt fyll it with .iiij. rowes of stones In the first rowe shal be a Sardios a Topas and Smaragdus The seconde rowe a Rubyn Saphir and a Diamonde The thyrd Lygurios an Acatt and Amatist The fourth a Turcas Onix and Iaspis And they shal be sett in golde in their inclosers And the stones shal be grauen as sygnettes be graueÌ„ with the names of the childern of Israel euen with xij names euery one with his name acordynge to the .xij. trybes And thou shalt make vppon the brestlappe .ij. fasteninge cheynes of pure golde aÌ„d wrethen worke And thou shalt make likewyse vppon the brestlappe .ij. rynges of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlappe and put the .ij. wrethen cheynes of golde in the .ij. rynges which are in the edges of the brestlappe And the .ij. endes of the .ij. cheynes thou shalt fasten in the .ij. rynges and put them vppon the shulders of the Ephod on the foresyde of it And thou shalt yet make .ij. rynges of golde aÌ„d put theÌ„ in the .ij. edges of the brestlappe eueÌ„ in the borders there of towarde the insyde of the Ephod that is ouer agaynst it And yet .ij. other riÌ„ges of golde thou shalt make aÌ„d Light aÌ„d perfectenesse In Hebrue it is lightes aÌ„d perfectnesses aÌ„d I thynke that the one vvete stones that did glister aÌ„d had light in them and the other clere stones as cristall And the lighte betokened the light of Godes vvorde and the purenesse cleane livinge acordvnge to the saute and vvas therefore called the ensamp'e of the childern of Israel because it put theÌ„ in remembraunce to sâ—ke Gods vvorde â—d to do there af â–ª put theÌ„ on the .ij. sydes of the Ephod beneth ouer agaynst the brestlappe alowe where the sydes are ioyned together vppoÌ„ the brodered girdell of the Ephod And they shall bynde the brestlappe by his rynges vnto the
yf I haue foūde grace in thi sighte o Lorde than let my Lorde goo with us for it is a stuburne people and haue mercy apō oure wikednesse ād oure synne and let us be thyne enheritaunce And he sayde beholde I make an appoyntment before all this people that I will do maruells soch as haue not bene done ◠all the worlde nether amōge any nacyon And all the people amonge which thou art shall se the worke of the Lorde for it is a terryble thinge that I will doo with the kepe all that I commaunde the this daye and beholde I will cast out before the the Amorites Canaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites Take hede to thi selfe that thou make no compacte with the inhabiters of the lōde whether thou goest lest it be cause of ruyne amonge you But ouerthrowe their alters and breke their pilers and cutt doune their grooues for thou shalt worshippe no straunge God For the Lorde is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agreament with the inhabiters of the lande when they go a whoorynge after their goddes ād do sacrifyce vnto their goddes they call the and thou eate of their sacrifyce ād thou take of their doughters vnto thi sonnes and when their doughters goo a whoorynge after their goddes they make thi sonnes goo a whoorynge after their goddes also Thou shalt make the no goddes of metall The fest of swete bred shalt thou kepe ād vij dayes thou shalt eate vnleuended bred as I commaunded the in the tyme apoynted in the moneth of Abib for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egipte All that breaketh vp the matryce shal be mine and all that breaketh the matryce amonge thi catell yf it be male whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of the asse thou shalt by out with a shepe or yf thou redeme him not se thou breake his necke All the firstborne of thi sonnes thou must That is a god texte for the pope◠nedes redeme And se that no mā appeare before me emptye Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and the seuēth thou shalt rest both from earynge and reapynge Thou shalt obserue the feast of wekes with the fyrst frutes of wheate heruest ād the feast of ingaderynge at the yeres ende Thrise in a yere shall all youre men children appeare before the Lorde Ichouah God of Israel for I will cast out the nacyons before the and will enlarge thi costes so that no man shall desyre thi londe while thou goest vp to appeare before the face of the Lorde thi God thryse in the yere Thou shalt not offre the bloude of my sacrifyce with leuended bred nether shall ought of the sacrifyce of the feast of Passeover be lefte vnto the morninge The first of the firstfrutes of thy lōde thou shalt brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God And se that thou seth not a kydd in his mothers mylke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write