mater then an allegorye And contrary wyse there is not a better vehementer or myghtyer thinge to make a man vnderstond with all then an allegory For allegoryes make a man qwick witted and prynte wysdome in him and maketh it to abyde to here bare wordes go but in at the one eare and out at the other As this with soch like sayenges put salt to all youre sacrifices in steade of this sentence do all youre deades with discrecion greteth and biteth yf it be vnderstond moare thē playne wordes And when I saye in steade off these wordes bost not youre self of your good deades eate not the bloude nor the fatt of youre sacrifice there is as great differēce betwene them as there is distaunce betwene heauen ād erth For the liffe and beutye of all good deades is of God and we are but the caren leane we are onlye the instrument whereby god worketh only but the power is his As god created Paule a newe poured hys wisdome in to him gaue him mighte and promysed him that his grace shuld neuer fayle him c. and all without deservinges excepte that nurteringe the sayntes and makinge them curse and rayle on Christ be meritorious Now as it is death to eate the bloude or fatte of any sacrifice is it not thinke ye damnable to robbe god of his honoure and to gloryfye my self with his honoure ¶ The THYRDE BOke of Moses Called Leuiticus ¶ The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ The firste Chapter ANd the Lorde called Moses And spake vnto him oute off the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge Speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Who soeuer of you shall bringe a gifte vnto the Lorde shall bringe it of the catell euen of the oxen and of the shepe Yf he brynge a burntoffrynge of the oxen he shall offre a male without blimesh and shal brynge ▪ him to the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse that he maye be accepted before the Lorde And let him put his hande apon the heed of the burntsacrifice and fauoure shal be geuen him to make an attonemēt for hym ād let him kyll the oxe before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes brynge the bloude and let them sprinckell it rounde aboute apon the alter that is before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And let the burntoffrynges be strypped and hewed in peces And thē let the sonnes of Aaron the preast put fire apō the alter and put wodd apon the fire and let them laye the peces with the heed and the fatte apon the wod that is on the fire in the alter But the inwardes ād the legges they shall wash in water and the preast shall burne altogither apon the alter that it be a burntsacrifice and an offerynge of a swete odoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntsacrifice of the shepe whether it be of the lambes or of the gootes he shall offer a male without blimesh And let him kyll it on the north syde of the alter before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes sprinkle the bloude of it rounde aboute apon the alter And let it be cut in peces euen with his heed and his fatte and let the preast putte them apon the wodd that lyeth apon the fire in the alter But let him wash the inwardes and the legges with water and than bringe altogether and burne it apon the alter that is a burntoffrynge and a sacrifice of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntoffrynge of the foules he shall offer eyther of the turtyll doues or of the ionge pigeons And the preast shall brynge it vnto the alter and wrynge the necke a sundre of it and burne it on the alter and let the bloude runne out apon the sydes of the alter ād plucke awaye his croppe ād his fethers ād cast thē besyde the alter on the east parte vppō the hepe of asshes ād breke his winges but plucke thē not a sundre And thē let the preast burne it vpō the alter euē apō the wodd that lyeth apō the fire a burntsacrifice ād an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde ¶ The seconde Chapter YF any soule will offer a meatoffrynge vnto the Lorde his offerynge shal be fine floure and he shall poure thereto oyle ād put frankencens theron and shall bringe it vnto Aarons sonnes the preastes And one of them shall take thereout his handfull of the floure and of the oyle with all the frankencēs ād burne it for a memoriall apō the alter an offryng of a swete sauoure vnto the Lord. And the rēnaunt of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons ād his sonnes as a thinge most holye of the sacrifices of the Lorde Yf any mā bringe a meatoffrynge that is bakē in the ouē let him brynge swete cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle ād vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Yf thy meatoffrynge be baken in the fryenge pan then it shal be of swete floure mingled with oyle And thou shalt mynce it small ād poure oyle thereon ād so is it a meatoffrynge Yf thy meatofferynge be a thynge broyled vppon the greadyerne of floure myngled with oyle it shal be And thou shalt brynge the meatoffryng that is made of these thinges vnto the Lorde and shalt delyuer it vnto the preast and he shall brynge it vnto the altare and shall heue vppe parte of the meatoffrynge for a memoriall and shall burne it apon the alter an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that which is left of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons and his sonnes as a thynge that is most holye of the offerynges off the Lorde All the meatoffrynges which ye shall brynge vnto the Lorde shal be made without leuē For ye shall nether burne leuen nor honye in any offerynge of the Lord ▪ Notwithstondinge ye shall bryng the firstlynges of them vnto the Lorde But they shall not come apon the alter to make a swete sauoure All thy meatofferynges thou shalt salt with salt nether shalt thou soffre the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackynge from thy meatofferynge but apon all thyne offerynges thou shalt brynge salt Yf thou offer a meatofferynge of the first-ripe frutes vnto the Lorde then take of that which is yet grene and drye it by the fire ād beat it small and so offer the meatofferynge of thy firstrype frutes And than poure oyle there to and put frankencens thereon and so it is a meatoffrynge And the preast shall burne parte of the beten corne and parte of that oyle with all the frākencens for a remembraunce That is an offerynge vnto the Lorde ¶ The thyrde Chapter YF any man brynge a peaceofferynge of the oxen whether it be male or female he shall brynge such as is without blemysh before the Lorde and let him put his hande apon the heed of his offerynge and kyll it before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Aarons sonnes the preastes shall sprinkle the bloude apon
aÌ„d shall take awaye all his fatt as the fatt of the peaceoffrynges is takeÌ„ awaye And the preast shal burne it apoÌ„ the alter for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde and â—he preast shall make an attonemeÌ„t for him aÌ„d â— shal be forgeuen him yf he bringe a shepe aÌ„d offer it for a synneofferynge he shall bringe a yewe without blemiâ—h and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge and slee it in the place where the burntoffrynges are slayne And the preast shal take of the bloude of the synneofferynge with his finger aÌ„d put it apoÌ„ the hornes of the burntoffryngealter aÌ„d shall poure all the bloude thereof vnto the botome of the alter And he shall take awaye all the fatt thereof as the fatte of the shepe of the peaceoffringes was takeÌ„ awaye And the preast shall burne it apoÌ„ the alter for the lordes sacrifice and the preast shal make an attonemeÌ„t for his synne and it shal be forgeuen him ¶ The v. Chapter â—HeÌ„ a soule hath synned aÌ„d herde the voyce of cursyng aÌ„d is a witnesse whether he hath sene or knowne of it yf he haue not vttered it he shall bete his synne Ether when a maÌ„ toucheth any vnclene thinge whether it be the caryon of an vnclene beest or of vnclene caâ—ell or vnclene worme and is not warre of it he is also vnclene and hath offended Ether when he toucheth any vnclennesse of maÌ„ what soeuer vnclennesse it be that a man is defyled with all and is not warre of it and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it he is a tâ—â—spaser Ether when a soule sweareth so thathe pronounceth with his lippes to do euell or to do good what soeuer it be that a man prouounceth with an othe and the thinge be out of his mynde and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it than he hath offended in one of these Than when he hath synned in one of these thinges he shall confesse that wherein that he hath synned and shall bringe his trespace offerynge vnto the Lorde for his synne which he hath synned A female from the flocke whether it be an yewe or a she goote for a synneofferynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him for his synne But yf he be not able to brynge a shepe then let him brynge for his trespace which he hath synned two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons vnto the Lorde one for a synneoffrynge and another for a burntofferynge And he shall brynge them vnto the preast which shall offer the synneoffrynge first and wringe the necke a sundre of it but plucke it not clene of And let him sprinkle of the bloude of the synneofferynge apon the syde of the alter and let the reste of the bloude blede apon the botome of the alter and than it is a synneofferynge And let him offer the seconde for a burntoffrynge as the maner is aÌ„d so shall the preast make an atonement for him for the synne which he hath synned and it shal be forgeuen him And yet yf he be not able to brynge .ij. turtyll doues or two yonge pigeons then let hym brynge his offerynge for his synne the tenth parte of an Epha of fine floure for a synneofferynge but put none oyle thereto nether put ony frankencens thereon for it is a synneofferinge And let him brynge it to the preast and the preast shall take his handfull of it and burne it apon the alter for a remembraunce to be a sacryflce for the Lorde that is a synneoffrynge And let the preast make an atonement for him for his synne what soeuer of these he hath synned and it shal be forgeuen And the remnauÌ„te shal be the preastes as it is in the meate offerynge And the Lorde comyned with Moses sayenge when a soule trespaceth aÌ„d synneth thorow ignoraunce in any of the holy thinges of the Lorde he shall brynge for his trespace vnto the Lord a ram without blymesh out of the flocke valowed at two sycles after the holy sycle for a trespaceofferynge And he shall make amendes