make brycke aÌ„d burne it wyth fyre So brycke was there stone and slyme was there morter And they sayd Come on let vs buylde vs a cyte and a toure that the toppe may reach vnto heauen And let vs make us a name for perauenture we shall be scatered abrode over all the erth And the LORde came downe to see the cyte and the toure which the childern of AnaÌ„ had buylded And the LORde sayd See the people is one and haue one tonge amonge them all And thys haue they begon to do and wyll not leaue of from all that they haue purposed to do Come on let vs descende and myngell theire tonge even there that one vnderstonde not what another sayeth Thus yâ— LORde skatered them from thence vppon all the erth And they left of to buylde the cyte Wherfore the name of it is called Babell because that the LORDE there confounded the tonge of all the world And because that the LORde from thence skatered them abrode vppon all the erth These are the generations of Sem SeÌ„ was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And SeÌ„ lyved after he had begot Arphachsad .v. hundred yere an begat sonnes and doughters And Arphacsad lyued .xxxv. yere and begat Sala and lyved after he had begot Sala iiij huÌ„dred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber aÌ„d lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. huÌ„dred and thre yere aÌ„d begat sonnes and doughters When Eber was .xxxiiij. yere olde he begat Peleg and lyued after he had begot Peleg foure hundred and .xxx. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Peleg when he was .xxx. yere olde begat Regu and lyued after he had begot Regu .ij. hundred and .ix. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And Regu when he had lyued .xxxij. yere begat Serug and lyued after he had begot Serug .ij. hundred and .vij. yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Serug was .xxx. yere olde he begat Nahor and lyued after he had begot Nahor .ij. hundred yere and begat sonnes doughters And Nahor when he was .xxix. yere olde begat Terah and lyved after he had begot Terah an hundred and â–ª xix yere and begat sonnes and doughters And when Terah was .lxx. yere olde he begat Abram Nahor and Baran And these are the generations of Terah Terah begat Abram Nahor and Baran And Baran begat Lot And Baran dyed before Terah his father in the londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea And Abram and Nahor toke them wydes AbraÌ„s wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca aÌ„d of Iisca But Garat was baren and had no childe Than tofe Terah Abram his sonne and Lot his sonne Barans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sone Abrams wyfe And they went wyth hym from Vr â—â— Chaldea to go in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And they came to Baran and dwelled there And when Terah was ij hundred yere old and .v. he dyed in Baran ¶ The .xij. Chapter THen the LORde sayd vnto AbraÌ„ Gett the out of thy contre and from thy fynred and out of thy fathers house into a londe which I wyll shewe the. And I wyll make of the a myghtie people and wyll blesse the and make thy name grete that thou mayst be a blessinge And I wyll blesse theÌ„ that blesse the aÌ„d curse theÌ„ that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram weÌ„t as the LORde badd hym and Lot went wyth hym Abram was .lxxv. yere olde when he went out of Baran And Abram toke Sarai his wyfe aÌ„d Lot his brothers sonne wyth all their goodes which they had goten and soulles which they had begoten in Baran And they departed to goo in to the laÌ„de of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the laÌ„de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem and vnto the oke of More And the Canaanytes dwelled then in the lande Then the LORde apeared vnto Abram aÌ„d sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slaÌ„de And he buylded an aultere there vnto the LORDE which apeared to hym Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne that lyeth on the east syde of BETHEL and pytched hys tente BETHEL beynge on the west syde and Ay on the cast â— And he buylded there an aulter vnto the LORde and called on the name of that LORde And than Abram departed and toke his iourney southwarde After thys there came a derth in the lande And Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there for the derth was sore in the lande And when he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayd vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe that thou art a fayre woman toloke apoÌ„ It wyll come to passe therfore wheÌ„ the Egiptians see the that they wyll say she is his wyfe And so shall they sley me and save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake As soone as he came in to Egipte the EgiptiaÌ„s sawe the woman that she was very fayre And Pharaos lordes sawe hir also and praysed hir vnto Pharao So that she was taken in to Pharaos house which entreated Abram well for hir sake so that he had shepe oxsen aÌ„d he asses men seruantes mayde seruaÌ„tes she asses and camels But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete plages because of Sarai Abrams wyfe Then Pharao called Abram and sayd why hast thou thus dealt with me Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy wyfe Why saydest thou that she was thy sister and causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe But now loo there is the wife take hir aÌ„d be walkynge Pharao also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram to leade hym out wyth his