In the First of all, and before any creature was, God made heaven and earth out of nothing. beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The Argument - Moses in effect declares three things, which are in this book chiefly to be considered: First, that the world and all things in it were created by God, and to praise his Name for the infinite graces, with which he had endued him, fell willingly from God through disobedience, who yet for his own mercies sake restored him to life, and confirmed him in the same by his promise of Christ to come, by whom he should overcome Satan, death and hell. Secondly, that the wicked, unmindful of God's most excellent benefits, remained still in their wickedness, and so falling most horribly from sin to sin, provoked God (who by his preachers called them continually to repentance) at length to destroy the whole world. Thirdly, he assures us by the examples of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the rest of the patriarchs, that his mercies never fail those whom he chooses to be his Church, and to profess his Name in earth, but in all their afflictions and persecutions he assists them, sends comfort, and delivers them, so that the beginning, increase, preservation and success of it might be attributed to God only. Moses shows by the examples of Cain, Ishmael, Esau and others, who were noble in man's judgment, that this Church depends not on the estimation and nobility of the world: and also by the fewness of those, who have at all times worshipped him purely according to his word that it stands not in the multitude, but in the poor and despised, in the small flock and little number, that man in his wisdom might be confounded, and the name of God praised forever. And the earth was As an unformed lump and without any creature in it: for the waters covered everything. without form, and void; and Darkness covered the deep waters, for the waters covered everything. darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God He maintained this disordered mass by his secret power. moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was The light was made before either Sun or Moon was created: therefore we must not attribute that to the creatures that are God's instruments, which only belong to God. light. And God sawe the light that it was good, and God separated the light from the darkenes. And God called the light, Day, and the darkenes, he called Night. So the euening and the morning were the first day. Againe God saide, Let there be a firmament in the middes of the waters: and let it separate the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] As the sea and rivers, from those waters that are in the clouds, which are upheld by God's power, least they should overwhelm the world. under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament That is, the region of the air, and all that is above us. Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. God saide againe, Let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appeare; it was so. And God called the dry land, Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters, Seas: and God sawe that it was good. And God said, So that we see it is the only the power of God's word that makes the earth fruitful, which naturally is barren. Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God This sentence is often repeated, to signify that God made all his creatures to serve for his glory and for the profit of man: but because of sin they were cursed, yet the elect, by Christ are restored, and serve to their wealth. saw that [it was] good. So the euening and the morning were the third day. And God said, Let there be By the lights be means the sun, the moon, and the stars. lights in the firmament of the heaven to Which is the artificial day, from the sun rising, to the going down. divide the day from the night; and let them be for Of things belonging to natural and political orders and seasons. signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lightes in the firmament of the heauen to giue light vpon the earth; it was so. And God made two great That is, the sun and the moon, and here he speaks as man judges by his eye: for else the moon is less than the planet Saturn. lights; the greater light to To give it sufficient light, as instruments appointed for the same, to serve man's purposes. rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heauen, to shine vpon the earth, And to rule in the day, and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkenes: and God sawe that it was good. So the euening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the As fish and worms which slide, swim or creep. moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the The fish and fowls had both one beginning, in which we see that nature gives place to God's will, in that the one sort is made to fly about in the air, and the other to swim beneath in the water. waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good. And God That is, by the virtue of his word he gave power to his creatures to reproduce. blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. So the euening and the morning were the fift day. Moreouer God said, Let the earth bring foorth the liuing thing according to his kinde, cattell, and that which creepeth, and the beast of the earth, according to his kinde; it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to his kinde, and the cattell according to his kinde, & euery creeping thing of the earth according to his kind: & God saw that it was good. And God said, God commanded the water and the earth to bring forth other creatures: but of man he says, «Let us make...» signifying that God takes counsel with his wisdom and virtue purposing to make an excellent work above all the rest of his creation. Let us make man in our This image and likeness of God in man is expounded in (Eph_4:24) where it is written that man was created after God in righteousness and true holiness meaning by these two words, all perfection, as wisdom, truth, innocency, power, etc. image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female. And God The propagation. blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you God's great. every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Likewise to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the heauen, and to euery thing that moueth vpon the earth, which hath life in it selfe, euery greene herbe shall be for meate; it was so. And God sawe all that he had made, and loe, it was very good. So the euening and the morning were the sixt day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the That is, the innumerable abundance of creatures in heaven and earth. host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he For he had now finished his creation, but his providence still watches over his creatures and governs them. rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and Appointed it to be kept holy, that man might in it consider the excellency of his works and God's goodness toward him. sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. These are the generations of the heauens and of the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lorde God made the earth and the heauens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to God only opens the heavens and shuts them, he sends drought and rain according to his good pleasure. rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground. But a myst went vp from the earth, and watered all the earth. And the LORD God formed man He shows what man's body was created from, to the intent that man should not glory in the excellency of his own nature. [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in This was the name of a place, as some think in Mesopotamia, most pleasant and abundant in all things. Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the Who was a sign of the life received from God. tree of life also in the midst of the garden, That is, of miserable experience, which came by disobeying God. and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And out of Eden went a riuer to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heads. The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land Havilah is a country adjoining Persia to the east, and inclining towards the west. of Havilah, where [there is] gold; And the golde of that land is good: there is Bdelium, and the Onix stone. And the name of the seconde riuer is Gihon: the same compasseth the whole lande of Cush. The name also of the third riuer is Hiddekel: this goeth toward the Eastside of Asshur: and the fourth riuer is Perath) And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to God would not have man idle, though as yet there was no need to labour. dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God So that man might know there was a sovereign Lord, to whom he owed obedience. commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely By death he means the separation of man from God, who is our life and chief happiness: and also that our disobedience is the cause of it. die. Also the Lorde God saide, It is not good that the man should be himself alone: I wil make him an helpe meete for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto By moving them to come and submit themselves to Adam. Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof. The man therefore gaue names vnto all cattell, and to the foule of the heauen, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam founde he not an helpe meete for him. Therefore the Lord God caused an heauie sleepe to fall vpon the man, and he slept: and he tooke one of his ribbes, & closed vp the flesh in steade thereof. And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a Signifying that mankind was perfect, when the woman was created, who before was like an imperfect building. woman, and brought her unto the man. Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man leave So marriage requires a greater duty of us toward our wives, than otherwise we are bound to show to our parents. his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not For before sin entered, all things were honest and comely. ashamed. Now the serpent was more As Satan can change himself into an angel of light, so did he abuse the wisdom of the serpent to deceive man. subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he God allowed Satan to make the serpent his instrument and to speak through him. said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden, But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, In doubting God's warnings she yielded to Satan. lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely This is Satan's chiefest subtilty, to cause us not to fear God's warnings. die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, As though he said, God forbids you to eat of the fruit, only because he knows that if you eat of it, you will be like him. knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he Not so much to please his wife, as moved by ambition at her persuasion. did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they They began to feel their misery, but they did not seek God for a remedy. knew that they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife The sinful conscience flees God's presence. hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] His hypocrisy appears in that he hid the cause of his nakedness, which was the transgression of God's commandment. naked; and I hid myself. And he saide, Who tolde thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eate? And the man said, The woman whom thou His wickedness and lack of true repentance appears in this that he blamed God because he had given him a wife. gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, Instead of confessing her sin, she increases it by accusing the serpent. The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, He asked the reason from Adam and his wife, because he would bring them to repentance, but he does not ask the serpent, because he would show him no mercy. Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and As a vile and contemptible beast, (Isa_65:25). dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between He chiefly means Satan, by whose action and deceit the serpent deceived the woman. thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy That is, the power of sin and death. head, and thou shalt Satan shall sting Christ and his members, but not overcome them. bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy The Lord comforts Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punishes the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness might live by faith. (1Co_14:34). sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: The transgression of God's commandment was the reason that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse. cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; These are not the natural fruit of the earth, but proceed from the corruption of sin.Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne. (And the man called his wiues name Heuah, because she was the mother of all liuing) Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God Or, gave them knowledge to make themselves coats. make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD God said, By this derision by reproaches Adam's misery, into which he was fallen by ambition. Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and Adam deprived of life, lost also the sign of it. take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken. Thus he cast out man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sworde shaken, to keepe the way of the tree of life. And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she Man's nature, the estate of marriage, and God's blessing were not utterly abolished through sin, but the quality or condition of it was changed. conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man That is, according to the Lord's promise, as some read (Gen_3:15), «To the Lord» rejoicing for the son she had born, whom she would offer to the Lord as the first fruits of her birth. from the LORD. And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, & Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an This declares that the father instructed his children in the knowledge of God, and also how God gave them sacrifices to signify their salvation, though they were destitute of the ordinance of the tree of life. offering unto the LORD. And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering, But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe. Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be Both you and your sacrifice shall be acceptable to me. accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the Sin will still torment your conscience. door. And unto thee [shall be] his The dignity of the first born is given to Cain over Abel. desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him. And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: This is the nature of the reprobate when they are rebuke for their hypocrisy, even to neglect God and outrage him. [Am] I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the God avenges the wrongs against his saints, though no one complains: for the iniquity itself cries for vengeance. voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now [art] thou cursed The earth will be a witness against you, which mercifully received the blood you most cruelly shed. from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a You will never have rest for your heart will be in continual fear and worry. fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain said unto the LORD, He burdens God as a cruel judge because he punished him so severely. My punishment [is] greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, Not for the love he had for Cain, but to suppress murder. vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a Which was some visible sign of God's judgment, that others should fear by it. mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a Thinking by this to be safe, and to have less reason to fear God's judgments against him. city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methushael begate Lamech. And Lamech took unto him The lawful institution of marriage, which is, that two should be one flesh, was first corrupted in the house of Cain by Lamech. two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell. And his brothers name was Iubal, who was the father of all that play on the harpe and organes. And Zillah also bare Tubal-kain, who wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and of yron: and the sister of Tubal-kain was Naamah. And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: His wives seeing that all men hated him for his cruelty, were afraid, therefore he brags that there is none strong enough to resist, even though he was already wounded. for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech He mocked at God's tolerance in Cain jesting as though God would allow no one to punish him and yet give him permission to murder others. seventy and sevenfold. And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to In these days God began to move the hearts of the godly to restore religion, which had been suppressed by the wicked for a long time. call upon the name of the LORD. This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the Read (Gen_1:26). likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name By giving them both one name, he notes the inseparable conjunction of man and wife. Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own As well, concerning his creation, as his corruption. likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes that Adam liued, were nine hundreth and thirtie yeeres: and he died. And He proves Adam's generation by those who came from Seth, to show the true Church, and also what care God had over the same from the beginning, in that he continued his graces toward it by a continual succession. Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: And Sheth liued, after he begate Enosh, eight hundreth and seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. And all the days of Seth were The main reason for long life in the first age, was the multiplication of mankind, that according to God's commandment at the beginning the world might be filled with people, who would universally praise him. nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. Also Enosh liued ninetie yeeres, and begate Kenan. And Enosh liued, after he begate Kenan, eight hundreth and fifteene yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes of Enosh were nine hundreth and fiue yeeres: and he died Likewise Kenan liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Mahalaleel. And Kenan liued, after he begate Mahalaleel, eight hundreth and fourtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes of Kenan were nine hundreth and tenne yeeres: and he died. Mahalaleel also liued sixtie & fiue yeres, and begate Iered. Also Mahalaleel liued, after he begate Iered, eight hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes of Mahalaleel were eight hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres: and he died. And Iered liued an hundreth sixtie and two yeeres, and begate Henoch. Then Iered liued, after he begate Henoch, eight hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes of Iered were nine hundreth sixtie and two yeeres: and he died. Also Henoch liued sixtie & fiue yeeres, and begate Methushelah. And Enoch That is, he led an upright and godly life. walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: So all the dayes of Henoch were three hundreth sixtie and fiue yeeres. And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for To show that there was a better life prepared and to be a testimony of the immortality of souls and bodies. To inquire where he went is mere curiosity. God took him. Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech. And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So al the dayes of Methushelah were nine hundreth sixtie and nine yeeres: and he died. Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne, And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall Lamech had respect for the promise, (Gen_3:15), and desired to see the deliverer who would be sent and yet saw but a figure of it. He spoke this by the spirit of prophecy because Noah delivered the Church and preserved it by his obedience. comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died. And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde; Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth. So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them, That the The children of the godly who began to degenerate. sons of God saw the daughters Those that had wicked parents, as if from Cain. of men that they [were] Having more respect for their beauty and worldly considerations than for their manners and godliness. fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always Because man could not by won by God's leniency and patience by which he tried to win him, he would no longer withhold his vengeance. strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an Which time span God gave man to repent before he would destroy the earth, (1Pe_3:20). hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of Who usurped authority over others, and degenerated from that simplicity, in which their father's lived. renown. When the Lorde sawe that the wickednesse of man was great in the earth, and all the imaginations of the thoughtes of his heart were onely euill continually, And it God never repents, but he speaks in human terms, because he destroyed him, and in a way denied him as his creature. repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and God declares how much he detests sin, seeing the punishment of it extends to the brute beasts. beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah God was merciful to him. found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a iust and vpright man in his time: and Noah walked with God. And Noah begate three sonnes, Shem, Ham and Iapheth. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with Meaning, that all were given to the contempt of God, and oppression of their neighbours. violence. Then God looked vpon the earth, and beholde, it was corrupt: for all flesh had corrupt his way vpon the earth. And God said vnto Noah, An ende of all flesh is come before me: for the earth is filled with crueltie through them: and beholde, I wil destroy them with the earth. Make thee an Arke of pine trees: thou shalt make cabines in the Arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And thus shalt thou make it: The length of the Arke shalbe three hundreth cubites, the breadth of it fiftie cubites, and the height of it thirtie cubites. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; [with] That is, of three heights. lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it. And I, beholde, I will bring a flood of waters vpon the earth to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life vnder the heauen: all that is in the earth shall perish. But with thee will I So that in this great undertaking and mocking of the whole world, you may be confirmed so your faith does not fail. establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. And of euery liuing thing, of all flesh two of euery sort shalt thou cause to come into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shalbe male and female. Of the foules, after their kinde, and of the cattell after their kind, of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, that thou mayest keepe them aliue. And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten: and thou shalt gather it to thee, that it may be meate for thee and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, That is, he obeyed God's commandment in all points without adding or taking away. so did he. And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen In respect to the rest of the world, and because he had a desire to serve God and live uprightly. righteous before me in this generation. Of every Which might be offered in sacrifice, of which six were for breeding and the seventh for sacrifice. clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female. Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth. For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth. Noah therefore did according vnto all that the Lord commanded him. And Noah was sixe hundreth yeeres olde, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth. So Noah entred and his sonnes, and his wife, & his sonnes wiues with him into the Arke, because of the waters of the flood. Of the cleane beastes, and of the vncleane beastes, and of the foules, and of all that creepeth vpon the earth, There God compelled them to present themselves to Noah, as they did before to Adam, when he gave them names, (Gen_2:19). went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth. In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the Both the waters in the earth overflowed and also the clouds poured down. fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes. In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke. They and euery beast after his kinde, and all cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euen euery bird of euery fether. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two Every living thing that God would have be preserved on earth, came into the ark to Noah. of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life. And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD So that God's secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters. shut him in. Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth. The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters. The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered. Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered. Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, both foule and cattell and beast, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, and euery man. Euery thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drie land, they died. And every living substance was destroyed That is, by God. which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only Learn what it is to obey God only, and to forsake the multitude, (1Pe_3:20). remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark. And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes. And God Not that God forgets his at any time, but when he sends comfort then he shows that he remembers them. remembered Noah, and If God remembered every brute beast, that ought also to assure his children. every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained, And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated. And the ark rested in the Part of September and part of October. seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the Which was the month of December. tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. So after fourtie dayes, Noah opened the windowe of the Arke, which he had made, And sent forth a rauen, which went out going forth and returning, vntill the waters were dried vp vpon the earth. Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth. But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he The raven flew to and fro, resting on the ark, but did not come into it, unlike the dove that was taken in. put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and againe he sent forth the doue out of the Arke. And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives do not grow on the high mountains. olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. Notwithstanding he wayted yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more. And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the Called in Hebrew Abib, part of March and part of April. first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second moneth, in the seuen & twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie. Then God spake to Noah, saying, Noah declares his obedience, in that he would not leave the ark without God's express commandment, as he did not enter in without the same: the ark being a figure of the Church, in which nothing must be done outside the word of God.Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite & increase vpon ye earth. So Noah came forth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him. Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery foule, all that moueth vpon the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke. And Noah For sacrifices which were as an exercise of their faith, by which they used to give thanks to God for his benefits. builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And the LORD smelled a That is, by it he showed himself appeased and his anger at rest. sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, The order of nature destroyed by the flood, is restored by God's promise. seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. And God God increased them with fruit, and declared to them his counsel as concerning the replenishing of the earth. blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the By the virtue of this commandment, beasts do not rage as much against man as they would, yea and many serve his purposes by it. fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every By this permission man may with a good conscience use the creatures of God for his needs. moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. That is, living creatures, and the flesh of beasts that are strangled: and by this all cruelty is forbidden.But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. That is, I will take vengeance for your blood.And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, Not only by the magistrate, but often God raises up one murderer to kill another. by man shall his blood be shed: for in the Therefore to kill man is to deface God's image, and so injury is not only done to man, but also to God. image of God made he man. But bring ye forth fruite & multiplie: grow plentifully in the earth, and increase therein. God spake also to Noah & to his sonnes with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my To assure you that the world will never again be destroyed by a flood. covenant with you, and with your The children which are not yet born, are comprehended in God's covenant with their fathers. seed after you; And with euery liuing creature that is with you, with the foule, with the cattell, and with euery beast of the earth with you, from all that goe out of the Arke, vnto euery beast of the earth. And my couenant will I establish with you, that from henceforth all flesh shall not be rooted out by ye waters of the flood, neither shall there be a flood to destroy the earth any more. Then God saide, This is the token of the couenant which I make betweene me and you, and betweene euery liuing thing, that is with you vnto perpetuall generations. I do set my By this we see that signs or ordinances should not be separate from the word. bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And when I shall couer the earth with a cloud, and the bowe shall be seene in the cloude, And I will remember my When men see my bow in the sky, they will know that I have not forgotten my covenant with them. covenant, which [is] between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. Therefore the bowe shalbe in the cloude, that I may see it, and remember the euerlasting couenant betweene God, and euery liuing thing in all flesh that is vpon the earth. And God said unto Noah, God repeats this often to confirm Noah's faith even more. This [is] the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth. Nowe the sonnes of Noah going foorth of the Arke, were Shem and Ham and Iapheth; Ham is the father of Canaan. These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth This declares what the virtue of God's blessing was, when he said, increase and bring forth in (Gen_1:28). overspread. Noah also began to be an husband man and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was This is set before us to show what a horrible thing drunkenness is. drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Of whom came the Canaanites that wicked nation, who were also cursed by God. Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and In derision and contempt of his father. told his two brethren without. Then tooke Shem & Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse. Then Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto him, And he said, He pronounces as a prophet the curse of God against all those who do not honour their parents: for Ham and his posterity were cursed. Cursed [be] Canaan; a That is, a most vile slave. servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. He said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and let Canaan be his seruant. God shall He declares that the Gentiles, who came from Japheth, and were separated from the Church, should be joined to the same by the persuasion of God's Spirit, and preaching of the gospel. enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. And Noah liued after the flood three hundreth and fiftie yeeres. So all the dayes of Noah were nine hundreth and fiftie yeeres: and he died. These generations are here recited, partly to declare the marvellous increase, and also to set forth their great forgetfulness of God's grace towards their fathers.Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Of Madai and Javan came the Medes and Greeks. Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the So do the Jews call all countries which are separated from them by sea, as Greece, Italy etc, which were given to the children of Japheth, of whom came the Gentiles. isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. And the sons of Ham; Of Cush and Mizraim came the Ethiopians and Egyptians. Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. And the sonnes of Cush, Seba and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a Meaning, a cruel oppressor and tyrant. mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even His tyranny came into a proverb as hated both by God and man: for he did not cease to commit cruelty even in God's presence. as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of For there was another city in Egypt, called Babel. Shinar. Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah: Resen also betweene Niniueh and Calah: this is a great citie. And Mizraim begat Of Lud came the Lydians. Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, Pathrusim also, & Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims. Also Canaan begat Zidon his first borne, and Heth, And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgashi, And Hiui, and Arki, and Sini, And Aruadi, and Zemari, and Hamathi: and afterwarde were the families of the Canaanites spred abroade. Then the border of the Canaanites was from Zidon, as thou commest to Gerar vntil Azzah, and as thou goest vnto Sodom, & Gomorah, and Admah, and Zeboijm, euen vnto Lasha. These are the sonnes of Ham according to their families, according to their tongues in their countries and in their nations. Unto In his stock the Church was preserved: therefore Moses stops speaking of Japheth and Ham, and speaks of Shem extensively. Shem also, the father of all the children of Of whom came the Hebrews or Jews. Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born. The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. And the sonnes of Aram, Vz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one [was] Peleg; for in his days was the earth This division came by the diversity of language, as appears in (Gen_11:9). divided; and his brother's name [was] Joktan. Then Ioktan begate Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and Ierah, And Hadoram, and Vzal, and Dicklah, And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount of the East. These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countreis and nations. These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood. Then the whole earth was of one language and one speache. And it came to pass, One hundred and thirty years after the flood. as That is, Nimrod and his company. they journeyed from the That is, from Armenia where the ark stayed. east, that they found a plain in the land of Which was afterward called Chaldea. Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slyme had they in steade of morter. And they said, Go to, let us They were moved with pride and ambition, preferring their own glory to God's honour. build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD Meaning, that he declared by effect, that he knew their wicked enterprise; for God's power is everywhere, and neither ascends nor descends. came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. And the LORD said, God speaks this in derision, because of their foolish persuasion and enterprise. Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, He speaks as though he took counsel with his own wisdom and power: that is, with the Son and holy Spirit: signifying the greatness and certainty of the punishment. let us go down, and By this great plague of the confusion of tongues appears God's horrible judgment against man's pride and vain glory. there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So ye Lord scattered them from thence vpon all the earth, & they left off to build the citie. Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth. These [are] the generations He returns to the genealogy of Shem, to come to the history of Abram, in which the Church of God is described, which is Moses' principle purpose. of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: And Shem liued, after he begate Arpachshad, fiue hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. Also Arpachshad liued fiue and thirtie yeeres, and begate Shelah. And Arpachshad liued, after he begate Shelah, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. And Shelah liued thirtie yeeres, and begat Eber. So Shelah liued, after he begat Eber, foure hundreth and three yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters. Likewise Eber liued foure & thirtie yeres, and begate Peleg. So Eber liued, after he begate Peleg, foure hundreth and thirtie yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Reu. And Peleg liued, after he begate Reu, two hundreth and nine yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. Also Reu liued two and thirtie yeeres, and begate Serug. So Reu liued, after he begate Serug, two hundreth & seuen yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. Moreouer Serug liued thirtie yeeres, and begate Nahor. And Serug liued, after he begate Nahor, two hundreth yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters. And Nahor liued nine and twentie yeeres, and begate Terah. So Nahor liued, after he begate Terah, an hundreth and nineteene yeeres, and begat sonnes and daughters. So Terah liued seuentie yeeres, and begate Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat He makes mention first of Abram, not because he was the first born, but for the history which properly belongs to him. Also Abram at the confusion of tongues was 43 years old, for in the destruction of Sodom he was 99 and it was destroyed 52 years after the confusion of tongues. Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. Then Haran died before Terah his father in the land of his natiuitie, in Vr of the Caldees. And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife [was] Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Some think that this Iscah was Sarai. Iscah. But Sarai was barren, and had no childe. And Though the oracle of God came to Abram, yet the honour is given to Terah, because he was the father. Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Which was a city of Mesopotamia. Haran, and dwelt there. So the dayes of Terah were two hundreth and fiue yeeres, and Terah died in Haran. Now the LORD had said unto Abram, From the flood to this time were four hundred and twenty-three years. Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto In appointing him no certain place, he proves so much more his faith and obedience. a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be The world shall recover by your seed, which is Christ, the blessing which they lost in Adam. a blessing: I will also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse them that curse thee, and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, euen as ye Lorde spake vnto him, and Lot went with him. (And Abram was seuentie and fiue yeere olde, when he departed out of Haran) And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the Meaning servants as well as cattle. souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram He wandered to and fro in the land before he could find a settling place: thus God exercises the faith of his children. passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Which was a cruel and rebellious nation, by whom God kept his in continual exercise. Canaanite [was] then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he It was not enough for him to worship God in his heart, but it was expedient to declare by outward profession his faith before men, of which this altar was a sign. an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from Because of the troubles that he had among that wicked people. thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an And so served the true God, and renounced all idolatry. altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. Thus the children of God may look for no rest in this world, but must wait for the heavenly rest and quietness.And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. And there was a This was a new trial of Abram's faith: by which we see that the end of one affliction is the beginning of another. famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land. And when he drewe neere to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, Beholde nowe, I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpo: Therefore it will come to passe, that when the Egyptians see thee, they will say, She is his wife: so will they kill me, but they will keepe thee aliue. Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my By this we learn not to use unlawful means nor to put others in danger to save ourselves, (Gen_12:20). Though it may appear that Abram did not fear death, so much as dying without children, he acts as though God's promise had not taken place; in which appeared a weak faith. sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. Nowe when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians behelde the woman: for she was very faire. The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was To be his wife. taken into Pharaoh's house. Who intreated Abram well for her sake, and he had sheepe, and beeues, and hee asses, and men seruants and maide seruants, and shee asses, and camelles. And the LORD The Lord took the defence of this poor stranger against a mighty king: and as he is ever careful over his, so did he preserve Sarai. plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. Then Pharaoh called Abram, and saide, Why hast thou done this vnto me? Wherefore diddest thou not tell me, that she was thy wife? Why saidest thou, She is my sister, that I should take her to be my wife? Nowe therefore beholde thy wife, take her and goe thy way. And Pharaoh To the intent that none should hurt him either in his person or goods. commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. And His great riches gotten in Egypt, did not hinder him in following his vocation. Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. And Abram was very rich in cattell, in siluer and in golde. And he went on his journeys from the south even to He calls the place by the name which was later given to it, (Gen_23:19). Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; Vnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the Name of the Lord. And Lot also, who went with Abram, had sheepe, and cattell and tentes, And the land was not able to This inconvenience came by their riches, which break friendships and the bounds of nature. bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Who seeing their contention, might blaspheme God and destroy them. Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no He cuts off the opportunity for contention: therefore the evil ceases. strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be] brethren. [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt Abram resigns his own right to buy peace. take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the Which was in Eden, (Gen_2:10). garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the This was done by God's providence, that only Abram and his seed might dwell in the land of Canaan. one from the other. Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan, and Lot abode in the cities of the plaine, and pitched his tent euen to Sodom. But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and Lot thinking to get paradise, found hell. sinners before the LORD exceedingly. And the LORD said unto The Lord comforted him, lest he should have taken thought for the departure of his nephew. Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for Meaning a long time, and till the coming of Christ as in (Exo_12:14, Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17) and spiritually this refers to the true children of Abram born according to the promise, and not according to the flesh, which are heirs of the true land of Canaan. ever. And I will make thy seede, as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede be numbred. Arise, walke through the land, in ye length thereof, and breadth thereof: for I will giue it vnto thee. Then Abram remoued his tent, and came and dwelled in the plaine of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and builded there an altar vnto ye Lorde. And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of That is, of Babylon: by kings here, meaning, them that were governors of cities. Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Of a people gathered from various countries. nations; These men made warre with Bera King of Sodom, and with Birsha King of Gomorah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were Ambition is the chief cause of wars among princes. joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the Called also the dead sea, or the lake Asphaltite, near Sodom and Gomorrah. salt sea. Twelue yeere were they subiect to Chedor-laomer, but in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled. And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedor-laomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim, And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto the plaine of Paran, which is by the wildernesse. And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the countrey of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar. Then went out the King of Sodom, and the King of Gomorah, and the King of Admah, and the King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar: and they ioyned battell with them in the vale of Siddim: To wit, with Chedor-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar: foure Kings against fiue. And the And afterward was overwhelmed with water, and so was called the salt sea. vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. Then they tooke all the substance of Sodom and Gomorah, and al their vitailes and went their way. And they The godly are plagued many times with the wicked: therefore their company is dangerous. took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these [were] God removed them to join Abram, and preserves him from their idolatry and superstitions. confederate with Abram. When Abram heard that his brother was taken, he brought forth of them that were borne and brought vp in his house, three hundreth and eighteene, and pursued them vnto Dan. Then he, and his seruants deuided them selues against them by night, & smote them and pursued them vnto Hobah, which is on the left side of Damascus, And he recouered all the substance, and also brought againe his brother Lot, & his goods, and the women also and the people. After that he returned from the slaughter of Chedor-laomer, and of the Kings that were with him, came the King of Sodom foorth to meete him in the valley of Shaueh, which is the Kings dale. And Melchizedek king of Salem For Abram and his soldiers refreshment, not to offer sacrifice. brought forth bread and wine: and he [was] the priest of the most high God. And he Melchizedek fed Abram, declared himself to represent a king, and he blessed him as the high priest. blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: And blessed be the most high God, which hath deliuered thine enemies into thine hand. And Abram gaue him tythe of all. Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe. And Abram said to the King of Sodom, I haue lift vp mine hand vnto the Lorde the most hie God possessor of heauen and earth, That I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a threde or shoolatchet, lest thou shouldest say, I haue made Abram riche, He did not want his liberality to be hurtful to others.Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. After these things, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward. And Abram said, His fear was not only lest he should not have children, but lest the promise of the blessed seed should not be accomplished in him. Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus? Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire. Then beholde, the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire. Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be. And Abram beleeued the Lorde, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse. Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it. And he said, Lord GOD, This is a particular motion of God's Spirit, which is not lawful for all to follow, in asking signs: but was permitted for some by a peculiar motion, as to Gideon and Ezekiel. whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon. And he took unto him all these, and This was the old custom in making covenants, (Jer_39:18), to which God added these conditions, that Abram's posterity would be as torn in pieces, but after they would be rejoined: also that it would be assaulted, but yet delivered. divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away. And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them Counting from the birth of Isaac to their departure of Egypt: Which declares that God will allow his to be afflicted in this world. four hundred years; Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age. But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the Though God tolerates the wicked for a time, yet his vengeance falls on them when the measure of their wickedness is full. iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full. Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: & behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces. In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates. The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites, And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites. Now It seems that she had respect for God's promise, which could not be accomplished without issue. Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath She fails by limiting God's power to the common order of nature, as though God could not give her children in her old age. restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. Then Sarai Abrams wife tooke Hagar her maide the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten yeere in the land of Canaan, and gaue her to her husband Abram for his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was This punishment declares what they gain if they attempt any thing against the word of God. despised in her eyes. Then Sarai saide to Abram, Thou doest me wrong. I haue giuen my maide into thy bosome, and she seeth that she hath conceiued, and I am despised in her eyes: the Lorde iudge betweene me and thee. Then Abram saide to Sarai, Beholde, thy maide is in thine hand: doe with her as it pleaseth thee. Then Sarai dealt roughly with her: wherefore she fled from her. And the Which was Christ, as appears in (Gen_16:13, Gen_18:17). angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. And he saide, Hagar Sarais maide, whence commest thou? and whither wilt thou goe? And she said, I flie from my dame Sarai. And the angel of the LORD said unto her, God rejects no estate of people in their misery, but sends them comfort. Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. Againe the Angel of the Lorde saide vnto her, I will so greatly increase thy seede, that it shal not be numbred for multitude. Also the Angel of the Lord said vnto her, See, thou art with childe, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Ishmael: for the Lorde hath heard thy tribulation. And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and That is, the Ishmaelites will be a separate people by themselves and not part of another people. he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, She rebukes her own dullness and acknowledges God's graces, who was present with her everywhere. Have I also here looked after him that seeth me? Wherefore the well was called, Beerlahai-roi. lo, it is betweene Kadesh and Bered. And Hagar bare Abram a sonne, and Abram called his sonnes name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. And Abram was foure score and sixe yeere olde, when Hagar bare him Ishmael. When Abram was ninetie yeere olde and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. walke before me, and be thou vpright, And I will make my couenant betweene me and thee, & I will multiplie thee exceedingly. Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a Not only physical descendants, but of a far greater multitude by faith, (Rom_4:17). father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be The changing of his name is a seal to confirm God's promise to him. Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee. Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee. And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God. Againe God said vnto Abraham, Thou also shalt keepe my couenant, thou, and thy seede after thee in their generations. Circumcision is called the covenant, because it signifies the covenant and has the promise of grace joined to it: a phrase that is common to all ordinances.This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your That private part is circumcised, to show that all that is begotten by man is corrupt, and must die. foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And euery man childe of eight dayes olde among you, shalbe circumcised in your generations, aswell he that is borne in thine house, as he that is bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seede. He that is borne in thine house, & he that is bought with thy money, must needes be circumcised: so my couenant shall be in your flesh for an euerlasting couenant. And the uncircumcised Though women were not circumcised, they still partook of God's promise: for under mankind all was consecrated. Here it is declared, that whoever condemns the sign, also despises the promise. man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. Afterward God said vnto Abraham, Sarai thy wife shalt thou not call Sarai, but Sarah shalbe her name. And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her. Then Abraham fell upon his face, and Which proceeded from a sudden joy, and not from lack of faith. laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an The everlasting covenant is made with the children of the Spirit. A temporary promise is made with the children of the flesh, as was promised to Ishmael. everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him. And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him. But my couenant will I establish with Izhak, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, the next yeere at this season. And he left off talking with him, and God went vp from Abraham. And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and They were well taught if they obeyed and were circumcised without resistance. This teaches that masters in their houses ought to be as preachers to their families, that from the highest to the lowest they may obey the will of God. circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. Abraham also himselfe was ninetie yeere olde and nine, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised. And Ishmael his sonne was thirteene yeere olde, when the foreskinne of his flesh was circumcised. The selfe same day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his sonne: And all the men of his house, both borne in his house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. Againe the Lord appeared vnto him in the plaine of Mamre, as he sate in his tent doore about the heate of the day. And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three That is, three angels in the shape of men. men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, And said, My Speaking to the one who appeared to be most majestic, for he thought they were men. Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and For men used to go bare footed in those parts because of the heat. wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye As sent by God that I should do my duty to you. come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. Then Abraham made haste into the tent vnto Sarah, and saide, Make ready at once three measures of fine meale: kneade it, and make cakes vpon the hearth. And Abraham ranne to the beastes, and tooke a tender and good calfe, and gaue it to the seruant, who hasted to make it ready. And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and For as God gave them bodies for a time, so he gave them the abilities of them, to walk, to eat and drink, and such like. they did eat. Then they saide to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he answered, Beholde, she is in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of That is, about this time when she shall be alive, or when the child shall come into this life. life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him. (Nowe Abraham and Sarah were old and striken in age, and it ceased to be with Sarah after the maner of women) Therefore Sarah For she believed the order of nature, rather than believing the promise of God. laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And ye Lord saide vnto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah thus laugh, saying, Shall I certainely beare a childe, which am olde? (Shall any thing be hard to the Lord? at the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, euen according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.) But Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not: for she was afraide; he said, It is not so: for thou laughedst. Afterwarde the men did rise vp from thence and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. And the Jehovah the Hebrew word we call Lord, shows that this angel was Christ: for this word is only applied to God. LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shalbe in deede a great and a mightie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in him? For I know him, He shows that fathers ought both to know God's judgments, and to declare them to their children. that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. Then the Lorde saide, Because the crie of Sodom and Gomorah is great, and because their sinne is exceeding grieuous, I will God speaks after the fashion of men: that is, I will enter into judgment with good advise. go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the For our sins cry for vengeance, though no one accuses us. cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. And the men turned thence and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoode yet before the Lord. Then Abraham drewe neere, & said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein? Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right? And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom God declares that his judgments were done with great mercy, even though all were so corrupt that not only fifty but ten righteous men could not be found there, and also that the wicked are spared for the sake of the righteous. fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am By this we learn, that the nearer we approach to God, the more our miserable estate appears, and the more we are humbled. but] dust and ashes: If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie righteous, wilt thou destroy all the citie for fiue? And he saide, If I finde there fiue and fourtie, I will not destroy it. And he yet spake to him againe, and saide, What if there shalbe found fourtie there? Then he answered, I will not doe it for fourties sake. Againe he said, Let not my Lord nowe be angry, that I speake, What if thirtie be founde there? Then he saide, I will not doe it, if I finde thirtie there. Moreouer he said, Behold, now I haue begonne to speake vnto my Lord, What if twentie be founde there? And he answered, I will not destroy it for twenties sake. And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this If God did not refuse the prayer for the wicked Sodomites, even to the sixth request, how much more will he grant the prayers of the godly for the afflicted Church? once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten's sake. And the Lord went his way when he had left communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned vnto his place. And there came two In which we see God's provident care in preserving his: even though he does not reveal himself to all alike: for Lot had but two angels, and Abraham three. angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he saide, See my Lords, I pray you turne in nowe into your seruants house, and tarie all night, and wash your feete, & ye shall rise vp early and goe your wayes. Who saide, Nay, but we will abide in the streete all night. And That is, he begged them so insistently. he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they Not because they had need, but because the time was not yet come for them to reveal themselves. did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, Nothing is more dangerous than to live where sin reigns: for it corrupts all. all the people from every quarter: Who crying vnto Lot said to him, Where are the men, which came to thee this night? Bring them out vnto vs that we may knowe them. Then Lot went out at the doore vnto them, and shut the doore after him, And said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two He deserves praise for defending his guests, but he is to be blamed for seeking unlawful means. daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is] good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; That I should preserve them from all injury. for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? We will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore. But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them & shut to ye doore. Then they smote the men that were at the doore of the house with blindnes both small and great, so that they were wearie in seeking the doore. Then the men said vnto Lot, Whom hast thou yet here? Either sonne in lawe, or thy sonnes, or thy daughters, or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie, bring it out of this place. For This proves that the angels are ministers, both to execute God's wrath and to declare his favour. we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. Then Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe, which maried his daughters, and said, Arise, get you out of this place: for the Lord will destroy the citie: but he seemed to his sonnes in lawe as though he had mocked. And when the morning arose, the Angels hasted Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters which are here, lest thou be destroyed in the punishment of the citie. And while he The mercy of God strives to overcome man's slowness in following God's calling. lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; He willed him to flee God's judgments and not to be sorry to leave that rich country, full of vain pleasures. look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. And Lot saide vnto them, Not so, I pray thee, my Lord. Behold now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauing my life: and I cannot escape in the mountaine, least some euill take me, and I die. Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it [is] a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a Though it is little, yet it is great enough to save my life: in which he errs by choosing another place than the angel had appointed him. little one?) and my soul shall live. Then he said vnto him, Beholde, I haue receiued thy request also concerning this thing, that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I Because God's commandment was to destroy the city and to save Lot. cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Which before was called Belah, in (Gen_14:2). Zoar. The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar. Then the Lord rained vpon Sodom and vpon Gomorah brimstone, & fire from the Lord out of heauen, And ouerthrewe those cities and all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of the cities; and that that grewe vpon the earth. But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a Concerning the body only: this was a notable monument of God's vengeance to all who passed that way. pillar of salt. And Abraham rising vp earely in ye morning went to the place, where he had stand before the Lord, And looking towarde Sodom and Gomorah and toward all the land of the plaine, behold, he sawe the smoke of the lande mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace. But yet when God destroyed the cities of the plaine, God thought vpon Abraham, and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction, when he ouerthrewe the cities, wherein Lot dwelled. And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he Having felt God's mercy, he did not dare provoke him again by continuing among the wicked. feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father [is] old, and [there is] not a man in the Meaning in the country which the Lord had now destroyed. earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Come, let us make our father For unless he had been drunk, he would never have done that abominable act. drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father. So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, & lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. Thus were Thus God permitted him to fall most horribly in the solitary mountains, whom the wickedness of Sodom could not overcome. both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same [is] the father of the Who as they were born in most horrible incest, so were they and their posterity vile and wicked. Moabites unto this day. And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name That is, son of my people: signifying that they rejoiced in their sin, rather than repenting of it. Benammi: the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Which was toward Egypt. Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, Abraham had now twice fallen into this sin: such is man's frailty. She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, So greatly God detests the breach of marriage. thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she [is] a man's wife. But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also The infidels confessed that God would not punish but for just occasion: therefore, when he punishes, the occasion is just. a righteous nation? Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even she herself said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my As one falling by ignorance, and not doing evil on purpose. heart and Not thinking to do any man harm. innocency of my hands have I done this. And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also God by his holy Spirit restrains those who offend in ignorance, that they not fall into greater offence.. withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a That is, one to whom God reveals himself familiarly. prophet, and he For the prayer of the godly is of force towards God. shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore [her] not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are] thine. Then Abimelech rising vp early in ye morning, called all his seruants, and tolde all these things vnto them, and the men were sore afraid. Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my The wickedness of the king brings God's wrath on the whole realm. kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing? And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the He shows that no honesty can be hoped for, where there is no fear of God. fear of God [is] not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. And yet indeed [she is] my By sister, he means his full cousin, and by daughter Abraham's niece, (Gen_11:29) for so the Hebrews use these words. sister; she [is] the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. Nowe when God caused me to wander out of my fathers house, I said then to her, This is thy kindnes that thou shalt shewe vnto me in all places where we come, Say thou of me, He is my brother. Then tooke Abimelech sheepe & beeues, & men seruants, & women seruants, & gaue them vnto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. And Abimelech saide, Beholde, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand [pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a Such a head as with whom you may be preserved from all dangers. covering of the eyes, unto all that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: God caused this heathen king to reprove her because she concealed her identity, seeing that God had given her a husband as her veil and defence. thus she was reproved. Then Abraham prayed vnto God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women seruants: and they bare children. For the LORD Had taken away from them the gift of conceiving. had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his Therefore the miracle was greater. old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called his sonnes name that was borne vnto him, which Sarah bare him, Izhak. Then Abraha circumcised Izhak his sonne, when he was eight dayes olde, as God had commanded him. So Abraham was an hundreth yeere olde, when his sonne Izhak was borne vnto him. Then Sarah said, God hath made me to reioyce: all that heare will reioyce with me. And she said, She accuses herself of ingratitude, that she did not believe the angel. Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old age. Then the childe grewe and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Izhak was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, He derided God's promise made to Isaac which the apostle calls persecution (Gal_4:29). mocking. Wherefore she saide vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman and her sonne: for ye sonne of this bonde woman shall not be heire with my sonne Izhak. And this thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be The promised seed will be from Isaac, and not from Ishmael, (Rom_9:7; Heb_11:18). called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make The Ishmaelites will come from him. a nation, because he [is] thy seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and True faith renounces all natural affections to obey God's commandment. sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And when the water of the bottell was spent, she cast the childe vnder a certaine tree. Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child; she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept. And God For his promise sake made to Abraham; and not because the child had discretion and judgment to pray. heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is]. Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people. And God Unless God opens our eyes, we can neither see, nor use the means which are before us. opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was Concerning outward things God caused him to prosper. with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt. And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee. And Abraham said, I will So that it is a lawful thing to take an oath in matters of importance, to justify the truth, and to assure others of our sincerity. swear. And Abraham rebuked Abimelech for a well of water, which Abimelechs seruants had violently taken away. And Abimelech said, Wicked servants do many evils unknown to their masters. I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day. Then Abraham tooke sheepe and beeues, and gaue them vnto Abimelech: and they two made a couenant. And Abraham set seuen lambes of the flocke by themselues. Then Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen lambes, which thou hast set by themselues? And he answered, Because thou shalt receiue of mine hand these seuen lambes, that it may be a witnes vnto me, that I haue digged this well. Wherefore the place is called Beer-sheba, because there they both sware. Thus they made a Thus we see that the godly, concerning outward things may make peace with the wicked that do not know the true God. covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and That is, he worshipped God in all points of true religion. called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. And Abraham was a stranger in the Philistims land a long season. And after these things God did proue Abraham, and said vnto him, Abraham. Who answered, Here am I. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Signifying the fear of God, in which place he was also honoured, Solomon later building the temple there. Moriah; and This was the main point of his temptation, seeing that he was commanded to offer up him in whom God had promised to bless all the nations of the world. offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. Then Abraham rose vp early in the morning, and sadled his asse, and tooke two of his seruants with him, and Izhak his sonne, and cloue wood for the burnt offering, and rose vp & went to the place, which God had tolde him. Then the third day Abraham lift vp his eyes, and sawe the place afarre off, And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and He did not doubt that God would accomplish his promise, even if he should sacrifice his son. come again to you. Then Abraham tooke the wood of the burnt offering, and layed it vpon Izhak his sonne, and he tooke the fire in his hand, and the knife: and they went both together. Then spake Izhak vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father; he answered, Here am I, my sonne; he said, Behold the fire & the wood, but where is the lambe for ye burnt offring? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a The only way to overcome all temptation is to rest on God's providence. burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and For it is likely that his father had told him God's commandment, to which he showed himself obedient. bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretching forth his hand, tooke the knife to kill his sonne. But the Angel of the Lord called vnto him from heauen, saying, Abraham, Abraham; he answered, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I That is, by your true obedience you have declared your living faith. know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me. And Abraham lifting vp his eyes, looked: and behold, there was a ramme behind him caught by the hornes in a bush. then Abraham went and tooke the ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering in the steade of his sonne. And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall The name is changed to show that God both sees and provides secretly for his and also evidently is seen, and felt in the right time. be seen. And the Angel of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham from heauen the second time, And said, By Signifying, that there is none greater then he. myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]: Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies. And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce. Then turned Abraham againe vnto his seruants, and they rose vp & went together to Beer-sheba: and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. And after these things one tolde Abraham, saying, Beholde Milcah, she hath also borne children vnto thy brother Nahor: To wit, Vz his eldest sonne, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, And Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Iidlaph, and Bethuel. And Bethuel begate Rebekah: these eight did Milcah beare to Nahor Abrahams brother. And his Concubine is often used to refer to those women who were inferior to the wives. concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. When Sarah was an hundreth twentie and seuen yeere olde ( so long liued she). Then Sarah dyed in Kiriath-arba: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; Abraham came to mourne for Sarah and to weepe for her. And Abraham That is, when he had mourned: so the godly may mourn if they do not pass measure, and the natural affection is commendable. stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, I am a stranger, & a forreiner among you, giue me a possession of buriall with you, that I may burie my dead out of my sight. Then the Hittites answered Abraham, saying vnto him, Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a That is godly or excellent: for so do the Hebrews speak of all things that are notable, because all excellency comes from God. mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. Then Abraham stoode vp, and bowed him selfe before the people of the land of the Hittites. And he communed with them, saying, If it be your minde, that I shall bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and intreate for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar, That he would giue me ye caue of Machpelah, which he hath in the ende of his field: that he would giue it me for as much money as it is worth, for a possession to bury in among you. And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that Meaning all the citizens and inhabitants. went in at the gate of his city, saying, No, my Lorde, heare me: the fielde giue I thee, and the caue, that therein is, I giue it thee: euen in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee, to bury thy dead. And Abraham To show that he had them in good estimation and reverence. bowed down himself before the people of the land. And spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the countrey, saying, Seeing thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare me, I will giue the price of the fielde: receiue it of me, and I will bury my dead there. Ephron then answered Abraham, saying vnto him, My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four hundred The common shekel is about 20 pence, so then 400 shekels is equal to 33 pounds, 6 shillings and 8 pence at 5 shilling sterling to the ounce. shekels of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. So Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weyed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the Hittites, euen foure hundreth siluer shekels of currant money among marchants. So the fielde of Ephron which was in Machpelah, and ouer against Mamre, euen the field and the caue that was therein, and all the trees that were in the fielde, which were in all the borders round about, was made sure Vnto Abraham for a possession, in ye sight of the Hittites, euen of all that went in at the gates of his citie. And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah ouer against Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace That is, all the people confirmed the sale. by the sons of Heth. Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Which ceremony declared, the servants obedience towards his master, and the master's power over the servant. Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee This shows that an oath may be required in a lawful cause. swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my He did not want his son to marry out of the godly family: for the problems that come from marrying the ungodly are set forth in various places throughout the scriptures. country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. And the seruant saide to him, What if the woman will not come with me to this land? Shall I bring thy sonne againe vnto the lande from whence thou camest? And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son Lest he should love the inheritance promised. thither again. The Lord God of heauen, who tooke me from my fathers house, and from the land where I was borne, and that spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, Vnto thy seede wil I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne fro thence. Neuertheles if the woman wil not followe thee, then shalt thou bee discharged of this mine othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe. Then the seruant put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him for this matter. And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the That is, to Charran. city of Nahor. And he made his camels to lye downe without the citie by a well of water, at euentide about the time that the women come out to draw water. And he said, O He grounds his prayer on God's promise made to his master. LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham. Lo, I stand by the well of water, whiles the mens daughters of this citie come out to drawe water. The servant moved by God's spirit sought assurance by a sign, as to whether or not God would prosper his journey.And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that] thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, God gives success to all things that are done for the glory of his name and according to his word. Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she Here is declared that God hears the prayers of his own, and grants their requests. went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. Then the seruant ranne to meete her, and said, Let me drinke, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher. And she said, Drinke sir: and she hasted, and let downe her pitcher vpon her hand and gaue him drinke. And when she had giuen him drinke, she said, I will drawe water for thy camels also vntill they haue drunken inough. And she powred out her pitcher into the trough speedily; and ranne againe vnto the well to drawe water, and she drewe for all his camels. So the man wondred at her, and helde his peace, to knowe whether the Lord had made his iourney prosperous or not. And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden God permitted many things both in apparel and other things which are now forbidden especially when they do not suit our humble estate. earring of The golden shekel is meant here, not silver. half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten [shekels] weight of gold; And he said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee, Is there roume in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in? Then she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcah whom she bare vnto Nahor. Moreouer she said vnto him, We haue litter also & prouender ynough, & roume to lodge in. And the man bowed himselfe and worshipped the Lord, And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy He does not boast in his good fortune (as the wicked do) but acknowledges that God has dealt mercifully with this matter in keeping his promise. and his truth: I [being] in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. And the maide ranne and tolde them of her mothers house according to these wordes. Now Rebekah had a brother called Laban, and Laban ranne vnto the man to the well. And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, For he waited on God's hand, who heard his prayer. he stood by the camels at the well. And he saide, Come in thou blessed of the Lord: wherefore standest thou without, seeing I haue prepared the house, & roume for ye camels? And the man came into the house: and That is, Laban. he ungirded his The gentle entertainment of strangers practised by the godly fathers. camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that [were] with him. And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he said, I The faithfulness that servants owe to their masters, causes them to prefer their masters business before their own needs. will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. Then he said, I am Abrahams seruant, And the LORD hath To bless signifies here to enrich, or increase with substance as the text in the same verse declares. blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. And Sarah my masters wife hath borne a sonne to my master, when she was olde, and vnto him hath he giuen all that he hath. And my master made me swear, saying, The Canaanites were cursed, and therefore the godly could not join with them in marriage. Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: But thou shalt go unto my Meaning among his relatives, as in (Gen_24:40). father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. Then I saide vnto my master, What if the woman will not followe me? Who answered me, The Lord, before who I walke, will send his Angel with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wife for my sonne of my kinred and my fathers house. Then shalt thou be clear from [this] Which by my authority I caused you to make. my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear from my oath. So I came this day to the well, and said, O Lorde, the God of my master Abraham, if thou nowe prosper my iourney which I goe, Behold, I stand by the wel of water: when a virgine commeth forth to drawe water, and I say to her, Giue me, I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher to drinke, And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I will also drawe for thy camels, let her be ye wife, which the Lord hath prepared for my masters sonne. And before I had done speaking in mine Signifying that this prayer was not spoken by the mouth, but only in his heart. heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. And she made haste, and tooke downe her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drinke, and I will giue thy camels drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the camels drinke also. Then I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she answered, The daughter of Bethuel Nahors sonne, whom Milcah bare vnto him. Then I put the abillement vpon her face, and the bracelets vpon her hands: He shows our duty when we have received any benefit from the Lord.And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. And now if ye will deal If you will freely and faithfully give your daughter to my master's son. kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the That is, that I may look elsewhere. right hand, or to the left. Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, As soon as they perceived that it was God's ordinance they yielded. The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Beholde, Rebehak is before thee, take her and goe, that she may be thy masters sonnes wife, euen as the Lord hath said. And when Abrahams seruant heard their wordes, he bowed himselfe toward the earth vnto the Lord. Then the seruant tooke foorth iewels of siluer, and iewels of golde, and raiment, and gaue to Rebekah: also vnto her brother and to her mother he gaue gifts. Afterward they did eate & drinke, both he, and the men that were with him, and taried all night; when they rose vp in the morning, he said, Let me depart vnto my master. Then her brother and her mother answered, Let the maide abide with vs, at the least ten dayes: then shall she goe. But he said vnto them, Hinder you me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my iourney: send me away, that I may goe to my master. And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at This shows that parents do not have the authority to marry their children without the consent of both parties. her mouth. And they called Rebekah, and saide vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she answered, I will go. So they let Rebekah their sister goe, & her nourse, with Abrahams seruant and his men. And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou [art] our sister, be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the That is, let them be victorious over their enemies: a blessing that is fully accomplished through Jesus Christ. gate of those which hate them. Then Rebekah arose, & her maydes, and rode vpon the camels, and followed the man; the seruant tooke Rebekah, and departed. Nowe Izhak came from the way of Beer-lahai-roi, (for he dwelt in the South countrey) And Isaac went out to This was the habit of the godly fathers to meditate on God's promises, and to pray for the accomplishment of it. The custom was that the bride was brought to her husband, her head covered, a token of humbleness and purity. meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were] coming. Also Rebekah lift vp her eyes, & when she saw Izhak, she lighted downe from the camel. (For shee had sayde to the seruant, Who is yonder man, that commeth in the fielde to meete vs? and the seruant had said, It is my master) So she tooke a vaile, and couered her. And the seruant tolde Izhak all things, that he had done. Afterward Izhak brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and he tooke Rebekah, and she was his wife, and he loued her: So Izhak was comforted after his mothers death. Then again Abraham While Sarah was yet alive. took a wife, and her name [was] Keturah. Which bare him Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And Iokshan begate Sheba, and Dedan: And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. Also the sonnes of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, & Eldaah all these were the sonnes of Keturah. And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak, But unto the For by virtue of God's word he not only had Isaac, but begat many more. sons of the See (Gen_22:24). concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham To avoid the disputing that otherwise might have come because of the heritage. gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. And this is the age of Abrahams life, which he liued, an hundreth seuentie & fiue yeere. Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, & was gathered to his people. And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre. Which fielde Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buryed with Sarah his wife. And after the death of Abraham God blessed Izhak his sonne, and Izhak dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham. And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kinreds; the eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and Tema, Ietur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castles: to wit, twelue princes of their nations. And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his Who dwelt among the Arabians, and were separate from the blessed seed. people. And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died He means that his lot fell to dwell among his brethren as the angel promised. in the presence of all his brethren. Likewise these are the generations of Izhak Abrahams sonne Abraham begate Izhak, And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite. And Izhak prayed vuto the Lorde for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued, And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I That is, with child, seeing one shall destroy another. thus? And she went For that is the only refuge in all our miseries. to enquire of the LORD. And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger. Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe. So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau. And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them. And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes. And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob. Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie. Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom. And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and what The reprobate do not value God's benefits unless they feel them presently, and therefore they prefer present pleasures. profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he Thus the wicked prefer their worldly conveniences over God's spiritual graces: but the children of God do the opposite. sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright. And there was a famine in the In the land of Canaan. land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, God's providence always watches to direct the ways of his children. Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Dwell in this lande, and I will be with thee, and will blesse thee: for to thee, and to thy seede I will giue all these countreys: and I will performe the othe which I sware vnto Abraham thy father. Also I wil cause thy seede to multiply as the starres of heauen, and will giue vnto thy seede all these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nanations of the earth be blessed, Because that Abraham He commends Abraham's obedience, because Isaac should be even more ready to follow the same: for as God made this promise of his free mercy, so does the confirmation of it proceed from the same fountain. obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. So Izhak dwelt in Gerar. And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and he said, She [is] my sister: By which we see that fear and distrust is found in the most faithful. for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest, [said he], the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was] fair to look upon. And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac [was] Or showing some familiar sign of love, by which it might be known that she was his wife. sporting with Rebekah his wife. Then Abimelech called Izhak, and sayde, Loe, shee is of a suertie thy wife, and why saydest thou, She is my sister? To whom Izhak answered, Because I thought this, It may be that I shall dye for her. And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought In all ages men were persuaded that God's vengeance would come on adulterers. guiltiness upon us. Then Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man, or his wife, shal die the death. Afterwarde Izhak sowed in that lande, and founde in the same yeere an hundreth folde by estimation: and so the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed mightie, and stil increased, till he was exceeding great, For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines The malicious always envy the graces of God in others. envied him. In so much that the Philistims stopped and filled vp with earth all the welles, which his fathers seruantes digged in his father Abrahams time. Then Abimelech sayde vnto Izhak, Get thee from vs, for thou art mightier then wee a great deale. And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the The Hebrew word signifies a flood, or valley, where water at any time runs. valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. And Izhak returning, digged the welles of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and hee gaue them the same names, which his father gaue them. Izhaks seruantes then digged in the valley, and found there a well of liuing water. But the herdmen of Gerar did striue with Izhaks herdmen, saying, The water is ours: therefore called he the name of the wel Esek, because they were at strife with him. Afterwarde they digged another well, and stroue for that also, and he called the name of it Sitnah. Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth. So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba. And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I [am] the God God assures Isaac against all fear by rehearsing the promise made to Abraham. of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. And he builded an To signify that he would serve no other God, but the God of his father Abraham. altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. Then came Abimelech to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friendes, and Phichol the captaine of his armie. To whom Izhak sayd, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate mee and haue put mee away from you? Who answered, Wee sawe certainely that the Lorde was with thee, and wee thought thus, Let there be nowe an othe betweene vs, euen betweene vs and thee, and let vs make a couenant with thee. The Hebrews in swearing begin commonly with «If» and understand the rest, that is, that God will punish him who breaks the oath: here the wicked show that they are afraid lest that happen to them which they would do to others.That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou [art] now the blessed of the LORD. Then hee made them a feast, and they dyd eate and drinke. And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace. And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water. So hee called it Shibah: therefore the name of the citie is called Beer-sheba vnto this day. Nowe when Esau was fourtie yeere olde, he tooke to wife Iudith, the daughter of Beeri an Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon an Hittite also. And they were a griefe of minde to Izhak and to Rebekah. And when Izhak was olde, and his eyes were dimme (so that he coulde not see) he called Esau his eldest sonne, and sayde vnto him, My sonne; he answered him, I am here. Then he sayd, Beholde, I am nowe olde, and knowe not the day of my death: Wherefore nowe, I pray thee take thine instrumentes, thy quiuer and thy bowe, and get thee to the fielde, that thou mayest take mee some venison. And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring [it] to me, that I may eat; that my The carnal affection he had for his son made him forget what God spoke to his wife. (Gen_25:23). soul may bless thee before I die. (Nowe Rebekah heard, when Izhak spake to Esau his sonne) and Esau went into the fielde to hunt for venison, and to bring it. Then Rebekah spake vnto Iaakob her sonne, saying, Beholde, I haue heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, saying, Bring mee venision, and make mee sauourie meate, that I may eate and blesse thee before the Lord, afore my death. Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee. This trickery is worthy of blame because she should have waited for God to perform his promise.Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: Then shalt thou bring it to thy father, and he shal eate, to the intent that he may blesse thee before his death. But Iaakob sayde to Rebekah his mother, Beholde, Esau my brother is rough, and I am smoothe. My father may possibly feele me, and I shal seem to him to be a mocker: so shall I bring a curse vpon me, and not a blessing. And his mother said unto him, The assurance of God's decree made her bold. Upon me [be] thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me [them]. So he went and set them, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made pleasant meat, such as his father loued. And Rebekah tooke faire clothes of her elder sonne Esau, which were in her house, and clothed Iaakob her yonger sonne: And she couered his hands and the smoothe of his necke with the skinnes of the kiddes of the goates. Afterward she put the pleasant meate and bread, which she had prepared, in the hand of her sonne Iaakob. And when he came to his father, he sayd, My father. Who answered, I am here: who art thou, my sonne? And Jacob said unto his father, Although Jacob was assured of this blessing by faith: yet he did evil to seek it by lies, even more because he abuses God's name through it. I [am] Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. Then Izhak said vnto his sonne, Howe hast thou founde it so quickly my sonne? Who sayde, Because the Lorde thy God brought it to mine hande. Againe sayde Izhak vnto Iaakob, Come neere nowe, that I may feele thee, my sonne, whether thou be that my sonne Esau or not. And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The This declares that he suspected something, yet God would not have his decree altered. voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau. (For he knewe him not, because his hands were rough as his brother Esaus hands: wherefore he blessed him) Againe he sayd, Art thou that my sonne Esau? Who answered, Yea. Then said he, Bring it me hither, and I will eate of my sonnes venison, that my soule may blesse thee; he brought it to him, and he ate: also he brought him wine, and he dranke. Afterward his father Izhak sayd vnto him, Come neere nowe, and kisse me, my sonne. And hee came neere and kissed him. Then he smelled the sauour of his garmentes, and blessed him, and sayde, Behold, the smell of my sonne is as the smell of a fielde, which the Lorde hath blessed. God giue thee therefore of the dewe of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth, and plentie of wheate and wine. Let people bee thy seruantes, and nations bowe vnto thee: be Lorde ouer thy brethren, and let thy mothers children honour thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. And when Izhak had made an ende of blessing Iaakob, and Iaakob was scarce gone out from the presence of Izhak his father, then came Esau his brother from his hunting, And hee also prepared sauourie meate and brought it to his father, and sayd vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me. But his father Izhak sayde vnto him, Who art thou? And he answered, I am thy sonne, euen thy first borne Esau. And Isaac In perceiving his error, by appointing his heir against God's sentence pronounced before. trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where [is] he that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be blessed. When Esau heard the wordes of his father, he cryed out with a great crye and bitter, out of measure, and sayde vnto his father, Blesse me, euen me also, my father. Who answered, Thy brother came with subtiltie, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named In (Gen_25:26) he was so called because he held his brother by the heel, as though he would overthrow him: and therefore he is here called an overthrower, or deceiver. Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him For Isaac did this as he was the minister and prophet of God. thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept. Then Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shal be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue. And Because your enemies will be all around you. by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt Which was fulfilled in his posterity the Idumeans: who were tributaries for a time to Israel, and later came to freedom. serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; Hypocrites only abstain from doing evil for fear of men. then will I slay my brother Jacob. And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, He hopes to recover his birthright by killing you. as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to kill thee. Now therefore my sonne, heare my voyce, arise, & flee thou to Haran to my brother Laban, And tarie with him a while vntill thy brothers fiercenesse be swaged, Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget [that] which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be For the wicked son will kill the godly: and the plague of God will later come on the wicked son. deprived also of you both in one day? And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the Who were Esau's wives. daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these [which are] of the daughters of the land, By this she persuaded Isaac to agree to Jacob's leaving. what good shall my life do me? And Isaac called Jacob, and This second blessing was to confirm Jacob's faith, lest he should think that his father had given it without God's leading. blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, get thee to Padan Aram to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father, and thence take thee a wife of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother. And God all sufficient blesse thee, and make thee to encrease, and multiplie thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people, And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a The godly fathers were continually reminded that they were but strangers in this world: so that they would lift up their eyes to the heavens where they have a certain dwelling. stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. Thus Izhak sent forth Iaakob, & he went to Padan Aram vnto Laban sonne of Bethuel the Aramite, brother to Rebekah, Iaakobs and Esaus mother. When Esau sawe that Izhak had blessed Iaakob, and sent him to Padan Aram, to set him a wife thence, and giuen him a charge when he blessed him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, And that Iaakob had obeyed his father & his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram: Also Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan displeased Izhak his father, Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Thinking by this to have reconciled himself to his father, but all in vain: for he does not take away the cause of the evil. Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. Now Iaakob departed from Beer-sheba, and went to Haran, And he came vnto a certaine place, and taried there al night, because the sunne was downe, and tooke of the stones of the place, and layde vnder his head and slept in the same place. And he dreamed, and behold a Christ is the ladder by which God and man are joined together, and by whom the angels minister to us: all graces are given to us by him, and we ascend to heaven by him. ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am] the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee He felt the force of this promise only by faith: for all his life he was a stranger in this land. will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seede shall be as the dust of the earth, & thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, & to the North, & to the South, and in thee and in thy seede shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And lo, I am with thee, and wil keepe thee whithersoeuer thou goest, and will bring thee againe into this lande: for I will not forsake thee vntill I haue performed that, that I haue promised thee. Then Iaakob awoke out of his sleepe, & sayde, Surely the Lorde is in this place, and I was not aware. And he was He was touched with a godly fear and reverence. afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of heaven. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and To be a reminder of the vision shown to him. set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If He does not bind God under this condition, but acknowledges his infirmity, and promises to be thankful. God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come againe vnto my fathers house in safetie, then shal the Lord be my God. And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee. Then Jacob Or, «lifted up his feet». went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, Thus he was directed by the providence of God, who brought him to Laban's house. and, lo, there [were] three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth. And thither were all the flockes gathered, & they rolled the stone from the welles mouth, and watered the sheepe, and put the stone againe vpon the welles mouth in his place. And Jacob said unto them, My It seems that in those days the custom was to call even strangers, brethren. brethren, whence [be] ye? And they said, Of Haran [are] we. Then he sayd vnto them, Know ye Laban the sonne of Nahor? Who said, We know him. And he said unto them, Or, «he is in peace?» by which the Hebrews mean prosperity. [Is] he well? And they said, [He is] well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them. But they sayde, We may not vntill all the flocks be brought together, and till men rolle the stone from the welles mouth, that we may water the sheepe. While he talked with them, Rahel also came with her fathers sheepe, for she kept them. And assoone as Iaakob saw Rahel ye daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheepe of Laban his mothers brother, then came Iaakob neere, & rolled the stone fro the welles mouth, & watered ye flocke of Laban his mothers brother. And Iaakob kissed Rahel, and lift vp his voyce and wept. (For Iaakob tolde Rahel, that he was her fathers brother, & that he was Rebekahs sonne) then she ranne and tolde her father. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban That is, the reason why he departed from his father's house, and what he saw during his journey. all these things. And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my That is, of my blood and kindred. bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. For Laban sayde vnto Iaakob, Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therfore serue me for nought? tell me, what shalbe thy wages? Now Laban had two daughters, the elder called Leah, and the yonger called Rahel. And Leah was tender eyed, but Rahel was beautifull and faire. And Iaakob loued Rahel, and sayde, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for Rahel thy yonger daughter. Then Laban answered, It is better that I giue her thee, then that I should giue her to another man: abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him [but] a Meaning after the years were accomplished. few days, for the love he had to her. Then Iaakob sayde to Laban, Giue me my wife, that I may goe in to her: for my terme is ended. Wherefore Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. And The reason Jacob was deceived was that in ancient times the wife was covered with a veil, when she was brought to her husband as a sign of purity and humbleness. it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. And Laban gaue his mayde Zilpah to his daughter Leah, to be her seruant. But when the morning was come, behold, it was Leah. Then sayde he to Laban, Wherefore hast thou done thus to mee? did not I serue thee for Rahel? wherfore then hast thou beguiled me? And Laban said, He valued the profit he had from Jacob's service more than either his promise or the customs of the country, though he used custom for his excuse. It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfill seuen yeeres for her, and we wil also giue thee this for the seruice, which thou shalt serue me yet seuen yeeres more. Then Iaakob did so, and fulfilled her seuen yeeres, so he gaue him Rahel his daughter to be his wife. Laban also gaue to Rahel his daughter Bilhah his mayde to be her seruant. So entred he in to Rahel also, and loued also Rahel more then Leah, and serued him yet seuen yeeres mo. And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he This declares that often they who are despised by men are favoured by God. opened her womb: but Rachel [was] barren. And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the By this it appears that she had sought help from God in her affliction. LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife. love me. And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and sayde, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath therefore giuen me this sonne also, & she called his name Simeon. And she conceiued againe & bare a sonne, and said, Now at this time wil my husband keepe mee company, because I haue borne him three sonnes: therefore was his name called Leui. Moreouer shee conceiued againe and bare a sonne, saying, Nowe will I prayse the Lorde: therefore shee called his name Iudah, and left bearing. And when Rahel saw that she bare Iaakob no children, Rahel enuied her sister, and said vnto Iaakob, Giue me children, or els I dye. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, [Am] I in It is only God who makes one barren or fruitful, and therefore I am not at fault. God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my I will receive her children on my lap, as though they were my own. knees, that I may also have children by her. Then shee gaue him Bilhah her mayde to wife, and Iaakob went in to her. So Bilhah conceiued and bare Iaakob a sonne. Then said Rahel, God hath giuen sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voyce, and hath giuen mee a sonne: therefore called shee his name, Dan. And Bilhah Rahels maide coceiued againe, and bare Iaakob the second sonne. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, The arrogancy of man's nature appears in that she condemns her sister, after she has received this benefit from God to bear children. and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. And when Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iaakob to wife. And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob a sonne. And Leah said, That is, God increases me with a multitude of children for so Jacob explains this name Gad (Gen_49:19). A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. Againe Zilpah Leahs mayde bare Iaakob another sonne. Then sayde Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will blesse me; she called his name, Asher. And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found Which is a kind of herb whose root has a likeness to the figure of a man. mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. But shee answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take mine husband, except thou take my sonnes mandrakes also? Then sayde Rahel, Therefore he shall sleepe with thee this night for thy sonnes mandrakes. And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night. And God heard Leah and shee conceiued, and bare vnto Iaakob the fift sonne. And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it. maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. After, Leah conceiued againe, & bare Iaakob the sixt sonne. Then Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowrie: nowe will mine husbande dwell with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: & she called his name Zebulun. After that, shee bare a daughter, and shee called her name Dinah. And God remembred Rahel, and God heard her, and opened her wombe. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my Because fruitfulness came as God's blessing, who said «Increase and multiply», barrenness was counted as a curse. reproach: And shee called his name Ioseph, saying, The Lord wil giue me yet another sonne. And assoone as Rahel had borne Ioseph, Iaakob said to Laban, Sende me away that I may go vnto my place and to my countrey. Giue me my wiues and my children, for whom I haue serued thee, and let me go: for thou knowest what seruice I haue done thee. To whom Laban answered, If I haue nowe found fauour in thy sight tarie: I haue perceiued that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. Also he said, Appoynt vnto me thy wages, and I will giue it thee. But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me. For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall The order of nature requires that every one provide for his own family. I provide for mine own house also? Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe. I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: That which is spotted, from now on. and [of such] shall be my hire. So shall my God shall attest to my righteous dealing by rewarding my labours. righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. Then Laban sayde, Goe to, woulde God it might be according to thy saying. Therefore he tooke out the same day the hee goates that were partie coloured and with great spots, and all the shee goates with litle and great spots, and all that had white in them, and all the blacke among the sheepe, and put them in the keeping of his sonnes. And hee set three dayes iourney betweene himselfe and Iaakob; Iaakob kept the rest of Labans sheepe. And Jacob Jacob used no deceit in this for it was God's commandment as he declares in (Gen_31:9, Gen_31:11). took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which [was] in the rods. Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke) And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots. And Iaakob parted these lambes, and turned the faces of the flocke towardes these lambes partie coloured and all maner of blacke, among the sheepe of Laban: so hee put his owne flockes by themselues, and put them not with Labans flocke. And it came to pass, whensoever the As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March: so the feebler in March and lamb in September. stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs. So the man encreased exceedingly, and had many flockes, and maide seruantes, and men seruants, and camels and asses. And he heard the The children put in words what the father disguised in his heart for the covetous think that whatever they cannot take, is taken from them. words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our father's hath he gotten all this glory. Also Iaakob beheld the countenance of Laban, that it was not towards him as in times past: And the Lorde had said vnto Iaakob, Turne againe into the lande of thy fathers, and to thy kinred, and I wilbe with thee. Therefore Iaakob sent and called Rahel and Leah to the fielde vnto his flocke. And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the The God whom my fathers worshipped. God of my father hath been with me. And yee knowe that I haue serued your father with all my might. But your father hath deceiued me, & changed my wages tenne times: but God suffred him not to hurt me. If he thus sayd, The spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheepe bare spotted: and if he sayd thus, the party coloured shalbe thy rewarde, then bare all the sheepe particoloured. Thus This declares that the thing Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit. God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. For in ramming time I lifted vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, & beholde, ye hee goates leaped vpon the shee goates, that were partie coloured with litle and great spots spotted. And the Angel of God sayde to mee in a dreame, Iaakob; I answered, Lo, I am here. And he sayde, Lift vp nowe thine eyes, and see all the hee goates leaping vpon ye shee goates that are partie coloured, spotted with litle and great spots: for I haue seene all that Laban doeth vnto thee. This angel was Christ who appeared to Jacob in Bethel: and by this it appears that he had taught his wives the fear of God: for he talks as though they knew this thing.I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. Then answered Rahel and Leah, and sayde vnto him, Haue wee any more porcion and inheritance in our fathers house? Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath For they were given to Jacob as payment for his service, which was a kind of sale. sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. Therefore all the riches, which God hath taken from our father, is ours and our childrens: nowe then whatsoeuer God hath saide vnto thee, doe it. Then Iaakob rose vp, and set his sonnes and his wiues vpon camels. And he caried away all his flockes, & al his substance which he had gotten, to wit, his riches, which he had gotten in Padan Aram, to goe to Izhak his father vnto the land of Canaan. And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the For so the word here signifies, because Laban calls them gods, (Gen_31:30). images that [were] her father's. Thus Iaakob stole away ye heart of Laban the Aramite: for he told him not that he fled. So fled he with all that he had, and he rose vp, and passed the riuer, and set his face towarde mount Gilead. And the third day after was it told Laban, that Iaakob fled. Then he tooke his brethren with him, & followed after him seuen dayes iourney, and ouertooke him at mount Gilead. And God came to Laban the Aramite in a dreame by night, and sayde vnto him, Take heede that thou speake not to Iaakob ought saue good. Then Laban ouertooke Iaakob, & Iaakob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban also with his brethren pitched vpon mount Gilead. Then Laban sayde to Iaakob, What hast thou done? thou hast euen stolen away mine heart and caried away my daughters as though they had bene taken captiues with the sworde. Wherfore diddest thou flie so secretly and steale away from me, and diddest not tel me, that I might haue sent thee foorth with mirth & with songs, with timbrel and with harpe? But thou hast not suffered me to kisse my sonnes and my daughters: nowe thou hast done foolishly in doing so. It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the He was an idolater and therefore would not acknowledge the God of Jacob for his God. God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. Nowe though thou wentest thy way, because thou greatly longedst after thy fathers house, yet wherefore hast thou stollen my gods? Then Iaakob answered, and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, & thought that thou wouldest haue taken thy daughters from me. But with whome thou findest thy gods, let him not liue. Search thou before our brethre what I haue of thine, & take it to thee, (but Iaakob wist not that Rahel had stolen them) Then came Laban into Iaakobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maides tentes, but founde them not. So hee went out of Leahs tent, and entred into Rahels tent. (Nowe Rahel had taken the idoles, & put them in the camels litter and sate downe vpon them) and Laban searched al the tent, but found them not. Then said she to her father, My Lord, be not angrie that I cannot rise vp before thee: for the custome of women is vpo me: so he searched, but found not the idoles. The Iaakob was wroth, and chode with Laban: Iaakob also answered and sayd to Laban, What haue I trespassed? what haue I offended, that thou hast pursued after me? Seeing thou hast searched all my stuffe, what hast thou foud of all thine houshold stuffe? put it here before my brethren & thy brethren, that they may iudge betweene vs both. This twenty yere I haue bin with thee: thine ewes & thy goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten. Whatsoeuer was torne of beasts, I brought it not vnto thee, but made it good my selfe: of mine hand diddest thou require it, were it stollen by day or stollen by night. I was in the day consumed with heate, and with frost in the night, and my sleepe departed from mine eyes. Thus haue I bene twentie yeere in thine house, and serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeeres for thy sheepe, and thou hast changed my wages tenne times. Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the That is, the God whom Isaac feared and reverenced. fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight. Then Laban answered, and saide vnto Iaakob, These daughters are my daughters, & these sonnes are my sonnes, and these sheepe are my sheepe, and all that thou seest, is mine, and what can I doe this day vnto these my daughters, or to their sonnes which they haue borne? Now therefore His conscience reproved him for his misbehaviour toward Jacob, and therefore moved him to seek peace. come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. Then tooke Iaakob a stone, and set it vp as a pillar: And Iaakob sayde vnto his brethren, Gather stones: who brought stones, and made an heape, and they did eate there vpon the heape. And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it The one named the place in the Syrian tongue, and the other in the Hebrew tongue. Galeed. For Laban sayd, This heape is witnesse betweene me and thee this day: therefore he called the name of it Galeed. And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD To punish the trespasser. watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take [other] Nature compels him to condemn that vice, to which through covetousness he forced Jacob. wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is] witness betwixt me and thee. Moreouer Laban sayd to Iaakob, Beholde this heape, and behold the pillar, which I haue set betweene me and thee, This heape shall be witnesse, and the pillar shall be witnesse, that I will not come ouer this heape to thee, and that thou shalt not passe ouer this heape and this pillar vnto me for euill. The God of Abraham, and the God of Behold, how the idolaters mingle the true God with their false gods. Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Meaning, by the true God whom Isaac worshipped. fear of his father Isaac. Then Iaakob did offer a sacrifice vpon the mount, and called his brethren to eate bread; they did eate bread, and taried all night in the mount. And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and We see that there is always some seed of the knowledge of God in the hearts of the wicked. blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. Nowe Iaakob went forth on his iourney and the Angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, He acknowledges God's benefits: who for the preservation of his, sends hosts of angels. This [is] God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom: And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my He reverenced his brother in worldly things, because he mainly looked to be preferred to the spiritual promise. lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: I haue beeues also and Asses, sheepe, & men seruantes, and women seruantes, and haue sent to shew my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. So ye messengers came againe to Iaakob, saying, We came vnto thy brother Esau, and hee also commeth against thee and foure hundreth men with him. Then Jacob was Though he was comforted by the angels, yet the infirmity of the flesh appears. greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; For he said, If Esau come to ye one copanie and smite it, the other companie shall escape. Moreouer Iaakob said, O God of my father Abraham, & God of my father Izhak: Lord, which saydest vnto me, Returne vnto thy coutrey and to thy kinred, and I will do thee good, I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my that is, poor and without all provision. staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and] the Meaning, he will put all to death. This proverb comes from those who kill the bird together with the young ones. mother with the children. For thou saydest; I will surely doe thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, which can not be nombred for multitude. And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a Not distrusting God's assistance, but using such means as God had given him. present for Esau his brother; Two hundreth shee goates & twenty hee goates, two hundreth ewes & twentie rammes: Thirtie mylche camels with their coltes, fourtie kine, and ten bullockes, twentie she asses and ten foles. So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, & put a space betweene droue and droue. And he commanded the formost, saying, If Esau my brother meete thee, and aske thee, saying, Whose seruant art thou? And whither goest thou? And whose are these before thee? Then thou shalt say, They be thy seruant Iaakobs: it is a present sent vnto my lord Esau: and beholde, he him selfe also is behinde vs. So likewise commaunded he the seconde and the thirde, and all that followed the droues, saying, After this maner, ye shall speake vnto Esau, when ye finde him. And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I He thought it no less to depart with these goods with the intent that he might follow the vocation to which God called him. will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. So went the present before him: but he taried that night with the companie. And he rose vp the same night, and tooke his two wiues, and his two maides, and his eleuen children, and went ouer the forde Iabbok. And he tooke them, and sent them ouer the riuer, and sent ouer that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a That is, God in the form of a man. man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he For God assails his with the one hand, and upholds them with the other. prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he saide, Let me goe, for the morning appeareth. Who answered, I will not let thee go except thou blesse me. Then said he vnto him, What is thy name? And he said, Iaakob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou God gave Jacob both power to overcome, and also the praise of the victory. power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. Then Iaakob demaded, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name; he said, Wherefore now doest thou aske my name? & he blessed him there And Iaakob called the name of the place, Peniel: for, saide he, I haue seene God face to face, and my life is preserued. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he The faithful to overcome their temptations, so that they feel the pain of it, so they would not boast, except in their humility. halted upon his thigh. Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe that shranke in the hollowe of the thigh, vnto this day: because he touched the sinew that shranke in the holow of Iaakobs thigh. And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he That if the one part were assailed, the other might escape. divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the maides, and their children formost, and Leah, and her children after, and Rahel, and Ioseph hindermost. And he passed over before them, and By this gesture he partly revered his brother and partly prayed to God to appease Esau's wrath. bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. Then Esau ranne to meete him, and embraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, & they wept. And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and saide, Who are these with thee? And he answered, They are ye childre whome God of his grace hath giuen thy seruant. Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they Jacob and his family are the image of the Church under the yoke of tyrants who out of fear are brought to subjection. bowed themselves. Leah also with her children came nere and made obeysance: and after Ioseph & Rahel drew neere, and did reuerence. Then he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? Who answered, I haue sent it, that I may finde fauour in the sight of my lorde: And Esau said, I haue ynough, my brother: keepe that thou hast to thy selfe. And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore In that his brother embraced him so lovingly, contrary to his expectation, he accepted it as a clear sign of God's presence. I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it. And he saide, Let vs take our iourney and go, and I will goe before thee. Then he answered him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, & the ewes & kine with yong vnder mine hande: and if they should ouerdriue them one day, all the flocke would die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until He promised that which (as it would seem) he did not plan to do. I come unto my lord unto Seir. Then Esau said, I will leaue then some of my folke with thee; he answered, what needeth this? let me finde grace in the sight of my lorde. So Esau returned, and went his way that same day vnto Seir. And Iaakob went forwarde towarde Succoth, and built him an house, & made boothes for his cattell: therefore he called the name of the place Succoth. Afterward, Iaakob came safe to Sheche a citie, which is in the lande of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched before the citie. And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money. And he erected there an altar, and called He calls the sign, the thing which it signifies, in token that God had mightily delivered him. it Elelohe-Israel. And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, This example teaches us that too much liberty is not to be given to youth. went out to see the daughters of the land. Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her. So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, & spake kindely vnto the maide. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, This proves that the consent of parents is required in marriage, seeing that even the infidels observed it as a necessary thing. Get me this damsel to wife. (Nowe Iaakob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattell in the fielde: therefore Iaakob helde his peace, vntill they were come.) Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iaakob to commune with him. And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, & they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you. So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you, And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein. Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me. Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife. Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, And they said unto them, They used the holy ordinance of God a means to accomplish their wicked purpose. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a As it is abomination for those who are baptized to be joined to infidels. reproach unto us: But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be Their fault is even greater since they made religion a disguise for their deceit. circumcised; Then will we giue our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people. But if ye will not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart. Nowe their wordes pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne. And the yong man deferd not to doe the thing because he loued Iaakobs daughter: he was also the most set by of all his fathers house. And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the For the people used to assemble there, and justice was administered. gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, These men [are] Thus many pretend to speak for a public profit, when in reality they are only speaking for their own private gain and convenience. peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Onely herein will the men consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are circumcised. [Shall] not Thus they do not lack any form of perversion, who prefer their own convenience before the common good. their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie. And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, For they were the leaders of the company. Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew The people are punished because of their wicked princes. all the males. They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way. Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister. They tooke their sheepe & their beeues, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and in the fieldes. Also they caryed away captiue & spoyled all their goods, and all their children and their wiues, and all that was in the houses. Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, & slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied. And they answered, Shoulde hee abuse our sister as a whore? And God is ever at hand to comfort his people in their troubles. God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be That by this outward act they should show their inward repentance. clean, and change your garments: For we will rise and goe vp to Beth-el, and I will make an altar there vnto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which [were] in their hand, and [all their] For in this was some sign of superstition, as in tablets and Agnus deis (a cake of wax, stamped with a lamb bearing a cross or flag, that has been blessed by the Pope). earrings which [were] in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem. And they journeyed: and the Thus, despite the inconvenience that came before, God delivered Jacob. terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. So came Iaakob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Beth-el) hee and all the people that was with him. And he built there an altar, and had called the place, The God of Beth-el, because that God appeared vnto him there, when he fled from his brother. Then Deborah Rebekahs nourse dyed, and was buried beneath Beth-el vnder an oke: and he called the name of it Allon Bachuth. Againe God appeared vnto Iaakob, after he came out of Padan Aram, and blessed him. Moreouer God said vnto him, Thy name is Iaakob: thy name shalbe no more called Iaakob, but Israel shalbe thy name: and hee called his name Israel. Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes. Also I will giue the lande, which I gaue to Abraham and Izhak, vnto thee: and vnto thy seede after thee will I giue that land. And God As God is said to descend, when he shows some sign of his presence: so he is said to ascend when a vision is ended. went up from him in the place where he talked with him. And Iaakob set vp a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and powred drinke offring thereon: also hee powred oyle thereon. And Iaakob called the name of the place, where God spake with him, Beth-el. And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a The Hebrew word signifies as much ground as one can cover from resting point to resting point, which is taken for half a days journey. little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And whe she was in paines of her labour, the midwife saide vnto her, Feare not: for thou shalt haue this sonne also. Then as she was about to yeelde vp the Ghost (for she died) she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Beniamin. Thus died Rahel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. And Jacob set a The ancient fathers used this ceremony to testify their hope of the resurrection to come, which was not generally revealed. pillar upon her grave: that [is] the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Then Israel went forwarde, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal-eder. And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and This teaches that the fathers were not chosen for their merits, but only by God's mercies, whose election was not changed by their faults. lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard [it]. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: The sonnes of Leah: Reuben Iaakobs eldest sonne, and Simeon, and Leui, and Iudah, and Issachar, and Zebulun. The sonnes of Rahel: Ioseph & Beniamin. And the sonnes of Bilhah Rahels maide: Dan and Naphtali. And the sonnes of Zilpah Leahs maide: Gad and Asher. These are the sonnes of Iaakob, which were borne him in Padan Aram. Then Iaakob came vnto Izhak his father to Mamre a citie of Arbah: this is Hebron, where Abraham and Izhak were strangers. And the daies of Izhak were an hundreth and fourescore yeeres. And Izhak gaue vp the ghost and died, and was gathered vnto his people, being olde & full of daies: & his sonnes Esau & Iaakob buried him. Now these [are] This genealogy declares that Esau was blessed physically and that his father's blessing took place in worldly things. the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom. Esau took his wives of the Besides those wives spoken of in (Gen_26:34). daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; And tooke Basemath Ishmaels daughter, sister of Nebaioth. And Adah bare vnto Esau, Eliphaz: and Basemath bare Reuel. Also Aholibamah bare Ieush, and Iaalam, and Korah: these are the sonnes of Esau which were borne to him in the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and In this, God's providence appears, which causes the wicked to give place to the godly, that Jacob might enjoy Canaan according to God's promise. went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. For their riches were so great, that they could not dwell together, and the lande, wherein they were strangers, coulde not receiue them because of their flockes. Therefore dwelt Esau in mount Seir: this Esau is Edom. So these are the generations of Esau father of Edom in mount Seir. These are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphaz, the sonne of Adah, the wife of Esau, & Reuel the sonne of Bashemath, the wife of Esau. And the sonnes of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphaz, Amalek: these be the sonnes of Adah Esaus wife. And these are the sonnes of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sonnes of Bashemath Esaus wife. And these were the sonnes of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon Esaus wife: for she bare vnto Esau, Ieush, and Iaalam, and Korah. These [were] If God's promises are so sure towards those who are not of his household, how much more will he perform the same for us? dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, Duke Korah, Duke Gatam, Duke Amalek: these are the Dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sonnes of Adah. And these are the sonnes of Reuel Esaus sonne: Duke Nahath, Duke Zerah, Duke Shammah, Duke Mizzah: these are the Dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom: these are the sonnes of Bashemath Esaus wife. Likewise these were the sonnes of Aholibamah Esaus wife: Duke Ieush, Duke Iaalam, Duke Korah: these Dukes came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah Esaus wife. These are the children of Esau, and these are the Dukes of them: This Esau is Edom. These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who Esau lived there before that. inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the Dukes of the Horites, the sonnes of Seir in the land of Edom. And the sonnes of Lotan were, Hori and Hemam, and Lotans sister was Timna. And the sonnes of Shobal were these: Aluan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this [was that] Anah that found the Who not contented with those kinds of beasts, which God had created, discovered the monstrous generation of mules between the ass and the mare. mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. And the children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah. Also these are the sonnes of Dishan: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. The sonnes of Ezer are these: Bilhan, and Zaauan, and Akan. The sonnes of Dishan are these: Vz, and Aran. These are the Dukes of the Horites: Duke Lotan, Duke Shobal, Duke Zibeon, Duke Anah, Duke Dishon, Duke Ezer, Duke Dishan: these bee the Dukes of the Horites, after their Dukedomes in the land of Seir. And these [are] the The wicked rise up suddenly to honour and perish as quickly: but the inheritance of the children of God continues forever, (Psa_102:28). kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. Then Bela the sonne of Beor reigned in Edom, & the name of his citie was Dinhabah. And when Bela dyed, Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozra reigned in his steade. When Iobab also was dead, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his steade. And after the death of Husham, Hadad the sonne of Bedad, which slewe Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his steade, and the name of his citie was Auith. When Hadad was dead, then Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his steade. And Samlah died, and Saul of Which is by the river Euphrates. Rehoboth [by] the river reigned in his stead. When Shaul dyed, Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his steade. And after the death of Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor, Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his citie was Pau: and his wiues name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. Then these are the names of the Dukes of Esau according to their families, their places and by their names: Duke Timna, Duke Aluah, Duke Ietheth, Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah, Duke Pinon, Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman, Duke Mibzar, Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Of Edom came the Idumeans. Edomites. And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a That is, the story of such things as came to him and his family as in (Gen_5:1) stranger, in the land of Canaan. These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was] with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil He complained of the evil words and injuries which they spoke and did to him. report. Nowe Israel loued Ioseph more then all his sonnes, because he begate him in his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours. So when his brethren sawe that their father loued him more then all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speake peaceably vnto him. And Joseph God revealed to him by a dream what should come to pass. dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. For he saide vnto them, Heare, I pray you, this dreame which I haue dreamed. Beholde nowe, wee were binding sheues in the middes of the field: and loe, my shefe arose and also stoode vpright, and behold, your sheues compassed rounde about, and did reuerence to my shefe. And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they The more God shows himself favourable to his own, the more the malice of the wicked rages against them. hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. Againe hee dreamed an other dreame, & tolde it his brethren, and saide, Behold, I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the Sunne and the Moone & eleuen starres did reuerence to me. And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren: and his father Not despising the vision, but seeking to appease his brethren. rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him; but his father He knew that God was the author of the dream, but he did not understand the meaning. observed the saying. Then his brethren went to keepe their fathers sheepe in Shechem. And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? Come and I will send thee to them. And he answered him, I am here. Then he saide vnto him, Goe now, see whether it bee well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word againe. So hee sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. Then a man found him: for lo, hee was wandring in the fielde, and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he answered, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keepe sheepe. And the man said, they are departed hece: for I heard them say, Let vs goe vnto Dothan. Then went Ioseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they The Holy Spirit does not cover the faults of men, as vain writers do, who make virtues out of vices. conspired against him to slay him. For they sayd one to another, Behold, this dreamer commeth. Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames. But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him. Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hande vpon him. Thus he said, that he might deliuer him out of their hand, and restore him to his father againe. Now when Ioseph was come vnto his brethren, they stript Ioseph out of his coate, his particoloured coate that was vpon him. And they took him, and cast Their hypocrisy appears in this that they feared man more than God: and thought it was not murder, if they did not shed his blood or had excuses to cover their fault. him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it. Then they sate them downe to eate bread: and they lift vp their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a companie of Ishmeelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicerie, and balme, and myrrhe, and were going to cary it downe into Egypt. Then Iudah said vnto his brethren, What auaileth it, if we slay our brother, though wee keepe his blood secret? Come and let vs sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our handes be vpon him: for he is our brother and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed. Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Moses writes according to the opinion of those who took the Midianites and Ishmaelites to be one, and here mixes their names: as also appears in (Gen_37:36, Gen_39:1) or else he was first offered to the Midianites, but sold to the Ishmaelites. Ishmeelites for twenty [pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. Afterwarde Reuben returned to the pit, and beholde, Ioseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes, And returned to his brethren, and said, The childe is not yonder, and I, whither shall I goe? And they tooke Iosephs coate, and killed a kidde of the goates, and dipped the coate in the blood. And they sent the coat of [many] colours, That is, the messengers who were sent. and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son's coat or no. Then he knewe it and said, It is my sonnes coate: a wicked beast hath deuoured him: Ioseph is surely torne in pieces. And Iaakob rent his clothes, & put sackecloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long season. Then all his sonnes and all his daughters rose vp to comfort him, but he woulde not be comforted, but said, Surely I will go downe into the graue vnto my sonne mourning: so his father wept for him. And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an Or «eunuch», which does not always signify a man that is gelded, but also someone that is in some high position. officer of Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard. And it came to pass at that time, that Moses describes the genealogy of Judah, because the Messiah should come from him. Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name [was] Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name [was] Shuah; A relationship which nonetheless was condemned by God. and he took her, and went in unto her. So she conceiued and bare a sonne, and he called his name Er. And she conceiued againe, & bare a sonne, and she called his name Onan. Moreouer she bare yet a sonne, whome she called Shelah: and Iudah was at Chezib when she bare him. Then Iudah tooke a wife to Er his first borne sonne whose name was Tamar. Now Er the first borne of Iudah was wicked in the sight of the Lord: therefore the Lord slewe him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise This order was for the preservation of the stock, since the child begotten by the second brother would have the name and inheritance of the first: a practice which is abolished in the New Testament. up seed to thy brother. And Onan knewe that the seede should not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the grounde, least he should giue seede vnto his brother. And it was wicked in the eyes of the Lord, which he did: wherefore he slewe him also. Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, For she could not marry in any other family so long as Judah would retain her in his. Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. And in processe of time also the daughter of Shuah Iudahs wife dyed. Then Iudah, when he had left mourning, went vp to his sheepe sherers to Timnah, he, and his neighbour Hirah the Adullamite. And it was tolde Tamar, saying, beholde, thy father in lawe goeth vp to Timnah, to shere his sheepe. Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife. When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face. And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he God miraculously blinded him so that he could not know her by her voice. knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? Then said he, I will sende thee a kid of the goates from the flocke; she said, Well, if thou wilt giue me a pledge, till thou sende it. Then he saide, What is the pledge that I shall giue thee? And she answered, Thy signet, and thy cloke, and thy staffe that is in thine hande. So he gaue it her, and lay by her, and she was with childe by him. Then she rose, and went and put her vaile from her and put on her widowes raiment. And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his That his wickedness might not be known to others. friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. Then asked he the men of that place, saying, Where is ye whore, that sate in Enaim by the way side? And they answered, There was no whore here. He came therefore to Iudah againe, and said, I can not finde her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there. And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be He fears man more than God. shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be We see that the Law, which was written in man's heart, taught them that adultery should be punished with death, even though no law had been given yet. burnt. When she was brought foorth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, vnto whom these things pertaine, am I with childe: and saide also, Looke, I pray thee, whose these are, the seale, and the cloke, and the staffe. And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been That is, she ought rather to accuse me than I her. more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again for the horror of the sin condemned him. no more. Now, when the time was come that she should be deliuered, beholde, there were twinnes in her wombe. And when she was in trauell, the one put out his hand: and the midwife tooke and bound a red threde about his hand, saying, This is come out first. And it came to pass, as he Their heinous sin was signified by this monstrous birth. drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How Or the separation between you and your brother. hast thou broken forth? [this] breach [be] upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. And afterward came out his brother that had the red threde about his hande, and his name was called Zarah. And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an See (Gen_37:36). officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. And the The favour of God is the fountain of all prosperity. LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. And his master sawe that the Lorde was with him, and that the Lorde made all that hee did to prosper in his hande. And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him Because God prospered him: and so he made religion serve his profit. overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into his hand. And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD The wicked are blessed by the company of the godly. blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; For he was sure that everything would prosper: therefore he ate and drank and did not worry. and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, In this word he declares the purpose she was working towards. Lie with me. But he refused and said to his masters wife, Beholde, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to mine hande. [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against The fear of God preserved him against her continual temptations. God? And albeit she spake to Ioseph day by day, yet he hearkened not vnto her, to lye with her, or to be in her company. Then on a certaine day Ioseph entred into the house, to doe his businesse: and there was no man of the houshold in the house: Therefore she caught him by his garmet, saying, Sleepe with me: but he left his garment in her hand and fled, and got him out. Nowe when she sawe that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out, That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I This declares that in which lack of restraint exists and to this is joined extreme impudency and deceit. cried with a loud voice: And when he heard that I lift vp my voice and cryed, he left his garment with me, and fled away, and got him out. So she layde vp his garment by her, vntill her lord came home. Then she tolde him according to these words, saying, The Ebrew seruat, which thou hast brought vnto vs, came in to me, to mocke me. But assoone as I lift vp my voyce & cried, he left his garment with me, and fled out. Then when his master heard the wordes of his wife, which she tolde him, saying, After this maner did thy seruant to me, his anger was kindled. And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the His bad treatment in the prison may be gathered from (Psa_105:18). prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison. But the Lorde was with Ioseph, and shewed him mercie, and got him fauour in the sight of the master of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that [were] in the prison; and That is, nothing was done without his commandment. whatsoever they did there, he was the doer [of it]. And the keeper of the prison looked vnto nothing that was vnder his hande, seeing that the Lord was with him: for whatsoeuer he did, the Lorde made it to prosper. And after these things, the butler of the King of Egypt and his baker offended their lorde the King of Egypt. And Pharaoh was angrie against his two officers, against the chiefe butler, and against the chiefe baker. And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where God works in many wonderful ways to deliver his own. Joseph [was] bound. And the chiefe steward gaue Ioseph charge ouer them, and he serued them: and they continued a season in warde. And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, That is, every dream had his interpretation, as the thing afterward declared. each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison. And when Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, beholde, they were sad. And he asked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in his masters warde, saying, Wherefore looke ye so sadly to day? And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Cannot God raise up such as shall interpret such things. [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you. So the chiefe butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said vnto him, In my dreame, behold, a vine was before me, And in the vine were three branches, and as it budded, her flowre came foorth: and the clusters of grapes waxed ripe. And I had Pharaohs cup in mine hande, and I tooke the grapes, & wrung the into Pharaohs cup, and I gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand. And Joseph said unto him, This He was reassured by the spirit of God, that his interpretation was true. [is] the interpretation of it: The three branches [are] three days: Within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thine head, & restore thee vnto thine office, and thou shalt giue Pharaohs cup into his hand after the olde maner, when thou wast his butler. But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and He does not refuse the method of deliverance which he thought God had appointed. make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: For I was stollen away by theft out of the land of the Ebrewes, and here also haue I done nothing, wherefore they should put mee in the dungeon. When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had] three That is made of white twigs, or as some read, baskets full of holes. white baskets on my head: And in the vppermost basket there was of all maner baken meates for Pharaoh: and the birdes did eate them out of the basket vpon mine head. And Joseph answered and said, He shows that the ministers of God should not conceal that, which God reveals to them. This [is] the interpretation thereof: The three baskets [are] three days: Within three dayes shall Pharaoh take thine head from thee, & shal hang thee on a tree, and the birdes shall eate thy flesh from off thee. And it came to pass the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's Which was an occasion to appoint his officers, and to examine those who were in prison. birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. And he restored the chiefe butler vnto his butlershippe, who gaue the cup into Pharaohs hande, But he hanged the chiefe baker, as Ioseph had interpreted vnto them. Yet the chiefe butler did not remember Ioseph, but forgate him. And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh This dream was not so much for Pharaoh, as is was a means to deliver Joseph and to provide for God's Church. dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And loe, there came out of the riuer seuen goodly kine and fatfleshed, and they fedde in a medowe: And loe, seuen other kine came vp after the out of the riuer, euill fauoured & leane fleshed, and stoode by the other kine vpon the brinke of the riuer. And the euilfauoured and leane fleshed kine did eate vp the seuen welfauoured and fatte kine: so Pharaoh awoke. And he slept and dreamed the All these means God used to deliver his servant, and to bring him into favour and authority. second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And loe, seuen thinne eares, and blasted with the east winde, sprang vp after them: And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen ranke and full eares. then Pharaoh awaked, and loe, it was a dreame. And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was This fear was enough to teach him that this vision was sent by God. troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I He confesses his fault against the king before he speaks of Joseph. do remember my faults this day: Pharaoh being angrie with his seruantes, put me in ward in the chiefe stewards house, both me and the chiefe baker. Then we dreamed a dreame in one night, both I, and he: we dreamed eche man according to the interpretation of his dreame. And there was with vs a yong man, an Ebrew, seruant vnto the chiefe steward, whome when we told, he declared our dreames to vs, to euery one he declared according to his dreame. And as he declared vnto vs, so it came to passe: for he restored me to mine office, & hanged him. Then Pharaoh sent and called The wicked seek the prophets of God in their time of need, while in their prosperity they abhor them. Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh sayde to Ioseph, I haue dreamed a dreame, and no man can interprete it, and I haue hearde say of thee, that when thou hearest a dreame, thou canst interprete it. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, As though he would say if I interpret your dream it comes from God, and not from me. [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. And Pharaoh sayde vnto Ioseph, In my dreame, beholde, I stoode by the banke of the riuer: And lo, there came vp out of the riuer seuen fat fleshed, and welfauoured kine, and they fedde in the medowe. Also loe, seuen other kine came vp after them, poore and very euilfauoured, and leanefleshed: I neuer sawe the like in all the lande of Egypt, for euilfauoured. And the leane and euilfauoured kine did eate vp the first seuen fat kine. And when they had eaten them vp, it could not be knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still as euilfauoured, as they were at the beginning: so did I awake. Moreouer I sawe in my dreame, and beholde, seuen eares sprang out of one stalke, full and faire. And lo, seuen eares, withered, thinne, and blasted with the East winde, sprang vp after them. And the thinne eares deuoured the seuen good eares. Nowe I haue tolde the soothsayers, and none can declare it vnto me. And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, Both his dreams have the same message. The dream of Pharaoh [is] one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do. The seuen good kine are seuen yeres, and the seuen good eares are seuen yeeres: this is one dreame. Likewise the seuen thinne and euilfauoured kine, that came out after them, are seuen yeeres: and the seuen emptie eares blasted with the East winde, are seuen yeeres of famine. This is the thing which I haue saide vnto Pharaoh, that God hath shewed vnto Pharaoh, what he is about to doe. Beholde, there come seuen yeeres of great plentie in all the land of Egypt. Againe, there shall arise after them seuen yeeres of famine, so that all the plentie shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land: Neither shall the plentie bee knowen in the land, by reason of this famine that shall come after: for it shalbe exceeding great. And therefore the dreame was doubled vnto Pharaoh the second time, because the thing is established by God, & God hasteth to performe it. Now therefore let Pharaoh The office of a true prophet is not only to show the evils to come, but also the remedies for the same. look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. Let Pharaoh make and appoynt officers ouer the lande, and take vp the fift part of the land of Egypt in the seuen plenteous yeeres. Also let them gather all the foode of these good yeeres that come, and lay vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaoh for foode, in the cities, and let them keepe it. So the foode shall be for the prouision of the lande, against the seuen yeeres of famine, which shalbe in the lande of Egypt, that the land perish not by famine. And the saying pleased Pharaoh and all his seruants. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the No one should be honoured who does not have gifts from God fitting for the same. Spirit of God [is]? The Pharaoh said to Ioseph, For as much as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstanding, or of wisedome like vnto thee. Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy Some read, «the people will kill your mouth», that is obey you in all things. word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Moreouer Pharaoh said to Ioseph, Behold, I haue set thee ouer all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh tooke off his ring from his hand, and put it vpon Iosephs hand, and arayed him in garments of fine linnen, and put a golden cheyne about his necke. And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Or «Abrech»: a sign of honour; a word some translate, tender father or father of the king, or kneel down. Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt. Againe Pharaoh saide vnto Ioseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift vp his hand or his foote in all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh called Iosephs name Zaphnath-paaneah: and he gaue him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On. then went Ioseph abrode in the land of Egypt. And Joseph [was] His age is mentioned both to show that his authority came from God, and also that he endured imprisonment and exile for twelve years or more. thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought foorth store. And hee gathered vp all the foode of the seuen plenteous yeeres, which were in the lande of Egypt, and layde vp foode in the cities: the foode of the fielde, that was round about euery citie, layde he vp in the same. So Ioseph gathered wheate, like vnto the sand of the sea in multitude out of measure, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number. Now vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes (before the yeeres of famine came) which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On bare vnto him. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, [said he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my Nonetheless, his father's house was the true Church of God: yet the company of the wicked and prosperity caused him to forget it. father's house. Also hee called the name of the second, Ephraim: For God, sayde he hath made me fruitfull in the land of mine affliction. So the seuen yeeres of the plentie that was in the land of Egypt were ended. Then began the seuen yeeres of famine to come, according as Ioseph had saide: and the famine was in all landes, but in all the land of Egypt was bread. At the length all the lande of Egypt was affamished, and the people cryed to Pharaoh for bread; Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe to Ioseph: what he sayth to you, doe ye. When the famine was vpon all the land, Ioseph opened all places, wherein the store was, and solde vnto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. And all countries came to Egypt to bye corne of Ioseph, because the famine was sore in all landes. Now when This story shows plainly that all things are governed by God's providence for the profit of his Church. Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye As men destitute of counsel. look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I haue heard that there is foode in Egypt, Get you downe thither, & bie vs foode thence, that we may liue and not die. So went Iosephs ten brethren downe to bye corne of the Egyptians. But Beniamin Iosephs brother woulde not Iaakob send with his brethren: for he saide, Least death should befall him. And the sonnes of Israel came to bye foode among them that came: for there was famine in the land of Canaan. Now Ioseph was gouerner of the land, who solde to all the people of the lande: then Iosephs brethren came, & bowed their face to the groud before him. And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but This concealing is not to be followed, nor any actions of the father's not approved by God's word. made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. (Now Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knew not him. And Ioseph remembred the dreames, which he dreamed of them) and he sayde vnto them, Ye are spies, and are come to see the weaknesse of the land. But they sayde vnto him, Nay, my lorde, but to bye vitayle thy seruants are come. Wee are all one mans sonnes: wee meane truely, and thy seruants are no spies. But he saide vnto them, Nay, but yee are come to see the weakenes of the land. And they said, We thy seruants are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Canaan: and beholde, the yongest is this day with our father, and one is not. Againe Ioseph sayde vnto them, This is it that I spake vnto you, saying, Ye are spies. Hereby ye shall be proved: The Egyptians who were idolaters, used to swear by their king's life: but God forbids swearing by anyone but him: yet Joseph dwelling among the wicked was corrupted by them. By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. Send one of you which may fet your brother, & ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proued, whether there bee trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ye are but spies. So he put them in warde three dayes. And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I And therefore am true and just. fear God: If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bounde in your prison house, and goe ye, carie foode for the famine of your houses: But bring your yonger brother vnto me, that your wordes may be tried, and that ye dye not: and they did so. And they said one to another, Affliction makes men acknowledge their faults, which otherwise they would conceal. We [are] verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his God will take vengeance on us, and measure us with our own measure. blood is required. (And they were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.) And he turned himself about from them, and Though he acts harshly, yet his brotherly affection remained. wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. So Ioseph commanded that they should fill their sackes with wheate, and put euery mans money againe in his sacke, and giue them vitaile for the iourney: and thus did he vnto them. And they layed their vitaile vpon their asses, and departed thence. And as one of them opened his sacke for to giue his asse prouender in the ynne, he espyed his money: for lo, it was in his sackes mouth. And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were Because their conscience accused them of their sin, they thought God had brought them trouble through the money. afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us? And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying, The man, who is Lorde of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey. And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies. We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shal I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart, And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land. And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against For they did not seem to be concerned or have any love for their brother which increased his sorrow: and partly as it appears he suspected them for Joseph. me. Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe. But he sayd, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue. And the This was a great temptation to Jacob to suffer such a great famine in the land where God had promised to bless him. famine [was] sore in the land. And when they had eaten vp the vitaile, which they had brought from Egypt, their father sayd vnto them, Turne againe, and bye vs a little foode. And Iudah answered him, saying, The man charged vs by an othe, saying, Neuer see my face, except your brother be with you. If thou wilt sende our brother with vs, we will goe downe, and bye thee foode: But if thou wilt not send him, we wil not go downe: for the man said vnto vs, Looke me not in the face, except your brother be with you. And Israel sayd, Wherefore delt ye so euill with me, as to tell the man, whether ye had yet a brother or no? And they answered, The man asked straitly of our selues and of our kinred, saying, Is your father yet aliue? haue ye any brother? And wee tolde him according to these wordes: could we knowe certainely that he would say, Bring your brother downe? Then sayde Iudah to Israel his father, Send the boy with mee, that we may rise and goe, and that we may liue and not dye, both we, and thou, and our children. I wil be suertie for him: of mine hand shalt thou require him. If I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me beare the blame for euer. For except we had made this tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the second time. Then their father Israel sayd vnto them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a little rosen, & a little hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes: And take When we are in need or danger, God does not forbid us to use honest means to better our estate and condition. double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight: Take also your brother and arise, and go againe to the man. And Our main trust should be in God, not in worldly means. God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be He speaks these words not so much in despair, but to make his sons more careful to return with their brother. bereaved [of my children], I am bereaved. Thus the men tooke this present, & tooke twise so much money in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph. And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and kill meate, and make ready: for the men shal eate with me at noone. And the man did as Ioseph bad, & brought the men vnto Iosephs house. And the men were So the judgment of God weighed on their consciences. afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, & communed with him at the doore of ye house. And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither at the first time to bye foode, And as wee came to an ynne and opened our sackes, behold, euery mans money was in his sackes mouth, euen our money in full weight, but we haue brought it againe in our handes. Also other money haue we brought in our handes to bye foode, but we cannot tell, who put our money in our sackes. And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: Despite the corruption of Egypt, Joseph taught his family to fear God. your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. So the man led them into Iosephs house, & gaue them water to wash their feete, and gaue their asses prouender. And they made ready their present against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard say, that they should eate bread there) When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to him, which was in their handes, and bowed downe to the grounde before him. And he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me, in good health? is he yet aliue? Who answered, Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obeysance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his For only these two were born of Rachel. mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. And Ioseph made haste (for his affection was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought where to weepe) and entred into his chamber, and wept there. Afterward he washed his face, & came out, and refrained himselfe, and sayd, Set on meate. And they To signify his dignity. set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an The nature of the superstitions is to condemn all others in respect to themselves. abomination unto the Egyptians. So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth; the men marueiled among themselues. And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, Sometimes this word means «to be drunken», but here it means that they had enough, and drank of the best wine. and were merry with him. Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth. And We may not use this example to justify any unlawful practices, seeing God has commanded us to walk in simplicity. put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. And in the morning the men were sent away, they, and their asses. And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good? [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and Because the people thought he could divine, he attributes to himself that knowledge: or else he pretends that he consults with soothsayers: which deceit is worthy to be reproved. whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. And when he ouertooke them, he sayde those wordes vnto them. And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing. Behold, the money which we found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe to thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steale out of thy lordes house siluer or golde? With whomesoeuer of thy seruants it bee found, let him dye, and we also will be my lordes bondmen. And he said, Now then let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whome it is found, shal be my seruant, and ye shalbe blamelesse. Then at once euery man tooke downe his sacke to the grounde, and euery one opened his sacke. And he searched, and began at the eldest and left at the yongest: and the cuppe was found in Beniamins sacke. Then they To show how greatly the thing displeased them and how sorry they were for it. rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground. Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie? And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? If we see no obvious cause for our affliction, let us look to the secret counsel of God, who punishes us justly for our sins. God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found. But he answered, God forbid, that I should doe so, but the man, with whome the cuppe is founde, he shalbe my seruant, and go ye in peace vnto your father. Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou [art] even Equal in authority or, next to the king. as Pharaoh. My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue ye a father, or a brother? And we answered my Lorde, We haue a father that is olde, and a young childe, which he begate in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him. Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him. And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die. Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more. So when we came vnto thy seruant our father, and shewed him what my lord had sayd, And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode, Then we answered, We can not go downe: but if our yongest brother go with vs, then will we go downe: for we may not see the mans face, except our yongest brother be with vs. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my Rachel bore to Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin. wife bare me two [sons]: And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a suretie he is torne in pieces, and I sawe him not since. And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, You will cause me to die for sorrow. ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not with vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life) Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue. Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer. Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren. For Meaning, he would rather remain as their prisoner, than to return and see his father in sorrow. how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Not because he was ashamed of his kindred, but rather because he wanted to cover his brother's sin. Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And hee wept & cried, so that the Egyptians heard: the house of Pharaoh heard also. Then Ioseph sayde to his brethren, I am Ioseph: doeth my father yet liue? But his brethren coulde not answere him, for they were astonished at his presence. Againe, Ioseph sayde to his brethren, Come neere, I pray you, to mee; they came neere; he sayde, I am Ioseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not This example teaches that we must by all means comfort those who are truly ashamed and sorry for their sins. grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For nowe two yeeres of famine haue bene through ye land, and fiue yeeres are behind, wherein neither shalbe earing nor haruest. Wherefore God sent me before you to preserue your posteritie in this land, & to saue you aliue by a great deliuerance. So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but Though God detests sin, yet he turns man's wickedness into his glory. God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Haste you & go vp to my father, & tel him, Thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come downe to me, tary not. And thou shalt dwel in ye land of Goshen, and shalt be neere me, thou and thy children, and thy childrens children, and thy sheepe, and thy beastes, and all that thou hast. Also I will nourish thee there (for yet remaine fiue yeeres of famine) lest thou perish through pouertie, thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] That is, that I speak in your own language and have no interpreter. my mouth that speaketh unto you. Therefore tel my father of al mine honour in Egypt, and of all that ye haue seene, and make haste, and bring my father hither. Then hee fell on his brother Beniamins necke, & wept, and Beniamin wept on his necke. Moreouer, he kissed all his brethren, and wept vpon them: and afterwarde his brethren talked with him. And the tidinges came vnto Pharaohs house, so that they said, Iosephs brethre are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his seruants. Then Pharaoh said vnto Ioseph, Say to thy brethren, This doe ye, lade your beastes & depart, go to the land of Canaan, And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the The most plentiful ground. good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the The main fruits and conveniences. fat of the land. And I commaunde thee, Thus doe ye, take you charets out of the lande of Egypt for your children, and for your wiues, and bring your father and come. Also regarde not your stuffe: for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours. And the children of Israel did so: & Ioseph gaue them charets according to the commandement of Pharaoh: hee gaue them vitaile also for the iourney. He gaue them all, none except, change of raiment: but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundreth pieces of siluer, and fiue sutes of raiment. And vnto his father likewise hee sent ten hee asses laden with the best things of Egypt, and ten shee asses laden with wheate, and bread and meate for his father by the way. So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye Seeing he had remitted the fault done to him, he did not want them to accuse one another. fall not out by the way. Then they went vp from Egypt, and came vnto the land of Canaan vnto Iaakob their father, And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he [is] governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart As one between hope and fear. fainted, for he believed them not. And they told him al the words of Ioseph, which he had said vnto the: but when he saw the charets, which Ioseph had sent to cary him, then the spirit of Iaakob their father reuiued. And Israel sayde, I haue inough: Ioseph my sonne is yet aliue: I wil go and see him yer I die. And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and By this he signified both that he worshipped the true God, and that he kept in his heart the possession of that land from which need drove him at that time. offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by night, saying, Iaakob, Iaakob. Who answered, I am here. Then hee sayde, I am God, the God of thy father, feare not to goe downe into Egypt: for I will there make of thee a great nation. I will Conducting you by my power. go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely In your posterity. bring thee up [again]: and Joseph shall Shall shut your eyes when you die: which belongs to him that was most dear or chief of the kindred. put his hand upon thine eyes. Then Iaakob rose vp from Beer-sheba: and the sonnes of Israel caried Iaakob their father, & their children, & their wiues in the charets, which Pharaoh had sent to cary him. And they tooke their cattell & their goods, which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and came into Egypt, both Iaakob and all his seede with him, His sonnes and his sonnes sonnes with him, his daughters and his sonnes daughters, and al his seede brought he with him into Egypt. And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, euen Iaakob and his sonnes: Reuben, Iaakobs first borne. And the sonnes of Reuben: Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. And the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel, & Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zohar; & Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman. Also the sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Also the sonnes of Iudah: Er, & Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: (but Er and Onan died in ye land of Canaan) And the sonnes of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. Also the sonnes of Issachar: Tola, and Phuuah, and Iob, and Shimron. Also the sonnes of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Iahleel. These bee the sonnes of Leah, which shee bare vnto Iaakob in Padan Aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the soules of his sonnes & his daughters were thirtie and three. Also the sonnes of Gad: Ziphion, & Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. Also the sonnes of Asher: Iimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; the sonnes of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. These are the children of Zilpah, whome Laban gaue to Leah his daughter: and these shee bare vnto Iaakob, euen sixtene soules. The sonnes of Rahel Iaakobs wife were Ioseph and Beniamin. And vnto Ioseph in the lande of Egypt were borne Manasseh, and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah prince of On bare vnto him. Also the sonnes of Beniamin: Belah, & Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. These are the sonnes of Rahel, which were borne vnto Iaakob, fourteene soules in all. Also the sonnes of Dan: Hushim. Also the sonnes of Naphtali: Iahzeel, & Guni, and Iezer, and Shillem. These are the sonnes of Bilhah, which Laban gaue vnto Rahel his daughter, and shee bare these to Iaakob, in all, seuen soules. Al the soules, that came with Iaakob into Egypt, which came out of his loynes (beside Iaakobs sonnes wiues) were in the whole, three score and sixe soules. Also the sonnes of Ioseph, which were borne him in Egypt, were two soules: so that al the soules of the house of Iaakob, which came into Egypt, are seuentie. The he sent Iudah before him vnto Ioseph, to direct his way vnto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. Then Ioseph made ready his charet and went vp to Goshen to meete Israel his father, and presented himselfe vnto him and fel on his necke, and wept vpon his necke a good while. And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, Now let me die, since I haue seene thy face, and that thou art yet aliue. Then Ioseph said to his brethren, & to his fathers house, I wil go vp and shew Pharaoh, and tell him, My brethren & my fathers house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come vnto me, And the men [are] He was not ashamed of his father and kindred, though they were of base condition. shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. And if Pharaoh call you, and aske you, What is your trade? That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an God permits the world to hate his own, so they will forsake the filth of the world, and cling to him. abomination unto the Egyptians. Then came Ioseph and tolde Pharaoh, and sayde, My father, and my brethren, and their sheepe, and their cattell, and all that they haue, are come out of the land of Canaan, and behold, they are in the land of Goshen. And he took some of his brethren, [even] That the king might be assured that they had come, and to see what type of people they were. five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers. They sayde moreouer vnto Pharaoh, For to soiourne in ye lande are we come: for thy seruants haue no pasture for their sheepe, so sore is ye famine in the lande of Canaan. Nowe therefore, we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel in the land of Goshen. Then spake Pharaoh to Ioseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come vnto thee. The Joseph's great modesty appears in that he would attempt nothing without the king's commandment. land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. Ioseph also brought Iaakob his father, and set him before Pharaoh; Iaakob saluted Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh sayde vnto Iaakob, Howe olde art thou? And Iaakob sayd vnto Pharaoh, The whole time of my pilgrimage is an hundreth & thirty yeeres: fewe and euill haue the dayes of my life bene, and I haue not attayned vnto the yeeres of the life of my fathers, in the dayes of their pilgrimages. And Iaakob tooke leaue of Pharaoh, & departed from the presence of Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Which was a city in the country of Goshen, (Exo_1:11). Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, Some read that he fed them as little babies, because they could not provide for themselves against that famine. according to [their] families. Now there was no bread in all the land: for the famine was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt, and the land of Canaan were famished by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and In which he both declares his faithfulness to the king, and his freedom from covetousness. Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. So when money fayled in the lande of Egypt, and in the lande of Canaan, then all the Egyptians came vnto Ioseph, and sayde, Giue vs bread: for why should we dye before thee? for our money is spent. Then saide Ioseph, Bring your cattell, and I will giue you for your cattell, if your money be spent. So they brought their cattell vnto Ioseph, and Ioseph gaue them bread for the horses, & for the flockes of sheepe, and for the heards of cattel, and for the asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattell that yeere. But when the yeere was ended, they came vnto him the next yeere, and sayd vnto him, We will not hide from my lord, that since our money is spent, and my lord hath the heards of the cattel, there is nothing left in the sight of my lorde, but our bodies and our ground. Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our For unless the ground is tilled and sown, it perishes and is as if it was dead. land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. So Ioseph bought all the lande of Egypt for Pharaoh: for the Egyptians solde euery man his ground because the famine was sore vpon the: so the land became Pharaohs. And as for the people, he By this changing they signified that they had nothing of their own, but received everything from the king's generosity. removed them to cities from [one] end of the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof. Onely the lande of the Priestes bought he not: for the Priestes had an ordinarie of Pharaoh, and they did eate their ordinarie, which Pharaoh gaue them: wherefore they solde not their grounde. Then Ioseph sayd vnto the people, Behold, I haue bought you this daye, and your lande for Pharaoh: lo, here is seede for you: sowe therefore the grounde. And of the encrease ye shall giue the fifth part vnto Pharaoh, and foure partes shalbe yours for the seede of the fielde, and for your meate, and for them of your housholdes, and for your children to eate. Then they answered, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs finde grace in the sight of my Lorde, and we will be Pharaohs seruants. And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, [that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; Pharaoh, in providing for idolatrous priests, will be a condemnation to all those who neglect the true ministers of God's word. except the land of the priests only, [which] became not Pharaoh's. And Israel dwelt in the lande of Egypt, in the countrey of Goshen: and they had their possessions therein, and grewe and multiplied exceedingly. Moreouer, Iaakob liued in the lande of Egypt seuenteene yeeres, so that the whole age of Iaakob was an hundreth fourtie and seuen yeere. Now when the time drewe neere that Israel must dye, he called his sonne Ioseph, and sayde vnto him, If I haue nowe founde grace in thy sight, put thine hand nowe vnder my thigh, and deale mercifully & truely with me: burie me not, I pray thee, in Egypt. But I will By this he demonstrated that he died in the faith of his fathers, teaching his children to hope for the promised land. lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel He rejoiced that Joseph had promised him, and setting himself up on his pillows, praised God; (1Ch_29:10). bowed himself upon the bed's head. And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told Joseph, Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his Joseph valued his children being received into Jacob's family, which was the Church of God, more than enjoying all the treasures of Egypt. two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Also one told Iaakob, and said, Behold, thy sonne Ioseph is come to thee, and Israel tooke his strength vnto him and sate vpon the bed. Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me. And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an Which is true in the carnal Israel until the coming of Christ, and in the spiritual forever. everlasting possession. And now thy two sonnes, Manasseh & Ephraim, which are borne vnto thee in the lande of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are mine. But the linage, which thou hast begotten after them, shalbe thine: they shall be called after the names of their brethren in their inheritance. Nowe when I came from Padan, Rahel died vpon mine hande in the lande of Canaan, by the way when there was but halfe a dayes iourney of grounde to come to Ephrath: and I buryed her there in the way to Ephrath: the same is Beth-lehem. Then Israel beheld Iosephs sonnes & sayd, Whose are these? And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my sons, whom The faithful acknowledge all benefits come from God's free mercy. God hath given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. (For the eyes of Israel were dimme for age, so that hee coulde not well see) Then he caused them to come to him, & he kissed them and embraced them. And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph, I had not thought to haue seene thy face: yet lo, God hath shewed me also thy seede. And Ioseph tooke them away from his knees, & did reuerence downe to the ground. Then tooke Ioseph them both, Ephraim in his right hand towarde Israels left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israels right hand, so he brought them vnto him. And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] upon God's judgments are often contrary to man's and he prefers what man despises. Ephraim's head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn. Also he blessed Ioseph and sayde, The God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Izhak did walke, the God, which hath fed me al my life long vnto this day, blesse thee. The This angel must be understood to be Christ, as in (Gen_31:13, Gen_32:1). Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my Let them be taken as my children. name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it Joseph fails by binding God's grace to the order of nature. displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. And Ioseph sayde vnto his father, Not so, my father, for this is the eldest: put thy right hand vpon his head. But his father refused, & sayd, I know well, my sonne, I know well: he shalbe also a people, and he shalbe great likewise: but his yonger brother shalbe greater then he, and his seede shall be full of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as In whom God's graces should manifestly appear. Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of Which they had by faith in the promise. your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which By my children whom God spared for my sake. I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the When God will bring you out of Egypt, and because he speaks of the Messiah, he calls it the last days. last days. Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto Israel your father. Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my Begotten in my youth. might, and the beginning of my strength, If you have not left your birthright by your offence. the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: Thou wast light as water: thou shalt not be excellent, because thou wentest vp to thy fathers bed: then diddest thou defile my bed, thy dignitie is gone. Simeon and Leui, brethren in euill, the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their Or, tongue: meaning that he neither consented to them in word or thought. secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a The Shechemites (Gen_34:26). man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will For Levi had no part, and Simeon was under Judah, (Jos_19:1) till God gave them the place of the Amalekites, (1Ch_4:43). divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand [shall be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall As was verified in David and Christ. bow down before thee. Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; His enemies will so fear him. who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Which is Christ the Messiah, the giver of prosperity who will call the Gentiles to salvation. Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be]. Binding his foal unto the A country most abundant with vines and pastures is promised to him. vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke. Zebulun shall dwell by the sea side, and he shalbe an hauen for shippes: and his border shalbe vnto Zidon. Issachar [is] His force will be great, but he will lack courage to resist his enemies. a strong ass couching down between two burdens: And he shall see that rest is good, and that the land is pleasant, and he shall bow his shoulder to beare, and shalbe subiect vnto tribute. Dan Shall have the honour of a tribe. shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder by the path, byting the horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall backward. Seeing the miseries that his posterity would fall into, he bursts out in prayer to God to remedy it.I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. Gad, an hoste of men shal ouercome him, but he shal ouercome at the last. Out of Asher his He will abound in corn and pleasant fruits. bread [shall be] fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth Overcoming more by fair words than by force. goodly words. Ioseph shalbe a fruitefull bough, euen a fruitful bough by the well side: the smal boughs shall runne vpon the wall. As his brethren when they were his enemies, Potiphar and others.The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the That is God. stone of Israel:) Euen by the God of thy father, who shall helpe thee, and by the almightie, who shall blesse thee with heauenly blessinges from aboue, with blessings of the deepe, that lyeth beneath, with blessings of the brestes, and of the wombe. The blessings of thy father have In as much as he was closer to the accomplishment of the promise and it had been more often confirmed. prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was Either in dignity, or when he was sold from his brethren. separate from his brethren. Beniamin shall rauine as a wolfe: in the morning he shall deuoure the pray, and at night he shal deuide the spoyle. All these are the twelue tribes of Israel, and thus their father spake vnto them, and blessed them: euery one of them blessed hee with a seuerall blessing. And he charged them & sayd vnto them, I am ready to be gathered vnto my people: burie mee with my fathers in the caue, that is in the fielde of Ephron the Hittite, In the caue that is in the field of Machpelah besides Mamre in the land of Canaan: which caue Abraham bought with the fielde of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to burie in. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife: there they buryed Izhak and Rebekah his wife: and there I buried Leah. The purchase of the fielde and the caue that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth. And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he By which is signified how quietly he died. gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. Then Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face and wept vpon him, and kissed him. And Joseph commanded his servants the He means those who embalmed the dead and buried them. physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him They were more excessive in lamenting than the faithful. threescore and ten days. And when the dayes of his mourning were past, Ioseph spake to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If I haue nowe found fauour in your eyes, speake, I pray you, in the eares of Pharaoh, and say, My father made me sweare, saying, Loe, I die, bury me in my graue, which I haue made me in the land of Canaan: now therefore let me go, I pray thee, & bury my father, & I wil come againe. And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according Even the infidels would have oaths carried out. as he made thee swear. So Ioseph went vp to bury his father, and with him went all the seruants of Pharaoh, both the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. Likewise all the house of Ioseph, and his brethren, and his fathers house: onely their children, and their sheepe, and their cattell left they in the land of Goshen. And there went vp with him both charets and horsemen: and they were an exceeding great company. And they came to Goren Atad, which is beyond Iorden, and there they made a great and exceeding sore lamentation: and he mourned for his father seuen dayes. And when the Canaanites the inhabitants of the lande sawe the mourning in Goren Atad, they sayde, This is a great mourning vnto the Egyptians: wherefore the name thereof was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iorden. So his sonnes did vnto him, according as he had commanded them: For his sonnes caried him into the lande of Canaan, & buried him in the caue of the fielde of Machpelah, which caue Abraham bought with the fielde, to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite besides Mamre. Then Ioseph returned into Egypt, he and his brethren, and al that went vp with him to bury his father, after that he had buried his father. And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, An evil conscience is never fully at rest. Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. Therefore they sent vnto Ioseph, saying, Thy father commanded before his death, saying, So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the Meaning, that they who have one God should be joined in most sure love. God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. Also his brethren came vnto him, and fell downe before his face, and sayde, Beholde, we be thy seruants. And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of Who by the good success seems to remit it, and therefore it should not be revenged by me. God? When ye thought euill against mee, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue much people aliue. Feare not nowe therefore, I will nourish you, and your children: and hee comforted them, and spake kindly vnto them. And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an Who, even though he ruled in Egypt about eighty years, yet was joined with the church of God in faith and religion. hundred and ten years. And Ioseph saw Ephraims children, euen vnto the third generation: also the sonnes of Machir the sonne of Manasseh were brought vp on Iosephs knees. And Ioseph sayd vnto his brethren, I am ready to dye, and God will surely visite you, and bring you out of this land, vnto ye land which hee sware vnto Abraha, vnto Izhak, and vnto Iaakob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, He speaks this by the spirit of prophecy, exhorting his brethren to have full trust in God's promise for their deliverance. God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. So Ioseph died, when he was an hundreth and ten yere olde: and they enbaumed him & put him in a chest in Egypt.