for the harme that he hath done in the holy thynge and put the fifte parte moare to and geue it vnto the preast And the preast shall make an attonemeÌ„t for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge and it shal be forgeueÌ„ hym When a soule synneth and committeth any of these thinges which are forbiddeÌ„ to be done by the coÌ„maundmentes of the Lorde though he wist it not he hath yet offended and is * in synne aÌ„d shall briÌ„ge a ram without blymesh out of the flocke that is estemed to be worthe a synneofferynge vnto the preast And the preast shall make an attonement for him for the ignoraunce whiche he dyd and was not ware and it shal be forgeuen him This is a trespaceofferynge for he trespaced agaynst the Lorde And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge when a soule synneth aÌ„d trespaceth agaynst the Lorde and denyed vnto his neyghboure that which was taken him to â—epe or that was put vnder his hande or that which he hath violently taken awaye or that whiche he hath deceaued his neyghboure off wyth sotylte or hath founde that whiche was loste and denyeth it and swereth falsely in what soeuer thinge it be that a man doth and synneth therein Then when he hath synned or trespaced he shall restore agayne that he toke violently awaye or the wronge whiche he dyd or that whiche was delyuered him to kepe or the lost thinge which he founde or what soeuer it be aboute Vnto my neybour pertayneth sault â—â—â—oÌ„ but vnto god repeÌ„taunce and theÌ„ the sacrifice or christes bloude is a â—â—â— satisfaccion aÌ„d attonemeÌ„t â—d a pealinge of alwrath which he hath sworne falsely * he shall restore it agayne in the whole suÌ„me and shal adde the fifte parte moare thereto and geue it vnto him to whome it pertayneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace and shall brynge for his trespace offerynge vnto the Lorde a ram without blymesh out of the flocke that is estemed worth a trespaceofferynge vnto the preast And the prest shall make an atonemeÌ„t for him before the Lorde aÌ„d it shall be forgeueÌ„ hiÌ„ in what soeuer thinge it be that a maÌ„ doth aÌ„d trespaceth therein ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes saynge this is the lawe of the burntoffrynge The burntofferynge shal be apon the herth of the alter all nyghte vnto the mornynge and the fire of the alter shall burne therein And the preast shall put on his lynen albe and his lynen breches apon his flesh and take awaye the asshes whiche the fire of the burntsacrifice in the altare hath made and put them besyde the alter aÌ„d theÌ„ put off his raymeÌ„t aÌ„d put on other and carye the asshes out without the hoste vnto a clene place The fire that is apon the alter shall burne therein and not goo out And the preast shall put wodd on the fire euery morninge aÌ„d put the
make brycke aÌ„d burne it wyth fyre So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter And they sayd Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of AnaÌ„ had buylded And the LORde sayd See the people is one and haue one tonge amonge them all And thys haue they begon to do and wyll not leaue of from all that they haue purposed to do Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what another sayeth Thus yâ— LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth And they left of to buylde the cyte Wherfore the name of it is called Babell because that the LORDE there confounded the tonge of all the world And because that the LORde from thence skatered them abrode vppon all the erth These are the generations of Sem SeÌ„ was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And SeÌ„ lyved after he had begot Arphachsad .v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters And Arphacsad lyued .xxxv. yere and begat Sala and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij huÌ„dred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber aÌ„d lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. huÌ„dred and thre yere aÌ„d begat sonnes and doughters When Eber was .xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Peleg when he was .xxx. yere olde begat Regu and lyued after he had begot Regu .ij. hundred and .ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Regu when he had lyued .xxxij. yere begat Serug and lyued after he had begot Serug .ij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Serug was .xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor and lyued after he had begot Nahor .ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes doughters And Nahor when he was .xxix. yere olde begat Terah and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and â–ª xix yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Terah was .lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Baran And these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram Nahor and Baran And Baran begat Lot And Baran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea And Abram and Nahor toke them wydes AbraÌ„s wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca aÌ„d of Iisca But Garat was baren and had no childe Than tofe Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Barans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe And they went wyth hym from Vr â—â— Chaldea to go in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And they came to Baran and dwelled there And when Terah was ij hundred yere old and .v. he dyed in Baran ¶ The .xij. Chapter THen the LORde sayd vnto AbraÌ„ Gett the out of thy contre and from thy fynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge And I wyll blesse theÌ„ that blesse the aÌ„d curse theÌ„ that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram weÌ„t as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth hym Abram was .lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Baran And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe aÌ„d Lot his brothers sonne wyth all their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in Baran And they departed to goo in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the laÌ„de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem and vnto the oke of More And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram aÌ„d sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slaÌ„de And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on the east syde of BETHEL and pytched hys tente BETHEL beynge on the west syde and Ay on the cast â— And he buylded there an aulter vnto the LORde and called on the name of that LORde And than Abram departed and toke his iourney southwarde After thys there came a derth in the lande And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there for the derth was sore in the lande And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayd vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe that thou art a fayre woman toloke apoÌ„ It wyll come to passe therfore wheÌ„ the Egiptians see the that they wyll say she is his wyfe And so shall they sley me and save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake As soone as he came in to Egipte the EgiptiaÌ„s sawe the woman that she was very fayre And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also and praysed hir vnto Pharao So that she was taken in to Pharaos house which entreated Abram well for hir sake so that he had shepe oxsen aÌ„d he asses men seruantes mayde seruaÌ„tes she asses and camels But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages because of Sarai Abrams wyfe Then Pharao called Abram and sayd why hast thou thus dealt with me Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe Why saydest thou that she was thy sister and causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe But now loo there is the wife take hir aÌ„d be walkynge Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram to leade hym out wyth his wyfe and all that he had ¶ The .xiij. Chapter THan Abram departed out of Egipte both he and his wyfe and all that he had and Lot wyth hym vnto the south Abram was very rych in catell syluer gold And he went on his iourney froÌ„ the south even vnto BETHEL aÌ„d vnto the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene BETHEL and Ay and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before And there called Abram vpon the name of the LORde Lot also which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell to gether for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together â–ª And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande Than sayd Abram vnto Lot let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene the and me
Lot to spede him saynge Stonde vp take thy wyfe and thy two doughters and that that is at hande lest thou perish in the synne of the cyte And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife aÌ„d his two doughters by the handes because the LORde was mercyfull vnto him aÌ„d they brought him forth and sette him without the cyte When they had brought them out they sayde Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe Than sayde Lot vnto them Oh nay my lorde beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in sayinge my lyfe For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye Beholde here is a cyte by to I lee vnto and it is a lytle one let me saue my selfe therein is it not a litle one that my soule may lyue And he sayde to him se I haue receaved thy request as concernynge this thynge that I will nott overthrowe this cytie for the which thou hast spoken Haste the aÌ„d saue thyselfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar. And the sone was vppon the erth when Lot was entred into Zoar. Than the LORde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomoara brymstone and fyre from the LORde out of heaven and overthrewe those cyties and all the region and all that dwelled in the cytes and that that grewe vpon the erth And lots wyfe loked behynde her aÌ„d was turned in to a pillare of salte Abraham rose vp early and got him to the place where he stode before the LORde and loked toward Sodome and Gomorra and toward all the londe of that contre And as he loked beholde the smoke of the contre arose as it had bene the smoke of a sornace But yet wheÌ„ God destroyed the â—â—nes of yâ— regioÌ„ he thought a pon AbrahaÌ„ and sent Lot out from the daÌ„ger of the overthrowenge when he overthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountayns aÌ„d his .ij. doughters with him for he feared to tary in Zoar he dweld therfore in a caue both he and