these wordes for vppon these wordes I haue made a couenaunt with the and with the childern of Israel And he was there with the Lorde .xl. dayes ād .xl. nyghtes ād nether ate bred nor dronke water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenaunt euen ten verses And Moses came doune from mount Sinai and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande and yet he wyst not that the skynne of his face shone with beames of his comenynge with him And when Aaron and all the childern of Israel loked apon Moses and sawe that the skynne of his face shone with beames they were a frayde to come nye him But he called thē to him and then Aaron and all the chefe of the companye came vnto him ād Moses talked with them And at the last all the childern of Israel came vnto him and he commaunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto him in mount Sinai And as soone as he had made an ende of comenynge with them he put a couerynge apō his face But whēhe went before the Lorde to speak with him he toke the couerīge of vntill he came out And he came out and spake The Pope speaketh that whiche he is not commaunded vnto the childern of Israel that which he was commaunded And the childern of Israel sawe the face of Moses that the skynne of his face shone with beames but Moses put a couerynge vppon his face vntill he went in to comen with him The .xxxv. Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the companye of the childern of Israel together and sayde vnto them these are the thinges which the Lorde hath commaunded to doo Sixe dayes ye shall worke but the seuenth daye shal be vnto you the holy Sabbath of the Lordes rest so that whosoeuer doth any worke there in shall dye Moreouer ye shall kyndle no fyre thorow out all youre habitacyons apō the Sabbath daye And Moses spake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel sainge this is the thinge which the Lorde cōmaūded saynge Geue frō amōge you an heueoffringe vnto the Lorde All thatt are willynge in their hartes shall brynge heueoffringes vnto the Lorde golde syluer brasse Iacyncte scarlet purpull bysse ād gootes hare rams skynnes red and taxus skynnes and Sethim wodd and oyle for lightes ād spices for the anoyntynge oyle ād for the swete cens And Onixstones and stones to be sett for the Ephod and for the brestlappe And let all them that are wyseharted amōge you come and make all that the Lorde hath commaunded the habitacion and the tens there of with his couerynge ād his rynges bordes barres pilers and sokettes the arke and the staues thereof with the mercyseate ād the vayle that couereth it the table and his staues with all that perteyneth thereto ād the shewebred the candelsticke of lighte with his apparell and his lampes ād the oyle for the lightes the censalter and his staues the anoyntynge oyle and the swete cens ād the hangynge before the tabernacle dore the alter of burntsacrifyces ād his brasen gredyren that longeth there to with his staues ād all his ordynaūce ād the lauer and his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pilers and their sokettes and the hangynge to the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacion and the pynnes of the courte with their boordes the mynystrynge garmentes to mynystre with in holynesse and the holy vestimentes of Aaron the preast and the vestimentes of his sonnes to mynystre in And all the companye of the childern of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And they went as many as their hartes coraged them and as many as their spirites made them willynge and broughte heueoffrynges vnto the Lord to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse and for all his vses and for the holy vestmentes And the men came with the wemen euen as manye as were willynge harted and brought bracelettes earynges rynges and girdels and all maner Iewels of golde And all the men that waued
excludeth hiÌ„ what is the cause of this vnbeleffe verely no synne that the world seyth but a pope holynesse a rightuousnes of their awne imaginacion as Paule sayeth Roma .x. They be ignorauÌ„te of y rightuousnes wherwith god iustifieth haue set vp a rightuousnes of their awne makige thorow which they be disobedieÌ„t vnto yâ— rightuousnes of god And Christ rebuketh not the phariseys for grosse synnes whiche the worlde sawe but for those holyedeades whiche so blered the eyes of the worlde that they were takeÌ„ as goddes eueÌ„ for long prayers for fastynge for tythiÌ„ge so diligeÌ„tly that they lefte not so moch as their herbes vnlithed for their clennesse in wasshynge before meate and for washynge of cuppes dishes and all maner vessels