the childreÌ„ of Israel for it is an heueoffrynge And the heueoffrynge shal be the Lordes dutie of the childern of Israel euen of the sacrifice of their peaceoffrynges which they heue vnto the Lorde And the holye garmentes of Aaron shall be his sonnes after him to anoynte them therin and to fyll their handes therin And that sonne that is preast in his stede after him shall put them on seuen dayes that he goo in to the tabernacle of witnesse to ministre in the holye place ThaÌ„ take the ram that is the fullofferyng aÌ„d seth his flesh in an holye place And AaroÌ„ and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of hiÌ„ aÌ„d the bred that is in the basket euen in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And they shall eat theÌ„ because the attonmeÌ„t was made therewith to fyll their handes and to sanctifie theÌ„ but a straunger shal not eate therof because they are holie Yf oughte of the flesh of the fulloffrynges or of the bred remayne vnto the mornyng thou shalt burne it with fyre for it shall not be eaten because it is holye And se thou do vnto Aaron and his sonnes euen so in all thynges as I haue commaunded the that thou fyll their handes seuen dayes and offre euery daye an oxe for a synneoffrynge for to recoÌ„cyle with all And thoushalt halowe the alter when thou reconcylest it and shalt anoynte it to sanctifie it SeueÌ„ dayes thou shalt reconcyle the alter and sanctifie it that it maye be an alter most holye Toch not the ci alyce nor the altare stoÌ„ne nor holvoyle and holde youre hande onâ— off the fonte so that no maÌ„ maye twich it but thei that be consecrate This is that which thou shalt offre vpoÌ„ the alter ij lambes of one yere olde daye by daye for euer the one thou shalt offre in the morninge and the other at euen And vnto the one laÌ„be take a tenth deale of floure myngled wyth the fourth parte of an hin of beaten oyle and the fourth parte of an hin of wyne for a drinckeoffrynge And the other lambe thou shalt offer at euen and shall doo thereto acordynge to the meateoffrynge and drinkeoffrynge in the mornynge to be an odoure of a swete sauoure of the sacrifice of the Lorde And it shal be a continuall burntoffrynge amonge youre children after you in the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse before the Lorde where I will mete you to spake vnto you there There I will mete wyth the childern of Israel and wil be sanctified in myne honoure And I will sanctifie the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and I will sanctifie also both Aaron and his sonnes to be my preastes And moreouer I will dwell amoÌ„ge the children of Israel and wil be their God And they shal knowe that I am the Lorde their God that broughte them out of the lond of Egipte for to dwell amonge them euen I the Lorde their God ¶ The .xxx. Chapter ANd thou shalt make an alter to burne â—eÌ„ se therin of sethim wod a cubet longe and a cubet brode euen fouresquare shall it be and two cubettes hye with hornes procedyng out of it aÌ„d thou shalt ouerlay it with fyne golde both the roffe aÌ„d the walles round aboute aÌ„d his hornes also aÌ„d shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold rouÌ„de aboute aÌ„d .ij. goldeÌ„ ringes ¶ The forme of the altare of incense with all that belongeth vnto it And Aaron shall burne thereon swete cense euery mornynge when he dresseth the lampes and lykewyse at euen when he setteth vpp the lampes he shall burne cense perpetually before the Lorde thorow out youre generacions Ye shall put no straunge cense thereon nether burntsacrifice nor meateoffrynge nether poure any drynkeoffrynge thereon And Aaron shall reconcyle his hornes once in a yere reych the bloude of the synneoffrynge of reconcylige euen once in the yere shall he reconcyle it thorow youre generacions And so is it most holye vnto the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge when thou takest the summe of the childern of Israel aÌ„d tellest them they shall geue euery maÌ„ a reconcylinge of his soule vnto the Lorde that there be no plage amonge them when thou tellest them And thus moch shall euery man geue that goeth in the nombre halfe a sycle after the holye sycle a sycle is .xx. geeras and an halfe sycle shal be the heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde And all that are numbred of theÌ„ that are .xx. yere olde and aboue shall geue an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde The rych shall not passe and the poore shall not goo vnder halfe a sycle when they geue an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde for the attonemeÌ„t of their soules And thou shalt take the reconcylinge money of the children of Israel and shalt put it vnto the vse of the tabernacle of witnesse and it shall be a memoriall of the childern of Israel before the Lorde to make attonement for the if foules And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge thou shalt make a lauer of brasse and his fote also of brasse to wash with all and shalt put it betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and put water therein that Aaron and hys sonnes maye wesh both their handes aÌ„d theyr fete thereout wheÌ„ they go in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ„ they goo vnto the altare to ministre and to burne the Lordes offrynge lest they dye And it shal be an ordinaunce for euer vnto him and his seed amonge youre childern after you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge take principall spices of pure myrre fiue hundred sycles of swete cynamome halfe so moch ¶ The figure of the lauer of brasse with his fote And thou shalt speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saynge this shal be an holye oyntynge oyle vnto me thorow out youre generacions No mans flesh shal be anoynted therewith nether shall ye make any other after the makynge of it for it is holye se therfore that ye take it for holye â–ª whosoeuer maketh like that or whosoeuer putteth any of it apon a straunger shall perysh from amonge his people And the Lord sayd vnto Moses take vnto the swete spices stacte onycha swete galbanuÌ„ aÌ„d pure fraÌ„keÌ„sens of etch like moch aÌ„d make cens of them coÌ„pounde after the crafte of the apoticarye myngled together that it maye be made pure and holye And beat it to powder and put it before the witnesse in the tabernacle of witnesse where I will mete the but let it be vnto you holye And se that ye make none after the makinge of that but let it be vnto you holye for the Lorde And whosoeuer shall make like vnto that to smell thereto shall perish from amonge his people ¶ The .xxxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge beholde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of VrisoÌ„ne to Hur of the tribe of Iuda And I haue filled hiÌ„ with the sprete of God with wisdome vnderstondinge aÌ„d knowlege eueÌ„ in all
maner worke to finde out sotle faytes to worke in golde syluer aÌ„d brasse and with the crafte to graue stones to set aÌ„d to carue in tiÌ„bre aÌ„d to worke in all maner workmaÌ„shipe And beholde I haue geueÌ„ him to be his companion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan and in the hertes of all that are wise harted I haue put wisdom to make all that I haue commaunded the the tabernacle of witnesse and the arcke of witnesse and the mercyseate that is there vppon all the ornamentes of the tabernacle and the the table with his ordinaunce aÌ„d the pure caÌ„delsticke with al his apparell aÌ„d the alter of incens aÌ„d the alter of burntoffrynges with al his vessels aÌ„d the lauer with his fote aÌ„d the vestimeÌ„tes to ministre in aÌ„d the holye garmeÌ„tes for AaroÌ„ the preast aÌ„d the garmeÌ„tes of his sonnes to ministre in and the anoyntinge oyle and the swete cense for the sanctuarye acordinge to al as I haue commaunded the shall they doo And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng speake The sabbath beside that it served to come aÌ„d heare the vvorde of god and to seke his vvil aÌ„d to offer aÌ„d reconcile theÌ„ selues vnto god it vvas a sigâ—â— vnto theâ— also aÌ„d did put theÌ„ in remeÌ„branÌ„ce that iâ— vvas god that sanctified theÌ„ vvith his holye sprete aÌ„d not thei them selues vvith their holy vverkes uÌ„to the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye iÌ„ any wyse se that ye kepe my Sabbath for it shal be a sygne betwene me and you in youre generacions for to knowe that I the Lorde doo sanctifie you Kepe my Sabbath therfore that it be an holye thynge vnto you He that defileth it shal be slayne therfore For whosoeuer worketh therein the same soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the holye reste of the Lorde so that whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath daye shal dye for it wherfore let the childern of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they obserue it thorowe out their generacions that it be an appoyntement for euer For it shal be a sygne betwene me and the childern of Israel for euer For in sixe dayes the Lorde made heauen and erth and the seuenth daye he rested and was refresshed And wheÌ„ he had made an end of comening with Moses vppon the mounte Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and written with the finger of God ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter ANd when the people sawe that it was loÌ„ge or Moses came doune out of the mountayne they gathered them selues together aÌ„d came vnto Aaron and sayde vnto him Vp aÌ„d make vs a god to goo before vs for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte we wote not what ys become And Aaron saide vnto them plucke of the golden earynges which are in the eares of youre wyues youre sonnes aÌ„d of youre doughters and brynge them vnto me And all the people plucked of the golden earinges that were in their eares and broughte them vnto Aaron And he receaued them of their handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made it a calfe of molten metall And they sayde This is thi god O Israel whiche brought the out of the londe of Egipte And when Aaron sawe that he made an altare before it and made a proclamacion saing tomorow shal be holy daye vnto the Lorde And they rose vp in the mornynge and offred burnt offrynges and brought offrynges of attonement also And than they satt them doune to eate and drynke and rose vpp agayne to playe Than the Lorde sayde vnto Moses go get the doune for thi people which thou broughtest out of the laÌ„de of Egipte haue marred all they are turned at once out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded theÌ„ aÌ„d haue made theÌ„ a calfe of molten metall aÌ„d haue worshipped it aÌ„d haue offred therto and haue saide This â–ª is thy God thou Israel which hath brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses beholde I see this people that it is a stife necked people and now therfore suffre me The pop a vvolde curse xx hundred thousande as blacke as coles and sende theÌ„ to hell for to haue soche a profre and vvolde not haue prayed â— Moses did that my wrath maye waxe hote vppoÌ„ theÌ„ and that I maye consume theÌ„ and than will I make of the a mightie people Than Moses besoughte the Lorde his God and sayde O Lord why shuld thy wrath waxe hote apoÌ„ thy people which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte with great power and with a mightie hande wherfore shuld the Egiptians speake and saye For a mischefe dyd he brynge them out euen for to slee them in the mountayns and to consume them from the face of the erth Turne from thi fearse wrath aÌ„d haue compassion ouer the wikednesse of thi people RemeÌ„bre AbrahaÌ„ Isaac aÌ„d Israel thy servauntes to whoÌ„ thou sworest by thyne owne selfe aÌ„d saidest vnto theÌ„ I wil multiplye youre seed as the starres of heauen aÌ„d al this lande which I haue saide I will geue vnto youre seed aÌ„d they shall eÌ„heret it for euer And the Lorde refrayned him selfe from that euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people And Moses turned his backe and went doune froÌ„ the hyll and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande which were wrytteÌ„ on both the leaues and were the worke of God aÌ„d the writiÌ„ge was the writinge of God graueÌ„ apon the tables And when Iosua herde the noyse of the people as they shouted he saide vnto Moses there is a noyse of warre in the hoste And he sayde â–ª it is not the crye of theÌ„ that haue the mastrye â–ª nor of theÌ„ that haue the worse but I doo heare the noyse of synginge And as soone as he came nye vnto the hoste and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge his wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables out of his hande and brake them euen at the hyll fote And he toke the calfe which they had made aÌ„d burned it with fyre aÌ„d stampt it vnto powder and strowed it in the water and made the childern of Israel drynke And thaÌ„ Moses sayde vnto AaroÌ„ what dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so great a synne apon them And Aaron sayde let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fearse thou knowest the people that they are euen sett on myschefe they sayde vnto me make us a god to goo before us for we wote not what is become of Moses the felow that brought us out of the lande of Egipte And I sayde vnto them â–ª let them that haue golde take and brynge it me and I kest it in to the fyre and there of came out this calfe when Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame when they made insurrection he
offered aÌ„d broughte their giftes before the Lorde sixe couered charettes and .xij. â—xen two and two a charet and an oxe euery man and they broughte them before the habitacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge take it of them and let them be to do the seruyâ— ce of yâ— tabernacle of witnesse and geue them vnto the leuites euery man acordynge vnto his office And Moses toke the charettes aÌ„d the oxen gaue them vnto the leuites ij charettes and .iiij. oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Gerson acordynge vnto their office And iiij charettes and eyght oxen he gaue vnto yâ— sonnes of Merari acordynge vnto their offices vnder the handes of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast But vnto the sonnes of Cahath he gaue none for the office that perteyned to them was holy therfore they must bere vppon shulders And the princes offered vnto the dedycatynge of the alter in the daye that it was anoyn ted and brought their giftes before the alter And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses let the priches brynge their offerynges euery daye one prynce vnto the dedicatynge of the alter He that offered his offerynge yâ— first daye was Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab of the trybe of Iuda And his offerynge was a syluer charger of an hundred and .xxx. sicles weight and a syluer boule of .lxx. sicles of the holy sicle both of them full of fyne wheâ—â— flou re myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge a spone of .x. sicles of golde full of cens an oxe a ram aÌ„d a lambe of a yere olde for burnâ— offerynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for pease offerynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of a yere olde and this was the gifte of Nahesson the sonne of Aminadab The seconde daye dyd Nathancel offer yâ— sonue of Zuar captayne ouer Yfachar And his offerynge which he broughte was a syluer charger of an hundred .xxx. sicles weyght and a syluern boule of lxx sicles of yâ— holy sicle and a golden spone of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a ram and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges aÌ„d for peaseofferyn ges .ij. oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was yâ— offerynge of Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar The thyrde daye Eliab the sonnne of Helon the chefest amonge the childern of Zabulon brought his offerynge And his offerynge was a syluer charger of an hundred and. xxx sicles weyghte and a siluern boule of .lxx. sicles of the holy sicle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge and a golden spone of .x. sicles full of ceÌ„s and an oxe and a ram and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an hegoore for a synofferynge and for peascofferynges .ij. oxen v rammes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Eliab the sonne of Helon The fourtdaye Elizur the sonne of Sedeur chefe lorde amonge the childern of Ruben broughte his offerynge And his gifte was a syluer charger of an hundred and. xxx sicles weyghte and a syluern boule of .lxx. â—icles of the holy sicle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a ram a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges ij oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Elizur the sonne of Sedeur The fyfth daye Selumiel yâ— sonne of Zuri Sadai chefe lorde amonge the childern of Simeon offered whose gifte was a syluer charger of an hundred .xxx. sicles weyghte and a syluer boule of .lxx. sicles of the holy sicle aÌ„d both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge a golden spone of x. sicles full of cens And an oxe a ram aÌ„d a laÌ„be of a yere olde for burntofferynges aÌ„d an he goote for a synofferynge for peaseofferiges .ij. oxen .v. raÌ„mes .v. he gootes aÌ„d .v. laÌ„beâ— of a yere olde And this was the offerynge of Selumielthe sonne of Zuri Sadai The sixte daye Eliasaph yâ— sonne of â—eguel the chefe lorde amonge the childern of Gad offered whose gifte was a syluer charger of an hundred and .xxx. sicles weyghte and a syluern boule of .lxx. sicles of the holy sicle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of .x. sicles full of cens And an oxe a ram aÌ„d a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges an he goote for a synofferynge And for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes and .v. laÌ„bes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Eliasaph the sonne of â—eguel The seuenth daye Elisama the sonne of Amiud yâ— chefelorde of yâ— childern of Ephraim offered And his gifte was a siluern charger of an hundred and .xxx. sicles weyght aÌ„d a syluern boule of lxx sicles of the holy sicle aÌ„d both full of fyne floure myngled with oylâ— for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of x sicles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges aÌ„d an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes v. lambes of a yere olde And this was the offerynge of Elisama the sonne of Amiud The .viij. daye offered Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur the chefe lorde of the childern of Manasse And his gifte was a sylueren charger of an hundred and .xxx. sicles weyght and a syluern boule of .lxx. sicles of the hely sicle aÌ„d both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge a golden spone of .x. sycles full of ceÌ„s And an oxe a ram and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue laÌ„bes of a yere olde And this was the offerynge of Gamaliel the sonne of Peda zur The .ix. daye Abidan yâ— sonne of Gedeoni yâ— chefelord amoÌ„ge yâ— childern of Ben Iamm offered And his gifte was a syluern charger of an hundred and .xxx. sicles wey gâ—t a syluern boule of .lxx. sicles of the holy sicle and both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferynges an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes .v. he gootes v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni The .x. daye Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai chefelorde amoÌ„ge the children of â—an offered And his gifte was a syluern charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyght a syluern boule of seuentye sicles of the holy sycle and both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone
went and stode in the gate of the hoste aÌ„d sayde Yf any man perteyne vnto the Lorde lett him come to me And all the sonnes of Leui gathered them selues together and came vnto him And he sayde vnto them thus sayeth the Lorde of Israel put euery man his swerde by his syde and goo in and out from gate to gate thorow out the hoste and slee euery man his brother euery man his frende and euery man his neghboure And the childern of Leui dyd as Moses had sayde And there were slayne of the people the same daye aboute thre thousande The popâ—s bull fleeth â—oo thaÌ„ Aaron scalfe â—ueÌ„ an hundred thousand for one heere of them men Then Moses sayde fyll youre handes vnto the Lorde this daye euery man vppoÌ„ his sonne and vppon his brother to brynge vppoÌ„ you a blessynge this daye And on the morowe Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue synned a great synne But now I will goo vpp vnto the Lorde to witt whether I can make an attonement for youre synne And Moses went agayne vnto the Lorde and sayde Oh this people haue synned a great synne and haue made theÌ„ a god of golde Yet O pitifull Moses aÌ„d likevvise O mercifull Paul Roma .ix. And o abhominable pope vvith all his mercilesse Idoles forgeue them their synne I praye the Yf not wype me out of thy boke which thou hast written And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I will put him out of my boke that hath synned agaynst me But goo and brynge the people vnto the lande which I sayde vnto the beholde myne angell shall goo before the. Neuerthelater in the daye when I vyset I will vysett their synne vppon them And the Lorde plaged the people because they made the calfe which Aron made The .xxxiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses departe aÌ„d goo hence both thou aÌ„d the people which thou hast brought out of the laÌ„d of Egipte vnto the lande which I swore vnto AbrahaÌ„ Isaac aÌ„d Iacob saynge vnto thi seed I will geue it And I will sende an angell before the and will cast out the Canaanytes the Amorites the Hethites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites that thou mast goo in to a lande that floweth with mylke aÌ„d honye But I will not goo among you my selfe for ye are a styfnecked people lest I consume you by the waye And when the people heard this euell tydinges they sorowed aÌ„d no maÌ„ dyd put on his best rayment And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vn to the childern of Israel ye are a styfâ—necked people I must come on s sodenly apon you aÌ„d make an ende of you But now put youre goodly raymeÌ„t from you that I maye wete what to do vnto you And the childern of Israel layde their goodly raymeÌ„t from them eueÌ„ vnder the mount Horeb. And Moses toke the tabernacle aÌ„d pitched it without the hoste a ferre of froÌ„ the hoste aÌ„d called it the tabernacle of wytnesse And al that wold axe any questioÌ„ of the Lorde went out vnto the tabernacle of wytnesse which was without the hoste And when Moses weÌ„t out vnto the tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery man in his tentdore and loked after Moses vntill he was gone in to the tabernacle And as sone as Moses was entred in to the tabernacle the clouden piler descended and stode in the dore of the tabernacle aÌ„d he talked with Moses And when all the people sawe the clouden piler stonde in the tabernacle dore they rose vp and worshipped euery man in his tentdore And the Lorde spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whem Moses turned agayne in to the hoste the ladd Iosua his seruaunte the sonne of Nun departed not out of the tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the Lorde se thou saydest vnto me lede this people forth but thou shewest me not whom thou wilt send with me And hast sayde moreouer I knowe the by name and thou hast also founde grace in my syghte Now therfore yf I haue founde fauoure in thi syghte theÌ„ shewe me thy waye aÌ„d let me know the that I maye fynde grace in thi sighte And loke on this also how that this nacyon is thi people The popish saye my chyrâ—â— mi paresh my diocese and the monkes and frires saye all â—â—â—uâ—â—â— And he sayde my presence shall goo with the and I will geue the rest And he sayde yf thi presence goo not with me carye us not hense for how shall it be knowne now that both I and thi people haue founde fauoure in thi sighte but in that thou goest with us that both I and thi people haue a prâ—emynence before all the people that are vpon the face of the erth And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I will doo this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast founde grace in my sighte and I knowe the by name And he sayde I besech the shewe me thi glorye And he sayde I will make all my good goo before the and I will be called in this name Iehouah before the aÌ„d wil shewe mercy to whom I shew mercy and will haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde furthermore thou mayst not se my face for there shall no man se me and lyue And the Lorde sayde beholde there is a place by me and thou shalt stonde apon a rocke and while my glorye goeth forth I will put the in a clyfte of the rocke and will put myne hande apon the while I passe by And then I will take awaye myne hande and thou shalt se my backe partes but my face shall not be sene The .xxxiiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses hew the .ij. tables of stone like vnto the first that I maye write in theÌ„ the wordes which were in the fyrst .ij. tables which thou brakest And be redye agaynst the morniÌ„ge that thou mayst come vpp early vnto the mount of Sinai and stoÌ„de me there apoÌ„ the toppe of the mount But let no man come vp with the nether let any man be sene thorow out all the mount nether let shepe nor oxen fede before the hyll And Moses hewed .ij. tables of stone like vnto the first aÌ„d rose vp early in the morninge aÌ„d went vp vnto the mouÌ„t of Sinai as the Lorde coÌ„maunded him aÌ„d toke in his haÌ„de the. iâ— tables of stone And the Lorde desceÌ„ded in the cloude aÌ„d stode with him there aÌ„d he called apoÌ„ the name of the Lorde And wheÌ„ the Lorde walked before him he cryed Lorde Lorde God full of compassion aÌ„d mercy which art not lightly angrye but abundaÌ„t in mercy aÌ„d trueth â–ª aÌ„d kepest mercy in store for thousandes aÌ„d forgeuest wikednesse trespace aÌ„d synne for there is no man ynnoceÌ„t before the and visetest the wikydnesse of the fathers vpoÌ„ the childern aÌ„d apon childerns childern â–ª euen vnto the thryd aÌ„d fourth generatioÌ„ And Moses bowed hymself to the erth quykly aÌ„d worshipped aÌ„d sayde
fatt apon the alter aÌ„d the brest shal be AaroÌ„s aÌ„d his sonnes And the right shulder they shall geue vnto the preast to be an heueoffrynge of their peaceoffringes And the same that offreth the bloud of the peaceoffringes aÌ„d the fatt amoÌ„g the soÌ„nes of AaroÌ„ shall haue the right shulder vnto his parte for the wauebrest aÌ„d the heueshulder I haue takeÌ„ of the childern of Israel euen of their peace offringes aÌ„d haue geueÌ„ it vnto AaroÌ„ the prest and vnto his sonnes to be a dutie for euer of the childern of Israel This is the anoyntinge of Aaron aÌ„d of the sacryfices of the Lorde in the daye when they were offered to be preastes vnto the Lorde whiche the Lorde commaunded to be geuen them in the daye when he anoynted them of the childern of Israel and to be a dutie for euer amonge their generacions This is the lawe of burntoffrynges of meatoffrynges of synne offrynges of trespaceoffrynges of full offrynges of peaceoffrynges which the Lorde commaunded Moses in the mount of Sinai in the daye when he commaunded the childern of Israel to offer their offrynges vnto the Lorde in the wildernesse of Sinai The .viij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Hence the pope fett holowenge of chirches alters font belles aÌ„d so forthe and the anoyntinge of bissnopes preastes and soch like take Aaron and his sonnes with hiÌ„ and the vestures and the anoyntinge oyle and an oxe for a synneofferynge and two rammes aÌ„d a baskett of swete bred aÌ„d gather all the comentye together vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him and the people gathered them selues togither vnto the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Moses sayde vnto the people this is the thinge which the Lorde commaunded to do And Moses broughte Aaron and his sonnes and wasshed them with water and put apon him the albe and gyrde him with a girdel and put apon him the tunycle and put the Ephod thereon and gyrded him with the broderd girdel of the Ephod and bounde it vnto him therewith And he put the brestlappe thereon aÌ„d put in the brestlappe lighte aÌ„d perfectnesse And he put the myter apon his heed aÌ„d put apoÌ„ the myter eueÌ„ apoÌ„ the forefroÌ„t of it the golden plate of the holy croune as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntynge oyle and anoynted the habitacion and all that was therein and sanctified them and sprynkled thereof apon the alter .vij. tymes and anoynted the alter and all his vessels and the lauer with hys fote to sanctifie them And he poured of the anoyntynge oyle apon Aarons heed and anoynted him to sanctifie him And he broughte Aarons sonnes and put albes apon them and gyrde them with gyrdels aÌ„d put bonettes apoÌ„ their heedes as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And the synneoffrynge was brought And Aaron and his sonnes put their handes apon the heed of the oxe of the synneoffryng And when it was slayne Moses toke of the bloude and put it apon the hornes of the alter rounde aboute with his finger and purified it aÌ„d poured the bloud vnto the botome of the alter aÌ„d sanctified it aÌ„d reconcyled it And he toke all the fatt that was apon the inwardes aÌ„d the kal that was on the lyuer aÌ„d the two kydneyes with their fatt aÌ„d burned it apoÌ„ the alter But the oxe the hide his flesh aÌ„d his donge he burnt with fire without the hoste as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he broughte the ram of the burntofferynge and Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes put their handes apon the heed of the ram and it was kylled And Moses sprinkled the bloud apoÌ„ the alter rouÌ„de aboute aÌ„d cutt the ram in peces aÌ„d burnt the heed the peces aÌ„d the fatte aÌ„d wasshed the inwardes aÌ„d the legges in water and burnt the ram euery whitt apoÌ„ the alter That was a burntsacrifice of a swete sauoure aÌ„d an offrynge vnto the Lorde as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he broughte the other ram that was the fullofferynge and Aaron and his sonnes put their haÌ„des apoÌ„ the heed of the ram And when it was slayne Moses toke of the bloude of it and put it apon the typpe of Aarons ryght eare and apon the thombe of his right hande and apon the great too of his righte fote Then were Aarons sonnes broughte aÌ„d Moses put of the bloude on the typpe of the right care of them and apon the thombes of theire righte handes and apon the great tooes of the ir righte fete and sprinkled the bloud apoÌ„ the alter rounde aboute And he toke the fatt aÌ„d the rompe aÌ„d all the fatt that was apon the inwardes aÌ„d the kall of the lyuer aÌ„d the .ij. kydneyes with their fatt aÌ„d their righte shulder And out of the basket of swete bred that was before the Lorde he toke one swete cake of oyled bred aÌ„d one waâ—er aÌ„d put theÌ„ on the fatt aÌ„d apon the righte shulder aÌ„d put altogether apoÌ„ Aarons handes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his sonnes handes aÌ„d waued it a waueofferynge before the Lorde And thaÌ„ Moses toke theÌ„ from of their handes agayne aÌ„d burnt theÌ„ apoÌ„ the alter euen apon the burntoffrynge These are the fulloffrynges of a swete sauoure aÌ„d a sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses toke the breste and waued it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde of the ram of the fuloffrynges aÌ„d it was Moses parte as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Moses toke of the anoynting oyle aÌ„d of the bloude whiche was apon the alter and sprinkled it apoÌ„ AaroÌ„ aÌ„d apon his vestimeÌ„tes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his soÌ„nes aÌ„d on their vestimeÌ„tes with hiÌ„ aÌ„d sanctified AaroÌ„ aÌ„d his vesturs aÌ„d his soÌ„nes and his sonnes vestures also Then Moses say de vnto Aaron and his sonnes boyle the flesh in the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse and there eate it with the bred that is in the basket of fullofferynges as the Lorde commaunded sayenge Aaron and his sonnes shall eate it aÌ„d that whiche remayneth of the flesh and of the brede burne with fire And se that ye departe not from the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse seuen dayes longe vntill the dayes of youre fullofferynges be at an ende For .vij. dayes must youre haÌ„des be filled as they were this daye eueÌ„ so the Lorde hath commauÌ„ded to do to reconcyle you with all Se therfore that ye abyde in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse daye and nyghte seuen dayes longe and kepe the watch of the Lorde that ye dye not for so I am commaunded And Aaron and his sonnes dyd all thynges which the Lorde commaunded by the hande of Moses ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd the .viij. daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the elders of Israel and sayde vnto Aaron take a calfe for a synne offrynge and a ram for a burntoffrynge both without blemish and brynge them before the Lorde And vnto the childern of Israel he spake sayenge take ye an he goote for a synneofferynge and a calfe