his .ij. doughters also Than sayde the elder vnto the yonger oâ—â—e father is olde and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the world Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father And thry gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte And the elder doughter went and laye with her father And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also And the yonger arose and laye with him And he perceaved it not nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of let with childe by their father And the elder bare a sone and called hym Moab which is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye And the yonger bare a sonâ—e and called hym Ben Amâ—â— which is the father of the children of Ammon vnto this daye The .xx. Chapter ANd Abraham departed thence towarde the souâ—hcontre and dwelled betwene â—ades and Sur aÌ„d sogeorned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe that she was his sister Than Abâ—melech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him Se thou art but a deed man for the womaÌ„s safe which thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe But Abimelech had not yet come nye her and therfore sayde lorde wilt thou sley rightewes people sayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thi herte And therfore I kepte yâ— that thou shuldest not synne agenst me nether suffred I the to come nygh her Now therefore delyuer the maÌ„ his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete And let him praye fo the that thou mayst lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore a frayde And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him What hast thou donâ— vnto vs what haue I offended the that thou shuldest bâ—ynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge And Abraham Answered I thought that peradveÌ„ture the feare of God was not in this place and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes safe yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my motherâ— and became my wyfe And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou saye of me how that I am thy brother Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen men â–ª servauntes and wemenseruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyvered him Sara his wyfe agayne And Abimelech sayde beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth yâ— best And vnto Sara he sayde Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousende peeces of syluer beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe The .xxj. Chapter THe lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her acordynge as he had spoken And Sara was with childe and bare AbrahaÌ„ a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the LORde had appoynted And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him which Sara bare him Isaac AbraÌ„ circuÌ„cysed Isaac his soÌ„ne wheÌ„ he was .viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him And AbrahaÌ„ was an hundred yere olde â–ª when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath made me a laughinge stocke for all
the alter rounde aboute And they shall offre of the peaceofferynge to be a sacrifice vnto the Lord the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the two kydneys with the fatt that lyeth apon the loynes and the kall that ys on the lyuer they shall take awaye with the kydneyes And Aarons sonnes shall burne them apon the alter with the burntsacrifice which is apon the wodd on the fire That is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf a man brynge a peaceoffrynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke whether it be male or female it shal be without blemysh Yf he offre a lambe he shall brynge it before the Lord and put his hande apon his offrynges heede and kyll it in the doore off the tabernacle off wytnesse and Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle the bloude thereof rounde aboute the alter And of the peaseoffringe they shall brynge a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde the fatt there of ād the rompe altogether which they shall take off harde by the backe bone and the fatt that coue reth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apon the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the alter to fede the Lordes offrynge with all Yf the offrynge be a goote he shall brynge it before the Lorde and put his hande apon the head of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of witnesse and the sonnes of Aaron shall sprinkle the bloude thereof apon the alter rounde aboute And he shall brynge thereof his offrynge vnto the Lordes sacrifyce the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apō the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes and the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apō the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apō the alter to fede the Lordes sacrifyce wyth all ād to make a swete sauoure And thus shal all the fatt be the Lordes and it shal be a la we forever amonge youre generacions after you in youre dwellynge places that ye eate nether fatt nor bloude ¶ The IIII. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye when a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce and hath done any of those thinges which the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundmentes to be done Yf the preast that is anoynted synne and make the people to doo amysse he shall brynge for his synne which he hath done an oxe wythout blemysh vnto the Lorde for a synneoffrynge And he shall brynge the oxe vn to the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde and shall put his hande apon the oxes heade and kyll him before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall take of the oxes bloude and brynge it in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his fynger in the bloude and sprinkle thereof .vij. tymes before the Lorde euen before the hangynge of the holy place And he shall put some of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter of swete cens before the Lorde which is in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude of the oxe apon the botome of the alter of burntofferynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And he shall take awaye all the fatt of the oxe that is the synneofferynge the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is aboute them and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon thē and apon the loynes and the kall apon the lyuer let them take awaye also with the kydneyes as it was taken from the oxe of the peaceoffrynge and let the preast burne them apon the altare of burntofferynges But the skynne of the oxe and all his flesh with his heede his legges his inwardes with his donge shall he carye altogither out of the hoste vnto a clene place euen where the asshes are poured out and burne h◠on wodd with fyre euen apon the heape of asshes Yf the hole comynalte of the childern of Israel synne thorow ygnoraunce and the thynge be hyd from their eyes so that they haue commytted any of these thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden to be done in his commaundmentes ād haue offended ād the synne which they haue synned be afterwarde knowne than shal they offre an oxe for a synneofferynge ād shall brynge him before the tabernacle of witnesse and the elders of the multitude shall put their handes apon his heed before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall brynge of his bloude in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his finger in the bloude and sprinkle it seuen tymes before the Lorde euen before the uayle And shall put of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter whiche is before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude apon the botome of the alter of burntoffrynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and shall take all his fatt from him and burne it apon the altare and shall do with his oxe as he dyd wyth the synneoffrynge oxe And the preast shal make an attonement for them ād so it shal be forgeuen them And he shall brynge the oxe without the hoste ād burne him as he burned the first so is this the synneofferynge of the comynalte When a Lorde synnneth and committeth thorow ignoraunce any of these thynges whiche the Lorde his God hath forbydden to be done in his commaundmentes and hath so offended when his synne is shewed vnto him which he hath synned he shall brynge for hys offerynge an he goote without blemysh and laye his hande apon the heed of it and kyll it in the place where the burntofferynges are kylled before the Lorde this is a synneoffrynge Thā let the preast take of the bloude of the synneoffrynge with his finger and put it apon the hornes of the burntofferyngalter and poure his bloude apon the botome of the burntofferyngealter and burne all his fatt apon the alter as he doth the fatt of the peaceofferynges And the preast shall make an attonement for him as concernynge his synne and so it shal be forgeuen him Yf one of the comē people of the londe synne thorowe ignoraunce and committe any off the thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden in his commaundementes to be done and so hath trespased when his synne whiche he hath synned is come to his knowlege he shall bringe for his offerynge a she goote without blemish for his synne which he hath synned and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge ād slee it in the place of burntoffrynges And the preast shall take of the bloude with his finger ād put it apō the hornes of the burntoffryngealter and poure all the bloude apō the botome of the alter