wyfe and all that he had ¶ The .xiij. Chapter THan Abram departed out of Egipte both he and his wyfe and all that he had and Lot wyth hym vnto the south Abram was very rych in catell syluer gold And he went on his iourney froÌ„ the south even vnto BETHEL aÌ„d vnto the place where his tente was at the fyrst tyme betwene BETHEL and Ay and vnto the place of the aulter which he made before And there called Abram vpon the name of the LORde Lot also which went wyth hym had shepe catell and tentes so that the londe was not abill to receaue them that they myght dwell to gether for the substance of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together â–ª And there fell a stryfe betwene the herdmen of Abrams catell and the herdmen of Lots catell Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites dwelled at that tyme in the lande Than sayd Abram vnto Lot let there be no stryfe I praye the betwene the and me
reigne ouer us And they hated hiÌ„ yet the in ore because of his dreame and of his wordes And he dreamed yet another dreame told it his brethren saynge beholde I haue had one dreame more me thought the sonne and the moone and .xi. starres made obaysaunce to me And when he had told it vnto his father and his brethern his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the grounde before the And his brethern hated him but his father noted the saynge His brethren went to kepe their fathers shepe in Sichem and Israell sayde vnto Ioseph do not thy brethern kepe in Sichem come that I may send yâ— to theÌ„ And he answered here am I And he sayde vnto him goo and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the shepe and brynge me worde agayne And sent him out of the vale of Hebron for to go to Sichem And a certayne man founde him wandrynge out of his waye in the felde aÌ„d axed him what he soughte And he answered I seke my brethren tell me I praye the where they kepe shepe And the man sayde they are departed heÌ„ce for I herde them say let vs goo vnto Dothan Thus went Ioseph after his brethren and founde them in Dothan And wheÌ„ they sawe him a farr of before he came at them they toke councell agaynst him for to sley him and sayde one to another Beholde this dreamer cometh come now and let us sley him and cast him in to some pytt and let vs saye that some wiked beast hath deuoured him and let us see what his dreames wyll come to When Ruben herde that he weÌ„t aboute to ryd him out of their handes and sayde let vs not kyll him And Ruben sayde moreouer vnto them shed not his bloude but cast him in to this pytt that is in the wildernes and laye no handes vpon him for he wolde haue rydd him out of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne And as soone as Ioseph was come vnto his brethren they strypte him out of his gay coote that was vpon him and they toke him and cast him in to a pytt But the pytt was emptie and had no water therein And they sâ—tt them doune to eate brede And as they lyft vp their eyes and loked aboute there came a companye of Ismaelites from Gilead and their camels ladeÌ„ with spicery baulme and myâ—re and were goynge doune in to Egipte Than sayde Iuda to his brethreÌ„ what avayleth it that we sley oure brother and kepe his bloude secrett come on let us sell him to the Ismaelites and let not oure handes be defyled vpon him for he is oure brother and oure flesh And his brethren were content Than as the Madâ—anites marchaunt men passed by they drewe Ioseph out of the pytt and sold him vnto the Ismaelites for .xx. peces of syluer And they brought him into Egipte And when Ruben came agayne vnto the pytt and founde not Ioseph there he rent his cloothes and went agayne vnto his brethern saynge the lad is not yonder and whether shall I goo And they toke Iosephs coote aÌ„d kylled a goote dypped the coote in the bloud And they sent that gay coote caused it to be brought vnto their father and sayd This haue we founde se whether it be thy soÌ„nes coote or no. And he knewe it saynge it is my sonnes coote a wicked beast hath deuoured him and Ioseph is rent in peces And Iacob rent his cloothes aÌ„d put sacke clothe aboute his loynes and sorowed for his sonne a longe season Than came all his sonnes aÌ„d all his doughters to comforte him And he wold not be comforted but sayde I will go doune in to yâ— grave vnto my sonne mornynge And thus his father wepte for him And the Madianytes solde him in Egipte vnto Putipâ—ar a lorde of Pharaos and his chefe marshall ¶ The .xxxviij. Chapter ANd it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte And he toke her aÌ„d went in vnto her And she conceaued and bare a sonne and called his name Eâ— And she conceaued agayne and bare a sonne and called him Onan And she conceaued the thyrde tyme bare a sonne whom she called Sela he was at Chesyb when she bare hem And Iudas gaue Eâ— his eldest sonne a wife whose name was Thamar But this Eâ— Iudas eldest sonne was wicked in the syghte of the LORde wherfore the LORde slewe him Than sayde Iudas vnto Onan goo in to thi brothers wyfe and Marie her and styrre vp seed vnto thy brother And when Onan perceaued that the seed shulde not be his therfore when he went in to his brothers wife he spylled it on the grounde because he wold not geue seed vnto his brother And the thinge which he dyd displeased the LORde wherfore he slew him also Than sayde Iudas to Thamar his doughter in lawe remayne a wydow at thi fathers house tyll Sela my sonne be growne for he feared lest he shulde haue dyed also as his brethren did Thus went Thamar