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
ayre he brought them vnto Adam to see what he wold call them And as AdaÌ„ called all maner livynge beastes eveÌ„ so are their names And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell and vnto the foules of the ayre and vnto all maner beastes of the felde But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam to beare him companye Then the LORde God cast a slomber on Adam and he slepte And then he toke oâ—â— one of his rybbes and instede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh And the LORde God made of the rybbe which he toke out of Adam a womaÌ„ and brought her vnto Adam Then sayd AdaÌ„ this is once bone of my boones and flesh of my flesh This shall be called woman because she was take of the man For this cause shall a man leve father and mother cleve vnto his wyfe â— they shall be one flesh And they were â—ther of them naked both Adam and hys wyfe aÌ„d were not ashamed The .iij. Chapter BVt the serpent was sotyller than all the beastes of the felde which yâ— LORde God had made and sayd vnto the woman Ah syr that God hath sayd ye shall not eate of all maner trees in the garden And the woman sayd vnto the serpent of the frute of the trees in the garden we may eate but of the frute of the tree that is in the myddes of the garden sayd God se that ye eate not and se that ye touch it not lest ye dye Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman â—ush ye shall not dye But God doth knowe that whensoever ye shulde eate of it youre eyes shuld be opened and ye shulde be as God and knowe both good and evell And the woman sawe that it was a good tree to eate of and lustie vnto the eyes and a pleasant tre for to make wyse And toke of the frute of it and ate and gaue vnto hir husband also with her and he ate And the eyes of both them were opened that they vnderstode how that they were naked Than they sowed fygge leves togedder and made them apurns And they herd the voyce of the LORde God as he walked in the gardeÌ„ in the coole of the daye And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the face of the LORde God amonge the trees of the garden And the LORde God called Adam and sayd vnto him where art thou And he answered Thy voyce I harde in the garden but I was afrayd because I was naked and therfore hyd myselfe And he sayd who told the that thou wast naked hast thou eaten of the tree of which I bade the that thou shuldest not eate And Adam answered The woman which thou gavest to bere me company she toke me of the tree aÌ„d I ate And the LORde God sayd vnto the woman wherfore didest thou so And the woman answered the serpent deceaved me and I ate ¶ And the LORde God sayd vnto the serpeÌ„e because thou haste so done moste cursed be thou of all catell and of all beastes of the feld oppoÌ„ thy bely shalt thou goo and erth shalt thou eate alldayes of thy lyfe Morover I will put haired betwene the and the woman and betwene thy seed and â—yr seed And that seed shall tread the on the heed aÌ„d thou shalt tread hit on the hele And vnto the woman he sayd I will suerly encrease thy sorow aÌ„d make the oft with child and with payne shalt thou be deleverd And thy lustes shall pertayne vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the. And vnto AdaÌ„ he sayd for as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the saynge se thou eate not therof cursed be the erth for thy safe In sorow shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy lyfe And it shall beare thornes aÌ„d thystels vnto the. And thou shalt eate the herbes of yâ— feld In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede vntill thou returne vnto the erth wheÌ„ce thou wast takeÌ„ for erth thou art aÌ„d vnto erth shalt thou returne And AdaÌ„ called his wyfe Heua because she was the mother of all that lyveth And the LORde God made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes and put them on them And the LORde God sayd loo Adam is become as it were one of vs in knowlege of good and evell But now lest he strech forth his hand and take also of the three of lyfe and eate and lyve ever And the LORde God cast him out of the garden of Eden to tylle the erth wheÌ„ce he was taken And he cast AdaÌ„ out and sette at yâ— enteringe of the garden Eden Cherubin with a naked swerde movinge in and out to kepe the way to the tree of lyfe ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd Adam lay wyth â—eua ys wyfe which conceaved and bare Cain and sayd I haue goten amaÌ„ of the LORde And she proceded forth and bare hys brother Abell And Abell became a sheperde And Cain became a ploweman And it fortuned in processe of tyme that Cain brought of the frute of the erth an offerynge vnto the LORde And Abell he brought also of the fyrstlynges of hys shepe and of the fatt of them And the LORde loked vnto Abell and to his offeynge but vnto Cain and vnto his offrynge looked he not And Cain was wroth exceadingly and loured And the LORde sayd vnto Cain why art thou angry and why loureste thou Wotest thou not yf thou dost well thou shalt receave it But yf thou dost evell by by thy synne lyeth open in the dore Not withstondyng let it be subdued vnto the aÌ„d see thou rule Of this 〈…〉 ace no do 〈…〉 e the pope 〈…〉 hich in all 〈…〉 inges ma 〈…〉 eth hiÌ„ self 〈…〉 ual with 〈…〉 od toke an 〈…〉 ccasion to 〈…〉 arke all 〈…〉 is creatuâ—es and to 〈…〉 orbid vn 〈…〉 er payne of 〈…〉 coÌ„municaoÌ„ that no maÌ„ whether he 〈…〉 re kiÌ„ge or 〈…〉 mperowre 〈…〉 e so hardy 〈…〉 o punishe 〈…〉 em for â—hat so e 〈…〉 r myschef 〈…〉 ey doo â—he crowne 〈…〉 s to theÌ„ al◠〈…〉 ence to do 〈…〉 hat they 〈…〉 ste a prote◠〈…〉 oÌ„ a sure 〈…〉 uarye it And Cain talked wyth Abell his brother And as soone as they were in the feldes Cain fell vppon Abell his brother and slewe hym And yâ— LORde sayd vnto Cain where is Abell thy brother And he sayd I can not tell am I my brothers keper And he sayd What hast thou done the voyce of thy brothers bloud cryeth vnto me out of the erth And now cursed be thou as pertaynyng to the erth which opened hyr mouth to receaue thy brothers bloud of thy ne hande For when thou tyllest the grounde she shall heÌ„ce forth not geve hyr power vnto the. A vagabunde and a rennagate shalt thou be vpon the erth And Cain sayd vnto the LORde my synne is greater then that it may be forgeven Beholde thou castest me out thys day
from of the face of the erth and froÌ„ thy syghte must I hyde my selfe aÌ„d I must be wandrynge and a vagabunde vpon the erth Morover whosoever fyndeth me wyll kyll me And the LORde sayd vnto hi Not so but whosoever sleyth Cain shal be punyshed .vij. folde And the LORde put * a marke vpoÌ„ Cain that no maÌ„yt founde hym shulde kyll hym â–ª And Cain went out froÌ„ the face of the LORde and dwelt in the lande Nod on the east syde of Eden And Cain laye wyth hys wyfe which conceaved and bare Henoth And he was buyldinge a cyte and called the name of it after the name of hys sonne Henoch And Henoch begaâ— Irad And Irad begat Mahuiael And Mahuiael begat Mathusael And Mathusael begat Lamech And Lamech toke hym two wyves the one was called Ada and the other Zilla And Ada bare Iabal of whome came they that dwell in tentes aÌ„d possesse catell And hys brothers name was Iubal of hym came all that excercyse them selves on the harpe and on the organs And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in metall and a father of all that grave in brasse and yeron And Tubalcains syster was called Naema Then sayd Lamech vnto hys wyves Ada aÌ„d Zilla heare my voyce ye wyves of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue sla yn a yongman and gotte my selfe strypes For Cain shall be avenged sevenfolde but Lamech seventie tymes seven folde ¶ Adam also laye with hys wyfe yet agayne and she bare a sonne aÌ„d called hys name Seth For god sayd she hath geven me another sonne For Abell whom Cam slewe And Seth begat a sonne and called hys name Enos And in that tyme began men to call on the name of the LORde The .v. Chapter THys is the boâ—e of the generacion of man In thedaye when God created man and made hym after the symilytude of god Male and female made he theÌ„ and called their names man in the daye when they were created And when Adam was an hundred and thyrty yere old he begat a sonne after hys lycknesse and symilytude and called hys name Seth. And the dayes of Adam after he begat Seth were eyght hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed And Seth lyved an hundred and .v. yeres and begat Enos And after he had begot Enos he lyved .viij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Seth were .ix. hundred and .xij. yere and dyed And Enos lyved lxxxx yere and begat kenan And Enos after he begat kenan lyved viij hundred and .xv. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Enos were ix hundred and .v. yere and than he dyed And kenan lyued .lxx. yere and begat Mahalaliel And kenan after he had begot Mahalaliel lyved .viij. hundred and .xl. yere and begat sonneâ— and doughters and al the dayes of kenan were .ix. hundred and .x. yere and than be dyed And Mahalaliel lyued .lxv. yere and begat Iared And Mahalaliel after he had begot Iared lyved .viij. hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters and all the dayes of Mahalalyell were .viij. hundred nynetye and .v. yeare and than he dyed And Iared lyved an hundred and .lxij. yere and begat Henoch and Iared lyved after he begat Henoch .viij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Iared were .ix. hundred and .lxij. yere and than he dyed And Henoch lyved .lxv. yere aÌ„d begat Mathusala And Henoch walked wyth god after he had begot Mathusala .iij. hundred yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Henoch were .iij. hundred and .lxv. yere and than Henoch lyved a godly lyfe and was nomore sene for God toke hym away And Mathusala lyved an hundred and lxxxvij yere and begat Lamech and Mathusala after he had begot Lamech lyved .vij. hundred and .lxxxij. yere aÌ„d begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Methusala were .ix. hundred lxix yere and than he dyed And Lamech lyved an hundred .lxxxij. yere begat a sonne and called hym Noe sayng This same shall comforte vs as concernynge oure worke and sorowe of oure handes which we haue aboute the erthe that the LORde hath cursed And Lamech lyved after he had begot Noe v. hundred nynetie and .v. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And all the dayes of Lamech were .vij. hundred .lxxvij. yere and than he dyed And when Noe was .v. hundred yere olde he begat Sem Ham and Iaphet ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd it came to passe whaÌ„ men begaÌ„ to multiplye apoÌ„ the erth aÌ„d had be got them doughters the sonnes of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto them wyves which they best liked amoÌ„ge theÌ„ all And the LORd sayd My spirite shall not allwaye stryve withe man for they are flesh Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space and hundred and .xx. yeres There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renowne And whan the LORde sawe yâ— the wekednesse of man was encreased apon the erth and that all the ymaginacion and toughtes of his hert was only evell continually he repented that he had made man apon the erth and sorowed in his hert And sayd I wyll destroy mankynde which I haue made froÌ„ of the face of the erth both man beast worme and foule of the ayre for it repeÌ„teth me that I haue made them But yet Noe found gracein the syghte of the LORde These are the generatioÌ„s of Noe. Noe was a â—â—ghteous man and â—ncoâ—rapte in his tyme walked wyth god And Noe begat .iij. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth And the erth was corrupte in the syghte of god and was full of mischefe And God loked vpon the erth aÌ„d looâ— was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth Than sayd God to Noe the end of all flesh is come before me for the erth is full of there myschefe And loo I wyll destroy them with the erth Make the an arcke of pyne tree and make chaumbers in the arcke and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch And of this facion shalt thou make it The lenth of the arcke shall be .iij. hundred cubytes aÌ„d the bredth of it .l. cubytes and the heyth of it .xxx. cubytes A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in the arcke And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou finysh it And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette in the syde of it and thou shalt make it with iij loftes one aboue an other For behold I wil bringe in a floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from vnder heaven wherin breth of life is so that all that is
And ye knowe how that I haue serued youre father with all my myghte And youre father hath disceaued me chaunged my wages .x. tymes But God suffred him not to hurte me When he sayde the spotted shal be thy wages thaÌ„ all the shepe bare spotted Yf he sayde the straked shal be thâ— rewarde thaÌ„ bare all the shepe straked thus hath God akeÌ„ awaye youre fathers catell geueÌ„ theÌ„ me For in buckynge tyme I lifted vp myne eyes and sawe in a dreame and beholde the rammes that bucked the shepe were straked spotted and partie And the angell of God spake vnto me in a dreame saynge Iacob And I answered here am I. And he sayde lyfte vp thyne eyes aÌ„d see how all the â—aÌ„mes that leape vpon the shepe are straked spotted and partie for I haue sene all that Laban doth vnto yâ— I am yâ— god of Bethell where thou anoynteddest the stone aÌ„d where thou vowdest a vowe vnto me Now aryse and gett the out of this countre aÌ„d returne vnto the laÌ„de where thou wast borne Than answered Rahel Lea sayde vnto him we haue no parte nor enheritaunce in oure fathers house he cownteth us eueÌ„ as straungers for he hath solde vs and hath euen eaten vp the price of vs. Moreouer all the riches which God hath take from oure father that is oures and oure childerns Now therfore what so euer God hath sayde vnto the that doo ThaÌ„ Iacob rose vp sett his soÌ„nes and wiues vp vpon camels caried away all his catell all his substaÌ„ce which he had gotte in Mesopotamia for to goo to Isaac his father vnto the laÌ„de of Canaan LabaÌ„ was gone to shere his shepe Rahel had stolleÌ„ hir fathers ymages And Iacob went awaye vnknowynge to Laban the SirieÌ„ tolde him not that he fled So fled he all that he had made him self redy passed ouer the ryuers and sett his face streyght towarde the mounte Gilead ApoÌ„ the thirde day after was it tolde LabaÌ„ yâ— Iacob was fled ThaÌ„ he toke his brethreÌ„ with him and folowed after him .vij. dayes iourney and ouer toke him at the mounte Gilead And God came to LabaÌ„ the SiriaÌ„ in a dreame by nyghte and sayde vnto him take hede to thi selfe that thou speake not to Jacob oughte save good And LabaÌ„ ouer toke Iacob and Iacob had pitched his teÌ„te in that mounte And Laban with his brethern pitched their teÌ„te also apon the mounte Gilead Than sayde LabaÌ„ to Iacob why hast thou this done vnknowynge to me and hast caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene takeÌ„ captyue with swerde Wherfore wentest thou awaye secretly vnknowne to me didest not tell me yâ— I myghte haue broughte yâ— on the waye with myrth syngynge tymrells and harppes and hast not suffred me to kysse my childern my doughters Thou wast a fole to do it for I am able to do you evell But the God of youre father spake vnto me yesterdaye saynge take hede tha thou speake not to Iacob oughte saue goode And now though thou weÌ„test thi waye because thou loÌ„gest after thi fathers house yet wherfore hast thou stollen my goddes Iacob answerd sayde to LabaÌ„ because I was afrayed thought that thou woldest haue takeÌ„ awaye thy doughters fro me But with whome soeuer thou fyndest thy goddes let him dye here before oure brethreÌ„ Seke that thine is by me take it to the for Iacob wist not that Rahel had stolleÌ„ theÌ„ ThaÌ„ weÌ„t LabaÌ„ in to Iacobs teÌ„te in to Leas teÌ„te in to .ij. maydens tentes but fownde theÌ„ not ThaÌ„ weÌ„t he out of Leas teÌ„te entred in to Rahels teÌ„te And Rahel â—oke the ymages put them in the camels strawe sate doune apoÌ„ theÌ„ And LabaÌ„ serched all the teÌ„te but fownde theÌ„ not ThaÌ„ sayde she to hir father my lorde be not angrye that IcaÌ„ not ryse vp before the for the disease of wemeÌ„ is come apon me So searched be but fouÌ„de theÌ„ not Iacob was wrooth chode with LabaÌ„ Iacob also answered and sayde to him what haue I treâ—â—aced or what haue I offended that thou foloweddest after me Thou hast searched all my stuffe and what hast thou founde of all thy housholde stuffe put it here before thi brethern myne let theÌ„ iudge betwyxte vs both This xx yere yâ— I haue bene wyth the thy shepe and thy â—â—oores haue not bene baren and the rammes of thi flocke haue I not eateÌ„ What soeuer was torne of beastes I broughte it not vnto yâ— but made it good mysilf of my haÌ„de dydest thou requyre it whether it was stollen by daye or nyghte Moreouer by daye the hete consumed me and the colde by nyghte and my slepe departed fro myne eyes Thus haue I bene .xx. yere in thi house and serued the .xiiij. yeres for thy .ij. doughters and vi yere for thi shepe and thou hast changed my rewarde .x. tymes And excepte the God of my father the God of AbrahaÌ„ and the God who me Isaac feareth had bene with me surely thou haddest sent me awaye now all emptie But God behelde my tribulation and the laboure of my handes and rebuked the yester daye Laban answered aÌ„d sayde vnto Iacob the doughters are my doughters and the childern or my childern and the shepe are my shepe aÌ„d all that thou seist is myne And what can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or vnto their childern which they haue borne Now therfore come on let us make a bonde I and thou together and let it be a wytnesse betwene the me Than toke Iacob a stone and sett it vp an ende aÌ„d sayde vnto his brethern gather stoones And they toke stoones aÌ„d made an heape and they ate there vpoÌ„ the heape And LabaÌ„ called â—â—egar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gylead Than sayde Laban this heape â—e witnesse betwene the and me this daye therfore is it called Gilead and this â—oâ—eâ—ill which the lorde seeth sayde he be wytnesse betwene me and the when we are departed one from another that thou shalt not vexe my doughters nether shalt take other wyves vnto them Here is no man with vs beholde God is wytnesse betwixte the and me And Laban sayde moreouer to Iacob beholde this heape this marke which I haue sett here betwyxte me and the this heape be wytnesse and also this marcke that I will not come ouer this heape to the aÌ„d thou shalt not come ouer this heape aÌ„d this marke to do any harme The God of Abraham the God of Nahor and the God of theyr fathers be iudge betwixte vs. And Iacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared Then Iacob dyd sacrifyce vpon the mounte and called his brethern to eate breed And they are breed and taried all nyghte in the hyll And early in the mornynge Laban rose vp and kyssed his childern and his doughters and blessed theÌ„ and departed and weÌ„t vnto his place agayne But Iacob went forth on his
iourney And the angells of God came mett him And when Iacob lawe them he sayde this is godes hoost and called the name of that same place Mahanaim ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter IAcob sente meessengers before him to Esau his brother vnto the londe of Seir and the felde of Edom. And he coÌ„maunded them saynge se that ye speake after this maner to my lorde Esau thy seruaunte Iacob sayth thus I haue sogerned aÌ„d bene a straunger with Laban vnto this tyme haue gotten oxen asses and shepe menservauntes we manseruauntes haue sent to shewe it un lorde that I may fynde grace in thy syghte And the messengers came agayne to Iacob sainge we came vnto thi brother Esau and he cometh ageynst the and .iiij. hundred men with hiÌ„ Than was Iacob greatlye afrayde and wist not which waye to turne him selfe and devyded the people that was with him the shepe oxen and camels in to .ij. companies and sayder Yf Esau come to the one parte and smyte it the other may saue it selfe * Prayer is to cleave vnto the promyses of god with a siroÌ„ge fayth and to besech god with a fervent desyre that he will fulfyll them for his mercye truth onlye As Iacob here doth And Iacob sayde O god of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac LORde which saydest vnto me returne vnto thy cuntre and to thy kynrede and I will deall wel with the. I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercyes and treuth which thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunte For with my staf came I over this Iordane and now haue I goten .ij. droves Delyver me from the handes of my brother Esau for I feare him lest he will come and smyte the mother with the childern Thou saydest that thou woldest surely do me good and woldest make â—â— seed as the sonde of the see which can not be nombred for multitude And he taried there that same nyghte toke of that which came to hande a preasent vnto Esau his brother ij hundred she gootes aÌ„d xx he gootes ij hundred shepe and xx rammes thyrtye mylch camels with their coltes xl kyne aÌ„d x bulles xx she asses aÌ„d x foles and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues aÌ„d sayde vnto them goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue And he coÌ„maunded the formestsaynge WheÌ„ Esau my brother meteth the aÌ„d axeth the saynge whose seruauÌ„te art thou whither goost thou whose ar these that goo before the thou shalt say they be thy seruaunte Iacobs are a present sent vnto my lorde Esau and beholde he him selfe cometh after vs. And so coÌ„maunded he the seconde aÌ„d euen so the thirde and lykewyse all that folowed the drooues sainge of this maner se that ye speake vnto Esau wheÌ„ ye mete him aÌ„d saye more ouer Beholde thy seruaunte Iacob cometh after vs for he sayde I will pease his wrath with the present yâ— goth before me and afterward I will see him myself so perâ—dventure he will receaue me to grace So went the preseÌ„t before him aÌ„d he taried all that nyghte in the tente aÌ„d rose vp the same nyghte aÌ„d toke his .ij. wyves and his .ij. maydens his xâ— sonnes went ouer the foorde Iabok And he toke them aÌ„d sent theÌ„ ouer the ryuer aÌ„d sent ouer that he had aÌ„d taried behinde him selfe alone And there wrasiled a man with him vnto the breakynge of the daye And when he sawe that he coude not prevayle agaynst him he smote hiÌ„ vnder the thye and the senowe of Iacobs thy shranke as he wrastled with him And he sayde let me goo for the daye breaketh And he sayde I will not lett the goo excepte thou blesse me And he sayde vnto him what is thy name He answered Iacob And he sayde thou shalt be called Iacob nomore but Israell For thou hast wrastled with God and with men aÌ„d hast preuayled And Iacob asked him sainge tell me thi name And he sayde wherfore dost thou aske after my name and he blessed him there And Iacob called the name of the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face and yet is my lyfe reserved And as he went ouer Peniel the sonne rose vpon him and he halted vpon his thye wherfore the childern of Israell â—aâ—e not of the senow that shrancke vnder the thye vnto this daye because that he smote Iacob vnder the thye in the senow that shâ—oncke The .xxxiij. Chapter IAcob lyfte vp his eyes and sawe hys brother Esau come with him .iiij. hundred men And he deuyded the childern vnto Lea and vnto Rahel and vnto the ij maydens And he put the maydens aÌ„d their childern formest aÌ„d Lea and hir childern after and Rahel aÌ„d Ioseph hindermost And he went before them and fell on the grownde â–ª â—ij â–ª tymes vntill he came vnto his brother Esau ranne agaynst him and enbraced hym and fell on his necke and kyssed him and they wepte And he lifte vp his eyes and sawe the wyves and their childern and sayde what are these which thou there hast And he sayde they are the childern which God hath geuen thy seruaunte Than came the maydens forth aÌ„d dyd their obaysaunce Lea also and hir childern came and dyd their obaysaunce And last of all came Joseph and Rahel and dyd their obaysaunce And he sayde what meanyst thou with all yâ— drooues which I mett And he answered to fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde And Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast vnto thy silf Jacob answered oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte receaue my preaseÌ„t of my haÌ„de for I haue sene thy face as though I had sene that face of God wherfore receaue me to grace and take my blessynge that I haue brought the for God hath geuen it me frely And I haue ynough of all thynges And so he compelled him to take it And he sayde let vs take oure iourney and goo and I will goo in thy coÌ„pany And he sayde vnto him my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre childern ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande which yf men shulde ouerdryâ—â— but euen one daye the hole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and softly accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern be able to endure vntill I come to â—â— lorde vnto Seir. And Esau sayde let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he sayde what neadeth it let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde So Esau went his waye agayne that same daye vnto Seir. And Jacob toke his iourney toward Sucoth and bylt him an house and made boothes for his catell wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth And Jacob went to Salem to yâ— cytie of Si them in the lande of CanaaÌ„ after that he was come from Mesopotamia and pitched before the cyte and bought a parcell
her and also the men of the place sayde that there was no whoore there And Iuda sayde let her take it to her lest we be shamed for I sente the kydd thou coudest not fynde her And it came to passe that after .iij. mone â–ª thes one tolde Iuda saynge Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe And Iuda sayde brynge her forth aÌ„d let her be brente And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge by the maÌ„ vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe And sayd also loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe And Iuda knewe them saynge she is more rightwes thaÌ„ I because I gaue her not to Sela my soÌ„ne But he laye with her nomore When tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered beholde there was .ij. twynnes in hyr woÌ„be And as she traveled the one put out his hande and the mydwife toke and bownde a reed threde aboute it saynge this wyll come out fyrst But he plucked his hande backe agayne and his brother came out And she sayde wherfore hast thou rent a rent vppon the and called him Pharez And afterward came out his brother that had the reade threde about his haÌ„de which was called Zarah ¶ The .xxxix. Chapter IOseph was brought vnto Egipte aÌ„d Puâ—iphar a lorde of Pharaos aÌ„d his chefe marshall an Egiptian bought him of yâ— Ismaelites which brought hiÌ„ thither And the LORde was with Ioseph and he was a luckie felowe and continued in the house of his master the Egiptian And his master sawe that the ORde was with him and that the LORde made all that he dyd prosper in his hande Wherfore he founde grace in his masters syghte and serued him And his master made him ruelar of his house and put all that he had in his hande And as soone as he had made him ruelar ouer his house aÌ„d ouer all that he had the LORde blessed this Egiptians house for Iosephs sake and the blessynge of the LORde was vpon all that he had both in the house and also in the feldes And therfore he left all that he had in Iosephs hande and loked vpon nothinge that was with him saue only on the bread which he ate And Ioseph was a goodly persone a well favored And it fortuned after this that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph and sayde come lye with me But he denyed and sayde to her Beholde my master woteth not what he hath in the house with me but hath commytted all that he hath to my hande He him selfe is not greatter in the house than I aÌ„d hath kepte nothiÌ„ge froÌ„ me but only the because thou art his wife How than caâ— I do this great wykydnes for to synne agaynst God And after this maner spake she to Ioseph daye by daye but he harkened not vnto her to slepe nere her or to be in her company And it fortuned aboute the same season that Ioseph entred in to the house to do his busynes and there was none of the houshold by in the house And she caught him by the garment saynge come slepe with me And he left his garment in hir hande aÌ„d fled and gott him out When she sawe that he had left his garmeÌ„t in hir hande and was fled out she called vnto the men of the house and tolde them saynge Se he hath brought in an Hebrewe vnto vs to do vs shame for he came in to me for to haue slept wyth me But I cried with a lowde voyce And when he harde that I lyfte vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled awaye and got him out And she layed vp his garment by her vntill hir lorde came home And she told him acordynge to these wordes saynge This Hebrues servaunte which thou hast brought vnto vs came in to me to do me shame But as soone as I lyft vp my voyce and cryed he left his garment with me and fled out When his master herde the woordes of his wyfe which she tolde him saynge after this maner dyd thy servaunte to me he waxed wrooth And he toke Ioseph and put him in pryson euen in the place where the kynges prisoners laye bounde And there contynued he in preson But the LORde was with Ioseph aÌ„d shewed him mercie and gott him fauoure in the â—yghte of the keper of the preson which comâ— mytted to Iosephâ— haÌ„de all the presoners that were in the preson housse And what soeuer was done there that dyd he And the keper of the presoÌ„ loked vnto nothinge that was vnder his hande because the LORde was with him because that what soeuer he dyd the LORde made it come lucâ—ely to passe The xl Capter ANd it chaunced after this that the chefe butlar of the kynge of Egipte and his chefe baker had offended there lorde the kynge of Egypte And Phâ—rao was angrie with them and put theÌ„ in warde in his chefe marshals house euen in yâ— pre son where Ioseph was bownd And the chefe marshall gaue Ioseph a charge with them he serued them And they contynuaed a season in warde And they dreamed ether of them in one nyghte both the butlar and the baker of the kynge of Egipte which were bownde in the preson house ether of them his dreame and eche maÌ„nes dreame of a sondrie interpretation When Ioseph came in vnto them in the mornynge and loked apon them beholde they were sadd And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye They answered him we haue dreamed a dreame and haue no man to declare it And Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Interpretynge belongeth to God but tel me yet And the chefe butlar tolde his dreame to Ioseph and sayde vnto him In my dreame me thought there stode a vyne before meÌ„ and in the vyne were .lij. braunches and it was as though it budded her blossoÌ„s shottforth yâ— grapes there of waxed rype And I had Pharaos cuppe in my hande and toke of the grapes and wronge them in to Pharaos cuppe delyvered Pharaos cuppe into his hande And Ioseph sayde vnto him this is the interpeâ—tation of it The .iij. braunches ar thrâ— dayes for within thre dayes shall Pharao lyft vp thine heade and restore the vnto â–ª thyne office agayne and thou shalt delyuer Pharaos cuppe in to his haÌ„de after the old maner even as thou dydest when thou wast his butlar But thinke on me with the when thou art in good case and shewe mercie vnto me And make mencion of me to Pharao and helpe to brynge me out of this house for I was stollen out of the lande of the Hebrues here also haue I do ne nothiÌ„ge at all wherfore they shulde haue put me in to this dongeon When the chefe baker sawe that he had well interpretate it he sayde vnto Ioseph me thought also in my dreame yâ— I had .iij. wyker baskettes on my
