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mater then an allegorye And contrary wyse there is not a better vehementer or myghtyer thinge to make a man vnderstond with all then an allegory For allegoryes make a man qwick witted and prynte wysdome in him and maketh it to abyde to here bare wordes go but in at the one eare and out at the other As this with soch like sayenges put salt to all youre sacrifices in steade of this sentence do all youre deades with discrecion greteth and biteth yf it be vnderstond moare thē playne wordes And when I saye in steade off these wordes bost not youre self of your good deades eate not the bloude nor the fatt of youre sacrifice there is as great differēce betwene them as there is distaunce betwene heauen ād erth For the liffe and beutye of all good deades is of God and we are but the caren leane we are onlye the instrument whereby god worketh only but the power is his As god created Paule a newe poured hys wisdome in to him gaue him mighte and promysed him that his grace shuld neuer fayle him c. and all without deservinges excepte that nurteringe the sayntes and makinge them curse and rayle on Christ be meritorious Now as it is death to eate the bloude or fatte of any sacrifice is it not thinke ye damnable to robbe god of his honoure and to gloryfye my self with his honoure ¶ The THYRDE BOke of Moses Called Leuiticus ¶ The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus ¶ The firste Chapter ANd the Lorde called Moses And spake vnto him oute off the tabernacle of witnesse sayenge Speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Who soeuer of you shall bringe a gifte vnto the Lorde shall bringe it of the catell euen of the oxen and of the shepe Yf he brynge a burntoffrynge of the oxen he shall offre a male without blimesh and shal brynge ▪ him to the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse that he maye be accepted before the Lorde And let him put his hande apon the heed of the burntsacrifice and fauoure shal be geuen him to make an attonemēt for hym ād let him kyll the oxe before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes brynge the bloude and let them sprinckell it rounde aboute apon the alter that is before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And let the burntoffrynges be strypped and hewed in peces And thē let the sonnes of Aaron the preast put fire apō the alter and put wodd apon the fire and let them laye the peces with the heed and the fatte apon the wod that is on the fire in the alter But the inwardes ād the legges they shall wash in water and the preast shall burne altogither apon the alter that it be a burntsacrifice and an offerynge of a swete odoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntsacrifice of the shepe whether it be of the lambes or of the gootes he shall offer a male without blimesh And let him kyll it on the north syde of the alter before the Lorde And let the preastes Aarons sonnes sprinkle the bloude of it rounde aboute apon the alter And let it be cut in peces euen with his heed and his fatte and let the preast putte them apon the wodd that lyeth apon the fire in the alter But let him wash the inwardes and the legges with water and than bringe altogether and burne it apon the alter that is a burntoffrynge and a sacrifice of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf he will offer a burntoffrynge of the foules he shall offer eyther of the turtyll doues or of the ionge pigeons And the preast shall brynge it vnto the alter and wrynge the necke a sundre of it and burne it on the alter and let the bloude runne out apon the sydes of the alter ād plucke awaye his croppe ād his fethers ād cast thē besyde the alter on the east parte vppō the hepe of asshes ād breke his winges but plucke thē not a sundre And thē let the preast burne it vpō the alter euē apō the wodd that lyeth apō the fire a burntsacrifice ād an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde ¶ The seconde Chapter YF any soule will offer a meatoffrynge vnto the Lorde his offerynge shal be fine floure and he shall poure thereto oyle ād put frankencens theron and shall bringe it vnto Aarons sonnes the preastes And one of them shall take thereout his handfull of the floure and of the oyle with all the frankencēs ād burne it for a memoriall apō the alter an offryng of a swete sauoure vnto the Lord. And the rēnaunt of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons ād his sonnes as a thinge most holye of the sacrifices of the Lorde Yf any mā bringe a meatoffrynge that is bakē in the ouē let him brynge swete cakes of fine floure mingled with oyle ād vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Yf thy meatoffrynge be baken in the fryenge pan then it shal be of swete floure mingled with oyle And thou shalt mynce it small ād poure oyle thereon ād so is it a meatoffrynge Yf thy meatofferynge be a thynge broyled vppon the greadyerne of floure myngled with oyle it shal be And thou shalt brynge the meatoffryng that is made of these thinges vnto the Lorde and shalt delyuer it vnto the preast and he shall brynge it vnto the altare and shall heue vppe parte of the meatoffrynge for a memoriall and shall burne it apon the alter an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that which is left of the meatofferynge shal be Aarons and his sonnes as a thynge that is most holye of the offerynges off the Lorde All the meatoffrynges which ye shall brynge vnto the Lorde shal be made without leuē For ye shall nether burne leuen nor honye in any offerynge of the Lord ▪ Notwithstondinge ye shall bryng the firstlynges of them vnto the Lorde But they shall not come apon the alter to make a swete sauoure All thy meatofferynges thou shalt salt with salt nether shalt thou soffre the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackynge from thy meatofferynge but apon all thyne offerynges thou shalt brynge salt Yf thou offer a meatofferynge of the first-ripe frutes vnto the Lorde then take of that which is yet grene and drye it by the fire ād beat it small and so offer the meatofferynge of thy firstrype frutes And than poure oyle there to and put frankencens thereon and so it is a meatoffrynge And the preast shall burne parte of the beten corne and parte of that oyle with all the frākencens for a remembraunce That is an offerynge vnto the Lorde ¶ The thyrde Chapter YF any man brynge a peaceofferynge of the oxen whether it be male or female he shall brynge such as is without blemysh before the Lorde and let him put his hande apon the heed of his offerynge and kyll it before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And Aarons sonnes the preastes shall sprinkle the bloude apon
they had dygged sayde vnto hī that thei had founde water And he called it Seba wherfore the name of the cy●● is called Berseba vnto this daye The .xxvij. Chapter WHen Esau was .xl. yere olde he toke to wyfe Iudith the doughter of Bery an Hethite and Basmath the ●●ughter of Elon an Hethite also which were dishobedient vnto Isaac and Rebecca ▪ And it came to passe that Isaac wexed olde his eyes were dymme so that he coude nat see Thā ca●●ed he Esau his eldest sonne sayde on to him mi sonne And he sayde vnto hym heare am I. And he sayde beholde I am olde ād knowe not the daye of mi deth Now therfore take thi weapēs thy quiver thi bowe gett the rothe feldes take me some venyson make me meate such as I loue brynge it me let me eat that my sou●● ▪ may blesse the before that I dye But Rebecca hard whē Isaac spake to Esau his sonne And as soone as Esau was gone to the felde to catche venyson to brīge it she spake vnto Iacob hir sonne sainge Behold I haue herde thi father talkinge with Esau thy brother saynge bringe me venyson make me meate that I maye eate blesse the before the LORde yer I dye Now therfore my sonne heare my voyce in that which I cōmaunde the gett the to the flocke bringe me thēce .ij. good fiddes I will make meate of thē forthi father soch as he loueth And thou shalt brīge it to thi father he shal eate y● he maye blysse the before his deth Than sayde Iacob to Rebecca his mother Beholde Esau mi brother is rugh Iam smooth Mi father shal peraduēture fele me ād I shal seme vnto hī as though I wēt aboute to be gyle hī so shall he brīge a curse vpō me not a blessīge his mother saide vnto him Vppō me be thi curse my sonne only heare my voyce goo and fetch me them And Iacob went ād fett them and brought them to his mother And his mother made meate of them accordinge as his father loued And she went and fett goodly rayment of hir eldest sonne Esau which she had in the house with hir and put them vpon Iacob hir yongest sonne ād she put the skynnes vpon his hādes apon the smooth of his necke And she put y● meate brede which she had made in the hōde of hir sonne Iacob And he went in to his father saynge my father And he āswered here am I who art thou my sonne And Iacob sayde vnto his father I am Esau thy eldest sonne I haue done acordinge as thou baddest me vp and sytt and eate of my venyson that thi soule maye blesse me But Isaac sayde vnto his sonne How cōmeth it that thou hast fownde it so quicly my sonne He answered The LORde thy god brought it to my hande Than sayde Isaac vnto Iacob come nere and let me fele the my sonne whether thou be my sonne Esau or not Than went Iacob to Isaac his father he felt him sayde the voyce ●● Iacobs voyce but the hādes ar y● hādes of Esau And he knewe him not because his handes were rough as his brother Esau● handes And so he blessed him And he axed him art thou my sonne Esau And he sayde that I am Than sayde he brynge me and let me eate of my sonnes venyson that my soule maye blesse the. And he broughte him and he ate And he broughte him wyne also and he dranke And his father Isaac sayde vnto him come nere and kysse me my sonne And he wēt to him kissed him And he smelled y● sauoure of his raymēt blessed hī sayde See y● smell of my sōne is as y● smell of a feld which the lorde hath blessed God geue the of y● dewe of heavē of the fatnesse of the erth and plētie of corne wyne People be thy servauntes natiōs bowe vnto the. Be lorde ouer thy brethrē and thy mothers children stoupe vnto the. Cursed be he that curseth the lessed be he that blesseth the. As soone as Isaac had made an end of blessīg Iacob Iacob was scace gone out frō the preasence of Isaac his father then came Esau his brother frō his huntynge And had made also meate and brought it in vnto his father sayde vnto him Aryse my father eate of thy sonnes venyson that thy soule maye blesse me Thā his father Isaac sayde vnto him Who art thou he answered I am thy eldest sonne Esau And Isaac was greatly astoyned out of mesure and sayde Where is he then that hath hūted venyson and broughte it me and I haue eaten of all before thou cames● and haue blessed him ād he shall be blessed styll Whē Esau her de the wordes of his father he cryed out greatly bitterly aboue mesure and sayde vnto his father blesse me also my father And he sayde thy brother came with subtilte ād hath takē awaye thy blessynge Than sayde he He maye well be called Iacob for he hath vndermyned me now .ij. tymes fyrst he toke awaye my byrthrighte and se now hath he taken awaye my blessynge also And he sayde hast thou kepte neu●● a blessynge for me Isaac answered and sayde vnto Esau beholde I haue made him thi LORde all his mothers children haue I made his seruauntes Moreouer wyth come ād wyne haue I stablesshed him what cā I do vnto the now my sonne And Esau sayde vnto his father hast thou but that one blessynge my father blesse me also my father so lyfted vp Esau his royce wepte Thā Isaac his father answered sayde vnto him Beholde thy dwellynge place shall haue of the fatnesse of the erth of the dewe of heauen frō aboue And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke And Esau hated Iacob because of the blessynge that his father blessed him with all sayde in his harte The dayes of my fathers so●owe are at hāde for I will sley my brother Iacob And these wordes of Esau hir eldest sonne were told to Rebecca And she sente ād called Iacob hir yongest sonne and sayde vnto hī beholde thy brother Esau threatneth to kyll the Now therfore my sōne heare my voyce make the redie flee to Labā my brother at Ha●an Andtarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fearsnes be swaged and vntill the brothers wrath turne away from the and he forgett that which thou hast done to him Thā will I sende and fett the awaye from thence Why shulde I lose you both in one daye And Rebecca spake to Isaac I am wery of my life for feare of the doughters of Heth. Yf Jacob take a wife of the doughters of Heth soch one as these are or of the doughters of the lande what lust shulde I haue
the alter rounde aboute And they shall offre of the peaceofferynge to be a sacrifice vnto the Lord the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the two kydneys with the fatt that lyeth apon the loynes and the kall that ys on the lyuer they shall take awaye with the kydneyes And Aarons sonnes shall burne them apon the alter with the burntsacrifice which is apon the wodd on the fire That is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde Yf a man brynge a peaceoffrynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke whether it be male or female it shal be without blemysh Yf he offre a lambe he shall brynge it before the Lord and put his hande apon his offrynges heede and kyll it in the doore off the tabernacle off wytnesse and Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle the bloude thereof rounde aboute the alter And of the peaseoffringe they shall brynge a sacrifyce vnto the Lorde the fatt there of ād the rompe altogether which they shall take off harde by the backe bone and the fatt that coue reth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apon the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apon the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the alter to fede the Lordes offrynge with all Yf the offrynge be a goote he shall brynge it before the Lorde and put his hande apon the head of it and kyll it before the tabernacle of witnesse and the sonnes of Aaron shall sprinkle the bloude thereof apon the alter rounde aboute And he shall brynge thereof his offrynge vnto the Lordes sacrifyce the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is apō the inwardes and the ▪ ij kydneyes and the fatt that lyeth apon them and apon the loynes and the kall that is apō the lyuer he shall take awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apō the alter to fede the Lordes sacrifyce wyth all ād to make a swete sauoure And thus shal all the fatt be the Lordes and it shal be a la we forever amonge youre generacions after you in youre dwellynge places that ye eate nether fatt nor bloude ¶ The IIII. Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye when a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce and hath done any of those thinges which the Lorde hath forbydden in his commaundmentes to be done Yf the preast that is anoynted synne and make the people to doo amysse he shall brynge for his synne which he hath done an oxe wythout blemysh vnto the Lorde for a synneoffrynge And he shall brynge the oxe vn to the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse before the Lorde and shall put his hande apon the oxes heade and kyll him before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall take of the oxes bloude and brynge it in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his fynger in the bloude and sprinkle thereof .vij. tymes before the Lorde euen before the hangynge of the holy place And he shall put some of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter of swete cens before the Lorde which is in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude of the oxe apon the botome of the alter of burntofferynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And he shall take awaye all the fatt of the oxe that is the synneofferynge the fatt that couereth the inwardes and all the fatt that is aboute them and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth apon thē and apon the loynes and the kall apon the lyuer let them take awaye also with the kydneyes as it was taken from the oxe of the peaceoffrynge and let the preast burne them apon the altare of burntofferynges But the skynne of the oxe and all his flesh with his heede his legges his inwardes with his donge shall he carye altogither out of the hoste vnto a clene place euen where the asshes are poured out and burne h● on wodd with fyre euen apon the heape of asshes Yf the hole comynalte of the childern of Israel synne thorow ygnoraunce and the thynge be hyd from their eyes so that they haue commytted any of these thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden to be done in his commaundmentes ād haue offended ād the synne which they haue synned be afterwarde knowne than shal they offre an oxe for a synneofferynge ād shall brynge him before the tabernacle of witnesse and the elders of the multitude shall put their handes apon his heed before the Lorde And the preast that is anoynted shall brynge of his bloude in to the tabernacle of witnesse and shall dyppe his finger in the bloude and sprinkle it seuen tymes before the Lorde euen before the uayle And shall put of the bloude apon the hornes of the alter whiche is before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse and shall poure all the bloude apon the botome of the alter of burntoffrynges which is by the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse and shall take all his fatt from him and burne it apon the altare and shall do with his oxe as he dyd wyth the synneoffrynge oxe And the preast shal make an attonement for them ād so it shal be forgeuen them And he shall brynge the oxe without the hoste ād burne him as he burned the first so is this the synneofferynge of the comynalte When a Lorde synnneth and committeth thorow ignoraunce any of these thynges whiche the Lorde his God hath forbydden to be done in his commaundmentes and hath so offended when his synne is shewed vnto him which he hath synned he shall brynge for hys offerynge an he goote without blemysh and laye his hande apon the heed of it and kyll it in the place where the burntofferynges are kylled before the Lorde this is a synneoffrynge Thā let the preast take of the bloude of the synneoffrynge with his finger and put it apon the hornes of the burntofferyngalter and poure his bloude apon the botome of the burntofferyngealter and burne all his fatt apon the alter as he doth the fatt of the peaceofferynges And the preast shall make an attonement for him as concernynge his synne and so it shal be forgeuen him Yf one of the comē people of the londe synne thorowe ignoraunce and committe any off the thinges which the Lorde hath forbidden in his commaundementes to be done and so hath trespased when his synne whiche he hath synned is come to his knowlege he shall bringe for his offerynge a she goote without blemish for his synne which he hath synned and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge ād slee it in the place of burntoffrynges And the preast shall take of the bloude with his finger ād put it apō the hornes of the burntoffryngealter and poure all the bloude apō the botome of the alter