dwelt in hir fathers house And in processe of tyme the doughter of Sua Iudas wife dyed Than Iudas when he had left mornynge went vnto his shepe sherers to Thimnath with his frende Hira of Odollam And one told Thamar saynge beholde thy father in lawe goth vpto Thimnath to shere his shepe And she put hyr wydows garmeÌ„tes of from her and couered her with a clooke and disgyssed herself And sat her downe at the entrynge of Enaim which is by the hye wayes syde to Thimnath for because she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geueÌ„ vnto him to wife When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face And turned to her vnto the waye and sayde come I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe And she sayde what wylt thou gyue me for to lye with me ThaÌ„ sayde he I will sende the a kydd froÌ„ the flocke She answered Than geue me a pledge till thou sende it Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the And she sayde thy sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him And she gatt her vp and went and put her mantell from her aÌ„d put on hir widowes rayment agayne And Iudas sent the kydd by his neybure of Oâ—ollam for to fetch out his pledge agayne from the wifes hande But he fownde her not Than asked he the men of the same place saynge where is the whoore that satt at Enaim in the waye And they sayde there was no whoore here And he came to Iuda agayne saynge I can not fynde
suster thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kyn Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kyn Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife for she is thyne awnte Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore vncouer not hir secrettes Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife for that is thy brothers preuyte Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife aÌ„d hir doughter also nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their secrettes they are hir nexte kyn it were therfore wikydnesse Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister there to to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife to defyle thi selfe with her Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch that thou defile not the name of thi God for I am the Lorde Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for that is abominacion Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto for that is abhominacion Defile not youreselues in any of these thinges for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you and the lande is defiled and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it and the lande shal spe we out hir inhabiters Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you and the lande is defiled lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you For whosoeuer shall coÌ„mytt any of these abhominacions the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Be holy for I the Lorde youre God am holye Se that ye feare euery man his father and his mother aÌ„d that ye kepe my Sabbathes for I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall not turne vnto ydolls nor make you goddes of metall I am the Lorde youre God When ye offre youre peaceofferynges vnto the Lorde ye shall offer them that ye maye be accepted And it shal be eaten the same daye ye offer it and on the morowe but what soeuer is lefte on the thirde daye shal be burnt in the fire Yf it be eaten the thirde daye it shal be vncleane aÌ„d not accepted And he that eateth it shall bere his synne because he hath defiled the halowed thinges of the Lorde aÌ„d that soule shall perish from amonge his people When ye repe doune the rype corne of you relande ye shal not repe doune the vtmost borders of youre feldes nether shalt thou gather that which is left behynd in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde clene nether gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped But thou shalt leaue them for the pore aÌ„d straunger I am the Lord youre God Ye shall not steale nether lye nether deale fal sely one with another Ye shal not swere by my name falselye that thou defilest not the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalt not begile thy neyghboure with cauellacioÌ„s nether robbe him violently nether shall the workmans laboure abide with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalt not curse the deaffe nether put a stomblinge blocke before the blynd but shalt feare thy God I am the Lorde Ye shall doo no vnrightuousnes in iudgement Thou shalt not fauoure the poore nor honoure the mightye but shalt iudge thy neghboure rightuously Thou shalt not go vp aÌ„d doune a * preuy accuser Yes for God aÌ„d with his aâ—â—ne coÌ„fessioÌ„ shalt thou accuse him to stablishe the holye fathers kingdome amoÌ„ge thy people nether shalt thou helpe to shed the bloude of thy neyghboure I am the Lorde Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne hart but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neghbour that thou bere not synne for his sake Thou shalt not avenge thy selfe nor bere hate in thy mynde against the childern of thi people but shalt loue thy neghboure eueÌ„ as thy self I am the Lorde Kepe myne ordinaunces Let none of thy catell gendre with a coÌ„trary kynde nether sowe thy felde with myngled seed nether shalt thou put on ony garment of lynen and wollen Yf a man haue to doo with a woman that is bonde and hath bene medled with al of another man which nether is boughte nor fredome geuen her there shal