for buyldinge the prophetes sepulchres and for kepinge the holy daye and for turnynge the he then vnto the fayth and forgevynge of almes For vnto soch holy deades they ascribed rightuousnes and therfore when the rightuousnesse of god was preached vnto them they coude not but persecute it the devell was so stronge in theÌ„ Which thinge Christ well describeth Luce .xi. sayenge that after the devell is cast out he cometh agayne and fyndeth his house swepte and made gaye and then taketh seuen we â–ª sethen him selfe and dwelleth therein and so is the ende of that man worse then the beginnynge That is when they be a litle clensed from grosse synnes whiche the worlde seyth and then made gaye in their awne syght with the rightuousnes of tradicions then cometh seuen that is to saye the hole power of yâ— devell for seueÌ„ with yâ— hebrues signifieth a multitude without uuÌ„bre the extremyte of a thinge is a speach borowed I suppose out of leuiticus where is so oft mencion made of seneÌ„ Where I wolde saye I will punish the that all the world shall take an ensample of the there the Jewe wold saye I will circumcyse the or baptise the .vii. tymes And so here by seuen is ment all the devels of hell all yâ— might power of the devell For vnto what further blindnesse coude al the deuels in hell bringe theÌ„ then to make them beleue yâ— they were iustified thorow their awne good workes For wheÌ„ they once beleued yâ— they were purged froÌ„ their synnes made rightuousse thorowe their awne holye workes what rowme was there lefte for yâ— rightuousnes yâ— is in christes bloudeshedinge And therfore wheÌ„ they be fallen in to this blindnesse they caÌ„ not but hate persecute the light And the more cleare evidently their deades be rebuked yâ— furiousser maliciousser blind are thei vntill they breake out in to opeÌ„ blasphemye synnynge agenst yâ— holy gost which is yâ— malicious persecutâ—ge of the clearetrouth so manifestly proued that they caÌ„ not once hijsh agenst it As the pharesyes persecuted Christ because he rebuked their holy deades And when he proued his doctrine with yâ— scriptu miracles yet though they coude not improue him nor reason agenst him they tought yâ— the scripture must haue some other meaninge because his interpretacion vndermyned their fundacion plucked vpp by the rootes the sectes which they had plaÌ„ted they ascribed also his miracles to the deuell And in like maner though oure ypocrites can not dâ—â—nye but this is the scripture yet because there can be no nother sens gathered thereof but that ouerthroweth their byldynges therfore they euer thinke that it hath some other meanynge than as the wordes sounde and that no man vnderstondeth it or vnderstode it sene the tyme of the Apostles Or yf they thynke that some that wrote vppon it sens the apostles vnderstode it they yet thynke that we in like maner as we vnderstonde not the texte it self so we vnderstande not the meanynge of the wordes of that docroure For when thou layest the iustifyinge of holy workes and denyest the iustifyinge of fayth howe canst thou vnderstond saynt Paule Peter Iohan and the Actes of the apostles or any scripture at all seynge the iustifyinge of faith is almost all that they entende to proue Fynally concernynge vowes whereof thou readest chaptre .xxx. there maye be many questyons whereunto I answere shortly that we ought to put salt to all oure offerynges that is we ought to ministre knowledge in all ovre workes and to do nothinge wherof we coude not geue a reason out off gods wordes We be now in the daye light and all the secretes of God and all his counsell and will is opened vnto vs and he yâ— was promysed shuld come and blesse vs is come alredye and hath shed his bloude for vs and hath blessed vs with all maner blessynges and hath obrayned all grace for vs and in him we haue all Wherfore god hence forth will receave nomoare sacrifices off beestes of vs as thou readest Hebre .x. Yf thou burne vnto God the bloude or fatt of beestes to obtayne forgeuenesse of synnes therby or that god shuld the better heare thy requeste then thou doest wronge vnto the bloude of Christ and Christ vnto the is dead in vayne For in him god hath promysed not forgeuenesse of synnes only but also what soeuer we axe to kepe vs from synne aÌ„d temptacyon with all And what yf thou burne frankencens vnto him what yf thou burne a candle what yf thou burne thy chastite or virginite vnto him for the same purpose doest thou not like rebuke vnto christes bloude Moreouer if thou offer gold syluer or any other good for the same entent is there any difference And euen so yf thou goo in pylgremage or fastist