ād shall take awaye all his fatt as the fatt of the peaceoffrynges is takē awaye And the preast shal burne it apō the alter for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde and ●he preast shall make an attonemēt for him ād ● shal be forgeuen him yf he bringe a shepe ād offer it for a synneofferynge he shall bringe a yewe without blemi●h and laye his hande apon the heed of the synneofferynge and slee it in the place where the burntoffrynges are slayne And the preast shal take of the bloude of the synneofferynge with his finger ād put it apō the hornes of the burntoffryngealter ād shall poure all the bloude thereof vnto the botome of the alter And he shall take awaye all the fatt thereof as the fatte of the shepe of the peaceoffringes was takē awaye And the preast shall burne it apō the alter for the lordes sacrifice and the preast shal make an attonemēt for his synne and it shal be forgeuen him ¶ The v. Chapter ●Hē a soule hath synned ād herde the voyce of cursyng ād is a witnesse whether he hath sene or knowne of it yf he haue not vttered it he shall bete his synne Ether when a mā toucheth any vnclene thinge whether it be the caryon of an vnclene beest or of vnclene ca●ell or vnclene worme and is not warre of it he is also vnclene and hath offended Ether when he toucheth any vnclennesse of mā what soeuer vnclennesse it be that a man is defyled with all and is not warre of it and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it he is a t●●spaser Ether when a soule sweareth so thathe pronounceth with his lippes to do euell or to do good what soeuer it be that a man prouounceth with an othe and the thinge be out of his mynde and afterwarde cometh to the knowlege of it than he hath offended in one of these Than when he hath synned in one of these thinges he shall confesse that wherein that he hath synned and shall bringe his trespace offerynge vnto the Lorde for his synne which he hath synned A female from the flocke whether it be an yewe or a she goote for a synneofferynge And the preast shall make an attonement for him for his synne But yf he be not able to brynge a shepe then let him brynge for his trespace which he hath synned two turtyll doues or two yonge pygeons vnto the Lorde one for a synneoffrynge and another for a burntofferynge And he shall brynge them vnto the preast which shall offer the synneoffrynge first and wringe the necke a sundre of it but plucke it not clene of And let him sprinkle of the bloude of the synneofferynge apon the syde of the alter and let the reste of the bloude blede apon the botome of the alter and than it is a synneofferynge And let him offer the seconde for a burntoffrynge as the maner is ād so shall the preast make an atonement for him for the synne which he hath synned and it shal be forgeuen him And yet yf he be not able to brynge .ij. turtyll doues or two yonge pigeons then let hym brynge his offerynge for his synne the tenth parte of an Epha of fine floure for a synneofferynge but put none oyle thereto nether put ony frankencens thereon for it is a synneofferinge And let him brynge it to the preast and the preast shall take his handfull of it and burne it apon the alter for a remembraunce to be a sacryflce for the Lorde that is a synneoffrynge And let the preast make an atonement for him for his synne what soeuer of these he hath synned and it shal be forgeuen And the remnaūte shal be the preastes as it is in the meate offerynge And the Lorde comyned with Moses sayenge when a soule trespaceth ād synneth thorow ignoraunce in any of the holy thinges of the Lorde he shall brynge for his trespace vnto the Lord a ram without blymesh out of the flocke valowed at two sycles after the holy sycle for a trespaceofferynge And he shall make amendes for the harme that he hath done in the holy thynge and put the fifte parte moare to and geue it vnto the preast And the preast shall make an attonemēt for him with the ram of the trespaceofferynge and it shal be forgeuē hym When a soule synneth and committeth any of these thinges which are forbiddē to be done by the cōmaundmentes of the Lorde though he wist it not he hath yet offended and is * in synne ād shall brīge a ram without blymesh out of the flocke that is estemed to be worthe a synneofferynge vnto the preast And the preast shall make an attonement for him for the ignoraunce whiche he dyd and was not ware and it shal be forgeuen him This is a trespaceofferynge for he trespaced agaynst the Lorde And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge when a soule synneth ād trespaceth agaynst the Lorde and denyed vnto his neyghboure that which was taken him to ●epe or that was put vnder his hande or that which he hath violently taken awaye or that whiche he hath deceaued his neyghboure off wyth sotylte or hath founde that whiche was loste and denyeth it and swereth falsely in what soeuer thinge it be that a man doth and synneth therein Then when he hath synned or trespaced he shall restore agayne that he toke violently awaye or the wronge whiche he dyd or that whiche was delyuered him to kepe or the lost thinge which he founde or what soeuer it be aboute Vnto my neybour pertayneth sault ●●●ō but vnto god repētaunce and thē the sacrifice or christes bloude is a ●●● satisfaccion ād attonemēt ●d a pealinge of alwrath which he hath sworne falsely * he shall restore it agayne in the whole sūme and shal adde the fifte parte moare thereto and geue it vnto him to whome it pertayneth the same daye that he offereth for his trespace and shall brynge for his trespace offerynge vnto the Lorde a ram without blymesh out of the flocke that is estemed worth a trespaceofferynge vnto the preast And the prest shall make an atonemēt for him before the Lorde ād it shall be forgeuē hī in what soeuer thinge it be that a mā doth ād trespaceth therein ¶ The .vj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Commaunde Aaron and his sonnes saynge this is the lawe of the burntoffrynge The burntofferynge shal be apon the herth of the alter all nyghte vnto the mornynge and the fire of the alter shall burne therein And the preast shall put on his lynen albe and his lynen breches apon his flesh and take awaye the asshes whiche the fire of the burntsacrifice in the altare hath made and put them besyde the alter ād thē put off his raymēt ād put on other and carye the asshes out without the hoste vnto a clene place The fire that is apon the alter shall burne therein and not goo out And the preast shall put wodd on the fire euery morninge ād put the
burntsacrifice apon it and he shall burne thereon the fatt of the peaceofferynges The fire shall euer burne apon the alter and neuer goo out This is the lawe of the meatoffrynge Aarons sonnes shall bringe it before the Lorde vnto the alter and one of them shall take hys handfull of the floure of the meatoffrynge ād of the oyle with all the frankencens whiche ys thereon and shall burne it vnto a remēbraunce apon the alter to be a swete sauoure of the memoriall of it vnto the Lorde And the rest the reof Aaron ād his sonnes shall eate vnleuended it shal be eaten in the holy place euē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse they shall eate it Their parte whiche I haue geuen them of my sacrifice shall not be baken with leuen for it is most holye as is the synneofferynge and trespaceoffrynge All the males amonge the childern of Aaron shall eate of it and it shal be a dutye for euer vnto youre generacyons of the sacrifices of the Lorde nether shal any man twytche it but he that is halowed And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge this is the offrynge of Aaron ād of his sonnes which he shall offer vnto the Lorde in the daye when they are anoynted the tenth parte of an Epha of floure which is a dayly meatofferinge perpetually halfe in the morninge and halfe at nighte ād in the fryenge pan it shal be made withoyle And whē it is fryed thou snalt brynge it in as a baken meatofferynge mynsed small and shalt offer it for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And that preast of his sonnes that is anoynted in his steade shall offer it ād it shall be the lordes dutye for euer and it shal be burnt altogether For all the meatoffrynges of the preastes shal be burnt altogether ād shal not be eaten And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and saye This is the lawe of the synneoffrynge In the place where the burntofferynge is kylled shall the synneofferynge be kylled also before the Lorde for it is most holy The preast that offereth it shall eate it in the holye place evē in the courte of the tabernacle of witnesse Noman shall touche the flesh thereof saue he that is halowed And yf any rayment be sprynckled therewyth it shal be wasshed in an holy place and the erthē pott that it is soddē in shal be broken Yf it be sodden in brasse then the pott shal be scoured and plunged in the water All the males amonge the childern of Aarō shall eate therof for it is most holy Notwithstōdinge no synneofferynge that hath his bloude brought in to the tabernacle of witnesse to reconcyle with all in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fire ¶ The .vij. Chapter THis is the lawe of the trespace offerynge which is most holy In the place where the burntoffrynge is kylled the trespace offrynge shal be kylled also ād his bloude shal be sprikled rounde aboute apon the alter And all the fatt thereof shal be offered the rompe and the fatt that couered the inwardes and the .ij. kydneyes with the fatt that lyeth on them and apon the loynes and the kall on the lyuer shal be taken awaye with the kydneyes And the preast shall burne them apon the altare to be an offerynge vnto the Lorde this is a trespace offerynge All the males amonge the preastes shal eate thereof in the holy place for it is most holy As the synne offerynge is so is the trespace offerynge one lawe serueth for both and it shall be the preastes that reconcyleth therewith And the preast that offered a mans burntofferynge shall haue the skyn of the burntofferynge which he hath offered And all the meatofferynges that are baken in the ouen ād all that is dressed apon the gredyerne ād in the fryenge pan shal be the preastes that offereth them And all the meatofferynges that are myngled with oyle or drye shall pertayne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as moche as another This is the lawe of the peaceoffringes whiche shal be offered vnto the Lorde Yf he offer to geue thanckes he shall brynge vnto his thanckofferynge swete cakes myngled with oyle and swete wafers anoynted with oyle and cakes myngled with oyle of fine floure fryed ād he shall brynge his offerynge apon cakes made of leuended bred vnto the thanckoffrynge of his peaceofferynges ād of them all he shall offer one to be an heueoffrynge vnto the Lorde ād it shal be the preastes that sprynkleth the bloude of the peaceofferynges And the fleshe of the thankofferynge of his peaceofferynges shal be eaten the same daye that it is offred and there shall none of it be layde vpp vntyll the mornynge Yf it be a vowe or a fre willofferynge that he bryngeth the same daye that he offereth it It shal be eaten and that which remayneth may be eaten on the morowe but as moche of the offered flesh as remaneth vnto the thirde daye shal be burned with fire For yf any of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges be eaten the thirde daye then shall he that offered it optayne no fauour nether shall it be rekened vnto him but shal be an abhomynacion and the soule that eateth of it shall beare the synne thereof The flesh that twycheth any vnclene thinge shall not be eaten but burnt with fire and all that be clene in their flesh maye eate flesh Yf any soule eate of the flesh of the peaceofferynges that pertayne vnto the Lorde and hys vnclennesse yet apon him the same soule shall perisshe from amonge his peoole Moreouer yf a soule twych any vnclene thinge whether it be the vnclennesse of man or of any vnclene beest or any abhominacion that is vnclene ād thē eate of the flesh of the peaceoffrynges whiche pertayne vnto the Lord that soule shall perissh from his people And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye Ye shall eate no maner fatt of oxen shepe or gootes neuer the later the fatt of the beest that dyeth alone ād the fatt of that which is torne with wilde beestes maye be occupide in all maner vses but ye shal in no wise eate of it For whosoeuer eateth the fatt of the beest of which mē bring an offring vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shall perissh frō his people Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of bloud wheresoeuer ye dwell whether it be of foule or of beest What soeuer soule it be that eateth any maner of bloude the same soule shal perisshe frō his people And the Lorde talked with Moses sayenge speake vnto the childrē of Israel ād saye He that offereth his peaceofferynge vnto the Lord shall bringe his gifte vnto the Lord of his peaceoffrynges his owne handes shal bringe the offrynge of the Lorde euē the fatt apō the brest he shall bringe with the brest to waue it a waueoffrynge before the Lorde And the preast shall burne the
¶ The .xj. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye these are the beestes whiche ye shall eate amonge all the beestes that are on the erth what soeuer hath hoffe and dyuydeth it in to two clawes ād cheweth cud among the beestes that shall ye eate Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chewe cud and haue hoffes The camel for he cheweth cud but he deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore he shall be vnclene vnto you And the Conye for he cheweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore he is vnclene to you And the hare for he likewise cheweth the cud but deuydeth not the hoffe in to two clawes he is therfore vnclene to you And the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe in to two clawes yet he cheweth not the cud ād therfore is vnclene to you Of their flesh see that ye eate not ād their carkasses se that ye twych no● for they are vnclene to you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters what soeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters sees and ryuers that shall ye eate And all that haue not finnes ād skales in the sees ād ryuers of all that moue and lyue in the waters shall ye abhorre Se that ye eate not of their flesh ād also that ye abhorre their carkases for all that haue no finnes nor scales in the waters shal be abhominacion vnto you These are the foules which ye shall abhorre and which shall not be eaten for they are an abhominacion The egle the gooshauke the cormoraunte the kyte the vultur and all his kynd and all kynde of rauens the estrich the nightcrowe the cocow the sparowhauke and al the kynde the litle oule the storcke the great oule the backe the pellicane the pye the heron the laye with the kynde the lappwynge ād the swalowe And all foules that crepe ād goo apō all iiij shal be an abhominacion vnto you Yet these maye ye eate of all the foules that moue and goo apon .iiij. fete euen those that haue no knees aboue vppon their fete to lepe with all apon the erthe euen these of them ye maye eate the arbe and all his kynde the Soleam with all his kynde the Hargol and all the kynde ād the Hagab ād all his kynd Al other foules that moue ād haue .iiij. fete shal be abhominacion vnto you In soch ye shal be vnclene whosoeuer touch the carkesse of thē shal be vnclene vnto the euen ād whosoeuer bereth the carkesse of thē shal wash his clothes ād shal be vnclene vntyll euen Amonge all maner beestes they that haue hoffes and deuyde them not in to two clawes or that chewe not the cud shal be vnclene vnto you and all that twicheth them shal be vncle ne And all that goeth apon his handes amonge all maner beestes that goo on all foure are vnclene vnto you and as many as twych their carkesses shal be vnclene vntyll the euen And he that beareth the carkesse of them shall wasshe his clothes ād be vnclene vntyll the euen for soch are vnclene vnto you And these are also unclene to you amonge the thinges that crepe apon the erth the wesell the mouse the tode and all his kynde the hedgehogge stellio the licerte the snayle and the moule These are vnclene to you amonge all that moue and all that twych them when they be dead shal be vnclene vntyll the euen And what soeuer any of the dead carkesses of them fall apon shal be vnclene what soeuer vessell of wodd it be or rayment or skynne or bagge or what soeuer thinge it be that any worke is wroughte with all And they shal be plunged in the water and be vnclene vntill the euē and then they shal be clene agayne All maner of erthen vessell where in to any of them falleth is vnclene with all that therein is and ye shall breake it All maner meate that is eaten yf any soch water come apon it it shall be vnclene And all maner drynke that is drōke in all maner soch vessels shal be vnclene And whether it be ouen or kettel it shal be broken For they are vnclene and shal be vnclene vnto you Neuerthelater yet the fountaynes ād welles and pondes of water shal be clene styll But whosoeuer twycheth their carkesses shall be vnclene Yf the dead carkesse of any soch fall apō any seed vsed to sowe yt shall yet be clene styll but ād yf any water be poured apō the seed ād afterward the dead carkesse of them fall thereō then it shal be vnclene vnto you Yf any beest of whiche ye eate dye he that twitcheth the dead carkesse shal be vnclene vn tyll the euen And he that eateth of any soche dead carkesse shall wasshe his clothes and remayne vnclene vntyll the euen And he also that beareth the carkesse of it shall wasshe his clothes and be vnclene vntyll euen All that scrauleth apon the erth is an abhominacyon and shall not be eaten And what soeuer goeth apon the brest ād what soeuer goeth apon .iiij. or moo fete amonge all that scrauleth apon the erth of that se ye eate not for they are abhomynable Make not youre soules abhominable Make not youre soules abhomynable with nothinge that crepeth nether make youre soules vnclene with them that ye shulde be defiled thereby For I am the Lorde youre God be sanctified therfore that ye maye be holy for I am holy and defile not youre soules with any maner thinge that crepeth apon the erth For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the londe off Egipte to be youre God be holy therfore for I am holy This is the lawe of beest and foule and off all maner thinge that lyueth ād moueth in the water ād of all thinges that crepe apō the erth that ye may put differēce betwene vnclene ād clene ād betwene the beestes that are eatē and the beestes that are not eaten ¶ The .xij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses and sayde speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye whē a womā hath conceaued ād hath borne a man childe she shal be vnclene .vij. dayes euen in like maner as when she is put aparte in tyme of hir naturall disease And in the viij daye the flesh of the childes foreskynne shal be cut awaye And she shall cōtynue in the bloude of hir purifienge .xxxiij. dayes she shal twytch no halowed thinge nor come in to the sanctuary vntyll the tyme of hir purifienge be out Yf she bere a maydehilde then she shal be vnclene two wekes as when she hath hir naturall disease And she shall contynue in the bloude of hir purifienge .lxvj. dayes And when the dayes of hir purifienge are out whether it be a sonne or a doughter she shall brynge a lambe of one yere olde for a burntoffrynge and a yonge pigeon or a turtill do ue for a