be a payne apon it but they shall not dye because she was not made fre And he shall brynge for his trespaceofferynge vnto the Lorde euen vnto the dore off the tabernacle of witnesse a ram for a trespace offrynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge before the Lord for his synne which he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him as concerninge the synne which he hath done And when ye come to the lande aÌ„d haue plaÌ„ted all maner of trees where of meÌ„ eate ye shal holde them vncircumcised as concerning the it frute eueÌ„ thre yere shal they be vncircuÌ„cysed vnto you aÌ„d shall not be eateÌ„ of Id the fourth yere all the frute of theÌ„ shal be holy aÌ„d acceptable to the Lorde And the fifth yere maye ye eate of the frute of theÌ„ aÌ„d gather in the encrease of them I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall eate nothinge with the bloude ye shall vse no witchcrafte nor obserue dismall dayes ye shall not rounde the lockes of youre heedes nether shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde Ye shall not rent youre flesh for any soules sake nor printe any markes apon you I am the Lorde Thou shalt not pollute thi doughter that thou woldest maintene her to be an whoore lest the laÌ„de fall to whoredome aÌ„d waxe ful of wekednesse ¶ Se that ye kepe my Sabbathes and feare my sauctuary I am the Lorde Turne not to theÌ„ that worke with sprites nether regarde theÌ„ that obserue disemall dayes that ye be not defiled by theÌ„ for I am the Lorde youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed aÌ„d reuerence 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
face of the old maÌ„ aÌ„d dread thy god for I am the Lorde Yf a straunger so foure by the in youre lande se that ye vexe him not But let the straunger that dwelleth with you be as one of youre selues and loue him as thiselfe for ye were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall do no vnrightuousnes in iudgemeÌ„t nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balaÌ„ces true weightes A true Epha aÌ„d a true hin I am the Lorde youre god which broughte you out of the land of Egipte that ye shulde obserue all myne ordinaunces and iudgementes and that ye shulde kepe them I am the Lorde ¶ The. xx Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge tell the childern of Israel whosoeuer he be of the childern of Israel or of the straungers that dwel in Israel that geueth of his seed vnto Moloch he shall dye for it the people off the lande shall stone hiÌ„ with stones And I wil sett my face apon that felowe and will destroye him from amonge his people because he hath geuen of his seed vnto Moloch for to de file my sanctuary and to polute myne holy name And though that the people of the lande If we transgr esse gods commaundemeÌ„tes we may happelye escape â— ordlye iudges but we caÌ„not avoid the firse wrath of god but it wil surely find vs out hyde their eyes from that felowe when he geueth of his seed vnto Moloch so that they kyll him not yet I will put my face apon that man and apon his houssholde and will destroy him and all that goo a whooringe with him and coÌ„ mytt hoordome with Moloch from amonge their people Yf any soule turne vnto them that worke with spirites or makers of dysemall dayes and goo a whoorynge after them I wilt put my face apon that soule and will destroye him from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore and be holye for I am the Lorde youre God And se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces and doo them For I am the Lorde which sanctifie you Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shall dye for it his bloude on his heed because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wife shall dye for it because he hath broke wedlocke with his neghbours wife and so shall she likewise Yf a man lye with his fathers wife aÌ„d vncouer his fathers secrettes they shall both dye for it their bloude be apon their heedes Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them they haue wrought abhominacion their bloud vpon their heedes Yf a man lye with the mankynde after the maner as with womaÌ„ kynd they haue both coÌ„mitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife aÌ„d hir mother thereto it is wekednesse MeÌ„ shall burne with fire both him and them that there be no wekednesse amonge you Yf a man lye with a beest he shall dye and ye shall slee the beest Yf a womaÌ„ go vnto a beest aÌ„d lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womaÌ„ aÌ„d the beest also they shal dye aÌ„d their bloud be apoÌ„ their hedes Yf a maÌ„ take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter aÌ„d se hir secrettes and she se his secrettes also it is a weked thinge Therfore let them perish in the syghte of their people he hath sene his systers secretnesse he shall therfore bere his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in tyme of hyr naturall disease and unheale hir secrettes and vncouer hir fountayne aÌ„d she also open the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both perishe from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers systers for he that doth so vncouereth his nexte kyn aÌ„d thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a maÌ„ lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly aÌ„d not â—aâ—y the byrth as Iuda wolâ— haue burnt Thamar beinge great â—â— ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a maÌ„ take his brothers wife it is an vnclene thinge