is no moare left for my lorde but euen oure bodies and oure londes Wherfore latest thou us dye before thyne eyes and the londe to goo to noughte bye us and oure landes for bread and let both vs and oure londes be bonde to Pharao Eeue vs seed â–ª that we may lyue not dye that the londe god not to wast And Joseph boughte all the lande of Egipte for Pharao For the Egiptians solde euery man his londe because the derth was sore apoÌ„ them and so the londe became Pharaos And he appoynted the people vnto the cities from one syde of Egipte vnto the other only the londe of the Prestes bought he not For there was an ordinauÌ„ce made by Pharao for yâ— * The bliÌ„de gydes gett previleges froÌ„ beariÌ„ge with their brethreÌ„ contrarye to Christes lawe of love And of these prestes of idolles did â—ure coÌ„passiÌ„ge yvetrees lerne to crepe vp by litle litle to coÌ„passe yâ— greate trees of the world with hypocrisye aÌ„d to thrust yâ— roâ—es of idola tysse superâ—tition in to heÌ„ to su 〈…〉 out yâ—â—uce f theÌ„ with heir poeâ—â—ye till all be seer bowes and no thinge grene save their awne comâ— welth pre astes that they shulde eate that which was appoynted vnto them which Pharao had geuen them wherfore they solde not their londes Then Ioseph sayde vnto the folke beholde I haue boughte you this daye aÌ„d youâ—e landes for Pharao Take there seed and goo sowe the londe And of the encrease ye shall geue the fyfte parte vnto Pharao and .iiij. partee shal be youre awne for seed to sowe the feld and for you and them of youre housholdes and for youre childern to eate And they answered Thou haste saued oure lyves Let vs fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde and let us he Pharaos servauÌ„tes And Ioseph made it a lawe ouer the laÌ„de of Egipte vnto this daye that men must geue Pharao the fyfte parte excepte the londe of the preastes only which was not bond vnto Pharao And Israel dwelt in Egipte euen in the countre of Gosan And they had their possessions therein and they grewe and multiplyed exceadingly Moreouer Iacob lyued in the lande of Egipte .xvij. yeres so that the hole age of Iacob was an hundred and .xlvij. yere When the tyme drewenye that Israel must dye he sent for his sonne Ioseph and sayde vnto him Yf I haue founde grace in thy syghte put thy hande vnder my thye and deale mercifully aÌ„d truely with me that thou burie me not in Egipte but let me lye by my fathers and câ—rie me out of Egipte and burie me in their buryall And he answered I will do as thou hast sayde And he sayde swere vnto me aÌ„d he sware vnto him And than Israel bowed him vnto the beddes head The .xlviij. Chapter AFter these deades tydiÌ„ges were brought vnto Ioseph that his father was seke And he toke with him his ij â—oÌ„nes Manasses and Ephraim Then was it sayde vnto Iacob beholde thy sonne Ioseph commeth vnto the. And Israel toke his strength vnto him and satt vp on the bedd and sayde vnto Ioseph God allmightie appeared vnto me at â—us in the lande of Canaan aÌ„d blessed me and sayde vnto me beholde I will make the growe and will multiplye the and will ma ke a great nombre of people of the and will geue this lande vnto the and vnto thy seed after yâ— vnto an euerlastinge possession Now therfore thy .ij. soÌ„nes Manasses aÌ„d Ephraim which were borne vnto the before I came to the into Egipte shal be myne euen as Ruben and SimeoÌ„ shall they be vnto me And the childern which thou getest after them shal be thyne awne but shal be caller with the names of their brethern in their enheritaunces And after I came from Mesopotamia Rabel dyed apon my â—ande in the lande of CanaaÌ„ by the waye when I had but a feldes brede to goo vnto Ephrat And I buried her there in the waye to Ephrat which is now called Bethlehem And Israel behelde Iosephes sonnes sayde what are these And Ioseph sayde vnto his father they are my sonnes which God hath geuen me here And he sayde brynge them to me and let me blesse them And the eyes of Israell were dymme for age so that he coude not see And he broughte them to him aÌ„d he kyssed theÌ„ and embraced them And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph I had not thoughte to haue sene thy face and yet loo God hath shewed it me and also thy seed And Ioseph toke them awaye from his lappe and they fell on the grounde before him Than toke Ioseph them both Ephraim in his ryghte hande towarde Israels left hande aÌ„d Manasses in his left hande towarde Israels ryghte hande and brought them vnto him And Israel stretched out his righte hande and layde it apon Ephraims head which was the yonger and his lyft haÌ„de apon Manasses heed crossinge his handes for manasses was the elder And he blessed Ioseph saynge God before whome my fathers Abraham and Isaac dyd walâ—e and the God which hath fedd me all my life longe vnto this daye And the angell which hath delyuered me froÌ„ all euyll blesse these laddes that they maye be called after my name and after my father Abraham and Isaac and that they maye growe aÌ„d multiplie apâ— the erth When Ioseph sawe that his father layd his ryghte hande apon the heade of Ephraim it displeased him And he lifte vpp his fathers haÌ„de to haue removed it from Ephraims head vnto Manasses head and sayde vnto his father Not so my father for this is the eldest Put thy right hande apon his head And his father wold not but sayde I â—nowe it well my sonne I â—nowe it well He shal be also a people aÌ„d shal be great But of a troth his yonger brother shal be greatter than he and his seed shall be full of people And he blessed them sainge At the ensample of these the Israelites shall blesse and saye God maâ—e the as Ephraim and as Manasses Thus sett he Ephraim before Manasses And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph beholde I dye And god shal be with you and bringe you agayne vnto the land of youre fathers Moreover I geue vnto the a porcyon of lande aboue thy brethern which I gatt out of the handes of the Amooâ—tes with my swerde and wyth my bowe The .xlix. Chapter ANd Iacob called for his sonnes aÌ„d sayde come together that I maye tell you what shall happeÌ„ you in the last dayes Gather you together and heare ye sonnes of Iacob and herâ—en vnto Israel youre father Ruben thou art myne eldest sonne my myghte and the begynnynge of my strength chefe in receauynge and chefe in power As vnstable as water wast thou thou shalt therfore not be the chefest for thou wenst vp vpoÌ„ thy fathers bedd and than defyledest thou my couche with goynge vppe The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepoÌ„s In to their secrettes come
Pharao thus sayth the Lorde Israel is mine eldest sonne and therfore sayth vnto the let my sonne goo that he may serue me Yf thou wilt not let hiÌ„ goo beholde I will slee thine eldest sonne And it chaunced by the waye in the ynne that the Lorde mett him and wolde haue kylled him Than Zepora toke a stone aÌ„d circumcised hyr sonne and fell at hys fette and sayde a bloudy husband art thou vnto me And he lett him goo She sayde a bloudy husbonde because of the circumcision Than sayde the Lorde vnto Aaron go mete Moses in the wildernesse And he went and mett him in the mounte of God and kissed hi And Moses told Aaron all the wordes of the Lorde which he had sent by him aÌ„d all the tokens which he had charged him with all So went Moses and Aaron and gatherd all the elders of the childern of Israel And AaroÌ„ told all the wordes which the Lorde had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people beleued And wheÌ„ they herde that the Lord had visited the children of Israel and had loked vpon their tribulacion they bowed them selues and worshipped ¶ The .v. Chapter THen Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ weÌ„t and told Pharao thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel Let my people goo that they may kepe holye daye vnto me in the wildernesse And Pharao answered what felowe is the Lord that I shulde heare his voyce for to let Israel goo I knowe not the Lorde nether will let Israel goo And they sayde the God of the Ebrues hath mett with vs let vs goo we praye the iij. dayes iourney in to the deserte that we maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde oure God lest he smyte vs ether with pestilence or with swerde Then sayde the kinge of Egipte vnto them wherfore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people froÌ„ their worke gett you vnto youre laboure And Pharao sayde further more beholde there is moch people in the londe and ye make them playe and let their worke stonde And Pharao commaunded the same daye vnto the taskem asters ouer the people and vnto the officers saynge se that ye geue the people no moare strawe to make brycke with all as ye dyd in tyme passed let them goo and gather them strawe them selues and the nombre of bricke which they were wont to make in tyme passed laye vnto their charges also and minysh nothinge therof For they be ydill aÌ„d therfore crye saynge let vs goo and do sacrifice vnto oure God They must haue more worke layed vpon them that they maye laboure theryn and than will they not turne them selues to false wordes Than went the taskemasters of the people and the officers out and tolde the people saynge thus sayeth Pharao I will geue you no moare strawe but goo youre selues aÌ„d gather you strawe where ye can fynde it yet shall none of youre laboure be minyshed Than the people scatered abrode thorowe out all the lande of Egipte for to gather them stubyll to be in stead of strawe And the taskemasters hastied theÌ„ forward sayng fulfill youre worke daye by daye eueÌ„ as when strawe was geuen you And the officers of the childern of Israel which Pharaos task-masters had settouer them were beaten And it was sayde vnto them wherfore haue ye not fulfilled youre tasâ—e in makinge brycke both yesterdaye and to daye as well as in tymes past Than went the officers of the childern of Israel aÌ„d complayned vnto Pharao saynge wherfore dealest thou thus with thy servauntes there is no strawe geuen vnto thy servauntes and yet they saye vnto vs make brycke And loo thy servauntes ar beaten and thy people is foule intreated And he answered ydill ar ye ydill and therfore ye saye let vs goo aÌ„d do sacrifice vnto the Lorde Goo therfore and worke for there shall no strawe be geuen you and yet see that ye delyuer the hole tale of brycke when the officers of the childern of Israel sawe them silfe in shrode case in that he sayde ye shall minysh nothinge of youre dalye makiÌ„ge of brycke than they mett Moses and AaroÌ„ stondinge in there waye as they came out froÌ„ Pharao and sayde vnto them The Lorde loke vnto you and iudge for ye haue made the sauoure of vs stincke in the sighte of Pharao and of his servauntes and haue put a swerde in to their handes to slee vs. Moses returned vnto the Lorde and sayde Lorde wherfore dealest thou cruelly with this people and wherfore hast thou sent me For sence I came to Pharao to speke in thy name he hath fared foull with this folke aÌ„d yet thou hast not delyuered thy people at all Then the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou see what I will doo vnto Pharao for with a myghtie hande shall he let them goo and with a mightye hande shall he dryue them out of hys lande ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayng vnto him I am the Lorde and I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob an allmightie God but in my name Iehouah was I not knowne vnto them Moreouer I made an appoyntment with them to geue them the londe of CanaaÌ„ the londe of their pilgremage wherin they were straungers And I haue also herde the gronyng of the childern of Israel because the Egiptians kepe them in bondage aÌ„d haue remembred my promysse wherefore saye vnto the childern of Israel I A ê“myse or a testameÌ„t am the Lorde and will brynge you out from vnder the burdens of the Egiptians and wyll rydd you out of their bondage and wyll delyuer you wyth a stretched out arme and wythe great iudgementes And I wil take you for my people and wil be to you a God And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre God which bringe you out from vnder the burthens of the Egiptians And I wyll brynge you vnto the londe ouer the which I dyd lyfte vpp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and will geue it vnto you for a possessyon eueÌ„ Temptacy oâ—â—â—ieth faith I the Lorde And Moses tolde the children of Israel euen so But they harkened not vnto Moses for anguyshe of sprete and for cruell bondage And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Goo and bydd Pharao kynge of Egipte that he let the childern of Israel gâ—o out of his londe And Moses spake before the Lorde saynge beholde the childern of Israell herken not vnto me how than shall Pharao heare me seynge that I haue vncircumcised lippes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron and gaue them a charge vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d vnto Pharao kyng of Egipte to brynge the childern of Israel out of the londe of Egipte These be the heedes of their fathers housses The children of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel are these Hanoh Pallu Hezron Charmi these be the housholders of Ruben The childern of Symeon ar these Gemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zohar and Saul the sonne of a Cananytesh
wife these are the kynreddes of Symeon These are the names of the children of Leui in their generations Gerson Kahath and Merari And Leui lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The sonnes of Gerson Libni ād Semei in their kinreddes The childern of Kahath Amram Iesear Hebron and Vsiel And Kahath lyued an hundred and .xxxiij. yere The children of Merari are these Mahely and Musi these are the kynreddes of Leui in their generations And Amram toke Iochebed his nece to wyfe which bare him Aaron and Moses And Amram lyued an hundred and .xxxvij. yere The childern of Iezear Korah Nepheg and Sichri The childern of Vsiel Misael Elzaphan and Sithri And Aaron toke Elizaba doughter of Aminadab ād sister of Nahason to wife which bare him Nadab Abehu Eleazar and Ithamar The childern of Korah Assir Elkana ād Abiassaph these are the kynreddes of the Korahites And Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the doughters of Putuel to wife which bare him Pinchas these be the principall fathers of the Leuites in their kynreddes These are that Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord sayde carie the childern of Israel out of the lond of Egipte with their armyes The se are that Moses and Aaron whiche spake to Pharao kynge of Egipte that they myghte brīge the childern of Israel out of Egipte And in the daye whē the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the londe of Egipte he spake vnto him saynge ▪ I am the Lorde se that thou speake vnto Pharao the kinge of Egipte all that I saye vnto the. And Moses answered before the Lorde I am of vncircumcised lippes howe shall Pharao than geue me audience ¶ The .vij. Chaptre ANd the Lorde saide vnto Moses beholde I haue made the Pharaos God and Aaron thy brother shal be thy prophete Thou shalt speake all that I commaunde the and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharao that he sende the childern of Israel out of his londe But I will harden Pharaos hert that I may multiplie my myracles and my wondres in the land of Egipte And yet Pharao shall not herken vnto you that I maye sett myne honde vpon Egipte and brynge out myne armyes euē my people the childern of Israel out of the lāde of Egipte with great iudgementes And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue stretched forth my hande vpō Egipte and haue brought out the childern of Israel from amonge thē Moses and Aaron dyd as the Lorde commaunded them And Moses was lxxx yere olde and Aaron .lxxxiij. when they spake vnto Pharao And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron saynge when Pharao speaketh vn to you and sayth shewe a wondre than shalt thou saye vnto Aaron take the rodd and cast it before Pharao and it shall turne to a serpent Than went Moses and Aarō in vnto Pharao and dyd euen as the Lorde had commaunded And Aaron cast forth his rodd before Pharao and before his servauntes and it turned to a serpente Than Pharao called for the wyse men and enchaunters of Egipte dyd yn En◠so d◠o◠re charmars novv deceau◠all princes vvith theire sophistri◠▪ ād turne thē clene from repētaūce tovvarde the lavve of god ād frō the fayth that is in Christ lyke maner with there sorcery And they cast doune euery mā his rodd ād they turned to serpētes but Aarons rodd ate vp their roddes ād yet for all that Pharaos herte was hardened so that he herkened not vnto thē euen as the Lorde had sayde Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses Pharaos herte is hardened and he refuseth to let the people goo Get the vnto Pharao in the mornynge for he will come vnto the water and frō de thou apon the ryuers brynke agenst he come and the rodd whiche turned to a serpente take in thine hande And saye vnto him the Lorde God of the Hebrues hath sente me vnto the saynge let my people goo that they maye serue me in the wildernes but hither to thou woldest not heare wherfore thus sayth the Lorde hereby thou shalt knowe that I am the Lord. Behold I will smyte with the staffe that is in myne hand apon the waters that are in the ryuer and they shall turne to bloude And the fishe that is in the riuer shall dye and the riuer shall stinke so that it shall greue the Egiptiās to drinke of the water of the ryuer And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron take thy staffe and stretch out thyne hande ouer the waters of Egipte ouer their streames ryuers pondes and all pooles off water that they maye be bloude and that there may be bloude in all the lande of Egipte both in vessells of wodd and also of stone And Moses and Aaron dyd euen as the Lorde commaunded And he lifte vp the staffe and smote the waters that were in the riuer in the syghte of Pharao and in the syghte of his servauntes and all the water that was in the ryuer turned in to bloude And the fish that was in the riuer dyed and the ryuer stanke so that the Egiptians coude not drinke of the water of the ryuer And there was bloude thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the Enchaunters of Egipte dyd lyke wyse with their enchauntmentes so that Pharaos herte was hardened and dydnot regarde them as the Lorde had sayde And Pharao turned himselfe and went in to his housse and set not his herte there vnto And the Egiptians dygged round aboute the ryuer for water to drynke for they coude not drynke of the water of the ryuer And it contynued a weke after that the Lorde had smote the ryuer ¶ The .viij. Chapter THe Lorde spake vnto Moses Goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo beholde I will smyte all thy londe with frogges And the ryuer shall scrale with frogges ād they shall come vp and goo in to thine housse and in to thy chaumbre where thou slepest ād vppō thy bedd and in to the housses of thy servauntes and vppon thy people and in to thyne ovens and vppon thy vitels which thou hast in store And the frogges shall come vpon the and on thy people and apon all thy servauntes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saye vnto Aaron stretche forth thine hande with thy rodd ouer the stremes riuers ād pondes And bringe vp frogges apon the londe of Egipte And Aaron stretched his hande ouer the water of Egipte and the frogges came vp ād couered the londe of Egipte And the sorcerers dyd likewise with theire sorcery and the frogges came vp apon the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and Aarō and sayde praye ye vnto the Lorde that he may take awaye the frogges from me and from my people and I will let the people goo that they maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses sayde vnto Pharao Appoynte thou the tyme vnto me when I shall praye for the
and thy servauntes ād thy people to dryue awaye the frogges from the and thy housse so that they shall remayne but in in the riuer only And he sayde tomorow And he sayde euen as thou hast sayde that thou mayst knowe that there is none like vnto the Lorde oure God And the frogges shall departe from the ād from thyne houses and from thy servauntes and from thy people and shall remayne in the riuer only And Moses and Aaron went out frō Pharao and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde apō the apoyntment of frogges which he had made vnto Pharao And the Lorde dyd accordinge to the saynge of Moses And the frogges dyed out of the housses courtes and feldes And they gathred them to gether vppon heppes so that the lande stanke of them But when Pharao sawe that he had rest geuen him he hardened his herte and herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Saye vnto Aarō stretch out thy rodd and smyte the dust of the lande that it maye turne to lyse in all the londe of Egipte And they dyd so And Aaron stretched out his hande with his rodd and smote the dust of the erth ād it turned to lyse both in man and beest so that all the dust of the lande turned to lyse thorowe out all the lande of Egipte And the enchaunters assayde lykewyse with their enchauntmentes to brynge forth lyse but they coude not And the lyse were both apon man and beest Then sayde the enchaunters vnto Pharao it is the fingre of God Neuerthelater Pharaos herte was hardened and he regarded them not as the Lorde had sayde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao for he will come vnto the water and saye vnto him thus sayth the Lorde let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde I will sende all maner flies both apon the and thy servauntes ād thy people and into thy housses And the housses of the Egiptians shal be full of flies and the grounde where on they are But I will seperate the same daye the londe of Gosan where my people are so that there shall no flyes be there that thou mayst knowe that I am the Lorde vppon the erth And I will put a deuision betwene my people and thine And euen tomorow shall this myracle be done And the Lorde dyd euen so and there came noysom flyes in to the housse of Pharao and in to his servauntes housses and in to all the lōde of Egipte so that the londe was marred with flyes Then Pharao sent for Moses and Aaron and sayde Goo and do sacrifice vnto youre God in the land And Moses answered it is not mete so to do for we must offer vnto the Lorde oure God that whiche is an abhominatyon vnto the Egiptians beholde shall we sacrifice that which is an abhominacion vnto the Egiptians before their eyes and shall they not stone vs we will therfore goo .iij. dayes yournay in to the deserte and sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God as he hath cōmaunded vs. And Pharao sayde I will late you goo that ye maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde youre God in the wildernes only goo not ferrre awaye ād se that ye praye for me And Moses sayde beholde I will goo out from the and praye vnto the Lorde and the flyes shall departe frō Pharao and from his servauntes and from his people tomorow But let Pharao from hēce forth desceaue no moare that he wolde not lett the people goo to sacrifice vnto the Lorde And Moses went out from Pharao and prayed vnto the Lorde And the Lorde dyd as Moses had saide ād toke awaye the flies frō Pharao and from his servauntes ād from hys people so that there remayned not one But for all that Pharao hardened his herte euen then also and wolde not let the people goo ¶ The .ix. Chaptre ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao and tell him thus sayeth the Lorde God of the Ebrues sende out my people that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let them goo but wilt holde them styll beholde the hande of the Lorde shal be apō thy catell which thou hast in the feld apon horses asses camels oxen and shepe with a mightye great morrayne But the Lorde shall make a deuysion betwene the beestes of the Israhelites ād the beestes of the Egiptias so that there shal nothing dye of all that perteyneth to the children of Israel And the Lorde appoynted a tyme saynge tomorow the Lorde shall do this thinge in the londe And the Lorde dyd the thinge on the morow and all the catell of Egipte dyed but of the catell of the children of Israel dyed not one And Pharao sent to wete but ther was not one of the catell of the Israhelites dead Notwithstondinge the hert of Pharao hardened and he wolde not let the people goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses and Aaron take youre handes full of asshes out of the fornace and let Moses sprynkel it vp in to the ayre in the syghte of Pharao and it shall turne to dust in all the londe of Egipte and shal make swellynge soores with blaynes both on mā and beest in all the londe of Egipte And they toke asshes out of the fornace and stode before Pharao ād Moses sprynkeld it vp in to the ayre And there brake out soores with blaynes both in mā and beest so that the sorcerers coude not stonde before Moses by the reason of botches on the enchaunters and apon all the Egiptians But the Lorde hardened the herte of Pharao that he herkened not vnto them as the Lorde had sayde vnto Moses And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses ryse vp early in the mornynge and stonde before Pharao and tell him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Ebrues Let my people goo that they may serue me or els I will at this tyme sende all my plages apon thine herte and apon thy servauntes and on thy people that thou mayst knowe that there is none lyke me in all the erth For now I will stretch out my hande and will smyte the and thy people with pestilence so that thou shalt perisshe from the erth Yet in very dede for this cause haue I sterred the vpp for to shewe my power in the and to declare my name thorow out all the worlde Yf it be so that thou stoppest my people that thou wilt not let them goo beholde tomorow this tyme I will send doune a mightie great hayle euē soch one as was not in Egipte sence it was grounded vnto this tyme. Sende therfore and fet home thy beestes and al that thou hast in the felde For apon all the men and beestes which are founde in the felde ād not broughte home shall the hayle fall ād they shall dye And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde among the servauntes of Pharao made the ir servauntes ād