burntsacrifice apon it and he shall burne thereon the fatt of the peaceofferynges The fire shall euer burne apon the alter and neuer goo out This is the lawe of the meatoffrynge Aarons sonnes shall bringe it before the Lorde vnto the alter and one of them shall take hys handfull of the floure of the meatoffrynge ād of the oyle with all the frankencens whiche ys thereon and shall burne it vnto a remēbraunce apon the alter to be a swete sauoure of the memoriall of it vnto the Lorde And the rest the reof Aaron ād his sonnes shall eate vnleuended it shal be eaten in the holy place euē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse they shall eate it Their parte whiche I haue geuen them of my sacrifice shall not be baken with leuen for it is most holye as is the synneofferynge and trespaceoffrynge All the males amonge the childern of Aaron shall eate of it and it shal be a dutye for euer vnto youre generacyons of the sacrifices of the Lorde nether shal any man twytche it but he that is halowed And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this is the offrynge of Aaron ād of his sonnes which he shall offer vnto the Lorde in the daye when they are anoynted the tenth parte of an Epha of floure which is a dayly meatofferinge perpetually halfe in the morninge and halfe at nighte ād in the fryenge pan it shal be made withoyle And whē it is fryed thou snalt brynge it in as a baken meatofferynge mynsed small and shalt offer it for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that preast of his sonnes that is anoynted in his steade shall offer it ād it shall be the lordes dutye for euer and it shal be burnt altogether For all the meatoffrynges of the preastes shal be burnt altogether ād shal not be eaten And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the synneoffrynge In the place where the burntofferynge is kylled shall the synneofferynge be kylled also before the Lorde for it is most holy The preast that offereth it shall eate it in the holye place evē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse Noman shall touche the flesh thereof saue he that is halowed And yf any rayment be sprynckled therewyth it shal be wasshed in an holy place and the erthē pott that it is soddē in shal be broken Yf it be sodden in brasse then the pott shal be scoured and plunged in the water All the males amonge the childern of Aarō shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstōdinge no synneofferynge that hath his bloude brought in to the tabernacle of witnesse to reconcyle with all in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fire ¶ The .vij. Chapter THis is the lawe of the trespace offerynge which is most holy In the place where the burntoffrynge is kylled the trespace offrynge shal be kylled also ād his bloude shal be sprikled rounde aboute apon the alter And all the fatt thereof shal be offered the rompe and the fatt that couered the inwardes and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth on them and apon the loynes and the kall on the lyuer shal be taken awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the altare to be an offerynge vnto the Lorde this is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the preastes shal eate thereof in the holy place for it is most holy As the synne offerynge is so is the trespace offerynge one lawe serueth for both and it shall be the preastes that reconcyleth therewith And the preast that offered a mans burntofferynge shall haue the skyn of the burntofferynge which he hath offered And all the meatofferynges that are baken in the ouen ād all that is dressed apon the gredyerne ād in the fryenge pan shal be the preastes that offereth them And all the meatofferynges that are myngled with oyle or drye shall pertayne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as moche as another This is the lawe of the peaceoffringes whiche shal be offered vnto the Lorde Yf he offer to geue thanckes he shall brynge vnto his thanckofferynge swete cakes myngled with oyle and swete wafers anoynted with oyle and cakes myngled with oyle of fine floure fryed ād he shall brynge his offerynge apon cakes made of leuended bred vnto the thanckoffrynge of his peaceofferynges ād of them all he shall offer one to be an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde ād it shal be the preastes that sprynkleth the bloude of the peaceofferynges And the fleshe of the thankofferynge of his peaceofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall none of it be layde vpp vntyll the mornynge Yf it be a vowe or a fre willofferynge that he bryngeth the same daye that he offereth it It shal be eaten and that which remayneth may be eaten on the morowe but as moche of the offered flesh as remaneth vnto the thirde daye shal be burned with fire For yf any of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges be eaten the thirde daye then shall he that offered it optayne no fauour nether shall it be rekened vnto him but shal be an abhomynacion and the soule that eateth of it shall beare the synne thereof The flesh that twycheth any vnclene thinge shall not be eaten but burnt with fire and all that be clene in their flesh maye eate flesh Yf any soule eate of the flesh of the peaceofferynges that pertayne vnto the Lorde and hys vnclennesse yet apon him the same soule shall perisshe from amonge his peoole Moreouer yf a soule twych any vnclene thinge whether it be the vnclennesse of man or of any vnclene beest or any abhominacion that is vnclene ād thē eate of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges whiche pertayne vnto the Lord that soule shall perissh from his people And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye Ye shall eate no maner fatt of oxen shepe or gootes neuer the later the fatt of the beest that dyeth alone ād the fatt of that which is torne with wilde beestes maye be occupide in all maner vses but ye shal in no wise eate of it For whosoeuer eateth the fatt of the beest of which mē bring an offring vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shall perissh frō his people Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of bloud wheresoeuer ye dwell whether it be of foule or of beest What soeuer soule it be that eateth any maner of bloude the same soule shal perisshe frō his people And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto the childrē of Israel ād saye He that offereth his peaceofferynge vnto the Lord shall bringe his gifte vnto the Lord of his peaceoffrynges his owne handes shal bringe the offrynge of the Lorde euē the fatt apō the brest he shall bringe with the brest to waue it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde And the preast shall burne the
and a lambe bothe two of a yere olde and without blemysh for a burntsacrifice and an oxe and a ram for peaceoffrynges to offer before the Lorde and a meateofferyng myngled with oyle for to daye the Lorde will appere vnto you And they brought that which Moses commaunded vnto the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d all the people came and stode before the Lorde And Moses sayde this is the thynge which the Lorde commaunded that ye shulde do aÌ„d then the glorye of the Lorde shall appere vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron go vnto the alter and offer thy synneofferynge and make an attonement for the and for the people and then offer the offerynge of the people and reconcyle them also as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron went vnto the alter and slewe the calfe that was his synneoffrynge And the sonnes of Aaron broughte the bloude vnto him and he dypte his finger in the bloude and put it apon the hornes of the alter and poured the bloude vnto the botome of the alter And the fatt and the two kydneyes with the kall of the lyuer of the synneoffrynge he burnt vppon the alter as the Lorde commaunded Moses but the flesh and the hyde he burnt with fyre without the hoste After warde he slewe the burntofferynge aÌ„d Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it rounde aboute apon the alter And they brought the burntofferynge vnto him in peces and the heed also and he burnt it apon the alter and dyd wasshe the inwardes and the legges and burnt them also apon the burntofferynge in the alter And than he broughte the peoples offerynge and toke the goote that was the peoples synneofferynge and slewe it and offered it for a synofferynge as he dyd the first And then broughte the burntofferynge and offered it as the maner was and broughte the meatofferynge and fylled his hande thereof and burnt it apon the alter besydes the burntsacrifyce in the mornynge Then he slewe the oxe and the ram that were the peoples peaseofferynges and Aarons sonnes broughte the bloude vnto him and he sprinkled it apon the alter rounde aboute and toke the fatt of the oxe and of the ram the roÌ„pe and the fatt that couereth the inwardes and the kydneyes and the kall of the lyuer and put them apon the brestes and burnt it apon the alter but the brestes and the righte shulders Aaron waued before the Lorde as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And Aaron lifte vpp his hande ouer the people Of soch places the bisshopes toke their domme blessynge with ij fingers But numery vâ— thou maist read the goodly prayer of his blessynge and blessed theÌ„ and came doune from offerynge of synofferynges burntofferynges aÌ„d peaseofferynges Then Moses and Aaron weÌ„t into the tabernacle of witnesse and came out agayne and blessed the people and the glorye of the Lorde apered vnto all the people And there came a fyre out from before the Lorde and consumed apon the alter the burntofferynge and the fatt And all the people sawe it and showted and fell on their faces ¶ The X. Chapter Hereof ye se the frute of a mans good entent with out Godsword As we maye do nolesse so doeth this ensample teach that we maye do no moare than is coÌ„maunded ANd Nadab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke ether of them his censor aÌ„d put fyre therein and put cens apoÌ„ and broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde which he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ not and there went a fyre out froÌ„ the Lorde and coÌ„sumed theÌ„ and they dyed before the Lorde Then Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ this is it that the Lorde spake saynge I will be God is sanctified when we obey him aÌ„d mortify oure wyll to doo his sanctifyed in them that come nye me aÌ„d before all the people I wil be glorifyed And Aaron helde his pease And Moses called Misael and ElesaphaÌ„ the sonnes of Vsiel the vncle of Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ goo to and carye youre brethreÌ„ from the holy place out of the hoste And they went to them and caryed them in their albes out of the hoste as Moses bad And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his eldest sonnes vncouer not youre heed nether rent youre clothes lest ye dye and wrath come apon all the people lettyoure brethren the hole house of Israel bewepe the burnynge which the Lorde hath burnt But goo ye not out from the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntynge oyle of the Lorde is apon you And they dyd as Moses bad And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron saynge Oure prelates be drâ—â—ke with desyre of honoure and haue brought the world oute of their wittes to satisfie their