or goest wolwarde or sprinclest thy selfe with holy water or els what soeuer dead it is or observest what soeuer ceremonye it be for like meanynge then it is like abhominacion We must therfore bringe the salt of the knowledge of gods worde with all oure sacrifices or els we shall make no swete sauoure vnto god thereof Thou wilt axe me shall I vowe nothinge at all yes God 's commaundement whiche thou hast vowed in thy baptyme For what entent Verely for the loue of Christ whiche hath bought the with his bloude and made the sonne and heyre of god with him that thou shuldest wayte on his will and commaundmentes and puryfye thy membres acordynge to the same doctryne that hath purifyed thyne harte For yf the knowlege of goddes woâ—de haue not purifyed thyne harte so that thou consentest vnto the lawe of God that it is rightuous and good and sorowest that thy membres moue the vnto the contrarye so hast thou no parte with christ For yf thou repent not of thy synne so it is impossible that thou shuldest beleue that Christ had delyuered the from the daunger therof Yf thou beleue not that Christ hathe delyuered the so is it impossible that thou shuldest loue gods commaundmentes Yf thou loue not the commaundmentes so is Christes sprete not in the which is the ernest of forgeuenesse of synne and of saluacion For scripture teacheth
of barlye meele but shall poure none oyle therevnto nor put frankencens thereon for it is an offerynge of gelousye and an offerynge that maketh remembraunce of synne And let the preast brynge her and sett her before the Lorde and let him take holy water in an erthen vessell of the dust that is in yâ— flore of the habyracyon and put it in to the water And the preast shall set the wyfe before the Lorde and vncouer hir heed and put the memoryall of the offerynge in hyr handes whiche is the gelousye offerynge and yâ— preast shall haue bytter and cursynge water in his hande and he shall coniure her and shall saye vnto her Yf no man haue lyen wyth the nether haste gone asyde and defyled thy selfe behynde thy husbonde then haue thou no harme of this bytter cursynge water But and yf thou hast gone asyde behynde thyne husbonde and art defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thyne husbonde and let the preaste coniure her with the coniuracyon of the curse and saye vnto her the Lorde make the a curse and a coniuracyon amonge thy people so that the Lorde make thy thye rotte and thy bely swell and thys bytter cursynge water goo in to the bowels of the that thy bely swell and thy â—rotâ—e and the wyfe shall saye Amen Amen And the preast shall wrytte this curse in a byll and wasshe it out in the bytter water And when the cursynge water ys yn her that it is bytter then let the preast take the gelousy offerynge out of the wyfes hande and waue it before the Lorde and brynge iâ— vnto the altare and he shall take an handefull off the memoryall offerynge and burne it apon the alter and then make her dryncke the water and when he hath made her drynke the water Yf she be defyled and haue trespased agenst her husbond then shall the cursynge water goo in to her and be so bitter yâ— hir bely shall swell and hir thye shall roâ—te she shal be a curse amonge hir people And yf she be not defyled but is cleane then she shall haue no harme but that she maye conceaue This is the lawe of gelonsye when a wyfe goeth a syde behynde hyr husbonde aÌ„d is defyled or when the spirite of gelousye cometh apon a man so that he is gelouse ouer his wife then he shall beinge her before the Lorde and the preast shall ministre all thie lawe vn to her the man shal be giltlesse the wyfe shall bere hir synne ¶ The .vi. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto yâ— childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them when ether man or woman appoâ—nteth to vowe a vowe of abstinence for to abstene vnto the Lorde he shall abstene from wyne and stronge drynke and shall dryncke no vynegre of wyne or of stronge drynke nor shal drynke what soeuer is pressed out of grapes shal eate no fresh grapes nether yet dryed as loÌ„ge as his absimeÌ„ce eÌ„dureth Moreouer he shall eate nothyng yâ— is made of the vynetre no nâ—â— so moch as yâ— cornelâ— or the huske of the grape And as longe as the vowe of his abslinâ—ce endureth there shall no rasure nor sheres come apon his heed vntill his dayes be out which he fasâ—eth vnto the Lorde and he shal be holy and shall let the lockes of his heer growe As longe as he abâ—â—enâ—th vnto the Lorde he shall come at no deed bodye he shall not make him selfe vncleane at the deeth of his father mother brother or syster for the