their beestes flee to house and they that regarded not the worde of the Lorde left their servauntes and their beestes in the felde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses stretche forth thine hande vnto heauen that there may be hayle in all the lande of Egipte apoÌ„ maÌ„ aÌ„d beest aÌ„d apoÌ„ all the herbes of the felde in the feld of Egipte And Moses stretched out his rodd vnto heauen and the Lorde thondered and hayled so that the fyre ran a longe vppon the grounde And the Lorde so hayled in the loÌ„de of Egipte that there was hayle aÌ„d fyre meÌ„gled with the hayle so greuous that there was none soch in all the londe of Egipte sence people inhabited it And the hayle smote in the londe of Egipte all that was in the felde both man and beest And the hayle smote all the herbes of the feld and broke all the trees of the felde only in the lande of Gosan where the children of israell were was there no hayle And Pharao sent aÌ„d called for Moses and Aaron and sayde vnto theÌ„ I haue now synned the Lorde is rightwes and I and my people are weked Praye ye vnto the Lorde that the thonder of God and hayle maye cease and I will let you goo and ye shall tarie no longer And Moses sayde vnto him assoone as I am out of the citie I will sprede abrode my handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder shall ceasse nether shall there be any moare hayle that thou mayst knowe howe that the erth ys the Lordes But I knowe that thou and thy servauntes yet feare not the Lord God The flaxe aÌ„d the barly were smytteÌ„ for the barly was shott vp aÌ„d the flaxe was boulled but the where and the rye were not smeten for they were late sowne And Moses went out of the citie froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d sprede abrode his handes vnto the Lorde and the thunder and hayle ceased nether rayned it any moare vppon the erth wheÌ„ Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle and thunder were ceased he synned agayn aÌ„d hardened his herte both he and his servauntes So was the herte of Pharao hardened that he wolde not let the children of Israel goo as the Lord had sayde by Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter THe Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo vnto Pharao neuerthelesse I haue hardened his harte and the hertes of his servauntes that I mighte shewe these my sygnes amongest theÌ„ and that thou tell in the audience of thy sonne and of thy sonnes sonne the pagiantes which I haue played in Egipte aÌ„d the miracles which I haue done amonge them that ye may knowe how that I am the Lorde Than Moses aÌ„d Aaron went in vnto Pharao and sayde vnto him thus sayth the Lorde God of the Hebrues how longe shall it be or thou wilt submyt thy selfe vnto me Let my people goo that they maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let my people goo beholde tomorow will I brynge greshoppers in to thy lande and they shall couer the face of the erth that it can not be sene aÌ„d they shall eate the residue which remayneth vnto you and escaped the hayle and they shall eate all youre grene trees vpon the felde and they shall fill thy housses and all thy servauntes housses and the housses of all the EgiptiaÌ„s after soch a maner as nether thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers haue sene sence the tyme they were apon the erthe vnto thys daye And he turned him silfe aboute aÌ„d went out from Pharao And Pharaos servauntes sayde vnto hym Howe longe shall this felowe thus plage vs Let the men goo that they maye serue the Lorde their God or els wilt thou see Egipte first destroyed And than Moses and Aaron were broughte agayn vnto Pharao and he sayde vnto them Goo and serue the Lorde youre God but who are they that shall goo And Moses answered we must goo with yonge and olde ye and with oure sonnes and with oure doughters aÌ„d with oure shepe and oxeÌ„ must we goo For we must holde a feast vnto the Lorde And he sayde vnto them shall it be soo The Lorde be with you shulde I lett you goo and youre children also Take heede for ye haue so me myschefe in honde Nay not so but goo ye that are men and serue the Lorde for that was youre desyre And they thrust theÌ„ out of Pharaos presence And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine hande ouer the lande of Egipte for greshoppers that they come apon the lande of Egipte and eate all the herbes of the londe aÌ„d all that the hayle left vntouched And Moses stretched forth his rodd ouer the londe off Egipte aÌ„d the Lorde brought an east wynde vppoÌ„ the lande all that daye and all nyghte And in the mornynge the east wynde broughte the greshoppers aÌ„d the greshoppers weÌ„t vp ouer all the lande of Egipte and lighted in all quarters off Egipte verye greuously so that before them were there no soch greshoppers nether after them shal be And they couered all the face of the erth so that the londe was darke therwith And they ate all the herbes of the lande and all the frutes of the trees which the hayle had lefte so that there was no grene thinge lefte in the trees and herbes of the felde thorow all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses and AaroÌ„ in haste and sayde I haue synned agaynst the Lorde youre God and agaynst you Forgeue me yet my synne only this once and pray vnto the Lorde youre God that he maye take away froÌ„ me this deth only And he weÌ„t out froÌ„ Pharao aÌ„d prayd vnto the Lorde aÌ„d the Lord turned the wynde in to a myghtie stronge west wynde and it toke awaye the greshoppers and cast theÌ„ in to the reed see so that there was not one greshopper left in all the costes of Egipte But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte â—o that he wold not let the childern off Israel goo And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thy hond vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d let there be darcknesse vppon the londe of Egipte eueÌ„ that thei maye feale the darcknesse And Moses stretched forth his hande vnto heaueÌ„ aÌ„d there was a darke myst vppoÌ„ all the lande off Egipte iij dayes longe so that no maÌ„ sawe another nether rose vp froÌ„ the place where he was by the space of .iij. dayes but all the childreÌ„ of Israel had lighte where they dwelled Then Pharao called for Moses and sayde goo and serue the Lorde only let youre shepe and youre oxen abyde but let youre childern go with you And Moses answered thou must geue vs also offringes and burntoffringes for to sacrifice vnto the Lord oure God Oure ca tell therfore shall goo with vs and there shall not one hoosâ—e be left behinde for therof must we take to serue the Lorde oure God Moreouer we caÌ„not knowe wherwith we shall serue the Lorde vntyll we come thither But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte so that he wold not
forsvver god promysed se that ye kepe this seruice * And when youre childern axe you what maner off seruice is this ye doo Ye shall say â–ª it is the sacrifice of the Lordes passeouer which passed ouer the housses of the childern of Israel in Egipte as he smote the Egiptians and saued oure housses Than the people bowed them selues and worshipped And the childern of Israel went and dyd as the Lorde had commauÌ„ded Moses and Aaron And at mydnyghte the Lorde smote all the firstborne in the loÌ„de of Egipte from the first-borne of Pharao that satt on his seat vnto the firstborne of the captyue that was in presone and all firstborne of the catell Than Pharao arose the same nyghte and al his servauntes aÌ„d all the Egiptians and there was a great crieng thorowe out Egipte for there was no housse where there was not one dead And he called vnto Moses and Aaron by nyghte saynge Ryse vp and gett you out from amonge my people both ye and also the children of Israel and goo and serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde And take youre shepe and your oxen with you as ye haue sayde aÌ„d departe aÌ„d blesse me also And the Egiptians were ferce vppon the people and made haste to send theÌ„ out of the laÌ„d for they sayde we be al deed meÌ„ And the people toke the dowe before it was sowered which they had in stoare and bounde it in clothes aÌ„d put it vpoÌ„ their shulders And the childern of Israel dyd acordinge to the saynge of Moses aÌ„d they borowed of the Egiptians iewels of syluer and iewels of gold and rayment And the Lorde gat the people fauoure in the syghte of the Egiptians aÌ„d so they borowed and robbed the Egiptians Thus toke the childern of Israel their your ney froÌ„ Raemses to suchoth .vj. hundred thou sand meÌ„ of foote besyde childern And moch comon people went also with theÌ„ aÌ„d shepe aÌ„d oxen aÌ„d catell exceadinge moch And they baked swete cakes of the dowe which thy broughte out of Egipte for it was not sowered because they were thrust out of Egipte and coude not tarie nether had they prepared them any other prouision of meate And the tyme of the dwellinge of the childern of Israel which they dwelled in Egipte was .iiij. hundred and .xxx. yere And wheÌ„ the iiij hundred and .xxx. yeres were expyred eueÌ„ the selfe same daye departed all the hostes of the Lorde out of the lande of Egipte This is a nyghte to be obserued to the Lorde because he broughte them out of the lande of Egipte This is a nyghte of the Lorde to be kepte of all the childern of Israel and of their generacions after them And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses aÌ„d Aaron this is the maner of Passeover there shall no straunger eate there of but all the seruauntes that are bought for money shall ye circumcise and then let them eat there of A strauÌ„ger and a hyerd seruaunte shall not eate thereof In one housse shall it be eateÌ„ Ye shall carie none of the flesh out at the doores moreouer se that ye breke not a bone there of All the multirude of the childern of Israel shall obserue it Yf a straunger dwell amonge you ad wyll holde Passeover vnto the Lorde let him circuÌ„cise all that be males aÌ„d theÌ„ let him come and obserue it aÌ„d be takeÌ„ as one that is borne iÌ„ the loÌ„de No vncircuÌ„cised persone shall eate there of One maner of lawe shal be vnto theÌ„ that are borne in the loÌ„de aÌ„d vnto the strauÌ„gers that dwell amoÌ„ge you And all the childern of Israel dyd as the Lorde coÌ„mauÌ„ded Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ And eueÌ„ the selfe same daye dyd the Lorde brynge the childern of Israel out of the londe of Egipte with their armies The .xiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge sanctifie vnto me all the firstborne that opeÌ„ all maner matrices amoÌ„ge the childern of Israel as well of meÌ„ as of beestes for they are myne And Moses sayde vnto the people thiÌ„ke on thys daye iÌ„ which ye came out of Egipte and out of the housse of bondage for with a myghtie haÌ„de the Lorde broughte you out froÌ„ theÌ„ce Se therfore that ye eate no leuen ded bred This daye come ye out of Egipte in the moneth of Abib wheÌ„ the Lorde hath broughte the iÌ„ to the loÌ„de of the Canaanites Hethites Amorites Heuites aÌ„d iebusites which he sware vnto thi fathers that he wolde geue the a londe where in milke aÌ„d honye floweth theÌ„ se that thou kepe this servyce in this same moneth SeueÌ„ dayes thou shalt eate swete bred aÌ„d the .vij. daye shal be feâ—â—â—tfull vnto the Lorde Therfore thou shalt eate swete bred .vij. dayes and se that there be no leuended bred sene nor yet leueÌ„ amonge you in all youre quarters And thou shalt shewe thy sonne at that tyme The fathers novv a dayes maye not be sâ—fied to knovv ought of God them selves hovv can they then teach their childern vvhat the ceremonie meaneth saynge this is done because of that which the Lorde dyd vnto me when I came out of Egipte Therfore it shall be a signe vnto the vppon thine hande and a remembraunce betwene thine eyes that the Lordes lawe maye be in thy mouth For with a stronge haÌ„de the Lorde broughte the out of Egipte se thou kepe therfore this ordinauÌ„ce in his season from yere to yere Moreouer when the Lorde hath broughte the in to the londe of the Canaanytes as he hath sworne vnto the and to thi fathers and hath geuen it the theÌ„ thou shalt appoynte vnto the Lorde all that openeth the matrice and all the firstborne among the beestes which thou hast yf they be males And all the firstborne of the asses thou shalt redeme with a shepe yf thou redeme him not then breake hys necke But all the firstborne amonge thi childern shalt thou bye out And when thi sonne axeth the in tyme to come Teach youre chyldern saynge what is this thou shalt saye vnto him with a mightie hande the Lorde broughte us out of Egipte out of the housse of bondage And when Pharao was looth to lete us goo the Lorde slewe all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte as well the firstborne of men as of beastes And therfore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that open the matrice but all the firstborne of my childern I must redeme And this shall be as a token in thine hande and as a thinge hanged vpp betwene thine eyes because the Lorde broughte us out of Egipte with a mightie hande when Pharao had let the people goo God caried them not thorow the londe of the Philistines though it were a nye waye For God sayde the people myghte happly repent when they se warre and so turne agayne to Egipte therfore God led theÌ„ aboute thorow the wyldernesse that bordreth on the redd see The childern of Israel went harnessed out of the laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses toke
the bones of Ioseph with him for he made the childern of Israel swere saynge God will surely vyset you take my bones therfore away hence with you And they toke their iorney from Suchoth and pitched their tentes in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse And the Lorde went before them by daye in a piler of a cloude to lede them the waye and by nyghte in a piler of fyre to geue thē lighte that they myghte goo both by day ādnyghte And the piler of the cloude neuer departed by daye nor the piler of fyre by nyghte out of the peoples sighte The .xiiij. Chapter THan the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge byd the childern of Israel that they turne and pytch their tentes before the entrynge of Hiroth betwene Migdole and the s◠toward Baal zephon euen before that shall ye pytch apon the see For Pharao will saye of the childern of Israel they are tāgled in the lōd the wildernesse hath shott thē in And I will hardē his harte that he shall folowe after thē that I maye gett me honoure vppō Pharao ād vppō all his hoste that the Egiptians maye knowe that I am the Lorde And they dyd euen so And whē it was tolde the kynge of Egipte that the people fled thā Pharaos harte and all his seruaūtes turned vnto the people ād sayde why haue we this done that we haue let Israel go out of oure seruyce and he made redie his charettes ād toke his people with hym ād toke vi hūdred chosen charettes ād all the charettes of Egipte ād captaynes vppō all his people For the Lorde hardened the harte of Pharao kynge of Egipte that he folowed after the childern of Israel which for all that went out thorow an hye hāde And the Egiptiās folowed after thē ād ouertoke thē where they pitched by the see with all the horsses ād charettes of Pharao ād with his horssemē ād his hoste euē fast by the entrynge of Hiroth before Baal Zephon And Pharao drewenye ād whē the childern of Isreal lyft vp their eyes and sawe how the Egiptiās folowed after thē they were sore a fraide ād cried out vnto the Lorde Thā sayde they vnto Moses were there no * graues for us in Egipte but thou must bringe us awaye for to dye in the wyldernesse wherfore hast thou serued us thus for to carie us out of Egipte Dyd not we tell the this in Egipte saynge let us be in rest and serue the Egiptians For it had bene better for us to haue serued the Egiptians than for to dye in the wildernesse And Moses sayde vnto the people feare ye not but stonde still and beholde how the Lorde shall saue you this daye For as ye se the Egiptians this daye shall ye see them nomore for euer till the worldes ende The Lorde shall fighte for you and ye shall holde youre peace The Lorde sayde vnto Moses wherfore criest thou vnto me speake vnto the childern of Israel that they goo forwarde But lifte thou vp thi rodd and stretch out thi hande ouer the see and deuyde it a sondre that the childern of Israel may goo on drye groūde thorow the myddest thereof And beholde I will harden the hertes of the Egiptians that they maye folowe you And I will gett me honoure vpon Pharao and vpon all his hoste vpon his charettes ād vpon his horse mē And the Egiptians shall knowe that I am the Lord whan I haue gotten me honoure vpō Pharao vpon his charettes and vpon his horsemen And the angell of God which went before the hoste of Israel remoued ād went behinde them And the cloudēpiler that was before them remoued ād stode behinde them ād wēt betwene the hoste of the Egiptians ād the hoste of Israel Yt was a darke clowde and gaue lighte by nyghte so that all the nyghte long the one coude not come at the other when now Moses stretched forth his honde ouer the see the Lorde caried awaye the see with a stronge east wynde that blewe all nyghte and made the see drie londe ād the water deuyded it silfe And the childern of Israel went in thorow the myddest of the see vppon the drie grounde And the water was a walle vnto them both on their righthande ād on the ir lefte hande And the Egiptians folowed ād went in after them to the myddest of the see with all Pharaos horses and his charettes and his horssemen And in the mornynge watch the Lorde loked vnto the hoste of the Egiptiās out of the fyery and clowdie piler and troubled their hoste and smote of their charett wheles and cast them doune to the grounde Than sayde the Egiptians Let vs fle from Israel for the Lorde fyghteth for them agaynst vs. Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses stretch out thine hand ouer the see that the water maye come agayne vppō the Egiptians vppon their charettes ād horsemen Than stretched forth Moses his hande ouer the see and it came agayne to his course erly ī the mornīg ād the Egiptiās fledd agaynst it Thus the Lorde ouerthrewe the Egiptians in the middest of the see ād the water returned and couered the charettes and the housemē so that of all the hoste of Pharao that came in to the see after them there remayned not one But the children of Israel went vpon drie lōde in the myddest of the see ād the water was a walle vnto them both on the righte hand of them and also on the lifte Thus the Lorde delyuered Israel the selfe same daye out of the honde of the Egiptians and Israell sawe the Egiptians deade vpō the see syde And when Israel sawe that myghtye hande which the Lorde had shewed vppō the Egiptians they feared the Lorde and beleued both the Lorde and also his servaunte Moses ¶ The .xv. Chapter THen Moses and the childern off Israel sange this songe vnto the Lord ād saide Let vs synge vnto the Lorde for he is become glorious the horse and him that rode vpon him hath he ouerthrowne in the see The Lorde is my strength ād my songe ād is become my saluation He is my God and I will glorifie him he is my fathers God and I will lifte him vp an hie The Lorde is a mā off warre Iehouah y◠his name Pharaos charettes ād his hoste hath he cast in to the see His iolye captaynes are drowned in thered see the depe waters haue couered them thei soncke to the botome as a stone Thine hande Lorde is glorious in power thine hād Lord hath all to dashed the enemye And with thy great glorie thou hast destroyed thine aduersaries thou sentest forth thy wrath ād it consumed them euē as stobell With the breth off thine anger the water gathered together and the flodes stode fiyll as a rocke ad the depe water congeled together in the myddest off the see The enymye sayde I will folowe and ouertake thē ād will deuyde the spoyle I will satysfie my lust apon thē I will drawe my swerde
and myne hande shall destroye them Thou bluest with thy breth aÌ„d the see couered theÌ„ and they sanke as leed in the myghtye waters ¶ who is like vnto the o Lord amoÌ„ge goddes who is like the so glorious in holynes feerfull laudable aÌ„d that shewest wondres Thou stretchedest ouâ— thy righte hande â–ª aÌ„d the erth swalowed them And thou cariedest with thy mercie this people which thou deliueredest aÌ„d broughtest theÌ„ with thy strength vnto thy holie habitacion The nations herde aÌ„d were afrayde paÌ„ges came vpon the Philistines ThaÌ„ the dukes of the Edomites were amased aÌ„d treÌ„blinge came apon the myghtiest off the Mâ—abites and all the inhabiters of CanaaÌ„ waxed faynte harted Let feare and dreade fall apon theÌ„ thorow the greatnesse off thyne arme and let them be as styll as a stone while thy people passe thorow o Lorde while the people passe thorowe which thou hast goten Brynge them in and plante them in the mountayns of thine enherytauÌ„ce the place Lorde whyche thou hast made for the to dweld in the sanctuarye Lorde which thy handes haue prepared The Lorde raygne euer and allwaye For Pharao weÌ„t in an horsebacke wyth his charettes and horsemen in to the see and the Lorde broughte the waters of the see apoÌ„ theÌ„ And the childern of Israel went on drie lande thorow the myddest of the see And mir Iam a prophetisse the sister of Aaron toke a tymbrell in hir hande and all the wemen came out after her with tymbrells in a daunse And mir Iam sange before them syng ye vnto the Lorde for he is become glorious in deade the horse and his ryder hath he ouerthrowne in the see Moses broughte Israel from the redd see aÌ„d they went out in to the wildernesse of Sur. And they went thre dayes longe in the wildernesse aÌ„d coude finde no water At the last they came to Mara but they coude not drynke off the waters for bitternesse for they were better â–ª therfore the name of the place was called Mara Then the people murmured agaynst Moses saynge â–ª what shall we drinke And Moses cried vnto the Lorde and he shewed him a tre â–ª and he cast it in to the water and they waxed swete There he made them an ordinaunce and a lawe and there he tempted them and saide Yf ye will herken vnto the voyce of the Lord youre Vve must do that vvhich is right in gods sight aÌ„d as his vvorde reach eth vs and noâ— aftir our avvne imaginac â— oâ— God and will do that which is righte in his syght and will geue an â—are vnto his coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes and kepe all his ordinaunces thaÌ„ will I put none of this diseases apon the whiche I brought vpon the EgiptiaÌ„s for I am the Lorde thy surgione ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ANd they came to Elim where were xij welles of water and .lxx. date trees and they pitched there by the water And they toke their yourney froÌ„ Elim and all the hole coÌ„panye of the childern of Israell came to the wildernesse of Sin which lieth betwene Elim aÌ„d Sinai the .xv. daye of the seconde moneth after that they were come out of the lande of Egipte And the hole multitude of the childern * of Israel murmured agaynst Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ in the wildernesse and sayde vnto them wold to God we had dyed by the hande of the Lorde in the lande of Egipte when we satt by the flessh pottes and ate bred oure belies full for ye haue broughte vs out in to this wildernesse to kyll this hole multitude for honger Than sayde the Lorde vnto Moses beholde I will rayne bred froÌ„ heaueÌ„ doune to you aÌ„d let the people goo out aÌ„d gather daye by daye that I maye proue theÌ„ whether they wil walke in my lawe or no. The .vj. daye let theÌ„ prepare that which they will briÌ„ge in aÌ„d let it be twise as moch as they gather in dayly And Moses aÌ„d AaroÌ„ sayde vnto all the childereÌ„ of Israel at euen he shall knowe that it is the Lorde which broughte you out of the laÌ„de of Egipte aÌ„d in the mornynge ye shall se the glorie of the Lorde because he hath herde youre grudgynges agaynst the Lorde for what are we that ye shuld murmure against vs. And moreouer spake Moses At eueÌ„ the Lorde will geue you flesh to eate aÌ„d in the mornynge bred ynough â–ª because the Lord hath herde youre murmur whiche ye murmur agaynst hiÌ„ for what ar we youre murmurynge is not agaynst vs but agaynst the Lorde And Moses spake vnto AaroÌ„ Say vnto all the coÌ„panye of the childereÌ„ of Israel come forth before the Lorde for he hath herde youre grudgiÌ„ges And as AaroÌ„ spake vnto the hole multitude of the childereÌ„ of Israel they loked toward the wildernesse aÌ„d beholde the glorie of the Lord apeared iÌ„ a clowde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayng I haue herde the murmâ—riÌ„g of the childreÌ„ of Israel tell theÌ„ therfore aÌ„d saye that at eueÌ„ they shall eate flesh aÌ„di the morninge they shall be filled with bred aÌ„d ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde youre god And at eueÌ„ the quayles came aÌ„d couered the grouÌ„de where they laye And in the mornynge the dewe laye rounde aboute the hoste And wheÌ„ the dewe was falleÌ„ behold it laye apoÌ„ the grounde in the wildernesse small aÌ„d rouÌ„de aÌ„d thyn as the hore frost on the grouÌ„de when the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe it they sayde one to another what is this for they wist not what it was And Moses sayde this is the breed which the Lorde hath geueÌ„ you to eate This is the thinge which the Lord hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded that ye gather euery maÌ„ ynough for hiÌ„ to eate a gomer full for a maÌ„ acordiÌ„ge to the noÌ„bre off you aÌ„d gather euery maÌ„ for theÌ„ which are in his tente And the childern of Israel dyd euen so aÌ„d gathered some more some lesse and dyd mete it with a gomer And vnto him that had gathered moch remayned nothinge ouer aÌ„d vnto hiÌ„ that had gathered litle was there no lacke but euery maÌ„ had gathered sufficieÌ„t for his eatinge And Moses sayde vnto them Se that no maÌ„ let oughte remayne of it tyll the morninge Notwithstondinge they harkened not vnto Moses but some of theÌ„ lefte of it vntyll the mornynge and it waxte full of wormes aÌ„d stâ—ke and Moses was angrie wyth them And they gathered it all morniÌ„ges euery maÌ„ as moch as suffised for his eatinge for as sone as the hete of the sonne came it moulte And the .vj. daye they gathered twise so moch bred ij gomers for one maÌ„ aÌ„d the ruelars of the multitude came aÌ„d tolde Moses And he sayde vnto theÌ„ this is that which the Lorde hath sayde tomorow is the Sabbath of the holie rest of the Lord bake that which ye will bake aÌ„d seth that ye will seth aÌ„d that which remayneth say vp for you aÌ„d kepe it till the mornynge And they layde it vp till the
mornynge as Moses bad â—â— it staÌ„ke not nether was there any wormes thâ—â— And Moses sayde that eate this daye for to â—â— ye it is the Lordes Sabbath to daye ye shâ—â—â—â— de none in the feld Sixte dayes ye shall gather it for the vij is the sabbath there shal be none there in Notwithstondinge there went out of the people in the seuenth daye for to gather but they founde none TheÌ„ the Lorde seyde vnto Moses how longe shall it be yer ye will kepe my coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d lawes Se because the Lorde hath geueÌ„ you a Sabbath therfor he geueth you the .vj. daye bred for .ij. dayes Byde therfore euery maÌ„ athome aÌ„d let no maÌ„ go out of his place the seuenth daye And the people rested the seuenth daye And the housse of Israel called it Man And it was lyke vnto Coriander seed and white and the taste of it was lyke vnto wafers made with honye And Moses sayde this is that which the Reliques ought to be but a remembraunce only Lorde commaundeth fyll a Gomor of it that it maye be kepte for youre childern after you that they maye se the bred wherewith he fedd you in wyldernesse when he had broughte you out of the lande of Egipte And Moses spake vnto Aaron take a cruse and put a Gomer â—ull of man therin and laye it vppe before the Lorde to be kepte for youre childern after you as the Lorde commaunded Moses And Aaron layed it vppe before the testimonye there to be kepte And the childern of Israel ate man .xl. yere vntill they came vnto a lande inhahited And so they ate Man euen vntill they came vnto the bordres of the laÌ„de of Canaan And a Gomer is the tenth parte of an Epha The .xvij. Chapter ANd all the companye of the childern of Israel went on their iourneys from the wildernesse of Sin at the commaundment of the Lorde and pitched in Raphidim where was no water for the people to drynke And the people chode with Moses and sayde geue us water to drynke And Moses sayde vnto * them why chyde ye with me and wherfore do ye tempte the Lorde There the people thyrsted * for water and murmured agenst Moses aÌ„d sayde wherfore hast thou broughte us out of Egipte to kyll us and oure childern and oure catell with thyrste And Moses cried vnto the Lorde saynge what shal I do vnto this people they be al most redye to stone me And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses goo before the people and take with the of the elders of Israel aÌ„d thi rod wherwith thou smotest the riuer take in thine hande and goo Beholde I will stonde there before the vppon a rocke in Horeb and thou shalt smyte the rocke aÌ„d there shall come water out there of that the people maye drynke And Moses dyd euen so before the elders of Israel And he called the name of the place Massa and Meriba because of the chidynge of the childern of Israel and because they tempted the Lorde saynge ys the Lorde amonge us or not Then came Amalech aÌ„d foughte with Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua chose out men and goo fighte with Amelech Tomorow I will stonde on the toppe of the hyll and the rodd of God in myne hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him and foughte with the Amalechites And Moses Aaron and Hur went vp to the toppe of the hyll And when Moses helde vp his hande Israel had the better And when he late his hande doune Amelech had the better when Moses handes were weery they toke a stone and put it vnder him and he satt doune there on And Aaron and Hur stayed vpp his handes the one on the one syde and the other on the other syde And his handes were stedie vntill the sonne was doune And Iosua discomfeted Amalech aÌ„d his people with the edge of his swerde And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses write this for a remembraunce in a boke and tell it vnto Iosua for I will put out the remembraunce of Amalech from vnder heauen And Moses made an alter aÌ„d called the name of it * Iehouah Nissi for he sayde the hande is on Iehouah nissi the Lorde is he that exalteâ—â— me the seate of the Lorde that the Lorde will haue warre with Amalech thorow out all generations The .xviij. Chapter IEthro the prest of Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all that God had done vnto Moses and to Israel his people how that the Lorde had broughte Israel out of Egipte And he toke Ziphora Moses wyfe after she was sente backe and hir .ij. sonnes of which the one was called Gerson for he sayde I haue bene an alient in a straunge lande And the other was called Eliesar for the God of my father was myne helpe aÌ„d delyuered me from the swerde of Pharao And Iethro Moses father in lawe came wyth his two sonnes and his wife vnto Moses in to the wildernesse where he had pitched his tente by the mounte of God And he sent worde to Moses I thi father in law Iethro am come to the and thi wyfe also and hir two sonnes with her And Moses went out to mete his father in lawe and dyd obeyssaunce and kyssed him and they saluted etch other aÌ„d came in to the tente And Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharao and to the Egiptians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by the waye and how the Lorde had delyuered them And Iethro reioesed ouer all the good which the Lorde had done to Israel and because he had delyuered them out of the hande of the Egiptians And Iethro sayde blessed be the Lorde which hath delyuered you out of the hande of the Egiptians aÌ„d out of the hande of Pharao which hath delyuered his people from vnder the power of the Egiptians Now I knowe that the Lorde is greater theÌ„ all goddes for because that they dealte prowdly with them And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntoffrynges and sacrifyces vnto God And Aaron and all the elderâ— of Israel came to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God And it chaunched on the morow that Moses satt to iudge the people and the people stode aboute Moses from mornynge vnto euen when his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd vnto the people he sayde what is this that thou doest vnto the people why syttest thou thi self and lettest all the people stonde aboute the froÌ„ mornynge vnto euen And Moses sayde vnto his father in lawe because the people came vnto me to seke councell of God For wheÌ„ they haue a matter they come vnto me and I must iudge betwene euery man and his neyboure and must shewe them the ordinauÌ„ces of God and his lawes And his father in lawe sayde vnto him it is not well that thou dost Thou doest vnwysely and also this people that is with the because the thinge is to greuons for the and thou