lustes and liue not sobirly to teach vs what christ commaunded by the 〈…〉 of the appostels drynke no wyne nor stronge drynke nether thou nor thi sonnes with the when ye go in to the tabernacle of witnesse lest ye dye And let it be a lawe foreuer vnto youre childern after you that ye maye put difference betwene holy and vnholy and betwene vnclene and clene and that ye maye teach the childern of Israel all the ordynaunces which the Lorde hath coÌ„maunded them by the handes of Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar aÌ„d Ithamar his sonnes that were lefte take the meatofferynge that remayneth of the sacrifyces of the Lorde and eate it without leuen besyde the alter for it is most holy eate it therfore in the holy place because it is thi dutye and thi sonnes dutye of the sacrifyce of the Lorde for so I am commaunded And the wauebrest and heueshulder eate in a clene place both thou and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the. For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye with the of the peaceofferynges off the childern of Israel For the heueshulder aÌ„d the wauebrest whiche they brynge with the sacrifices of the fatt to waue it before the Lorde shal be thyne and thy sonnes with the and be a lawe for euer as the Lorde hath commaunded And Moses soughte for the goote that was the synneofferynge and se it was burnt And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron which were lefte alyue sayenge wherefore haue ye not eaten the synneofferynge in the holy place seynge it is most holye and for as moch as it is geuen you to bere the synne of the people and make agrement for them before the Lorde Beholde the bloude of it was not brought in within the holy place therfore shulde ye haue eaten it in the holy place as I commaunded And Aaron sayde vnto Moses behold this daye haue they offered their The offeringes must haue bene eaten in gladnesse but Aaron coude not but morne for his sonnes synneoffrynge and their burntoffrynge before the Lorde and it is chaunced me after thys maner Yf I shulde eate of the synneofferynge to daye wolde the Lorde be content with all And when Moses herde that he was content
the euē And he that beareth any soch thinges shall wassh his clothes ād bathe hī self in water ād be vncleane vnto the euē ād whosoeuer he twicheth yf he haue not first washed his handes in water must wasshe his clothes ād bathe him selfe in water ād be vncleane vnto the euenynge And yf he twych a vessell off erth it shal be broken and all vessels of wodd shal be rensed in the water When he that hath an yssue is clensed of his yssue let him numbre .vij. dayes after he is cleane ād wasshe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnynge water ād then he is cleane And the .viij. daye let him take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse ād geue them vnto the preast And the preast shall offer them the one for a synne offerynge and the other for a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him before the Lord as cōcernynge his yssue Yf any mans seed departe frō him in his slepe he shall wassh his flesh in water ād be vncleane vntill euē And all the clothes or furres whereon soch seed chaunceth shal be washed with water ād be vncleane vnto the euē And yf a womā lye with soche a whone they shall wash thē selues with water and be vncleane vntyll even Whē a womās naturall course of bloud rūneth she shal be put aparte .vij. dayes ād whosoeuer twycheth her shal be vncleane vnto the euē And all that she lyeth apō as longe as she is put aparte shal be vnclene And whosoeuer twicheth hir couch shall wash his clothes and bathe hī selfe with water ād be vncleane vnto the euē And whosoeuer twicheth any thinge that she satt apō shall wassh his clothes ād washe him selfe also in water ād be vncleane vnto the euē so that whether he twich hir couche or any thīge whereō she hath setē he shal be vnclene ūto the euē ād yf a mā lye with her in the meane tyme he shal be put aparte as well as she ād shal be vncleane .vij. dayes ād all his couch wherein he slepeth shal be vncleane When a womans bloude runneth longe tyme whether out of the tyme of hyr naturall course as longe as hir vnclennesse runneth she shal be vncleane after the maner as when she is put aparte All hir couches whereon she lyeth as lōge as hir yssue lasteth shal be vnto her as hir couch when she is put a parte And what soeuer she sytteth apon shal be vncleane as is hir vnclennesse whē she is put a parte And whosoeuer twicheth them shal be vncleane ād shall wasshe his clothes ād bathe him selfe in water ād be vncleane vnto euen And when she it clensed of hyr yssue let hyr counte hir seuen dayes after that she is cleane And the. viij daye let her take two turtils or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the preast vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And the preast shall offer the one for a synneoffrynge and the other for a burntofferynge and so make an attonement for her before the Lorde as concernynge hir vncleane yssue Make the childern of Israel to kepe them selues frō their vnclēnesse that they dye not in their vnclēnesse whē they haue defiled my habitacion that is amonge them This is the lawe of him that hath a runninge sore and of him whose seed runneth from him in his slepe and is defiled therewith and of her that hath an yssue of bloude as longe as she is put a parte and of whosoeuer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman and of him that slepeth with her that is vncleane The .xvj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses after the deeth of the two sonnes of Aaron when they had offered before the Lorde and dyed And he sayde vnto Moses speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he go not at all tymes in to the holy place that is whithin the vayle that hangeth before the mercyseate which is apon the arcke that he dye not For I will appeare By the cloud vnderstonde the smoke off the cence in a clowde vpon the mercyseate But of this maner shall Aaron goo in in to the holy place with a yonge oxe for a synneofferynge and a ram for a burntoffrynge And he shall put the holy lynen albe apon him ād shall haue a lynen breche vppon his flesh and shall gyrde him with a lynen gyrdell and put the lynen mytre apon his heede for they are holy ray mentes And he shall wasshe his flesh with water and put them on And he shall take of the multitude of the childern of Israel two gootes for a synneoffrynge and a ram for a burntofferynge And Aaron shall offer the oxe for his synne offrynge and make an attonement for him ād for his housse And he shall take the two gootes and present them before the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Aarō cast lottes ouer the .ij. gootes one lotte for the Lorde ād another for a scapegoote And Aaron shall bringe the goote apō which the Lordes lotte fell and offer him for a synneofferynge But the goote on which the lotte fell to scape he shall sett alyue before the Lorde to recōcyle with ād to let him goo fre in to the wildernesse And Aaron shall bringe the oxe of his synoffrynge ād reconcyle for him selfe ād for his housholde and kyll him And thā he shall take a censer full of burninge coles out of the alter that is before the Lorde and his handfull of swete cens beten small and bringe them within the vayle and put the cens apon the fire before the Lorde that the cloude of the cens maye couer the mercyseate that is apon the witnesse that he dye not And he shall take of the bloude of the oxe ād sprinkle it with his finger before the mercy seate eastwarde euen .vij. tymes Then shall he kyll the goote that is the peoples synneofferynge and brynge hys bloude within the vayle and doo with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the oxe and let him sprinkle it toward the mercyseate and before the mercyseate ād reconcyle the holy place frō the vnclennesse of the childern of Israel and from their trespaces ād all there synnes And so let him doo also vnto the tabernacle of witnesse that dwelleth with them euē among their vnclennesses And there shal be no bodye in the tabernacle of witnesse when he goeth in to make an attonement in the holy place vntyll he come out agayne And he shall make an attonement for him selfe and for his housholde ād for all the multitude of Israel Then he shall goo out vnto the alter that stondeth before the Lorde and reconcyle it and shall take of the bloude of the oxe and of the bloude of the goote and put it apon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute and sprynckle of the bloude apon it with his finger seuen tymes and clense it
doune and when the tabernacle is pitched they shall sett it vpp for yf any straunger come nere he shall dye And the childern of Israel shall pitch their tentes euery man in his owne companye and euery maÌ„ by his awne standert thorow out all their hostes But the leuites shall pitche rounde aboute the habitacion of witnesse that there fall no wrath vpon the congregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel and the leuites shall wayte apon the habitacion of witnesse And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to all that the Lord commaunded Moses ¶ The .ij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge The childern of Israel shall pirch euery man by his owne standert with the armes of their fathers houses a waye from the presence of the tabernacle of witnesse On the east syde towarde the rysynge of yâ— sonne shall they of the standert of the hoste of Iuda pitch with their armes And Nahe sson the sonne of Aminabab shalâ—e captaine ouer the sonnes of Iuda And his hoste and the numbre of them .lxxiiij. thousande and. vi hundred And nexte vnto him shall the trybe of Isachar pitche and Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar captayne ouer yâ— childreÌ„ of Isachar his hoste and the numbre of them .liiij. thousande and .iiij. hundred And than the trybe of Zabulon with Eliab the sonne of Helen captayne ouer the childern of Zabulon and his hoste in the numbre of them lvij thousande and .iiij. hundred So that all they that perteyne vnto the host of Iuda are an hundred thousande .lxxxvi. thousande aÌ„d .iiij. hundred in their companies and these shall god in the forefront wen they iurney And on the southsyde the standert of the hoste of Ruben shall lye with their companes and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of them .xlvi. thousande and .v. hundred And fast by him shall yâ— trybe of Simeon pitche and the capteyne ouer yâ— sonnes