abstineÌ„ce of his God is apon his heed And therfore as longe as his abstynence lasteth he shalâ— be hely vnto the Lorde And yf iâ— fortune that any man by chaunce dye sedenly before him and defyle the heed of his abstineÌ„ce â—hen must he shaue his heed the daye of his â—lâ—syngâ— â–ª euen the seuenth daye he shall shaue it And the eyght daye he shall brynge .ij. turtels or .ij. yonge pigeons to the preast vnto yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse And yâ— preast shall offer the one for a synofferynge and the other for a burntofferynge make an aronement for him as concernynge that he synned apon the deed and shall also halowe his heed the same daye and he shall abstene vpto the Lorde theryme of his abstinencye and shall brynge a lambe of aâ— yere olde for a trespace offerynge but the dayes yâ— were before are lost because his abstinence was defyled ¶ This is the lawe of the absteyner when the tyme of his abstineÌ„ce is out he shal be broughte vnto yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse he shall brynge his offerynge vnto yâ— Lord an he laÌ„be of a yere olde with out blemysh fâ—r a burntofferynge a she lambe of a yere olde without blemysh for a synofferynge a ram without blemysh also for a peaseofferynge a basket of swete breed of fyne floure myngled with oyle wafers of swete bred anoyntyd with oyle with meatofferynges aÌ„d drynkofferynges that longe thereto And the preast shall brynge him before yâ— Lorde offer his synofferynge his burntofferynge shall offer yâ— ram for a peaseofferynge vnto yâ— Lorde with the basker of swete brede aÌ„d the preast shall offer also his meat offerynge his drynckofferynge And yâ— absâ—yner shall shaue his heed in yâ— dore of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d shall take the heer of his sober heed put it in yâ— fyre which is vnder the peaseofferynge Then the preast shall take the sodden shulder of yâ— ram aÌ„d one swete cake out of yâ— basket one swete wafer also aÌ„d put them in the haÌ„de of the absteâ—ner after he hath shaneÌ„ his abstineÌ„ce of the preast shall waue them vnto the Lorde which offerynge shal be holy vnto the preast with yâ— wauebrest and heue shulder then the absâ—eyner mayâ— drynke wyne This is the lawe of the absieyner which hath vowed his offerynge vnto â— Lorde for his abstynence besydes that his haÌ„de can gete And acordyng to the vowe which he vowed euen so he must doo in the lawe of his abstinence And the Lorde talked with Moses sayengâ— speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes sayeÌ„â—â— of this wise ye shall blesse the childern of â—ere of ye se that AaroÌ„ wher he lift vpp his hande and blessed the people was not dumme as oure bisshopes be Ysrael saynge vnto them The lordeblesse the and kepe the. The lorde make his face shyne apon the be mercyfull vnto the. The lorde lifte vpp his countenaâ—nce apoÌ„ the and geue the peace For ye shall put my name apon the childern of Ysrael that Imaye blessethem ¶ The .vij. Chapter ANd when Moses had full sett vp the habitacion and anoynted it aÌ„d sanctifyed it and all the apparell thereof and had anoynted and sanctifyed yâ— alter also and all the vessels there of then the prynces of Ysrael heedes ouer the housses of their fathers which were the lordes of the trybes that stode aÌ„d numbred
eyes of these men we wyll not come And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the Lorde Turne not vnto their offerynges I haue not taken so moch as an asse Can ourepre lates so saye from them nether haue vexed any of them Then Moses sayed vnto Corah Be thou aÌ„d all thy companye before the Lorde both thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery man his censer and put cens in them come before the Lorde euery man with hys censer two hundred and fyftie censers and Aaron with his censer And they toke euery man his censer and put fyre in them layed cens thereon and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and Moses Aaron also And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge separate youre selues from this congregacion that I maye consume them a tonce And they fell apon their faces and sayed O most myghtie God of the spirites of all fleshe one maÌ„ hath synned and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the congregacion and saye Gett you awaye from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan AbiraÌ„ the elders of Israel folowed him And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche nothinge of theres lest ye peryshe in all there synnes And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And Dathan and Abiram came out stode