and whose hande was fylled to put on the vestimētes shall not vncouer his heed nor rent his clothes nether shall goo to any deed body nor make him selfe vncleane no not on his father or mother nether shall goo out of the sanctuarye that he polute not the holy place of his God for the croune of the anoyntynge The annoyntynge was the coronacion both of kynges ād of prestes also oyle of God is apon him I am the Lorde He shall take a mayden vnto his wife but no wedowe nor deuorsed nor poluted whoore But he shall take a mayden of his awne people to wife that he defyle not his seed apō his people for I am the Lorde which sanctifye him And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and saye No man of thi seed in their generaciōns that hath any deformyte apon him shall prese for to offer the bred The pope for bideth all soch lyke wise tyll they haue payd for dispensaciōs of his God flor none that hath any blemysh shall come nere whether he be blynde lame snot nosed or that hath any monstrous mēbre or broken foted or broken handed or croke backed or perl●yed or gogeleyed or maunge or skaulde or hath his stones broken No man that is deformed of the seed of Aaron the preast shall come nye to offer the sacrifyces of the Lorde Yf he haue a deformyte he shall not prese to offer the bred of his God Notwithstondynge he shall eate of the bred of his God euen as well of the most holy as of the holy but shall not goo in vnto the vayle nor come nye the alter because he is deformed that he polute not my sanctuary for I am the Lorde that sanctifye them And Moses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel ¶ The XXII Chapter ANd the Lorde comened with Moses saynge byd Aaron and his sonnes that they absteyne from the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue halowed vn to me that they polute not myne holy name for I am the Lorde Saye vnto them whosoeuer he be of all youre seed amonge youre generacion after you that goeth vnto the halowed thinges which the childern of Israel shall haue halowed vnto the Lorde his vnclennes shal be apon him and that soule shall perysh from out of my syghte I am the Lorde None of the seed of Aaron that is a leper or that hath a runnynge sore shall eate of the halowed thinges vntill he be cleane And whosoeuer twytcheth any vncleane soule or man whose seed runneth frō him by nyghte or whosoeuer twitcheth any worme that is vncleane to him or man that is vncleane to him what soeuer vnclennesse he hath the same soule that hath twyched any soch thynge shal be vncleane vntill euen and shall not eate of the halowed thynges vntill he haue wasshed his flesh with water And than when the sonne is doune he shal be cleane ād shall afterward eate of the halowed thynges for they are his fode Off a beest that dyeth alone or is rent with wylde beastes he shall not eate to defyle him selfe therwith I am the Lorde But let them kepe therfore myne ordynaunce lest they lade synne apō them and dye therein when they haue defyled them selues for I am the Lorde which sanctifye them There shall no straunger eate of the halowed thinges nether a gest of the preastes or an hyred seruaunte But yf the preast bye any soule with money he maye eate of it and he also that is borne in his housse maye eate of his bred Yf the preastes doughter be maryed vnto a straunger she maye not eate of the halowed heueofferynges Notwithstondynge yf the preastes doughter be a wedowe or deuorsed and haueno childe but is returned vnto hir fathers housse agayne she shall eate of hir fathers bred as wel as she dyd in hyr youth But thereshall no straunger eate there of Yf a man eate of the halowed thynges vnwyttingly he shall put the fyfte parte there vnto and make good vnto the preast the halowed thynge And let the preastes see that they defyle not the halowed thynges of the childern of Israel which they haue offered vnto the Lorde lest they lade them selues with mysdoynge and trespace in eatynge their halowed thinges for I am the Lorde which halowe them And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel and saye vnto them what soeuer he be of the housse of Israel or straunger in Israel that will offer his offerynge what soeuer vowe or frewillofferynge it be which they will offer vnto the Lorde for a burntofferynge to reconcyle them selues it must be a male without blemysh of the oxen shepe or gootes let them offer nothynge that is deformed for they shall gett no fauoure there with Yf a man will offer a peaseoffrynge vnto the Lorde and separate a vowe or a frewill offerynge of the oxen or the flocke it must be without deformyte that it maye be accepted There maye be no blemysh therein whether it be blide brokē wounded or haue a wen or be maunge or scabbed se that ye offre no soch vnto the Lorde nor put an offerynge of any soch apon the alter vnto the Lorde An oxe or a shepe that hath any membre out of proporcion mayst thou offer for a frewillofferynge but in a vowe it shal not accepted Thou shalt not offer vnto the Lorde that which hath his stones broosed brokē plucked out or cutt awaye nether shalt make any soch in youre lande nether of a straungers hande shall ye offer an offerynge to youre God of any soch For they marre all in that they haue de formytes in them and therfore can not be accepted for you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge when an oxe a shepe or a goote is brought forth it shal be seuē dayes vnder the damme And from the .viij. daye forth it shal be accepted vnto a gifte in the sacrifice of the Lorde And whether it be oxe or shepe ye shall not kyll it and hir yonge both in one daye When ye will offre a thankofferynge vnto the Lorde ye shall so offre it that ye maye be accepted And the same daye it must be eatē vp so that ye leaue none of it vntill the morowe For I am the Lorde kepe now my commaundementes and do them for I am the Lorde And polute not my holy name that I maye be halowed amonge the childern of Israel For I am the Lorde which halowe you and broughte you out of the londe of Egipte to be youre God for I am the Lorde ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them These are the feastes off the Lorde which ye shal call holy feastes Sixe dayes ye shall worke ād the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest an holy feast so that ye maye do no worke therein for it is the
hi and shall not goo out in the trompet yere But the housses in villagies which haue no walles rounde aboute them shal be counted like vnto the feldes of the cuntre and maye be boughte out agayne at any season and shall goo out fr● in the trompett yere Notwithstondynge the cityes of the leuytes and the housses in the cyties of their possessiōs the leuites maye redeme at all ceasons And yf a man purchace ought of the leuytes whether it be house or citle that they possesse the bargayne shall goo out in the trōpet yere for the housses of the cyties of the leuites are their possessions amonge the childern of Israel But the feldes that lye rounde aboute their cyties shall not be bought for they are their possessions for euer Yf thi brother be waxed poore and fallē in decaye with the receaue him as a straunger or a soiourner and let him lyue by the. And thou shalt take none vsurye of him nor yet vantage But shalt feare thi God that thi brother maye lyue with the. Thou shalt not lende him thi money apon vsurye nor lende him of thi fode to haue a●antage by it for I am the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the lande of Egipte to geue you the lande of Canaan and to be youre God Yf thi brother that dwelleth by the waxe poore and sell him selfe vnto the thou shalt not let him laboure as a bondseruaunte doeth but as an hyred seruaunte and as a soiourner he shal be with the and shall serue the vnto the trompetyere and then shall he departe frō the both he and his childern with him and shall returne vnto his awne kynred agayne and vnto the possessions of his fathers for they are my seruauntes which I brought out of the lande of Egipte and shall not be solde as bondmen So therfore that thou reigne not ouer him cruelly but feare thi God Yf thou wilt haue bondseruauntes and maydens thou shalt bye them of the heythen that are rounde aboute you and of the childern of the siraungers that are soiorners amonge you ād of their generaciōs that are with you which they begate in youre lāde And ye shall possesse them and geue them vnto youre childern after you to possesse them for euer and they shal be youre bond men But ouer youre brethern the childern of Israel ye shall not reigne one ouer another cruelly When a straunger and a soiourner waxeth rych by the ād thi brother that dwelleth by him waxeth poore and sell him selfe vnto the straunger that dwelleth by the or to any of the straungers kyn after that he is solde he maye be redemed agayne one of his brethren maye bye him out whether it be his vncle or his vncles sonne or any that is nye of kynne vnto him of his kynred ether yf his hande can get so moch he maye be loosed And he shall reken with him that boughte him from the yere that he was solde in vnto the trompet yere and the pryce of his byenge shal be acordynge vnto the numbre of yeres and he shal be with him as a hyred seruaunte Yf there be yet many yeres behynde acordynge vnto them he shall geue agayne for his delyueraunce of the money that he was solde for Yf there remayne but few yeres vnto the trompet yere he shall so counte with him and acordynge vnto his yeres geue him agayne for his redempcion and shal be with him yere by yere as an hyred seruaunte and the other shall not reygne cruelly ouer him in thi syghte Yf he be not bought fre in the meane tyme then he shall goo out in the trompet yere and his childern with him for the childern of Israel are my seruauntes which I broughte out of the lande of Egipte I am the Lorde youre God Ye shall make you no ydolles nor grauen ymage nether rere you vpp any piler nether ye shall sett vp any ymage of stone in youre lande to bowe youre selues there to for I am the Lorde youre God kepe my sabbathes and feare my sanctuary for I am the Lorde ¶ The XXVI Chapter YF ye shall walke in myne ordynaunces and kepe my commaundmentes and do them then I will sende you rayne in the ryght ceason ād youre londe shall yelde hir encrease and the trees of the felde shall geue their frute And the threshynge shall reach vnto wyne haruest and the wyneharuest shall reach vnto sowyng tyme and ye shall eate youre bred in plenteousues and shall dwell in youre lande peasably And I wil sende peace in youre londe that ye shall slepe and no man shal make you afrayde And I will ryd euell beestes out of youre londe and there shall no swerde goo thorowe out youre lande And ye shall chace youre enemyes and they shall fall before you vppon the swerde And fiue of you shall chace an hundred and an hundred of you shall put .x. thousande to flighte and youre enemyes shall fall before you apon the swerde And I wil turne vnto you and encrease you and multipye you and sett vpp my testament with you And ye shall eate olde store ād cast out the olde for plentuousnes of the newe I will make my dwellynge place amonge you and my soule shall not loothe you And I will walke amonge you and wil be youre God and ye shal be my people For I am the Lorde youre God whiche broughte you out off the lande of the Egiptians that ye shulde not be their bondemen and I brake the bowes of youre yockes and made you go vp righte But and yf ye will not harken vnto me nor will do all these my commaundementes or yf ●ote well ye shall despyse myne ordinaunces ether yf youre soules refuse my lawes so that ye wil not do all my commaundnentes but shall breake myne appoyntment then I will do this agayne vn to you I will viset you with vexations swellyn ge and feuers that shall make youre eyes dasell and with sorowes of herte And ye shall sowe youre seed in vayne for youre enemyes shall eate it And I will set my face agenste you and ye shal fall before youre enemyes and they that hate you shal raigne ouer you ād ye shall flee whēno man foloweth you And yf ye will not yet for all this herken vnto me than will I punish you seuen tymes more God beginneth ād augmenteth his plages moare ād moare as the people hardē the i● hertes agēste him for youre synnes and will breake the pride off youre strength For I will make the heauē ouer you as harde as yerne and youre londe as hard as brasse And so youre laboure shal be spent in vayne For youre londe shall not geue hir encrease nether the trees of the londe shall geue their frutes And yf ye walke contrary vnto me and will not herken vnto me I will bringe seuen tymes moo plages apon you acordinge to youre synnnes I will sende in wylde beestes apon you which shall robbe you of youre
childern and destroye youre catell and make you so fewe in numbre that youre hye wayes shall growe vnto a wildernesse And yf ye will not be lerned yet for all this but shall walke contrarye vnto me then will I also walke contrarye vnto you and will punish you yet seuen tymes for youre synnes I will sende a swerde apon you that shall avenge my testament with you And when ye are fled vnto youre cities I will sende the pestelence amonge you ▪ ye shall be delyuered in to the hande● of youre enemyes And when I haue broken the staffe of youre bred that .x. wyues shall bake youre bred in one ouen and men shall delyuer you youre bred agayne by weyghte thā shal ye eate and shall not be satisfied And yf ye will not yet for all this harken vnto me but shall walke contrarye vnto me then I will walke contrary vnto you also wrathfully and will also chastice you seuen tymes for youre synnes so that ye shall eate the flesh of youre sonnes and the flesh of youre doughters And I will destroye youre alters bylt apon hye hylles and ouerthrowe youre images and cast youre carkasses apon the bodies of youre ydolles ▪ and my soule shall abhorre you And I will make youre cities desolate and bringe youre sanctuaries vnto nought and will not smell the sauoures of youre swete odoures And I will bringe the londe vnto a wildernesse so that youre enemyes which dwell there in shall wondre at it And I will strawe you amonge the heethen and will drawe out a swerde after you and youre lande shal be wast and youre cities desolate Then the lande shall reioyse in hir Sabbathes as longe as it lyeth voyde and ye in youre enemies londe euen then shall the londe kepe holye daye and reioyse in hir Sabbathes And as longe as it lyeth voyde it shall rest for that it coude not reste in youre Sabbathes when ye dwelt therein And vppon them that are left alyue of you I will sende a feyntnesse in to their hertes in the londe of their enemies so that the sounde of a leef that falleth shall chace them and they shall flee as though thei fled a swerde and shall fall no man folowinge them And they shall fall one uppon another as it were before a swerde euen no man folowinge them and ye shall haue no power to stonde before youre enemyes And ye shall perish amonge the hethen ād the londe of youre enemyes shall eate you vpp And thei that are left of you shall pyne awaye in their vnrightuousnes euen in their enemies londe and also in the mysdeades of their fathers shall they consume And they shall confesse their misdedes and the misdeades of their fathers in their trespases which thei haue trespased against me and for that also that thei haue walked contrary vnto me Therfore I also will walke contrary vnto them and will brynge them in to the londe of their enemyes And then at the leest waye their vncircumcysed hertes shall be tamed ād then they shall make an attonement for their misdedes And I wil remembre my bonde with Iacob Mercy is neuer denyed vnto him that repeu●eth and my testamēt with Isaac and my testament with Abraham and will thinke on the londe For the londe shall be lefte of them and shall haue pleasure in hir Sabbathes while she lyeth wast without them and they shall make an attonement for their misdeades because they despysed my lawes and their soules refused myne ordinaunces And yet for all that when thei be in the londe of their enemyes I will not so cast them awaye nor my soule shall not so abhorre them that I will vtterlye destroye thē ād breake myne appoyntment with them for I am the Lorde their God I will therfore remēbre vnto thē the first couenaunt made when I broughte them out of the lond of Egipte in the sighte of the hethen to be their God for I am the Lorde These are the ordinaunces iudgemētes ād lawes which the Lorde made betwene him ād the childern of Israel in mount Sinai by the hāde of Moses ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the childern of Israel and saye vnto them Yf any man will geue a synguler vowe vnto the Lorde acordynge to the value of his soule then shall the male from .xx. yere vnto .lx. be set at fyftie sycles of syluer after the sycle of the sanctuary and the female at .xxx. sycles And from .v. yeres to xx the male shal be set at .xx. sycles and the female at .x. sycles And from a moneth vnto .v. yere the male shal be set at .v. sycles of syluer and the female at thre And the man that is .lx. and aboue shal be valowed at .xv. sicles ād the woman at .x. Yf he be to poore so to be set thē let him come before the preast and let the preast value him acordynge as the hande of him that vowed is able to gete Yf it be of the beestes of which men bringe an offeringe vnto the Lorde all that any man geueth of soch vnto the Lorde shal be holy He maye not alter it nor chaunge it a good for a bad or a bad for a goode Yf he chaunge beest for beest then both the same beest and it also where with it was chaunged shall be holy Yf it be any maner of vncleane beest of which men maye not offer vnto the Lorde let him brynge the beest before the preast and let the preast value it And whether it be good or bad as the preast setteth it so shall it be And yf he will bye it agayne let him geue the fyfte parte moare to that it was set at Yf any man dedicate his housse it shal be holy vnto the Lorde And the preast shall set it whether it be good or bad and as the preast hath set it so it shal be Yf he that sanctifyed it will redeme his housse let him geue the fyfte parte of the money that it was iudged at thereto and it shal be his Yf a man halowe a pece of his enhereted londe vnto the Lorde it shal be set acordynge to that it beareth Yf it bere an homer of barlye it shall be set at fyftie sicles of syluer yf he halowe his felde inmediatly from the trompet yere it shal be worth acordynge as it is estemed But and if he halowe his felde after the trōpetyere the preast shall rekē the price with him acordynge to the yeres that remayne vnto the trōpet yere ād there after it shal be lower sett Yf he that sanctifyed the felde will redeme it agayne let him put the fyfte parte of the pryce that it was set at there vnto and it shal be his yf he will not it shal be redemed nomoare But when the felde goeth out in the trompet yere it shal be holy vnto the Lorde euen as a thinge dedycated ād it shall be the preastes possession Yf a man sanctifie vnto