of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of zu ri Sadai his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them lix thousande and .iij. hundred And the trybe of Gad also And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Gad Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel and his hoste and the numbre of them .xlv. thousande .vi. hundred and .l. So that all yâ— numbre that pertayne vnto the hoste of Ruben are an hundred thousande .li. thousande iiij hundred fyftie with their companyes and they shall be the seconde in the iourney And the tabernacle of witnesse with the hoste of the leuites shall goo in the myddes of yâ— hostes as they lye in their teÌ„tes euen so shall they procede in the iurney euery man in his quarter aboute their standertes On the west syde the standarte and the hoste of Ephraim shall lye with their companies And the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ephraim Elisama the sonne of Amthud his hoste and the numbre of them .xl. thousande v. hundred And fast by him the trybe of Manasse and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Manasse Gamaleel yâ— sonne of Peda zur and his hoste and the numbre of them .xxxij. thousande and .ij. hundred And the trybe of Ben Iamin also and the captayne ouer the sonnes of Ben Iamin Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni aÌ„d his hoste and the numbre of theÌ„ xxxv thousande and .iiij. hundred All the nuÌ„bre that perteyned vnto the hoste of Ephraim were an hundred thousand .viij. thousande and an hundred in their hostes and they shal be the thryde in the iurneye And the standert and the hoste of Dan shall lye on the north syde with their companyes the captayne ouer yâ— childreÌ„ of Dan Ahiezer the sonne of Ammi Sadai and his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .lxij. thousande vij hundred And fast by him shall the trybe of Asser pitche and the captayne ouer the soÌ„nes of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochran his hoste the nuÌ„bre of them xli thousande v. hundred And the trybe of Naphtali also and the captayne ouer yâ— childern of Naphta li Ahira the sonne of Enan his hoste and the nuÌ„bre of them .liij. thousande iiij huÌ„dred So yâ— the hole nuÌ„bre of all that perteyned vnto yâ— hoste of Dan was an huÌ„dred thousande lvij thousande .vi. huÌ„dred And they shal be the last in yâ— iurney with their staÌ„dertes These are yâ— suÌ„mes of yâ— childern of Ysrael in the housses of their fathers euen all the nuÌ„bres of the hostes with their coÌ„panies .vi. huÌ„dred thousande .iij. thousande .v. huÌ„dred and fyftie And yet yâ— lenites werenot nuÌ„bred amoÌ„ge the childern of Ysrael as the Lorde commaunded Moses And yâ— childern of Ysrael dyd acordynge to all that the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses so they pitched with their standertes and so they iurneyd euery man in his kynred and in the houssholde of his father ¶ The .iij. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron and Moses when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai and these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron Nadab the eldest sonne and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron which were preastes anoynted and their handes fylled to mynistre but Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde as they broughte straunge fyre before the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai and had no childern And Eleazar and Ithamar mynistred in the syght of Aaron their father And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge brynge the trybe of leui and set them before Aaron the preast and let them serue him aÌ„d wayte apon him apon all the multitude before the tabernacle of witnesse to doo the seruyce of the habitacion And they shall wayre apoÌ„ all yâ— apparell of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse apon yâ— childern of Ysrael to doo yâ— seruyce of the habitacioÌ„ And thou shalt geue the leuites vnto Aaron his sonnes for they are geuen vnto him of yâ— childern of Ysrael And thou shalt appoiÌ„te AaroÌ„ his sonnes to way te on their preastes office the strauÌ„ger yâ— cometh nye shall dye for it And yâ— Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue takeÌ„ the leuites froÌ„ amonge yâ— childern of Ysrael for all the firstborne that openeth the matryce amonge the childern of Ysrael so that the leuites shall be myne because all the first borne are myne for yâ— same daye that Ismote all the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte Ihalowed vnto me all the firstborne in Ysrael both man and beest and myne they shall be for I am the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai sayenge Numbre the childern of Leui in yâ— housses of their fathers and Rynredes all that are males from a moneth olde and aboue And Moses numbred them at the worde of the Lorde as he was coÌ„mauÌ„ded And these are yâ— names of yâ— childreÌ„ of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari And yâ— se arethe names of the childern of Gerson in their kynredes Libni and Semei And the soÌ„nes of Cahath in their kynredes were
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
Simeonites And the name of the Madianitish wife was Cosbi the doughter of Zur and heed ouer the people of aâ— auncient housse in Madian And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vexe the Madianites and smyte them for they haue troubled you with their wiles with the which they haue begyled you thorow Pâ—or and thorow their syster Cosby yâ— doughter of a lorde in Madian which was slayne in yâ— daye of the plage for Peors sake ¶ The .xxvi. Chapter ANd after the plage yâ— Lorde spake vnto Moses and vnto Eleazer sayenge take the number of all the multitude of the childern of Israel from .xx. yere aÌ„d aboue thorow out their fathers housses all that are able to goo to warre in Israel And Moses Eleazer the preast tolde them in the feldes of Moab by Iordane fast by Iericho from xx yere and aboue as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the childern of Israel that came out of Egipte were Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel The childern of Ruben were Hanoch of whome cometh the kynred of the Hanochires of Palu cometh the kynred of the Palâ—â—tes And of Hesron cometh the kynred of the Hesronites and of Carmi cometh the kynred of the Carmites These are the kynredes of the Rubenites which were in numbre .xliij. thousande .vij. huÌ„dred an .xxx. And the sonnes of Palu were Eliab And the sonnes of Eliab were Nemuel Darhan and Abiram This is that Dathan and Abiram councelers in the coÌ„gregacion which stroue ageÌ„st Moses and Aaron in the companye of Corah when they stroue agenst the Lorde And the erth opened hir mouth aÌ„d swalowed theÌ„ and Corah also when the multitude dyed what tyme the fyre consumed .ij. hundred and fiftie men and they became a signe Notwithstondynge the childern of Corah dyed not And the childern of Simeon in their kynredes were Nemuel of whom cometh yâ— kynred of the Nemuelites Iamin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iaminytes Iachin of whom cometh the kynred of the Iachiâ—â—es Serah of whome cometh the kynred of the Serahites Saul of whom cometh the kynred of the Saulites These are the kynredes of the Simeonites in numbre .xxij. thousande and .ij. hundred And the childern of Gad in their kynredes were Zephon of whom cometh the kynred of the Zephonites and of Haggi cometh the kynred of the Haggites and of Suni cometh the kynred of the Sunites and of A seni cometh the kynred of the A senites and of Eri cometh the kynred of the Erites and of Arod cometh the kynred of the Arodites and of Arâ—el cometh the kynred of the Arielites These are the kynredes of the children of Gad in numbre .xl. thousande and .v. hundred The childern of Iuda Er and OnaÌ„ whiche dyed in the londe of Canaan But the childern of Iuda in their kynred were Sela of whom cometh the kynred of the Selamires and of Phares cometh the kynred of yâ— Pharesites and of Serah cometh the kynred of the Serahites And the childern of Phares were Hesron of whom cometh the kynred of the Hesronites and of Hamul cometh yâ— kynred of the Hamulites These are the kynredes of Iuda in numbre .lxxvi. thousande and .v. hundred And the childern of Isachar in their kyndes were Tola of whoÌ„ cometh yâ— kynred of the Tolaites Phuva of whoÌ„ cometh yâ— kinred of the Phâ—â—aites and of Iasub cometh the kynred of the Iasubites and of Symron cometh the kynred of the Sunronites These are yâ— kynredes of Isachar in numbre lxiiij thousande and .iij. hundred The childern of Zabulon in their kynredes were Sered of whom cometh the kynred of the Seredites and Elon of whom cometh the kynred of the Elonites and of Iaheliel cometh the kynred of the Iehalelites These are the kynredes of Zabulon in numbre .lx. thousand .v. hundred The children of Ioseph in their kinredes were Manasse aÌ„d Ephraim The childern of Manasse Machir of whom cometh the kynred of the Machirites And Machir begat Gilead of whom cometh the kinred off the Gileadites And these are the childern of Gilead Hieser of whom cometh the kynred of the Hieserites and of Helech cometh the kynred of the Helechites and of Asriel yâ— kinred of the Asricâ—â—tes and of Sichem cometh the kinred of the Sichimites of Simida cometh the kinred of the Simidites of Hepher cometh the kinred of the Hepherites And Zelaphead the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes buâ— doughters And yâ— names of yâ— doughters of Zelaphead were Mabe la Noa Hagla Milcha aÌ„d Thirza These are the kinredes of Manasse in numbre lij thousande and seuen hundred These are the childern of Ephraim in their kinredes Suthelah of whom cometh the kinred of the Suthelahiâ—es and Becher of whom cometh the kinred of the Becherâ—tes of Thaha cometh the kynred of the Thahanites And these are the childern of Suthelah Eran of whom cometh the kynred of the Eranites These are the kynredes of the childern of Ephraim in numbre .xxxij. thousande .v. hundred And these are the childern of Ioseph in their kinredes These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinredes Bela of whom cometh the kinred of the Belaites and of Asbel cometh the kinred of the Asbelites and of Ahiram the kinred of the Ahiramites and of SuphaÌ„ the kinred of the Suphamites and of Hupham the kinred of the Huphamites And the childern of Bela were Aâ—d and NaamaÌ„ fro whence come the kinredes of the Ardites and of the Naamites These are the childern of Ben Iamin in their kinreddes and in numbre .xlv. thousande and syxe hundred These are the childern of Dan in their kynreddes Suham of whom cometh the kynred of the Suhamites These are the kynreddes of Dan in their generacyons And all the kynreddes of the Suhamites were in numbre .lxiiij. thousand aÌ„d iiij hundred The childern of Asser in their kynredes were Jemna of whom cometh the kynred of the Jemnites aÌ„d Jsui of whom cometh the kinred of the Jsuites of Bria cometh the kinred of the Brâ—â—tes And the childern of bria were Heber of whom cometh yâ— kynred of the Heberites and of Malchiel came the kynred of the Malchielites And yâ— doughter of Asser was called Sarah These are the kinredes of Asser in numbre .liij. thousande and .iiij. hundred The childern of Nephtali in their kynreddes were Jaheziel of whom came the kynred of the Jahezielites and Gâ—â—i of whom came the kynred of the Gimites of Jezer came the kynred of the Jezerites and of Silem the kynred of the Silemites These are the kinredes of Naphtali in their generacioÌ„s in numbre .xlv. thousande and .iiij. hundred These are the numbres of the childern of Israel sixe hundred thousande a thousande vij hundred and .xxx. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge vnto these the londe shal be deuyded to enherett acordinge to the numbre of names to many thou shalt gene yâ— moare enheritaunce to fewe yâ— lesse to euery tribe shall yâ— enheritauÌ„ce be geueÌ„ acordinge to the numbre therof Notwithstondinge yâ—