thy father aÌ„d thy mother that thy dayes may be loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de which the Lorde thy God geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt bere no false witnesse ageÌ„st thy neghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neghbours housse nether shalt couet thy neghbours wife his maÌ„servaunte his mayde his oxe his asse or oughte that is his And all the people sawe the thunder aÌ„d the The â—avve causeth vvrath aÌ„d maketh a maÌ„ fle from God but the Gospell dravveth aÌ„d maketh a maÌ„ bolde to come vnto God lyghteninge and the noyse of the horne aÌ„d howe the mountayne smoked And wheÌ„ the people sawe it they remoued aÌ„d stode a ferre of aÌ„d saide vnto Moses talke thou with vs and we-wil heare but let not god talke with vs lest we dye And Moses sayde vnto the people feare not for God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be amonge you that ye synne not And the people stode a ferre of aÌ„d Moses went in to the thicke clowde where God was And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses thus thou shalt saye vnto the childern of Israel Ye haue sene how that I haue talked with you from out of heauen Ye shal not make therfore with me goddes of syluer nor goddes of golde in no wyse shall ye do it An alter of erth thou shalt make vnto me aÌ„d there on offer thy burntoffe ringes aÌ„d thy peaceoffringes and thy shepe aÌ„d thine oxen And in all places where I shall put the remeÌ„braunce of my name thither I will come vnto the and blesse the. But and yf thou wilt make me an alter off stone se thou make it not of hewed stone for yf thou lyfte vp thy tole vpon it thou shalt polute it Moreouer thou shalt not goo vp wyth steppes vnto myne alter that thy nakednesse be not shewed there on The .xxj. Chapter THese are the lawes which thou shalt set Lavves before theÌ„ Yf thou bye a servaunte that Bâ—â—demeâ— is an hebrue sixte yeres he shall serue and the seuenth he shall goo out fre paynge nothinge Yf he came alone he shall goo out alone Yf he came maried his wife shall go out with hiÌ„ And yf his master haue geuen him a wife and she haue borne him sonnes or doughters then the wife and hir childern shal be hir masters aÌ„d he shall goo out alone But and yf the servaunte saye I loue my master and my wife and my children I will not goo out fre Then let his master bringe him vnto the Goddes aÌ„d set Goddes are the iudges vvhiche are in gods stede him to the doore or the dorepost aÌ„d bore his eare thorow with a naule aÌ„d let him be his servaunte for euer Yf a man sell his doughter to be a servaunte she shall not goo out as the men servauntes doo Yf she please not hir master so that he hath geuen her to no man to wife then shal he let hir goo fre to sell her vnto a straunge nacion shal he haue no power because he despised her Yf he haue promysed her vnto his sonne to wife he shal deale with her as men do with their doughters Yf he take him another wife yet hir fode rayment and dutie off mariage shall he not mynisshe Yf he do not these thre vn to her then shall she goo out fre and paye no money He that smyteth a man that he dye shal be Murther slayne for it Yf a maÌ„ laye not awayte but God delyuer him in to his hande then I wyll poynte the a place whether he shall fle Yf a man come presumptuously vppon his neyghboure aÌ„d slee him with gile thou shalt take him fro myne But the pope saith come to â—yne altare alter that he dye And he that smyteth his father or his mother shall dye for iâ— â–ª He that stealeth a maÌ„ aÌ„d selleth him yf it be proued vppon hym shall be sâ—aynâ— for it And he that curseth his father or mother shall be put to deth for it Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fyste so that he dye not but lyeth in bedd yf he ryse agayne and walke without vpon his â—taâ—fe then shall he that smote hiÌ„ goo quyte saue only he shal bere his charges while he laye in bed and paye for his healinge Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde with a staffe that they dye vnder his hande it shal be auenged But aÌ„d yf they contynue a daye or two it shall not be auenged for they are his money when men stryâ—e and smyte a woman with childe so that hir frute departe from her and yet no mysfortune foloweth then shall he be mersed acordynge as the womans husbonde will laye to his charge and he shall paye as the dayesmen appoynte him But and yf any mysfortune folowe then shall he paye lyfe for lyfe eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnynge wonde for wonde and strype for strype Yf a man smyte his servaunte or his mayde in the eye and put it out he shall let theÌ„ goo fre for the eyes sake Also yf he smyte out hys servauntes or his maydes toth he shall let theÌ„ go out fre for the tothes sake God so abhorreth murther that the vnresoâ—able bestes must dye therfore and there flesh cast avvay Yf an oxe gore a man or a woman that they dye then the oxe shal be stoned and hys flesh shall not be eaten and his master shall go quyte Yf the oxe were wont to runne at men in tyme past and it hath bene tolde his master and he hath not kepte him but that he hath kylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and hys master shall dye also Yf he be sett to a summe off money then he shall geue for the delyueraunce off his lyfe acordynge to all that is put vnto him And whether he hath gored a sonne or a doughter he shal be serued after the same maner But yf it be a servaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored then he shall geue vnto their master the summe of xxx sicles aÌ„d the oxe shall bestoned Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not but that an oxe or an asse fall theryn the owner off the pytte shall make it good and geue money vnto their master and the dead beest shal be his Yf one mans oxe hurte anothers that he dye then they shall sell the lyue oxe and deuyde the money and the deed oxe also they shall deuyde But and yf it be knowne that the oxe hath vsed to pusshe in tymes past then because his master hath not kepte hiÌ„ he shall paye oxe for oxe and the deed shal be his awne ¶ The .xxij. Chapter YF a man steake an oxe or shepe aÌ„d kylle Theâ—â—e it or selle it he shall restore .v. oxen for an oxe and .iiij. shepe
rynges of the Ephod with a lace of Iacyncte that it maye lye closse vnto the brodered girdell of the Ephod that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the Ephod And AaroÌ„ shall bere the names of the childern of Israel in the brestlappe of ensaÌ„ple vppoÌ„ his herte wheÌ„ he goth in to the holy place for a remeÌ„brauÌ„ce before the Lorde allwaye And thou shalt put iÌ„ the brestlappe of ensaÌ„ple * lighte aÌ„d perfectnesse that they be eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ AaroÌ„s herte wheÌ„ he goeth iÌ„ before the Lorde aÌ„d AaroÌ„ shal bere the ensaÌ„ple of the children of Israel vpoÌ„ his herte before the Lorde alwaie And thou shalt make the tunycle vnto the Ephod all to gether of Iacyncte And ther shal be an hole for the heed in the myddes of it aÌ„d let there be a bonde of wouen worke rounde aboute the colore of it as it were the colore of a partlet that it rent not And beneth vppon the hem thou shalt make pomgraâ—â—tes of Iacyncte of scarlet and of purpull rounde aboute the hem and belles of golde betwene them rounde aboute that there be euera golden bell and a pomgranate a goldem bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute vppon the hem of the tunicle And Aaron shall haue it vppon him when he minystreth â–ª that the sounde maye be herde when he goeth in in to the holy place before the Lorde and when he cometh out that he dye not And thou shalt make a place of pure golde and graue there on as signettes are grauen That he calleth the holynesse of the Lorde I suppose it be this name Iehouah the holynes of the Lorde and put it on a lace of Iacyncte and tye it vnto the mytre vppon the forefrunt of it that it be apon AaroÌ„s foreheed that Aaron bere the synne of the holy thynges which the childern of Israel haue halowed in all their holye giftes And it shal be alwayes vpon Aarons foreheed that they maye be accepted before the Lorde And thou shalt make an albe of bysse and thou shalt make a mytre of bysse aÌ„d a girdell of nedle worke And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also cotes girdels and bonettes honourable and glorious and thou shalt put them vppon Aaron thy brother aÌ„d on his sonnes with him and shalt anoynte them and fyll theyr handes and consecrate them â–ª that they maye mynistre vnto me And thou shalt make them lynen breches to couer their preuyties from the loynes vnto the thyes shall they reach And they shal be apon Aaron and his sonnes wheÌ„ they goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse or when they goo vnto the altare to mynistre in holynes that they bere no synne and so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron aÌ„d his seed after him The .xxix. Chapter THis is the thinge that thou shalt doo vnto them when thou halowest them to be my preastes Take one oxe and two rammes that are without blemysh aÌ„d vnleueÌ„ded bred and cakes of swete bred tempered with oyle and wafers of swete bred anoynted with oyle of wheten floure shalt thou make them and put them in a maunde and brynge theÌ„ in the maunde with the oyle and the .ij. rammes And brynge Aaron aÌ„d his sonnes vnto the Of thys they take the consâ—â—raâ—ynge of bisshoppes aÌ„d annoyntynge of preastes though they haue altered the maner some vvhat doore of the tabernacle of wytnesse aÌ„d wassh them with water and take the garmentes and put apon Aaron the strayte cote and the tunycle of the Ephod and the Ephod aÌ„d the brestlappe and gerth theÌ„ to him with the brodered girdel of the Ephod And put the mitre vppoÌ„ his heed and put the holy crowne vpon the mytre Then take the anoyntynge oyle and poure it apon his heed and anoynte him And brynge his sonnes and put albes apon them aÌ„d gerth them with girdels as well Aaron as his son nes And put the bonettes on them that the preastes office maye be theirs for a perpetuall lawe And fyll the handes of Aaron and of hys sonnes and brynge the oxe before the tabernacle of witnesse And let AaroÌ„ aÌ„d his soÌ„nes put their haÌ„des apoÌ„ his heed aÌ„d kyll hiÌ„ before the Lord in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And take of the bloud of the oxe aÌ„d put it apoÌ„ the hornes of the alter with thi finger aÌ„d poure all the bloude apon the botome of the alter â–ª aÌ„d take all the fatt that couereth the inwardes aÌ„d the â—all that is on the lyuer and the .ij. kydneys with the fatt that is apoÌ„ theÌ„ and burne theÌ„ apoÌ„ the alter But the flesh of the oxe and his skyn ne and his donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoste For it is a synneofferynge Then take one of the rammes aÌ„d let Aaron and his sonnes put their hondes apon the heade of the ram and cause him to be slayne aÌ„d take of his bloude and sprenkell it rounde aboute apon the alter and cutt the ram in peces and whesh the inwardes of him and his legges aÌ„d put them vnto the peces aÌ„d vnto his heed aÌ„d burne the hole ram apon the alter For it is a burntofferyng vnto the Lorde and a swete sauoure of the Lordes sacrifice And take the other ram and let Aaron and hys sonnes put their hondes apon hys heed and let him than be kylled And take of his bloude and put it apon the typpe of the righte eare of Aaron and of his sonnes and apon the thombe of their righte handes and apon the great too of their ryghte fete and sprenkell the bloude apon the alter rounde aboute Than take of the bloude that is apon the alter and of the anoyntynge oyle aÌ„d spreÌ„kell it apon Aaron and his vestimeÌ„tes aÌ„d apoÌ„ his son nes aÌ„d apoÌ„ their garmeÌ„tes also ThaÌ„ is he aÌ„d his clothes holy aÌ„d his sonnes aÌ„d their clothes holye also Than take the fatt of the ram and hys rompe and the fatt that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fatt that is apon them and the righte shulder for that ram is a fulloffrynge and a symnell of bred aÌ„d a cake of oyled bred aÌ„d a wafer out of the baskett of swete bred that is before the Lorde and put all apon the handes of Aaron and on the handes of his sonnes and waue theÌ„ in aÌ„d out a waueoffrynge vnto the Lorde Than take it from of their handes and but ne it apon the alter euen apon the burntoffringe to be a sauoure of swetnesse before the Lorde For it is a sacrifice vnto the Lorde Then take the brest of the ram that is Aarons fulloffrynge and waue it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde aÌ„d let that be thy parte And sanctifie the brest of the waueoffrynge and the shulder of the heueoffrynge whiche is waued and heued vp of the ram whiche is the fulloffrynge of Aaron aÌ„d of his sonnes And it shal be Aarons aÌ„d his sonnes dutye for euer of
oâ— of his holy Gospell it and all that belonge thereto that it maye be holye And anoynte the altar of the burntoffringes and all his vessels and sanctifye the altar that it maye be most holye And anoynte also the lauer and his fote and sanctifye it Than brynge Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and wash them with water And put apon Aaron the holye vestmentes and anoynte him and sanctifye him that he maye ministre vnto me that their * anoyntige maie be an euerlastinge preast hode vnto theÌ„ thorow out their generacions And Moses dyd acordige to all that the Lorde commaunded him Thus was the tabernacle reared vp the first moneth in the secoÌ„de yere And Moses rered vp the tabernacle aÌ„d fastened his sokettes aÌ„d set vp the bordes aÌ„d put in their barres aÌ„d rered vp the pillers aÌ„d spred abrode the teÌ„t ouer the habitacioÌ„ aÌ„d put the coueringe of the tent an hye aboue it as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he toke aÌ„d put the testimonye in the arke aÌ„d sett the staues to the arcke and put the merciseate an hye apon the arcke and broughte the arcke in to the habitacioÌ„ and hanged vp the vayle aÌ„d couered the arcke of witnesse as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the table in the tabernacle off witnesse in the north syde of the habitacioÌ„ with out the vayle and set the bred in ordre before the Lorde eueÌ„ as the Lorde had commaunded Moses And he put the candelsticke in the tabernacle of witnesse ouer agaynst the table in the south syde of the habitacion and set vp the lampes before the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he put the golden alter in the tabernacle of witnesse before the vayle aÌ„d brent swete cens there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And set vp the hangynge in the dore of the habitacion and set the burntoffringe alter before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and offred burntoffringes and meatofferinges there on as the Lorde commaunded Moses And he set the lauer betwene the tabernacle of witnesse and the alter and poured water there in to wash with all And both Moses Aaron and his sonnes washed their haÌ„des and their fete there at both when theywent in to the tabernacle of witnesse or wheÌ„ they went to the alter as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And he â—ered vp the courte rounde aboute the habitacion and the alter and set vp the hanginge of the courte gate and so Moses fynished the worke And the clowde couered the tabernacle of witnesse and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion so that Moses coude not entre in to the tabernacle of witnesse because the clowde abode there in and the glorye of the Lorde fylled the habitacion When the clowde was taken vp from of the habitacyoÌ„ the childern of Israel toke their iornayes as oft as they iornayed And yf the clowde departed not they iornayed nott till it departed for the clowde of the Lorde was apon the habitacion by daye and fyre by nyghte in the sighte of all the house of Israel in all their iornayes The ende of the seconde boke of Moses A PROLOGE IN TO THE thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ A prologe in to the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus THe ceremonies which are described in the boke folowinge were cheflye ordined off God as I sayde in the ende of the prologe vppon Exodi to occupye the mindes of that people the Israelites and to kepe them from servinge of God after the imaginacyon of their blinde zele and good entent that their conscienceâ— might be stablished and they sure that they pleased God therein which were impossible yf a man did of his awne heed that which was not commaunded of God nor depeÌ„ded of any appoyntement made betwene him and God Soch ceremonies were vnto them as an A. B C. to lerne to spelle and read and as a nurce to fede them with milke and pappe and to speake vnto them after their awne capacyte and to lispe the wordes unto them acording as the babes and childern of that age might sounde them agayne For all that were before Christ were in the infancye and childhod of the worlde and sawe that sonne which we se openlye but thorowe a cloude and had but feble and weake imaginacions of Christ as childern haue of mennes deades a fewe prophetes excep â—â— whiche yet described him vnto other in sacrifices and ceremonies likenesses rydles prouerbes and darke and straunge speakinge vntyil the full age were come that God wold shewe him openlye vnto the whole worlde and delyuer them from their shadowes and cloudelight and the hethen out of their dead slepe of starcke blinde ignorancye And as the shadowe vanisheth awaye at the comynge of the light euen so doo the ceremonyes and sacrifices at the comynge of Christ and are henceforth no moare necessarye then a token left in remembraunce of a bargayne is necessary wheÌ„ the bargayne is fulfilled And though they sâ—me playne childish yet they be not altogither frutelesse as the popettes and .xx. maner of try fles which mothers permitte vnto their yonge childern be not all in vayne For all be it that soch phantasyes be permytted to satisfie the childers lustes yet in that they are the mothers gifte and be done in place and tyme at hir coÌ„maundement they kepe the childern in awe and make them knowe the mother and also make them more apte agenste a more stronger age to obaye in thinges of greater â—rneste And moraouer though sacrifices and ceremonies can be no ground or fundacion to bild apon that is though we can proue noughte with them yet when we haue once sound oute Christ and his misteries then we maye borow figures that is to saye allegoryes similitudes or examples to open Christ and the secrettes off God hyd in Christ euen vnto the quycke and to declare them more lyuely and sensebly with them than with all the wordes of the worlde For similitudes haue more vertue and power with them than bare wordes and lead a mans wittes further in to the pithe and marye and spirituall vnderstondinge of the thinge than all the wordes that can be imagined And though also that all the ceremonies and sacrifices haue as it were a slerrelyght of Christ yet some there be that haue as it were the lighte of the brode daye a litle before the sonne risinge and expresse him and the circumstaunces and vertue of his deth so playnly as if we shulde playe his passyon on a scaffold or in a stage play opeÌ„lye before the eyes of the people As the scape gote the brasen serpent the oxe burnt without the hoste â–ª the passeouerlambe c. In so moch that I am fully persuaded and can not but beleue that God had shewed Moses the secrettes of Christ and the verey maner of his deth before hande and commaunded him to ordene them for the confirmacion of oure faythes whiche are now in
and 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
and halowe it froÌ„ the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And wheÌ„ he hath made an ende of recoÌ„cylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter let him bringe the lyue goote aÌ„d let AaroÌ„ put both his handes apon the heede of the lyue goote and confesse ouer him all the mysdeades of the childern of Israell and all their trespaces and all their synnes and let him put them apoÌ„ the heed of the goote aÌ„d sende him awaye by the handes of one that is acoynted in the wyldernesse And the goote shall bere apon him all their mysdeades vnto the wildernesse and he shall let the goote goo fre in the wildernesse And let Aaron goo in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and put off the lyneÌ„ clothes which he put on when he weÌ„t in in to the holy place aÌ„d leaue them there And let him wasshe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his owne rayment and then come out and offer his burntofferynge and the burntofferynge of the people and make an atonemeÌ„t for him selfe aÌ„d for the people and the fatt of the synofferynge let him burne apon the alter And let him that caryed forth the scapegoote wasshe his clothes and bathe hys flesh in water and then come in to the hoste agayne And the oxe of the synofferynge and the goote of the synofferynge whose bloude was brought in to make an atonemeÌ„t in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh aÌ„d their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes aÌ„d bathe his flesh in water and theÌ„ come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And eueÌ„ in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no worke at all whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger that sogeorneth amonge you for that daye shall an attonemeÌ„t be made for you to clense you from all youre synnes before the Lorde and ye shal be cleane It shal be a sabbath of rest vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and it shal be an ordynaunce for euer And the preast that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to mynistre in his fathers steade shall make the attonemeÌ„t and shall put on the holy lyneÌ„ vestimeÌ„tes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse aÌ„d the alter and shall make an attonemeÌ„t also for the preastes and for all the people of the congregacion And this shal be an euerlastynge or dynaunce vnto you to make an atonement for the childern of Israel for all their synnes once a yere and it was done eueÌ„ as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto AaroÌ„ and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them this is the thynge which the Lorde charged saynge whatsoeuer he be of the housse of Israel that kylleth an oxe lambe or goote in the hoste or out of the hoste and bryngeth theÌ„ not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse to offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellynge place of the Lorde bloude shal be imputed vnto that man as though he had shed bloude and that man shall perysh from amonge his people Wherfore let the childern of Israel brynge their offerynges they offer in the wyde felde vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and vnto the preast and offer theÌ„ for peaseofferynges vnto the Lorde And the preast shall sprinkle the bloude apon the alter of the Lorde in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fatt to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them nomoare offer their offerynges vnto deuyls after whom thy goo an whoorynge And this shal be an ordynauÌ„ce for euer vnto you thorow out youre generacyons And thou shalt saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that sogeorne amonge you that offereth a burntofferynge or any other offerynge and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to offer vnto the Lorde that felow shall perysh from amonge his people And what soeuer man it be of the housse of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my faâ—e agaynst that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy him from amonge his people for the life of the flesh is in the bloude and I haue geuen it vnto you apon the alter to make an attonement for youre soules for bloude shall make an attonemeÌ„t for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel se that no soule of you cate bloude nor yet any straunger that soiourneth amonge you What soeuer man it be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne amonge you that honteth and catcheth any beest or foule that maye be eateÌ„ he shall poure out the bloude aÌ„d couer it with erthe for the life of all flesh is in the bloude therfore I sayde vnto the childern of Israel ye shall eate the bloude of no maner of flesh for the life of all flesh is in his bloude and whosoeuer therfore eateth it shall perysh And what soeuer soule it be that eateth that which dyed alone or that which was torne with wylde beestes whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes aÌ„d bathe him selfe in water aÌ„d shal be vncleane vnto the eueÌ„ aÌ„d thaÌ„ is he cleane But aÌ„d yf he wasshe them not nor wasshe his flesh he shall beare his synne ¶ The .xviij. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d saye vnto them I am the Lorde youre God Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt se that ye doo not nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whether I will bringe you nether walke ye in their ordinaunces but doo after my iudgemeÌ„tes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces aÌ„d my iudgemeÌ„tes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby for I am the Lorde Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kyn red for to vncouer their secrettes for I am the Lorde The secrettes of thy father and thy mother se thou vnheale not she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer for they are thy fathers secrettes Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne awne preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter which she bare to thy father for she is thy
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
the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron sayenge destroye not the trybe of the kynredes of the Cahathites from amonge the leuites But thus doo vnto them that they maye lyve and not dye wheÌ„ they goo vnto the most holy place Aaron and his sonnes shall goo in and put them euery man vnto his sernyce and vnto his burthen But let them not goo in to se when they couer the sanctuarye lest they dye And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Take the summe of the childern of Gerson in the houses of their fathers aÌ„d in their kyn redes from .xxx. yere and aboue vntyll .l. all that are able to goo forth in warre for to doo seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the Gersoni tes to serue and to beare They shall bere the curtaynes of the dwellynge and the roffe of the tabernacle of witnesse and his couerynge aÌ„d the coueryng of tarus skynnes that is an hye aboue apon it and the hangynge of the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and the hanginge of the courte and the hangynge of the gate of the courte that is rounde aboute the dwellynge and the altare and the cordes of them and all the instrumentes that serue vnto them and all that is made for them And at the mouth of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruyce of the children of the Gersonites be done in all their charges and in all their seruyce and ye shall appoynte them vnto al their charges that they shall wayte apoÌ„ And this is the seruyce of the kynred of the children of the Gersonires in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse and their wayte shal be in the honde of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And thou shalt numbre the sonnes of Merari in their kynredes and in the houses of the ir fathers from .xxx. yeres and aboue vnto .l. All that is able to goo forth in warre to doo the seruyce of the tabernacle of witnesse And this is the charge that they must wayte vppon in all that they must serue in the tabernacle of witnesse The bordes of the dwellynge and the barres pylers and sokettes thereof and the pylers of the courte rounde aboute and their sokettes pynnes and cordes with all that pertayneth and serueth vnto them And by name ye shall reken the thynges that they must wayte apon to bere Thys is the seruyce of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Merari in all theyr seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse by the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the preast And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbred the sonnes of the Cahathites in their kynredes and housses of theire fathers from .xxx. yere and aboue vnto fyftie all that were able to goo forth in the hoste and to do seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes were two thousande seuen hundred and .l. These are the numbres of the kynredes of the Cahathites of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse whyche Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundment of the Lorde by the haÌ„de of Moses And the sonnes of Gerson were numbred in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vnto fyftye all that were able to goo forth in the hoste for to doo servycr in the tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them in their kynredes and in the housses of their fathers was two thousande sixe hundred and xix This is the numbre of the kynredes of the sonnes of Gerson of all that dyd seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse which Moses and Aaron dyd numbre at the commaundement of the Lorde And the kynredes of the sonnes of Merari were numbred in their kynredes and in the houses of their fathers from .xxx. yere vp vn to fyftie all that were able to goo forth with the hoste ro do seruice in yâ— tabernacle of witnesse And the numbre of them was in theyr kynredes thre thousande and two hundred This is the numbre of the kynredes of yâ— sonnes of Merari whiche Moses and Aaron numbred at the byddynge of the Lorde by yâ— hande of Moses The whole summe which Moses Aaron and the lordes of Israell numbred amonge the leuites in their kynredes and housholdes of their fathers from .xxx. yere vpp vnto â— euery man to doo his office and seruyce and to bere his burthen in the tabernacle of witnesse was .viij. thousonde fyue hundred aÌ„d lxxx which they numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euery man vnto his seruyce and burthen as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The. fyfte Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge commaunde the childern of Israel that they put out of the hoste all the lepers and all that haue yssues and all that are defyled apon the deed whether they be males or females ye shall put them out of the hoste that they defyle not the tentes amoÌ„ge which I dwell And the childern of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoste euen as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses so dyd the childern of Israel And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel whether it be man or woman wheÌ„ they haue synned any maner of synne which a man doeth wherewith a man trespaseth agenst the Lorde so that the soule hath done amysse then they shall knowlege their synnes which they haue done and restore a gayne the hurte that they haue done in the hole and put the fyfte Yf ye hauâ— false gottâ—â— goodes nâ— maÌ„ to restorâ— it vnto theâ— bâ—inge iâ— vn to yâ— pope aÌ„d he will dispeÌ„ce with â— parte of it moare thereto and geue it vnto him whom he hath trespased agenste But and yf he that maketh the amendes have no man to doo it to then the amendes that is made shal be the Lordes and the preastes besyde the ram of the attonement offerynge where with he maketh an attonemeÌ„t for hymselfe And all heue offerynges of all the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel brynge vnto the preaste shal be the preastes and euery man 's halowed thinges shal be his awne but what soeuer any man geueth the preast it shal be the preastes And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them Yf any mans wyfe goo a syde and trespase agaynst hym so that another man lye with her fleshely and the thynge be hydd from the eyes of hir husbonde and is not come to lighte that she is defyled for there is no witnesse agenst her in as moche as she was not taken with the maner and the sprere of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer his wyfe and she defyled Or happely the sprete of gelousye cometh apon him and he is gelouse ouer hys wyfe aÌ„d she yet vndefyled TheÌ„ let hyr husbonde bringe her vnto the preaste and brynge an offerynge for her the tenthe parte of an Epha