in the dore of there teÌ„tes with their wyues their sonnes and their childern And Moses sayed Hereby ye shall knowe that the Lorde hath sent me to doo all the se workes and that I haue not done them of myne awne mynde Yf these men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be visyted after the visitacion of all men then the Lorde hath not sent me But and yf the Lorde make a newe thinge and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe them and all that pertayne vnto them so that they goo doune quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstoÌ„d that these meÌ„ haue rayled apon the Lorde And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde claâ—e a sunder that was vnder them and yâ— erth opened hir mouthe and swalowed them and their housses and all the meÌ„ that were with Corah and all their goodes And they and all that pertayned vnto them went doune alyue vnto hell and the erthe closed apon them and they peryshed from amonge the congregacyon And all Israel that were aboute them fledde at the crye of them For they sayed The erthe myghte happelye swalowe vs also And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge and scater the fyre here and there for the censers of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes and let them be beten in to thyne plaâ—es and fastened apon the altare For they offred theÌ„ before the Lorde and therfore they are holye and they shal be a sygne vnto the childern of Israel And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them and fastened them vppon the altare to be a remembraunce vnto the childern of Israel that no straunger whiche is not of the seed of Aaron come nere to offer cens before the Lorde that he be not made like vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayed vnto him by the hande of Moses And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge ye haue kylled the people of the Lorde And when the multitude was gathered agenste Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of witnesse And beholde the cloude had couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Gett you from this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckelye And they fell apon theyr faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron take a censer and put fyre therein out of the alter and poure on cens and goo quyckly vnto the coÌ„gregacion and make an attonement for theÌ„ For there is wrath gone oute from the Lorde and there is a plage begone And Aaron toke as Moses commaunded him and ran vnto the congregacion and beholde the plage was begone amonge the people and he put on cens and made an attonement for the people And he stode betwene the deed and them that were alyue and the plage ceased And the numbre of them that dyed in the plage were .xiiij. thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynes of Corah And Aaron went agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse and the plage ceased ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel and take of them for euery pryncypall housse a rod of their princes ouer the housses of their fathers euen .xij. roddes and wryte euery mans name apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe of Leui for euery heedman ouer the housses of their fathers shall haue a rod. And put theÌ„ in the tabernacle of witnesse where I wyll mete you And his rod whom I chose shall blossome So I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which they grudge agenst you And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel and all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their fathers housses a rod euen xij roddes and the rod of Aaron was amonge the rodes And Moses put yâ— roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse And on the morowe Moses went in to the tabernacle and beholde the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui was budded bare blosomes and almondes And Moses broughte out all the staues from before the Lorde vnto all the childern of Israel thei loked apon them and toke euery man his staffe And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token vnto the childern of re bellyon that their murmurynges maye ceasse frome that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde we are destroyed and all come to nought for whosoeuer cometh nyethe dwellynge of the Lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume awaye ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayed vnto Aaron â–ª Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers housse with the shall bere the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And