the wildernesse of Sinai and dyd acordinge to all that the Lorde commaunded Moses And it chaunced that certayne men whyche were defyled with a deed corse that they myghte not offer Passeouer the same daye came before Moses and Aaron the same daye and sayde we are defyled apon a deed corse wherfore are we kepte backe that we maye not offer an offerynge vnto the Lorde in the due season amonge the childern of Israell And Moses sayde vnto them tary that I maye heare what the Lorde wille commaunde you And the Lord spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye Yf any man amonge you or youre childern after you be vncleane by the reason of a cōrse or is in the waye ferre of then ●●●t hym offer Passeouer vnto y● Lorde the. xiiij daye of the seconde moneth at euen and eate it with swete bred and soure herbes ād let them leaue none of it vnto the mornynge nor breake any boone of it And acordynge to all the ordinaunce of the Passeouer let them offer it But yf a man be cleane and not let in a iurney and yet was negligent to offer Passeouer the same soule shall perish from his people because he brought not an offerynge vnto the Lorde in his due season and he shall bere his synne And when a straunger dwelleth amonge you and will offer Passeouer vnto the Lorde accordynge to the ordinaunce of Passeouer and maner thereof shall he offre it And ye shall haue one lawe both for the straunger and for him that was borne at home in the lande And the same daye that the habitaciō was reered vpp a cloude couered it an hye apon the tabernacle of witnesse and at euen there was apon the habitacyon as it were the symilitude of fyre vntyll the mornynge And so it was allwaye that the cloude couered it by daye and the symylitude of fyre by nyghte And when the cloude was taken vpp from of the tabernacle then the childern of Israel iurneyed and where the cloude abode there the childern of Israel pitched their tentes At the mouthe of the Lorde the childern of Israell iurneyed and at the mouthe of the Lorde they pitched And as longe as the cloude abode apon the habitacion they laye styll and when the cloude taryed still apon the habitacion longe tyme the childern of Israell wayted apon the Lorde and iurneyed not Yf it chaunched that the cloude abode any space of tyme apon the habitacion then they kepte their tentes at the mouth of the Lorde and they iurneyed also at the commaundement of the Lorde And yf it happened that the cloude was apon the habitacion from euen vnto mornynge and was taken vpp in y● mornynge then they iurneyed Whether it was by daye or by nyghte that the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed But when y● cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth or a longe season apon the habitacion as longe as it taried thereon the childern of Israel kepte ther● tentes and iurneyed not And as soone as the cloude was taken vpp they iurneyed It the mouth of the Lorde they rested and at the commaundment of the Lorde they iurneyed And thus they kepte the wayte of the Lorde at the commaundement of the Lorde by the hande of Moses ¶ The .x. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Make the two trompettes of harde syluer that thou mayst vse thē to call the congregacion together and when the hoste shall iurney when they blowe with them all the multitude shall resorte to the vnto the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse Yf but one trumpet blowe only then the princes which are heedes ouer the thousandes of Ysrael shall come vnto the. And when ye trompe the first tyme the hostes that lye on the east partes shall goo forwarde And when ye trōpe the seconde tyme then the hostes that lye on y● south syde shall take their iurney for they shall trompe when they take their iurneyes And in gatherynge the congregacion together ye shall blowe and not trompe And the sonnes of Aaron thè preastes shall blowe the trompettes and shall haue them and it shal be alawe vnto you for euer amonge youre children after you And when ye shall goo to warre in youre londe agenst youre enymies that vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes and ye shal be remēbred before the Lorde youre God Hēce oure belles were fert and saued from youre enymies Also when ye be mery in youre fest dayes and in the first dayes of youre monethes ye shall blowe the trompettes ouer youre burnt sacrifices and pease offerynges that it maye be a remēbraūce of you before youre God I am the lorde youre God And it came to passe the .xx. daye of the seconde moneth in y● seconde yere that the cloude was take vpp from of the habitacion of witnesse And the childern of Israel toke their iurney out of the deserte of Sinai and the cloude rested in y● wildernesse of Parā And y● first toke their iurney at the mouth of the Lorde by the honde of Moses euen the standerte of y● hoste of Iuda remoued first with their armies whose captayne was Nahesson y● sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoste of y● trybe of the childern of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of zuar And ouer the hoste of y● try be of the childern of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Helon And the habitacion was taken doune and the sonnes of Gerson and Merari went forth bearynge the habitacion Then the standert of the hoste of Ruben went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Deguel Then the Cahathites went forwarde and bare the holy thynges and the other dyd set vp the habitacion agenst they came Then the standert of the hoste of the childern of Ephraim went forth with their armies whose captayne was Elisama the sonne of Amiud And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the sonnes of Manasse was Samaleel the sonne of Pedazur And ouer the hoste of the tr● be of the sonnes of Ben Iamin was Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni And hynmost of all the hoste came the standert of the hoste of the childern of Dan with their armies whose captayne was Ahiezar the sonne of Ammi Sadai And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Asser was Pagiel the sonne of Ochran And ouer the hoste of the trybe of the childern of Naphtali was Ahira the sonne of Enan of this maner were the iurneyes of the childern of Israel with ▪ their armies when they remoued And Moses sayde vnto ●obab the sonne of Ragnel the Madianyte Moses father lawe we goo vnto the place of which the Lorde sayde I will geue it you Goo with us ād we will doo the good for the Lorde hath promysed goode vnto Israel And he sayde vnto him I will not but will goo to myne awne londe and tomy kynred And
thou shalt brynge vn to an oxe a meat offerynge of .iij. tenth deales of floure myngled with halfe an hin of oyle And thou shalt brynge for a drynk offerynge halfe an hin of wyne that is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde This is the maner that shal be done vnto one oxe one ram a lambe or a kyd And acordynge to the numbre of soche offerynges thou shalt encrease y● meat offerynges and the drynk offerynges All that are of youre selues shall do these thinges after this maner when he offereth an offerynge of swete sauoure vnto the L●●de And yf there be a straunger with you or be amonge you in youre generacions and will offer an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y● Lorde euen as ye do so he shall doo One ordynaunce shall serue both for you of the congregacion and also for the straunger And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer amonge youre childern after you that the straunger and ye shal be lyke before the Lorde One lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for y● straunger that dwelleth with you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye vnto them When ye be come into the londe whether I will brynge you then whē ye will eate of the bred of the londe ye shall geue an heue offerynge vnto the Lorde Ye shall geue a cake of the first of youre dowe vnto an heue offerynge as ye do the heue offerynge of the barne euen so ye shall heue it Of the first of youre dowe ye must geue vnto the Lorde an heue offerynge thorow out youre generacions Yf ye ouerse youre selues and obserue not all these commaundmētes which the Lorde hath spoken vnto Moses all that the Lorde hath commaunded you by y● hāde of Moses from the first daye forwarde that the Lorde commaunded amonge youre generacion when oughte is commytted ignorantly before the eyes of the congregacion then all the multitude shall offer a calfe for a burnt offerynge to be a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde the meat offerynge and the drynk offerynge there to acordynge to the maner and an he goote for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an aronement for all the multitude of y● childern of Israel ād it shal be forgeuen the for it was ignoraunce And they shall brynge their giftes vnto the offerynge of the Lorde and their synofferynge before the Lorde for their ignoraunce And it shal be forgeuen vnto all the multitude of the childern of Israel vnto the straunger that dwelleth amōge you for the ignorauncye perteyneth vnto all the people Yf any one soule synne thorow ignoraunce he shall brynge a she goote of a yere olde for a synofferynge And the preast shall make an atonement for the soule that synned ignorauntly with the synofferynge before the Lorde and reconsyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And both thou that art borne one of the childern of Israel and the straunger that dwelleth amonge you shall haue both one lawe yf ye synne thorow ignorauncye And the soule that doth ought presumpmously whether he be an Israelite or a straūger the same hath despysed the Lorde And that soule shal be destroyed from amonge his people because he hath despised the worde of the Lorde a hath brokē his cōmaūdmentes y● soule therfore shall perysh ād his synne shal be apon him And whyle the childern of Ysrael were in the wildernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vppon the Sabath daye And they y● founde him gatherynge stickes broughte him vnto Moses and Aaron and vnto all y● congregacion ād they put him in warde for it was not declared what shulde be done vnto him And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses y● mā shall dye let all the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste And all y● multitude broughte him without the hoste ād stoned him with stones and he dyed as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Ysrael and byd them that they make them gardes apon the quarters of their garmētes thorow out their generacions ād let them make the gardes of ribandes of Iacyncte And the garde shall Gods signes were to put men in remēbraunce of his worde that they shuld not seke a waye to please God after their awne imaginacion be vnto you to loke apon it that ye remembre all the commaundmentes of the Lorde and doo them that ye seke not a waye after youre awne hertes and after youre awne eyes for to goo a whooringe after them but that ye remembre and doo all my commaundmentes and be holy vnto youre God for I am y● Lorde youre God which broughte you out of y● londe of Egipte to be youre God I am the Lorde God ¶ The .xvi. Chapter ANd Corah the sonne of Iezehar the sonne of Cahath the sonne of Leui Dathan Abiram the sonne of Eliab and On the sonne of Peleth the sonne of Ruben stode vpp before Moses with other of the childern of Israel .ij. hundred and fyftie heedes of the congregacion and councelers and men of fame and they gathered thēselues together agenst Moses and Aaron sayed vnto them ye haue done ynough For all the multitude are holy euery one of them and the Lorde is amonge them Why therfore heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion of the Lorde When Moses herde it he fell apon his face and spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge tomorow the Lorde will shewe who is his and who is holy and will take them vnto him and whom so euer he hath chosen he will cause to come to him This doo take fyre pannes thou Corah and all thi companye and do fyre therein ād put cēs thereto before the Lorde tomorowe And then whom soeuer the Lorde doeth chose the same is holy Ye make ynough to doo ye childern of Leui. And Moses sayed vnto Corah heare ye childern of leui Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you that y● God of Israel hath separated you frō the multitude of Israel to brynge you to him to doo the seruyce of the dwellynge place of the Lorde and to stonde before the people to minystre vnto them he hath taken the to him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with the and ye seke the office of y● preast also For which cause both thou and all thi companye are gathered together agenst the Lorde for what is Aaron that ye shulde murmure agenst him And Moses sent to call Dathan ād Abiram the sonnes of Eliab and they answered we will not come Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast broughte us out of a londe that floweth with mylke and honye to kyll us in y● wildernesse But that thou shuldest reygne ouer us also More ouer thou hast broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke and honye nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or of vynes Echer wilt thou pull out the
dwelt in the south parties harde tell that Israel came by the waye that the spies had founde out he came and foughte with Israel and toke some of them presoners Then Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde and sayed Yf thou wilt geue this people in to oure hādes we will destroye their cities And the Lorde herde the voyce of Israel ād delyuered them the Cananites And they destroyed both them and their cities and called the place Horma Then they departed from mount hortowarde the redd se to compasse the londe of Edō And the soules of the people faynted by the waye And the people spake agenst God and agenst Moses wherfore hast thou brought us out of Egipte for to dye in the wildernesse for here is nether bred nor water and oure soules lotheth this lyghte bred Then the Lorde sent fyrie serpentes amōge the people which stonge them so that moch people dyed in Israel And the people came to Moses and sayed we haue synned for we haue spoken agenst the Lorde and agenst the make intercession to the Lorde that he take a wayethe serpentes from us And Moses made intercession for the people And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses make the a serpent ād hāge it vpp for a sygne and lett as many as are bytten loke apon it and they shall lyue And Moses made a serpent of brasse ād sert it vp for a sygne And when the serpentes had bytten any man he went and behelde the serpent of brasse and recouered And the childern of Israel remoued and pitched in Oboth And they departed from Oboth and laye at Egebarim in the wildernesse which is before Moab on the cast syde And they remoued thence and pitched ap●● the ryuer of zarad And they departed thence and pitched on the other syde of Arnō which ryuer is in the wildernesse and cometh out of the costes of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab betwene Moab and the Amorites Wherfore it is spoken in the boke of the warre of the Lorde goo with a violence both on the ryuer of Arnon and on the ryuers heed whiche sho●eth doune to dwell at Ar and leneth vppon the costes of Moab And from thence they came to Bear whiche is the well whereof the Lorde spake vnto Moses gather the people together that I maye geue them water Then Israel sange this songe Aryse vpp well synge thereto The well whiche the rulers dygged and the captaynes of the people with the helpe of the lawegeuer and with their staues And from this wildernesse they went to Ma●ana and from Ma●ana to Nahali●l and from Nahali●l to Bamoth and from Bamoth to the valay that is in the felde of Moab in the toppe of Pisga which boweth towarde the wildernesse And Israel sent messengers vnto Sihō kynge of the Amorites sayenge let vs goo thorow thy londe we will not turne in to thy feldes nor in to thy vyneyardes nether drynke of the water of the welles but we will goo alonge by the comon waye vntill we be past thy contre And Sihō wolde geue Israel no licence to passe thorow his contre but gathered all his people together went out agēst Israel in to the wildernesse And he came to Iaheza and foughte with Israel And Israel smote him with the edge of the swerde and conquered his londe from Arnon vnto Iabock euen vnto the childern of Ammon for the borders of the childern of Ammon are stronge And Israel toke all these cities dwelt in all y● cities of y● Amorites in Esbon and in all the townes that longe there to For Esbon was the citie of Sihon the kinge of the Amorites which Sihon had fought before with the kinge of the Moabites ād had taken all his londe out of his hande euen vnto Arnon Wherfore it is a prouerbe goo to Hesbō and let the citie of Sihon be bylt ād made redye for there is a fyre gone out of Hesbon a flame frō the citie of Sihō ād hath cōsumed Ar of the Moabites and the men of the hylles of Arnon Wo be to the Moab o people of Chemos ye are forloren His sonnes are put to flighte his doughters brought captyne vnto Sihon kinge of the Amorites There lighte is out from Hesbon vnto ●●bon and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha whiche reacheth vnto Mediba And thus Israell dwelt in the londe of the Amorites And Moses sent to serche oute Iaezer they toke the townes belongynge thereto ād conquered the Amorites that were there And then they turned and went vppe towarde Bason And Og the kynge of Bason came out agenst them both he and all his people to warre at Edrei And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses feare him not for I haue delyuered him in to thy handes with all his people and his lande And thou shalt do with him as thou dydest with Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon And they smote him and his sonnes and all hys people vntyll there was nothinge left him And they conquered his lande And y● children of Israel remoued and pitched in the feldes of Moab on the other syde of Iordane by Iericho ¶ The .xxij. Chapter ANd Balac the sonne of Ziphor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites and the Moabites were sore a frayed of the people because they were many and abhorred the childern of Israel And Moab sayed vnto the elders of Madian now this companye hath lickte vpp all that are rounde aboute vs as an oxe lycketh vp the grasse of the felde And Balac the sonne of Ziphor was kinge of the Moabites at that tyme. And he sent messangers vnto Balam the sonne of Beor the interpreter whiche dwelt vppon the ryuer of the lande of the childern of his folke to call him sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte which couereth the face of the erthe and lye euen harde by me Come nowe a felashippe and curse me this people For they are to myghtie for me so pera●enture I myghte be able to smyte them and to dryue them oute of the londe For I wote that whome thou blessest shal be blessed and whome thou cursest shal be cursed And the elders of Moab went with the elders of Madian and the rewarde of the sothe sayenge in their handes And they came vnto Balam and tolde him the wordes of Balac And he sayed vnto them tary here all nyghte and I will bringe you worde euen as the Lorde shall saye vnto me And the lordes of Moab abode with Balam And god came vnto Balam and sayed what men are these which are with the ▪ And Balam sayed vnto god Balac the sonne of Ziphor kynge of Moab hath sent vnto me sayenge beholde there is a people come out of Egipte and couereth the face of the erthe come now therfore and curse me them that so peraduenture I maye be able to ouercome them in batell and to dryue thē out And god sayed vnto Balam thou shalt not goo with