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
of .x. sicles full of cens and an oxe a raÌ„ and a lambe of a yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synofferynge and for peaseofferynges .ij. oxen .v. rammes fyue he gootes and fyue laÌ„bes of a yere olde And this was the offrynge of Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai The .xi. daye Pagiel the sonne of Ochran the chefe Lorde amonge the childern of Asser offered And his gifte was a syluereÌ„ charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle and both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meateoffrynge and a golden spone of .x. sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferinges and an he goote for a synneofferynge aÌ„d for peaceofferynges two oxen fyue rammes v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Pagiel the sonne of Ochran The .xij. daye Ahira the sonne of Enan chefe lorde amonge the childern of Nephtali offered And his gifte was a sylueren charger of an hundred and .xxx. sycles weyghte a sylueren boule of .lxx. sycles of the holye sycle both full of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferynge and a golden spone of twentye sycles full of cens And an oxe a ram and a lambe of one yere olde for burntofferynges and an he goote for a synneofferinge and for peaceofferynges two oxen .v. raÌ„mes .v. he gootes and .v. lambes of one yere olde And this was the offerynge of Ahira the sonne of Enan Of this maner was the dedicacyon of the alter when it was anoynted vnto the whiche was broughte of the prynces of Israel .xij. chargers of syluer .xij. syluern boules and. xij spones of golde euery charger contaynynge an hundred and .xxx. sycles of syluer and euery boule .lxx. so that all the syluer of all the vessels was two thousande and .iiij. hundred sycles of the holy sycle And the .xij. golden spones which were full of cens contayned ten sycles a pece of the holy sycle so that all the golde of the spones was an hundred and .xx. sycles All the oxen that were broughte for the burntoffrynges were .xij. and the raÌ„mes xij the laÌ„bes .xij. of a yere olde a pece with the meateofferynges with he gootes for synneyr offrynges And all the oxeÌ„ of the peaceofferynges were .xxiiij. the rammes .lx. the gootes .lx. and lambes of a yere olde a pece .lx. this was the dedicacion of the alter after the it was anoynted And when Moses was gone in to the tabernacle of witnesse to speke with hiÌ„ he hardethe voyce of one speakinge vnto him from of the mercy seate that was apon the arcke of witnesse euen from betwene the two cherâ—byns he spake vnto him ¶ The .viij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye vnto hym when thou puttest on the lampes se that they lighte all seuen apon the forefront of the candelsticke And Aaron dyd euen so and put the lampes apon the forefroÌ„t of the candelsticke as the Lorde commaunded Moses and the worke of the candelsticke was of stiffe golde both the shaft and the floures thereof And accordinge vnto the visyon whiche the Lorde had shewed Moses euen so he made the candelsticke And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel and clense them And this deo vnto them when thou clensest them sprinckle water of purifyenge apon them and make a rasure to runne alonge apon all the fleshe of them and let them washe their clothes and then they shall be cleane And let them take a bollocke and his meatofferynge fyne floure myngled with oyle another bollocke shalt thou take to be a synneofferynge Than brynge the lennes before the tabernacle of witnesse and gather the hole multitude of the chyldern of Israel together And bringe the lemtes before the Lorde and let the childern of Israel put their handes apon the leuites And let Aaron heue the lemtes before the LORDE for an heueofferynge geuen of the childern of Israel aÌ„d theÌ„ let them be appoynted to wayte apon the seruyce of the Lorde And let the leuites put their handes vpoÌ„ the heedes of the bollockes and then offer them the one for a synne offerynge and the other for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde to make an attonement for the leuites And make the leuites stonde before Aaron hys sonnes and heue them to be a heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And thou shalt separate the leuites from amonge the childern of Israel that they be myne and after that let them goo and do the seruice of the tabernacle of witnesse Clense them and waue them for they are geuen vnto me from amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel for I haue taken them vnto me for all yâ— firstborne that opeÌ„ any matrice amoÌ„ge the childern of Israel For all the fyrstborne among the childern of Israel are myne both man and beest because the same tyme that I smote the fyrstborne in the lande of Egipte I sanctyfyde them for my selfe and I haue taken the Leuites for all the fyrstborne amonge the childern of Israel and haue geuen them vnto Aaron and his sonnes from amonge the childern of Israel to doo the seruyce of the childern of Israel in the tabernacle of witnesse and to make an attonement for the chyldern of Israell that there be no plage amonge the childern of Ysraell yf they come nye vnto the sanctuary And Moses and Aaron and all the congregacion of the childern of Israel dyd vnto the leuites acordynge vnto all that yâ— Lorde commaunded Moses And the leuites purifyed them selues and wasshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before yâ— Lorde and made an attonement for them to clense them And after that they went into doo their seruyce in the tabernacle of wytnesse before Aaron and his sonnes And acordinge as the Lorde had commaunded Moses as concernynge the leuites euen so they dyd vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this shal be the maner of the leuites from xxv yere vppwarde they shall goo in to wayte vppon the seruyce in the tabernacle of witnesse and at fyftye they shall ceasse waytynge apon the seruyce thereof and shall laboure no moare but shall ministre vnto their bretheren in the tabernacle of witnesse and there wayte but shall doo no moare seruyce And se that thou doo after this maner vnto the leuites in their waytynge tymes ¶ The .ix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in the fyrste moneth of the seconde yere after they were come out of the londe of Egipte sayeng let yâ— childern of Israel offer Passe ouer in his season euen the .xiiij. daye of this moneth at euen they shall kepe it in his season accordynge to all the ordinaunces maners thereof And Moses bade the childern of Ysrael that they shulde offer Passeouer they offered Passeouer the .xiiij. daye of the first moneth at euen in
make sprynklynge water for the multitude of HeÌ„ce came holy water the childern of Israel for it is a synofferynge And let him that gathereth the asshes of the cowe wash his clothes and remayne vncleane vntill euen And this shal be vnto the childern of Israel aÌ„d vnto the straunger yâ— dwelleth amonge them a maner for euer He that twycheth any deed persone shal be vncleane .vii. dayes And he shall purifye him selfe with the asshes the thyrde daye aÌ„d then he shal be cleane the seuenth daye And yf he purifye not himselfe the thyrde daye theÌ„ the seuenth daye he shall not be cleane Who soeuer twicheth any persone yâ— dyeth a sprynkleth not him selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the Lorde aÌ„d therfore that soule shal be roted out of Israel because he hath not sprynkled the sprynklynge water vppon him he shal be vncleane and his vnclennesse shall remayne vppon him This is the lawe of the man that dyeth in in a tent all that come in to the tent and all yâ— is in the tent shal be vncleane vij dayes And all the vessels that be opeÌ„ which haue no lyd nor couerynge apon them are vncleane And who soeuer twicheth one that is slayne with a swerde in the feldes or a deed persone or a bone of a deed man or a graue shall be vncleane .vij. dayes And they shall take for an vncleane persone of the burnt asshes of the synofferynge put runnynge water thereto in to a vessell And a cleane persone shall take Isope and dyppe it in the water and sprynkle it apon yâ— tent and apon all the vessells and on the son that were there and apon him that twyched a bone or a slayne persone or a deed body or a graue And the cleane persone shall sprynkle apon the vncleane the thyrde daye and the seuenth daye And the seuenth daye he shall purifie him selfe and wasshe his clothes and bathe him selfe in water and shal be cleane at euen Yf any be vncleane and sprynkle not him selfe the same soule shal be destroyed froÌ„ amoÌ„ge the congregacion for he hath defyled the holy place of the Lorde And he that sprynkleth the sprynklynge water shall wassh his clothes And he that twicheth the sprynklynge water shal be vncleane vntill eueÌ„ And what soeuer that vncleane persone twicheth shal be vncleane And the soule that twicheth it shal be vn cleane vntill the euen ¶ The .xx. Chapter ANd the whole multitude of yâ— childern of Israel came in to the deserte of Sin in the first moneth the people dwelt at cades And there dyed Mir Iam was buried there More ouer there was no water for the multitude wherfore they gathered theÌ„selues together ageÌ„st Moses and ageÌ„st Aaron And the people chode with Moses and spake sayenge wold God that we had perysshed when oure brethern perysshed before the Lorde Why haue ye brought the congregacion of the Lorde vnto this wildernesse that both we oure catell shulde dye here Wherfore brought ye us out of Egipte to brynge us into this vngracious place which is no place of seed nor offygges nor vynes nor of pomgranates nether is there any water to drynke And Moses and Aaron went from the congregacion vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and fell apon their faces And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take yâ— staffe and gather thou and thi brother AaroÌ„ the congregacion together and saye vnto the rocke before their eyes that he geue forth his water And thou shalt brynge theÌ„ water out of the rocke and shalt geue the company drynke and their beesse also And Moses toke the staffe from before the Lorde as he commaunded him And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke aÌ„d he sayed vnto theÌ„ heare ye rebellyons must we fâ—â—t you water out of this rocke And Moses lifte vp his haÌ„de with his staffe and smote the rocke .ij. tymes and the water came out abundantly the multitude dranke and their beesse also And the Lorde spake vnto Moses Aaron Because ye beleued me not to sanctifye me in the eyes of the childern of Israel therfore ye shall not brynge this congregacion in to the londe which I haue geuen them This is the water ofstryffe because the childern of Israel stroue with the Lorde he was sanctifyed apon them And Moses sent messengers from cades vnto the kynge of Edome Thus sayeth thi brother Israel Thou knowest all the trauell that hath happened us how oure fathers weÌ„t doune in to Egipte and how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longetyme and how the Egipâ—ans vexed both us and oure fathers Then we cryed vnto the Lorde and he herde oure voyces and sent an angell and hath fett us out of Egipte And beholde we are in Cades citiâ— harde by the borders of thi contre let us goo a good felowshipe thorow thi contre we wyll not goo thorow the feldes nor thorow the vyneyardes nether will we drynke of the water of the fountaynes but we will goo by the hye waye and nether turne vnto the ryghte hande nor to the lefte vntill we be past thi contre And Edom answered him Se thou come not by me lest I come out ageÌ„st the with the swerde And the childern of Israel sayed vnto him we will goo by the beeten waye yf ether we or oure catell drynke of thi water we will paye for it we wyll doo nomoare but passe thorow by sote only And he sayed ye shall not goo thorow And Edom came out agenst him with moch people and with a myghtie power And thus Edom denyed to geue Israel passage thorow his contre And Israel turned a waye from him And the childern of Israel remoued froÌ„ Cades and went vnto mount Hor with all the congregacion And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor harde vppon the costes of the londe of Edom sayenge let Aaron be put vnto his people for he shall not come in to the londe which I haue geuen vnto the childern of Israel because ye dishobeyed my mouth at the water of stryffe Take Aaron and Eleazer his sonne brynge them vpp in to mount Hor and stryppe Aaron out of his vestimentes and put them apon Eleazer his sonne aÌ„d let Aaron be put vnto his people and dye there And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded and they went vpp in to mount Hor in the syghte of all the multitude And Moses toke off Aarons clothes and put them apon Eleazer his sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount And Moses Eleazer came doune out of the mount And all the Hence coâ—etousnes fett monethes myndes and hath encreased theÌ„ with yeres myndes aÌ„d seuen yeres miÌ„des ye as longe as the wife liveth she must once in the yere offer some what for her olde husbond housse of Israel morned for AaroÌ„ .xxx. dayes The .xxi. Chapter ANd when kynge Arad the cananite which
them nether curse the people for they are blessed And Balam rose vp in the mornynge sayed vnto the lordes of Balac gett you vnto youre lande for the Lorde will not suffre me to goo with you And the lordes of Moab rose vpp and went vnto Balac and sayed Balam wolde not come with vs. And Balac sent agayne a greatter companye of lordes aÌ„d more honorable than they And they came to Balam and tolde him Thus sayeth Balac the sonne of Ziphor oh let nothynge lett the to come vnto me for I will greatly promote the vnto great honoure aÌ„d will doo whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me come therfore I praye the curse me this people And Balam answered and sayed vnto the servauntes of Balac Yf Balac wolde geue me his housfull of syluer and golde I can goo no further than the worde of the Lorde my god to do lesse or moare Neuerthelesse tarye ye here all nyghte that I maye were what the Lorde will saye vnto me once moare And God came to Balam by nyghte and sayed vnto him Yf the men come to fett the ryse vppe and goo with them but what I saye vnto the that onlye thou shalt doo And Balam rose vppe carly and sadelde his asse and went with the lordes of Moab But God was angrye because he went And the angell of the Lorde stode in the waye agenste hym And he ryd vppon hys asse and two seruauntes with him And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde stonde in the waye and his swerde drawen in his hande she turned a syde oute of the waye and went out in to the felde And Balam smote the asse to turne her in to the waye And the angell of the Lorde went and stode in a path betwene the vyneyardes where was a wall on the one syde and another on the other When the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde she wrenshed vnto the walle and thrust â–ª Balams fote vnto the wall and he smote her agayne And the angell of yâ— Lorde went forder and stode in a narowe place where was no waye to turne ether to the right hande or to the lyfte And when the asse sawe the angell of the Lorde she fell downe vnder Balam Balam was wroth smote the asse with a staffe And the Lorde opened the mouthe of the asse and she sayed vnto Balam what haue I done vnto the that thou smytest me this iij tymes And Balam sayde vnto the Asse because thou hast mocked me I wolde that I had a swerde in myne hande that I myghte now kyll the. And the asse sayed vnto Balam am not I thyne asse whiche thou hast rydden vppon sence thou wast borne vn to this daye Was I euer wont to do so vnto the And he sayed nay And the lorde opened the eyes of Balam that he sawe the angell of the Lorde stondinge in the waye with his swerde drawen in his honde And he bowed him selfe and fell flatt on his face And yâ— angell of yâ— Lord sayed vnto him Wherfore smytest thou thyne asse this .iij. tymes beholde I came oute to resyst the for the waye is contrary vnto me and the asse sawe me and avoyded me thre tymes or else had she not turned fro me I had suerly slayne the and saued her alyue And Balam sayed vnto the angell of yâ— Lorde I haue synned for I wist not that thou stodest in the waye agenst me Now therfore yf it displease thyne eyes I will turne agayne And the angell sayde vnto Balam goo with the men but in any wise what I saye vnto the that saye And Balam went with the lordes of Balac And when Balac herde that BalaÌ„ was come he went out agenst him vnto a cytie off Moab that stode in the border of ArnoÌ„ whiche was the vttmost parte of his câ—ntre And Balac sayed vnto Balam dyd I not sende for the to call the wherfore camest thou not vnto me thinkest thou that I am not able to promote the vnto honoure And Balam sayed vnto Balac Loo I am come vnto the. But I can saye nothynge at all saue what God putteth in my mouthe that must I speake And Balam went with Balac and they came vnto the cytie of Buzoth And Balac offered oxen and shepe sent for Balam and for the lordes that were with hym ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ANd on the mornynge Balac toke Balam and brought him vpp in to the hye place of Baall aÌ„d theÌ„ce he sawe vnto the vttmost parte of the people And Balam sayed vnto Balac bylde me here seven alters and prouyde here seueÌ„ oxen and seuen rammes And Balac dyd as Balam sayed And Balac and Balam offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram And Balam sayed vnto Balac stonde by the sacrifyce whyle I goo to wete whether the Lorde will come aÌ„d mete me what soeuer he sheweth me I will tell the and he went forthwith And god came vnto Balam and Balam sayed vnto him I haue prepared .vij. alters and haue offered apoÌ„ euery alter an oxe a ram And yâ— Lorde put a sayenge in BalaÌ„s mouth sayed goo agayne to Balac saye on this wyse And he went agayne vnto him and loo he stode by his sacrifice both he aÌ„d all the lordes of Moab And he began hys parable and sayed Balac the kinge of Moab hath fett me fro Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the easte sayenge come curse me Iacob come and defye me Israel How shall I curse whom God curseth not The pope caÌ„tell howe and how shall I defye whom the Lorde defyeth note from the toppe of yâ— rockes Ise him and from the hylles I beholde him loo the people shall dwell by him selfe and shall not be reâ—ened amoÌ„ge other nacions Who can tell the dust of Iacob the numbre of the fourth parte of Israel I praye God that my soule maye dye the deeth of the righteous aÌ„d that my last ende maye be like his And Balac sayed vnto Balam what hast thou done vnto me I fett yâ— to curse myne enemyes and beholde thou blessest them And he answered and sayed must I not kepe that and speake it which the Lorde hath put in my mouthe And Balac sayed vnto him Come I praye the with me vnto another place whence thou shalt se them and shalt se but yâ— vtmoste parte of them aÌ„d shalt not se them all and curse me them there And he brought him in to a playne felde where men myght se farre euen to the toppe of Pisga and bylt .vij. alters and offered an oxe and a raÌ„ on euery alter And he sayed vnto Balac stonde here by thi sacrifyce whyle I goo yonder And the Lorde mett Balam and put wordes in his mouth and sayed goo agayne vnto Balac aÌ„d thus saye And when he came to him beholde he stode by his sacrifyce and the lordes of Moab with him And Balac sayed vnto him what sayeth yâ— Lorde And he toke vp his parable and sayed ryse vpp Balac and heare and
herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor The Lorde is not a maÌ„ that he can lye nether the sonne of a maÌ„ that he can repent shulde he saye and not doo or shulde he speake and not make it good beholde I haue begon to blesse and haue blessed and can not goo backe there fro He beheld no wikednesse in Iacob nor sawe Idolatrye in Israel The Lorde his God is with him and the trompe of a kynge amonge theÌ„ God that broughte them out of Egipte is as the strength of an vny corne vnto them for there is no sorcerer in Iacob nor soth sayer in Israel When the tyme cometh it wylde sayed of Iacob of Israel what God hath wrought Beholde yâ— people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and drenke of the bloude of them that are slayne And Balac sayed vnto Balam nether curse them nor blesse theÌ„ And Balam answered aÌ„d sayed vnto Balac tolde not I the sayeÌ„ge all that the Lorde byddeth me yâ— I must doo And Balac sayed vnto Balam come I praye the I will brynge the yet vnto another place so per auenture it shall please God that thou mayst curse theÌ„ there And Balac broughte Balam vnto the toppe of Peor that boweth towarde the wildernesse And Balam sayed vnto Balac make me here .vij. alters prepare me here .vij. bollockes and .vij. raÌ„mes And Balac dyd as Balam had sayed and offered a bollocke and a ram on euery alter ¶ The .xxiiij. Chapter WHen Balam sawe that it pleased yâ— Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayenge but sett his face towarde yâ— wildernesse and lyfte vpp his eyes and loked apon Israel as he laye with his trybes and the spirite of God came apon him And he toke vp his parable and sayed BalaÌ„ the sonne of Beor hath sayed and the man whose eye is open hath sayed he hath sayed which heareth the wordes of God and seeth the visions of the allmightie which falleth downe his eyes are opened How goodly are the tentes of Iacob and thiâ—e habitacions Israel euen as the brode â—â—leyes and as gardens by the ryuers syde as the tentes which the Lorde hath pitched as â—perstrces apon the water The water shall flowe out of his boket and his seed shall be many waters and his kynge shal be hyer then Agag And his kyngdome shal be exalted God that broughte him out of Egipte is as the strenght of an vnycorne vnto him and he shall eate the nacions that are his enemies and breake their bones and perse them thorow with his arowes He couched him selfe and laye dâ—â—ne as a lion and as a lyonesse who shall stere him vp blessed is he that blesseth the aÌ„d cursed is he that curseth the. And Balac was wroth with balam and smote his handes together and sayed vnto him I sent for the to curse myne enemyes beholde thou hast blessed them this thre tymes and now gett the quyckly vnto thi place I thoughte that I woldè promote the vnto honoure but the Lorde hath kepte the backe from worshepe And Balam sayed vnto Balac tolde I not thi messeÌ„gers which thou sentest vnto me sayenge Yf balac wolde geue me his house ful of syluer aÌ„d golde I can not passe the mouth of the Lorde to doo ether good or bad of myne awne mynde What the Lorde sayeth that must I speake And now beholde I goo vnto my people come let me shewethe what this people shall doo tothi folke in the later dayes And he began his parable aÌ„d sayed Balam the sonne of Beor hath sayed and yâ— man that hath his eye open hath sayed he hath sayed that heareth the wordes of God hath the knowlege of the most hye and beholdeth yâ— vision of the allmightie and when he falleth downe hath his eyes opened I se him but not now I beholde him but not nye There shall come a starre of Jacob and rysea cepter of Israel which shall smyte that coostes of Mo ab and vndermyne all the childern of Seth. And Edom shal be his possession and yâ— possession of Seir shal be their enimyes and Israel shall doo manfully And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroye the remnauÌ„t of the cities And he loked on Amaleck and began his parable and sayed Amaleck is the first of the nacions but his latter ende shall perysh utterly And he loked on the Renites and toke his parable and sayed stronge is thi dwellynge place and put thinest apon a rocke Neuer the later thou shalt be a burnynge to Rain vntill Assur take yâ— prisoner And he toke his parable sayed Alas who shall lyue when God doeth this The shippes shall come out of the coste of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber and he him selfe shall perysh at the last And Balam rose vp and went and dwelt in his place and Balac also went his waye ¶ The .xxv. Chapter ANd Israel dwelt in Sittim and the people began to commytt whoredome with the doughters of Moab which called the people vnto yâ— sacrifyce of their goddes And the people are and worshipped their goddes and Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor Then the Lorde was angrie with Israel and sayed vnto Moses take all yâ— heedes of the people and hange them vp vnto that Lorde agenst the sonne that the wrath of the Lorde mayeturne awaye from Israel And Moses sayed vnto the iudges of Israel goo and slee those men that ioyned theÌ„ selues vnto Baal Peor And beholde one of the childern of Israel came and broughte vnto his brethern a Madianitish wife euen in the sighte of Moses in the sighte of all the multitude of the childern of Israel as they were wepynge in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of AaroÌ„ the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande and weÌ„t after the man of Israel in to the horchousse thrust them thorow both the man of Israel and also the woman euen thorow the belye of hir And the plage ceased from the childern of Israel And there dyed in the plage .xxiiij. thousande And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preast hath turned myne anger awaye from the childern of Israel because he was gelous for my sake amonge them that I had not coÌ„sumed the childern of Israel in my gelousye Wherfore saye beholde I geue vnto him my couenaunte of pease and he shall haue it and his seed after him euen the couenaunte of the preastis office for euer because he was gelous for his Gods sake and made an atonement for the childern of Israel The name of the Israelite which was smytten with the Madianitish wife was Sâ—â—ri the sonne of Salâ— a lorde of an auncieÌ„t honsse amonge the
out aÌ„d destroyed theÌ„ before them and dwelt there in their stede as Israel dyd in the londe of his possessioÌ„ which the Lorde gaue them Now ryse vpp sayed I aÌ„d get you ouer the ryuer Zared aÌ„d we went ouer the ryuer Zared The space in which we came from Cades bernea vntill we were come ouer the ryuer Zared was .xxxviij. yeres vntill all the generacion of the men of warre were wasted out of the host as the Lorde sware vnto theÌ„ For in dede the hande of the Lorde was ageÌ„st theÌ„ to destroye them out of the host till they were consumed And as soone as all the men of warre were consumed and deed from amonge the people then the Lorde spake vnto me sayenge Thou shalt goo thorow Ar the coste of Moab this daye and shalt come nye vnto the childern of Ammon se that thou vexe them not nor yet prouoke them For I will not geue the of the londe of the childern of Ammon to possesse because I haue geuen it vnto the childern of loth to possesse That also was taken for a londe of geauntes and geauntes dwelt therim in olde tyme and the Ammonites called them Zamzumyms A people that was great many and taule as the Enakyms But the Lorde destroyed them before the Ammonites and they cast them out and they dwelt there iÌ„ their steade as he dyd for the childern of Esau which dwell in Seir eueÌ„ as he destroyed the horyms before them aÌ„d they cast them out and dwell in their steade vnto this daye And the Avims which dwelt in Hazarim eueÌ„ vnto Aza the Caphthoryms which came out of Caphthor destroyed them and dwelt in the ir rowmes Ryse vp take youre yourney and goo ouer the ryuer Arnon Beholde I haue geuen in to thy haÌ„d SihoÌ„ the Amorite kynge of HesboÌ„ aÌ„d his londe Goo to and conquere and prouoke hiÌ„to batayle This daye I will begynne to send the feare and dreade of the vppon all nacions that are vnder al portes of heauen so that wheÌ„ they heare speake of the they shall tremble and quake for feare of the. Then I sent messengers out of the wildernesse of kedemoth vnto Syhon kynge of Hesbon with wordes of peace saynge Let me goo thorow thy londe I will goo allweyes alonge by the hye waye and will nether turne vnto the righte hande nor to the left Sell me meate for money for to eate and geue me drinke for money for to drynke I will goo thorowe by fote only as the childern of Esau dyd vnto me whiche dwell in Seir and the Moabites whiche dwell in Ar vntyll I be come ouer Iordayne in to the londe which the Lorde oure God geueth vs. But Sihon the kinge of Hesbon wolde not let vs passe by him for the Lord thy God had hardened his sprite and made his herte tough because he wold delyuer him in to thy hondes as it is come to passe this daye And the Lorde sayed vnto me beholde I haue begonne to set Sihon and his londe before the goo to and conquere that thou mayst possesse his londe Then both Sihon and all his people came out agenst vs vnto batayle at Iahab And the Lorde set him before vs and we smote hym and his sonnes and all hys people And we toke all his cities the same season and destroyed all the cities with men wemen and childern aÌ„d let nothinge remayne saue the catell only we caught vnto oure selues and the spoyle of the cities which we toke from Aroer vppon the brynke off the riuer off Arnon and the citie in the ryuer vnto Gilead there was not one citye to stronge for vs. The Lorde oure God delyuered all vnto vs only vnto the londe of the childern of Ammon ye came not nor vnto all the coste of the riuer labockner vnto the cities in the mountaynes nor vnto what soeuer the Lorde oure God forba de vs. ¶ The .iij. Chapter THen we turned and went vpp the waye to Basan And Og the kinge of Basan came out agenst vs. both he and all his people to batayle at Edrey And the Lorde sayed vnto me feare him not for I haue delyuered him and all his people aÌ„d his lande in to thy hande aÌ„d thou shalt deale with hiÌ„ as thou dealest with Sihon kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And so the Lorde oure God delyuered in to oure handes Og also the kinge off Basan and al his folke And we smote him vntyll noughte was left him And we toke all his cities the same ceason for there was not a citie whiche we toke not from them euen .iij. score cities all the region of Argob the kyngdome of Og in Basan All these cities were made stronge with hye walles gates and barres besyde vnwalled townes a greate maynye And we vtterly destroyed them as we played with Sihon kynge off Hesbon bringing to nought al the cities with men wemen and childern But all the catell and the spoyle of the cities we caughte for oure selues And thus we toke the same ceason the loÌ„de out of the hande of two kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which Hermon the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senyr all the cities in the playne aÌ„d all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei cities of the kingdome of Og in Basan For only Og kynge of Basan remayned of the remnauÌ„t of the geauntes beholde his yernen bed is yet at Rabath amonge the childern off AmmoÌ„ .ix. cubettes longe aÌ„d iiij cubetes brode of the cubettes of a man And when we had conquered this londe the same tyme I gaue from Aroer which is apon the riuer of Arnon and halfe mount Gile ad and the cities thereof vnto the Rubenites and Gadites And the rest of Gilead and all Basan the kingdome of Og I gaue vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse all the regioÌ„ of Argob with all Basan was called the londe of geauntes Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the costes of Gesuri aÌ„d Maâ—chati and called the townes of Basan after his owne name the townes of Iair vnto thys daye And I gaue half Gilead vnto Machir And vnto Ruben aÌ„d Gad I gaue from Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon aÌ„d half the valey aÌ„d the coste eueÌ„ vnto the ryuer Iabock which is the border of the childern of Ammon and the feldes aÌ„d Iordayne with the coste from Cenereth even vnto the see in the felde which is the salt see vnder the sprynges off Pisga eastwarde And I commaunded you the same tyme ye Ruben aÌ„d Gad sayeng the Lorde your God hath geuen you this londe to enioye it se that ye go harnessed before youre brethern the childern of Israel all that are meÌ„ of warre amonge you You re wyues only youre childern aÌ„d youre catell for I wote that ye haue moch catell shall abyde in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyll the Lorde haue geueÌ„ rest vnto