londe shal be deuyded by lott acordinge to the names of the tribes of their fathers thei shall enherett acordinge 〈…〉 lott thou shalt deuyde their lond hâ—th to the many and to the fewe These are the summes of yâ— leuites in the in kinredes of Gerson came the kynred of the Gersonites and of Cahath came the kinred of the Cahathites and of Merari came the kinred of the Merarites These are the kynredes of Leui the kinred of the Libnites the kynred of the Hebronites the kynred of the Mahelites the kynred of the Musites the kynred of the Rarahites Rahath begate Amram and Amrams wife was called Jochebed a doughter oflein which was borne him in Egipte And she bare vnto Amram Aaron Moses and Mir Jam their syster And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab Abihu Eleazer and Jthamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed as they offered straunge fyre before the Lorde And the numbre of them was .xxiij. thousande of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue For they were not numbred amonge the children of Israel because there was no enheritaunce geuen them amonge the childern off Israel These are the numbres of the childern of Israel which Moses and Eleazer the preast numbred in the feldes of Moab fast by Jordane nye to Jericho And amonge these there was not a man of the numbre of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron tolde in the wildernesse of Sinai For the Lorde sayed vnto them that they shulde dye in the wildernesse that there shulde not be lefte a man of them saue Caleb the sonne of Jephune Josua the sonne of Nun. ¶ The .xxvij. Chaptre ANd the doughters of Zelaphead the sonne of Heber the sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machirthe sonne of Manasse of the kinredes of Manasse the sonne of Joseph whose names were Mahcla Noa Hagla Melcha and Thirza came stode before Moses and Eleazer the preast aÌ„d before the lordes all the multitude in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge oure father dyed in the wildernesse was not amonge the companye of them that gathered them selues together agenst the Lorde in the congregacion of Corah But dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde the name of oure fathers be taken awaye from amonge hys kynred because he had no sonne Geue vnto vs a possessyon amonge the brethern of oure father And Moses broughte their cause before the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge The doughters of Zelaphead speke righte thou shalt geue them a possession to en herett amonge their fathers brethern shall turne the enheritaunce of their father vnto them And speake vnto the childern of Israel sayenge Yf a man dye and haue no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his brethern Yf he haue no brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto his fathers brethern Yf he haue no fathers brethern ye shall geue his enheritaunce vnto him that is nexte to him of his kinred let him possesse it And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel an ordynaunce and a lawe as the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded Moses And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses get the vpp in to this mount Aabrun and beholde the londe which I haue geuen vnto the children of Israel And wheÌ„ thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also as Aaron thy brother was gathered vnto his people For ye were disobedient vnto my mouthe in the deserte of Zin in yâ— stryfe of the congregacion that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes That is the water of stryfe in cades in the wildernesse of Zin And Moses O faithfull mercifull Moses ful onlike oure Balams spake vnto the Lorde sayenge let the Lorde God of the spirites of all flesh sett a man ouer the congregacion which maye goo in out before them and to lede them in and oute that the congregacion of the Lorde be not as a flocke of shepe without a sheparde And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses take Josua the sonne of Nun in whom there is spirite and put thyne handes apon him and set There was â—f likelyhod a â—ryght stonne â—â— the ephod â—â—hereâ— the hie â—reast loked â—awe the will â—f God in tyâ—â—es of neade â—s thou mayst â—e in the story of Dauid This was the â—aner of the Ebrues to maâ—e their officeâ—s of this maner did the apostle make deâ—kons preastes bishopes with oute any other ceremony as thou â—eist iÌ„ thactes aÌ„d mayst gather of paul to Timothe Bred is here borowed takeÌ„ for all maner of sode generally him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion and geue him a charge in their fyghte And put of thi prayse apon him that all the companye of the childern of Israel maye heare And he shall stonde before Eleazer yâ— preast which shall axe councell for him after yâ— maner of the * lighte before the Lorde And atthe mouth of Eleazer shall both he and all the childern of Israel with him and all the congregacion goo in and out And Moses dyd as the Lorde commauÌ„ded him and he toke Josua and sett him before Eleazer the preast and before all the congregacion * put his handes apon him gaue him a charge as the Lorde commaunded thorow the hande of Moses ¶ The .xxviij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge geue the childern of Israel a charge and saye vnto them that they take hede to offer vnto me yâ— offryng of my * bred in the sacrifyce of swete sauoure in his due season And saye vnto theÌ„ This is yâ— offerynge which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde .ij. laÌ„bes of a yeare olde with out spot daye by daye to be a burntofferynge perpetually One lambe thou shalt offer in the mornynge and the other â—t euen And thereto yâ— teÌ„th parte of an Epha offloure for a meâ—â—offerynge myngled with beten oyle the fourth parte of an hin which is a dayly offerynge ordened in the mount Sinai vnto a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of yâ— Lorde And the drynkofferynge of the same the fourth parte of an hin vnto one lambe poure the drynkofferynge in the holy place to be good drynke vnto the Lorde And yâ— other lambe thou shalt offer at euen with the meat offerynge and the drynkofferynge after yâ— maner of the mornynge a sacrifyce of a sweâ—e sanoure vnto the Lorde And on the Sabbath daye .ij. lambes of a yere olde a pece and with out spot and two teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle and the drynkofferynge thereto This is the burrtofferynge of euery Sabbath besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And in the first daye of youre monethes ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde two yonge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and .iij. teÌ„thdeales of floure for a meatofferynge mingled
your brethern as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the londe which the Lorde youre God hath geuen them beyonde lordayne and then returne agayne euery maÌ„ vnto his possession which I haue geueÌ„ you And I warned Iosua the same tyme sayeng thyne eyes haue sene all that the Lorde youre God hath done vnto these two kynges eueÌ„so the Lorde will doo vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the Lorde youre God he it is that fighteth for you And I besoughte the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O lorde Iehoua thou hast begonne to shewe thy servaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for there is no God in heauen nor in erth that can do after thy workes and after thy power let me goo ouer aÌ„d se the good londe that is beyonde Iordayne that goodly hye contre and Libanon But the Lorde was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayed vnto me be content and speake henceforth no moare vnto me of this matter Get the vp in to the toppe of Pisga aÌ„d lifte vpp thine eyes west north south aÌ„d easte aÌ„d beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not goo ouer this Iordayne Moreouer charge Iosua and corage him and bolde him For he shall go ouer before his people and he shall deuyde the londe which thou shalt se vnto them And so we abode in the valaye besyde Beth Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaunces aÌ„d lawes which I teache you â–ª for to doo them that ye maye lyue aÌ„d goo aÌ„d conquere No â–ª nâ—â— yet corrupt it with false glosâ—s to coÌ„â—â—me Aristotle but rebuke Aristotles false lerninge therewith the londe which the Lorde God of youre fathers geueth you Ye shall put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether doo ought there from that ye maye kepe the commaundmentes off the Lorde youre God which I commaunde you You re eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baal Peor for al the men that folowed Baal Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed fâ—om amoÌ„ge you But ye that claue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this daye Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes soche as the Lorde my God commauÌ„ded me that ye shulde do eueÌ„ so in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Kepe