he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes they shal be childlesse therfore Se that ye kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes and that ye doo them that the londe whether I brynge you to dwell therein spewe you not oute And se that ye walke not in the maners of the nacyons whiche I cast oute before you For they commytted all these thinges and I abhorred them But I haue sayde vnto you that ye shall enioye their londe and that I will geue it vnto you to possesse it eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with milke and honye I am the Lord youre God whiche haue separated you from other nacions that ye shulde put difference betwene cleane beestes add vncleane and betwene vncleane foules and them that are cleane Make not youre soules therfore abhominable with beestes aÌ„d foules and with all maner thinge that crepeth apon the grounde which I haue separated vnto you to holde them vncleane Be holy vnto me for I the Lorde am holy and haue seuered you from other nacyons that ye shulde be myne Yf there be maÌ„ or womaÌ„ that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it MeÌ„ shall stone them with stones aÌ„d their bloude shal be apon them ¶ The .xxj. Chapter ANd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses speake vnto the preastes the sonnes of Aaron and saye vnto them A preast shall defile him selfe at the deth of none of his people but apon his kyn that is nye vnto him as his mother father sonne doughter and brother and on his syster as loÌ„ge as she is a mayde aÌ„d dwelleth nye him and was neuer geuen to man on her he maye defile him selfe But he shall not make him selfe vncleane vpon a ruelar of his people to polute him selfe with all They shall make theÌ„ no baldnesse apon their Of the hetheÌ„ preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pateâ— heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God aÌ„d not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde aÌ„d the bred of their God thei do offer therfore they must be holy Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore or poluted or put froÌ„ hir husbonde for a preast is holy vnto his God Sanctifie him therfore for he offereth vp the bred of God he shal By bred vnderstonde all sode flesh frute or whatsoeuer it be therfore be holy vnto the for I the Lorde whiche sanctifie you am holy Yf a preastes doughter fall to playe the whore she poluteth hir father therfore she shall be burnt with fire He that is the hye preast among his brethern vppon whose heed the anoyntynge oyle was poured
these are the names of the soÌ„nes of Ismaell with their names in their kiÌ„reddes The eldest soÌ„ne of Ismael Neuâ—â—oth theÌ„ Redar Adbeel MibsaÌ„ Misma Duma Masa Hadar Thema Ietur Naphis Redma These are the soÌ„nes of Ismael and these are their names in their townes and castels .xij. princes of natioÌ„s And these are the yeres of the lyfe of Ismael an huÌ„dred and. xxxvij yere than he fâ—ll seke dyed was layde vnto his people And he dweld from Euila vnto Sur yâ— is before Egypte as men go toward the Assirâ—aÌ„s And he dyed in the presence of all his brethren And these are the generatioÌ„s of Isaac AbrahaÌ„s sonne AbrahaÌ„ begat Isaac And Isaac was .xl. yere olde wheÌ„ he toke Rebecca to wyfe the doughter of Bethuel the Sirian of Mesopotamia sister to Iaban the Sirien And Isaac made intercessioÌ„ vnto the LORde for his wife because she was bareÌ„ and the LORde was iÌ„treated of hiÌ„ Rebecca his wife coÌ„ceaued and the childern stroue together withiÌ„ her theÌ„ she sayde yf it shulde goo so to passe what helpeth it that I am with childe And she went axed the LORde And the LORde sayde vnto her there are .ij. maner of people in the wombe and ij nations shall springe out of thy bowels and the one nation shal be myghtier than the other and the eldest shal be servaunte vnto the yonger And wheÌ„ hir tyme was come to be delyuered beholde there were .ij. twyns in hir woÌ„be And he that came out first was redde rough ouer all as it were an hyde and they called his name Esau And after ward his brother came out his hande holdynge Esau by the hele Wherfore his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was .lx. yereolde wheÌ„ she bare theÌ„ and the boyâ— es grewe and Esau beame a conynge hunter a tyll man But Jacob was a simple man dwelled in the tentes Isaac loved Esau because he dyd eate of his venysoÌ„ but Rebecca loued Jacob Jacob sod potage Esau came from the feld was faiÌ„ne sayd to Jacob let me syppe of that redde potage for I am faynne And therfore was his name called Edom. And Jacob sayde sell â—e this daye thy byrthrighte And Esau answered Loo I am at the poynte to dye what profit shall this byrthrighte do me And Jacob sayde swere to me then this daye And he swore to him sold his byrthrighte vnto Jacob. Than Jacob gaue Esau brede potage of redde ryse And he ate dronke rose vp and went his waye And so Esau regarded not his byrthrighte The .xxvi. Chapter ANd there fell a derth in the lande passinge the first derth that fell in the dayes of Abraham Wherfore Isaac went vnto Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s vnto Gerar. TheÌ„ the LORde apeared vnto him â— sayde goo not doune in to Egipte but byde in yâ— land which I saye vnto the Sogeorne in this laÌ„de I wyll be with yâ— wyll blesse yâ— for vnto the vnto thy sede I will geue all these coÌ„treis And I will performe the oothe which I swore vnto AbrahaÌ„ thy father will multiplye thy seed as yâ— starres of heaveÌ„ will geue vnto thy seed all these