and how moch I loue him In like maner yf my brother do me euel for my good then yf I loue him when there is no cause in him I se that my loue was of god ād euē so yf I then hate him I feale and peaceave that my loue was but wordly And finallye he sturreth thē to the fayth ād loue of god ād dryveth them frō all confidence of their awne selves In the nynth also he moueth thē vnto faith and to put their trust in god and draweth thē from confidence of them selues by rehearsinge all the wekednesse which they had wrought from the first daye he knew them vnto that same daye And in the end he repeteth how he coniured god in horeb ād ouer came him with prayer where thou mayest lerne the right maner to praye In the tenth he rekeneth vpp the pith of all lawes and the kepinge of the lawe in the harte which is to feare god loue him ād serue him with all their harte soule and mighte ād kepe his commaundmentes of loue And he sheweth a reason why they shuld that doo euen because god is lord of heuen and erth ād hath also done all for them of his awne goodnesse without their deservinge And then out of the loue vnto god he bringeth the love vnto a mans neyghboure sayenge god is lorde aboue all lordes and loveth all his seruauntes indiffe rently as well the poore and feble and the straunger as the rich and mightye ād therfore wil that we loue the poore and the straunger And he addeth a cause for ye were straungers and god deliuered you and hath brought you vnto a londe where ye be at home Loue the straunger therfore for his sake In the .xi. he exhorteth them to loue and feare god and reherseth the terrible dedes off god vppon his enemies and on them that rebelled agenst him And he testifyeth vnto thē both what will folow yf they loue and feare god and whate also yf they despise him ād breake his commaundment In the .xij. he cōmaundeth to put out of the waye all that might be an occasion to hurte the fayth and forbiddeth to do ought after their awne mindes or to altre the worde of god In the .xiij. he forbiddeth to herken vnto ought saue vnto gods worde no though he which coūseleth cotrarye shuld come with miracles as Paule doth vnto the Galathians In the. xiiij the beestes are forbiddē partely for the vnclennesse of thē ād partely to cause hate betwene the hethē ād thē that they haue no cōuersatiō to gether in that one abhorreth whatt the other eateth Vnto this .xv. chaptre all pertayne vnto faith and loue cheflye And in this .xv. he beginneth to entreate moare speciallye of thinges pertayninge vnto the comenwelth ād equite ād exhorteth vnto the loue of a mans neyghboure And in the .xvi. amonge other he forgetteth not the same And in the xvij he ent●eateth of right and equite chefly in so moche that when he loketh vnto faithe and vnto the punyshment of ydolatres he yet endeth in a lawe of loue and equite forbiddinge to comdemne any man vnder lesse them twoo witnesses at the lest and commaundeth to bringe the trespacers vnto the open gate of the citye where all men goo in and out that all men might heare the cause and se that he had but right But the pope hath founde a better waye even to apposse him with out any accusare ād that secretlye that no man knowe whether he haue right or no other hate his articles or answere for feare lest the people shuld serch whether it ●●●re so or no. In the. xviij he forbiddeth all false and de●elish crastes that hurte true fayth Moreouer because the people coude not heare the voyce of the lawe spokē to thē in fire he promiseth thē another prophete to brīge thē better tydinges which was spokē of christ oure sauiour The .xix. ād so forth vnto the ende of the xxvij is almost al together of love vnto oure neygboures ād of lawes of equite ād honestye with now ād then a respecte vnto fayth The .xxviij. is a terreble chaptre ād to be trēbled at A christē mans harte might wel bleed for sorow at the readinge of it for feare of the wrath that is like to come vpō us accordinge vnto all the curses which thou there readest For acordinge vnto these curses hath god delt with all nacions after they were fallē in to the abhominacions of blindnesse The .xxix. is like terreble with a godly lessō in the ende that we shuld leue serchīge of goddes secrettes ād geue diligēce to walke accordinge to that he hath opened vnto us For the kepīge of the cōmaūdmētes of god teacheth wisdome as thou mayeste se in the same chapter where Moses sayeth kepe the cōmaūdmētes that ye maye vnderstod whate ye ought to do But to serch goddes secretes blīdeth a mā as it is wel proved by the swarmes of oure sophisters whose wise bokes are now whē we loke ī the scripture foūde but ful of folishnesse The first Chapter of Deuteronomye THese be the wordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel on the other syde Iordayne in the wildernesse and in the feldes by the red see betwene Pharā ād Tophel Laban Hazeroth and Disahab .xij. dayes iurney from Horeb vnto Cades bernea by the waye that leadeth vnto mount Seir. And it fortuned the first daye of the .xi. moneth in the fortieth yere that Moses spake vnto the childern of Israel acordinge vnto all that the Lorde had geuen him in commaundment vnto them after that he had smote Sihon the kynge of the Amorites which dwelt in Hesbon and Og kinge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei On the other syde Iordayne in the londe of Moab Moses begane to declare this lawe saynge the Lorde oure God spake vnto us in Horeb sayenge Ye haue dwelt longe ynough in this mount departe therfore and take youre iurney and goo vnto the hilles of the Amorites and vnto all places nye there vnto both feldes hilles and dales and vnto the south and vnto the sees syde in the londe of Canaan and vnto libanon euen vnto the greate ryuer Euphrates Beholde I haue set the londe before you goo in therfore and possesse the londe which the Lord sware vnto youre fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue vnto them and their seed after them And I sayde vnto yov the same season I am not able to bere you myselfe alone For the Lorde youre God hath multiplyed you so that ye are this daye as the starres of heauen in numbre the Lorde god of youre fathers make you a thousande tymes so many moo as ye are and blesse you as he hath promysed you how sayde I can I myselfe alone beare the combraunce charge and stryste that is amonge you brynge therfore men of wisdome and of vnderstondinge and expert knowne amonge youre trybes that I maye make them ruelars ouer you And ye answered me and sayed
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 ād 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 frō his fearse wrath and shewe the mercye ād 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 cōmaundmentes which I cōmaunde 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 mās deeth For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God ād 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 hert● 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 ād of thē that deuyde and cleaue the hoffe the camell the hare ād the conye For they chew cud but deuyde not the hoffe ād therfore are vncleane vnto you ād also the swyne for though he deuyde the hoffe yet he cheweth not cud ād therfor is vncleane vn to you Ye shall not eate of the flesh of thē 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 nyght●ro●● 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 Aliēt 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 ▪ to obserue ād doo all these commaundmentes which I commaunde you this daye ye and then the Lorde thy God shall blesse the as he ●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 lōde 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
lorde to whom be honoure and prayse for ever and vnto god oure father thorow him AMEN The fyrst boke of Moses called Genesis The fyrst Chapiter IN the begynnynge God created heaven and erth The erth was voyde and emptie ād darcknesse was vpon the depe and the spirite of god moved vpon the water Than God sayd let there be lyghte and there was lyghte And God sawe the lyghte that it was good devyded the lyghte from the darcknesse and called the lyghte daye and the darcknesse nyghte and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the fyrst daye And God sayd let there be a fyrmament betwene the waters ād let it devyde the waters a sonder Than God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which were vnder the fyrmament from the waters that were above the fyrmament And it was so And God called the fyrmament heaven And so of the evenynge and morninge was made the seconde daye And God sayd let the waters that are vnder heaven gather them selves vnto one place that the drye londe may appere And it came so to passe And god called the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther of waters called ●e the see And God sawe that it was good And God sayd let the erth bringe forth herbe and grasse that sowe seed and frutefull trees that bere frute every one in his kynde havynge their seed in them selves vpon the erth And it came so to passe ād the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge seed every one in his kynde trees berynge frute havynge their seed in thē selves every one in his kynde And God sawe that it was good and thē of the evenynge and mornynge was made the thyrde daye Than sayd God let there be lyghtes in the firmament of heaven to devyde the daye frō the nyghte that they may be vnto sygnes seasons days yeares And let them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heavē to shyne vpon the erth so it was And God made two great lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye a lesse lyghte to rule the nyghte and he made sterres also And God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne vpon the erth and to rule the daye the nyghte ād to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse And god sawe that it was good and so of the evenynge ād mornynge was made the fourth daye And God sayd let the water bryng forth creatures that move have lyfe foules for to flee over the erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven And God created greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyoe and moue which the waters brought forth in their kindes ād all maner of federed foules in their kyndes And God sawe that it was good and God blessed them saynge Growe and multiplye ād fyll the waters of the sees let the foules multiplye vpō the erth And so of the evenynge morninge was madethe fyfth daye And God sayd leth the erth bringforth lyvynge creatures in thir kyndes catell wormes beastes of the erth in their kyndes so it came ●o passe And god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes catell in their kyndes ād all maner wormes of the erth in their kyndes and God sawe that it was good And God sayd let vs make man in oure symilitude ād after oure lycknesse that he may have rule over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over catell and over all the erth and over all wormes that crepe on the erth And God created man after hys lycknesse after the lycknesse of god created he him male female created he them And God blessed them and God sayd vnto them Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it and have domynyon over the fysh of the see and over the foules of the ayre and over all the beastes that move on the erth And God sayd se I have geven yow all herbes that sowe seed which are on all the erth and all maner trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed to be meate for yow for all beastes of the erth and vnto all foules of the ayre and vnto all that crepeth on the erth where in is lyfe that they may haue all maner herbes and grasse for to eate and even so it was And God behelde al that he had made ād loo they were exceadynge good and so of the evenynge and mornynge was made the syxth daye The seconde Chapter Thus was heavē erth fynished wyth all their apparell ād ī y● seuēth daye god ended hys worke which he had made rested in y● seventh daye frō all his workes which he had made And God blessed y● seventh daye and sanctyfyed it for in it he rested from all his workes which he had created and made ¶ These are the generations of heaven erth when they were created in the tyme when the LORde God created heaven and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde before they werein the erthe And all the herbee of the felde before they sprange for the LORde God had yet sent no rayne vpon the erth nether was there yet any man to tylle the erth But there arose a myste out of the ground and watered all the face of the erth ▪ Then the LORde God sh●pe man even of the m●ulde of the erth and brethed into his face the breth of lyfe So man was made a lyvynge soule ¶ The LORde God also planted a garden in Eden from the begynnynge and there he sette man whom he had formed And the LORde God made to sprynge out of the erth all maner trees bewtyfull to the syghte and pleasant ●o eate and the tree of lyfe in the middes of the garden and also the tree of knowlege of good and euell ¶ And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the garden and thence devided it selfe and grewe into foure principall waters The name of the one is Phison he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila where gold groweth And the gold of that contreys precious there is found bedellion and a stone called O●ix The name of the seconde ryver is Gihon which compassyth all the lande of Inde And the name of the thyrde river is Hidekell which runneth on the easte syde of the assyryans And the fourth ●●ver is Euphrates ¶ And the LORde God toke Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to dresse it and to kepe it and the LORde God cōmaunded Adā saynge of all the trees of the gardē se thoū eate But of the tre of knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not for even y● same daye thou eatest of it thou shalt surely dye ¶ And the LORde God sayd it is not good that man shulde be alone I will make hym an helper to beare him company And after that the LORde God had make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde and all maner foules of the
make brycke ād 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 Anā 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 y● 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 Sē was an hundred yere olde and begat Arcphachsad ij yere after the floude And Sē 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 hūdred yere iij begat sonnes and doughters And Sala was .xxx. yere old and begat Eber ād lyued after he had begot Eber .iiij. hūdred and thre yere ād 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 ▪ 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 Abrās wyfe was called Sarai And Nahors wyfe Mylca the doughter of Baran which was father of Milca ād 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 ●● Chaldea to go in to the lāde 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 Abrā 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 thē that blesse the ād curse thē that curse the. And in the shall be blessed all the generations of the erih And Abram wēt 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 ād 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 lāde of Chanaan And when they were come in to the lande of Chanaan Abram went furth in to the lāde 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 ād sayd vnto thy seed wyll I geue thy slāde 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 ● 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 apō It wyll come to passe therfore whē 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 Egiptiās 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 ād he asses men seruantes mayde seruātes 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 ād 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 frō the south even vnto BETHEL ād 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 ▪ 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
the childrē 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 Thā take the ram that is the fullofferyng ād seth his flesh in an holye place And Aarō and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of hī ād the bred that is in the basket euen in the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse And they shall eat thē because the attonmēt was made therewith to fyll their handes and to sanctifie thē 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 recōcyle with all And thoushalt halowe the alter when thou reconcylest it and shalt anoynte it to sanctifie it Seuē 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 stōne nor holvoyle and holde youre hande on● off the fonte so that no mā maye twich it but thei that be consecrate This is that which thou shalt offre vpō 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 lābe 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 amōge 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 ●ē 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 ād thou shalt ouerlay it with fyne golde both the roffe ād the walles round aboute ād his hornes also ād shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold roūde aboute ād .ij. goldē 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 ād tellest them they shall geue euery mā 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 thē 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 attonemēt 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 ād theyr fete thereout whē they go in to the tabernacle of witnesse or whē 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 childrē 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 ▪ 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 galbanū ād pure frākēsens of etch like moch ād make cens of them cōpounde 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 Vrisōne to Hur of the tribe of Iuda And I haue filled hī with the sprete of God with wisdome vnderstondinge ād knowlege euē in all
maner worke to finde out sotle faytes to worke in golde syluer ād brasse and with the crafte to graue stones to set ād to carue in tībre ād to worke in all maner workmāshipe And beholde I haue geuē 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 ād the pure cādelsticke with al his apparell ād the alter of incens ād the alter of burntoffrynges with al his vessels ād the lauer with his fote ād the vestimētes to ministre in ād the holye garmētes for Aarō the preast ād the garmētes 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 ād heare the vvorde of god and to seke his vvil ād to offer ād reconcile thē selues vnto god it vvas a sig●● vnto the● also ād did put thē in remēbran̄ce that i● vvas god that sanctified thē vvith his holye sprete ād not thei them selues vvith their holy vverkes ūto the childern of Israel ād saye ī 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 whē 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 lōge or Moses came doune out of the mountayne they gathered them selues together ād came vnto Aaron and sayde vnto him Vp ād 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 ād 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 lāde of Egipte haue marred all they are turned at once out of the waye whiche I cōmaunded thē ād haue made thē a calfe of molten metall ād haue worshipped it ād haue offred therto and haue saide This ▪ 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 thē to hell for to haue soche a profre and vvolde not haue prayed ● Moses did that my wrath maye waxe hote vppō thē and that I maye consume thē 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 apō 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 ād haue compassion ouer the wikednesse of thi people Remēbre Abrahā Isaac ād Israel thy servauntes to whō thou sworest by thyne owne selfe ād saidest vnto thē I wil multiplye youre seed as the starres of heauen ād al this lande which I haue saide I will geue vnto youre seed ād they shall ēheret 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 frō the hyll and the .ij. tables of witnesse in his hande which were wryttē on both the leaues and were the worke of God ād the writīge was the writinge of God grauē 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 ▪ it is not the crye of thē that haue the mastrye ▪ nor of thē 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 ād burned it with fyre ād stampt it vnto powder and strowed it in the water and made the childern of Israel drynke And thā Moses sayde vnto Aarō 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 ▪ 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