a pitiefull God he will not forsake the nether destroye the nor forgett the appoyntmēt made with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe I praye the of the dayes that are past which were before the sence the daye that God created man vppon the erth and from the one syde of heauen vnto the other whether any thinge hath bene lyke vnto this greate thinge or whether any soche thinge hath bene herde as it is that a nacion hath herde the voyce of God speakinge out of fyre as thou hast herde and yet lyued ether whether God assayed to goo and take him a people from amonge nacions thorow temptacions and sygnes and wonders and thorow warre and with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and wyth myghtye terreble sightes acordynge vnto all that the Lorde youre God dyd vnto you in Egipte before youre eyes Vnto the it was shewed that thou myghtest knowe how that the Lorde he is God and that there is none but he Out of heauen he made the heare his voyce to nurter the ▪ and vppon erth he shewed the his greate fyre and thou hardest his wordes out of the fyre And because he loued thy fathers therfore he chose their seed after them and broughte the out with his presence and with his myghtye power of Egipte to thrust out nations greater ād myghtyer then thou before the to bringe the in and to geue the their londe to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Vnderstonde therfore this daye and turne it to thine herte that the Lorde he is God in heauen aboue and vppon the erth beneth there is no moo kepe therfore his ordynaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaun de the this daye that it maye goo well with the and with thi childern after the and that thou mayst prolonge thy dayes vppon the erth which the Lorde thi God geueth the for euer Then Moses seuered .iij. cities on the other syde Iordane towarde the sonne rysynge that he shulde fle thiter which had kylled his neygh boure vnwares and hated him not in tyme past and therfore shulde fle vnto one of the same cities and lyue Bezer in the wildernesse euen in the playne contre amonge the Rubenites and Ramoth in Gilead amonge the Gaddites and Solan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses set before the children of Israel and these are the witnesse ordinaunces and statutes which Moses tolde the childern of Israel after they came out of Egipte on the other syde Iordayne in the valey besyde Beth Peor in the londe of Sihō kinge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon whom Moses and the childern of Israel smote after they were come out of Egipte ād conquered his lande and the lande of Og kinge of Basan .ij. kynges of the Amorites on the other syde Iordayne towarde the sonne rysynge from Aroar vppon the bancke of the ryuer Arnon vnto mount Sion which is called Hermon ād all the feldes on the other sydel or dayne eastwarde euen vnto the see in the felde vnder the springes of Pisga The. ◠Chapter ANd Moses called vnto all Israell and sayed vnto them Heare Israel the ordynaunces and lawes which I speke in thyne eares this daye and lerne them and take hede that ye doo them The Loode oure God made an appoyntment with us in Horeb. The Lorde made not this bonde with oure fathers but with us we are they which are al heare a lyue this daye The Lord talked with you face to face in the moūt out of the fyre And I stode betwene the Lorde and you the same tyme to shewe you the sayenge of the Lorde For ye were afrayed of the fyre and therfore went not vpp in to the mount and he sayed I am the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the lōde of Egipte the housse of bōdage Thou shalt haue therfore none other goddes in my presence Thou shalt make the no grauen Image off any maner lykenesse that is in heauen aboue Image or in the erth beneth or in the water beneth the erth Thou shalt nether bowe thy self vnto them nor serue them for I the Lorde thy God am a gelouse God visettinge the wikednesse of the fathers vppon the childern euen in the thyrde and the fourth generacion amonge them that hate me and shew mercye apon thousandes amonge them that loue me and kepe my commaundmentes Thou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne Kepe the Sabbath daye that thou sanctifi◠it as the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the. Syxe dayes thou shalt laboure and doo all that thou hast to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde thy God thou shalt doo no maner worke nether thou nor thy sonne nor thy doughter nor thy seruaunte nor thy mayde nor thine oxe nor thyne asse nor any of thi catell nor the straunger that is within thy cytye that thy seruaunte and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou * And remembre that thou God sheweth a cause why we oughte to kepe his commaundmentes the pope doth not wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egypte and how that the Lorde God brought the out thence with a myghtye hande and a stretched out arme For which cause the Lorde thy God commaundeth the to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thi father and thi mother as the Lord thi God hath cōmaūded the that thou mayst prolonge thi dayes and that it maye go well with the on the londe which the Lorde thi God geueth the. Thou shalt not slee Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse agenst thy neghboure Thou shalt not luste after thi neghbours wife thou shat not couet thi neyghbours housse felde seruaunte mayde oxe asse nor ought that is thi neghbours These wordes the Lorde spake vnto al youre multitude in the mount out of the fyre cloude and darcknesse with a loude voyce and added nomoare there to and wrote them in .ij. tables of stone and delyuered them vnto me But as soone as ye herde the voyce out off the darcknesse and sawe the hill burne with fyre ye came vnto me all the heedes of youre tribes and youre elders and ye sayed beholde the Lorde oure God hath shewed us his glorye and his greatnesse and we haue herde his voyce out of the fyre and we haue sene this daye that God maye talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this greate fyre shulde consume us Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the Lorde oure God any moare we shulde dye For what is any flesh that he shulde heare the voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of the fyre as we haue done and shulde yet lyue Goo thou ād heare all that the Lorde oure God sayeth and tell thou vnto us all that the Lorde oure God sayeth vnto the and
we will heare it and doo it And the Lorde herde the voyce of youre wordes when ye spake vnto me and he sayed vnto me I haue herde the voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spokeÌ„ vnto the they haue well sayed all that they haue sayed Oh that they had soche an herte with them to feare me aÌ„d kepe all my commaundmentes alwaye that it myghte goo well with them and with their childern for euer Goo aÌ„d saye vnto them gett you in to youre tentes agayne but stonde thou here before me and I will tell the all the commaundmentes ordinaunces aÌ„d lawes which thou shalt teache theÌ„ that they may doo them in the londe whiche I geue them to possesse Take hede therfore that ye do as the Lorde walke strayght youre God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde ether to the righte hande or to the lefte but walke in all the wayes which the Lorde youre God hath coÌ„maunded you that ye maye lyve and that it maye goo well with you aÌ„d that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lond whiche ye shall possesse ¶ The .vj. Chapter THese are the commaundmentes ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde youre God commaunded to teach you that ye might doo them in the londe whother ye goo to possesse it that thou mightest feare the Lorde thy God to kepe all his ordinaunces and his commaundmentes which I commaunde the both thou and thy sonne and thy sonnes sonne all dayes off thy lyfe that thy dayes maye be prolonged Heare therfore Israel and take hede that thou doo thereafter that it maye goo well with the and that ye maye encrease myghtely eueÌ„ as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promysed the a loÌ„de that floweth with mylk aÌ„d hony Heare Israel the Lorde thy God is Lorde only and thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thyne harte with all thy soule and with It is heresy with vs for a laye â—aÌ„ to loâ—e of gods â—orde or to reade it all thy myght And these wordes which I commaunde the this daye shal be in thine herte aÌ„d thou shalt whett them on thy childern and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thyne housse and as thou walkest by the waye aÌ„d when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vppon thyne hande And they shal be papers off remembraunce betwene thyne eyes and shalt write them vppon the postes of thy housse aÌ„d vppon thy gates And when the Lorde thy God hath borught the in to the lond which he sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue the with greate and goodly cities which thou byldest not and housses fâ—â—l of all maner goodes which thou filledest not and welles dygged which thou dyggedest not aÌ„d vynes and olyue trees which thou plantedest not aÌ„d wheÌ„ thou hast eaten and art full Then beware lest thou forget the Lorde which broughte the out off the lande of Egipte the housse of bondage But feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym and swere by his name and se that ye walke not after straunge goddes of the Goddes off the nacyons whiche are aboute you For the Lorde thy God is a gelouse God among you lest the wrath of the Lorde thy God waxe hotte vppon the and destroye the from the erth Ye shall not tempte the Lorde youre God as ye dyd at Masa But se that ye kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God his Right in god dâ—s sight is that he commaundeth witnesses and his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the and se thou doo that which is right and good in the syghte of the Lorde that thou mayst prospere and that thou mayst goo aÌ„d coÌ„quere that good laÌ„de which the Lordesware vnto thy fathers and that the Lorde maye cast out all thine enemies before the as he hath sayed When thy sonne axeth the in tyme to come Teach youre childern sayenge What meaneth the witnesses ordinaunces and lawes which the Lorde oure God hath commaunded you Then thou shalt saye vnto thy sonne We were bondmen vnto Pharao in Egipte but the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande And the Lorde shewed signes and wondres both greate aÌ„d evell vppon Egipte Pharao and vppon all his housholde before oure eyes and broughte vs from thence to brynge vs in aÌ„d to geue vs the londe which he sware vnto oure fathers And therfore coÌ„maunded vs to do all these ordinaunces aÌ„d for to feare the Lord oure God for oure welth alwayes and that he might saue vs as it is come to passe this daye Moreouer it The outwarde deade is rightuousnesse vnto the avoidâ—nge of punishmeÌ„t threteninges aÌ„d curses aÌ„d â—o optâ—â—â—e temporall blessiges but vnto the lifâ— to come thou must haue the rightuousnesse of faith aÌ„d there by receauâ— forgeueâ—esse of â—â—nnes aÌ„d promise of 〈…〉 aÌ„â—â—â—â—â—â— to worke of â—oâ—â— shal be rightuousnes vnto vs before the Lorde oure God yf we take hede to kepe all these coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes as he hath commaunded vs ¶ The .vij. Chapter WHeÌ„ the Lorde thy God hath brought the in to the lond whither thou goest to possesse it and hath cast out manye nacions before the the Hethites the Girgosites the Amorites the Cananites the Pherâ—sites the Heuites and the Iebusites vij nacions moo in numbre aÌ„d mightier than thou aÌ„d wheÌ„ the Lorde thy God hath sett them before the that thou shuldest smyte them se that thou vtterly destroye them and make no couenaunt with them nor haue compassion on them Also thou shalt make no mariages with them nether geue thy doughter vnto his sonne nor take his doughter vnto thy sonne For they will make youre sonnes departe frome and serue straunge Goddes and then will the wrath off the Lorde waxe whote vppon you aÌ„d destroye you shortely But thus ye shall deale with them ouerthrowe their alters breake doune their pilers cut doune their groves aÌ„d burne their ymages with fyre For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lorde thy God the Lorde thy God hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto himsilf of all nacions that are vppon the erth It was not Gods awâ—â— goodnesse aÌ„d â—is awne trueth causeth hâ— to worke because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions that the Lorde had lust vnto you and chose you For ye were fewest of all nacions But because the Lorde loued you and because he wolde kepe the othe which he had sworne vnto youre fathers therfore he brought you out of Egipte with a mightie hande aÌ„d delyuered you out of the housse of bondage eueÌ„ froÌ„ the hande of Pharao kinge of Egipte Vnderstonde therfore that the Lorde thy God he is God and that a true God which kepeth poyntment and mercy vnto them that loue him and kepe his commaundmentes euen thorowe out a thousande generacions and rewardeth Before his â—ace â—n his preseÌ„ce whiâ—e he loketh on them that hate him before his face
so that he bringeth them to noughte and wil not defâ—erre the tyme vnto him that hateth hiÌ„ but will rewarde him before his face Kepe therfore the commaundmentes ordinaunces and lawes which I commaunde you this daye that ye doo them Yf ye shall herken vnto these lawes aÌ„d shall obserue and do them then shall the Lorde thy God kepe poyntment with the and the mercy which he swore vnto thy fathers and will loue the blesse the and multiplye the he will blesse the frute of thy wombe and the frute of thi felde thy corne thy wyne and thy oyle the frute of thyne oxen and the flockes of thy shepe in the londe which he swore vnto thy fathers to geuethe Thou shalt be blessed aboue all nacions there shal be nether man nor woman vnfrutefull amonge you nor any thinge vnfrutefull amonge youre catell Moreouer the Lorde will turne from the all maner infirmityes and will put none off the euell dyseases off Egipte whiche thou knowest apon the but wyll sende them vppon them that hate the. Thou shalt bringe to nought all nacions which the Lorde thy God delyuereth the thyne eye shall haue no pitie vppon them nether shalt thou serue their goddes for that shal be thy decaye Yf thou shalt saye in thine hert these nacions are moo than I how caÌ„ I cast them God is as able â—oâ—â— also to deliuer vs out of the captiui te of the popâ— out Feare theÌ„ not but remeÌ„bre what the Lorde thy god dyd vnto Pharao aÌ„d vnto all Egipte aÌ„d the greate temptacions which thine eyes sawe aÌ„d the signes aÌ„d wonders aÌ„d mightie haÌ„de aÌ„d stretched out arme wherewith the Lord thy god broughte the out eueÌ„ so shall the Lorde thy God doo vnto all the nacions of which thou art afrayed Thereto the Lorde thy God will send hornettes amonge them vntyll they that are lefte and hyde them selues froÌ„ the be destroyed Se thou feare theÌ„ not for the lord thi god is amoÌ„g you a mightie god aÌ„d a terrible The Lord thy god will put out these nacioÌ„s before the a litle aÌ„d a litle thou maist not coÌ„sume theÌ„ at oÌ„ce lest the beestes of the felde encrease vpoÌ„ the. And the lorde thy god shall delyuer theÌ„ vnto the aÌ„d sterre vp a mightie teÌ„pest amoÌ„ge theÌ„ vntil thei be brought to nought And he shal deliuer their kinges in to thine haÌ„de aÌ„d thou shalt destroye their names froÌ„ vnder heaueÌ„ There shal no maÌ„ stonde before the vntill thou haue destroyed them The images of their goddes thou shalt burne with fire aÌ„d se that thou couet not the syluer or golde that is on them nor take it vnto the lest thou be snared therewith For it is an abhominacyon vnto the Lorde thy God Brynge not therfore the abhominacyon to thyne housse lest thou be a damned thynge as it is but vtterlye defye it and abhorre it for it is a thinge that must be destroyed ¶ The .viij. Chaptre All the commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye ye shal kepe for to do them that ye maye lyue and multiplye and goo and possesse the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers And thinke on all the waye which the Lorde thy God led the this .xl. yere in the wildernesse for to humble the aÌ„d to proue the to wete what was in thine herte whether thou woldest kepe his commaundmentes or no He humbled the and made the hongre and fed the with man which nether thou nor thy father knâ—we of â–ª to make the know that a man must not lyue by bred only but by The word is life al that procedeth out of them outh of the Lorde must a man lyue Thy rayment waxed not olde vppon the nether dyd thy fete swell thys xl yere Vnderstonde therfore in thine herte that as a man â—â—â—â—ereth his sonne euen so the Lorde thy God 〈…〉 reth the. Kepe therfore the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God that thou walke in his wayes and that thou feare him For the Lorde thy God bringeth the in to a good lande a londe of riuers of water of fouÌ„tens and of springes that springe out both in valayes and hylles a londe of whete and of barly of vynes figtrees and pomgranates a lond of olyuetrees with oyle and of honye a lande wherin thou shalt not eate bred in scarcenesse and where thou shalt lacke nothinge a londe whose stones are yerne and out of whose hylles thou shalt dygge brasse When thou hast eaten therfore and filled thy selfe then blesse the Lord for the good lond which he hath geuen the. But bewarre that thou forgett not the Lorde thy God that thou woldest not kepe his coÌ„maundmentes lawes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye yee and when thou hast eaâ—eÌ„ aÌ„d filled thy selfe aÌ„d hast bylt goodly housses aÌ„d dwelt therin aÌ„d when thy beesse aÌ„d thy shepe are waxed manye aÌ„d thy syluer aÌ„d golde is multiplied aÌ„d all that thou hast encreased then bewarre lest thine herte ryse aÌ„d thou forgett the Lorde thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte the housse of bondage aÌ„d which led the in the wildernesse both greate aÌ„d terreble with firye serpentes aÌ„d scorpions aÌ„d thurste where was no water which brought the water out of the rocke of flynt whiche fed the in the wildernesse with Man where of thy fathers knewe not for to humble the and to proue the that he might doo the good at thy later ende And beware that thou saye not in thine herte my power and the might of myne awne haÌ„de hath done me all these actes But remembre Gods power worketh and not we the Lorde thy God how that it is he which gaue the power to do maÌ„fully for to make good the promesse which he sware vnto thy fathers as it is come to passe this daye For yf thou shalt forget the Lorde thy god and shalt walke after straunge goddes and serue them and worsheppe them I testyfye vnto you this daye that ye shall surely perysh As the nacyons whiche the Lorde destroyeth before the euen so ye shall peryshe because ye wolde not herken vnto the voyce of the Lord youre God ¶ The .ix. Chapter HEare Israel thou goest ouer Ioadayne this daye to goo and conquere nacions greater and mightier than thy selfe and cities greate aÌ„d walled vp to heauen aÌ„d people greate and tall euen the childern of the Enakâ—ms which thou knowest and of whom thou hast herde saye who is able to stond before the childern of Enack But vnderstonde this daye that the Lorde thy God which goeth ouer before the a consumyng fire he shall destroye them and he shall subdue them before the. And thou shalt cast them out and brynge them to noughte quyckely as the Lorde hath sayed vnto the. Speake not in thyne hert after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before the sayenge where is â—â—â— righâ—â—â—esnesse for my rightuousnes the Lorde hath brought me in to the possesse this
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
off youre handes youre vowes and frewillofferynges and thy fyrst borne off youre oxen and off youre shepe And there ye shall eate before the Lorde youre God and ye shall reioyse in all that ye laye youre handes on both ye and youre housholdes because the Lord thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall doo after nothinge that we doo here this daye euery man what semeth hiÌ„ good * in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest nor vnto the enheritaunce which the Lorde youre God geueth you But ye shal goo ouer Iordayne aÌ„d dwell in the loÌ„de which the Lorde youre God geueth you to enheret aÌ„d he shal geue you rest froÌ„ al youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shall dwell in safetie Therfore when the Lorde youre God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there thither ye shall brynge all that I commaunde you youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and the heueofferynges of youre handes and all youre godly vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lorde And ye shall reioyse before the Lorde youre God both ye youre sonnes and youre doughters youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the leuite that is within youre gates for he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with you Take hede that thou offer not thi burntofferynges in what soeuer place thou seyst but in the place which the Lorde shall haue chosen amonge one of thy trybes there thou shalt offer thi burntofferynges and there thou shalt doo all that I commaunde the. Notwitstondynge thou mayst kyll aÌ„d eate flesh in al thi cities what soeuer thi soule lusteth after acordinge to the blessinge of the Lorde thi God which he hath geuen the both the * vncleane and the cleane mayst thou eate Vncleane as pertayninge vn to sacrifice as beestes that had deformities but not of the vncleane that was forbiddeÌ„ euen as the roo and the hert only eate not the bloude but poure it apon the erth as water Thou mayst not eate within thi gates the tythe of thi corne of thy wyne and of thi oyle ether the firstborne of of thine oxen or of thy shepe nether any of thi vowes which thou vowest nor thi frewilofferinges or heueofferynges of thyne handes but thou must eate them before the Lorde thi God in the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen both thou thi sonne and thi doughter thi seruaunte and thy mayde aÌ„d the leuite that is within thi gates aÌ„d thou shalt reioyse before the Lorde thi God in al that thou puttest thine hande to And bewarre that thou forsake not the leuite as loÌ„ge as thou lyuest vppon the erth Yf when the Lorde thi God hath enlarged thi costes as he hath promysed the thou saye I will eate flesh because thi soule longeth to eate flesh then thou shalt eate flesh what so euer thi soule lusteth Yf the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen to put his name there be to ferre from the then thou mayst kylle of thi oxen and of thi shepe which the Lorde hath geuen the as I haue commaunded the and thou mayst eate in thine awne citie what soeuer thi soule lusteth Neuer the later as the roo and the herte is eaten euen so thou shalt eate it the vncleane and the cleane indifferently thou shalt eate But be strong that thou eate not the bloude For the bloude that is the lyfe and thou mayst not eate the life with the flesh thou maist not eate it but must power it vppoÌ„ the erth as water Se thou eate it not therfore that it maye goo well with the and with thy childern after the when thou shalt haue done that whyche is ryghte in the syghte off the Lorde But thy holye thinges which thou hast and thy vowes thou shalt take and go vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen and thou shalt offer thy burntoffrynges both flesh aÌ„d bloude apon the alter of the Lorde thy God and the bloude of thine offrynges thou shalt poure out vppon the alter of the Lorde thy God and shalt eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the that it maye goo well with the and with thy children after the for euer wheÌ„ thou doest that whiche is good and right in the sighte of the Lorde thy God When the Lorde thy God hath destroyed the nacions before the whother thou goest to conquere them and when thou hast conquered them and dwelt in their landes Bewarre that thou be not taken in a snare after theÌ„ after that they be destroyed before the and that thou axenot after their goddes saynge how dyd these nacyons serue their goddes that I maye doo so likewyse Nay thou shalt not doo so vnto the Lorde thy God for all abhominacyons which the Lorde hated dyd they vnto their goddes For they burnt both their sonnes aÌ„d their doughters with fire vnto their goddes But what soeuer I commaunde you that take hede ye do aÌ„d put nought thereto nor take ought Put noughte to neâ— take ought awaye there from ¶ The .xiij. Chapter YF there a ryse amonge you a prophett or a dreamer of dreames and geue the a sygne or a wondre and that sygne or wonder which he hath sayed come to passe and then saye lat vs goo after straunge Goddes which thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them her ken not vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God teÌ„pteth you to wete whether ye loue the Lord God geueth vs his worde â—â— coÌ„firmeth â—â— with miracles to proue who hath a â—r ue herteâ— we must take hede to the scripture lest false prophetes or false miracles deceave vs. youre God with all youre hertes aÌ„d with al youre soules For ye must walke after the Lorde youre God aÌ„d feare him and kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„dmentes and herken vnto his voyce and serue him and cleaue vnto him And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shall dye for it because he hath spokeÌ„ to turne you awaye froÌ„ the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the londe of Egipte aÌ„d delyuered you out of the housse of bondage to thrust the out of the waye whiche the Lorde thy God commaunded the to walke in and so thou shalt put euell awaye from the. Yf thy brother the sonne of thy mother or thyne awne sonne or thy doughter or the wife that lieth in thy bosome or thy frende which is as thyne awne soule vnto the â–ª entyce the secretly sayenge let vs goo and serue straunge goddes which thou hast not knoweÌ„ nor yet thy fathers of the goddes of the people whiche are rouÌ„de aboute the whether thei benye vnto the or farre of from the from the one ende of the lande vnto the other Se thou consente not vnto him nor herken vnto him no let not thynâ— eye pitye him nor haue compassyon on hym nor kepe him secrett but cause him to be slayne Thine hande shal be first apon hym to kyll him and then the