contreis And thorow thy seed shall all the natioÌ„s of the erth be blessed because that AbrahaÌ„ harkened vnto mâ— voyce kepte mine ordinauÌ„ces coÌ„mauÌ„dmeÌ„tes statutes lawes And Isaac dwelled in Gerar. And yâ— meÌ„ of the place asked hiÌ„ of his wife he sayde that she was his sister for he feared to calle her his wife lest the meÌ„ of the place shulde haue kylled hym for hir sake because she was bewtyfâ—llto the eye And it happened after he had bene there longe tyme yâ— Abimelech kinge of yâ— PhilistiaÌ„s loked out at a wyndow sawe Isaac sportinge with Rebecca his wife And Abimelech sende for Isaac sayde se she is of a suertie thi wife and why saydest thou that she was thi sister And Isaac saide vnto hiÌ„ I thoughte that I mighte perad venture haue dyed for hir sake TheÌ„ sayde Abimelech whi hast thou done this vnto vs one of the people myght lightely haue lyne by thy wife so shuldest thou haue broughte synne vpon vs ThaÌ„ Abimelech charged all his people saynge he that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely â—ye for it And Isaac sowed in yâ— laÌ„de founde in yâ— same yere an huÌ„dred bushels for the LORde blessed hiÌ„ the man waxed mightye weÌ„t forth grewe till he was exceadinge great that he had possessioÌ„ of shepe of oxeÌ„ a myghtie housholde so yâ— the Philestians had envy at him In so moch yâ— they stopped fylled vp with erth all the welles which his fathers servauntes dygged in his father Abrahams tyme. Than sayde Abin elcch vnto Isaac gett the sroÌ„ me for thou art myhhtier then we a greate deale Than Isaac departed thense pitched his tente in the valey Gerar dwelt there â–ª And Isaac digged agayne the welles of water which they dygged in the dayes of AbrahaÌ„ his father which the PhilestiaÌ„s had stoppe after â— deth of AbrahaÌ„ gaue theÌ„ the same names which hys father gaue theÌ„ As Isaacs seruauÌ„tes dygged in the valey they founde a well of springynge water And the herdmeÌ„ of Gerar dyd stryue with Isaacs herdmeÌ„ saynge the water is oures Than called he the well Eseck because they stroue with hym Than dygged they another well they stroue for that also Therfore called he it Sitena And than he departed theÌ„se dygged another well for the which they stroue not therfore called he it Rehoboth saiÌ„ge yâ— LORde hath now made vs rowme we are encreased vpoÌ„ the erth Afterward departed he theÌ„ce came to Berseba And the LORde apered vnto hiÌ„ the same nyghte sayde I am the God of AbrahaÌ„ thy father feare not for I am with the will blesse the multiplye thy sede for my seruauÌ„te Abrahams sake And than he buylded an aulter there and called vpoÌ„ the name of the LORde there pitched his tente And there Isaacs servauntes dygged a well Than came Abimelech to him froÌ„ Gerar Ahusath his frende and Phicol his chefe captayne And Isaac sayde vnto theÌ„ wherfore come ye to me seige ye hate me haue put me awaye froÌ„ you Than sayde they we sawe that the LORde was with the and therfore we sayde that there shulde be an oothe betwixte vs aÌ„d the that we wolde make a bonde with the yâ— thou shuldeste do vs no hurte as we haue not touched the and haue done vnto the nothinge but good and seÌ„d the awaye in prace for thou art now the blessed of the LORde And he made theÌ„ a feast and they ate aÌ„d droÌ„ke And they lose vp by tymes in the mornynge and sware one to another And Isaac sent theÌ„ awaye And they departed from him in peace And the same daye came Isaacs servauÌ„tes tolde hiÌ„ of a well which
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
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
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
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
from hym And wheÌ„ he sawe them he ran agenst them from the tent dore and fell to the grounde and sayde LORde yf â–ª I haue founde fauoure in thy syght goo not by thi seruaunte Let a litle water be fett wash youre fete and rest youre selves vnder the tree And I will fett a moâ—sell of breed to comforte youre hartes wythall And thaÌ„ goo youre wayes for even therfore ar ye come to youre servaunte And they answered Do even so aâ— thou hast sayde And AbrahaÌ„ went a pace in to his tent vnto Sara aÌ„d sayde make redy att once thre peâ—kes of fyne meale kneade it and make cakes And Abraham ran vnto his beastes and felt â— calfe that was tendre and good and gaue it â—â— to a yonge man which made it redy attonâ—e And he toke butter mylâ—ke and the calfe which he had prepared and sett it before them and so de hymselfe by them vnder the tree and they ate And they sayde vnto him Where is Sara thy wife And he sayde in the tent And he sayde I will come agayne vnto the as soone as the frute can lyue And loo Sara thy wife shall haue a sonne That herde Sara out of the tent doore which was behind his backe Abraham and Sara were both olde and well stryken in age and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner as it is wyth wyves And Sara laughed in hir selfe saynge Now I am waxed olde shall I geue my selfe to lust and my lorde olde also Than sayd the LORde vnto AbrahaÌ„ wherfore doth Sara laughe saynge shal I of asuerâ—ebere a childe now when I am olde is the thinge to harde for the LORde to do In the tyme appoynted will I returne vnto the as soone as the frute can haue lyfe And Sara shall haue a sonne Than Sara denyed it saynge I laughed not for she was afrayde But he sayde yes thou laughtest Than the men stode vp from thence aÌ„d loked towarde Sodome And Abraham went with them to brynge them on the waye