and halowe it frō the vnclennesses of the childern of Israel And whē he hath made an ende of recōcylinge the holy place and the tabernacle of witnesse ād the alter let him bringe the lyue goote ād let Aarō 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 apō the heed of the goote ād 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 lynē clothes which he put on when he wēt in in to the holy place ād 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 atonemēt for him selfe ād 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 atonemēt in the holy place let one carye out without the hoste and burne with fyre both their skynnes their flesh ād their donge And let him that burneth them wasshe his clothes ād bathe his flesh in water and thē come in to the hoste agayne And it shal be an ordynaunce for euer vnto you And euē 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 attonemēt 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 attonemēt and shall put on the holy lynē vestimētes and reconcyle the holy sanctuary and the tabernacle of witnesse ād the alter and shall make an attonemēt 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 euē as the Lorde commaunded Moses ¶ The XVII Chapter ANd the Lorde talked with Moses saynge speake vnto Aarō and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the childern of Israel ād 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 thē 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 thē 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 ordynaūce 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 fa●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 attonemēt 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 eatē he shall poure out the bloude ād 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 ād bathe him selfe in water ād shal be vncleane vnto the euē ād thā is he cleane But ād 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 ād 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 iudgemētes and kepe myne ordynaunces to walke therein for I am the Lorde youre God Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces ād my iudgemētes 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
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 ād 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 cōmytt 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 ād 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 ād not accepted And he that eateth it shall bere his synne because he hath defiled the halowed thinges of the Lorde ād 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 ād 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 cauellaciōs 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 ād doune a * preuy accuser Yes for God ād with his a●●ne cōfessiō shalt thou accuse him to stablishe the holye fathers kingdome amōge 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 euē as thy self I am the Lorde Kepe myne ordinaunces Let none of thy catell gendre with a cōtrary 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 ād haue plāted all maner of trees where of mē eate ye shal holde them vncircumcised as concerning the it frute euē thre yere shal they be vncircūcysed vnto you ād shall not be eatē of Id the fourth yere all the frute of thē shal be holy ād acceptable to the Lorde And the fifth yere maye ye eate of the frute of thē ād 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 lāde fall to whoredome ād waxe ful of wekednesse ¶ Se that ye kepe my Sabbathes and feare my sauctuary I am the Lorde Turne not to thē that worke with sprites nether regarde thē that obserue disemall dayes that ye be not defiled by thē for I am the Lorde youre God Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed ād reuerence the
face of the old mā ād 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 iudgemēt nether in meteyerde weyght or measure But ye shal haue true balāces true weightes A true Epha ād 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 hī 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 commaundemētes we may happelye escape ● ordlye iudges but we cānot 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 cō 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 ād 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 womā kynd they haue both cōmitted an abhominacion and shall dye for it Their bloude be apon their heed Yf a man take a wife ād hir mother thereto it is wekednesse Mē 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 womā go vnto a beest ād lye doune the reto thou shalt kyll the womā ād the beest also they shal dye ād their bloud be apō their hedes Yf a mā take his syster his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter ād 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 ād 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 ād thei shall bere their mysdoynge Yf a mā lye with his vncles wife he hath vncouered Thei small dye immediatly ād not ●a●y the byrth as Iuda wol● haue burnt Thamar beinge great ●● ita childe his vncles secrettes they shall bere their synne and shall dye childlesse Yf a mā 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 euē 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 ād 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 mā or womā that worketh with a sprite or a maker of dysemall dayes thei shall dye for it Mē shall stone them with stones ād 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 lōge as she is a mayde ād 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 thē no baldnesse apon their Of the hethē preastes therfore toke our prelates the ensample off their balde pate● heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes nor make any markes in their flesh Thei shal be holy vnto their God ād not polute the name of their god for the sacrifices of the Lorde ād 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 frō 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
Sabbath of the Lorde wheresoeuer ye dwell These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy in their ceasons The xiiij daye of the first moneth at euē is the Lordes Passeouer And the .xv. daye of the same moneth is the feast of swete bred vnto the Lorde vij dayes ye must eate vnleuended bred The first daye shal be an holy feaste vnto you so that ye maye do no laborious worke therein But ye shall offer sacrifices vnto the Lord. vij dayes and the seuenth daye also shal be an holy feast so that ye maye doo no laborious worke therein And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israell and saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande whiche I geue vnto you and repe doune youre haruest ye shall brynge a shefe of the first frutes of youre haruest vnto the preast and he shall waue the shefe before the Lorde to be accepted for you and euen the morow after the Sabbath the preaste shall waue it And ye shall offer the daye when he waueth the shefe a lābe without blemysh of a yere olde for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde and the meatoffrynge thereof two tenth deales of fine floure mengled with oyle to be a sacrifice vnto the Lorde of a swete sauoure and the drinkofferinge thereto the fourth deale of an hin of wyne And ye shall eate nether bred nor parched corne nor furmentye of new corne vntyll the selfe same daye that ye haue broughte an offrynge vnto youre God And this shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you where soeuer ye dwell And ye shall counte from the morowe after the Sabbath euen from the daye that ye broughte the sheffe of the waueoffrynge vii wekes complete euen vnto the morow after the .vij. weke ye shall numbre .l. dayes And thē ye shal bringe a newe meatoffrynge unto the Lorde And ye shall brynge out of youre habitacions two waueloaues made of two tenthdeales off fine floure leuended and baken for first frutes vnto the Lorde And ye shall bringe with the bred seuen lambes without deformyte of one yere of age and one yonge oxe and .ij. rambes which shall serue for burntoffrynges vnto the Lorde with meatoffringes and drinkoffringes longinge to the same to be a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And ye shall offer an he goote for a synneofferinge and two lambes of one yere old for peaceoffringes And the preast shall waue thē with the bred of the first frutes before the Lorde and with the two lambes And they shal be holy vnto the Lorde and be the preastes And ye shall make a proclamaciō the same daye that it be an holy feast vnto you and ye shall do no laborious worke therein And it shal be a lawe for euer thorowe out all youre habitacions vnto youre childern after you When ye repe doune youre haruest thou shalt not make cleane ryddaunce off thy felde nether shalt thou make any aftergatheringe of thy haruest but shalt leue them vnto the poore and the straunger I am the Lorde youre God And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge ▪ speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye The first daye of the suenth moneth shal be a rest of remembraunce vnto you to blowe hornes in an holy feast it shal be and ye shall do no laborious worke therein and ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge also the tenth daye of the selfe seuēth moneth is a daye of an attonement and shal be on holy feast vnto you ād ye shall humble youre soules and offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde Moreouer ye shall do no worke the same daye for it is a daye of attonement to make an attonemēt for you before the Lord your God For whatsoeuer soule it be that humbleth not him selfe that daye he shal be destroyde from amonge his people And whatsoeuer soule do any maner worke that daye the same I will destroye from amonge his people Se that ye do no maner worke therfore And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre generacions after you in all youre dwellynges A sabbath of reste it shal be vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules The .ix. daye of the moneth at euen and so forth from euē to euen agayne ye shall kepe your Sabbath And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the childern of Israel ād saye the xv daye of the same seuenth moneth shal be the feast of tabernacles .vij. dayes ūto the Lorde The first daye shal be an holy feast so that ye shall do no laborious worke therein Seuen dayes ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde and the. viij daye shal be an holy feast vnto you ād ye shall offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde It is the ende of the feast and ye shall do no laborious worke therein These are the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall proclayme holy feastes for to offer sacrifice vnto the Lorde burnt offerynges meat offerynges and drink offrynges euery daye besyde the sabbathes of the Lorde ād besyde youre giftes and all youre vowes and all your fre will offerynges whiche ye shall geue vnto the Lorde Moreouer in the .xv. daye of the seuenth moneth after that ye haue gathered in the frute● of the lande ye shall kepe holy daye vnto the Lorde vij dayes longe The first daye shall be a daye of reste and the .viij. daye shal be a daye of rest And ye shall take you the first daye the frutes of goodly trees and the braunches off palme trees and the bowes of thicke trees ād wylowes of the broke and shall reioyse before the Lorde .vij. dayes And ye shall kepe it holy daye vnto the Lorde .vij. dayes in the yere And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto youre childern after you that ye kepe that feast in the seuenth moneth And ye shall dwell in bothes seuen dayes euen all that are Israelites borne shall dwell in bothes that youre children after you maye knowe howe that I made the childern of Israel dwell in bothes when I broughte them out of the lande of Egipte for I am the Lorde youre God And Moses told all the feastes of the Lorde vnto the childern of Israel ¶ The. xxiiij Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge commaunde the childern of Israel that they bringe vnto the pure oyle olyue betē for lightes to poure in to the lampes allwaye without the vayle of testimonye within the tabernacle of witnesse And Aaron shall dresse them both euen and morninge before the Lorde alwayes And it shal be a lawe for euer amōge youre childern after you And he shal dresse the lampes apon the pure candelsticke before the Lorde perpetually And thou shalt take ●●●● floure ād bake xij wastels thereof two tenthdeales shall euery wastell be And make two rowes of them sixe on a rowe apon the pure table before the Lorde and put pure frankencens vppon the rowes And it shal
make sprynklynge water for the multitude of Hēce 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 ād vnto the straunger y● 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 ād then he shal be cleane the seuenth daye And yf he purifye not himselfe the thyrde daye thē the seuenth daye he shall not be cleane Who soeuer twicheth any persone y● dyeth a sprynkleth not him selfe defyleth the dwellynge of the Lorde ād 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 y● is in the tent shal be vncleane vij dayes And all the vessels that be opē 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 y● 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 frō amōge 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 euē 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 y● 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 thēselues together agēst Moses and agēst 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 y● staffe and gather thou and thi brother Aarō the congregacion together and saye vnto the rocke before their eyes that he geue forth his water And thou shalt brynge thē 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 ād he sayed vnto thē heare ye rebellyons must we f●●t you water out of this rocke And Moses lifte vp his hāde 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 wēt doune in to Egipte and how we haue dwelt in Egipte a longetyme and how the Egip●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 citi● 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 agēst 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 frō 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 ād 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 co●etousnes fett monethes myndes and hath encreased thē with yeres myndes ād seuen yeres mīdes 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 Aarō .xxx. dayes The .xxi. Chapter ANd when kynge Arad the cananite which
with oyle vnto one bollocke and .ij. tēthdeales of floure for a meatofferynge myngled with oyle vnto one rā And euermoare ● tēth deale of floure myngled with oyle for a meatofferinge vnto one lābe That is a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure in the sacrifyce of the Lorde And their drynkofferynges shal be halfe an hin of wyne vnto one bollocke ād the thyrde parte of an hin of wyne vnto a ram and the fourth parte of an hin vnto a lambe This is the burntofferynge of euery moneth thorow out all the monethes of the yere one he goote for a synofferynge vnto the Lorde which shal be offered with the dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And the .xiiij. daye of the first moneth shal be Passeouer vnto the Lorde And y● .xv. daye of the same moneth shal be a feast in which vij dayes men must eate vnleuēded bred The first daye shal be an holy feast so that ye shall do no maner of laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde .ij. bollockes one ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde without spott and their meatofferynge of floure myngled with oyle .iij. tenthdeales vnto a bollocke and .ij. tenthdeales vnto a ram and euermoare one tenthdeale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes an hegoote for a synofferynge to make an atonement for you And ye shall offer these besyde the burntofferynge in the mornynge that is allway offered And after this manerye shall offer thorow out the .vij. dayes the fode of the sacrifice of swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And it shal be done besydethe dayly burntofferynge and his drynkofferynge And the seuenth daye shall be an holy feast vnto you so that ye shall doo no laboryous wo●ke therein And the daye of youre first frutes when ye brynge a new meatofferynge vnto the Lorde in youre wekes shal be an holy feast vnto you so that ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde .ij. younge bollockes and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde a pece with their meatofferynges of floure myngled with oyle .iij. tenthdeales vnto a bollecke .ij. tenthdeales to a ram ād euermoare one tenthdeale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes ād an he goote to make an atonement for you And this ye shall doo besydes the dayly burntofferynge and his meatofferynge they shal be without spot with their drynkofferynges ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ANd y● first daye of the .vij. moneth shal be an holy feast vnto you ād ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein It shal be a daye of tromperblowynge vnto you And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde one younge bollocke one rā .vij. lābes of a yere olde a pece that are pure And their meatofferinges of floure myngled with oyle iij tenth deales vnto the bollocke and .ij. vnto the ram and one tenth deale vnto one lambe thorow the .vij. lambes And an he goote for a synofferynge to make an atonement for you besyde the burntofferynge of the moneth and his meatofferynge and besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meatofferynge and the drynkofferynges of the same acordynge vnto the maner of them for a sauoure of swetnesse in the sacrifice of y● Lorde And the tenth daye of that same seuenth moneth shal be an holy feast vnto you and ye shall humble youre soules and shall doo no maner worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde of a swete sauoure one bollocke and a ram and .vij. lambes of a yere olde a pece without faute their meatofferynges of floure myngled with oyle iij. tenth deales to a bollocke ād .ij. to a rā and all waye a tenth deale vnto a lambe thorow out the .vij. lambes And one he goote for a synofferynge besyde y● synofferynge of atonement and the dayly burntofferynge and y● meate and drynkofferynges that longe to the same And the .xv. daye of the seuenth moneth shal be holy daye ye shall doo no laboryous worke therein and ye shall kepe a feast vnto y● Lorde of .vij. dayes longe And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde xiij bollockes .ij. rammes and .xiiij. lābes which are yerelynges and pure with oyle iij tenth deales vnto euery one of the .xiij. bollockes .ij. tē●h deales to ether of the rammes and one tenth deale vnto eche of the .xiiij. lambes And one he goote vnto a synofferynge besyde y● dayly burntofferynge with his meate and drynkofferynges And the seconde daye .xij. younge bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. yerlynge lambes without spot their meatofferynges and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and lambes acordynge to the numbre of them after the maner And an he goote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge ād his meate and drynkofferynges And the thyrde daye .xi. bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. yerelynge lambes without spot their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes lambes after the numbre of thē acordynge to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge his meate and drynkofferynges And the fourth daye .x. bollockes .ij. rammes .xiiij. lābes yerelynges pure ād their meate drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rāmes lābes acordynge to their nūbre and after the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge ād his meate and drynkofferynges And the fyfte daye .ix. bollockes .ij. rāmes and .xiiij. lambes of one yere olde a pece without spott And their meat and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rāmes and lambes acordynge to the numbre of them and after the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the syxte daye .viij. bollockes .ij. rammes ād xii●j yerelynge lambes without spot And their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and lambes acordynge to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the seuenth daye .vij. bollockes .ij. rāmes and .xiiij. lambes that are yerelynges pure And their meate and drynkofferynges vnto the bollockes rammes and lābes acordynge to their numbre to the maner And an hegoote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate and drynkofferynges And the eyght daye shal be the conclusion Out of soch come oure octaues ād feastes of eight dayes longe of y● feaste vnto you ye shall doo no maner laboryous worke therein And ye shall offer a burntofferynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde one bollocke one rā .vij. yerelynge lābes without spott And the meate drynkofferynges vnto the bollocke rā and lābes acordynge to their nūbres acordynge to y● maner And an he goote for a synofferynge besyde the dayly burntofferynge and his meate drynkofferynges These thinges ye shall doo vnto the Lorde in youre feastes besyde youre vowes and ●rewyll offerynges in youre burntofferinges meatofferynges drynkofferynges and pease