them therfore and doo them for that is youre wisdome and vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons whiche when they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondynge people is this greate nacion For what nacyon is so greate that hath Goddes so nye vnto hym as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thinges when we call vnto hym Yee and what nacyon is so greate that hath ordinaunces and lawes so ryghtuousse as all thys lawe whiche I sett before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore only aÌ„d kepe thy soule diligently that thou forgett not the thinges which thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne harte all the Teach youre childern dayes of thine life but teach them thy sonnes aÌ„d thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb wheÌ„ he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to fâ—re me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came aÌ„d stode also vnder the hyll aÌ„d the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was darcknesse clowdes aÌ„d myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire aÌ„d ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men â—o bowâ— there hertes wordes But sawe no ymage saue herde a voyce only And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to doo euen â–ª x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone And the Lorde commaunded me the same season to teache you ordynaunces and lawes for to doo them in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Take hede vnto youre selues diligently as pertayninge vnto youre soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage the daye when the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the fire lest ye marre youre selues and make you grauen ymages after whatsoeuer likenesse it be whether after the likenesse of maÌ„ or womaÌ„ or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner fâ—thâ—â— red foule that fleth in the ayre or of any maner worme that crepeth on the erth or of any maner fysh that is in the water beneth the erth Ye and leste thou lyâ—â—e vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them aÌ„d sâ—rue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Forthermoare the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes and sware that I shulde not goo ouer Iordane and that I shulde not goo vnto that good londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherytaunce For I must dye in this londe and shall not goo ouer Iordane But ye shall goo ouer and conquere that good londe Take hede vnto youre selues therfore that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the. For the Lorde thi God is a coÌ„suminge fyre and a gelouse God Yf after thou hast gotten childern and childerns childern and hast dwelt longe in the londe ye shall marre youre selues and make grauen ymages after the liknesse of what so euer it be and shall worke wekednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy God to prouoke him I call heauen and erth to recorde vnto you this daye that ye shall shortely peressh from of the londe whether ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it Ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin but shall shortly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scater you amonge nacions and ye shal be lefte few in numbre amonge the people whother the Lorde shall brynge you and there ye shall serue goddes which are the workes of mans hande wod and stone which nether se nor heare nor eate nor smell Neuer the later ye shall seke the Lorde youre God euen there and shalt fynde him yf thou seke him with all thine herte and with all thy soule In thi tribulacion and when all these thinges are come apon the euen in the later dayes thou shalt turne vnto the Lorde thy God and shalt herken vn to his voyce For the Lorde thy God is
loÌ„de Nay but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast theÌ„ out before the. It is not for thy rightuousnes sake aÌ„d right hert that thou goest to possesse their loÌ„d But partely for the wekednesse of these nacioÌ„s the Lord thy god doth cast theÌ„ out before the and partly to performe that which the Lorde thy God sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob Vnderstond therfore that it is not for thy rightuousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue the this good lâ—nd to possesse it for thou art a stissenecked people RemeÌ„bre aÌ„d forget not how thou prouokedest the Lorde thi god in the wildernesse for sens the daye that thou camest out of the lond of Egipte vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agenst the Lorde Also in Horeb ye angred the Lorde so that the Lorde was wroth with you eueÌ„ to haue destroyed you after that I was gone vpp in to the mount to fett the tables of stone the tables of appoyntment which the Lorde made with you And I abode in the hyll .xl. dayes aÌ„d xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water And the Lorde delyuered me two tables of stone writen with the finger of God and in them was acordynge to all the wordes which the Lorde sayed vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye wheÌ„ the people were gathered together And wheÌ„ the .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables off stone the tables of the testament and sayed vnto me Vpp and get the doune quyckely from hence for thy people which thou hast broughte out of Egipte haue marred themselues They are turned attonce out of the waye whiche I commaunded them and haue made theÌ„ a god of metall Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge I se this people how that it is a stiffenecked people let me alone that I maye destroye them and put out the name off them from vnder heauen and I will make off the a nacion both greater aÌ„d moo than they And I turned awaye and came doune from the hyll and the hyll burnt with fire and had the two tables of the appoyntment in my handes And when I loked and sawe that ye had synned agenst the Lorde youre God and had made you a calfe of metall and had turned attonce out of the waye whiche the Lorde had commaunded you TheÌ„ I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake theÌ„ before youre eyes And I fell before the Lorde euen as at the first tyme .xl. dayes aÌ„d xl nightes and nether ate bred nor dranke water ouer all youre synnes whiche ye had synned in doynge wekedly in the syght of the Lorde aÌ„d in prouokinge him For I was afrayed of the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lord was angrie with you eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde my peticion at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrie with Aaron also eueÌ„ for to haue destroyed him But I made intercession for AaroÌ„ also the same tyme. And I toke youre synne the calfe which ye had made aÌ„d burnt him with fire aÌ„d stampe him and grounde him a good eueÌ„ vnto smal dust And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount Also at â—habeera and at Masa and at the sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde yee aÌ„d when the Lorde sent you from Cades Bernea sayenge goo vpp and conquere the lond whiche I haue geuen you ye disobeyed the mouth of the Lorde youre God and nether beleued hiÌ„ nor herkened vnto his voyce Thus ye haue bene disobedieÌ„t vnto the Lord sence the daye that I knew you And I fell before the Lorde .xl. dayes and Lerne to praâ—â— xl nightes whiche I laye there for the Lorde was minded to haue destroyed you But I made intercession vnto the Lorde and sayed O Lorde Iehoua destroye not thy people and thyne enheritauÌ„ce which thou hast delyuered thorow thi greatnesse and which thou hast brought out of Egipte with a mightie hand RemeÌ„bre thy servauntes Abraham Isaac and Iacob and loke not vnto the stoburnesse of this people nor vnto their wekednesse and synne lest the londe whence thou broughtest them saye Because the Lorde was not able to brynge them in to the londe which he promysed them and because he hated them therfore he caried them out to destroye them in the wildernesse Moreouer they are thy people and thine enheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out with thy myghtye power and wyth thy stretched out arme ¶ The .x. Chapte IN the same ceason the Lord sayed vnto me hewe the two tables of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount aÌ„d make the an Arke of wod and I will wryte in the table the wordes that were in the first tables which thou brakest aÌ„d thou shalt put theÌ„ in the arcke And I made an arke of sethiÌ„ wod aÌ„d hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first aÌ„d went vp in to the mountayne and the .ij. tables in myne hande And he wrote in the tables acording to the first writinge the .x. verses whiche the Lorde spake vnto you in the mount out of the fire in the daye when the people were gathered aÌ„d gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I departed aÌ„d came doune froÌ„ the hyll and put the tables in the arcke which I had made aÌ„d there they remayned as the Lorde commaunded me And the childern of Israel toke their iurney from Beroth BeÌ„ IakeÌ„ to Mosera where AaroÌ„ dyed aÌ„d where he was buried aÌ„d Eleazer his sonne became preast iÌ„ his steade And froÌ„ theÌ„ce they departed vnto Gudgod aÌ„d froÌ„ Gudgod to Iathbath a loÌ„d of riuers of water And the same ceason the Lorde separated the trybe of Leui to beare the arcke of the appoyntment of the Lorde and to stonde before the Lorde aÌ„d to ministre vnto him and to blesse in his name vnto this daye Wherfore the Leuites haue no parte nor enheritaunce with their brethern The Lorde he is their enheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promysed them And I taried in the mount eueÌ„ as at the first tyme .xl. dayes and .xl. nyghtes and the Lorde herkened vnto me at that tyme also so that the Lorde wolde not destroye the. And the Lorde sayed vnto me vpp aÌ„d goo forth in the iurney before the people and let them goo in aÌ„d conquere the lond which I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them And now Israel what is it that the Lord thi God requyreth of the but to feare the Lord thi God and to walke in all his wayes and to loue him and to serue the Lorde thy God with all thyne herte and with all thy soule that thou kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde aÌ„d his ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye for thy welth Beholde heauen and the heauen of heauens is the Lordes thy god and the erth with all that therein is