And the LORde sayde Can I hyde from Abraham that thinge which I am aboute to do seynge that Abraham shall be a great aÌ„d a myghtie people and all the nations of the erth shal be blessed in him For I knowe him that he will commaunde his children and his housholde after him yâ— they kepe the waye of the LORde to do after righte and conseyence that the LORde may brynge vppon Abraham that he hath promysed him And the LORde sayde The crie of Sodome and Gomoâ—ra is great and there synne is excedynge grevous I will go downe and see whether they haue done all to gedder acordynge to that crye which is come vnto me or not that I may knowe And the meÌ„ departed theÌ„ce and went to Sodomeward But Abraham stode yet before yâ— LORde drewe nere sayde Wylt thou destroy the rightwes with the wyked Yf there be .l. rightwes within the cyte wilt thou destroy it and not spare the place for the sake of .l. rightwes that are therin That be farre from the that thou shuldest do after thys maner to sley the rightwes with the weked aÌ„d that the rightwes shulde be as the weked that befarre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all yâ— worlde do acordynge to righte And the LORde sayde Yf I fynde in Sodome .l. rightwes within the cyâ—e I will spare all the place for their sakes And Abraham answered and sayde beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto yâ— LORde aÌ„d yet am but dust aÌ„d asshes What though there lacke .v. of .l. rightwes wylt thou destroy all the cyte for lacke of .v And he sayde Yf I fynde there .xl. and .v. I will not destroy them And he spake vnto him yet agayne and sayde what yf there be xl fouÌ„de there And he sayde I wyll not do it for forties sake And he sayde O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake What yf there be fouÌ„de .xxx. there And he sayde I will not do it yf I finde .xxx. there And he sayde Oh se I haue begonne to speake vnto my LORde what yf there be .xx. founde there And he sayde I will not distroy theÌ„ for tweÌ„ties sake And he sayde O let not my LORde be angrye that I speake yet but eueÌ„ once more only What yf ten be founde there And he sayde I will not destroy theÌ„ for .x. safe And the LORde weÌ„t his waye as soone as he had leâ—te comenynge with AbrahaÌ„ And Abraham returned vnto his place ¶ The .xix. Chapter ANd there came .ij. angells to Sodome at euen And Let satt at the gate of the cyte And Lor sawe theÌ„ and rose vp agaynst them and he bowed hym selfe to be grounde with his face And he saydeâ— Se lordes turne in I praye you in to youre servauntes house and tary all nyghte wash youre fete ryse vp early and go on youre wayes And they sayde nay but we will byde in the streates all nyghte And he coÌ„pelled them excedyngly And they turned in vnto hym and enâ—â—ed in to his house and he made them a feaste and dyd bake swete cakes and they ate But before they went to rest the men of the cyte of Sodome compassed the house rownde aboute both olde and yonge all the people from all quarters And they called vnto Lot and sayde vnto him where are the men which came in to thy house to nyghte brynge theÌ„ out vnto vs that we may do oure lust with them And Lot went out at doores vnto them and shote the dore after him and sayde nay for goddes sake brethren do not so wekedly Beholde I haue two doughters which haue knowne no man theÌ„ will I brynge out vnto you do with them as it semeth you good Only vnto these men do nothynge for therfore came they vnder the shadowe of my rofe And they sayde come hither And they sayde camest thou not in to so georne and wilt thou be now a iudge we will suerly deale worse with the than with them And as they preased sore vppon Lot and beganne to breafâ— vp the doore the men put forth their handes and pulled â—ot in to the house to them and short to the doore And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndnesse both small and greate so that they coude not fynde the doore And the men sayde moreover vnto â— ot Yf thou have yet here any sonne in lawe or sonnes or doughters or what so euer thou hast in the cyte brynge it out of this place for we must destroy this place because the crye of theÌ„ is great before the LORde Wherfore he hath sent â—â— to destroy it And Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which shulde haue maried his doughters and sayde stonde vpp and get yow out of this place for the LORde will destroy the cite But he semed as though he had mocked vnto his sonnes in law And as the mornynge arose the angells caused
Lot to spede him saynge Stonde vp take thy wyfe and thy two doughters and that that is at hande lest thou perish in the synne of the cyte And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife aÌ„d his two doughters by the handes because the LORde was mercyfull vnto him aÌ„d they brought him forth and sette him without the cyte When they had brought them out they sayde Saue thy lyfe and loke not behynde the nether tary thou in any place of the contre but saue thy selfe in the mountayne lest thou perisshe Than sayde Lot vnto them Oh nay my lorde beholde in as moch as thy servaunte hath fownde grace in thy syghte now make thi mercy great which thou shewest vnto me in sayinge my lyfe For I can not saue my selfe in the mountayns lest some misfortune fall vpon me and I dye Beholde here is a cyte by to I lee vnto and it is a lytle one let me saue my selfe therein is it not a litle one that my soule may lyue And he sayde to him se I haue receaved thy request as concernynge this thynge that I will nott