offerynges And Moses tolde the childern of Israel acordynge to all that the Lorde commaunded him ¶ The .xxx. Chapter ANd Moses spake vnto the heedes of Hēce was fetrthe exāple of oure vowes of chastite obediens and willfull pouertie oure offerynges ād oure pilgremage the trybes of y● childern of Israel sayēge this is the thynge which the Lorde commaundeth Yf a man vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe ād bynde his soule he shall not goo ba●ke with his worde but shal fulfyll all y● proceadeth out of his mouth Yf a damsell vowe a vowe vnto y● Lorde binde herselfe beynge in hir fathers housse and vnmaried Yf hir father heare hir vowe bonde which she hath made vppon hir soule holde his pease thereto then all hir vowes bōdes which she hath made vppō hir soule shall stonde in effecte But yf hir father for byd her the same daye that he heareth it none of hir vowes nor bondes which she hath made vppon hir soule shal be of value ād the Lorde shall forgeue her because hir father forbade her Yf she had an husbonde when she vowed or pronounsed oughte out of hir lippes wherewith she bonde hir soule and hir husbonde her de it and helde his peace there at the same daye he herde it Then hir vowes and hir bondes wherewith she bounde hir soule shal stonde in effecte But ād yf hir husbonde forbade her the same daye that he herde it than hath he made hir vowe which she had vppō her of none effecte and that also whiche she pronounsed with hir lippes wherewith she bounde hir soule and the Lorde shall forgeue her The vowe of a wedowe and of her that is deuorsed all that they haue bound their soules with all shall stonde in effecte with them Yf she vowed in her husbandes housse or bounde her soule with an oth and her husbande herde it and helde his peace and forbade her not then all her vowes and bondes wherewith she bound her soule shall stōde But yf her husbande disanulled them y● same daye that he herde them then nothing that proceded out of her lippes in vowes ād boundes wherewith she bounde her soule shall stonde in effecte for her husbande hath lowsed them and the Lorde shall forgeue her All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule maye her husbande stablish or breake But yf her husbande hold his peace from one daye vnto another then he stablisheth all her vowes and boundes whiche she had vppon her because he helde his peace the sa●●e daye that he herde them And yf he afterwarde breake them he shall beare her synne him self These are the ordinaunces which y● Lorde commaunded Moses betwene a man and his wife and betwene the father and his doughter beyenge a damsell in hir fathers housse ¶ The .xxxi. Chapter ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge auenge the childern of Israel of the Madianites and afterwarde be gathered vnto thy people And Moses spake vnto the folke sayenge Harnesse some of you vnto warre and let them goo apon the Madianites and auenge the Lorde of the Madianitis Ye shall sende vnto the warre a thousande of euery try be thorow out all the trybes of Israel And there were taken oute of the thousandes of Israel .xij. thousande prepared vnto warre of euery trybe a thousande And Moses sent them a thousande of euery trybe with Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the preaste to warre and the holye vessels the trompettes to blowe with in his honde And they warred agenst the Madianites as the Lorde commaunded Moses ād ●lewe all the males And they slewe the kynges of Madian among other that were slayne Eui Rekem Zur Hur and Reba fyne kynges of Madian And they slewe Balā the sonne of Beor with the swerde And the childern of Israel toke all the wemen of Madian presoners and their childern and spoyled all their catell their substance and their goodes And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt and all their castels with fyre And they roke all the spoyle and all they coude catche both of men and beestes And they broughte the captyues and that which they had taken and all the spoyle vnto Moses and Eleazer the preast ād vnto the companye of the childern of Israel euen vnto the hoste in y● feldes of Moab by Jordanenye to Jericho And Moses and Eleazer the preast and all the lordes of the congregacion went out of the hoste agenst them And Moses was angrie with the officers of the hoste with y● captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundredes which came from warre and batayle and sayde vnto them Haue ye saued the wemen alyue beholde these caused the childern of Israel thorow Balam to commytt trespace agēst y● Lorde by y● reason of Peor their folowed a plage amōge y● congregacion of the Lorde Nowe therfore slee all the men childern and the wemen that haue ly●● with men fleshlye But all the wemen children that haue not lyen with men kepe alyue for youre selues And lodge without the hoste .vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone all that haue twiched any dead body purifye both youre selues youre presoners the .iij. daye the .vij. And sprinkle all youre raymentes all that is made of skynnes all worke of gootes heer ād all thynges made of wodd And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all y● mē of warre which went out to batayle this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses Gold syluer brasse yeron tyn leed all that maye abyde y● fyre ye shall make it goo thorow the fyre ād then it is cleane Neuerthelater it shal be sprinkled with sprinklinge water And all y● soffereth not the fyre ye shall make goo thorow the water And wash youre clothes the seuenth daye then ye are cleane And afterwarde come in to the hoste And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge take the summe of the praye that was taken both of the wemē of catell thou Eleazer the preast and the auncient heedes of y● congregacion And deuyde it into two parties betwene them that toke the warre vppō thē and went out to batayle and all the congregacion And take a porcion vnto the Lorde of the men of warre whiche went o●te to batayle one of fyue hundred of the women and of the oxen and of the asses and of the shepe and ye shall take it of their halfe and geue it vnto Eleazer the preast an heueofferynge vnto the Lorde And of the halfe of y● childern of Israel take one of fystye of y● wemen of the oxen of the asses and of the shepe and of all maner of beestes geue them vnto the leuites which wayte apon the habitacion of the Lorde And Moses and Eleazer the preast did as the Lorde commaunded Moses And y● botye and the praye which the men of warre had caught was .vi. hundred thousande lxxv thousande shepe ād .lxxij. thousande
ox en .lxi. thousande asses .xxxij. thousande wemen that had lyen by no man And the halfe which was the parte of thē that wēt out to warre was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe And the Lordes parte of the shepe was .vi. hundred and .lxxv. And the oxen were .xxxvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .lxxij.. And the asses were .xxx. thousande and fyue hundred of whiche the Lordes parte was .lxi.. And the wemen were .xvi. thousande of which the Lordes parte was .xxxij. soules And Moses gaue that summe which was the Lordes heueofferynge vnto Eleazer the preast as the Lorde cōmaunded Moses And the other halfe of the childern of Israel whiche Moses seperated from the men of warre that is to were the halfe that pertayned vnto the congregacion was .iij. hundred thousande and .xxxvij. thousande and fyue hundred shepe and .xxxvi. thousande oxen and .xxx. thousande asses and fyue hūdred and .xvi. thousande wemen And Moses toke of this halfe that pertayned vnto the childern of Israel one of euery fyftie both of the wemen of the catell and gaue them vnto the leuites which wayted vppon the habitacion of the Lorde as the Lorde commaunded Moses And the officers of thousandes of the hoste the captaynes ouer the thousandes and the captaynes ouer the hundreds came forth sayed vnto Moses Thy servauntes haue taken the summe of the men of warre which were vnder oure hande there lacked not one man of them We haue therfore broughte a present vnto the Lorde what euery man founde of Jewels of golde cheyns bracelettes ringes earynges spangels to make an attonement for oure soules before the Lorde And Moses Eleazer toke the golde off them Jewels of all maner facions And all the golde of the heueoffrynge of the Lord of the captaynes ouer thousandes hundreds was .xvi. thousand .vij. hundred .l. sycles which y● mē of warre had spoyled euery man for him selfe And Moses Eleazer y● preast toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes ouer the hundreds brought it in to the tabernacle of witnesse to be a memoriall vnto y● childern of Israel before y● Lorde ¶ The ▪ xxxij Chapter THe childern of Rubē the childern of Gad had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell And whē they sawe the lōde of Iaeser the lōde of Gilead y● it was an apte place for catell they came spake vnto Moses Eleazer y● preast vnto y● lordes of y● cōgregaciō sayenge The lōde of Ataroth Dibo Beon whiche contre y● Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell wherfore sayed they yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse and bringe vs not ouer Iordane And Moses sayed vnto the childrē of Gad and of Ruben shall youre brethern goo to warre and yetarye here Wherfore discorage ye the hertes of the children of Israel for to goo ouer in to the londe which the Lorde hath geuē them This dyd youre fathers whē I sent them from Cades bernea to sethe londe And they went vp euen vnto the ryuer of Escol sawe the londe discoraged the he●tes of the childern of Israel that they shulde not goo into the londe whiche the Lorde had geuen them And the Lorde was wroth the same tyme and sware sayenge None of the men that came out of Egipte frō twentye yere olde and aboue shall se the londe whiche I swore vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob because they haue not continually folowed me saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune the Benesite Iosua the sonne of Nun for they haue folowed me continually And the Lorde was angrie with Israel and made them wandre in the wildernesse .xl. yere vntill all the generacion that had done euell in the syghte of the Lorde were consumed And beholde ye are rysen vp in youre fathers stede the encrease of synfull men to augmente the ferse wrath of the Lorde to Israel warde For yf ye turne awaye from after him he wyll yet agayne leue the people in the wildernesse so shall ye destroy all this folke And they went nere him ād sayed we will bylde shepefoldes here for oure shepe and for oure catell and cities for oure childern But we oure selues will go ready armed before the childern of Israel vntill we haue broughte them vnto their place And oure childrē shall dwell in the stronge cities because of the inhabiters of the londe And we will not returne vnto oure housses vntill the childern off Israel haue enhereted euery man his enheritaunce For we will not enheret with them on yonder syde Iordane forwarde because oure enheritaunce is fallen to vs on this syde Iordane eastwarde And Moses sayed vnto them Yf ye will do this thing that ye will go all harnessed before the Lorde to warre and will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before y● Lorde vntill he haue cast out his enemyes before him vntill the londe be subdyed before y● Lorde then ye shall returne be without sinne agenst the Lorde agenst Israel thie lōde shal be youre possession before the Lorde But yf ye will not do so beholde ye synne agenst the Lorde ād be sure youre synne will fynde you out Bilde youre cities for youre childern foldes for youre shepe se ye do y● ye haue spoken And the childern of Gad of Ruben spake vnto Moses sayenge thy servauntes will do as my lorde commaundeth Oure childrē oure wines substāce all oure catell shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead But we thi servauntes will goo all harnessed for the warre vnto batayle before the Lorde as my lorde hath sayed And Moses cōmaūded Eleazer y● preast Iosua y● sonne of Nun the aunciēt hedes of the tribes of the childern of Israel sayed vnto them Yf the childern of Gad and Ruben will goo with you ouer Iordane all prepared to syghte before the Lorde then when the lande is subdued vnto you geue them the londe of Gilead to possesse but yf they will not goo ouer with you in harnesse then they shall haue their possessions amonge you in y● londe of Canaan And the childern of Gad Ruben answered sayenge that which y● Lorde hath sayed vnto thi seruaūtes we will doo We wil goo harnessed before the Lorde in to the londe of Canaan the possession of oure enheritaunce shal be on this syde the Iordane And Moses gaue vnto y● childern of Gad and of Ruben vnto halfe the try be of Manasse the sonne of Ioseph the kyngdome of Sihon kynge of the Amorites and the kyngdome of Ogkynge of Basan the lande that longed vnto the cities thereof in the costes of the contre rounde aboute And the childern of Gad bylt Dibō ataroth Aroer Atroth So phan Iaeser Iegabcha Bethnimra Betharan stronge cities and they bylt foldes for their shepe And the
your brethern as well as vnto you and vntyll they also haue conquered the londe which the Lorde youre God hath geuen them beyonde lordayne and then returne agayne euery mā vnto his possession which I haue geuē you And I warned Iosua the same tyme sayeng thyne eyes haue sene all that the Lorde youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euēso the Lorde will doo vnto all kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the Lorde youre God he it is that fighteth for you And I besoughte the Lorde the same tyme sayenge O lorde Iehoua thou hast begonne to shewe thy servaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hande for there is no God in heauen nor in erth that can do after thy workes and after thy power let me goo ouer ād se the good londe that is beyonde Iordayne that goodly hye contre and Libanon But the Lorde was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayed vnto me be content and speake henceforth no moare vnto me of this matter Get the vp in to the toppe of Pisga ād lifte vpp thine eyes west north south ād easte ād beholde it with thyne eyes for thou shalt not goo ouer this Iordayne Moreouer charge Iosua and corage him and bolde him For he shall go ouer before his people and he shall deuyde the londe which thou shalt se vnto them And so we abode in the valaye besyde Beth Peor ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaunces ād lawes which I teache you ▪ for to doo them that ye maye lyue ād goo ād conquere No ▪ n●● yet corrupt it with false glos●s to cō●●me Aristotle but rebuke Aristotles false lerninge therewith the londe which the Lorde God of youre fathers geueth you Ye shall put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether doo ought there from that ye maye kepe the commaundmentes off the Lorde youre God which I commaunde you You re eyes haue sene what the Lorde dyd vnto Baal Peor for al the men that folowed Baal Peor the Lorde youre God hath destroyed f●om amōge you But ye that claue vnto the Lorde youre God are alyue euery one of you this daye Beholde I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes soche as the Lorde my God commaūded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Kepe them therfore and doo them for that is youre wisdome and vnderstandynge in the syghte of the nacyons whiche when they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondynge people is this greate nacion For what nacyon is so greate that hath Goddes so nye vnto hym as the Lorde oure God is nye vnto vs in all thinges when we call vnto hym Yee and what nacyon is so greate that hath ordinaunces and lawes so ryghtuousse as all thys lawe whiche I sett before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe therfore only ād kepe thy soule diligently that thou forgett not the thinges which thyne eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thyne harte all the Teach youre childern dayes of thine life but teach them thy sonnes ād thy sonnes sonnes The daye that I stode before the Lorde youre god in Horeb whē he sayed vnto me gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes that they maye lerne to f●re me as longe as thei lyue vppon the erth and that they maye teache their childern ye came ād stode also vnder the hyll ād the hyll burnt with fire euen vnto the myddes of heauē ād there was darcknesse clowdes ād myst And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the fire ād ye herde the voyce of the The voice is all to gether vnto that image ought men ●o bow● there hertes wordes But sawe no ymage saue herde a voyce only And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he commaunded you to doo euen ▪ x. verses and wrote them in two tables of stone And the Lorde commaunded me the same season to teache you ordynaunces and lawes for to doo them in the londe whether ye goo to possesse it Take hede vnto youre selues diligently as pertayninge vnto youre soules for ye sawe no maner of ymage the daye when the Lorde spake vnto you in Horeb out of the fire lest ye marre youre selues and make you grauen ymages after whatsoeuer likenesse it be whether after the likenesse of mā or womā or any mane beest that is on the erth or of any maner f●th●● red foule that fleth in the ayre or of any maner worme that crepeth on the erth or of any maner fysh that is in the water beneth the erth Ye and leste thou ly●●e vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them ād s●rue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Forthermoare the Lorde was angrye with me for youre sakes and sware that I shulde not goo ouer Iordane and that I shulde not goo vnto that good londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enherytaunce For I must dye in this londe and shall not goo ouer Iordane But ye shall goo ouer and conquere that good londe Take hede vnto youre selues therfore that ye forgett not the appoyntment of the Lorde youre God which he made with you and that ye make you no grauen ymage of what soeuer it be that the Lorde thi God hath forbidden the. For the Lorde thi God is a cōsuminge fyre and a gelouse God Yf after thou hast gotten childern and childerns childern and hast dwelt longe in the londe ye shall marre youre selues and make grauen ymages after the liknesse of what so euer it be and shall worke wekednesse in the syghte of the Lorde thy God to prouoke him I call heauen and erth to recorde vnto you this daye that ye shall shortely peressh from of the londe whether ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it Ye shall not prolonge youre dayes therin but shall shortly be destroyed And the Lorde shall scater you amonge nacions and ye shal be lefte few in numbre amonge the people whother the Lorde shall brynge you and there ye shall serue goddes which are the workes of mans hande wod and stone which nether se nor heare nor eate nor smell Neuer the later ye shall seke the Lorde youre God euen there and shalt fynde him yf thou seke him with all thine herte and with all thy soule In thi tribulacion and when all these thinges are come apon the euen in the later dayes thou shalt turne vnto the Lorde thy God and shalt herken vn to his voyce For the Lorde thy God is