handes off all the people And thou shalt stone hym with stones that he dye because he hath gone aboute to thrust the awaye from the Lord thy God which brought the out of Egipte the housse of bondage And all Israel shall heare and feare aÌ„d shall doo no moare any soche wekednesse as this is amonge them Yf thou shalt heare saye of one of thy cities which the Lorde thy God hath geuen the to dwell in that certen beyng the childern of Beliall are gone out from amonge you and haue moued the enhabiters of their citie sayeng lat vs goo and serue straunge Goddes whiche ye haue not knowen Then seke and make serche and enquere diligently Yf it be true and the thinge of a suertie that soch abhominacion is wrought among you then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that citie with the edge of the swerde and destroye it mercylesse and all that is the rin and euen the very catell thereof with the edge of the swerde And gather all the spoyle of it in to the myddes of the streates thereof and burne with fire both the citie and all the spoyle thereof euery whitte vnto the Lord thy God And it shal be an hepe for euer and shall not be bylt agayne And se that their cleaue nought of the damned thinge in thine hande that the Lorde maye turne froÌ„ his fearse wrath and shewe the mercye aÌ„d haue compassion on the and multiplye the as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers when thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe all his coÌ„maundmentes which I coÌ„maunde the thys daye so that thou doo that which is right in the eyes of the Lorde thy God ¶ The .vj. Chapter YE are the childern of the Lorde youre God cut not youre selues nor make you any baldnes betwene the eyes for any maÌ„s deeth For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God aÌ„d the Lorde hath chosen the to be a seuerall people vnto him selfe of all the nacyons that are vppon the erth Ye shall eate no maner of abhominacyon These are the beestes which ye shall eate of oxen shepe and gootes hert too and bugle hertâ— goote vnicorne origen and Camelion And all beestes that cleaue the hoste and slytte it in to two clawes and chewe the cud them ye shal eate Neuerthelesse these ye shall not eate of them that chew cud aÌ„d of theÌ„ that deuyde and cleaue the hoffe the camell the hare aÌ„d the conye For they chew cud but deuyde not the hoffe aÌ„d therfore are vncleane vnto you aÌ„d also the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe yet he cheweth not cud aÌ„d therfor is vncleane vn to you Ye shall not eate of the flesh of theÌ„ nor twich the deed carkasses of them These ye shall eate off all that are in the waters All that haue fynnes and scales And what soeuer hath not finnes and scales of that ye may not eate for that is vncleane vn to you Of all cleane byrdes ye shall eate but these are they of which ye maye not eate the egle the goshauke the cormerant the ixion the vultur the kyte and hyr kynde and all kynde off rauens the Estrich the nyghtâ—roâ—â— the kuckoo the sparowhauke and all hir kynde the litle oule the great oule the backe the bytture the pye the storke the heron the Iaye in his kynde the lapwynge the swalowe And all crepynge foules are vncleane vnto you and maye not be eaten of but of all cleane foules ye maye well eate Ye shall eate of nothinge that dyeth alone But thou mayst geue it vnto the straunger that is in thy citie that he eate it or mayst sell it vnto an AlieÌ„t For thou art an holy people vnto the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not seth a kyd in his mothers mylke Thou shalt tyeth all the encrease of thy seed that cometh out of the felde yere by yere And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God in the place whiche he hath chosen to make his name dwell there the tyth off thy corne of thy wyne and of thyne oyle and the firstborne of thine oxen and of thy flocke that thou mayst lerne to feare the Lorde thy God allwaye Yf the waye be to longe for the so that thou art not able to carie it because the place is to farre from the whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there for the Lorde thy God hath blessed the then make it in money and take the money in thyne hande and goo vnto the place which the Lorde thy God hath chosen and bestowe that moneye on what soeuer thy soule lusteth after on oxen shepe wyne and good drynke and on what soeuer thy soule desyreth and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery both thou and thyne housholde and the Leuite that is in thy cytye Se thou forsake not the Leuite for he hath nether partenor enheritaunce with the. At the ende of thre yere thou shalt brynge forth all the tithes of thine encrease the same yere and laye it vpp whitin thyne awne cytye and the Leuite shall come because he hath nether parte nor enheritaunce with the and the straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are whithin thy citie and shall eate and fyll them selues that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thine hond which thou doest ¶ The .xv. Chapter AT the ende of seuen yere thou shalt make a fre yere And this is the maner off the fre yere whosoever lendeth ought with his hande vnto his neyghboure maye not axe agayne that which he hath lent of his neyghboure or of his brother because it is called the lordes fre yere yet of a straunger thou maist call it home agayne But that which thou hast with thy brother thyne hande shall remytt and that in any wyse that there be no begger amonge you For the Lorde shall blesse the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the an heritaunce to possesse it so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God â–ª to obserue aÌ„d doo all these commaundmentes which I commaunde you this daye ye and then the Lorde thy God shall blesse the as he â—ath promysed the and thou shalt lende vnto many nacyons and shalt borowe of no man and shalt raygne ouer many nacyons but none shal reygne ouer the. When one of thi brethern amonge you is waxed poore in any of thi cities within thi loÌ„de which the Lorde thi God geueth the se that thou harden not thine hert nor shetto thyne hande from thi poore brother But open thyne hande vnto him and lende him sufficient for his nede which he hath And beware that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert that thou woldest saye The seuenth yere the yere of fredome is at honde and therfore it greue the to loke on thy poore brother and geuest him nought and he then crye vnto the Lorde agenst the and it be synne vnto the
with stones aÌ„d they shall dye At the mouth of .ij. or iij witnesses shal he that is worthy of deeth dye but at the mouth of one witnesse he shall not dye And the handes of the witnesses shal be first vppon him to kyll him aÌ„d afterwarde the handes of all the people so shalt thou put wekednesse awaye from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgemeÌ„t betwene bloud and bloude plee and plee plage and plage in maters of strife within thi cities Then Arise and gett the vpp vnto the place which the Lorde thi God hath chosen and goo vnto the preastes the leuites and vnto the iudge that shal be in those dayes and axe and they shall shewe the how to iudge And se that thou doo acordinge to that which they of that place which the Lorde hath chosen shew the and se that thou obserue to doo acordinge to all that they enforme the. Acordinge to the lawe which they teach the and maner of iudgement which they tell the se that thou doo and that thou bowe not from that which they she we the nether to the right hande nor to the lyfte And that man that will doo presumptuously so that he will not herken vnto the preast that stondeth there to mynistre vnto the Lorde thi God or vnto the iudge shall dye and so thou shalt put awaye euell from Israel And all the people shall heare and shall feare and shall doo nomare presumptuosly When thou art come vnto the loÌ„de which the Lorde thi God geueth the and enioyest it and dwellest therin Yf thou shalt saye I will sett a kinge ouer me like vnto all the nacions kyuâ—â—s that are aboute me Then thou shalt make him kinge ouer the whom the Lorde thi God shal chose One of thi brethern must thou make kinge ouer the and mayst not sett a straunger ouer the which is not of thi brethern But in ani wyse let hiÌ„ not holde to many horsses that he bringe not the people agayne to Egipte thorow the multitude of horsses for as moch as the Lorde hath sayed vnto you ye shall hence forth goo no moare agayne that waye Also he shall not haue to many wyues lest his hert turne awaye nether shall he gather him syluer and godlde to moch And when he is seten vppon the seate off his kingdome he shall write him out this seconde lawe in a boke takynge a copye of the preastes the leuites And it shal be with him and he shall reade there in all dayes of his lyfe * that he maye lerne to feare the Lorde his God for to kepe all the wordes of this lawe aÌ„d these ordinaunces for to doo them that his hert aryse not aboue his brethern and that he turne not from the commaundment ether to the righte hande or to the lifte that both he aÌ„d his childern maye prolonge their dayes in his kingdome in Israel ¶ The .xviij. Chapter THe preastes the Leuites all the trybe off Leui shall haue no parte nor enheritaunce I meruel that oure diffigured coude â—â—â—ke no figure of this all this while with Israel The offrynges of the Lorde aÌ„d his enheritaunce they shall eate but shall haue no enheritaunce amonge their brethern the Lorde he is their enheritaunce as he hath sayed vnto them And this is the dutie of the preastes of the people and of them that offer whether it be oxe or shepe They must geue vnto the preast the shulder and the two chekes and the maw the firstfrutes of thy corne wyne and oyle and the first of thy shepesheryng must thou geue him For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and to ministre in the name of the Lorde both hiÌ„ and his sonnes for euer Yf a Leuite come out of any of thy cities or any place of Israel where he is a segeorner aÌ„d come with all the lust of his herte vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen he shall there ministre in the name of the Lorde his god as all his brethern the Leuites doo whiche stonde there before the Lord. And they shall haue lyke porcyons to eate besyde that whiche cometh to hym of the patrimonye of hys elders When thou art come in to the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the se that thou lerne not to doo after the abhominacyoÌ„s of these nacyons Let there not be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his doughter go thorow fyre ether a bruterar or a maker of dismale dayes or that vseth witchcraft or a sorcerar or a charmar or that speaketh with a spirite or a sothsayer or that talketh with them that are deed For all that doo soch thinges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde and because of these abhominacyons the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before the be pure therfore with the Lorde thy God For these nacyons whiche thou shalt conquere herken vnto makers off dysemall dayes and bruterars But the Lorde thy God permytteth not that to the. The Lorde thy God will sterre vpp a prophete amonge you eueÌ„ of thy brethern like vnto me and vnto him ye shall herken acording to all that thou desyredest of the Lorde thy Christ is here promysed a preacher off better tydinges then Moâ—es god in Horeb in the daye when the people were gathered sayenge Let me heare the voyce of my Lorde God nomoare nor se this greate fire any moare that I dye not And the Lorde sayed vnto me they haue well spoken I will rayse them vpp a prophett from amonge their brethern like vnto the aÌ„d will put my wordes in to his mouth and he shall speake vnto theÌ„ al that I shall commaunde him And whosoeuer will not kerken vnto the wordes which he shall speake in my name I will requyre it off him But the prophete which shall presume to speake ought in my name which I commaunded him not to speake and he that speaketh in the name of straunge Goddes the same prophete shall dye And yf thou saye in thine hert howe shall I knowe that whiche the Lorde hath noâ— spoken When a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lorde yf the thynge folow not nor come to passe that is the thinge which the Lorde hath not spoken But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously be not aferde therfore of him ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHen the Lorde thy Gad hath destroyed the nacyons whose londe the Lorde thy God geueth the and thou hast conquered theÌ„ and dwellest in their cities and in their housses thou shalt appoynte .iij. cities in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to possesse it thou shalt prepare the waye and deuyde the costes of thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret in to .iij. partes that whosoeuer committeth murthur may flee thither And this is the cause of the sleyer that shal The popis seÌ„tuaries are of an other purpose For he had leuer haue the frenshep of the
shall brynge the the pledge out at the dore Forthermore yf it be a pore body goo not to slepe with his pledge but delyuer hym the pledge agayne by that the sonne goo doune and let him slepe in his owne rayment and blesse the. And it shal be rightuousnes vnto the before the Lorde thy God Thou shalt not defraude an hyred servaunte that is nedye and poore whether he be off thy brethern or a straunger that is in thy lond with in thy cities Geue him his hyre the same daye and let not the sonne goo doune thereon For he is nedye ād therewith susteyneth his life lest he crye agenst the vnto the Lorde ād it be synne vnto the. The fathers shal not dye for the childern nor the childern for the fathers but euery mā shall dye for his awne synne Hynder not the right of the straunger nor of the fatherlesse nor take wedowes rayment to pledge But remembre that thou wast a servaunte in Egipte ād how the Lord thy God delyuered the thēce Wherfore I cōmaūde the to doo this thinge When thou cuttest doune thyne herueste in the felde and hast forgotte a shefe in the felde thou shalt not goo agayne and fett it But it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that the Lorde thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of thyne hande When thou beatest doune thyne olyue trees thou shalt not make cleane riddaunce after the but it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe And when thou gatherest thy vyneyarde ▪ thou shalt not gather cleane after the but it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe And remembre that thou wast a seruaunte in the lond of Egipte wherfore I cōmaunde the to doo this thinge ¶ The .xxv. Chapter WHen there is strife betwene men let thē come vnto the lawe and let the iudges iustifie the rightuous and condemne the trespeaser And yf the trespeaser be worthy of strypes then let the iudge cause to take him doune and to bete him before his face accordynge to his trespace vnto a certayne numbre .xl. stirpes he shall geue him and not passe lest yf he shulde exceade and beate him aboue that with many stripes thi brother shuld appere vngodly before thyne eyes Thou shalt not mosell the oxe that treadeth out the corne When brethern dwell together and one of It were hard to proue this a ceremonye them dye ād haue no childe the wyfe of the deed shall not be geuen out vnto a straunger but hir brotherlawe shall goo in vnto her and take her to wife and marie her And the eldest sonne which she beareth shall stonde vp in the name of his brother which is deed that his name be not put out in Israel But and yf the man will not take his systerlawe then let her goo to the gate vnto the elders and saye My brotherlawe refuseth to sterre vpp vnto his brother a name in Israel he will not marie me Then let the elders of his citie call vnto him and comen with him Yf he stonde and saye I will not take her then let his systerlawe goo vnto him in the presence of the elders and loose his showe of his fote and spytt in his face and answere and saye So shall it be done vnto that man that will not bylde his brothers housse And his name shal be called in Israel the vnshoed housse Yf when men stryue together one with another the wife of the one rūne to for to ryd hyr husbonde out of the handes of him that smyteth him and put forth hir hande and take him by the secrettes cutt of hir hande and let not thine eye pitie her Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner weyghtes a greate and a small nether shalt thou haue in thine house dyuerse measures a great ād a small But thou shalt haue a perfect ād a iust measure that thy dayes maye be lengthed in the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the For all that do soche thinges ād all that doo vnright are abhominacion vnto the Lorde thy God Remembre what Amalech dyd vnto the by the waye after thou camest out of Egipte he mett the by the waye and smote the hynmost of you all that were ouer laboured and dragged by hynde when thou wast faynted and werye and he feared not God Therfore when the Lorde thy God hath geuen the rest from all thyne enemyes rounde aboute in the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enheret and possesse se that thou put out the name of Amalech from vnder heauen ād forget not ¶ The .xxvj. Chapter WHen thou art come in to the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherett and hast enioyed it and dwellest there in take of the first of all the frute of the erthe which thou hast brought in out of the lande that the Lorde thy God geueth the and put it in a maunde and goo vnto the place which the Lorde thy God shall chose to make his name dwell there And thou shalt come vnto the preast that shal be in those dayes ād saye vnto him I knowledge this daye vnto the Lorde thy God that I am come vnto the contre whiche the Lorde sware vnto oure fathers for to geue vs. And the preast shall take the maunde out of thine hande and set it doune before the alter of the Lorde thy God And thou shalt answere ād saye before the Lorde thy God The Sirians wolde haue destroyed my father and he went doune in to Egipte ād sogeorned there with a few folke and grewe there vnto a nacyon greate myghtie and full of people And the Egiptians vexed us ād troubled vs and laded vs with cruell bondage And we cried vn to the Lorde God of oure fathers and the Lorde herde oure voyce and loked on oure aduersyte laboure and oppressyon And the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte with a mightye hande and a stretched out arme and with greate tereblenesse and with sygnes and wonders And he hath brought vs in to this place and hath geuē vs this londe that floweth with mylke and honye And nowe loo I haue brought the first frutes off the londe whiche the Lorde hath geuen me And set it before the Lorde thy God and worshepe before the Lorde thy God and reioyse ouer all the good thinges whiche the Lorde thy God hath geuē vnto the and vnto thyne housse both thou the Leuite and the straunger that is amonge you When thou hast made an ende of tithynge all the tithes of thine encrease the thyrde yere the yere of tythynge and hast geuen it vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse ād the wedowe and they haue eaten in thy gates ād fylled them selues Then saye before the Lorde thy God I haue brought the halowed thinges out of myne housse and haue geuen them vnto the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe acordynge to all the commaundmentes which thou
commaundest me I haue not ouerskypped thy commaundmentes nor forgetten them I haue not eaten thereof in my moornynge nor taken awaye thereof vnto any vnclennesse nor spente thereof aboute any deed corse but haue herkened vnto the uoyce of the Lorde my God and haue done after all that he commauÌ„ded me loke doune from thy holy habitacyon heauen and blesse thy people Israel and the lande which thou hast geuen vs as thou swarest vnto oure fathers a lond that floweth with mylke and honye This daye the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the to doo these ordinaunces and lawes Kepe them therfore and doo them with all thyne hert and all thy soule Thou hast sett vpp the Lorde this daye to be thy God and to walke in hys wayes and to kepe his ordinaunces his commaundmentes and his lawes and to herken vnto his voyce And the Lord hath sett the vp this daye to be a seuerall people vnto him as he hath promysed the and that thou kepe his commaundmentes and to make the hye aboue all nacyons which he hath made in prayse in name and honoure that thou mayst be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God as he hath sayed The .xxvij. Chapter ANd Moses with the elders of Israel coÌ„maunded the people sayenge kepe all the commaundmentes whiche I commaunde you this daye And when ye be come ouer Iordayne vnto the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the sett vpp greate stones and playster them with playster and write vpoÌ„ theÌ„ all the wordes of this lawe when thou arte come ouer that thou mayst come in to the londe whiche the Lorde thy God geueth the a londe that floweth with mylke and honye â–ª as the Lorde God off thy fathers hath promysed the. When ye be come ouer Iordayne se that ye set vpp these stones which I commaunde you this daye in mount Eball and playster them with playster And there bylde vnto the Lord thy God an altare of stones and se thou lifte vpp no yerne uppon them But thou shalt make the altare of the Lorde thy God of rughstones and offer burntoffrynges thereon vnto the Lorde thy God And thou shalt offer peaceof frynges and shalt eate there and reioyse before the Lorde thy God And thou shalt write vppon the stones all the wordes of this lawe manyfestly and well And Moses with the preastes the Leuites spake vnto all Israel sayenge take hede aÌ„d heare Israel this daye thou art become the people of the Lorde thy God Herken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thi God aÌ„d do his coÌ„maundmeÌ„tes aÌ„d his ordinaunces which I commaunde you this daye And Moses charged the people the same daye sayenge these shall stonde vppon mount Grisim to blesse the people when ye are come ouer lordayne Symeon Leui Iuda Isachar Ioseph and Ben Iamin And these shall stonde apon mount Eball to curse Ruben Gad Asser Zabulon Dan and Neptaly And the Leuites shall beginne aÌ„d say vnto all the men of Israel wiâ—h a loude voyce Cursed be he that maketh any carued image or image of metall an abhominacion vnto Here of take the popes an occasioÌ„ to curse .iiij. tymes in the yere the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman and putteth it in a secrett place And all the people shall answere and saye Amen Cursed be he that curseth his father or hys mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that remoueth his neghbours marke and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maketh the blynde goo out off his waye and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger â–ª fatherlesse and wedowe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his fathers wife because he hath opened his fathers coueringe aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with any maner beest and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his syster whether she be the doughter of his father or off his mother and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in lawe and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that smyteth his neghboure secretly and all the people shall saye AmeÌ„ Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to flee innocent bloude and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that maÌ„tayneth not all the wordes of this lawe to doo them aÌ„d all the people shall saye Amen ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter YF thou shalt herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to obserue and to do all his commaundmentes whiche I commaunde the this daye The Lorde wil set the an hye aboue all nacions of the erth And all these blessynges shall come on the and ouer take the yf thou shalt herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God Blessed shalt thou be in the towne and blessed in the feldes blessed shal be the frute of thy body the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell the frute of thine oxen and thy flockes of shepe blessed shall thine almery be aÌ„d thy store Blessed shalt thou be both when thou goest out aÌ„d blessed wheÌ„ thou comest in The Lorde shall smyte thyne enemyes that ryse agenst the before thy face They shall come out agenst the one waye and flee before the seuen wayes The Lorde shal commaunde the blessynge to be with the in thy store housses aÌ„d in all that thou settest thine hande to and will blesse the in the lande which the Lord thi god geueth the. The Lorde shall make the an holye people vnto himselfe as he hath sworen vnto the yf thou shalt kepe the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes And all nacyons of the erthe shall se that thou arte called after the name of the Lorde and they shal be aferde off the. And the Lorde shall make the plenteous in goodes in the frute of thy body in the frute off thy catell and in the frute of thy grounde in the londe whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to geue the. The Lorde shall open vnto the his good treasure euen the heauen to geue rayne vnto thy londe in due ceason and to blesse all the laboures of thine hande And thou shalt lende vnto many nacyoÌ„s but shalt not nede to borowe thy selfe And the Lorde shall sett the before and not behinde and thou shalt be aboue only and not beneth yf that thou herken vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to doo them And se that thou bowe not from any of these wordes which I commaunde the this daye ether to the right hande or to the lefte that thou woldest goo after straung goddes to serue them But and yf thou wilt not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe and to doo all his commaundmentes and ordinaunces which I commaunde the this daye then all these curses shall come
the cleare daye light And I beleue also that the prophetes whiche folowed Moses to confirme his prophesyes and to mayntayne his doctrine vnto Christes cominge were moued by soch thinges to serche further of Christes secrettes And though God wold not haue the secrettes of Christ generallye knowne saue vnto a few familier frendes which in that infancye he made of mans witte to helpe the other babes yet as they had a generall promysse that one of the seed of AbrahaÌ„ shuld come and blesse them euen so they had a generall fayth that God wold by the same man saue them though they wist not by what meanes as the very apostles when it was oft told them yet they coude neuer comprehend it till it was fufilled in deade And beyonde all this their sacrifices aÌ„d ceremonies as farforth as the promyses annexed vnto them extende so farforth they saued theÌ„ and iustified them and stode them in the same steade as oure sacramentes doo vs not by the power of the sacrifice or deade it selfe but by the vertue of the faith in the promysse whiche the sacrifice or ceremonye preached and wherof it was a token or sygne For the ceremonies and sacrifices were lefte with them and commaunded them to kepe the promysse in remeÌ„braunce and to wake vpp their fayth As it is not ynough to sende manye on errandes and to tell them what they shall doo but they must haue a remembraunce with them and it be but a ringe of a rush aboute one of their fingers And as it is not ynough to make a bargayne with wordes onlye but we must put thereto an oth and geue ernest to confirme the faithe off the person with whom it is made And in like maner yf a man promysse what soeuer trifull it be it is not beleued excepte he hold vppe his finger also soch is the wekenesse of the world And therfore christ him silf vsed oftymes diuerse ceremonyes in curynge the sâ—ke to sturre vpp their faith with all As for an â—nsample it was not the bloud of the lambe that saued theÌ„ in Egipte when the angell smote the Egiptians but the mercye of God and his truth wherof that bloude was a token and remembraunce to sturre vppe their faythes wyth all For though God make a promysse yet it saueth none finallye but them that longe for it and praye God with a stronge fayth to fulfill it for his mercye and truthe onlye and knowlege theyr vnworthynesse And euen so oure sacramentes yf they be truelye ministred preach Christ vnto vs and leade oure faythes vnto Christ by which faithe oure synnes are done awaye and not by the deade or worke of the sacrament For as it was impossible that the bloude off calues shuld put awaye synne euen so is it impossible that the water of the ryuer shuld wash oure hartes Neuerthelesse the sacramentes cleÌ„se vs and absolue vs of oure synnes as the preastes doo in preachinge of repentaunce and faith for which cause ether other of them were ordened but yf they preach not whether it be the preast or the sacrament so profitte they not And yf a man allege Christ Iohan in the. iij â–ª chapter sayeng Excepte a man be borne agayne of water and the holye goste he can not se the kingdome of God and will therfore that the holy gost is present in the water and therfore the verye deade or worke doth put awaye synne then I will send him vnto Paule whiche axeth his Galathians whether they receaued the holy goste by the deade of the lawe or by preachinge of faith and there concludeth that the holy gost accoÌ„panyeth the preaching of faith aÌ„d with the worde of faith entreth the harte aÌ„d purgeth it which thou mayst also vnderstonde by saynt Paule sayenge ye are borne a new out of the water thorowe the worde So now if baptim preach me the wasshing in christes bloude so doth the holy gost accompaâ—y it and that deade of preachinge thorow fayth doth put awaye my synnes For the holy gost is no dome god nor no god that goeth a mummige Yf a man saye of the sacrament of Christes bodye aÌ„d bloud that it is a sacrifice as well for the dead as for the quycke and therfore the very deed it self iustifieth and putteth awaye synne I answere that a sacrifice is the sleynge off the body of a beest or a man wherfore yf it be a sacrifice then is christes body there slayne aÌ„d his bloude there shed but that is not so And therfore it is properly no sacrifice but a sacrament and a memoriall of that euerlastinge sacrifice once for all which he offered apon the crosse now apon a .xv. hundred yeres a go and preacheth only vnto them that are alyue And as for them that be dead it is as profitable vnto them as is a candell in a lantrene without light vnto them that walke by the waye in a darke night and as the gospell song in laten is vnto them that vnderstond none at all and as a sermon preached to him that is dead and hereth it not It preacheth vnto them that are a lyue only for they that be dead yf they dyed in the faith which that sacrament preacheth they be faffe and are past all iâ—opardye For when they were alyue their hartes loued the lawe off God and therfore synned not and were sory that their membres synned and euer moued to synne and therfore thorow faith it was forgeuen them And now their synnefull membres be dead so that they can now synne no more wherfore it is vnto them that be dead nether sacrament nor sacrifice But vnder the pretence of their soule health it is a servaunt vnto oure spiritualtyes holy coueâ—nousnesse and an extorcyonar and a bylder of Abayes Colleges Chauntryes and cathedrall chirches with false goteÌ„ good a pick purse a pollar aÌ„d a bottomlesse bagge Some man wold happely saye that the prayers of the masse helpe moch not the lyuinge only but also the dead Of the hote fire of their farvent prayer which consumeth faster then all the world is able to bringe sacrifice I haue sayde sufficiently in other places Howe be it it is not possible to bringe me in beleffe that the prayer which helpeth hâ—â— awne master vnto no vertue shuld purchesse me the forgeuesse of my synnes If I sawe that their prayers had obtayned theÌ„ grace to lyue soch a liffe as goddes worde did not rebuke then coud I sone be borne in hande that what soeuer they axed off God their prayers shuld not be in vayne But now what good can he wysh me in his prayers that envieth me Christ the fode and the liffe of my soule What good can he wish me whose herte cleaveth a sundre for payne when I am taught to repent of my euell Forthermore because that fewe knowe the vse of the olde testament and the moste parte thinke it nothinge necessarye but to make alle goryes which they fayne euery maÌ„ after hys awne brayne at all