overthrowe this cytie for the which thou hast spoken Haste the aÌ„d saue thyselfe there for I can do nothynge tyll thou be come in thyder And therfore the name of the cyte is called Zoar. And the sone was vppon the erth when Lot was entred into Zoar. Than the LORde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomoara brymstone and fyre from the LORde out of heaven and overthrewe those cyties and all the region and all that dwelled in the cytes and that that grewe vpon the erth And lots wyfe loked behynde her aÌ„d was turned in to a pillare of salte Abraham rose vp early and got him to the place where he stode before the LORde and loked toward Sodome and Gomorra and toward all the londe of that contre And as he loked beholde the smoke of the contre arose as it had bene the smoke of a sornace But yet wheÌ„ God destroyed the â—â—nes of yâ— regioÌ„ he thought a pon AbrahaÌ„ and sent Lot out from the daÌ„ger of the overthrowenge when he overthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelled in the mountayns aÌ„d his .ij. doughters with him for he feared to tary in Zoar he dweld therfore in a caue both he and his .ij. doughters also Than sayde the elder vnto the yonger oâ—â—e father is olde and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the world Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to dryncke and let vs lye with him that we may saue seed of oure father And thry gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte And the elder doughter went and laye with her father And he perceaued it not nether when she laye doune nether when she rose vp And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the yonger beholde yesternyghte laye I with my father Let us geue hym wyne to drinke this nyghte also and goo thou and lye with him and let us saue seed of oure father And they gaue their father wyne to drincke that nyghte also And the yonger arose and laye with him And he perceaved it not nether when she laye downe nether when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of let with childe by their father And the elder bare a sone and called hym Moab which is the father of the Moabytes vnto this daye And the yonger bare a sonâ—e and called hym Ben Amâ—â— which is the father of the children of Ammon vnto this daye The .xx. Chapter ANd Abraham departed thence towarde the souâ—hcontre and dwelled betwene â—ades and Sur aÌ„d sogeorned in Gerar. And Abraham sayde of Sara his wyfe that she was his sister Than Abâ—melech kynge of Gerar sent and fett Sara awaye And God came to Abimelech by nyghte in a dreame and sayde to him Se thou art but a deed man for the womaÌ„s safe which thou hast taken awaye for she is a mans wyfe But Abimelech had not yet come nye her and therfore sayde lorde wilt thou sley rightewes people sayde not he vnto me that she was hys sister yee and sayde not she herself that he was hir brother wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I wot it well that thou dydest it in the purenesse of thi herte And therfore I kepte yâ— that thou shuldest not synne agenst me nether suffred I the to come nygh her Now therefore delyuer the maÌ„ his wyfe ageyne for he is a prophete And let him praye fo the that thou mayst lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not agayne be sure that thou shalt dye the deth with all that thou hast Than Abimelech rose vp be tymes in the mornynge and called all his servauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore a frayde And Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him What hast thou donâ— vnto vs what haue I offended the that thou shuldest bâ—ynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne thou hast done dedes vnto me that ought not to be done And Abimelech sayde morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou that moved the to do this thinge And Abraham Answered I thought that peradveÌ„ture the feare of God was not in this place and that they shulde sley me for my wyfes safe yet in very dede she is my sister the doughter of my father but not of my motherâ— and became my wyfe And after God caused me to wandre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her This kyndnesse shalt thou shewe vnto me in all places where we come that thou saye of me how that I am thy brother Than toke Abimelech shepe and oxen men â–ª servauntes and wemenseruauntes and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyvered him Sara his wyfe agayne And Abimelech sayde beholde the lande lyeth be fore the dwell where it pleaseth yâ— best And vnto Sara he sayde Se I haue geuen thy brother a thousende peeces of syluer beholde he shall be a couerynge to thyne eyes vnto all that ar with the and vnto all men and an excuse And so Abraham prayde vnto God and God healed Abimeleh and his wyfe and hys maydens so that they bare For the LORde had closed to all the matryces of the house of Abimelech because of Sara Abrahams wyfe The .xxj. Chapter THe lorde visyted Sara as he had sayde and dyd vnto her acordynge as he had spoken And Sara was with childe and bare AbrahaÌ„ a sonne in his olde age euen the same season which the LORde had appoynted And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him which Sara bare him Isaac AbraÌ„ circuÌ„cysed Isaac his soÌ„ne wheÌ„ he was .viij. dayes olde as God commaunded him And AbrahaÌ„ was an hundred yere olde â–ª when his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath made me a laughinge stocke for all
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