lōde Nay but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast thē out before the. It is not for thy rightuousnes sake ād right hert that thou goest to possesse their lōd But partely for the wekednesse of these naciōs the Lord thy god doth cast thē 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 l●nd to possesse it for thou art a stissenecked people Remēbre ād 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 euē 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 ād 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 whē the people were gathered together And whē 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 thē 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 ād 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 Thē I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake thē before youre eyes And I fell before the Lorde euen as at the first tyme .xl. dayes ād 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 ād in prouokinge him For I was afrayed of the wrath and fearsnesse wherwith the Lord was angrie with you euē for to haue destroyed you But the Lorde herde my peticion at that tyme also The Lorde was very angrie with Aaron also euē for to haue destroyed him But I made intercession for Aarō also the same tyme. And I toke youre synne the calfe which ye had made ād burnt him with fire ād stampe him and grounde him a good euē vnto smal dust And I cast the dust thereof in to the broke that descended out of the mount Also at ●habeera and at Masa and at the sepulchres of lust ye angred the Lorde yee ād 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 hī nor herkened vnto his voyce Thus ye haue bene disobediēt vnto the Lord sence the daye that I knew you And I fell before the Lorde .xl. dayes and Lerne to pra●● 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 enheritaūce which thou hast delyuered thorow thi greatnesse and which thou hast brought out of Egipte with a mightie hand Remēbre 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 ād make the an Arke of wod and I will wryte in the table the wordes that were in the first tables which thou brakest ād thou shalt put thē in the arcke And I made an arke of sethī wod ād hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first ād 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 ād gaue thē vnto me And I departed ād came doune frō the hyll and put the tables in the arcke which I had made ād there they remayned as the Lorde commaunded me And the childern of Israel toke their iurney from Beroth Bē Iakē to Mosera where Aarō dyed ād where he was buried ād Eleazer his sonne became preast ī his steade And frō thēce they departed vnto Gudgod ād frō Gudgod to Iathbath a lōd 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 ād 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 euē 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 ād goo forth in the iurney before the people and let them goo in ād 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 ād 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
only the Lorde had a lust vnto thy fathers to loue them and therfore chose you theire seed after them off all nacyons as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore the foreskynne of youre hartes and be no longer sciffnecked For the Lorde youre God he is God of goddes and lorde of lordes a greate God a myghtye and a terreble which regardeth no mans person nor taketh giftes but doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode and rayment Loue therfore the straunger for ye were straungers youre selues in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the Lorde thi God and serue him and cleaue vnto him ād swere by his name for he is thi prayse ād he is thi God that hath done these greate and terreble thinges for the which thine eyes haue sene Thi fathers went doune in to Egipte with .lxx. soules ād now the Lorde thi God hath made the as the starres of heauen in multitude The .xi. Chapter LOue the Lorde thi God and kepe his obseruaunces his ordinaunces his lawes and his commaundmentes alwaye And call to mynde this daye that which youre childern haue nether knowen nor sene euen the nurture of the Lorde youre God his greatnesse his myghtye hande and his stretched out arme his miracles and his actes which he dyd amonge the Egiptiās euen vnto Pharao the kinge off Egipte and vnto all his lōde ād what he dyd vnto the host of the Egiptiās vnto their horses ād charettes how he brought the water of the red see vppon thē as they chased you and how the Lorde hath brought them to nought vnto this daye ād what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntill ye came vnto this place ād what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the erth opened hir mouth ād swalowed thē with their housholdes and their tentes ād all their substāce that was in their possessiō in the myddes of Israel For youre eyes haue sene all the greate deades of the Lorde which he dyd Kepe therfore al the cōmaundmentes which I cōmaunde the this daye that ye maye be stronge ād goo and conquere the londe whother ye go to possesse it ād that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the londe which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them ād to their seed a londe that floweth with mylke and honye For the londe whother thou goest to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence thou camest out where thou sowedest thi seed and wateredest it with thi laboure as a garden of herbes but the londe whither ye goo ouer to possesse it is a londe of hilles and valeyes and drynketh water of the rayne of heauē and a londe which the Lorde thi God careth for The eyes of the Lord thi God are always apō it from the begynnynge of the yere vnto the later ende of the yere Yf thou shalt herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye loue the Lorde youre God and serue him with all youre hertes and with all youre soules then he will geue rayne vnto youre londe in due season both the fyrst rayne and the later and thou shalt gather in thy corne thy wyne and thyne oyle And he will sende grasse in thy feldes for thy catell and thou shalt care and fyll thy selfe But bewarre that youre hertes disceaue you not that ye turne asyde and serue straunge goddes and worshepe them and thē the wrath of the Lorde waxe hote vpon you ād shott vp the heauen that there be no rayne and that youre londe yeld not hir frute and that ye peresh quickly from of the good lōde which the Lorde geueth you Putt vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde them for a sygne vnto youre handes and lett them be as papers of remembraunce betwene youre eyes and teach them youre childern so that thou * talke of them when thou syttest in Talke of ●o●●nhod saye oure prelates thyne housse and when thou walkest by the waye and when thou lyest doune and when thou rysest vpp yee and write them vppon the dorepostes of thine housse and vppon thi gates that youre dayes may be multiplyed ād the dayes of youre childern apon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto youre fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauē last vpon the erth For yf ye shall kepe all these comaundmentes which I cōmaunde you so that ye doo thē and loue the Lorde youre God and walke in all his wayes and oleaue vnto him Then will the Lorde cast out all these nacions both greatter and myghtyer then youre selues All the places where on the soles of youre fete shall treade shal be youres euen from the wildernesse and from Libanon and from the ryuer Euphrates euen vnto the vttemost see shall youre costes be There shall no man be able to stonde before you the Lorde youre God shal cast the feare and dreade of you vppō all londes whether ye shall come as he hath sayed vnto you Beholde I sect before you this daye a blessynge and a curse a blessynge yf that ye herkē vnto the commaundmentes of the Lorde youre God which I cōmaūde you this daye And a curse yf ye will not herkē vnto the cōmaundmentes of the Lord youre God but turne out of the waye which I commaūde you this daye to goo after straunge goddes which ye haue not knowen When the Lorde thi God hath brought the in to the londe whother thou goest to possesse it then put the blessinge vppon mount Grisim and the curse vppon mount Ebal which are on the other syde Iordane on the backe side of the waye towarde the goynge doune of the sonne in the lōde of the Cananites which dwell in the feldes ouer agenst Gilgal besyde moregroue For ye shall goo ouer to goo and possesse the londe which the Lorde youre God geueth you and shall conquere it ād dwell there in Take hede therfore that ye doo al the cōmaundmentes and lawes which I sett before you this daye The .xij. Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shall obserue to doo in the londe which the Lorde God of thy fathers geueth the to possesse it as longe as ye lyue vppon the erth Se that ye destroye all places where the nacyons which ye conquere serue their goddes vppon hye mountaynes and on hye hilles and vnder euery grene tree Ouerthrowe their alters and breake their pylers and burne their groues with fyre and hewdowne the ymages off theyr goddes and brynge the names of them to noughte out of that place Se ye doo not so vnto the Lorde youre God but ye shall enquere the place which the Lorde youre God shall haue chosen out of all youre trybes to put his name there and there to dwell And thyther thou shalt come and thyther ye shall brynge youre burntsacryfices and youre offerynges youre tithes and heueofferynges
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 hī 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 ād dwell in the lōde which the Lorde youre God geueth you to enheret ād he shal geue you rest frō 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 ād 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 forbiddē 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 ād the leuite that is within thi gates ād 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 lōge 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 vppō 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 ād 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 whē 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 thē 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 ād their doughters with fire vnto their goddes But what soeuer I commaunde you that take hede ye do ād put nought thereto nor take ought Put noughte to ne● 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 tēpteth you to wete whether ye loue the Lord God geueth vs his worde ●● cōfirmeth ●● with miracles to proue who hath a ●r ue herte● we must take hede to the scripture lest false prophetes or false miracles deceave vs. youre God with all youre hertes ād with al youre soules For ye must walke after the Lorde youre God ād feare him and kepe his cōmaūdmentes 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 spokē to turne you awaye frō the Lorde youre God which broughte you out of the londe of Egipte ād 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 ▪ entyce the secretly sayenge let vs goo and serue straunge goddes which thou hast not knowē nor yet thy fathers of the goddes of the people whiche are roūde 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 thyn● 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
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 commaūded 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 cōmaunded 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 vpō thē 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 ▪ 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 ād heare Israel this daye thou art become the people of the Lorde thy God Herken therfore vnto the voyce of the Lorde thi God ād do his cōmaundmētes ād 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 ād say vnto all the men of Israel wi●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 occasiō 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 ▪ 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 ād 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 Amē Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to flee innocent bloude and all the people shall saye Amen Cursed be he that mātayneth not all the wordes of this lawe to doo them ād 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 ād thy store Blessed shalt thou be both when thou goest out ād blessed whē 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 ād 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 nacyōs 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
vnto the Lorde thi God ād herken vnto his voyce acordinge to all that I cōmaunde the this daye both thou and thi childern with all thine hert and all thi soule Then the Lorde thi God wil turne thi captiuite ād haue cōppassion vpō the ād goo ād fett the agayne from all the nacions amōge which the Lorde thi God shall haue scatered the. Though thou wast cast vnto the extreme partes of heauen euen from thence will the Lorde thi God gather the and from thence fett the and brynge the in to the lande which thi fathers possessed and thou shalt enioye it And he will shewe the kyndnesse and multiplye the aboue thi fathers And the Lorde thi God will circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thi seed for to loue the Lorde thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule that thou mayst lyue And the Lorde thi God will put al these curses vpō thine enemyes and on thē that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde and doo all his commaundmentes which I commaunde the this daye And the Lorde thi God will make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hande and in the frute of thi bodye in the frute of thi catell and frute of thi lande and in riches For the Lorde will turne agayne and reioyse ouer the to doo the good as he reioysed ouer thi fathers Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule For the commaundment which I commaunde the this daye is not separated from the nether ferre of It is not in heauen that thou neadest to saye who shall goo vpp for us in to heauen and fett it us that we maye heare it ād doo it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou shuldest saye who shall goo ouer see for us and fett ●t us that we maye heare it and doo it But the worde is very nye vnto the euen in thi mouth and in thine hert that thou doo it Beholde I haue sett before you this daye lyfe and good deeth and cuell in that I commaunde the this daye to loue the Lorde thi God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes his ordynaunces and his lawes that thou mayst lyue and multipye and that the Lorde thy God man blesse the in the londe whother thou goest to possesse it But and yf thyne hert turne awaye so that thou wilt not heare but shalt goo astraye and worshepe straunge goddes and serue them I pronounce vnto you this daye that ye shal surely peresh and that ye shall not prolonge youre dayes vppon the londe whother thou passest ouer Iordayne to goo and possesse it I call to recorde this daye vnto you heauen and erth that I haue sett before you lyfe and deeth blessynge and cursynge but chose lyfe that thou and thi seed maye lyue in that thou louest the Lorde thi God herkenest vnto his voyce and cleauest vnto him For he is thi life and the lengthe of thi dayes that thou mayst dwell vppon the erth which the Lorde sware vnto thi fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The .xxxi. Chapter ANd Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel and sayed vnto them I am an hundred ād .xx. yere olde this daye ād can nomoare goo out and in Also the Lorde hath sayed vnto me thou shalt not go ouer this Iordayne The Lord youre God he will go ouer before the ād he will destroye these nacions before the ād thou shalt cōquere thē And Iosua he shall goo ouer before the as the Lorde hath sayed And the Lorde shall doo vnto them as he dyd to Sihon ād Og kynges of the Amorites ād vnto their landes which kinges he destroyed And when the Lorde hath delyuered them to the se that ye doo vnto them acordynge vnto all the cōmaundmentes which I haue cōmaunded you Plucke vpp youre hartes and be stronge dreade not nor be aferde of them for the Lorde thi God him selfe will goo with the and wil nether let the goo nor forsake the And Moses called vnto Iosua and sayed vnto him in the sighte of all Israel Be strōge and bolde for thou must goo with this people vnto the londe which the Lorde hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt geue it them to enheret And the Lorde he shall goo before the ād he shall be with the and wil not let the goo nor forsake the feare not therfore nor be discomforted And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the preastes the sonnes of Leui which bare the arke of the testament of the Lorde and vnto all the elders of Israel and commaunded them sayenge At the ende of .vij. yere in the tyme of the fre yere in the fest of the tabernacles when all Israel is come to appere before the Lorde thi God in the place which he hath chosen se that thou reade this lawe before all Israel in their eares Gather the people together both men wemen and childern and the straungers that are in thi cities that they maye heare lerne and feare the Lorde youre God and be diligent to kepe all the wordes of this lawe and that theyr childern which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the Lorde youre God as longe as ye lyue in the londe whother ye goo ouer Iordayne to possesse it And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses Beholde thy dayes are come that thou must dye Call Iosua and come and stonde in the tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge And Moses and Iosua went and stode in the tabernacle off witnesse And the Lorde apeared in the tabernacle euen in the pyler off the cloude And the piler of the cloude stode ouer the dore of the tabernacle And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses beholde thou must slepe with thi fathers and this people will goo a whorynge after straunge goddes off the londe whother they goo and will forsake me and breake the appoyntement which I haue made with them And then my wrath will waxe whote agenst them and I will forsake them and will hyde my face from them and they shal be consumed And when moch aduersyte and tribulacion is come vppon them then they will saye because oure God is not amonge us these tribulacions are come vppon us But I wil hyde my face that same tyme for all the euels sake which they shall haue wrought in that they are turned vnto straunge goddes Now therfore write ye this songe and teach it the childern of Israel and put it in their mouthes that this songe maye be my witnesse vnto the childern of Israel For when I haue brought them in to the londe whiche I sware vnto their fathers that runneth with mylke ād honye then they will eate and fyll them selues and waxe