Now Moses describes the wonderful order that God observes in performing his promise to Abraham; (Gen_15:14). these [are] the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. The Argument - After Jacob by God's commandment in (Gen_46:3) had brought his family into Egypt, where they remained for four hundred years, and from seventy people grew to an infinite number so that the king and the country endeavoured both by tyranny and cruel slavery to suppress them: the Lord according to his promise in (Gen_15:14) had compassion on his Church, and delivered them, but plagued their enemies in most strange and varied ways. The more the tyranny of the wicked raged against his Church, the more his heavy judgments increased against them, till Pharaoh and his army were drowned in the sea, which gave an entry and passage to the children of God. As the ingratitude of man is great, so they immediately forgot God's wonderful benefits and although he had given them the Passover as a sign and memorial of the same, yet they fell to distrust, and tempted God with various complaining and grudging against him and his ministers: sometimes out of ambition, sometimes lack of drink or meat to satisfy their lusts, sometimes idolatry, or such like. For this reason, God punished them with severe rods and plagues, that by his correction they might turn to him for help against his scourges, and earnestly repent for their rebellion and wickedness. Because God loves them to the end, whom he has once begun to love, he punished them not as they deserved, but dealt with them mercifully, and with new benefits laboured to overcome their malice: for he still governed them and gave them his word and Law, both concerning the way to serve him, and also the form of judgments and civil policy: with the intent that they would not serve God after as they pleased, but according to the order, that his heavenly wisdom had appointed. Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Beniamin, Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. So al the soules, that came out of the loines of Iaakob, were seuentie soules: Ioseph was in Egypt already. Nowe Ioseph died and all his brethren, and that whole generation. And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the He means the country of Goshen. land was filled with them. Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which He did not consider how God had preserved Egypt for the sake of Joseph. knew not Joseph. And he sayde vnto his people, Beholde, the people of the children of Israel are greater and mightier then we. Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] Into Canaan, and so we shall lose our conveniences. get them up out of the land. Therefore did they set taskemasters ouer them, to keepe the vnder with burdens: and they built the cities Pithom and Raamses for the treasures of Pharaoh. But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And The more God blesses his own, the more the wicked envy them. they were grieved because of the children of Israel. Wherefore the Egyptians by crueltie caused the children of Israel to serue. Thus they made them weary of their liues by sore labour in clay & in bricke, & in al worke in the fielde, with all maner of bondage, which they layde vpon them most cruelly. And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one [was] These seem to have been the main of the rest. Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And sayde, When ye doe the office of a midwife to the women of the Ebrewes, and see them on their stooles, if it be a sonne, then yee shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her liue. Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commaunded them, but preserued aliue the men children. Then the King of Egypt called for the midwiues, and sayde vnto them, Why haue yee done thus, and haue preserued aliue the men children? And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew Their disobedience in this was lawful, but their deception is evil. women [are] not as the Egyptian women; for they [are] lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. God therefore prospered the midwiues, and the people multiplied and were very mightie. And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he That is, God increased the families of the Israelites by their means. made them houses. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall When tyrants cannot prevail by deceit, they burst into open rage. cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. And there went a This Levite was called Amram, who married Jochebed in (Exo_6:20). man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi. And the woman coceiued and bare a sonne: and when she saw that he was faire, she hid him three moneths. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and Committing him to the providence of God, whom she could not keep from the rage of the tyrant. put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink. Now his sister stood a farre off, to wit what would come of him. Then ye daughter of Pharaoh came downe to wash her in the riuer, and her maidens walked by the riuers side: and when shee sawe the arke among the bulrushes, she sent her maide to fet it. Then she opened it, and sawe it was a childe: and beholde, the babe wept: so she had compassion on it, and sayde, This is one of the Ebrewes children. Then said his sister vnto Pharaohs daughter, Shall I go and cal vnto thee a nurce of the Ebrew women to nurce thee the childe? And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the Man's counsel cannot hinder that which God has determined shall come to pass. child's mother. To whome Pharaohs daughter sayde, Take this childe away, and nurce it for me, and I wil reward thee. Then the woman tooke the childe and nurced him. Nowe the childe grewe, and she brought him vnto Pharaohs daughter, and he was as her sonne, and she called his name Moses, because, said she, I drewe him out of the water. And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was That is, was forty years old; (Act_7:23). grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that [there was] no man, he Being assured that God had appointed him to deliver the Israelites; (Act_7:25). slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses Though by his fear he showed his weakness, yet faith covered it; (Heb_11:27). feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Now Pharaoh heard this matter, & sought to slay Moses: therefore Moses fled from Pharaoh, and dwelt in the lande of Midian, and hee sate downe by a well. And the Priest of Midian had seue daughters, which came and drewe water, and filled the troghes, for to water their fathers sheepe. Then the shepherds came and droue them away: but Moses rose vp and defended them, and watered their sheepe. And whe they came to Reuel their father, he said, Howe are ye come so soone to day? And they saide, A man of Egypt deliuered vs from the hand of the shepherdes, and also drew vs water ynough, and watered the sheepe. And he said unto his daughters, And where [is] he? why [is] it [that] ye have left the man? In which he demonstrated a thankful mind, which would reward the good done to his. call him, that he may eat bread. And Moses agreed to dwell with the man: who gaue vnto Moses Zipporah his daughter: And she bare a sonne, whose name he called Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange lande. And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they God humbles his by afflictions, that they should cry to him, and receive the fruit of his promise. cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. Then God heard their mone, and God remembred his couenant with Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had He judges their causes or acknowledged them as his own. respect unto [them]. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the It was so called after the law was given. mountain of God, [even] to Called also Sinai. Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a This shows that the Church is not consumed by the fires of affliction, because God is in the midst of it. bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed. Therefore Moses saide, I will turne aside nowe, and see this great sight, why the bush burneth not. And when the Whom he calls the angel in (Exo_3:2). LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here [am] I. And he said, Draw not nigh hither: Resign yourself to me; (Rth_4:7; Jos_5:15). put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest [is] Because of my presence. holy ground. Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was For sin causes man to fear God's justice. afraid to look upon God. And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their Whose cruelty was intolerable. taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land Most plentiful of all things. flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. He heard before, but now he would avenge it.Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. Come now therefore, and I will send thee vnto Pharaoh, that thou maiest bring my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who [am] He does not fully disobey God, but acknowledges his own weakness. I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Neither fear your own weakness, or Pharaoh's tyranny. Certainly I will be with thee; and this [shall be] a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. Then Moses said vnto God, Behold, when I shall come vnto the children of Israel, and shall say vnto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you: if they say vnto me, What is his Name? What shall I say vnto them? And God said unto Moses, I The God who has always been, am, and shall be: the God almighty, by whom all things have their being, and the God of mercy, mindful of my promise. AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God spake further vnto Moses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the children of Israel, The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Izhak, and the God of Iaakob hath sent me vnto you: this is my Name for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto all ages. Go & gather the Elders of Israel together, & thou shalt say vnto the, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Izhak, & Iaakob appeared vnto me, & said, I haue surely remembred you, & that which is done to you in Egypt. Therefore I did say, I wil bring you out of the affliction of Egypt vnto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, vnto a lande that floweth with milke and honie. And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may Because Egypt was full of idolatry, God would appoint them a place where they could serve him purely. sacrifice to the LORD our God. But I know, that the King of Egypt wil not let you goe, but by strong hande. Therefore will I stretch out mine hande and smite Egypt with all my wonders, which I will doe in the middes thereof: and after that shall he let you goe. And I will make this people to be fauoured of the Egyptians: so that when ye go, ye shal not goe emptie. This example may not be followed generally: though at God's commandment they did it justly, receiving some recompence for their labours.But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put [them] upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. And Moses answered and said, God bears with Moses doubting, because he was not completely without faith. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. And the Lord said vnto him, What is that in thine hande? And he answered, A rod. Then said he, Cast it on the ground. So he cast it on the grounde, and it was turned into a serpent: and Moses fled from it. Againe the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Put foorth thine hand, and take it by the tayle. Then he put foorth his hande and caught it, and it was turned into a rod in his hand. This power to work miracles was to confirm his doctrine, and to assure him of his vocation.That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And the Lorde saide furthermore vnto him, Thrust nowe thine hand into thy bosome; he thrust his hand into his bosome, & when he tooke it out againe, behold, his hand was leprous as snowe. Moreouer he said, Put thine hand into thy bosome againe. So he put his hande into his bosome againe, & pluckt it out of his bosome, and behold, it was turned againe as his other flesh. So shall it be, if they wil not beleeue thee, neither obey the voyce of ye first signe, yet shall they beleeue for the voyce of the seconde signe. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the Because these three signs should be sufficient witnesses to prove that Moses should deliver God's people. water of the river, and pour [it] upon the dry [land]: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry [land]. But Moses said vnto the Lorde, Oh my Lorde, I am not eloquent, neither at any time haue bene, nor yet since thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am slowe of speach & slowe of tongue. Then the Lorde said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lorde? Therefore goe nowe, and I will be with thy mouth, and will teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand [of him whom] thou That is, the Messiah: or some other, that is more suitable than I. wilt send. And the Though we provoke God justly to anger, yet he will never reject his own. anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, [Is] not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and You will instruct him what to say. put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, [even] he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of Meaning, as a wise counsellor and full of God's spirit. God. Moreouer thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do miracles. Therefore Moses went and returned to Iethro his father in lawe, & said vnto him, I pray thee, let me goe, and returne to my brethren, which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet aliue. Then Iethro said to Moses, Go in peace. (For the Lord had said vnto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kill thee) And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the By which he wrought the miracles. rod of God in his hand. And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will By receiving my spirit and delivering him to Satan to increase his anger. harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel [is] my son, [even] my Meaning, most dear to him. firstborn: Wherefore I say to thee, Let my sonne go, that he may serue me: if thou refuse to let him goe, beholde, I will slay thy sonne, euen thy first borne. And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and God punished him with sickness for neglecting his ordinances. sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and This act was extraordinary: for Moses was very sick and God even then required it. cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast [it] at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband [art] thou to me. So he departed from him. Then she saide, O bloodie husbande (because of the circumcision) Then the Lorde saide vnto Aaron, Goe meete Moses in the wildernesse; he went and mette him in the Mount of God, and kissed him. Then Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the Lord, who had sent him, and all the signes wherewith he had charged him. So went Moses and Aaron, and gathered all the Elders of the children of Israel. And Aaron told all the wordes, which the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses, and he did the miracles in the sight of the people, And the So that Moses had experience of God's promise that he would have good success. people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Faith overcomes fear, and makes men bold in their calling. Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may And offer sacrifice. hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. And Pharaoh saide, Who is the Lorde, that I should heare his voyce, & let Israel go? I knowe not the Lord, neither will I let Israel goe. And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword. Then saide the King of Egypt vnto them, Moses & Aaron, why cause ye the people to cease from their workes? get you to your burdens. And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now [are] many, and ye As though you would rebel. make them rest from their burdens. And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their Who were of the Israelites, and had charge to see them do their work. officers, saying, Ye shall giue the people no more strawe, to make bricke ( as in time past) but let them goe and gather them strawe them selues: Notwithstanding lay vpon them the nober of bricke, which they made in time past, diminish nothing thereof: for they be idle, therefore they crie, saying, Let vs go to offer sacrifice vnto our God. The more cruelly the tyranny rages, the nearer is God's help.Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard Of Moses and Aaron. vain words. Then went the taskemasters of the people and their officers out, and tolde the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will giue you no more strawe. Goe your selues, get you strawe where yee can finde it, yet shall nothing of your labour bee diminished. Then were the people scattered abroade throughout all the land of Egypt, for to gather stubble in steade of strawe. And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Finish your dayes worke euery dayes taske, as ye did when ye had strawe. And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaohs taskemasters had set ouer them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfilled your taske in making bricke yesterday and to daye, as in times past? Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants? There is no strawe giuen to thy seruantes, and they say vnto vs, Make bricke: and loe, thy seruants are beaten, and thy people is blamed. But he said, Ye are to much idle: therfore ye say, Let vs goe to offer sacrifice to the Lord. Goe therefore nowe and worke: for there shall no strawe be giuen you, yet shall yee deliuer the whole tale of bricke. Then the officers of the children of Israel sawe them selues in an euill case, because it was saide, Ye shall diminish nothing of your bricke, nor of euery dayes taske. And they met Moses and Aaron, which stood in their way as they came out fro Pharaoh, And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to It is a grievous things for the servants of God to be accused of evil, especially by their brethren, when they do what their duty requires. put a sword in their hand to slay us. Wherefore Moses returned to the Lorde, and saide, Lorde, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou thus sent me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speake in thy Name, he hath vexed this people, and yet thou hast not deliuered thy people. Then the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Nowe shalt thou see, what I will doe vnto Pharaoh: for by a strong hand shall he let them goe, and euen be constrained to driue them out of his land. Moreouer God spake vnto Moses, and sayd vnto him, I am the Lord, And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by [the name of] God Almighty, but by my name By which he signifies that he will perform indeed that which he promised to their fathers: for this name declares that he is constant and will perform his promise. JEHOVAH was I not known to them. Furthermore as I made my couenant with them to giue them ye land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers: So I haue also hearde the groning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keepe in bondage, and haue remembred my couenant. Wherefore say thou vnto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out fro the burdens of the Egyptians, & will deliuer you out of their bondage, and will redeeme you in a stretched out arme, and in great iudgements. And I will He means, concerning the outward calling, the dignity of which they lost later by their rebellion: but as for election to life everlasting, it is unchangeable. take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. And I will bring you into the land which I sware that I woulde giue to Abraham, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, and I will giue it vnto you for a possession: I am the Lord. And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened So hard a thing it is to show true obedience under the cross. not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Go speak to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel goe out of his land. And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who [am] of Or barbarous and rude in speech and by this word {(uncircumcised)} is signified the whole corruption of man's nature. uncircumcised lips? Then the Lord spake vnto Moses & vnto Aaron, & charged them to goe to the children of Israel & to Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the lande of Egypt. These [be] the heads This genealogy shows whom Moses and Aaron came from. of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the families of Reuben. Also the sonnes of Simeon: Iemuel and Iamin, and Ohad, and Iachin, and Zoar, and Shaul the sonne of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred For he was 42 years old when he came into Egypt and lived there 94 years. thirty and seven years. The sonnes of Gershon were Libni and Shimi by their families. And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron, & Vzziel. (and Kohath liued an hundreth thirtie and three yeere) Also the sonnes of Merari were Mahali & Mushi: these are ye families of Leui by their kinreds. And Amram took him Jochebed his This type of marriage was later forbidden in the law; (Lev_18:12). father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years. And the sons of Izhar; Moses and he were cousins, whose rebellion was punished in (Num_16:1). Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. And the sonnes of Vzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Who was a prince of Judah, (Num_1:7). Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Also the sonnes of Korah: Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke him one of the daughters of Putiel to his wife, which bare him Phinehas: these are the principall fathers of the Leuites throughout their families. These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their For their families were so great, that they might be compared to armies. armies. These are that Moses and Aaron, which spake to Pharaoh King of Egypt, that they might bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. And at that time when the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the land of Egypt, When the Lorde, I say, spake vnto Moses, saying, I am the Lord, speake thou vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt all that I say vnto thee, And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I [am] of The disobedience both of Moses and of the people, shows that their deliverance came only from God's free mercy. uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a I have given you power and authority to speak in my name and to execute my judgments on him. god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. Thou shalt speake all that I commaunded thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he suffer the children of Israel to go out of his land. But I will harden Pharaohs heart, and multiplie my miracles and my wonders in the lande of Egypt. But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, [and] my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great To strengthen Moses' faith, God promises again to punish most severely the oppression of his Church. judgments. Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they. And Moses [was] Moses lived in affliction and banishment forty years before he commanded his office to deliver God's people. fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. And the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses and Aaron, saying, If Pharaoh speake vnto you, saying, Shewe a miracle for you, then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shalbe turned into a serpent. Then went Moses and Aaron vnto Pharaoh, and did euen as the Lord had commaunded: and Aaron cast forth his rod before Pharaoh and before his seruants, & it was turned into a serpent. Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the It seems that these were Jannes and Jambres; (2Ti_3:8) so the wicked maliciously resist the truth of God. sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast downe euery man his rod, & they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods. So Pharaohs heart was hardened, and hee hearkened not to them, as the Lorde had saide. The Lorde then saide vnto Moses, Pharaohs heart is obstinate, hee refuseth to let the people goe. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by That is, the Nile river. the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. And thou shalt say vnto him, The Lorde God of the Ebrewes hath sent me vnto thee, saying, Let my people goe, that they may serue mee in the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto thou wouldest not heare. Thus saith the Lorde, In this shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I wil smite with the rodde that is in mine hand vpon the water that is in the riuer, and it shalbe turned to blood. And the fish that is in the riuer shall dye, and the riuer shall stinke, and it shall grieue the Egyptians to drinke of the water of the riuer. The Lord then spake to Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand ouer the waters of Egypt, ouer their streames, ouer their riuers, & ouer their pondes,, and ouer all pooles of their waters, and they shalbe blood, and there shalbe blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and of stone. So Moses and Aaron did euen as the Lord commaunded: and hee lift vp the rodde, and smote the water that was in the riuer in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his seruants: and all the water that was in the riuer, was turned into blood. And the To show that it was a true miracle, God plagued them in that which was most needed for the preservation of life. fish that [was] in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians of Egypt did In outward appearance, after the seven days were ended. so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. Then Pharaoh returned, and went againe into his house, neither did this yet enter into his heart. All the Egyptians then digged rounde about the riuer for waters to drinke: for they could not drinke of the water of the riuer. And this continued fully seuen dayes after the Lord had smitten the riuer. Afterward the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Goe vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde, Let my people goe, that they may serue me: And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with There is nothing so weak that God cannot use it to overcome the greatest power of man. frogs: And the riuer shal scral ful of frogges, which shall goe vp and come into thine house, and into thy chamber, where thou sleepest, and vpon thy bed, and into the house of thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine ouens, and into thy kneading troughes. Yea, the frogges shall climbe vp vpon thee, and on thy people, and vpon all thy seruants. Also the Lord said vnto Moses, Say thou vnto Aaron, Stretch out thine hande with thy rod vpon the streames, vpon the riuers, and vpon the ponds, and cause frogs to come vp vpon the land of Egypt. And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of But Goshen, where God's people dwelt, was excepted. Egypt. And the sorcerers did likewise with their sorceries, and brought frogges vp vpon the land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Not love but fear causes the infidels to seek God. Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. And Moses said vnto Pharaoh, Concerning me, euen command when I shall pray for thee, and for thy seruants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogges from thee and from thine houses, that they may remaine in the riuer only. Then he said, To morowe; he answered, Be it as thou hast said, that thou maiest know, that there is none like vnto the Lord our God. So the frogges shall depart from thee, and from thine houses, and from thy seruantes, and from thy people: onely they shall remaine in the riuer. Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde concerning the frogges, which hee had sent vnto Pharaoh. And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs In things of this life God often hears the prayers of the just for the ungodly. died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. And they gathered the together by heaps, and the land stanke of them. But when Pharaoh sawe that hee had rest giuen him, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not vnto them, as the Lord had said. Againe the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretche out the rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may bee turned to lyce throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so: for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth: and lyce came vpon man and vpon beast: all the dust of the earth was lyce throughout all the land of Egypt. And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they God confounded their wisdom and authority in a thing most vile. could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This [is] They acknowledged that this was done by God's power and not by sorcery; (Luk_11:20). the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. Moreouer the Lorde sayd to Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh (lo, hee will come forth vnto the water) and say vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serue me. Els, if thou wilt not let my people goe, behold, I will send swarmes of flies both vpon thee, and vpon thy seruants, and vpon thy people, and into thine houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shalbe full of swarmes of flies, and the ground also whereon they are. But ye land of Goshe, where my people are, wil I cause to be wonderfull in that day, so that no swarmes of flies shalbe there, that thou maiest know that I am the Lorde in the middes of the earth. And I will make a deliuerance of my people from thy people: to morowe shall this miracle be. And the Lorde did so: for there came great swarmes of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his seruants houses, so that through all the lande of Egypt, the earth was corrupt by the swarmes of flies. Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and saide, Goe, doe sacrifice vnto your God in this lande. And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the For the Egyptians worshipped various beasts, ox, sheep and such like which the Israelites offered in sacrifice, a thing the Egyptians abhorred to see. abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs. And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not So the wicked instruct God's messengers how far they may go. go very far away: intreat for me. And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms [of flies] may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal He could not judge his heart, but yet he charged him to do this honestly. deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. So Moses went out from Pharaoh & prayed vnto the Lorde. And the Lord did according to the saying of Moses, and the swarmes of flies departed from Pharaoh, from his seruants, and from his people, and there remained not one. And Pharaoh Where God does not give faith, no miracles can prevail. hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. Then the Lorde said vnto Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people go, that they may serue me. But if thou refuse to let them goe, and wilt yet holde them still, Beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy flocke which is in the fielde: for vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon the camels, vpon the cattell, and vpon the sheepe shalbe a mightie great moraine. And the LORD shall He will declare his heavenly judgment against his enemies, and his favour toward his children. sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all [that is] the children's of Israel. And the Lord appointed a time, saying, To morowe the Lorde shall finish this thing in this lande. So the Lord did this thing on the morow, and all the cattel of Egypt dyed: but of the cattell of the children of Israel dyed not one. And Pharaoh Into the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived. sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take your handfull of ashes of the fornace, and Moses shall sprinkle them towarde the heauen in the sight of Pharaoh, And they shall be turned to dust in all the land of Egypt: and it shalbe as a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast, thorow out all the land of Egypt. Then they tooke ashes of the fornace, and stoode before Pharaoh: and Moses sprinkled them towarde the heauen, and there came a scab breaking out into blisters vpon man, and vpon beast. And the sorcerers could not stande before Moses, because of the scab: for the scab was vpon the enchanters, and vpon all the Egyptians. And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not vnto them, as the Lorde had said vnto Moses. Also the Lorde said vnto Moses, Rise vp early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lorde God of the Ebrewes, Let my people goe, that they may serue me. For I will at this time send all my plagues upon So that your own conscience will condemn you of ingratitude and malice. thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that [there is] none like me in all the earth. For nowe I will stretch out mine hande, that I may smite thee and thy people with the pestilence: and thou shalt perish from the earth. And in very deed for this [cause] have I raised thee up, for to shew [in] thee my power; and that my That is, that all the world may magnify my power in overcoming you. name may be declared throughout all the earth. Yet thou exaltest thy selfe against my people, and lettest them not goe. Beholde, to morowe this time I will cause to raine a mightie great haile, such as was not in Egypt since the foundation thereof was laid vnto this time. Send therefore now, [and] Here we see though God's wrath is kindled yet there is a certain mercy shown even to his enemies. gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; [for upon] every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. Such then as feared the word of the Lorde among the seruants of Pharaoh, made his seruants and his cattell flee into the houses: And he that regarded not the The word of the minister is called the word of God. word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. And the Lorde saide to Moses, Stretche foorth thine hande towarde heauen, that there may be haile in all the land of Egypt, vpon man, and vpon beast, and vpon all the herbes of the fielde in the lande of Egypt. Then Moses stretched out his rod towarde heauen, & the Lord sent thunder and haile, and lightening vpon the ground: and the Lorde caused haile to raine vpon the land of Egypt. So there was haile, and fire mingled with the haile, so grieuous, as there was none throughout all the lande of Egypt, since it was a nation. And the haile smote throughout al ye land of Egypt all that was in the fielde, both man and beast: also ye haile smote all the herbes of ye field, and brake to pieces all the trees of the fielde. Onely in the lande of Goshen (where the children of Israel were) was no haile. And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I The wicked confess their sins to their condemnation, but they cannot believe to obtain remission. have sinned this time: the LORD [is] righteous, and I and my people [are] wicked. Pray ye vnto the Lorde (for it is ynough) that there be no more mightie thunders and haile, and I will let you goe, and yee shall tarie no longer. Then Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am out of the citie, I will spreade mine hands vnto the Lorde, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile, that thou mayest knowe that the earth is the Lordes. But as for thee and thy servants, Meaning that when they have their request, they are never better off, even though they make many fair promises, in which we see the practices of the wicked. I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. (And the flaxe, & the barley were smitten: for the barley was eared, & the flaxe was bolled. But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, for they were hid in the grounde) Then Moses went out of the citie from Pharaoh, and spred his hands to the Lorde, and the thunder and the haile ceased, neither rained it vpon the earth. And when Pharaoh sawe that the raine and the haile and the thunder were ceased, hee sinned againe, and hardened his heart, both he, and his seruants. So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened: neither would he let the children of Israel goe, as the Lord had said by Moses. Againe the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Goe to Pharaoh: for I haue hardened his heart, and the heart of his seruants, that I might worke these my miracles in the middes of his realme, And that thou mayest tell in the The miracles would be so great, that they would be spoken of forever: where also we see the duty of parents toward their children. ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I [am] the LORD. And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse The purpose of affliction is that we humble ourselves with true repentance under the hand of God. to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. But if thou refuse to let my people go, beholde, to morowe will I bring grashoppers into thy coastes. And they shall couer the face of the earth, that a man can not see the earth: and they shall eate the residue which remaineth vnto you, and hath escaped from the haile: and they shall eate all your trees that bud in the fielde. And they shall fil thine houses, and all thy seruants houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians, as neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers fathers haue seene, since the time they were vpon the earth vnto this day. So he returned, and went out from Pharaoh. And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a Meaning, the occasion of all these evils: so are the godly ever charged as Elijah was by Ahab. snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? So Moses and Aaron were brought againe vnto Pharaoh, and he saide vnto them, Goe, serue the Lorde your God, but who are they that shall goe? And Moses answered, We will go with our yong and with our olde, with our sonnes and with our daughters, with our sheepe and with our cattell will we goe: for we must celebrate a feast vnto the Lorde. And he said unto them, Let That is, I hope the degree of affection that the Lord has for you is no more than the degree to which I want to let you go. the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look [to it]; for Punishment is prepared for you. Some read, «You intend some mischief». evil [is] before you. It shall not be so: nowe goe ye that are men, and serue the Lorde: for that was your desire. Then they were thrust out from Pharaohs presence. After, the Lord said vnto Moses, Stretch out thine hande vpon the lande of Egypt for the grashoppers, that they may come vpon the lande of Egypt, and eate all the herbes of the land, euen all that the haile hath left. Then Moses stretched foorth his rod vpon the lande of Egypt: and the Lorde brought an East winde vpon the land all that day, and al that night: and in the morning the East wind brought the grashoppers. So the grashoppers went vp vpon all the land of Egypt, and remained in all quarters of Egypt: so grieuous Grashoppers, like to these were neuer before, neither after them shalbe such. For they couered all the face of the earth, so that the lande was darke: and they did eate all the herbes of the lande, and all the fruites of the trees, which the haile had left, so that there was no greene thing left vpon the trees, nor among the herbes of the fielde throughout all the lande of Egypt. Then Pharaoh called for The wicked in their misery seek God's ministers for help, even though they hate and detest them. Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. And nowe forgiue mee my sinne onely this once, and pray vnto the Lord your God, that hee may take away from me this death onely. Moses then went out from Pharaoh, and prayed vnto the Lord. And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the The water seemed red, because the sand or gravel is red: the Hebrews call it the Sea of bulrushes. Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, & hee did not let the children of Israel goe. And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be Because it was so thick. felt. Then Moses stretched forth his hande towarde heauen, and there was a blacke darkenesse in all the land of Egypt three daies. No man saw an other, neither rose vp from ye place where he was for three dayes: but all the children of Israel had light where they dwelt. The Pharaoh called for Moses & said, Go, serue the Lord: onely your sheepe and your cattel shall abide, and your children shall go with you. And Moses sayd, Thou must giue vs also sacrifices, and burnt offrings that wee may doe sacrifice vnto the Lord our God. Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an The ministers of God should not yield one iota to the wicked, in regards to their mission. hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not That is, with what beasts, or how many. with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. (But the Lorde hardened Pharaohs heart, and he would not let them goe) And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in [that] day thou seest my face thou shalt Though earlier he admitted Moses was just, yet again in his own heart he threatened to put him to death. die. Then Moses said, Thou hast said wel: from henceforth will I see thy face no more. And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague [more] upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let [you] go, he shall Without any condition, but with haste and violence. surely thrust you out hence altogether. Speake thou nowe to the people, that euery man require of his neighbour, & euery woman of her neighbour iewels of siluer & iewels of gold. And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: also Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaohs seruantes, and in the sight of the people.) Also Moses sayde, Thus sayth the Lord, About midnight will I goe out into the middes of Egypt. And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that [is] behind From the highest to the lowest. the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. Then there shalbe a great crie throughout all the land of Egypt, such as was neuer none like, nor shalbe. But against none of ye children of Israel shal a dogge moue his tongue, neyther against man nor beast, that ye may knowe that the Lord putteth a differece betweene the Egyptians & Israel. And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that That is, under the power and government. follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; God hardens the hearts of the reprobate, that his glory by this might be set forth even more, (Rom_9:17). that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: but the Lorde hardened Pharaohs heart, and he suffred not the children of Israel to goe out of his lande. Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This Called Nisan, containing part of March and part of April. month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first Concerning the observation of feasts: as for other policies, they reckoned from September. month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] As the fathers of the household had great or small families. fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his He will take as many as are needed to eat the lamb. eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lambe shalbe without blemish, a male of a yeere olde: ye shall take it of the lambes, or of the kiddes. And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the Every one his house. whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. After, they shall take of the blood, & strike it on the two postes, and on the vpper doore post of the houses where they shall eate it. And they shal eate the flesh the same night, roste with fire, and vnleauened bread: with sowre herbes they shall eate it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his That is, all that may be eaten. head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shal reserue nothing of it vnto the morning: but that, which remaineth of it vnto the morowe, shall ye burne with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: The lamb was not the Passover, but signified it, as ordinances are not the thing itself which they represent, but rather they signify it. it [is] the LORD'S passover. For I will passe through the lande of Egypt the same night, and will smite all the first borne in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute iudgement vpon all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. And the blood shalbe a toke for you vpon the houses where ye are: so when I see the blood, I will passe ouer you, and the plague shall not be vpon you to destruction, when I smite the lande of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a Of the benefits received for your deliverance. memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance That is, until Christ's coming: for then ceremonies will end. for ever. Seuen daies shall ye eat vnleauened bread, and in any case ye shall put away leauen the first day out of your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread from the first daie vntill the seuenth day, that person shalbe cut off from Israel. And in the first day shalbe an holie assemblie: also in the seuenth day shalbe an holy assemblie vnto you: no worke shalbe done in them, saue about that which euery man must eate: that onely may ye do. Ye shall keepe also the feast of vnleauened bread: for that same daye I will bring your armies out of the lande of Egypt: therefore ye shal obserue this day, throughout your posteritie, by an ordinance for euer. In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month at For in ancient times they counted in this way, beginning the day at sunset till the next day at the same time. even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Seuen daies shall no leauen be founde in your houses: for whosoeuer eateth leauened bread, that person shalbe cut off from the Congregation of Israel: whether he bee a stranger, or borne in the land. Ye shall eate no leauened bread: but in all your habitations shall ye eate vnleauened bread. Then Moses called all the Elders of Israel, and saide vnto them, Choose out and take you for euerie of your housholdes a lambe, & kill the Passeouer. And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basen, and strike the lintell, and the doore cheekes with the blood that is in the basen, and let none of you goe out at the doore of his house, vntill the morning. For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the The angel sent by God to kill the first born. destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you]. Therefore shall ye obserue this thing as an ordinance both for thee and thy sonnes for euer. And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the The land of Canaan. land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. And when your children aske you, What seruice is this ye keepe? That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people They gave God thanks for so great a benefit. bowed the head and worshipped. So the children of Israel went, and did as the Lorde had commanded Moses and Aaron: so did they. Nowe at midnight, the Lorde smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, from the first borne of Pharaoh that sate on his throne, vnto the first borne of the captiue that was in prison, and all the first borne of beastes. And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] Of these houses, in which any first born lived, either of men of beasts. not a house where [there was] not one dead. And hee called to Moses and to Aaron by night, and saide, Rise vp, get you out from among my people, both yee, and the children of Israel, and goe serue the Lorde as ye haue sayde. Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and Pray for me. bless me also. And the Egyptians did force the people, because they would send them out of the land in haste: for they said, We die all. Therfore the people tooke their dough before it was leauened, euen their dough bound in clothes vpon their shoulders. And the children of Israel did according to the saying of Moses, & they asked of ye Egyptians iewels of siluer & iewels of gold, & raiment. And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: and they graunted their request: so they spoyled the Egyptians. And the children of Israel journeyed from Which was a city in Goshen; (Gen_47:11). Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children. And Which were strangers, and not born from the Israelites. a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle. And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, & made vnleauened cakes: for it was not leauened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, neither coulde they tarie, nor yet prepare themselues vitailes. So the dwelling of the children of Israel, while they dwelled in Egypt, was foure hundreth and thirtie yeres. And it came to pass at the end of the From Abraham's departing from Ur in Chaldea to the departing of the children of Israel from Egypt are 430 years. four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. It is a night to be kept holie to the Lord, because he brought them out of the lande of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord, which all the children of Israel must keepe throughout their generations. And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: Unless he is circumcised, and professes your religion only. There shall no stranger eat thereof: But euerie seruant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. A stranger or an hyred seruant shall not eat thereof. In one house shall it bee eaten: thou shalt carie none of ye flesh out of the house, neither shall ye breake a bone thereof. All the Congregation of Israel shall obserue it. But if a stranger dwell with thee, and will obserue the Passeouer of the Lorde, let him circumcise all the males, that belong vnto him, and then let him come and obserue it, & he shall be as one that is borne in the land: for none vncircumcised person shall eate thereof. One They that are of the household of God, must be all joined in one faith and religion. law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. Then all the children of Israel did as the Lorde commaunded Moses and Aaron: so did they. And the selfe same day did the Lord bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: that is, euery one that first openeth the wombe among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine. And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of Where they were in most cruel slavery. bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be To signify that they did not have time to leaven their bread. eaten. This day came ye out in the month Containing part of March and part of April, when corn began to ripen in that country. Abib. Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites (which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he woulde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and honie) then thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the Both the seventh and the first day were holy, as in (Exo_12:16). seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD. Vnleauened bread shall bee eaten seuen dayes, and there shal no leauened bread be seene with thee, nor yet leauen be seene with thee in all thy quarters. And thou shalt shew thy son When you celebrate the feast of unleavened bread. in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee You will constantly remember it, as you would of a thing that is in your hand, or before your eyes. upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere. And when the Lord shall bring thee into the lande of the Canaanites, as hee sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shall giue it thee, Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lorde all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that first doeth open the wombe, and commeth forth of thy beast: the males shalbe the Lordes. And every firstling of an This is also understood about the horse and other beasts which were not offered in sacrifice. ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou By offering a clean beast in sacrifice; (Lev_12:6). redeem. And when thy sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. For when Pharaoh was harde hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast: therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lorde all the males that first open the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeeme. And it shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lorde brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande. And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they Which the Philistines would have made against them by blocking their passage. see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up That is, not secretly but openly and as the word signifies, set in order by five and five. harnessed out of the land of Egypt. (And Moses tooke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel sweare, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shal take my bones away hence with you) So they tooke their iourney from Succoth, and camped in Etham in the edge of the wildernesse. And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a To defend them from the heat of the sun. cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He tooke not away the pillar of ye cloude by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they From toward the country of the Philistines. turn and encamp before So the Sea was before them, mountains on either side, and the enemies at their back: yet they obeyed God, and were delivered. Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath shut them in. And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will By punishing his obstinate rebellion. be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I [am] the LORD. And they did so. Then it was told the King of Egypt, that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his seruants was turned against the people, and they sayde, Why haue we this done, and haue let Israel go out of our seruice? And he made ready his charets, and tooke his people with him, And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and Josephus writes that besides those chariots, there were 50,000 horsemen, and 80,000 footmen. all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an With great joy and boldness. high hand. And the Egyptians pursued after them, and all the horses and charets of Pharaoh, and his horsemen and his hoste ouertooke them camping by the Sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore They who earlier had rejoiced in their deliverance, being now in danger, are afraid. afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. And they sayde vnto Moses, Hast thou brought vs to die in the wildernes, because there were no graues in Egypt? wherefore hast thou serued vs thus, to carie vs out of Egypt? [Is] not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let Such is the impatience of the flesh, that it cannot wait for God's appointed time. us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For [it had been] better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. Then Moses sayde to the people, Feare ye not, stand still, and beholde the saluation of the Lord which he will shew to you this day. For the Egyptians, whome ye haue seene this day, ye shall neuer see them againe. The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall Only put your trust in God without grudging or doubting. hold your peace. And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore Thus in temptation faith fights against the flesh, and cries with inward groanings to the Lord. criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: And lift thou vp thy rod, and stretche out thine hand vpon the Sea and deuide it, and let the children of Israel goe on drie ground thorow the middes of the Sea. And I, beholde, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, that they may followe them, and I wil get me honour vpon Pharaoh, & vpon all his host, vpon his charets, and vpon his horsemen. Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lorde, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, & vpon his horsemen. (And the Angel of God, which went before the hoste of Israel, remoued & went behinde them: also the pillar of the cloude went from before them, and stoode behinde them, And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness [to them], but it gave The cloud gave light to the Israelites, but to the Egyptians it was darkness, so that their two groups could not join together. light by night [to these]: so that the one came not near the other all the night. And Moses stretched forth his hande vpon the Sea, & the Lord caused the sea to runne backe by a strong East winde all the night, & made the Sea dry land: for the waters were deuided. Then the children of Israel went through the middes of the Sea vpon the drie ground, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on their left hand. And the Egyptians pursued and went after them to the middes of the Sea, euen all Pharaohs horses, his charets, and his horsemen. And it came to pass, that in the morning Which was about the last three hours of the night. watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, For he tooke off their charet wheeles, and they draue them with much a doe: so that the Egyptians euery one sayd, I wil flee from the face of Israel: for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. Then the Lord sayde to Moses, Stretche thine hand vpon the Sea, that the waters may returne vpon the Egyptians, vpon their charets and vpon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD So, using the water, the Lord saved his own and drowned his enemies. overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. So the water returned & couered the charets and the horsemen, euen all the hoste of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them: there remained not one of them. But the children of Israel walked vpon dry land thorowe the middes of the Sea, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hande, and on their left. Thus the Lorde saued Israel the same day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel sawe the Egyptians dead vpon the Sea banke. And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his That is, the doctrine which he taught them in the Name of the Lord. servant Moses. Then Praising God for the overthrow of his enemies, and their deliverance. sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will To worship him in it. prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. The LORD [is] a In battle he always overcomes. man of war: the LORD [is] his Always constant in his promises. name. Pharaohs charets and his host hath he cast into the Sea: his chosen captaines also were drowned in the red Sea. The depths haue couered them, they sanke to the bottome as a stone. Thy right hande, O Lorde, is glorious in power: thy right hand, O Lorde, hath brused the enemie. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Those who are enemies to God's people are his enemies. thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble. And by the blast of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floods stoode still as an heape, the depthes congealed together in the heart of the Sea. The enemie sayd, I wil pursue, I wil ouertake them, I will deuide the spoyle, my lust shall bee satisfied vpon them, I will drawe my sworde, mine hand shall destroy them. Thou blewest with thy winde, the Sea couered them, they sanke as leade in the mightie waters. Who [is] like unto thee, O LORD, among the The scripture often so calls the mighty men of the world. gods? who [is] like thee, glorious in holiness, Who ought to be praised with all fear and reverence. fearful [in] praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchedst out thy right hande, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy That is, into the land of Canaan, or into mount Zion. habitation. The people shal heare and be afraide: sorow shal come vpon the inhabitants of Palestina. Then the dukes of Edom shalbe amased, & trembling shall come vpon the great men of Moab: all the inhabitantes of Canaan shall waxe faint hearted. Feare and dread shall fall vpon them: because of the greatnesse of thine arme, they shalbe stil as a stone, till thy people passe, O Lord: til this people passe, which thou hast purchased. Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine Which was mount Zion, where later the temple was built. inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, [in] the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established. The Lord shall reigne for euer and euer. For Pharaohs horses went with his charets and horsemen into the Sea, and the Lorde brought the waters of the Sea vpon them: but the children of Israel went on drie land in the middes of the Sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with Signifying their great joy: a custom the Jews observed in certain situations, (Jdg_11:34) but it should not be used as a means to justify our wanton dances. dances. And Miriam By singing the same song of thanksgiving. answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Which was called Etham, (Num_33:8). Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And whe they came to Marah, they could not drinke of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of the place was called Marah. Then the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drinke? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, [which] when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there That is, God, or Moses in God's name. he proved them, And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is Which is, to do only what God commanded. right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I [am] the LORD that healeth thee. And they came to Elim, where were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they camped thereby the waters. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of This is the eighth place in which they had camped, there is another place called Zin, which was the 33rd place in which they camped, and is also called Kadesh, (Num_33:36). Sin, which [is] between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. And the whole Congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron in the wildernesse. And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh It is a hard thing for the flesh not to complain against God when the stomach is empty. pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every To signify that they should patiently depend on God's providence from day to day. day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. But the sixt daye they shall prepare that, which they shal bring home, and it shalbe twise as much as they gather dayly. Then Moses and Aaron sayde vnto all the children of Israel, At euen ye shal know, that the Lord brought you out of the land of Egypt: And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; He did not give them Manna because they complained, but because of his promise. for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us? And Moses said, [This shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the He that condemns God's ministers, condemns God himself. LORD. And Moses sayd to Aaron, Say vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, Draw neere before the Lorde: for he hath heard your murmurings. Now as Aaron spake vnto the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wildernesse, and beholde, the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloude. (For the Lorde had spoken vnto Moses, saying, I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: tell them therefore, & say, At euen ye shal eate flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God) And so at euen the quailes came and couered the campe: and in the morning the dewe lay round about the hoste. And when the dewe that was fallen was ascended, beholde, a small round thing was vpon the face of the wildernes, small as the hoare frost on the earth. And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] Which signifies a part, portion, or gift: also meat prepared. manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, Which contains about half a gallon in our measure. an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents. And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some lesse. And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no God richly feeds everyone, and no one can justly complain. lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. Moses then said vnto them, Let no man reserue thereof till morning. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and No creature is so pure, but being abused it turns to our destruction. stank: and Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: for when the heate of the sunne came, it was melted. And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered Which would serve for the Sabbath and the day before. twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he answered them, This is that, which the Lord hath sayde, To morowe is the rest of the holy Sabbath vnto the Lorde: bake that to day which ye wil bake, and seethe that which ye wil seethe, and all that remaineth, lay it vp to be kept till the morning for you. And they laied it vp till the morning, as Moses bade, and it stanke not, neyther was there any worme therein. And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not God took away the opportunity for their labour, to signify how holy he would have the Sabbath kept. find it in the field. Sixe dayes shall yee gather it, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath: in it there shalbe none. And it came to pass, [that] there Their unfaithfulness was so great, that they did exactly the opposite of God's commandment. went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Howe long refuse yee to keepe my commaundementes, and my lawes? Beholde, howe the Lorde hath giuen you the Sabbath: therefore he giueth you the sixt day bread for two dayes: tary therefore euery man in his place: let no man goe out of his place the seuenth day. So the people rested the seuenth day. And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like In form and figure, but not in colour; (Num_11:7). coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey. And Moses said, This is that which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an Omer of it, to keepe it for your posteritie: that they may see the bread wherewith I haue fed you in wildernesse, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a Of this vessel read (Heb_9:4). pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the That is, the Ark of the covenant that is, after the Ark was made. Testimony, to be kept. And the children of Israel did eate MAN fourtie yeres, vntill they came vnto a land inhabited: they did eate MAN vntill they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an Which measure contained about five gallons. ephah. And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Moses does not note every place where they camped as in Numbers 33, but only those places where some notable thing was done. Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye Why do you distrust God? Why do you not look for comfort from him without complaining to us? tempt the LORD? So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst? And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to How ready the people are to slay the true prophets for their own purposes and how slow they are to take up God's cause against his enemies and false prophets. stone me. And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go: Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke; Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the When in adversity we think God is absent, then we neglect his promise and make him a liar. LORD among us, or not? Then came Who came from Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Gen_36:12). Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the That is, Horeb, which is also called Sinai. hill with the rod of God in mine hand. So Ioshua did as Moses bad him, & fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went vp to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let So that we see how dangerous a thing it is to cease in prayer. down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Nowe Moses handes were heauy: therefore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him, and hee sate vpon it: and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntill the going downe of the sunne. And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial In the book of the law. in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it That is, the Lord is my banner as he declared by holding up his rod and his hands. Jehovahnissi: Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation. When Iethro the Priest of Midian Moses father in lawe heard all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and howe the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt, Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had It may seem that he sent her back for a time to her father for her impatience, lest she should be a hinderance to his calling, which was so dangerous, (Exo_4:25). sent her back, And her two sonnes, (whereof the one was called Gershom: for he sayd, I haue bene an aliant in a strange land: And the name of the other was Eliezer: for the God of my father, said he, was mine helpe, & deliuered me from the sword of Pharaoh) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the Horeb is called the mount of God, because God did many miracles there. So Peter calls the mount where Christ was transfigured, the holy mount: for by Christ's presence it was holy for a time, (2Pe_1:18). mount of God: And he That is, he sent messengers to say to him. said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeisance and kissed him, and eche asked other of his welfare: and they came into the tent. Then Moses told his father in law all that the Lorde had done vnto Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all the trauaile that had come vnto them by the way, and howe the Lord deliuered them. And Iethro reioyced at all the goodnesse, which the Lord had shewed to Israel, and because he had deliuered them out of the hande of the Egyptians. And Jethro said, By this it is evident that he worshipped the true God, and therefore Moses did not refuse to marry his daughter. Blessed [be] the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. Now I know that the LORD [is] greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly For they that drowned the children of the Israelites, perished themselves by water. [he was] above them. And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law They ate in the place, where the sacrifice was offered: for part was burnt, and the rest eaten. before God. Now on the morow, when Moses sate to iudge the people, the people stoode about Moses from morning vnto euen. And when Moses father in law saw all that he did to the people, he sayde, What is this that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people stande about thee from morning vnto euen? And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of That is, to know God's will, and to have justice executed. God: When they haue a matter, they come vnto me, and I iudge betweene one and another, and declare the ordinances of God, and his lawes. But Moses father in law said vnto him, The thing which thou doest, is not well. Thou both weariest thy selfe greatly, & this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heauie for thee: thou art not able to doe it thy selfe alone. Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to You judge in difficult cases, which cannot be decided without consulting with God. God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: And admonish them of the ordinances, & of the lawes, & shew them the way, wherein they must walke, and the worke that they must do. Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people What manner of men ought to be chosen to bear office. able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: And let them iudge the people at all seasons: but euery great matter let them bring vnto thee, and let them iudge all small causes: so shall it be easier for thee, when they shal beare the burden with thee. If thou do this thing, (& God so command thee) both thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shal also go quietly to their place. So Moses Godly counsel should always be obeyed, even if it comes from our inferiors, for to such God often gives wisdom to humble those that are exalted, and to declare that one member has need of another. hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. And Moses chose men of courage out of all Israel, and made them heads ouer the people, rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes. And they iudged the people at all seasons, but they brought the hard causes vnto Moses: for they iudged all small matters themselues. And Moses Read (Num_10:29). let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. In the Which was in the beginning of the month of Sivan, containing part of May and part of June. third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same That they departed from Rephidim. day came they [into] the wilderness of Sinai. For they departed from Rephidim, & came to the desart of Sinai, and camped in the wildernesse: euen there Israel camped before the mount. And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of God called Jacob, Israel: therefore the house of Jacob and the people of Israel signify God's people. Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on For the eagle by flying high, is out of danger, and by carrying her birds on her wings rather than in her talons declares her love. eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore if ye wil heare my voyce in deede, and keepe my couenant, then ye shalbe my chiefe treasure aboue all people, though all the earth be mine. Yee shall be vnto mee also a kingdome of Priestes, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel. Moses then came & called for the Elders of the people, and proposed vnto them all these things, which the Lord commanded him. And the people answered all together, and sayd, All that the Lord hath commaunded, we will doe; Moses reported the wordes of the people vnto the Lord. And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Lo, I come vnto thee in a thicke cloude, that the people may heare, whiles I talke with thee, and that they may also beleeue thee for euer. (for Moses had tolde the wordes of the people vnto the Lord) And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and Teach them to be pure in heart, as they show themselves outwardly clean by washing. sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, And let them be ready on the third day: for the thirde day the Lorde will come downe in the sight of all the people vpon mount Sinai: And thou shalt set markes vnto the people rounde about, saying, Take heede to your selues that ye goe not vp the mount, nor touche the border of it: whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall surely die. No hand shall touche it, but he shalbe stoned to death, or striken through with darts: whether it be beast or man, he shal not liue: when the horne bloweth long, they shal come vp into the mountaine. Then Moses went downe from ye mount vnto the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] But give yourselves to prayer and abstinence, that you may at this time attend only upon the Lord, (1Co_7:5). wives. And the thirde day, when it was morning, there was thunders and lightnings, and a thicke cloude vpon the mount, and the sounde of the trumpet exceeding loude, so that all the people, that was in the campe, was afrayde. Then Moses brought the people out of the tents to meete with God, and they stoode in the nether part of the mount. And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount God used these fearful signs, that his law would be held in greater reverence, and his majesty even more feared. quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a He gave authority to Moses by plain words, that the people might understand him. voice. (For the Lorde came downe vpon mount Sinai on the toppe of the mount) and when the Lord called Moses vp into the top of the mount, Moses went vp. Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they breake not their boundes, to go vp to the Lord to gaze, least many of them perish. And let the Priestes also which come to the Lorde be sanctified, least the Lorde destroy them. And Moses sayde vnto the Lord, The people can not come vp into the mount Sinai: for thou hast charged vs, saying, Set markes on the mountaine, and sanctifie it. And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the Neither dignity nor multitude have authority to pass the bounds that God's word prescribes. priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. So Moses went downe vnto the people, & tolde them. And God When Moses and Aaron were gone up, or had passed the bounds of the people, God spoke thus out of the mount Horeb, that all the people heard. spake all these words, saying, I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods To whose eyes all things are open. before me. Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth. Thou shalt not By this outward gesture, all forms of service and worship to idols is forbidden. bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a And will have revenge on those who condemn my honour. jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto So ready is he rather to show mercy than to punish. thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in Either by swearing falsely or rashly by his Name, or by condemning it. vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, Which is by meditating the spiritual rest, by hearing God's word, and resting from worldly labours. to keep it holy. Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, and doe all thy worke, But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any worke, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man seruant, nor thy mayde, nor thy beast, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in sixe dayes the Lord made the heauen and the earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seuenth day: therefore the Lorde blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy By parents it is also meant all that have authority over us. father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not But love and preserve your brother's life. kill. Thou shalt not But be pure in heart, word and deed. commit adultery. Thou shalt not But study to save his goods. steal. Thou shalt not bear false But further his good name, and speak truth. witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not You may not so much as wish his hinderance in anything. covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's. And all the people sawe the thunders, and the lightnings, & the sound of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking & when the people saw it they fled and stoode afare off, And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to Whether you will obey his precepts as you promised in (Exo_19:8). prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the children of Israel, Ye haue seene that I haue talked with you from heauen. Ye shall not make therefore with me gods of siluer, nor gods of golde: you shall make you none. An altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and thereon shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: in all places, where I shall put the remembrance of my Name, I will come vnto thee, and blesse thee. But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them. Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy Which might be by his stooping or flying up of his clothes. nakedness be not discovered thereon. Now these are the lawes, which thou shalt set before them: If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for Paying no money for his freedom. nothing. If he Not having wife nor children. came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her Till her time of servitude was expired which might be the seventh year or the fiftieth. master's, and he shall go out by himself. But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free, Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the Where the judges sat. door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for That is, to the year of Jubile, which was every fiftieth year. ever. And if a man Forced either by poverty, or else with the intent that the master should marry her. sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall By giving another money to buy her from him. he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her That is, he shall give his dowry. after the manner of daughters. If he take For his son. him another [wife]; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. And if he do not these Neither marry her himself, nor give another money to buy her, nor bestow her on his son. three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death. And if a man lie not in wait, but Though a man be killed unawares, yet it is God's providence that it should so be. God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine The holiness of the place should not defend the murderer. altar, that he may die. Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death. And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death. And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death. And if men strive together, and one smite another with a Either far away from him or near. stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed: If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote [him] be By the civil justice. quit: only he shall pay [for] the loss of his time, and shall cause [him] to be thoroughly healed. And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not By the civil magistrate, but before God he is a murderer. be punished: for he [is] his money. If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no Or, «death»: of the mother or child in the event she miscarries. Also the death on the unborn infant. mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine]. But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life, The execution of this law only belonged to the magistrate, (Mat_5:38).Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe. And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye. And if he smite So God revenges cruelty in the even the least things. out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely If the beast be punished, much more shall the murderer. stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit. If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also. If there be laid on him a By the next of the kindred of him that is so slain. sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner. If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty Read (Gen_23:15). shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. And when a man shall open a well, or when he shall dig a pit and couer it not, and an oxe or an asse fall therein, The owner of the pit shall This law forbids not only to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt. make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his. And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide. Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne. If a man shall steal an Either a great beast of the herd, or a small beast of the flock. ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief be found Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining. breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him. If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] He shall be put to death that kills him. blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. If the theft bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shal restore the double. If a man doe hurt fielde, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to feed in an other mans fielde, he shall recompence of the best of his owne fielde, and of the best of his owne vineyard. If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution. If a man deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of his house, if the thiefe be found, he shall pay the double. If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have That is, whether he has stolen. put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour. If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it, They should swear by the name of the Lord.[Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good. But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof. If it be torn in pieces, [then] let him bring He shall show some part of the beast or bring in witnesses. it [for] witness, [and] he shall not make good that which was torn. And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good. [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it He that hired it shall be free by paying the hire. came for his hire. And if a man entise a maide that is not betrothed, and lie with her, hee shall endowe her, and take her to his wife. If her father refuse to giue her to him, hee shal pay money, according to ye dowry of virgins. Thou shalt not suffer a witch to liue. Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall dye the death. Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine. Moreouer, thou shalt not do iniurie to a stranger, neither oppresse him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe. If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry. And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your The just plague of God on the oppressors. wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie. If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe: For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he For cold and necessity. crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious. Thou shalt not raile vpon the Iudges, neither speake euil of the ruler of thy people. Thou shalt not delay [to offer] the Your abundance of your corn. first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen & with thy sheepe: seuen dayes it shall bee with his damme, and the eight day thou shalt giue it me. And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat [any] flesh [that is] torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it And so have nothing to do with it. to the dogs. Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause Do that which is godly, though few favour it. to decline after many to wrest [judgment]: Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely If we are bound to do good to our enemies beast, how much more to our enemy himself, (Mat_5:44). bring it back to him again. If thou see the If God commands us to help our enemy's donkey under his burden, will he suffer us to cast down our brethren with heavy burdens? ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the Whether you are the magistrate or are commanded by the magistrate. innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous. Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the For since he is a stranger, his heart is sorrowful enough. heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof, But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees. Sixe dayes thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest, that thine oxe, and thine asse may rest, and the sonne of thy maide and the stranger may be refreshed. And in all [things] that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make Neither by swearing by them, nor speaking of them, (Psa_16:4; Eph_5:3). no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. Three times thou shalt keepe a feast vnto me in the yeere. Thou shalt keep the feast of That is, Easter, in remembrance that the angel passed over and spared the Israelites, when he slew the first born of the Egyptians. unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) And the Which is Whit Sunday, in token that the law was given 50 days after they departed from Egypt. feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the This is the feast of tabernacles, signifying that they lived for 40 years in the tents or the tabernacles in the wilderness. feast of ingathering, [which is] in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field. These three times in the yeere shall all thy men children appeare before the Lord Iehouah. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with No leavened bread will be in your house. leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his Meaning, that no fruit should be taken before just time: and by this all cruel and wanton appetites are controlled. mother's milk. Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keepe thee in the way, and to bring thee to the place which I haue prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my I will give him my authority, and he will govern you in my name. name [is] in him. But if thou hearken vnto his voyce, & do all that I speake, the I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies, and will afflict them that afflict thee. For mine Angel shall go before thee, & bring thee vnto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, and I will destroy them. Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt God commands his own to not only not worship idols, but to destroy them. utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy That is, all things necessary for this present life. bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. There shall none cast their fruite nor be baren in thy lande: the number of thy dayes will I fulfill. I will send my I will make them afraid of your coming and send my angel to destroy them, as in (Exo_35:2). fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. And I will sende hornets before thee, which shal driue out the Hiuites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from thy face. I will not cast them out from thy face in one yeere, least the land grow to a wildernes: & the beasts of the field multiplie against thee. By litle and litle I will driue them out from thy face, vntill thou increase, and inherite the lande. And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea Called the Sea of Syria. of the Philistines, and from the Of Arabia called desert. desert unto the That is, Ephraim. river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. Thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor with their gods: Neither shall they dwell in thy lande, least they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, surely it shall be thy destruction. And he When he called him up to the mountain to give him the laws, beginning at the 20th chapter till now. said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. And Moses himselfe alone shal come nere to the Lord, but they shall not come neere, neither shall the people goe vp with him. When he had received these laws in mount Sinai.And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. And Moses wrote all the wordes of the Lord, and rose vp early, and set vp an altar vnder the mountaine, and twelue pillars according to the twelue tribes of Israel. And he sent young For as yet the priesthood was not given to Levi. men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. Then Moses tooke halfe of the blood, and put it in basens, and halfe of the blood he sprinckled on the altar. After he tooke the booke of the couenant, and read it in the audience of the people: who said, All that the Lord hath said, we will do, and be obedient. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the Which signifies that the covenant broken cannot be satisfied without shedding of blood. blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Then went vp Moses & Aaron, Nadab, & Abihu, and seuentie of the Elders of Israel. And they As perfectly as their infirmities could behold his majesty. saw the God of Israel: and [there was] under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in [his] clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he He did not make them afraid, nor punish them. laid not his hand: also they saw God, and That is, rejoiced. did eat and drink. And the LORD The second time. said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee Signifying the hardness of our hearts, unless God writes his laws in it by his Spirit, (Jer_31:33; Eze_11:19; 2Co_3:3; Heb_8:10, Heb_10:16) tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach That is, the people. them. Then Moses rose vp, and his minister Ioshua, and Moses went vp into the mountaine of God, And said vnto the Elders, Tary vs here, vntill we come againe vnto you: and beholde, Aaron, and Hur are with you: whosoeuer hath any matters, let him come to them. Then Moses went vp to the mount, and the cloude couered the mountaine, And the glorie of the Lorde abode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloude couered it sixe dayes: and the seuenth day he called vnto Moses out of the middes of the cloude. And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like The Lord appears like devouring fire to carnal men: but to them that he draws with his Spirit, he is like pleasant sapphire. devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. And Moses entred into the middes of the cloude, and went vp to the mountaine: and Moses was in the mount fourtie dayes and fourty nightes. Then the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, After the moral and judicial law he gives them the ceremonial law that nothing should be left to man's invention.Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. And this [is] the offering which ye shall For the building and use of the tabernacle. take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen, and goates heare, And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and Which is thought to be a kindred of Cedar, which will not rot. shittim wood, Oil for the light, spices for Ordained for the priest. anointing oil, and for sweet incense, Onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate. And let them make me a A place both to offer sacrifice, and to hear the law. sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shewe thee, euen so shall ye make the forme of the Tabernacle, and the facion of all the instruments thereof. They shall make also an Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie. And thou shalt ouerlay it with pure golde: within and without shalt thou ouerlay it, & shalt make vpon it a crowne of golde rounde about. And thou shalt cast foure rings of golde for it, and put them in the foure corners thereof: that is, two rings shalbe on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side thereof. And thou shalt make barres of Shittim wood, and couer them with golde. Then thou shalt put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke with them. The barres shalbe in the rings of the Arke: they shall not be taken away from it. And thou shalt put into the ark the The stone tables, the rod of Aaron and manna which were a testimony of God's presence. testimony which I shall give thee. And thou shalt make a There God appeared mercifully to them: and this was a figure of Christ. mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two Cherubims of golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer shalt thou make the at ye two endes of the Merciseate. And the one Cherub shalt thou make at the one ende, and the other Cherub at the other ende: of the matter of the Mercieseate shall ye make the Cherubims, on the two endes thereof. And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shal the faces of the Cherubims be. And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee, And there I will declare my selfe vnto thee, & from aboue ye Mercieseate betweene ye two Cherubims, which are vpon ye Arke of ye Testimonie, I wil tel thee al things which I wil giue thee in comandement vnto ye children of Israel. Thou shalt also make a Table of Shittim wood, of two cubites long, and one cubite broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie: And thou shalt couer it with pure gold, & make thereto a crowne of golde round about. Thou shalt also make vnto it a border of foure fingers roud about and thou shalt make a golden crowne round about the border thereof. After, thou shalt make for it foure ringes of golde, and shalt put the rings in the foure corners that are in the foure feete thereof: Ouer against the border shall the rings be for places for barres, to beare the Table. And thou shalt make the barres of Shittim wood, and shalt ouerlay them with golde, that the Table may be borne with them. And thou shalt make the To set the bread upon. dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: [of] pure gold shalt thou make them. And thou shalt set vpon the Table shewe bread before me continually. And thou shalt make a candlestick [of] pure gold: [of] beaten It shall not be molten, but beaten out of the lump of gold with the hammer. work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. Six braunches also shall come out of the sides of it: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, & three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it. Three boules like vnto almondes, one knop and one floure in one braunch: and three boules like almondes in the other branch, one knop and one floure: so throughout the sixe branches that come out of the Candlesticke. And in the shaft of the Candlesticke shalbe foure boules like vnto almondes, his knops & his floures. And there shalbe a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof: and a knop vnder two branches made thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of the Candlesticke. Their knops and their branches shall bee thereof. all this shalbe one beaten worke of pure golde. And thou shalt make the seuen lampes thereof: and the lampes thereof shalt thou put theron, to giue light toward that that is before it. Also the snuffers and snuffedishes thereof shalbe of pure golde. [Of] a This was the talent weight of the temple, and weighed 120 pounds. talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. Looke therefore that thou make them after their facion, that was shewed thee in the mountaine. Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of That is, of most cunning or fine work. cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtaine shalbe eight and twentie cubites, and the bredth of one curtaine, foure cubites: euery one of the curtaines shall haue one measure. Fiue curtaines shalbe coupled one to an other: and the other fiue curtaines shall be coupled one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge On the side that the curtains might be tied together. in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second. Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the In tying together both the sides. second; that the loops may take hold one of another. Thou shalt make also fiftie taches of gold, and couple the curtaines one to another with the taches, and it shalbe one tabernacle. And thou shalt make curtains [of] goats' [hair] to be a Lest rain and weather should mar it. covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. The length of a curtaine shall be thirtie cubites, and the breadth of a curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines shalbe of one measure. And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the That is, five on the one side, and five on the other, and the sixth should hang over the door of the tabernacle. sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. And thou shalt make fifty stringes in the edge of one curtayne, in the seluedge of the coupling, and fifty stringes in the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling. Likewise thou shalt make fifty taches of brasse, & fasten them on the strings, & shalt couple the couering together, that it may be one. And the For these curtains were two cubits longer than the curtain of the tabernacle so that they were wider by a cubit of both sides. remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. That the cubite on the one side, & the cubite on the other side of that which is left in the legth of the curtaines of ye couering, may remaine on either side of the Tabernacle to couer it. And thou shalt make a To be put on the covering that was made of goats hair. covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above [of] This was the third covering of the tabernacle. badgers' skins. Also thou shalt make boards for the Tabernacle of Shittim wood to stand vp. Ten cubites shalbe the length of a boarde, and a cubite and an halfe cubite the breadth of one boarde. Two tenons shalbe in one boarde set in order as the feete of a ladder, one against an other: thus shalt thou make for all the boardes of the Tabernacle. And thou shalt make boardes for the Tabernacle, euen twenty boardes on the South side, euen full South. And thou shalt make fourty sockets of siluer vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one boarde for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder an other boarde for his two tenons. In like maner on the other side of the Tabernacle towarde the North side shalbe twentie boardes, And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one boarde, and two sockets vnder another board. And on the side of the Tabernacle, toward the West shalt thou make sixe boards. Also two boardes shalt thou make in the corners of the Tabernacle in the two sides. And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be The Hebrew word signifies twins declaring that they should be as perfect and well joined as possible. coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. So they shalbe eight boardes hauing sockets of siluer, euen sixteene sockets, that is, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder an other boarde. The thou shalt make fiue barres of Shittim wood for the boardes of one side of the Tabernacle, And fiue barres for the boardes of the other side of the Tabernacle: also fiue barres for the boardes of the side of the Tabernacle toward the Westside. And the middle barre shall goe through the middes of the boards, from ende to ende. And thou shalt couer the boards with golde, and make their rings of golde, for places for the barres, & thou shalt couer the barres with golde. So thou shalt reare vp the Tabernacle, according to the facion thereof, which was shewed thee in the mount. Moreouer, thou shalt make a vaile of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen: thou shalt make it of broydred worke with Cherubims. And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim [wood] overlaid with gold: their Some read «heads of the pillars». hooks [shall be of] gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the In which only the high priest entered and only once a year. most holy. Also thou shalt put ye Mercy seate vpon the Arke of the testimonie in the most Holy place. And thou shalt set the table Meaning, in the holy place. without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. And thou shalt make an This hanging or veil was between the holy place, and there where the people were. hanging for the door of the tent, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. And thou shalt make for the hanging fiue pillers of Shittim, and couer them with gold: their heads shalbe of golde, and thou shalt cast fiue sockets of brasse for them. And thou shalt make an For the burnt offering. altar [of] shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it. the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. Also thou shalt make his ashpannes for his ashes and his besoms, and his basens, and his flesh-hookes, and his censers: thou shalt make all the instruments thereof of brasse. And thou shalt make vnto it a grate like networke of brasse: also vpon that grate shalt thou make foure brasen rings vpon the foure corners thereof. And thou shalt put it vnder the compasse of the altar beneath, that the grate may be in the middes of the altar. Also thou shalt make barres for the altar, barres, I say, of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with brasse. And the barres thereof shalbe put in the rings, the which barres shalbe vpon the two sides of the altar to beare it. Thou shalt make the altar holowe betwene the boardes: as God shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. And thou shalt make the This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the people abode. court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets [shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the pillar. fillets [shall be of] silver. Likewise on the Northside in length there shalbe hangings of an hundreth cubites long, and the twentie pillars thereof with their twentie sockets of brasse: the heades of the pillars and the filets shalbe siluer. And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward [shall be] Meaning curtains of fifty cubits. fifty cubits. The hangings of one Of the door of the court. side [of the gate shall be] fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. Likewise on the other side shalbe hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars & their three sockets. And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure sockets. All the pillars of the court shal haue filets of siluer round about, with their heads of siluer, and their sockets of brasse. The length of the court shalbe an hundreth cubites, and the breadth fiftie at either ende, & the height fiue cubites, and the hangings of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brasse. All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to the ground. pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, [shall be of] brass. And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed or beaten. beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. In the Tabernacle of the Congregation without the vaile, which is before the Testimony, shall Aaron and his sonnes dresse them from euening to morning before the Lorde, for a statute for euer vnto their generations, to be obserued by the children of Israel. And cause thou thy brother Aaron to come vnto thee and his sonnes with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serue me in the Priestes office: I meane Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar Aarons sonnes. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for By which his office may be known to be glorious and excellent. glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all [that are] wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to Which is to separate him from the rest. consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. And these [are] the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an A short an straight coat without sleeves, put on top of his garments to keep them close to him. ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. Therefore they shall take golde, and blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linnen, And they shal make the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, skarlet, and fine twined linen of broydred worke. The two shoulders thereof shalbe ioyned together by their two edges: so shall it be closed. And the Which went about his upmost coat. curious girdle of the ephod, which [is] upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; [even of] gold, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. And thou shalt take two onix stones, and graue vpon them the names of the children of Israel: Six of their names on one stone, and [the other] six names of the rest on the other stone, according to As they were in age, so should they be graven in order. their birth. Thou shalt cause to graue the two stones according to the names of the children of Israel by a grauer of signets, that worketh and graueth in stone, and shalt make them to be set and embossed in golde. And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod [for] stones of That Aaron might remind the Israelites of God. memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. So thou shalt make bosses of golde, And two chains [of] pure gold Of the bosses. at the ends; [of] wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. And thou shalt make the breastplate of It was so called, because the high priest could not give sentence in judgment without that on his breast. judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; [of] gold, [of] blue, and [of] purple, and [of] scarlet, and [of] fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. The description of the breastplate.Foursquare it shall be [being] doubled; a span [shall be] the length thereof, and a span [shall be] the breadth thereof. Then thou shalt set it full of places for stones, euen foure rowes of stones: the order shalbe this, a rubie, a topaze, and a carbuncle in the first rowe. And in the seconde rowe thou shalt set an emeraude, a saphir, and a diamonde. And in the third rowe a turkeis, an achate, and an hematite. And in the fourth rowe a chrysolite, an onix, and a iasper: and they shall be set in golde in their embossements. And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelue, according to their names, grauen as signets, euerye one after his name, and they shall bee for the twelue tribes. Then thou shalt make vpon the breast plate two cheines at the endes of wrethen worke of pure golde. And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on Which are upmost toward the shoulder. the two ends of the breastplate. And thou shalt put the two wrethen chaynes of golde in the two rings in the endes of the brest plate. And the other two endes of the two wrethen cheines, thou shalt fasten in ye two embossements, and shalt put them vpon the shoulders of the Ephod on the foreside of it. And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the Which are beneath. two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which [is] in the side of the ephod inward. And two other rings of golde thou shalt make, and put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath in the forepart of it ouer against the coupling of it vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod. Thus they shall binde the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it may be fast vpon the broydred garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate be not loosed from the Ephod. And Aaron shall Aaron will not enter into the holy place in his own name, but in the name of all the children of Israel. bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually. And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim signifies light, and thummim perfection: declaring that the stones of the breastplate were most clear, and of perfect beauty: by urim also is meant knowledge, and thummim holiness, showing what virtues are required in the priests. Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. And thou shalt make the robe of the Ephod altogether of blewe silke. And the hole for his head shalbe in the middes of it, hauing an edge of wouen woorke rounde about the coller of it: so it shalbe as the coller of an habergeon that it rent not. And beneath vpon the skirtes thereof thou shalt make pomegranates of blew silke, and purple, & skarlet, round about the skirts thereof, and belles of gold betweene them round about: That is, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate rounde about vpon the skirtes of the robe. So it shalbe vpon Aaron, when he ministreth, and his sound shalbe heard, when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde, and when he commeth out, and he shall not dye. And thou shalt make a plate [of] pure gold, and grave upon it, [like] the engravings of a signet, Holiness belongs to the Lord: for he is most holy, and nothing unholy may appear before him. HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And thou shalt put it on a blew silke lace, and it shalbe vpon the miter: euen vpon the fore front of the miter shall it be. And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may Their offerings could not be so perfect, but some fault would be in them: which sin the high priest bore and pacified God. bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. Likewise thou shalt embroyder the fine line coat, & thou shalt make a miter of fine line, but thou shalt make a girdell of needle worke. Also thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes coates, & thou shalt make the girdels, & bonets shalt thou make them for glorie & comelinesse. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and Or «fill their hands», by giving them things to offer and therefore admit them to their office. consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. Thou shalt also make them linen breeches to couer their priuities: from the loynes vnto the thighs shall they reache. And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy [place]; that they In not hiding their nakedness. bear not iniquity, and die: [it shall be] a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. This thing also shalt thou do vnto them whe thou consecratest them to be my Priestes, Take a yong calfe, & two rams wtout blemish, And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened anoynted with oyle: (of fine wheate flowre shalt thou make them) And thou shalt put them into one basket, and To offer them in sacrifice. bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. And shalt bring Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the Which was next under the Ephod. robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: Then thou shalt put the miter vpon his head, & shalt put the holy crowne vpon ye miter. And thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoynt him. And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and put coates vpon them, And shalt girde them with girdles, both Aaron and his sonnes: and shalt put the bonets on them, and the Priestes office shalbe theirs for a perpetuall lawe: thou shalt also fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sonnes. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they approved it. put their hands upon the head of the bullock. So thou shalt kill the calfe before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calfe, and put it vpon the hornes of the altar with thy finger, and shalt powre al the rest of the blood at the foote of the altar. Also thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the inwardes, and the kall, that is on the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and shalt burne them vpon the altar. But the flesh of the calfe, and his skin, and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoste: it is a sinne offring. Thou shalt also take one ramme, and Aron and his sonnes shall put their hands vpon the head of the ramme. Then thou shalt kil the ramme, & take his blood, & sprinkle it round about vpon the altar, And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: Or, savour of rest, which causes the wrath of God to cease. it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And thou shalt take the other ramme, & Aaron and his sonnes shall put their handes vpon the head of the ramme. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] Meaning the soft and lower part of the ear. upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] With which the Altar must be sprinkled. upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a Which is offered for the consecration of the high priest. ram of consecration: And one loafe of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oyle, and one wafer, out of the basket of the vnleauened bread that is before the Lorde. And thou shalt put al this in the handes of Aaron, and in the handes of his sonnes, and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lorde. Againe, thou shalt receyue them of their handes, & burne them vpon the altar besides the burnt offring for a sweete sauour before ye Lord: for this is an offering made by fire vnto the Lord. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it This sacrifice the priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South. [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up. heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons: And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits. peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD. And the holy garmets, which apperteine to Aaron, shall bee his sonnes after him, to bee anoynted therein, and to bee consecrate therein. That sonne that shalbe Priest in his steade, shall put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place. So thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seeth his flesh in the holy place. And Aaron and his sonnes shall eate the flesh of the ram, & the bread that is in the basket, at the doore of ye Tabernacle of ye Congregation. And they shall eat those things That is, by the sacrifices. wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy. Now if ought of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread remaine vnto the morning, then thou shalt burne the rest with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is an holie thing. Therefore shalt thou doe thus vnto Aaron & vnto his sonnes, according to all things, which I haue commanded thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate them, And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for To appease God's wrath that sin may be pardoned. atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy. Nowe this is that which thou shalt present vpon the altar: euen two lambes of one yere olde, day by day continually. The one lambe thou shalt present in the morning, and the other lambe thou shalt present at euen. And with the one lamb a That is, an Omer, read (Exo_16:16). tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an Which is about a pint. hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering. And the other lambe thou shalt present at euen: thou shalt doe thereto according to the offring of the morning, and according to the drinke offring thereof, to be a burnt offring for a sweete sauour vnto, the Lorde. This shalbe a continuall burnt offring in your generations at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, where I wil make appoyntment with you, to speake there vnto thee. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my Because of my glorious presence. glory. And I will sanctifie the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the altar: I will sanctifie also Aaron & his sonnes to be my Priests, And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will bee their God. And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: It is I the Lord, that am their God. I [am] the LORD their God. And thou shalt make an altar Upon which the sweet perfume was burnt, (Exo_30:34). to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it. A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] Of the same wood and matter. of the same. And thou shalt ouerlay it with fine golde, both the toppe therof and the sides thereof round about, and his hornes: also thou shalt make vnto it a crowne of gold round about. Besides this thou shalt make vnder this crowne two golden rings on either side: euen on euery side shalt thou make them, that they may be as places for the barres to beare it withall. The which barres thou shalt make of Shittim wood, and shalt couer them with golde. And thou shalt put it That is, in the sanctuary, and not in the holiest of all. before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he Meaning, when he trims them, and refreshes the oil. dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. Likewise at eue, when Aaron setteth vp the lampes thereof, he shall burne incense: this perfume shalbe perpetually before ye Lord, throughout your generations. Ye shall offer no Otherwise made them this, which is described. strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering But it must only serve to burn perfume. thereon. And Aaron shall make reconciliation vpon the hornes of it once in a yere with the blood of the sinne offring in the day of reconciliation: once in the yeere shall hee make reconciliation vpon it throughout your generations: this is most holy vnto the Lord. Afterward the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man By which he testified that he redeemed his life which he had forfeit, as is declared by David, (2Sa_24:1). a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the This shekel was worth two common shekels: and the gerah about 12 pence at a rate of five shillings sterling to an ounce of silver. shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD. All that are nombred from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall giue an offring to the Lord. The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, That God should be merciful to you. to make an atonement for your souls. So thou shalt take the money of the redemption of the children of Israel, and shalt put it vnto the vse of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that it may be a memoriall vnto the children of Israel before the Lorde for the redemption of your liues. Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Thou shalt also make a lauer of brasse, and his foote of brasse to wash, and shalt put it betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall Signifying that he that comes to God must be washed from all sin and corruption. wash their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, or when they goe vnto the Altar to minister and to make the perfume of ye burnt offring to the Lorde, they shall wash themselues with water, lest they die. So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute So long as the priesthood shall last. for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations. Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred Weighing so much. [shekels], and of sweet cinnamon half so much, [even] two hundred and fifty [shekels], and of sweet It is a type of reed with a very sweet savour within, and it is used in powders and odours. calamus two hundred and fifty [shekels], Also of cassia fiue hundreth, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, & of oyle oliue an Hin. So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment. And thou shalt anoint the All things which belong to the tabernacle. tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, Also the Table, & al the instruments thereof, and the Candlesticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense: Also the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the lauer and his foote. So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy. Thou shalt also anoint Aaron & his sonnes, & shalt consecrate them, that they may minister vnto me in the Priests office. Moreouer thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, This shalbe an holy oynting oyle vnto me, throughout your generations. Upon Neither at their burials nor otherwise. man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any other] like it, after the composition of it: it [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy unto you. Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon Either a stranger or an Israelite, save only the priests. a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and In Hebrew, Sheheleth: which is a sweet kind of gum and shines as the nail. onycha, and galbanum; [these] sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like [weight]: Then thou shalt make of them perfume composed after the arte of the apothecarie, mingled together, pure and holy. And thou shalt beate it to pouder, & shalt put of it before the Arke of the Testimonie in the Tabernacle of ye Cogregatio, where I wil make appointmet with thee: it shalbe vnto you most holy. And ye shal not make vnto you any compositio like this perfume, which thou shalt make: it shalbe vnto thee holy for the Lord. Whosoeuer shal make like vnto that to smell thereto, euen he shalbe cut off from his people. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, See, I I have chosen and made meet, (Exo_35:30). have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of This shows that handicrafts are the gifts of God's spirit, and therefore ought to be esteemed. workmanship, To finde out curious workes to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse, Also in the arte to set stones, & to carue in timber, & to worke in all maner of workmaship. And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are I have instructed them, and increased their knowledge. wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; That is, the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the Arke of the Testimonie, & the Merciseate that shalbe therupon, with all instruments of the Tabernacle: And the table and his furniture, and the So called, because of the cunning and art used in them, or because the whole was beaten out of the piece. pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, Likewise the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the Lauer with his foote: Also the garments of the ministration, & ye holy garments for Aaron ye Priest, & the garmets of his sonnes, to minister in the Priestes office, And the Which was only to anoint the Priests and the instruments of the tabernacle, not to burn. anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy [place]: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. Afterwarde the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Though I command that these works be done, yet I do not want you to break my Sabbath days. Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the God repeats this point because the whole keeping of the law stands in the true use of the sabbath, which is to stop working and so obey the will of God. sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Sixe dayes shall men worke, but in the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the holy rest to the Lord: whosoeuer doeth any worke in the Sabbath day, shall dye the death. Wherfore the children of Israel shal keepe the Sabbath, that they may obserue the rest throughout their generations for an euerlasting couenant. It [is] a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he From creating his creatures, but not from governing and preserving them. rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables By which he declared his will to his people. of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, The root of Idolatry is when men think that God is not present, unless they see him physically. make us gods, which shall go before us; for [as for] this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And Aaron said unto them, Thinking that they would rather abandon idolatry, than give up their most precious jewels. Break off the golden earrings, which [are] in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring [them] unto me. And all the people brake off the Such is the rage of idolaters, that they spare no cost to satisfy their wicked desires. golden earrings which [were] in their ears, and brought [them] unto Aaron. And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a They remembered the sins of Egypt, where they saw calves, oxen and serpents worshipped. molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. When Aaron sawe that, he made an Altar before it: and Aaron proclaimed, saying, To morow shalbe the holy day of the Lord. So they rose vp the next day in the morning, and offred burnt offerings, & brought peace offrings: also the people sate them downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play. Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Go, get thee downe: for thy people which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, hath corrupted their wayes. They By which we see the need we have to pray earnestly to God, to keep us in his true obedience, and to send us good guides. have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stiffe necked people. Now God shows that the prayers of the godly hold back his punishment. therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. But Moses praied vnto the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, why doeth thy wrath waxe hote against thy people, which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt, with great power and with a mightie hand? Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people. Remember That is, your promise made to Abraham. Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit [it] for ever. Then the Lord changed his minde fro the euil, which he threatned to do vnto his people. So Moses returned and went downe from the mountaine with the two Tables of the Testimonie in his hande: the Tables were written on both their sides, euen on the one side and on the other were they written. And the tables [were] the work of God, and All these repetitions show how excellent a thing they defrauded themselves of by their idolatry. the writing [was] the writing of God, graven upon the tables. And when Ioshua heard the noyse of the people, as they shouted, he said vnto Moses, There is a noyse of warre in the hoste. Who answered, It is not the noyse of them that haue the victorie, nor the noyse of them that are ouercome: but I do heare ye noyse of singing. Nowe, as soone as he came neere vnto the hoste, he sawe the calfe and the dancing: so Moses wrath waxed hote, and he cast the Tables out of his handes, and brake them in pieces beneath the mountaine. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel Partly to despise them for their idolatry, and partly so they would have no opportunity to remember the calf later. drink [of it]. Also Moses said vnto Aaron, What did this people vnto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them? Then Aaron answered, Let not the wrath of my Lord waxe fearce: Thou knowest this people, that they are euen set on mischiefe. And they sayde vnto me, Make vs gods to go before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses (the man that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.) Then I sayde to them, Ye that haue golde, plucke it off: and they brought it me, & I did cast it into the fire, and thereof came this calfe. And when Moses saw that the people [were] Both destitute of God's favour, and an occasion for their enemies to speak evil of their God. naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto [their] shame among their enemies:) And Moses stoode in ye gate of the campe, and sayde, Who pertaineth to the Lorde? let him come to mee; all the sonnes of Leui gathered themselues vnto him. And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, [and] go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and This fact did so please God, that he turned the curse of Jacob against Levi to a blessing, (Deu_33:9). slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. So the children of Leui did as Moses had commanded: and there fel of the people the same day about three thousand men. For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his In revenging God's glory we must have no partiality to person, but lay aside all carnal affection. son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. And when the morning came, Moses sayde vnto the people, Yee haue committed a grieuous crime: but now I wil goe vp to the Lord, if I may pacifie him for your sinne. Moses therefore went againe vnto ye Lord, and said, Oh, this people haue sinned a great sinne, and haue made them gods of golde. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, He esteemed the glory of God so much, that he preferred it even to his own salvation. out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my I will make it known that he was never predestined in my eternal counsel to life everlasting. book. This demonstrates how grievous a sin idolatry is, seeing that at Moses prayer God would not fully remit it.Therefore now go, lead the people unto [the place] of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. So the Lorde plagued the people, because they caused Aaro to make ye calfe which he made. And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, [and] The land of Canaan was surrounded by hills: so those who entered it, must go up by the hills. go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: And I will send an Angel before thee & will cast out the Canaanites, the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites: To a lande, I say, that floweth with milke and hony: for I will not goe vp with thee, because thou art a stiffe necked people, least I consume thee in the way. And when the people heard this euill tydings, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment. For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye [are] a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know That I may either show mercy if you repent, or else punish your rebellion. what to do unto thee. So the children of Israel layed their good raiment from them, after Moses came downe from the mount Horeb. And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the That is, the tabernacle of the congregation: so called because the people turned to it, when they needed to be instructed of the Lord's will. Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, [that] every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which [was] without the camp. And when Moses went out vnto the Tabernacle, all the people rose vp, and stood euery man at his tent doore, and looked after Moses, vntil he was gone into the Tabernacle. And assoone as Moses was entred into the Tabernacle, the cloudie pillar descended & stood at the doore of the Tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. Nowe when all the people saw the cloudie pillar stand at the Tabernacle doore, all the people rose vp, and worshipped euery man in his tent doore. And the LORD spake unto Moses Most clearly and familiarly of all others, (Num_12:7-8; Deu_34:10) face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by I care for you and will preserve you in your calling. name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Nowe therefore, I pray thee, if I haue founde fauour in thy sight, shewe mee nowe thy way, that I may knowe thee, and that I may finde grace in thy sight: consider also that this nation is thy people. And he said, My Signifying that the Israelites would exceed all other people, through God's favour; (Exo_33:16). presence shall go [with thee], and I will give thee rest. Then he sayd vnto him, If thy presence go not with vs, cary vs not hence. And wherein nowe shal it be knowen, that I and thy people haue found fauour in thy sight? Shall it not be when thou goest with vs? so I, and thy people shall haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the earth. And the Lord sayde vnto Moses, I will doe this also that thou hast saide: for thou hast founde grace in my sight, and I knowe thee by name. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy Your face, your substance, and your majesty. glory. And he said, I will make all my My mercy and fatherly care. goodness pass before thee, and I will See (Exo_34:6-7). proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew For finding nothing in man that deserves mercy, he will freely give his. mercy on whom I will shew mercy. And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and For Moses did not see his face in full majesty, but as man's weakness could bear. live. And the LORD said, Behold, [there is] a place by In mount Horeb. me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And while my glory passeth by, I will put thee in a cleft of the rocke, and will couer thee with mine hand whiles I passe by. And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my As much of my glory as in this mortal life you are able to see. back parts: but my face shall not be seen. And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Hewe thee two Tables of stone, like vnto the first, and I will write vpon the Tables the wordes that were in the first Tables, which thou brakest in pieces. And be ready in ye morning, that thou mayest come vp earely vnto the mount of Sinai, and waite there for me in the top of the mount. But let no man come vp with thee, neither let any man be seene throughout all the mount, neyther let the sheepe nor cattell feede before this mount. Then Moses hewed two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and rose vp earely in the morning, and went vp vnto the mount of Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, & tooke in his hande two Tables of stone. And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the LORD passed by before him, and This refers to the Lord, and not to Moses proclaiming: as (Exo_33:19). proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation. Then Moses made haste & bowed him selfe to the earth, and worshipped, And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; Seeing the people are of this nature, the rulers need to call on God that he would always be present with his Spirit. for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. And he answered, Behold, I will make a couenant before all thy people, and will do marueiles, such as haue not bene done in all the worlde, neyther in all nations: and all the people among whom thou art, shal see the worke of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. Keepe diligently that which I commande thee this day: Beholde, I will cast out before thee the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites. Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a If you follow their wickedness, and pollute yourself with their idolatry. snare in the midst of thee: But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their Which pleasant places they chose for their idols. groves: (For thou shalt bow downe to none other god, because the Lord, whose Name is Ielous, is a ielous God) Lest thou make a compact with the inhabitantes of the lande, and when they goe a whoring after their gods, and doe sacrifice vnto their gods, some man call thee, & thou eate of his sacrifice: And least thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes, and their daughters goe a whoring after their gods, and make thy sonnes goe a whoring after their gods. Thou shalt make thee no As gold, silver, brass, or anything that is molten: in this is condemned all types idols, no matter what they are made of. molten gods. The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou keepe: seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, as I commanded thee, in ye time of the moneth of Abib: for in the moneth of Abib thou camest out of Egypt. Euery male, that first openeth the wombe, shalbe mine: also all the first borne of thy flocke shalbe rekoned mine, both of beeues and sheepe. But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me Without offering something. empty. Six dayes shalt thou worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: both in earing time, and in the haruest thou shalt rest. And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering Which was in September, when the days got shorter, that is, the end of their calendar year. at the year's end. Thrise in a yere shal all your men children appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man God promises to defend them and theirs, who obey his commandment. desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shall ought of the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be left vnto the morning. The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not See (Exo_23:19; Deu_14:21). seethe a kid in his mother's milk. And the Lord said vnto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenour of these words I haue made a couenant with thee & with Israel. And he was there with the LORD This miracle was to confirm the authority of the law, and should not be followed any more than other miracles. forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. So when Moses came downe fro mount Sinai, the two Tables of the Testimonie were in Moses hande, as hee descended from the mount: (nowe Moses wist not that the skinne of his face shone bright, after that God had talked with him. And Aaron and all the children of Israel looked vpon Moses, and beholde, the skin of his face shone bright, and they were afraid to come neere him) But Moses called them: and Aaron and all the chiefe of the congregatio returned vnto him: and Moses talked with them. And afterwarde all the children of Israel came neere, and he charged them with al that the Lord had said vnto him in mount Sinai. So Moses made an end of comuning with them, and had put a couering vpon his face. But when Moses went in Which was in the tabernacle of the congregation. before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel [that] which he was commanded. And the children of Israel sawe the face of Moses, howe the skin of Moses face shone bright: therefore Moses put the couering vpon his face, vntill he went to speake with God. Then Moses assembled all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and sayd vnto them, These are the wordes which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them: Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy In which you shall rest from all bodily work. day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout all your habitations vpon the Sabbath day. Againe, Moses spake vnto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, saying, Take from among you an offering vnto the Lorde: whosoeuer is of a willing heart, let him bring this offring to the Lord, namely golde, and siluer, and brasse: Also blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen, and goates heare, And rams skins died red, and badgers skins with Shittim wood: Also oyle for light, and spices for the anointing oyle, and for the sweete incense, And onix stones, and stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate. And every wise See (Exo_28:3). hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; That is, the Tabernacle, that pauilion thereof, and his couering, and his taches & his boards, his barres, his pillars and his sockets, The ark, and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail of the Which hung before the mercyseat so it could not be seen. covering, The Table, and the barres of it, and all the instruments thereof, and the shewe bread: Also the Candlesticke of light and his instrumentes, and his lampes with the oyle for the light: Likewise the Altar of perfume and his barres, and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the vaile of the doore at the entring in of the Tabernacle, The Altar of burnt offering with his brasen grate, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote, The hangings of the court, his pillars & his sockets, and the vaile of the gate of the court, The pinnes of the Tabernacle, & the pinnes of the court with their cordes, The Such as belong to the service of the tabernacle. cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. Then all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. And euery one, whose heart encouraged him, & euery one, whose spirit made him willing, came and brought an offring to the Lord, for the worke of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, & for all his vses, and for the holy garments. Both men & women, as many as were free hearted, came and brought taches and earings, and rings, and bracelets, all were iewels of golde: and euery one that offered an offring of gold vnto the Lord: Euery man also, which had blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, & fine linen, and goates heare, and rammes skinnes died red, and badgers skins, brought them. All that offered an oblation of siluer and of brasse, brought the offring vnto the Lord: and euery one, that had Shittim wood for any maner worke of the ministration, brought it. And all the women that were Who were witty and expert. wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, [both] of blue, and of purple, [and] of scarlet, and of fine linen. And all the women That is, who were good spinners. whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' [hair]. And ye rulers brought onix stones, & stones to be set in the Ephod, and in the brest plate: Also spice, and oyle for light, and for the anoynting oyle, and for the sweete perfume. The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made Using Moses as a minister of it. by the hand of Moses. Then Moses sayde vnto the children of Israel, Beholde, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, And hath filled him with an excellent spirit of wisdome, of vnderstanding, and of knowledge, and in all maner worke, To finde out curious workes, to worke in golde, and in siluer, and in brasse, And in grauing stones to set them, and in karuing of wood, euen to make any maner of fine worke. And he hath put in his heart that hee may teach other: both hee, and Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan: Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner Belonging to graving or carving, or such like. of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the By the sanctuary he means all the tabernacle. sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. For Moses had called Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and all the wise hearted men, in whose heartes the Lorde had giuen wisedome, euen as many as their hearts encouraged to come vnto that worke to worke it. And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it [withal]. And Meaning, the Israelites. they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. So all the wise men, that wrought all the holy worke, came euery man from his worke which they wrought, And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring A rare example and notable to see the people so ready to serve God with their goods. much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. Then Moses gaue a commandement, and they caused it to be proclaymed throughout the hoste, saying, Let neither man nor woman prepare any more worke for the oblation of the Sanctuarie. So the people were stayed from offring. For the stuffe they had, was sufficient for all the worke to make it, and too much. And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] Which were little pictures with wings in the form of children. cherubims of cunning work made he them. The length of one curtaine was twentie & eight cubits, & the breadth of one curtaine foure cubites: and the curtaines were all of one cise. And he coupled fiue curtaines together, & other fiue coupled he together. And he made strings of blewe silke by the edge of one curtaine, in the seluedge of the coupling: likewise he made on the side of the other curtaine in the seluedge in the second coupling. Fiftie strings made he in the one curtaine, and fiftie strings made he in the edge of the other curtaine, which was in the second coupling: the strings were set one against another. After, he made fiftie taches of golde, and coupled the curtaines one to another with the taches: so was it one Tabernacle. Also he made curtaines of goates heare for the couering vpon the Tabernacle: he made them to the nomber of eleuen curtaines. The length of one curtaine had thirtie cubites, & the bredth of one curtaine foure cubites: the eleuen curtaines were of one cise. And hee coupled fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues: Also he made fiftie strings vpon the edge of one curtaine in the seluedge in the coupling, & fiftie strings made hee vpon the edge of the other curtaine in the second coupling. He made also fiftie taches of brasse to couple the couering that it might be one. And he made a These two were above the covering of goat's hair. covering for the tent [of] rams' skins dyed red, and a covering [of] badgers' skins above [that]. And he made boards for the tabernacle [of] shittim wood, And to bear up the curtains of the tabernacle. standing up. The length of a board was ten cubites, and the bredth of one board was a cubite, & an halfe. One board had two tenons, set in order as the feete of a ladder, one against another: thus made he for all the boardes of the Tabernacle. So he made twentie boardes for the South side of the Tabernacle, euen full South. And fourtie sockets of siluer made he vnder the twentie boardes, two sockets vnder one board for his two tenons, and two sockets vnder another board for his two tenons. Also for the other side of the Tabernacle toward the North, he made twentie boards, And their fourtie sockets of siluer, two sockets vnder one board, and two sockets vnder another boarde. And for the sides of the tabernacle Or, toward the Mediterranean Sea, west of Jerusalem, westward he made six boards. And two boardes made he in the corners of the Tabernacle, for either side, And they were ioyned beneath, and likewise were made sure aboue with a ring: thus he did to both in both corners. So there were eight boards & their sixteene sockets of siluer, vnder euery board two sockets. After, he made barres of Shittim wood, fiue for the boards in ye one side of ye Tabernacle, And fiue barres for the boardes in the other side of the Tabernacle, and fiue barres for the boards of the Tabernacle on the side toward the West. And he made the middest barre to shoote through the boards, from the one end to ye other. He ouerlayd also the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the barres, and couered the barres with golde. And he made a Which was between the sanctuary and the holiest of holies. vail [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: [with] cherubims made he it of cunning work. And made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim, & ouerlayd them with golde: whose hookes were also of golde, and hee cast for them foure sockets of siluer. And he made an Which was between the court and the sanctuary. hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; And the fiue pillars of it with their hookes, and ouerlayde their chapiters & their filets with golde, but their fiue sockets were of brasse. After this, Bezaleel made the Arke of Shittim wood, two cubites and an halfe long and a cubite and an halfe broade, and a cubite and an halfe hie: And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a Like battlements. crown of gold to it round about. And cast for it foure rings of golde for the foure corners of it: that is, two rings for the one side of it, & two rings for the other side thereof. Also he made barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with golde, And put the barres in the rings by the sides of the Arke, to beare the Arke. And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof. And he made two Cherubims of gold, vpo the two endes of the Merciseate: euen of worke beaten with the hammer made he them. One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the [other] end on that side: out Of the same material that the mercyseat was. of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the Cherubims spread out their wings on hie, & couered the Merciseat with their wings, & their faces were one towards another: towarde the Merciseat were the faces of the Cherubims. Also he made ye Table of Shittim wood: two cubites was the length thereof, and a cubite the breadth thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the height of it. And hee ouerlayde it with fine golde, and made thereto a crowne of golde round about. Also he made thereto a border of an hand breadth round about, and made vpon the border a crowne of golde round about. And he cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof. Against the border were the rings, as places for the barres to beare the Table. And he made the barres of Shittim wood, & couered them with golde to beare the Table. Also he made the instruments for the Table of pure golde: dishes for it, and incense cuppes for it, and goblets for it, & couerings for it, wherewith it should be couered. Likewise he made the Candlesticke of pure golde: of worke beaten out with the hammer made he the Candlesticke: and his shaft, and his branche, his bolles, his knops, and his floures were of one piece. And sixe branches came out of the sides thereof: three branches of the Candlesticke out of the one side of it, and three branches of the Candlesticke out of the other side of it. In one branche three bolles made like almondes, a knop & a floure: and in another branch three bolles made like almondes, a knop and a floure: and so throughout the sixe branches that proceeded out of the Candlesticke. And vpon the Candlesticke were foure bolles after the facion of almondes, the knoppes thereof and the floures thereof: That is, vnder euery two branches a knop made thereof, & a knop vnder the second branch thereof, and a knop vnder the thirde branche thereof, according to the sixe branches comming out of it. Their knops & their branches were of the same: it was all one beaten worke of pure gold. And he made for it seuen lampes with the snuffers, and snufdishes thereof of pure golde. [Of] a See (Exo_25:39). talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. Furthermore he made the perfume altar of Shittim wood: the length of it was a cubite, & the breadth of it a cubite (it was square) and two cubites hie, & the hornes thereof were of ye same. And he couered it with pure gold, both the top and the sides thereof rounde about, and the hornes of it, and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about. And he made two rings of gold for it, vnder the crowne thereof in the two corners of the two sides thereof, to put barres in for to beare it therewith. Also he made the barres of Shittim wood, and ouerlayde them with golde. And he made the holy anointing oyle, & the sweete pure incense after ye apothecaries arte. Also he made the altar of the burnt offering of Shittim wood: fiue cubites was the length therof, and fiue cubites the breadth thereof: it was square and three cubites hie. And hee made vnto it hornes in the foure corners thereof: the hornes thereof were of the same, and he ouerlayd it with brasse. Also he made al the instruments of the altar: the ashpans, and the besoms, and the basins, the fleshhookes, and the censers: all the instruments thereof made he of brasse. And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the So that the gridiron or grate was half as high as the altar and stood within it. midst of it. And cast foure rings of brasse for the foure endes of the grate to put barres in. And he made the barres of Shittim wood, and couered them with brasse. The which barres he put into the rings on the sides of the altar to beare it withall, & made it hollow within the boardes. And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the R. Kimbi says that the women brought their looking glasses, which were of brass or fine metal, and offered them freely for the use of the tabernacle: which was a bright thing and of great majesty. lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Finally he made the court on the South side full South: the hangings of the court were of fine twined linnen, hauing an hundreth cubites. Their pillars were twentie, and their brasen sockets twentie: the hookes of the pillars, and their filets were of siluer. And on the Northside the hanginges were an hundreth cubites: their pillars twentie, & their sockets of brasse twentie, the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer. On the Westside also were hangings of fiftie cubites, their ten pillars with their ten sockets: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer. And toward ye Eastside, full East were hangings of fiftie cubites. The hangings of the one side were fifteene cubites, their three pillars, and their three sockets: And of the other side of the court gate on both sides were hangings of fifteene cubites, with their three pillars and their three sockets. All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen: But the sockets of ye pillars were of brasse: the hookes of the pillars and their filets of siluer, and the couering of their chapiters of siluer: and all the pillars of the court were hooped about with siluer. He made also the hanging of the gate of the court of needle worke, blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen euen twentie cubites long, and fiue cubites in height & bredth, like the hangings of the court. And their pillars were foure with their foure sockets of brasse: their hookes of siluer, & the couering of their chapiters, & their filets of siluer. But all the pins of the Tabernacle and of the court round about were of brasse. This is the sum of the tabernacle, [even] of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, [for] the service of the That the Levites might be in charge of it, and minister in the same, as did Eleazar and Ithamar, (Num_3:4). Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. So Bezaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iudah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. And with him [was] Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a Or, a graver, or carpenter, (Exo_36:4). cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. All ye gold that was occupied in all ye worke wrought for the holy place (which was the gold of the offring) was nine and twentie talents, and seuen hundreth and thirtie shekels, according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie. But the siluer of them that were numbred in the Congregation, was an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie. A portion for a man, that is, halfe a shekel after ye shekel of the Sanctuarie, for all them that were numbred from twentie yeere olde & aboue, among sixe hundreth thousande, and three thousand, and fiue hundreth and fiftie men. Moreouer there were an hundreth talentes of siluer, to cast ye sockets of ye Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundreth sockets of an hundreth talents, a talent for a socket. But he made the hookes for the pillars of a thousande seuen hundreth and seuentie and fiue shekels, and ouerlayde their chapiters, and made filets about them. And the brass of the offering [was] seventy Read the weight of a talent, (Exo_25:39). talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. Whereof he made the sockets to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate which was for it, with all the instruments of the Altar, And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets for the court gate, & al the pins of the Tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made As coverings for the ark, the candlestick, the altars and such like. cloths of service, to do service in the holy [place], and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. So he made the Ephod of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen. And they did beate the golde into thinne plates, and cut it into wiers, to worke it in ye blewe silke and in the purple, and in the skarlet, and in the fine linen, with broydred worke. For the which they made shoulders to couple together: for it was closed by the two edges thereof. And the broydred garde of his Ephod that was vpon him, was of the same stuffe, and of like worke: euen of golde, of blewe silke, and purple, & skarlet, and fine twined linen, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as That is, of very fine and curious workmanship. signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. And put them on the shoulders of the Ephod, as stones for a remembrance of the children of Israel, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses. Also he made the brestplate of broydred worke like the worke of the Ephod: to wit, of gold, blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen. They made the brest plate double, & it was square, an hand breadth long, & an hand breadth broad: it was also double. And they filled it with foure rowes of stones. The order was thus, a Rubie, a Topaze, & a Carbuncle in the first rowe: And in the seconde rowe, an Emeraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond: And the third row, Or, a turkeis, a stone which the authors write comes from the urine of the Lynx. a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. Likewise in the fourth rowe, a Chrysolite, an Onix, and a Iasper: closed and set in ouches of golde. And the stones [were] according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, That is, every tribe had his name written on a stone. according to their names, [like] the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. After, they made vpon the brest plate cheines at the endes, of wrethen worke and pure golde. They made also two bosses of golde, and two golde rings, and put the two rings in the two corners of the brest plate. And they put ye two wrethe cheines of gold in the two rings, in the corners of the brest plate. Also the two other endes of the two wrethen chaines they fastened in the two bosses, and put the on the shoulders of the Ephod vpon the forefront of it. Likewise they made two rings of gold, and put them in the two other corners of the brest plate vpon the edge of it, which was on the inside of the Ephod. They made also two other golden rings, & put them on the two sides of the Ephod, beneath on the foreside of it, & ouer against his coupling aboue the broydered garde of the Ephod. Then they fastened the brest plate by his rings vnto the rings of the Ephod, with a lace of blewe silke, that it might bee fast vpon the broydered garde of the Ephod, and that the brest plate should not be loosed fro the Ephod, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. And he made the robe of the Which was next under the Ephod. ephod [of] woven work, all [of] blue. And Where he could put his head through. [there was] an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, [with] a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. And they made vpon the skirts of the robe pomegranates, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine linen twined. They made also belles of pure gold and put the belles betweene the pomegranates vpon the skirtes of the robe rounde about betweene the pomegranates. A bel and a pomegranate, a bel & a pomegranate round about the skirts of the robe to minister in, as the Lord had commanded Moses. After, they made coates of fine linen, of wouen worke for Aaron and for his sonnes. And the miter of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, And the girdle of fine twined linen, and of blew silke, and purple, and skarlet, euen of needle worke, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Finally they made the plate for the holy crowne of fine golde, and wrote vpon it a superscription like to the grauing of a signet, HOLINES TO THE LORD. And they tied vnto it a lace of blewe silke to fasten it on hie vpon the miter, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. Thus was all the worke of the Tabernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of the Congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to al that the Lord had commanded Moses: so dyd they. Afterwarde they brought the Tabernacle vnto Moses, the Tabernacle and al his instruments, his taches, his boards, his barres, and his pillers, and his sockets, And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the So called, because it hung before the mercyseat and covered it from sight (Exo_35:12). vail of the covering, The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate, The Table, with all the instruments thereof, and the shewebread, The pure candlestick, [with] the lamps thereof, [even with] the lamps to be Or, which Aaron dressed and refreshed with oil every morning (Exo_30:7). set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, Also the golden Altar and the anoynting oyle, and the sweete incense, and the hanging of the Tabernacle doore, The brasen Altar with his grate of brasse, his barres and all his instrumentes, the Lauer and his foote. The curtaines of the court with his pillers, and his sockets, & the hanging to the court gate, and his cordes, and his pinnes, and all the instruments of the seruice of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Finally, the ministring garmentes to serue in the Sanctuarie, and the holy garmentes for Aaron the Priest, and his sonnes garmentes to minister in the Priestes office. According to all that the LORD Signifying that in God's matters man may neither add, nor diminish. commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses Praised God for the peoples diligence and prayed for them. blessed them. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, On the After that Moses had been 40 days and 40 nights in the mountain, that is, from the beginning of August to the tenth of September, he came down, and caused this work to be done: which when finished, was set up in Abib, half March and half April. first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. And thou shalt put therein the Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the Arke with the vaile. Also thou shalt bring in the Table, and set it in order as it doth require: thou shalt also bring in the Candlesticke, and light his lampes, And thou shalt set the altar That is, the altar of perfume, or to burn incense on. of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the This hanging or veil was between the sanctuary and the court. hanging of the door to the tabernacle. Moreouer, thou shalt set the burnt offering Altar before the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And thou shalt set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and put water therein. Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate. After, thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and anoynt the Tabernacle, and all that is therein, and halowe it with all the instruments thereof, that it may be holy. And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie. Also thou shalt anoynt the Lauer, and his foote, and shalt sanctifie it. Then thou shalt bring Aaron & his sonnes vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water. And thou shalt put vpon Aaron the holy garmentes, and shalt anoynt him, and sanctifie him, that he may minister vnto me in the Priestes office. Thou shalt also bring his sonnes, & clothe them with garments, And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing Till both the priesthood and the ceremonies should end, which is at Christ's coming. shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. So Moses did according to all that ye Lorde had commanded him: so did he. And it came to pass in the first month in After they came out of Egypt, (Num_7:1). the second year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the tabernacle was reared up. Then Moses reared vp the Tabernacle and fastened his sockets, and set vp the boardes thereof, and put in the barres of it, and reared vp his pillars. And he spred the couering ouer the Tabernacle, and put the couering of that couering on hie aboue it, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses. And he took and put the That is, the tables of the law; (Exo_31:18, Exo_34:29). testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: He brought also the Arke into the Tabernacle, and hanged vp the couering vaile, and couered the Arke of the Testimonie, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Furthermore he put the Table in the Tabernacle of the Congregation in the Northside of the Tabernacle, without the vaile, And set the bread in order before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Also he put the Candlesticke in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, ouer against the Table toward ye Southside of the Tabernacle. And he lighted the lampes before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Moreouer he set the golden Altar in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the vayle, And burnt sweete incense thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And he set up the hanging [at] the Between the sanctuary and the court. door of the tabernacle. After, he set the burnt offring Altar without the doore of the Tabernacle, called the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and offered the burnt offering and the sacrifice thereon, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Likewise he set the Lauer betweene the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar, and powred water therein to wash with. So Moses and Aaron, and his sonnes washed their handes and their feete thereat. When they went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and when they approched to the Altar, they washed, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Finally, he reared vp the court rounde about the Tabernacle and the Altar, and hanged vp the vaile at the court gate: so Moses finished the worke. Then the cloud couered the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle. So Moses could not enter into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, because the cloude abode thereon, and the glorie of the Lorde filled the Tabernacle. Nowe when the cloude ascended vp from the Tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward in all their iourneyes. But if the cloude ascended not, then they iourneyed not till the day that it ascended. For Thus the presence of God preserved and guided them night and day, till they came to the land promised. the cloud of the LORD [was] upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

And the By this Moses declares that he taught nothing to the people but that which he received from God. LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, The Argument - As God daily by most singular benefits declared himself mindful of his Church: he did not want them to have opportunity to trust either in themselves, or to depend on others, either for lack of physical things, or anything that belonged to his divine service and religion. Therefore he ordained various kinds of duties and sacrifices, to assure them of forgiveness for their offences (if they offered them in true faith and obedience.) Also he appointed the priests and levites, their apparel, offices, conversation and portion; he showed what feasts they should observe, and when. Moreover, he declares by these sacrifices and ceremonies that the reward of sin is death, and that without the blood of Christ the innocent Lamb, there can be no forgiveness of sins. Because they should not give priority to their own inventions (which God detested, as appears by the terrible example of Nadab and Abihu) he prescribed even to the least things, what they should do, what beasts they should offer and eat, what diseases were contagious and to be avoided, how they should purge all types of filthiness and pollution, whose company they should flee, what marriages were lawful, and what customs were profitable. After declaring these things, he promised favour and blessing to those who keep his laws, and threatened his curse to those who transgressed them. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the So they could offer of no other sort, but of those who were commanded. cattle, [even] of the herd, and of the flock. If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the Meaning, within the court of the tabernacle. tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. And he shall put his hande vpon the head of the burnt offering, and it shalbe accepted to the Lorde, to be his atonement. And A priest of the Levites. he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the Of the burnt offering, (Exo_27:1). altar that [is by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. Then shall he fley the burnt offering, and cut it in pieces. So the sonnes of Aaron the Priest shall put fire vpon the altar, and lay the wood in order vpon the fire. Then the Priestes Aarons sonnes shall lay the parts in order, the head & the kall vpon the wood that is in the fire which is vpon the altar. But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, [to be] a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour Or a savour of rest, which pacifies the anger of the Lord. unto the LORD. And if his sacrifice for the burnt offering be of the flocks (as of the sheepe, or of the goats) he shall offer a male without blemish, Read (Lev_1:5).And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward Before the altar of the Lord. before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. And he shall cut it in pieces, separating his head and his kall, and the Priest shall lay them in order vpon the wood that lyeth in the fire which is on the altar: But he shall wash the inwardes, and the legges with water, and the Priest shall offer the whole & burne it vpon the altar: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde. And if his sacrifice be a burnt offring to the Lord of ye foules, then he shall offer his sacrifice of the turtle doues, or of the yong pigeons. And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and The Hebrew word signifies to pinch off with the nail. wring off his head, and burn [it] on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the On the side of the court gate in the pans which stood with ashes; (Exo_27:3). east part, by the place of the ashes: And he shall cleaue it with his wings, but not deuide it asunder: and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar vpon the wood that is in the fire: for it is a burnt offering, an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde. And when any will offer a Because the burnt offering could not be without the meat offering. meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be [of] fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and The priest. he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the To signify that God remembers him that offers. memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: And the remnant of the meat offering [shall be] Aaron's and his sons': [it is] a thing Therefore no one could eat of it but the priest. most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. If thou bring also a meate offring baken in the ouen, it shalbe an vnleauened cake of fine floure mingled with oyle, or an vnleauened wafer anointed with oyle. And if thy oblation [be] a Which is a gift offered to God to pacify him. meat offering [baken] in a pan, it shall be [of] fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. And thou shalt part it in pieces, and powre oyle thereon: for it is a meate offring. And if thy meate offring be an oblation made in the caldron, it shalbe made of fine floure with oyle. After, thou shalt bring the meate offering (that is made of these things) vnto the Lord, and shalt present it vnto the Priest, and he shall bring it to the altar, And the Priest shall take from the meate offring a memoriall of it, and shall burne it vpon the altar: for it is an oblation made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord. But that which is left of the meate offring, shalbe Aarons and his sonnes: for it is most holy of the offrings of the Lorde made by fire. All the meate offrings which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde, shalbe made without leauen: for ye shall neither burne leauen nor honie in any offring of the Lorde made by fire. As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer That is, fruits which were sweet as honey, ye may offer. them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt But reserved for the priests. on the altar for a sweet savour. And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the Which they were bound (as by covenant) to use all sacrifices, (Num_18:19; 2Ch_13:5; Eze_43:24) or it means a sure and pure covenant. covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. If then thou offer a meate offring of thy first fruites vnto the Lorde, thou shalt offer for thy meate offering of thy first fruites eares of corne dryed by the fire, and wheate beaten out of the greene eares. After, thou shalt put oyle vpon it, and lay incense thereon: for it is a meate offring. And the Priest shall burne the memoriall of it, euen of that that is beaten, and of the oyle of it, with all the incense thereof: for it is an offring vnto the Lorde made by fire. And if his oblation [be] a sacrifice of A sacrifice of thanksgiving offered for peace and prosperity, either generally or particularly. peace offering, if he offer [it] of the herd; whether [it be] a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. And shall put his hande vpon the head of his offering, and kill it at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and Aarons sonnes the Priestes shall sprinkle the blood vpon the altar rounde about. And he shall One part was burnt, another was to the priests, and the third to him that offered. offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards, He shall also take away the two kidneis, & the fat that is on them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis. And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde. And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; In the peace offering either male or female could be offered, but in the burnt offering only the male: so here no birds can be offered, but in the burnt offering they might: there all was consumed with fire, and in the peace offering divided. male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. If he offer a lambe for his oblation, then he shall bring it before the Lorde, And lay his hand vpon the head of his offring, & shall kill it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and Aarons sonnes shall sprinckle the blood thereof round about vpon the altar. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering The burnt offering was completely consumed, and of the offering made by fire only the inner parts were burnt: the shoulder and breast, with the two jaws and the stomach were the priests, and the rest his that offered. an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, [and] the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that [is] upon the inwards, Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is vpon them, & vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis. Then the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar, as the meat of an offring made by fire vnto the Lord. Also if his offring be a goate, then shal he offer it before the Lord, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before Meaning, at the north side of the altar, (Lev_1:1). the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. Then he shall offer thereof his offring, euen an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is vpon the inwardes. Also hee shall take away the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon ye flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis. So the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, as the meate of an offering made by fire for a sweete sauour: all the fatte is the Lordes. [It shall be] a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither Eating fat was a symbol of carnality, and eating blood signified cruelty. fat nor blood. Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through That is, of negligence or ignorance, especially in the ceremonial law: for otherwise the punishment for a crime is determined according to the transgression, (Num_15:22). ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: If Meaning, the high priest. the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and By this confessing that he deserved the same punishment which the beast suffered. kill the bullock before the LORD. And the Priest that is anointed shall take of the bullocks blood, and bring it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the Which was between the holiest of holies and the sanctuary. sanctuary. And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the Which was in the court: meaning by the tabernacle the sanctuary: and in the end of this verse it is taken for the court. tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And hee shall take away all the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offring: to wit, the fat that couereth the inwardes, and all the fatte that is about the inwardes. He shall take away also the two kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them, and vpon the flankes, and the kall vpon the liuer with the kidneis, As it was taken away from the bullock of the peace offrings, & the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar of burnt offring. But the skinne of the bullocke, and all his flesh, with his heade, and his legs, and his inwardes, and his dung shal he beare out. So he shall cary the whole bullocke out of the host vnto a cleane place, where the ashes are powred, & shall burne him on ye wood in the fire: where ye ashes are cast out, shal he be burnt. And if the The multitude does not excuse the sin, but if all have sinned, they must all be punished. whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD [concerning things] which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sinne which they haue committed shalbe knowen, then the Congregation shall offer a yong bullocke for the sinne, & bring him before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, And the For all the people could not lay on their hands: therefore it was sufficient that the elders of the people did it in the name of all the congregation. elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. Then the Priest that is anointed, shall bring of the bullockes blood into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, And the Priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seuen times before the Lord, euen before the vaile. Also he shall put some of ye blood vpon the hornes of the altar, which is before the Lord, that is in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then shall he powre all the rest, of the blood at ye foote of the altar of burnt offring, which is at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, And he shall take all his fat from him, and burne it vpon the altar. And the Priest shal doe with this bullocke, as he did with the bullocke for his sinne: so shall he do with this: so the Priest shal make an atonement for them, and it shalbe forgiuen them. For he shal carie the bullocke without the hoste, and burne him as he burned the first bullock: for it is an offring for the sinne of the Congregation. When a ruler shal sinne, and do through ignorance against any of the commaundementes of the Lorde his God, which should not be done, and shall offend, If one shewe vnto him his sinne, which he hath committed, the shall he bring for his offring an hee goat without blemish, And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it That is, the priest shall kill it; for it was not lawful for any out of that office to kill the beast. in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin offering. Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and shall powre the rest of his blood at the foote of the burnt offring altar, And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make In which he represented Jesus Christ. an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. Likewise if any of the people of ye lande shall sinne through ignoraunce in doing against any of the commandements of the Lord, which should not be done, and shall offend, If one shewe him his sinne which he hath committed, then he shall bring for his offring, a shee goate without blemish for his sinne which he hath committed, Read (Lev_4:24).And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. Then the Priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, & powre all the rest of the blood thereof at the foote of the altar, And shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the peace offringes is taken away, and the Priest shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shalbe forgiuen him. And if he bring a lambe for his sinne offring, he shall bring a female without blemish, And he shall lay his Meaning that the punishment of his sin should be laid on the beast, or, that he had received all things from God, and offered this willingly. hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. Then the Priest shall take of the blood of the sinne offring with his finger, and put it vpon the hornes of the burnt offring altar, and shall powre al the rest of the blood thereof at the foote of the altar. And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, Or, besides the burnt offerings, which were daily offered to the Lord. according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and [is] a witness, whether he hath seen or By which it is commanded to bear witness to the truth, and disclose the iniquity of the ungodly. known [of it]; if he do not utter [it], then he shall bear his iniquity. Either if one touche any vncleane thing, whether it be a carion of an vncleane beast, or a carion of vncleane cattel, or a carion of vncleane creeping things, and is not ware of it, yet he is vncleane, and hath offended: Eyther if hee touche any vncleannesse of man (whatsoeuer vncleannes it be, that hee is defiled with) and is not ware of it, and after commeth to the knowledge of it, he hath sinned: Or if a soul Or, vow rashly without just examination of the circumstances, and not knowing what shall be the issue of the same. swear, pronouncing with [his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever [it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth [of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these. And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these Which have been mentioned before in this chapter. [things], that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that [thing]: Therefore shall he bring his trespasse offring vnto the Lord for his sinne which he hath committed, euen a female from ye flocke, be it a lambe or a she goat for a sinne offring, and the Priest shall make an atonement for him, concerning his sinne. But if he be not able to bring a sheepe, he shall bring for his trespas which he hath committed, two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons vnto the Lord, one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring. So he shall bring them vnto the Priest, who shall offer the sinne offring first, and wring the necke of it a sunder, but not plucke it cleane off. After he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sinne offring vpon the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be shed at the foote of the altar: for it is a sinne offering. And he shall offer the second [for] a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall Or, declare him to be purged of that sin. make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an Which was about a half gallon. ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no As in the meat offering, (Lev_2:1). oil upon it, neither shall he put [any] frankincense thereon: for it [is] a sin offering. Then shall hee bring it to the Priest, and the Priest shall take his handfull of it for the remembrance thereof, and burne it vpon the altar with the offrings of the Lorde made by fire: for it is a sinne offring. So the Priest shal make an atonement for him, as touching his sinne that he hath committed in one of these poyntes, and it shall bee forgiuen him: and the remnant shalbe the Priests, as the meate offring. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, Concerning the first fruits or tithes, due to the priests and Levites. in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, By the estimation of the priest, (Lev_27:12). with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: So hee shall restore that wherein hee hath offended, in taking away of the holy thing, and shall put the fift part more thereto, and giue it vnto the Priest: so the Priest shal make an atonement for him with the ram of ye trespasse offring, and it shalbe forgiuen him. And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist [it] not, yet is he guilty, and shall That is, remembers after that he has sinned when his conscience accuses him. bear his iniquity. And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his Else if his sin against God come of malice, he must die; (Num_15:30). ignorance wherein he erred and wist [it] not, and it shall be forgiven him. This is the trespasse offring for the trespasse committed against the Lord. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in To give, and occupy for the use of him that gave it. fellowship, or in a thing taken away by By any deceit, or unlawful means. violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, In which he cannot but sin: or, in which a man accustoms to sin by perjury or such like thing. sinning therein: When, I say, he thus sinneth & trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which hee tooke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to keepe, or the lost thing which he founde, Or for whatsoeuer he hath sworne falsely, he shall both restore it in the whole summe, and shall adde the fift parte more thereto, and giue it vnto him to whome perteyneth, the same day that he offreth for trespasse. Also he shall bring for his trespasse vnto the Lorde, a ramme without blemish out of the flocke in thy estimation worth two shekels for a trespasse offring vnto the Priest. And the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lorde, and it shall be forgiuen him, whatsoeuer thing he hath done, and trespassed therein. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This [is] the That is, the ceremony which ought to be observed in it. law of the burnt offering: It [is] the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon Upon his secret parts, (Exo_28:42). his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the In the ash pans appointed for that use. altar. After, he shal put off his garments, and put on other raiment, and cary the ashes foorth without the hoste vnto a cleane place. But the fire vpon the altar shall burne thereon and neuer be put out: wherefore the Priest shall burne wood on it euery morning, and lay the burnt offering in order vpon it, and he shall burne thereon the fat of the peace offrings. The fire shall euer burne vpon the altar, and neuer go out. Also this is the lawe of the meate offring, which Aarons sonnes shall offer in the presence of the Lorde, before the altar. He shall euen take thence his handfull of fine flowre of the meate offring and of the oyle, & all the incense which is vpon the meat offring, and shall burne it vpon the altar for a sweete sauour, as a memoriall therefore vnto the Lorde: But the rest thereof shall Aaron and his sonnes eate: it shalbe eaten without leauen in the holy place: in the court of the Tabernacle of the Congregation they shall eate it. It shall not be Or, kneaded with leaven and baked. baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. All the males among the children of Aaron shall eate of it: It shalbe a statute for euer in your generations concerning the offrings of the Lord, made by fire: whatsoeuer toucheth them shall be holy. Agayne the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, This [is] the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering So oft as the high priest shall be elected and anointed. perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. In the frying panne it shalbe made with oyle: thou shalt bring it fryed, and shalt offer the baken pieces of the meate offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde. And the priest of his sons that is His son that shall succeed him. anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. For euery meate offring of the Priest shall be burnt altogether, it shall not be eaten. Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his sonnes, and say, This is the Lawe of the sinne offering, In the place where the burnt offring is killed, shall the sinne offring be killed before the Lord, for it is most holy. The Priest that offreth this sinne offring, shall eate it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of ye Tabernacle of the Congregation. Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any Meaning, the garment of the priest. garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in Which was in the laver, (Exo_30:28). water. All the males among the Priestes shal eate thereof, for it is most holy. And no sin offering, whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile [withal] in the holy [place], shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the Out of the camp (Lev_4:12). fire. Likewise this [is] the law of the Which is for the smaller sins, and such as are committed by ignorance. trespass offering: it [is] most holy. In the place At the court gate. where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. And the high priest. he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, After he shall take away the two kidneis, with the fat that is on them & vpon the flankes, and the kall on the liuer with the kidneis. Then the Priest shall burne them vpon the altar, for an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde: this is a trespasse offring. All the males among the Priestes shall eate thereof, it shalbe eaten in the holy place, for it is most holy. As the sin offering [is], so [is] the trespass offering: [there is] one The same ceremonies, even though this word trespass signifies less then sin. law for them: the priest that maketh atonement Meaning, the rest which is left and not burnt. therewith shall have [it]. Also the Priest that offereth any mans burnt offring, shall haue the skinne of the burnt offring which he hath offered. And all the meate offring that is baken in the ouen, and that is dressed in the pan, and in the frying pan, shall be the Priestes that offereth it. And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and Because it had no oil or liquor. dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one [as much] as another. Furthermore, this is the lawe of the peace offrings, which he shall offer vnto the Lorde. If he offer it for a Peace offerings contain a confession and thanksgiving for a benefit received, and also a vow, and free offering to receive a benefit. thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. He shall offer also his offring with cakes of leauened bread, for his peace offrings, to giue thankes. And of all the sacrifice he shall offer one cake for an heaue offering vnto the Lorde, and it shalbe the Priestes that sprinckleth the blood of the peace offrings. Also the flesh of his peace offerings, for thankesgiuing, shalbe eaten the same day that it is offered: he shall leaue nothing thereof vntill the morning. But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a If he makes a vow to offer: or else the flesh of the peace offerings must be eaten the same day. vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: But as much of the offered flesh as remaineth vnto the third day, shalbe burnt with fire. And if [any] of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall The sin for which he offered shall remain. bear his iniquity. And the flesh that toucheth any unclean After it is sacrificed. [thing] shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and Of the peace offering that is clean. as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. But if any eate of the flesh of the peace offerings that pertaineth to the Lorde, hauing his vncleannesse vpon him, euen the same person shalbe cut off from his people. Moreouer, whe any toucheth any vncleane thing, as the vncleannesse of man, or of an vncleane beast, or of any filthie abomination, and eate of the flesh of the peace offrings, which pertaineth vnto the Lorde, euen that person shalbe cut off from his people. Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, Ye shall eate no fat of beeues, nor of sheepe, nor of goates: Yet the fat of the dead beast, and the fat of that, which is torne with beastes, shalbe occupied to any vse, but ye shall not eate of it. For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast, of the which he shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lorde, euen the person that eateth, shalbe cut off from his people. Neither shall ye eate any blood, either of foule, or of beast in all your dwellings. Euery person that eateth any blood, euen the same person shall be cut off from his people. And the Lord talked with Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say, Hee that offereth his peace offerings vnto the Lorde, shall bring his gifte vnto the Lorde of his peace offerings: His own And should not send it by another. hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD. Then the Priest shall burne the fatte vpon the Altar, and the breast shall be Aarons and his sonnes. And the right shoulder shall ye giue vnto the Priest for an heaue offering, of your peace offrings. The same that offreth the blood of ye peace offrings, and the fatte, among the sonnes of Aaron, shall haue the right shoulder for his parte. For the breast shaken to and fro, and the shoulder lifted vp, haue I taken of the children of Israel, euen of their peace offrings, and haue giuen them vnto Aaron the Priest and vnto his sonnes by a statute for euer from among the children of Israel. This [is the portion] of the that is, his privilege, reward and portion. anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day [when] he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office; The which portions the Lorde commanded to giue them in the day that he anointed them from among the children of Israel, by a statute for euer in their generations. This [is] the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the Which sacrifice was offered when the priests were consecrated, (Exo_29:22). consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; Which the Lorde commaunded Moses in the mount Sinai, when he commanded the children of Israel to offer their giftes vnto the Lorde in the wildernesse of Sinai. Afterwarde the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Take Aaron and his sonnes with him, and the garments and the anointing oyle, and a bullocke for the sinne offring, & two rammes, and a basket of vnleauened bread, And assemble all the company at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, & the companie was assembled at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then Moses said vnto the company, This is the thing which the Lorde hath commaunded to doe. And Moses brought Aaron and his sonnes, and washed them with water, And put vpon him the coate, and girded him with a girdle, & clothed him with the robe, and put the Ephod on him, which he girded with the broydred garde of the Ephod, and bounde it vnto him therewith. After he put the brest plate thereon, and put in the breast plate the Vrim and the Thummim. And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, [even] upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the So called, because this superscription, «holiness to the Lord» was graven in it. holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the That is, the holiest of holies, the sanctuary and the court. tabernacle and all that [was] therein, and sanctified them. And sprinkled thereof vpon the altar seuen times, and anointed the altar and all his instruments, and the lauer, and his foote, to sanctifie them) And he powred of the anointing oyle vpon Aarons head, and anointed him, to sanctifie him. After, Moses brought Aarons sonnes, and put coates vpon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonets vpon their heades, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. Then he brought the bullocke for the sinne offring, and Aaron and his sonnes put their handes vpon the head of the bullocke for the sinne offring. And he slew [it]; and Moses took the blood, and put [it] upon the horns of the Of the burnt offering. altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified To offer for the sins of the people. it, to make reconciliation upon it. Then he tooke all the fatte that was vpon the inwardes, and the kall of the liuer and the two kidneis, with their fat, which Moses burned vpon the Altar. But the bullock, and his In other burnt offerings, which are not of consecration, or offering for himself, the priest has the skin, (Lev_7:8). hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. Also hee brought the ram for the burnt offring, and Aaron and his sonnes put their hands vpon the head of the ramme. So Moses killed it, and sprinkled the blood vpon the Altar round about, And Moses cut the ram in pieces, & burnt the head with the pieces, and the fat, And washed the inwardes and the legges in water: so Moses burnt the ram euery whit vpon ye Altar: for it was a burnt offring for a sweete sauour, which was made by fire vnto the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. After, he brought the other ram, the ram of consecrations, and Aaron and his sonnes layed their handes vpon the head of the ram, And he Moses did this because the priests were not yet established in their office. slew [it]; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put [it] upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. Then Moses brought Aarons sonnes, and put of the blood on the lap of their right eares, and vpon the thumbes of their right handes, and vpon the great toes of their right feete, and Moses sprinckled the rest of the blood vpon the Altar round about. And he tooke the fat & the rumpe and all the fat that was vpon the inwards, and the kall of the liuer, and the two kidneis with their fat, & the right shoulder. Also he tooke of ye basket of ye vnleauened bread that was before the Lorde, one vnleauened cake and a cake of oiled bread, & one wafer, and put them on the fat, & vpon the right shoulder. So hee put all in Aarons handes, and in his sonnes handes, and shooke it to and fro before the Lord. After, Moses tooke the out of their hands, & burnt them vpon the altar for a burnt offring: for these were consecrations for a sweete sauour which were made by fire vnto the Lord. Likewise Moses tooke the breast of the ram of consecrations, & shooke it to and fro before the Lord: for it was Moses portion, as the Lord had commanded Moses. Also Moses tooke of the anointing oyle, and of the blood which was vpon the Altar, and sprinkled it vpon Aaron, vpon his garments, and vpon his sonnes, and on his sonnes garments with him: so hee sanctified Aaron, his garments, & his sonnes, and his sonnes garments with him. And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh [at] the door of the At the door of the court. tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that [is] in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. But that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread, shall ye burne with fire. And ye shall not depart from the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen dayes, vntill the dayes of your consecrations bee at an ende: for seuen dayes, saide the Lorde, shall hee consecrate you, As hee hath done this day: so the Lorde hath commanded to doe, to make an atonement for you. Therefore shall yee abide at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation day and night, seuen dayes, and shall keepe the watch of the Lord, that ye dye not: for so I am commanded. So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the By commission given to Moses. hand of Moses. And it came to pass on the After their consecration: for the seven days before, the priests were consecrated. eighth day, [that] Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a Aaron enters into the possession of the priesthood: and offers the four principal sacrifices, the burnt offering, the sin offering, the peace offering, and the meat offering. sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer [them] before the LORD. And vnto the children of Israel thou shalt speake, saying, Take yee an hee goate for a sinne offring, and a calfe, and a lambe, both of a yeere olde, without blemish for a burnt offring: Also a bullock, and a ramme for peace offringes, to offer before the Lorde, and a meate offring mingled with oyle: for to day the Lorde will appeare vnto you. And they brought [that] which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Before the altar where his glory appeared. LORD. (For Moses had sayde, This is the thing, which the Lord commaunded that ye should do, and the glory of the Lord shal appeare vnto you) And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for Read for the understanding of this peace, (Heb_4:5, Heb_7:27). thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. Aaron therefore went vnto the Altar, and killed the calfe of the sinne offring, which was for himselfe. And the sonnes of Aaron brought ye blood vnto him, and he dipt his finger in the blood, and put it vpon the hornes of the Altar, and powred the rest of the blood at the foote of the Altar. But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he That is, he laid them in order, and so they were burnt when the Lord sent down fire. burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. The flesh also and the hide hee burnt with fire without the hoste. After, he slewe the burnt offering, and Aarons sonnes brought vnto him the blood, which he sprinckled round about vpon the Altar. Also they brought the burnt offring vnto him with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt them vpon the Altar. And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and All this must be understood of the preparation of the sacrifices which were burnt after, (Lev_9:24). burnt [them] upon the burnt offering on the altar. Then he offred the peoples offring, and tooke a goate, which was the sinne offring for the people, and slewe it: and offred it for sinne, as the first: So he offred the burnt offring, and prepared it, according to the maner. He presented also the meate offring, & filled his hand thereof, and beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt this vpon the Altar. He slewe also the bullock, and the ram for the peace offrings, that was for the people, and Arons sonnes brought vnto him the blood, which he sprinkled vpon the Altar round about, With the fat of the bullocke, and of the ram, the rumpe, and that which couereth the inwards and the kidneis, and the kall of the liuer. So they layed the fat vpon the breasts, and he burnt the fat vpon the Altar. And the Of the bullock and the ram. breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and Because the altar was near the sanctuary, which was the upper end, therefore he is said to come down. came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and Or prayed for the people. blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from the Lord and consumed vpon the Altar the burnt offring and the fatte: which when all the people sawe, they gaue thankes, and fell on their faces. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered Not taken from the altar, which was sent from heaven, and endured till the captivity of Babylon. strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. Therefore a fire went out from the Lord, & deuoured them: so they dyed before the Lord. Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be I will punish them that serve me in other ways than I have commanded, not sparing the chief, that the people may fear and praise my judgments. sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vzziel, the vncle of Aaron, & saide vnto them, Come neere, cary your brethre from before the Sanctuarie out of the hoste. Then they went, and caried them in their coates out of the host, as Moses had comaunded. And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, As though you lamented for them, preferring your carnal affection to God's just judgment; (Lev_19:18; Deu_14:1). Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath In destroying Nadab and Abihu the chief, and menacing the rest, unless they repent. kindled. And go not yee out from the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, least ye dye: for the anointing oyle of the Lorde is vpon you: and they did according to Moses commaundement. And the Lorde spake vnto Aaron, saying, Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee, when yee come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest ye die: this is an ordinance for euer throughout your generations, That ye may put difference betweene the holy and the vnholy, and betweene the cleane and the vncleane, And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lorde hath commaunded them by the hand of Moses. Then Moses saide vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and to Ithamar his sonnes that were left, Take the meate offring that remaineth of the offrings of the Lorde, made by fire, and eate it without leauen beside ye altar: for it is most holy: And ye shall eate it in the holy place, because it is thy duetie and thy sonnes duety of the offringes of the Lorde made by fire: for so I am commannded. And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy For the breast and shoulders of the peace offerings might be brought to their families, so that their daughters might eat of them, as also of the offerings of first fruits, the first born, and the Easter lamb, (Lev_22:12-13). daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons' due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. The heaue shoulder, and the shaken breast shall they bring with the offringes made by fire of the fat, to shake it to and fro before the Lord, and it shalbe thine and thy sonnes with thee by a lawe for euer, as the Lord hath commaunded. And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron [which were] And not consumed as Nadab and Abihu. left [alive], saying, Wherfore haue ye not eaten the sinne offring in the holy place, seeing it is most Holie? & God hath giuen it you, to beare the iniquitie of the Congregation, to make an atonement for them before the Lorde. Beholde, the blood of it was not brought within the holy place: ye should haue eaten it in the holy place, as I commaunded. And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day That is, Nadab and Abihu. have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? And when Moses heard [that], he was Moses bore with his infirmity, considering his great sorrow, but does not leave an example to forgive them that maliciously transgress the commandment of God. content. After, the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying vnto them, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These [are] the beasts which ye Or, of which ye may eat. shall eat among all the beasts that [are] on the earth. Whatsoever parteth the He notes four types of beasts, some that chew the cud only, and some that only have the hoof cleft. Others neither chew the cud, nor have the hoof cleft, and the fourth both chew the cud and have the hoof divided, which may be eaten. hoof, and is clovenfooted, [and] cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. But of them that chewe the cud, or deuide the hoofe onely, of them yee shall not eate: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, & deuideth not ye hoofe, he shall be vncleane vnto you. Likewise the conie, because he cheweth the cud and deuideth not the hoofe, he shall bee vncleane to you. Also the hare, because he cheweth the cud, and deuideth not the hoofe, he shalbe vncleane to you. And the swine, because he parteth ye hoofe and is clouen footed, but cheweth not the cud, he shalbe vncleane to you. Of their God would that by this for a time they should be discerned as his people from the Gentiles. flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they [are] unclean to you. These shall ye eate, of all that are in the waters: whatsoeuer hath finnes & skales in ye waters, in the seas, or in the riuers, them shal ye eate. And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that As little fish begotten in the slime. move in the waters, and of any As they which come of generation. living thing which [is] in the waters, they [shall be] an abomination unto you: They, I say, shalbe an abomination to you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, but shall abhorre their carkeis. Whatsoeuer hath not fins nor skales in the waters, that shalbe abomination vnto you. These shal ye haue also in abomination among the foules, they shal not be eaten: for they are an abomination, the egle, and the goshauke, and the osprey: Also the vultur, & the kite after his kinde, And all rauens after their kinde: The ostrich also, and the night crowe, and the seameaw, and the hauke after his kinde: The litle owle also, and the connorant, and the great owle. Also the redshanke and the pelicane, and the swanne: The storke also, the heron after his kinde, and the lapwing, and the backe: Also euery foule that creepeth & goeth vpon all foure, such shalbe an abomination vnto you. Yet these shal ye eate: of euery foule that creepeth, and goeth vpon all foure which haue their feete and legs all of one to leape withal vpon the earth, [Even] these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the These were certain types of grasshoppers, which are not now properly known. bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. But al other foules that creepe & haue foure feete, they shalbe abomination vnto you. For by such ye shalbe polluted: whosoeuer toucheth their carkeis, shalbe vncleane vnto the euening. And whosoever Out of the camp. beareth [ought] of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. Euery beast that hath clawes deuided, and is not clouen footed, nor cheweth the cud, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: euery one that toucheth them, shalbe vncleane. And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his pawes among all maner beastes that goeth on all foure, such shalbe vncleane vnto you: who so doth touch their carkeis shalbe vncleane vntil the euen. And he that beareth their carkeis, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntill the euen: for such shalbe vncleane vnto you. These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the The green frog that sits on the bushes. tortoise after his kind, Also the rat, and the lizard, and the chameleon, and the stellio, and the molle. These shall be vncleane to you among all that creepe: whosoeuer doeth touch them when they be dead, shalbe vncleane vntil the euen. And upon whatsoever [any] of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether [it be] any vessel of wood, or raiment, or As a bottle or bag. skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel [it be], wherein [any] work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. But euery earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoeuer is within it shalbe vncleane, and ye shal breake it. Al meate also that shalbe eaten, if any such water come vpon it, shalbe vncleane: & all drinke that shalbe drunke in al such vessels shalbe vncleane. And euery thing that their carkeis fall vpon, shalbe vncleane: the fornais or the pot shalbe broken: for they are vncleane, & shalbe vncleane vnto you. Nevertheless a fountain or pit, [wherein there is] plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which So much of the water as touched it. toucheth their carcase shall be unclean. And if there fal of their dead carkeis vpo any seede, which vseth to be sowe, it shalbe cleane. But if [any] He speaks of seed that is laid to sleep before it is sown. water be put upon the seed, and [any part] of their carcase fall thereon, it [shall be] unclean unto you. If also any beast, whereof ye may eate, die, he that toucheth the carkeis thereof shal be vncleane vntil the euen. And he that eateth of the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes and be vncleane vntil the euen: he also that beareth the carkeis of it, shal wash his clothes, and be vncleane vntil the euen. Euery creeping thing therefore that creepeth vpon the earth shalbe an abomination, and not be eaten. Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the breast, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon al foure, or that hath many feete among all creeping thinges that creepe vpon the earth, ye shal not eate of them, for they shalbe abomination. Ye shall not pollute your selues with any thing that creepeth, neither make your selues vncleane with them, neither defile your selues thereby: ye shal not, I say, be defiled by them, For I [am] the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be He shows why God chose them to be his people, (1Pe_1:15). holy; for I [am] holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to be your God, and that you should be holy, for I am holy. This is the law of beasts, and of foules, and of euery liuing thing that moueth in the waters, and of euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth: That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane, and betweene the beast that may be eaten, and the beast that ought not to be eaten. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean So that her husband for that time could not have relations with her. seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. (And in the eight day, the foreskin of the childes flesh shalbe circumcised) And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three Besides the first seven days. and thirty days; she shall touch no As sacrifice, or such like. hallowed thing, nor come into the That is, into the court gate till after forty days. sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two Twice as long as if she gave birth to a boy. weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the Where the burnt offerings were wont to be offered. tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: Who shal offer it before the Lord, & make an atonement for her: so she shalbe purged of the issue of her blood this is the law for her that hath borne a male or female. But if she bee not able to bring a lambe, she shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons: the one for a burnt offring, and the other for a sinne offring: and the Priest shall make an atonement for her: so she shal be cleane. Moreouer the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh That it may be suspected to be leprosy. [like] the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and [when] the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight [be] That is, shrunken in, and be lower than the rest of the skin. deeper than the skin of his flesh, it [is] a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. But if the white spot be in the skinne of his flesh, and seeme not to bee lower then the skin, nor the heare thereof be turned vnto white, then the Priest shall shut vp him that hath the plague, seuen dayes. After, the Priest shall looke vpon him the seuenth day: and if the plague seeme to him to abide still, and the plague growe not in the skin, the Priest shal shut him vp yet seuen dayes more. And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, [if] the plague [be] somewhat As having the skin drawn together, or blackish. dark, [and] the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it [is but] a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. But if the skab growe more in the skinne, after that he is seene of ye Priest for to be purged, he shall be seene of the Priest yet againe. And [if] the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him Concerning his bodily disease: for his disease was not imputed to him for sin before God even though it were the punishment of sin. unclean: it [is] a leprosy. When the plague of leprosie is in a man, he shalbe brought vnto the Priest, And the Priest shall see him: and if the swelling be white in ye skin, & haue made ye heare white, and there be rawe flesh in the swelling, It is an old leprosie in the skin of his flesh: and the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, and shall not shut him vp, for he is vncleane. Also if the leprosie breake out in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the skin of the plague, from his head euen to his feete, wheresoeuer the Priest looketh, Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, [if] the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce [him] For it is not that contagious leprosy that infects, but a form of scales which does not leave the skin raw as leprosy does. clean [that hath] the plague: it is all turned white: he [is] clean. But if there be raw flesh on him when he is seene, he shalbe vncleane. And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: [for] the raw flesh [is] That is, declares that the flesh is not found, but is in danger of being leprous. unclean: it [is] a leprosy. Or if the rawe flesh change and be turned into white, then he shall come to the Priest, And the Priest shal beholde him and if the sore be changed into white, then the Priest shall pronounce the plague cleane, for it is cleane. The flesh also in whose skin there is a bile and is healed, And in ye place of the bile there be a white swelling, or a white spot somewhat reddish, it shal be seene of the Priest. And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it [be] in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him No one was exempted, but if the priest pronounced him unclean, he was put out from among the people: as appears by the example of Mary the prophetess, (Num_12:14) and by king Uzziah, (2Ch_26:20). unclean: it [is] a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. But if the Priest looke on it, & there be no white heares therein, and if it bee not lower then the skin, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes. And if it spred abroad in the flesh, ye Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, for it is a sore. But if the spot continue in his place, and growe not, it is a burning bile: therefore the Priest shall declare him to be cleane. Or if there be [any] flesh, in the skin whereof [there is] a hot burning, and the quick [flesh] that burneth have a If he has a white spot in the place where the burning was and was later healed. white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; Then the Priest shall looke vpon it: and if the heare in that spot be changed into white, and it appeare lower then the skin, it is a leprosie broken out in the burning therefore the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie. But if the Priest looke on it, and there be no white heare in the spot, and be no lower then the other skinne, but be darker, then the Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes. After, the Priest shall looke on him the seuenth day: if it be growen abroad in the skinne, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: for it is the plague of leprosie. And if the spot abide in his place, not growing in the skin, but is darke, it is a rising of the burning: the Priest shall therefore declare him cleane, for it is the drying vp of the burning. If also a man or woman hath a sore on the head or in the beard, Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it [be] in sight deeper than the skin; [and there be] in it a yellow thin Which was not wont to be there, or else smaller than in any other part of the body. hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it [is] a dry scall, [even] a leprosy upon the head or beard. And if the Priest looke on the sore of the blacke spotte, and if it seeme not lower then the skinne, nor haue any blacke heare in it, then the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the sore of the blacke spot, seuen dayes. After, in the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the sore: and if the blacke spot growe not, and there be in it no yelowe heare, and the blacke spot seeme not lower then the skinne, Then he shalbe shauen, but the place of the blacke spot shall he not shaue: but the Priest shall shut vp him, that hath the blacke spot, seuen dayes more. And the seuenth day the Priest shall looke on the blacke spot: and if the blacke spot growe not in the skinne, nor seeme lower then the other skinne, then the Priest shall clense him, and hee shall wash his clothes, and be cleane. But if the blacke spot growe abroad in the flesh after his clensing, Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not He shall not care whether the yellow hair is there or not. seek for yellow hair; he [is] unclean. But if ye blacke spot seeme to him to abide, and that blacke heare growe therein, the blacke spot is healed, he is cleane, and the Priest shall declare him to be cleane. Furthermore if there bee many white spots in the skin of the flesh of man or woman, Then the Priest shall consider: and if the spots in the skin of their flesh be somewhat darke and white withall, it is but a white spot broken out in the skin: therefore he is cleane. And the man whose heare is fallen off his head, and is balde, is cleane. And he that hath his By sickness or any other inconvenience. hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he [is] forehead bald: [yet is] he clean. But if there be in the balde head, or in the balde forehead a white reddish sore, it is a leprosie springing in his balde head, or in his balde forehead. Therefore the Priest shall looke vpon it, & if the rising of the sore bee white reddish in his balde head, or in his bald forehead, appearing like leprosie in the skin of the flesh, He is a leper and vncleane: therefore the Priest shall pronounce him altogether vncleane: for the sore is in his head. And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be In sign of sorrow and lamentation. rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper Either in token of mourning, or for fear of infecting others. lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. As long as the disease shall be vpon him, he shalbe polluted, for he is vncleane: he shall dwell alone, without the campe shall his habitation be. Also the garment that the plague of leprosie is in, whether it be a wollen garment or a linen garment, Whether it bee in the warpe or in ye woofe of linen or of wollen, either in a skin, or in any thing made of skin, And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of Whether it be garment, vessel, or instrument. skin; it [is] a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest: Then the Priest shall see the plague, and shut vp it that hath the plague, seuen dayes, And shall looke on the plague the seuenth day: if the plague growe in the garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in the skinne, or in any thing that is made of skin, that plague is a fretting leprosie and vncleane. And hee shall burne the garment, or the warpe, or the woofe, whether it bee wollen or linen, or any thing that is made of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a freating leprosie, therefore it shalbe burnt in the fire. And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not But abide still in one place, as in (Lev_13:37). spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; Then the Priest shall commaunde them to wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it vp seuen dayes more. And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, [if] the plague have not changed his But remain as it did before. colour, and the plague be not spread; it [is] unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it [is] fret inward, Or, whether it be in any bare place before, or behind. [whether] it [be] bare within or without. And if the Priest see that the plague bee darker, after that it is washed, he shall cut it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warpe, or out of the woofe. And if it appeare stil in ye garment or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing made of skin, it is a spreading leprie: thou shalt burne the thing wherein the plague is, in the fire. And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin [it be], which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed So that he might be sure that the leprosy was departed, and that all opportunity for infection might be taken away. the second time, and shall be clean. This is the lawe of the plague of leprosie in a garment of wollen or linnen, or in the warpe, or in the woofe, or in any thing of skin, to make it cleane or vncleane. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, This shall be the Or, the ceremony which shall be used in his purgation. law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the Priest shall go out of the campe, & the Priest shall consider him: and if the plague of leprosie be healed in the leper, Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive [and] Of birds which were permitted to be eaten. clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over Running water, or of the fountains. running water: After, he shall take the liue sparowe with the cedar wood, and the skarlet lace, and the hyssope, and shall dip them and the liuing sparowe in the blood of the sparowe slaine, ouer the pure water, And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall Signifying that he that was made clean was set free, and restored to the company of others. let the living bird loose into the open field. Then he that shall be clensed, shall wash his clothes, and shaue off all his heare, and wash himselfe in water, so he shalbe cleane: after that shall he come into the host, but shall tary without his tent seuen dayes. So in the seuenth day hee shall shaue off all his heare, both his head, and his beard, and his eye browes: euen all his heare shall he shaue, and shall wash his clothes and shall wash his flesh in water: so he shalbe cleane. And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without Which has no imperfection in any part. blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, This quantity in Hebrew is called a Log, and holds six eggs in measure. and one log of oil. And the Priest that maketh him cleane shal bring the man which is to bee made cleane, and those things, before the Lord, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Then the Priest shall take one lambe, and offer him for a trespasse offering, and the pint of oyle, and shake the to and fro before the Lord. And hee shall kill the lambe in the place where the sinne offring and the burnt offring are slaine, euen in the holy place: for as the sinne offring is the Priests, so is the trespasse offring: for it is most holy. So the Priest shal take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lappe of the right eare of him that shalbe clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote. The Priest shall also take of ye pint of oyle, and powre it into the palme of his left hand, And the Priest shal dip his right finger in the oyle that is in his left hand, & sprinkle of the oyle with his finger seuen times before the Lord. And of the rest of the oyle that is in his hand, shal the Priest put vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the great toe of his right foote, where the blood of the trespasse offring was put. But the remnant of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shal powre vpon the head of him that is to be clensed: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord. And the Priest shal offer the sinne offring and make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed of his vncleannesse: then after shall he kill the burnt offring. So the Priest shal offer ye burnt offring and the meat offring vpon ye altar and the Priest shall make an atonement for him: so he shalbe cleane. And if he [be] poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb [for] a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one Which is an Omer, (Exo_16:16). tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; Also two turtle doues, or two yong pigeons, as he is able, whereof the one shalbe a sinne offering, and the other a burnt offring, And he shall bring them the eight day for his clensing vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before ye Lord. And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall Or, shall offer them as the offering that is shaken to and fro. wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD: And he shall kil the lambe of the trespasse offering, and the Priest shall take of the blood of the trespasse offring, and put it vpon the lap of his right eare that is to be clensed, & vpon ye thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote. Also the Priest shal powre of the oyle into the palme of his owne left hand. So ye Priest shal with his right finger sprinkle of the oyle that is in his left hand, seuen times before the Lord. Then the Priest shall put of the oyle that is in his hande, vpon the lap of the right eare of him that is to bee clensed, and vpon the thumbe of his right hande, and vpon the great toe of his right foote: vpon the place of the blood of the trespasse offring. But ye rest of the oyle that is in the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the head of him that is to be clensed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, whether of them he can get. such as he can get; Such, I say, as he is able, the one for a sinne offring, and the other for a burnt offring with the meate offring: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him that is to bee clensed before the Lord. This [is] the This order is appointed for the poor man. law [of him] in whom [is] the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get [that which pertaineth] to his cleansing. The Lord also spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying, When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I This declares that no plague nor punishment comes to man without God's providence and his sending. put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; Then he that oweth the house, shall come and tell the Priest, saying, Me thinke there is like a plague of leprosie in the house. Then the Priest shall commande them to emptie the house before the Priest goe into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made vncleane, and then shall the Priest goe in to see the house, And hee shall marke the plague: and if the plague be in the walles of the house, & that there be deepe spots, greenish or reddish, which seeme to be lower then the wall, Then the Priest shall goe out of the house to the doore of the house, and shall cause to shut vp the house seuen dayes. So the Priest shall come againe ye seuenth day: and if he see that the plague bee increased in the walles of the house, Then the Priest shall commande them to take away the stones wherein the plague is, and they shall cast them into a foule place without the citie. And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into Where trash was cast, and other filth, that the people might not be infected by them. an unclean place: And they shall take other stones, and put them in the places of those stones, and shall take other mortar, to plaister the house with. But if the plague come againe and breake out in the house, after that he hath taken away ye stones, and after that hee hath scraped and playstered the house, Then the Priest shall come and see: and if the plague growe in the house, it is a freating leprosie in the house: it is therefore vncleane. And he shall That is, he shall command it to be pulled down, as in (Lev_14:40). break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry [them] forth out of the city into an unclean place. Moreouer he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut vp, hee shall bee vncleane vntill the euen. Hee also that sleepeth in the house shall wash his clothes: he likewise that eateth in the house, shall wash his clothes. But if the Priest shall come and see, that the plague hath spread no further in the house, after the house be plaistered, the Priest shall pronounce that house cleane, for the plague is healed. And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and It seems that this was a lace or string to bind the hyssop to the wood, and so was made a sprinkle: the apostle to the Hebrews calls it scarlet wool, (Heb_9:19). scarlet, and hyssop: And hee shall kill one sparowe ouer pure water in an earthen vessell, And shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssope, and the skarlet lace with the liue sparow, and dip them in the blood of the slayne sparow, and in the pure water, and sprinkle the house seuen times: So shall hee clense the house with ye blood of the sparowe, & with the pure water, and with the liue sparowe, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the skarlet lace. Afterwarde he shal let go the liue sparowe out of the towne into the broad fieldes: so shal he make atonement for the house, and it shal be cleane. This is the law for euery plague of leprosie and blacke spot, And of the leprosie of the garment, and of the house, And of the swelling, and of the skab, and of the white spot. This is the lawe of the leprosie to teache when a thing is vncleane, & when it is cleane. Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his Whose seed either in sleeping or else of weakness of nature issues at his secret part. flesh, [because of] his issue he [is] unclean. And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it [is] Of the thing of which he shall be unclean. his uncleanness. Euery bed whereon he lyeth that hath the issue, shall be vncleane, and euery thing whereon he sitteth, shalbe vncleane. Whosoeuer also toucheth his bed, shal wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen. And he that sitteth on any thing, whereon he sate that hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen. Also he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue, shal wash his clothes, & wash himselfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vntil the euen. And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then Of whom the unclean man did spit. he shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. And what The word signifies every thing on which a man rides. saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that was vnder him, shall be vncleane vnto the euen: and he that beareth those things, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and shall be vncleane vntill the euen. Likewise whomesoeuer hee toucheth that hath the issue (and hath not washed his handes in water) shal wash his clothes and wash himselfe in water, and shalbe vncleane vntill the euen. And the vessel of earth that he toucheth, which hath the issue, shalbe broken: and euery vessel of wood shalbe rinsed in water. And when he that hath an issue is That is, be restored to his old state, and be healed of it. cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. Then the eight day he shall take vnto him two Turtle doues or two yong pigeons, and come before the Lorde at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall giue them vnto the Priest. And the Priest shall make of the one of them a sinne offring, & of the other a burnt offering: so the Priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord, for his issue. And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his Meaning, all his body. flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. And euery garment, & euery skinne whereupon shalbe issue of seede, shall be euen washed with water, and be vncleane vnto the euen. If he that hath an issue of seede, do lie with a woman, they shall both wash themselues with water, and be vncleane vntill the euen. Also when a woman shal haue an issue, and her issue in her flesh shalbe blood, she shalbe put apart seuen dayes: and whosoeuer toucheth her, shalbe vncleane vnto the euen. And every thing that she lieth upon in That is, when she has her period, by which she is separate from her husband, from the tabernacle and from touching any holy thing. her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. Whosoeuer also toucheth her bedde, shall wash his clothes, and wash himselfe with water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen. And whosoeuer toucheth any thing that she sate vpon, shal wash his clothes, and wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen: So that whether he touche her bed, or any thing whereon shee hath sit, he shalbe vncleane vnto the euen. And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers If any of her uncleanness touched him in the bed: for else the man that companied with such a woman should die, (Lev_20:18). be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. Also when a womans issue of blood runneth long time besides the time of her floures, or when she hath an issue, longer then her floures, all the dayes of the issue of her vncleannesse shee shalbe vncleane, as in the time of her floures. Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the Shall be unclean as the bed on which she lay when she had her natural disease. bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. And whosoeuer toucheth these things, shal be vncleane, & shal wash his clothes, & wash him selfe in water, & shalbe vncleane vnto the euen. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall After the time that she is recovered. number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And in the eight day shee shall take vnto her two Turtles or two yong pigeons, and bring them vnto the Priest at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And the Priest shall make of ye one a sinne offring, and of the other a burnt offring, and the Priest shal make an atonement for her before the Lord, for the issue of her vncleannes. Thus shall ye Seeing that God required purity and cleanliness of his own: we cannot be his, unless our filth and sins are purged with the blood of Jesus Christ, and so we learn to detest all sin. separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that [is] among them. This is the lawe of him that hath an issue, and of him from whome goeth an issue of seede whereby he is defiled: Also of her that is sicke of her floures, and of him that hath a running issue, whether it bee man or woman, and of him that lyeth with her which is vncleane. Fvrthermore the Lord spake vnto Moses, after the death of the two sonnes of Aaron, whe they came to offer before the Lord, and dyed: And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at The high priest entered into the holiest of holies just once a year in the month of September. all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. After this sort shall Aaron come into the Holy place: euen with a yong bullocke for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring. He shal put on the holy linnen coate, and shal haue linnen breeches vpon his flesh, & shal be girded with a linnen girdle, and shal couer his head with a linnen miter: these are the holy garments: therefore shal hee wash his flesh in water, when he doeth put them on. And hee shal take of the Congregation of the children of Israel, two hee goates for a sinne offring, and a ramme for a burnt offring. Then Aaron shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make an atonement for himselfe, and for his house. And he shal take the two hee goates, and present them before the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the In Hebrew it is called Azazel, which some say is a mountain near Sinai, where this goat was sent. Rather it is called the scapegoat because it was not offered but sent into the desert, as in (Lev_16:11). scapegoat. And Aaron shal offer the goat, vpon which the Lords lot shal fal, & make him a sinne offring. But the goate, on which the lot shal fall to be the Scape goate, shalbe presented aliue before the Lord, to make reconciliation by him, & to let him go (as a Scape goate) into the wildernes. Thus Aaron shal offer the bullocke for his sinne offring, and make a reconciliation for himselfe, and for his house, and shal kill the bullocke for his sinne offring. And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the The holiest of holies. vail: And shal put the incense vpon the fire before the Lorde, that the cloude of the incense may couer the Merciseat that is vpon the Testimonie: so he shal not dye. And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle [it] with his finger upon the mercy seat That is, on the side which was toward the people: for the head of the sanctuary stood westward. eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goate that is the peoples sinne offring, and bring his blood within the vaile, and doe with that blood, as he did with the blood of the bullocke, and sprinckle it vpon the Merciseate, and before the Merciseate. And he shall make an atonement for the holy [place], because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that Placed among them who are unclean. remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shalbe no man in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, when he goeth in to make an atonement in the Holy place, vntill hee come out, and haue made an atonement for himselfe, and for his housholde, and for all the Congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the Upon which the sweet incense and perfume was offered. altar that [is] before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about. So shal hee sprinkle of the blood vpon it with his finger seuen times, & clense it, & halowe it from the vncleannes of the children of Israel. When he hath made an ende of purging the Holy place, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the altar, then he shall bring the liue goate: And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them In this goat is a true figure of Jesus Christ, who bears the sins of the people, (Isa_53:9). upon the head of the goat, and shall send [him] away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: So the goate shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the land that is not inhabited, & he shal let the goate go into the wildernesse. After, Aaron shal come into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and put off the linnen clothes, which he put on when he went into the Holy place, and leaue them there. And he shall wash his flesh with water in In the court where the laver was, (Exo_30:28). the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. Also the fatte of the sinne offring shal he burne vpon the altar. And he that caried forth the goat, called the Scape goat, shal wash his clothes, & wash his flesh in water, and after that shal come into the hoste. Also the bullocke for the sinne offring, & the goate for the sinne offring (whose blood was brought to make a reconciliation in the Holy place) shal one carie out without the hoste to be burnt in the fire, with their skinnes, and with their flesh, and with their doung. And hee that burneth them shal wash his clothes, and wash his flesh in water, and afterward come into the hoste. And [this] shall be a statute for ever unto you: [that] in the Which was Tisri, part September and part October. seventh month, on the tenth [day] of the month, ye shall Meaning, by abstinence and fasting, (Num_29:7). afflict your souls, and do no work at all, [whether it be] one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: For that day shal ye Priest make an atonement for you to clense you: ye shalbe cleane from all your sinnes before the Lord. It [shall be] a Or a rest which you shall keep most diligently. sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. And the priest, Whom the priest shall anoint by God's commandment to succeed in his father's place. whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments: And shal purge the Holy Sanctuarie & the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shal clense the altar, and make an atonement for the Priests and for all the people of the Congregation. And this shalbe an euerlasting ordinance vnto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sinnes once a yeere: and as the Lord commanded Moses, he did. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This [is] the thing which the LORD hath Lest they should practice the idolatry they had learned among the Egyptians. commanded, saying, What man soever [there be] of the house of Israel, that To make a sacrifice of offering of it. killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth [it] out of the camp, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; I abhor it as much as if he had killed a man as in (Isa_66:3). blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the In that they were moved with foolish devotion to offer it. open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace offerings unto the LORD. Then the Priest shall sprinkle the blood vpon the Altar of the Lord before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and burne the fat for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord. And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto Meaning, whatever is not the true God, (1Co_10:10; Psa_95:5). devils, after whom they have gone a For idolatry is spiritual whoredom, because faith toward God is broken. whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. Also thou shalt say vnto them, whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which soiourne among them, that offreth a burnt offring or sacrifice, And bringeth it not vnto ye doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation to offer it vnto the Lord, euen that man shall be cut off from his people. And whatsoever man [there be] of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set I will declare my wrath by taking vengeance on him as in (Lev_20:3). my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it vnto you to offer vpon the altar, to make an atonemet for your soules: for this blood shall make an atonement for the soule. Therefore I saide vnto ye children of Israel, None of you shall eate blood: neither the stranger that soiourneth among you, shall eate blood. And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be Which the law permits to be eaten, because it is clean. eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For ye life of all flesh is his blood, it is ioyned with his life: therefore I sayd vnto the children of Israel, Ye shall eate the blood of no flesh: for the life of al flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off. And euery person that eateth it which dyeth alone, or that which is torne with beastes, whether it be one of the same countrey or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and wash himselfe in water, and be vncleane vnto the euen: after he shalbe cleane. But if he wash them not, nor wash his flesh, then he shall beare his iniquitie. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the Lord your God. After the You shall preserve yourselves from these abominations following, which the Egyptians and Canaanites use. doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. But do after my iudgementes, and keepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God. Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: And therefore you ought to serve me alone, as my people. I [am] the LORD. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to That is, to lie with her, though it be under title of marriage. uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD. Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: for she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame. The nakedness of thy father's Which is your stepmother. wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness. The nakedness of thy Either by father or mother, born in marriage or otherwise. sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own They are her children whose shame you have uncovered. nakedness. The shame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father (for she is thy sister) thou shalt not, I say, discouer her shame. Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman. Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy Which your uncle discovers. father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt. Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy daughter in lawe: for she is thy sonnes wife: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her shame. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy Because the idolaters, among whom God's people had dwelt and would dwell, were given to these horrible incests, God charges his own to beware of them. brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness. Thou shalt not discouer the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, and it were wickednesse. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to By seeing your affection more bent to her sister than to her. vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time]. Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put Or while she has her period. apart for her uncleanness. Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her. And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Which was an idol of the Ammonites, to whom they burned and sacrificed their children, (2Ki_23:10). This seemed to be the chief and principal of all idols: and as the Jews write, was of a great stature, and hollow within, having seven places or chambers within him: one was to receive meal that was offered: another turtle doves: the third, a sheep: the fourth, a ram: the fifth a calf: the sixth an ox: the seventh a child. This idols face was like a calf: his hands were ever stretched out to receive gifts: his priests were called Chemarims, (2Ki_23:5; Hos_10:5; Zep_1:4). Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination. Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination. Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you: And the land is defiled: therefore I do I will punish the land where such incestuous marriages and pollutions are tolerated. visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself He compares the wicked to evil humours and overeating, which corrupt the stomach, and oppress nature, and therefore must be cast out by vomit. vomiteth out her inhabitants. Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgementes, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you. (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled: That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it Both for their wicked marriages, unnatural copulations, idolatry or spiritual whoredom with Molech and such like abominations. spued out the nations that [were] before you. For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall Either by the civil sword or by some plague that God will send upon such. be cut off from among their people. Therefore shall yee keepe mine ordinances that ye do not any of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that yee defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lorde your God. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be That is, void of all pollution, idolatry and superstition both of soul and body. holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy. Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God. Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God. And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it Of your own accord. at your own will. It shall be eaten the day yee offer it, or on the morowe: and that which remaineth vntill the third day, shalbe burnt in the fire. And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be To wit, of God. accepted. Therefore he that eateth it, shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath defiled the halowed thing of the Lorde, and that person shalbe cut off from his people. When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest. Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lorde your God. Ye shall not steal, neither In that which is committed to your credit. deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Also yee shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shal not abide with thee vntil the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord. Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly. Thou shalt not As a slanderer, backbiter, or quarrel picker. go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou By consenting to his death, or conspiring with the wicked. stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne. Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord. Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a As a horse to leap an ass, or a mule a mare. diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free. And he shall bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lorde, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, a ramme for a trespasse offering. Then the Priest shall make an atonement for him with the ramme of the trespasse offering before the Lorde, concerning his sinne which he hath done, and pardon shalbe giuen him for his sinne which he hath committed. And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye It shall be unclean as that thing, which is not circumcised. shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. But in the fourth yere all the fruite thereof shalbe holy to the praise of the Lorde. And in the fifth yeere shall ye eate of the fruite of it that it may yeelde to you the encrease thereof: I am the Lorde your God. Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor To measure lucky or unlucky days. observe times. Ye shall not As did the Gentiles in sign of mourning. round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any By whipping your bodies or burning marks in them. marks upon you: I [am] the LORD. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a As did the Cyprians, and Locrenses. whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde. Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lorde your God. Thou shalt In token of reverence. rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you, shalbe as one of your selues, and thou shalt loue him as thy selfe: for ye were strangers in the lad of Egypt: I am the Lorde your God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in As in measuring the ground. meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just By these two measures he means all other. Of Ephah, read (Exo_16:36) and of Hin, (Exo_29:40). ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto By Molech he means any type of idol, (Lev_18:21) Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will Read (Lev_17:10, Lev_18:21). set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the Though the people be negligent to do their duty, and defend God's right, yet he will not allow wickedness to go unpunished. people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a To esteem sorcerers or conjurers is spiritual whoredom, or idolatry. whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Sanctifie your selues therefore, and be holie, for I am the Lorde your God. Keepe ye therefore mine ordinances, and doe them. I am the Lorde which doeth sanctifie you. For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; He is worthy to die. his blood [shall be] upon him. And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hath comitted adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death. And the man that lyeth with his fathers wife, because hee hath vncouered his fathers shame, they shall both dye: their blood shalbe vpon them. Also the man that lyeth with his daughter in lawe, they both shall dye the death, they haue wrought abomination, their blood shalbe vpon them. The ma also that lyeth with the male, as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abomination: they shall dye the death, their blood shalbe vpon them. And if a man take a wife and her mother, It is an abominable and detestable thing. it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. Also the man that lyeth with a beast, shall dye the death, and ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman come to any beast, and lye therewith, then thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall die the death, their blood shalbe vpon them. Also the man that taketh his sister, his fathers daughter, or his mothers daughter, & seeth her shame and she seeth his shame, it is villenie: therefore they shall be cut off in the sight of their people, because he hath vncouered his sisters shame, he shall beare his iniquitie. The man also that lyeth with a woman hauing her disease, and vncouereth her shame, and openeth her fountaine, and she open the foutaine of her blood, they shall bee euen both cut off from among their people. Moreouer thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister: because he hath vncouered his kin, they shall beare their iniquitie. And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die They shall be cut off from their people, and their children shall be taken as bastards, and not counted among the Israelites. childless. And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's Read (Lev_18:16). nakedness; they shall be childless. Ye shall keepe therefore all mine ordinances and all my iudgements, and doe them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwel therein, spue you not out. Wherefore ye shall not walke in the maners of this nation which I cast out before you: for they haue committed all these things, therefore I abhorred them. But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that Full of abundance of all things. floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people. Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls By eating them contrary to my commandment. abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. Therefore shall ye be holie vnto me: for I the Lorde am holy, and I haue separated you from other people, that ye shoulde be mine. And if a man or woman haue a spirite of diuination, or soothsaying in them, they shall die the death: they shall stone them to death, their blood shalbe vpon them. And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be By touching the dead, lamenting, or being at their burial. defiled for the dead among his people: But by his kinseman that is neere vnto him: to wit, by his mother, or by his father, or by his sonne, or by his daughter, or by his brother, And for his sister a For being married she seemed to be cut off from his family. virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. [But] he shall not defile himself, [being] a The priest was permitted to mourn for his next kindred only. chief man among his people, to profane himself. They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. They shalbe holy vnto their God, and not pollute the name of their God: for the sacrifices of the Lorde made by fire, and the bread of their God they doe offer: therefore they shalbe holie. They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or Which has an evil name or is defamed. profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God. Thou shalt You shall count them holy and reverence them. sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the The showbread. bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, [am] holy. If a Priestes daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore shal she be burnt with fire. And [he that is] the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not He shall use no such ceremonies as the mourners observed. uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; Neither shall he goe to any dead bodie, nor make him selfe vncleane by his father or by his mother, Neither shall he go out of the To go to the dead. sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the For by his anointing he was preferred above the other priests and therefore could not lament the dead, least he should have polluted his holy anointing. crown of the anointing oil of his God [is] upon him: I [am] the LORD. Also he shall take a maide vnto his wife: A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, [or] an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own Not only of his tribe, but of all Israel. people to wife. Neither shall he profane his By marrying any unchaste or defamed woman. seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto Aaron, and say, Whosoeuer of thy seede in their generations hath any blemishes, shall not prease to offer the bread of his God: For whatsoever man [he be] that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath Which is deformed or bruised. a flat nose, or any As not of equal proportion, or having in number more or less. thing superfluous, Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande, Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, Or that has a web or pearl. or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the As the show bread, and meat offerings. bread of his God. He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the As of sacrifice for sin. most holy, and As of the tithes and first fruits. of the holy. Only he shall not go in unto the Into the sanctuary. vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. Thus spake Moses vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they Meaning, that the priests abstain from eating, as long as they are polluted. separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name [in those things] which they hallow unto me: I [am] the LORD. Say unto them, Whosoever [he be] of all your seed among your generations, that To eat of it. goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I [am] the LORD. What man soever of the seed of Aaron [is] a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing [that is] By touching any dead thing, or being at burial of the dead. unclean [by] the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; Or the man that toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made vncleane, or a man, by whom he may take vncleannesse, whatsoeuer vncleannesse he hath, The person that hath touched such, shall therefore be vncleane vntill the euen, and shall not eat of ye holy things, except he haue washed his flesh with water. But when the Sunne is downe, hee shalbe cleane, & shall afterward eate of the holy things: for it is his foode. Of a beast that dyeth, or is rent with beasts, whereby he may be defiled, hee shall not eate: I am the Lorde. Let them keepe therefore mine ordinance, least they beare their sinne for it, and die for it, if they defile it: I the Lord sanctifie them. There shall no Which is not of the tribe of Levi. stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a Some read, the servant who had his ear bored, and would not go free, (Exo_21:6). sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing. But if the Priest bye any with money, he shall eate of it, also he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate. If the priest's daughter also be [married] unto a Who is not of the priests kindred. stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. Notwithstanding if the Priests daughter be a widowe or diuorced, and haue no childe, but is returned vnto her fathers house shee shall eate of her fathers bread, as she did in her youth but there shall no stranger eate thereof. And if a man eat [of] the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the He shall give that and a fifth part over. fifth [part] thereof unto it, and shall give [it] unto the priest with the holy thing. So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord, Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of For if they did not offer sacrifice for their error, the people by their example might commit the same offence. trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and to all the children of Israel, and say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his sacrifice for all their vowes, and for all their free offrings, which they vse to offer vnto the Lorde for a burnt offring, Yee shall offer of your free minde a male without blemish of the beeues, of the sheepe, or of the goates. Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish: for that shal not be acceptable for you. And whosoeuer bringeth a peace offring vnto ye Lord to accomplish his vowe, or for a free offring, of the beeues, or of the sheepe, his free offring shall bee perfect, no blemish shalbe in it. Blinde, or broken, or maimed, or hauing a wenne, or skiruie, or skabbed: these shall yee not offer vnto the Lord nor make an offring by fire of these vpon the altar of the Lorde. Yet a bullocke, or a sheepe that hath any member superfluous, or lacking, such mayest thou present for a free offring, but for a vowe it shall not be accepted. Ye shall not offer vnto ye Lord that which is bruised or crusshed, or broken, or cut away, neither shal ye make an offring thereof in your land, Neither You shall not receive any imperfect thing from a stranger, to make it the Lord's offering: which he calls the bread of the Lord. from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption [is] in them, [and] blemishes [be] in them: they shall not be accepted for you. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or a goate shal be brought foorth, it shalbe euen seuen daies vnder his damme: and from the eight day forth, it shalbe accepted for a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. As for the cowe or the ewe, yee shall not kill her, and her yong both in one day. So when ye will offer a thanke offring vnto the Lord, ye shall offer willingly. The same day it shalbe eaten, yee shall leaue none of it vntill the morowe: I am the Lord. Therefore shall ye keepe my commandements and do them: for I am the Lord. Neither shall ye For whoever does otherwise than God commands pollutes his Name. profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I [am] the LORD which hallow you, Which haue brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, & say vnto them, The feastes of ye Lord which yee shall call ye holie assemblies, euen these are my feasts. Six daies shall worke be done, but in the seuenth day shalbe the Sabbath of rest, an holie conuocation: ye shall do no worke therein, it is the Sabbath of the Lorde, in all your dwellings. These [are] the feasts of the LORD, [even] holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their For the sabbath was kept every week, and these others were kept only once every year. seasons. In the first moneth, and in the fourteenth day of the moneth at euening shalbe ye Passeouer of the Lord. And on the fifteenth day of this moneth shalbe the feast of vnleauened bread vnto the Lord: seuen dayes ye shall eate vnleauened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no Or, bodily labour, save about that which one must eat, (Exo_12:16). servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the The first day of the feast and the seventh were kept holy: in the rest they might work, except any feasts that were together, as were the feast of unleavened bread and the feast of sheaves which were on the fifteenth and sixteenth days. seventh day [is] an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work [therein]. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into ye land which I giue vnto you, and reape the haruest thereof, then ye shal bring a sheafe of the first fruites of your haruest vnto the Priest, And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the That is, the second sabbath of the Passover. sabbath the priest shall wave it. And that day when yee shake the sheafe, shall yee prepare a lambe without blemish of a yeere olde, for a burnt offring vnto the Lord: And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two Which is, the fifth part of an Ephah, or two Omers: read (Exo_16:16). tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] Read (Exo_29:40). of an hin. And ye shal eat neither bread nor parched corne, nor greene eares vntill the selfe same day that ye haue brought an offring vnto your God: this shalbe a lawe for euer in your generations and in all your dwellings. And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the That is, the seventh day after the first sabbath of the Passover. sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Vnto ye morow after the seuenth Sabbath shall ye nomber fiftie dayes: then yee shall bring a newe meate offring vnto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with Because the priest should eat them, as in (Lev_7:13), and they should not be offered to the Lord on the altar. leaven; [they are] the firstfruits unto the LORD. Also yee shall offer with the bread seuen lambes without blemish of one yeere olde, and a yong bullocke and two rams: they shalbe for a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings, for a sacrifice made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord. Then ye shall prepare an hee goate for a sinne offring, and two lambes of one yeere olde for peace offrings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits [for] a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the That is, offered to the Lord, and the rest should be for the priest. priest. So ye shall proclayme the same day, that it may be an holie conuocation vnto you: ye shall doe no seruile worke therein: it shalbe an ordinance for euer in al your dwellinges, throughout your generations. And when you reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not rid cleane the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou make any aftergathering of thy haruest, but shalt leaue them vnto the poore and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the That is, about the end of September. seventh month, in the first [day] of the month, shall ye Or, a holy day to the Lord. have a sabbath, a memorial of Which blowing was to remind them of the many feasts that were in that month, and of the Jubile. blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. Ye shall do no seruile worke therein, but offer sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth [day] of this seventh month [there shall be] a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall By fasting and prayer. afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall doe no worke that same day: for it is a day of reconciliation, to make an atonement for you before the Lord your God. For euery person that humbleth not himselfe that same day, shall euen be cut off from his people. And euery person that shall doe any work that same day, the same person also will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no maner worke therefore: this shalbe a law for euer in your generations, throughout all your dwellings. It [shall be] unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth [day] of the month at even, from Which contains a night and a day: yet they took it as their natural day. even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say, In the fifteenth day of this seueth moneth shalbe for seuen dayes the feast of Tabernacles vnto the Lorde. In the first day shalbe an holie conuocation: ye shall do no seruile worke therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it [is] a Or, a day in which the people refrain from all work. solemn assembly; [and] ye shall do no servile work [therein]. These [are] the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim [to be] holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a Or, peace offering. sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: Beside the Sabbaths of the Lorde, and beside your giftes, and beside al your vowes, and beside all your free offrings, which ye shal giue vnto the Lorde. Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day [shall be] a Or, a solemn feast. sabbath, and on the eighth day [shall be] a sabbath. And yee shall take you in the first day the fruite of goodly trees, branches of palme trees, & the boughes of thicke trees, and willowes of the brooke, and shall reioyce before the Lorde your God seuen daies. So ye shall keepe this feast vnto the Lorde seuen daies in the yere, by a perpetuall ordinance through your generations: in the seuenth moneth shall you keepe it. Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen daies: all that are Israelites borne, shall dwel in boothes, That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in In the wilderness, in that they would not believe Joshua and Caleb, when they returned from spying the land of Canaan. booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the LORD your God. So Moses declared vnto the children of Israel the feastes of the Lord. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Read (Exo_27:20).Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. Without the vail Which separated the holiest of holies, where the ark of the testimony from the sanctuary was. of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations. He shall dresse the lampes vpon the pure Candlesticke before the Lorde perpetually. And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two That is, two omers, read (Exo_16:16). tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rowes, six in a rowe vpon the pure table before the Lorde. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that For it was burnt every sabbath, when the bread was taken away. it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Euery Sabbath hee shall put them in rowes before the Lord euermore, receiuing them of the children of Israel for an euerlasting couenant. And the bread shalbe Aaros & his sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holie place: for it is most holie vnto him of the offrings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetuall ordinance. And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went Meaning, out of his tent. out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; And the Israelitish woman's son By swearing or despising God. blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) And they put him in warde, till he tolde them the minde of the Lorde. Then the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Bring the blasphemer without the hoste, and let all that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let all the Congregation stone him. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall Shall be punished. bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shalbe put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him to death: aswell the stranger, as he that is borne in the lande: when he blasphemeth the name of the Lorde, let him beslaine. He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death. And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast. Also if a man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him. Breache for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: such a blemish as he hath made in any, such shalbe repayed to him. And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine. Ye shall haue one lawe: it shalbe aswel for the stranger as for one borne in the countrey: for I am the Lorde your God. And Because the punishment was not yet appointed by the law for the blasphemer, Moses consulted with the Lord, and told the people what God commanded. Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye shall come into the lande which I giue you, the lande shall keepe Sabbath vnto the Lorde. The Jews began to count the year in September: for then all the fruits were gathered.Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But the seuenth yeere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the lande: it shall be the Lordes Sabbath: thou shalt neither sowe thy fielde, nor cut thy vineyarde. That which groweth of its Because of the corn that fell out of the ears the previous year. own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine Or, which you have separated from yourself, and consecrated to God for the poor. undressed: [for] it is a year of rest unto the land. And the That which the land brings forth in her rest. sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattell, and for the beastes that are in thy lande shall all the encrease thereof be meate. Also thou shalt number seuen Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, euen seuen times seuen yeere: and the space of the seuen Sabbaths of yeeres will be vnto thee nine and fourtie yeere. In the beginning of the 50 years was the Jubile, so called, because the joyful tidings of liberty were publicly proclaimed by the sound of a cornet.Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth [day] of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout [all] the land unto all the Which were in bondage. inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his Because the tribes should neither have their possessions diminished nor confounded. possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. This fiftieth yeere shalbe a yeere of Iubile vnto you: ye shall not sowe, neither reape that which groweth of it selfe, neither gather the grapes thereof, that are left vnlaboured. For it is the Iubile, it shall be holy vnto you: ye shall eate of the encrease thereof out of the fielde. In the yeere of this Iubile, ye shall returne euery man vnto his possession. And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest [ought] of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall By deceit, or otherwise. not oppress one another: According to the number of If the Jubile to come is near, you would be better to sell cheaply. If it is far off, sell at a higher price. years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, [and] according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for [according] to the number [of the years] of the And not the full possession of the land. fruits doth he sell unto thee. Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lorde your God. Wherefore ye shall obey mine ordinances, and keepe my lawes, and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safetie. And the lande shall giue her fruite, and ye shall eate your fill, and dwell therein in safetie. And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase? I will sende my blessing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it shall bring foorth fruite for three yeeres. And ye shall sowe the eight yeere, & eate of the olde fruite vntill the ninth yeere: vntill the fruite thereof come, ye shall eate the olde. The land shall not be sold It could not be sold for ever, but must return to the family in the Jubile. for ever: for the land [is] mine; for ye [are] strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land of your possession ye shall You shall sell it on the condition that it may be redeemed. grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be impouerished, and sell his possession, then his redeemer shall come, euen his neere kinsman, and bye out that which his brother solde. And if he haue no redeemer, but hath gotten and founde to bye it out, Then let him Deducting money for the years past, and paying for the rest of the years to come. count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. But if he be not able to restore [it] to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go From his hand that bought it. out, and he shall return unto his possession. Likewise if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled citie, he may bye it out againe within a whole yeere after it is solde: within a yeere may he bye it out. And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that [is] in the walled city shall be established That is, for ever, read (Lev_25:23). for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile. But the houses of villages, which haue no walles round about them, shalbe esteemed as the fielde of the countrey: they may be bought out againe, and shall goe out in the Iubile. Notwithstanding, the cities of the Leuites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Leuites redeeme at all seasons. And if a man purchase of the Leuites, the house that was solde, and the citie of their possession shall goe out in the Iubile: for the houses of the cities of the Leuites are their possession among the children of Israel. But the field of the Where the Levites kept their cattle. suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it [is] their perpetual possession. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and In Hebrew it is, if his hand shake: meaning if he stretch forth his hand for help as one in misery. fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee. Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase. I am the Lorde your God, which haue brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to giue you the lande of Canaan, and to be your God. If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant, But as an hired seruant, and as a soiourner he shalbe with thee: he shall serue thee vnto the yeere of the Iubile. Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne: For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not To perpetual servitude. be sold as bondmen. Thou shalt not rule ouer him cruelly, but shalt feare thy God. Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that [are] with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your For they shall not be bought out at the Jubile. possession. So ye shall take them as inheritance for your children after you, to possesse them by inheritance, ye shall vse their labours for euer: but ouer your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule one ouer another with crueltie. If a soiourner or a stranger dwelling by thee get riches, & thy brother by him be impouerished, and sell him selfe vnto the stranger or soiourner dwelling by thee, or to the stocke of the strangers familie, After that he is solde, he may be bought out: one of his brethren may bye him out, Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or [any] that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or If he be able. if he be able, he may redeem himself. And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of Which remains yet to the Jubile. years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. If there be many yeeres behind, according to them he shall giue againe for his deliuerance, of the money that he was bought for. If there remaine but fewe yeeres vnto the yeere of Iubile, then he shall count with him, and according to his yeeres giue againe for his redemption. [And] as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: [and the other] shall not rule with rigour over him in thy You shall not allow him to treat him severely, if you know it. sight. And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him. For vnto me the children of Israel are seruants: they are my seruants, who I haue brought out of the land of Egypt: I am ye Lord your God. Ye shall make you none idoles nor grauen image, neither reare you vp any pillar, neither shal ye set any image of stone in your land to bow downe to it: for I am the Lord your God. Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths, and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lorde. If ye walke in mine ordinances, and keepe my commandements, and doe them, Then I will give you By promising abundance of earthly things, he stirs the mind to consider the rich treasures of the spiritual blessings. rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reache vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall reache vnto sowing time, and you shall eate your bread in plenteousnesse, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the You shall have no war. sword go through your land. Also ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you vpon the sworde. And fiue of you shall chase an hundreth, and an hundreth of you shall put ten thousande to flight, and your enemies shall fall before you vpon the sworde. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and Perform that which I have promised. establish my covenant with you. Ye shall eate also olde store, and cary out olde because of the newe. And I will set my I will be daily present with you. tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. Also I will walke among you, and I wil be your God, and ye shalbe my people. I [am] the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the I have set you at full liberty, while before you were as beasts tied in bands. bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. But if ye will not obey me, nor do all these commandements, And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my Which I made with you in choosing you to be my people. covenant: Then wil I also do this vnto you, I wil appoint ouer you fearefulnes, a consumption, and the burning ague to consume the eyes, and make the heart heauie, and you shall sowe your seede in vaine: for your enemies shall eate it: And I will set Read (Lev_17:10). my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you That is, more extremely. seven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as You shall have drought and barrenness. iron, and your earth as brass: And your strength shalbe spent in vaine: neither shall your lande giue her increase, neither shall the trees of the land giue their fruite. And if ye walk Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chance and fortune. contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall Read (2Ki_17:25). rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your Because no one dares to pass by it for fear of the beasts. [high] ways shall be desolate. Yet if by these ye will not be reformed by me, but walke stubburnly against me, Then wil I also walke stubburnly against you, and I will smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes: And I wil send a sword vpon you, that shal auenge the quarel of my couenant: and when ye are gathered in your cities, I wil send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be deliuered into the hand of the enemie. [And] when I have broken the That is, the strength by which life is sustained, (Eze_4:16, Eze_5:16). staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one One oven will be sufficient for ten families. oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. Yet if ye will not for this obey mee, but walke against me stubburnly, Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes. And ye shall eate ye flesh of your sonnes, & the flesh of your daughters shall ye deuoure. I will also destroy your hye places, & cut away your images, and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles, and my soule shall abhorre you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I I will not accept your sacrifices. will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. I will also bring the land vnto a wildernes, and your enemies, which dwell therein, shalbe astonished thereat. Also I wil scatter you among the heathen, and will drawe out a sworde after you, & your land shalbe waste, & your cities shalbe desolate. Then shall the land inioy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth voide, and yee shalbe in your enemies land: then shall the land rest, and enioy her Sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your Which I commanded you to keep. sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall As if their enemies chased them. flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. They shall fall also one vpon another, as before a sword, though none pursue them, and ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies: And ye shall perish among the heathen, & the land of your enemies shall eate you vp. And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with In that, as they are blameworthy of their fathers faults, they shall be punished as well as their fathers. them. Then they shall confesse their iniquitie, & the wickednes of their fathers for their trespasse, which they haue trespassed against mee, and also because they haue walked stubburnly against me. Therefore I wil walke stubburnly against them, and bring them into the land of their enemies: so then their vncircumcised hearts shalbe humbled, and then they shalt willingly beare the punishment of their iniquitie. Then I will remember my couenant with Iaakob, and my couenant also with Izhak, and also my couenant with Abraham will I remember, and will remember the land. While they are captives, and without repentance.The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. Yet notwithstanding this, when they shalbe in the lande of their enemies, I wil not cast them away, neither will I abhorre them, to destroy them vtterly, nor to breake my couenant with them: for I am the Lord their God: But I will for their sakes remember the Made to their forefathers. covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I [am] the LORD. These [are] the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Fifty days after they came out of Egypt. Sinai by the hand of Moses. Moreouer the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a As of his son or daughter. singular vow, the persons [shall be] for the LORD by Who art the priest. thy estimation. And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty Read the value of the shekel in (Exo_30:13). shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. But if it be a female, then thy valuation shal be thirtie shekels. And from fiue yere old to twentie yere olde thy valuation shall be for the male twentie shekels, and for the female ten shekels. And if [it be] from a He speaks of those vows by which the fathers dedicated their children to God who were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them. month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver. And from sixty yeere olde and aboue, if he be a male, then thy price shalbe fifteene shekels, and for the female ten shekels. But if he be poorer If he is not able to pay according to your estimate. than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. And if [it be] a Which is clean, (Lev_11:2). beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that [any man] giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be That is, consecrate to the Lord. holy. And if it be any vncleane beast, of which men do not offer a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, hee shall then present the beast before the Priest. And the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: and as thou valuest it, which art the Priest, so shall it bee. But if he will bye it againe, then hee shall giue the fift part of it more, aboue thy valuation. Also whe a man shall dedicate his house to be holy vnto the Lorde, then the Priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad, and as ye Priest shall prise it, so shall the value be. But if he that sanctified it, will redeeme his house, then hee shall giue thereto the fift part of money more then thy estimation, & it shalbe his. And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD [some part] of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an Homer is a measure containing ten ephahs, read of an ephah in (Exo_16:16, Exo_16:36). homer of barley seed [shall be valued] at fifty shekels of silver. If he dedicate his field immediately from the yeere of Iubile, it shall bee worth as thou doest esteeme it. But if hee dedicate his fielde after the Iubile, then the Priest shall recken him the money according to ye yeeres that remaine vnto the yere of Iubile, and it shalbe abated by thy estimation. And if he that dedicateth it, will redeeme the fielde, then he shall put the fift parte of the price, that thou esteemedst it at, thereunto, and it shall remaine his. And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have For their own necessity or godly uses. sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be That is, who dedicate to the Lord with a curse to him that turns it to his private use, (Num_21:2; Deu_13:15; Jos_9:17). holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. If a man also dedicate vnto ye Lord a fielde which he hath bought, which is not of the groud of his inheritance, Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, [even] unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give The priests evaluation. thine estimation in that day, [as] a holy thing unto the LORD. But in the yeere of Iubile, the fielde shall returne vnto him, of whome it was bought: to him, I say, whose inheritance the land was. And all thy valuation shall bee according to the shekel of the Sanctuarie: a shekel conteyneth twenty gerahs. Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the It was the Lord's already. LORD'S. But if it be an vncleane beast, then he shall redeeme it by thy valuation, and giue the fift part more thereto: & if it be not redeemed, then it shalbe solde, according to thy estimation. Notwithstanding, nothing separate from the common vse that a man doeth separate vnto the Lord of all that he hath (whether it bee man or beast, or lande of his inheritance) may be solde nor redeemed: for euery thing separate from the common vse is most holy vnto the Lorde. None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; [but] shall surely be It shall remain without redemption. put to death. Also all the tithe of the lande both of the seede of the ground, and of the fruite of the trees is the Lords: it is holy to the Lorde. And if a man will at all redeem [ought] of his tithes, he shall add thereto the Besides the value of the thing itself. fifth [part] thereof. And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of whatsoever passeth under the All that which is numbered: that is, every tenth as he falls by tale without exception or respect. rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. He shal not looke if it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: els if he change it, both it, and that it was changed withall, shalbe holy, and it shall not be redeemed. These are the commaundements which the Lord commaunded by Moses vnto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of In the place in the wilderness that was near mount Sinai. Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the Which is part of April and part of May. second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The Argument - In that as God has appointed that his Church in this world shall be under the cross, both so they could learn not to put their trust in worldly things, and also feel his comfort, when all other help fails: he did not immediately bring his people, after their departure out of Egypt, into the land which he had promised them: but led them to and fro for the space of forty years, and kept them in continual exercises before they enjoyed it, to try their faith, teach them to forget the world, and to depend on him. Which trial greatly profited, to discern the wicked and the hypocrites from the faithful and true servants of God, who served him with pure heart, while the other, preferring their earthly lusts to God's glory, and making religion to serve their purpose, complained when they lacked enough to satisfy their lusts, and despised those who God had appointed as rulers over them. By reason of which they provoked God's terrible judgments against them, and are set forth as a notable example for all ages, to beware how they abuse God's word, prefer their own lusts to his will, or despise his ministers. Nonetheless, God is always true to his promise, and governs his by his Holy Spirit, that either they fall not to such inconveniences, or else return to him quickly in true repentance: and therefore he continues his graces toward them, he gives them ordinances and instructions, as well for religion, as outward policy: he preserves them against all deceit and conspiracy, and gives them many victories against their enemies. To avoid all controversies that might arise, he takes away the occasions, by dividing among all the tribes, both the land which they had won, and that also which he had promised, as seemed best to his godly wisdom. Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man: From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies. And with you there shall be a That is, the chiefest man of every tribe. man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. And these [are] the names of the men that shall And afflict you when you number the people. stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. Of Simeon, Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai: Of Iudah, Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab: Of Issachar, Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar: Of Zebulun, Eliab, the sonne of Helon: Of the children of Ioseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamliel, the sonne of Pedahzur: Of Beiamin, Abida the sonne of Gideoni: Of Dan, Ahiezer, the sonne of Ammishaddai: Of Asher, Pagiel, the sonne of Ocran: Of Gad, Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel: Of Naphtali, Ahira the sonne of Enan. These [were] the renowned of the congregation, Or captains, and governors. princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. The Moses and Aaron tooke these men which are expressed by their names. And they assembled all the congregation together on the first [day] of the second month, and they declared In showing every man his tribe and his ancestors. their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. As the Lord had commanded Moses, so he nombred them in the wildernesse of Sinai. So were the sonnes of Reuben Israels eldest sonne by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, man by man euery male from twentie yere olde and aboue, as many as went forth to warre: The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Reuben, was sixe and fourtie thousande, and fiue hundreth. Of the sonnes of Simeon by their generatios, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the summe therof by the nomber of their names, man by man, euery male fro twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre: The summe of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fiftie thousande, and three hundreth. Of the sonnes of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre: The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Gad was fiue and fourtie thousand, and six hundreth and fiftie. Of the sonnes of Iudah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre: The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Iudah was three score and fourteene thousande, and sixe hundreth. Of the sonnes of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre: The nomber of them also of the tribe of Issachar was foure and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth. Of the sonnes of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nomber of them also of the tribe of Zebulun was seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth. Of the sonnes of Ioseph, namely of the sonnes of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nomber of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousande & fiue hundreth. Of the sonnes of Manasseh by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nober of the also of ye tribe of Manasseh was two & thirtie thousand & two hundreth. Of the sonnes of Beniamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nomber of them also of the tribe of Beniamin was fiue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth. Of the sonnes of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nomber of the also of ye tribe of Dan was three score & two thousand & seue hudreth. Of the sonnes of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre: The nomber of them also of ye tribe of Asher was one & fourtie thousand & fiue hudreth. Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre: The nomber of them also of the tribe of Naphtali, was three and fiftie thousand, & foure hundreth. These are the summes which Moses, and Aaron nombred, and the Princes of Israel, the twelue men, which were euery one for the house of their fathers. So this was all the summe of the sonnes of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israel, And all they were in nomber sixe hudreth and three thousande, fiue hundreth and fiftie. But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among Which were warriors, but were appointed to the use of the Tabernacle. them. For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, and said, Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel: But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, & ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, & shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle. And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the Whoever is not of the tribe of Levi. stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Also the children of Israel shal pitch their tentes, euery man in his campe, and euery man vnder his standerd throughout their armies. But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath By not having due regard to the tabernacle of the Lord. upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. So the children of Israel did according to all that ye Lord had comanded Moses: so did they. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, In the twelve tribes were four principle standards, so that every three tribes had their standard.Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. On the East side towarde the rising of the sunne, shall they of the standerd of the hoste of Iudah pitch according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab shalbe captaine of the sonnes of Iudah. And his hoste and the nomber of the were seuentie and foure thousande and sixe hundreth. And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe Judah, Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard. of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar. And his hoste, & the nomber thereof were foure and fiftie thousand, and foure hundreth. Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the sonne of Helon, captaine ouer the sonnes of Zebulun: And his hoste, and the nomber thereof seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth: All that were numbered in the Of those who were contained under that name. camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad, the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard. of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur. And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth. And by him shal the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captaiue ouer the sonnes of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai: And his hoste, and the nomber of them, nine and fiftie thousand and three hundreth. And the tribe of Gad, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel: And his host and the nomber of the were fiue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth and fiftie. All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place. Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the Because it might be an equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse to it. midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. Because Ephraim and Manasseh took the place of Joseph their father, they are taken as Rachel's children, so they and Benjamin make the third standard.On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud. And his host and the nomber of the were fortie thousand and fiue hundreth. And by him shalbe the tribe of Manasseh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shalbe Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur: And his hoste and the nomber of them were two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth. And the tribe of Beniamin, and ye captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shalbe Abidan the sonne of Gideoni: And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth. All the nomber of the campe of Ephraim were an hundreth and eight thousande and one hundreth according to their armies, and they shal go in the third place. The standard of the camp of Dan and Naphtali the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid with Asher the son of Zilpah make the fourth standard. Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. And his host & the number of them were two and threescore thousand and seue hundreth. And by him shal the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Asher shalbe Pagiel the sonne of Ocran. And his host and the nomber of them were one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth. Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captaine ouer the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the sonne of Enan: And his host and the nomber of them were three and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth. All the nomber of the host of Dan was an hundreth and seuen and fiftie thousand and sixe hundreth: they shall goe hinmost with their standerdes. These [are] Which were of twenty years and above. those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their For under every one of the four principal standards, were various signs to keep every band. standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. These also [are] the Or, families and kindreds. generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office. And Nadab and Abihu died Or, before the altar. before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the While their father lived. sight of Aaron their father. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and Offer them to Aaron for the use of the tabernacle. present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation Which belonged to the executing of the high priests commandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the tabernacle. before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. They shall also keepe all the instrumentes of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his Aaron's sons the priests served in the sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same. sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the Any that would minister not being a Levite. stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites fro among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord. Moreouer, the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying, Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euery male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber. Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. The sonnes also of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Vzziel. And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers. Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. Those that were numbered of them, Only numbering the male children. according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred. The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle westward. The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the Their charge was to carry the covering and hangings of the tabernacle. tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, And the hanging of the court, & the vaile of the doore of the court, which is neere the Tabernacle, and neere ye Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof. And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the Everyone doing his duty in the sanctuary. charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sonnes of Kohath shall pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle. The captaine and auncient of the house, & families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel: And their charge [shall be] the The main things within the sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites. ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie. Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth. The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle. And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] The wood work and the rest of the instruments were committed to their charge. the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins & their coardes. But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment. for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two So that the first born of the children of Israel were more by 273, as in (Num_3:43). thousand. And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names. And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money. instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israel. And all the first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two & twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord) And for the redeeming of the two hundreth seuentie and three, (which are moe then the Leuites) of the first borne of the children of of Israel, Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euery person: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: ye shekel conteineth twenty gerahs. And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes. Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being mo then the Leuites: Of the Or the two hundred seventy and three which were more than the Levites. firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary: And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying, Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers, From The Levites were counted at three times, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the tabernacle. thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregatìon about the Holiest of all. And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the Which divided the sanctuary from the holiest of holies. covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in That is, put them on their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the ark could never be removed. the staves thereof. And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover Meaning, to cover the bread. withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof. Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light with his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it. And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a The Hebrew word signifies an instrument made of two staves or bars. bar. And upon the golden Which was to burn incense, read (Exo_30:1). altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres. And they shall take away the ashes from the Of the burnt offering. altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the That is, in folding up the things of the sanctuary, as the ark, etc. sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not Before it is covered. touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the Which was offered at morning and evening. daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying, Committing by your negligence that the holy things are not well wrapped, causing them to perish by touching it.Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint Showing what part every man shall bear. them every one to his service and to his burden: But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take also ye summe of the sonnes of Gershon, euery one by the houses of their fathers throughout their families: From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that Which were received into the company of those who ministered in the tabernacle of the congregation. enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. This shall be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare. And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the Which hung between the sanctuary and the court. door of the tabernacle of the congregation, And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, Which compassed both the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar of burnt offering. which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. At the commaundement of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of ye Gershonites bee done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shall appoynt them to keepe all their charges. This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be] under the Under the charge and oversight. hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers: From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And this is their office and charge according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: the boardes of the Tabernacle witth the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by You shall take inventory of all the things, which you commit to their charge. name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of Merari, according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest. Then Moses and Aaron and the princes of the Congregation nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites, by their families and by the houses of their fathers, From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of ye Congregation. So the nombers of the throughout their families were two thousande, seuen hundreth and fiftie. These [were] they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the God appointing Moses to be the minister and executor of it. hand of Moses. Also the nombers of the sonnes of Gershon throughout their families & houses of their fathers, From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation. So the nombers of them by their families, and by the houses of their fathers were two thousand sixe hundreth and thirtie. These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that Which were of eligible age to serve in it, that is between 30 and 50. might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, From thirtie yeere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yeere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. So the nombers of them by their families were three thousand, and two hundreth. These are the summes of ye families of the sonnes of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred according to the commaundement of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. So all the nombers of the Leuites, which Moses, and Aaron, and the princes of Israel nombred by their families and by the houses of their fathers, From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do Whoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle. the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, So the nombers of them were eight thousand, fiue hundreth and foure score. According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded So that Moses neither added, nor diminished from that which the Lord commanded him. Moses. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Commaund the children of Israel that they put out of the hoste euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead. Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the There were three types of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites. midst whereof I dwell. And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host, euen as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin Commit any fault willingly. that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; Then they shall confesse their sinne which they haue done, and shall restore the domage thereof with his principall, and put the fift part of it more thereto, and shall giue it vnto him, against whom he hath trespassed. But if the If he is dead to whom the wrong is done and also has no relatives. man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. And every offering of all the Or, things offered to the Lord, as first fruits, etc. holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. And euery mans halowed things shall bee his: that is, whatsoeuer any man giueth the Priest, it shalbe his. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot. go aside, and commit a trespass against him, So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner, If he be moued with a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is defiled, or if he haue a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is not defiled, Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered. oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to Or, making the sin known, and not purging it. remembrance. And the Priest shall bring her, and set her before the Lord. And the priest shall take Which also is called the water of purification of sprinkling, read (Num_19:9). holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water: And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction. curse: And the Priest shall charge her by an oth, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lien with thee, neither thou hast turned to vncleannesse from thine husbande, be free from this bitter and cursed water. But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband, Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forswore herself in denying the same. curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, That is, may it be as you wished, as in (Psa_41:13; Deu_27:15). Amen, amen. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel. blot [them] out with the bitter water: And shal cause the woman to drinke ye bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, shal enter into her. Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offring out of the womans hand, and shal shake the offring before the Lord, and offer it vpon ye altar. And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the Where the incense was offered. altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. When yee haue made her drinke the water, (if she bee defiled and haue trespassed against her husband) then shall the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shal be accursed among her people. But if the woman bee not defiled, but bee cleane, she shalbe free & shall conceiue & beare. This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled, Or when a man is moued with a ielous minde being ielous ouer his wife then shall he bring the woman before the Lord, and the Priest shal do to her according to al this lawe, Then shall the man be The man might accuse his wife on suspicion and not be reproved. guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Who separated themselves from the world, and dedicated themselves to God: a figure which was accomplished in Christ. Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD: He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed. As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske. While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe. All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no As at burials, or mournings. dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon In that he allowed his hair to grow, he signified that he was consecrated to God. his head. All the dayes of his separation he shalbe holy to the Lord. And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the Whose long hair is a sign that he is dedicated to God. head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. And in the eight day hee shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons to the Priest, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by By being present where the deceased was. the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. And he shall Beginning at the eighth day, when he is purified. consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the So that he shall begin his vow anew. days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. This then is the lawe of the Nazarite: When the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, And hee shall bring his offering vnto the Lorde, an hee lambe of a yeere olde without blemish for a burnt offering, and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a sinne offring, and a ramme without blemish for peace offrings, And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oile, with their meate offring, and their drinke offrings: The which the Priest shal bring before the Lorde, and make his sinne offering and his burnt offering. He shal prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lorde, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shal make his meate offring, and his drinke offring. And the Nazarite shall shave the head In token that his vow is ended. of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and For the hair which was consecrated to the Lord, might not be cast into any profane place. put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. Then the Priest shall take ye sodden shoulder of the ramme, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration. And the Priest shal shake them to & fro before the Lorde: this is an holy thing for the Priest besides the shaken breast, and besides the heaue shoulder: so afterwarde the Nazarite may drinke wine. This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, At the least he shall do this, if he is not able to offer more. beside [that] that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall That is, pray for them. bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee, The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee, The Lord lift vp his coutenance vpon thee, and giue thee peace. And they shall put my They shall pray in my Name for them. name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. Nowe when Moses had finished the setting vp of the Tabernacle, and anointed it & sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instruments thereof, and had anoynted them and sanctified them, Then the princes of Israel, heads ouer the houses of their fathers (they were the princes of the tribes, who were ouer them that were nombred) offred, And they brought their offering before the LORD, six Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from the weather. covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the That is, to carry things. service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. So Moses tooke the charets and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the Leuites: Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, For their use to carry with. according to their service: And foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: The holy thing of the sanctuary must be carried on their shoulders and not drawn with oxen, (Num_4:15). because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders. And the princes offered for That is, when the first sacrifice was offered on it by Aaron, in (Lev_9:1). dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, One prince one day, and an other prince an other day shal offer their offring, for the dedication of the altar. So then on the first day did Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab of ye tribe of Iudah offer his offring. And his offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, An incense cup of gold of tenne shekels, ful of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab. The second day Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar, prince of the tribe of Issachar did offer: Who offred for his offring a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring, An incense cup of gold of ten shekels, ful of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar. The third day Eliab the sonne of Helon prince of the children of Zebulun offred. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Eliab the sonne of Helon. The fourth day Elizur ye sonne of Shedeur prince of the children of Reuben offred. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offering of Elizur the sonne of Shedeur. The fifth day Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon offered. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai. The sixt day Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel prince of the children of Gad offred. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde, for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offering, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel. The seuenth day Elishama the sonne of Ammiud prince of the children of Ephraim offered. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offering, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Elishama the sonne of Ammiud. The eight day offred Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur, prince of the children of Manasseh. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur. The ninth day Abidan the sonne of Gideoni prince of the children of Beniamin offered. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Abidan the sonne of Gideoni. The tenth day Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan offred. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels full of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai. The eleuenth day Pagiel the sonne of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher offred. His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Pagiel the sonne of Ocran. The twelfth day Ahira the sonne of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali offred, His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring, A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense, A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring, An hee goate for a sinne offring, And for peace offerings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Ahira the sonne of Enan. This [was] the This was the offering of the princes, when Aaron dedicated the altar. dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: Euery charger, conteining an hundreth and thirtie shekels of siluer, and euery boule seuentie: all the siluer vessell conteined two thousande and foure hundreth shekels, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie. Twelue incense cups of gold ful of incense, conteining ten shekels euery cup, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie: all the gold of the incense cups was an hundreth and twentie shekels. All the bullockes for the burnt offering were twelue bullocks, the rams twelue, the lambs of a yeere olde twelue, with their meate offrings, and twelue hee goates for a sinne offring. And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was By Aaron. anointed. And when Moses was gone into the That is, the sanctuary. tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from According as he had promised in (Exo_25:22). between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light To that part which is in the forefront of the candlestick, (Exo_25:37). over against the candlestick. And Aaron did so, lighting the lampes thereof towarde ye forefront of the Candlesticke, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: And not set together of various pieces. according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and purifie them. And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle In Hebrew it is called the water of sin, because it is made to purge sin, as in (Num_19:9). water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean. Then they shal take a yong bullocke with his meate offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring. And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the That you may do this in the presence of them all. whole assembly of the children of Israel together: And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole. children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde. And the Leuites shall put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, and the other a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Leuites. And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, & offer the as a shake offring to the Lorde. Thus thou shalt separate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shal be mine. And afterwarde shall the Leuites goe in, to serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offering. For they are freely giuen vnto me from among the children of Israel, for such as open any wombe: for all the first borne of the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me. For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe. And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the Which the Israelites should do. children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the Because the levites go into the sanctuary in their name. sanctuary. Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them. So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offred them as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purifie them. And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation In their presence to serve them. before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, This also belongeth to the Leuites: from fiue and twentie yeere olde and vpwarde, they shall goe in, to execute their office in the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like. service [thereof], and shall serve no more: But shall minister In singing Psalms, instructing, counselling and keeping the things in order. with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinai, in the first moneth of the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passeouer at ye time appointed thereunto. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to Even in all points as the Lord has instituted it. all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passeouer. And they kept the Passeouer in the fouretenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had comanded Moses, so did ye children of Israel. And there were certain men, who were defiled By touching a corpse, or being at the burial. by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: And those men said unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not Or, celebrate the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month. offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? Then Moses saide vnto them, Stande still, and I will heare what the Lorde will commande concerning you. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet And cannot come where the tabernacle is, when others keep it. he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. The fourteenth day of the So that the unclean and those who are not at home, have a month longer granted to them. second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs]. They shall leaue none of it vnto the morning, nor breake any bone of it: according to all the ordinance of the Passeouer shall they keepe it. But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a When the Passover is celebrated. journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. And if a stranger dwell among you, and wil keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passeouer, & as the maner thereof is, so shall he do: ye shall haue one lawe both for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the same lande. And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the Like a pillar, read (Exo_13:21-22). appearance of fire, until the morning. So it was always: the cloude couered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. And when the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle, then afterwarde the children of Israel iourneyed: and in the place where the cloude abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. At the commandment of the Who taught them what to do by the cloud. LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the They waited when the Lord would signify either their departure, or their abode by the cloud. charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. So when the cloud abode a few dayes vpon the Tabernacle, they abode in their tents according to the comandement of ye Lord: for they iourneyed at the commandement of the Lorde. And though the cloud abode vpo the Tabernacle from euen vnto the morning, yet if the cloude was taken vp in the morning, then they iourneyed: whether by daye or by night the cloude was taken vp, then they iourneyed. Or if the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth, or a yeere vpon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel abode still, and iourneyed not: but when it was taken vp, they iourneyed. At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the Under the charge and government of Moses. hand of Moses. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a Or, of work beaten out with the hammer. whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. And when they shall blowe with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation. But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee. When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign. east parts shall go forward. When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the Meaning, the heart of Reuben. south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. But in assembling the Congregation, ye shall blowe without an alarme. And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall So that only the priests must blow the trumpets, as long as the priesthood lasted. blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. And when ye goe to warre in your lande against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpets, and ye shall bee remembred before the Lorde your God, and shalbe saued from your enemies. Also in the day of your When you rejoice that God has removed any plague. gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God. And in the seconde yeere, in the seconde moneth, and in the twentieth day of the moneth the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle of the Testimonie. And ye children of Israel departed on their iourneys out of the desart of Sinai, & the cloud rested in the wildernesse of Paran. And they From Sinai to Paran, (Num_33:1). first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. In the first place went the standerd of the hoste of the children of Iudah, according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminabad was ouer his band. And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel ye sonne of Zuar. And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the sonne of Helon. And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing With all the belongings of it. the tabernacle. After, departed the standerd of the hoste of Reuben, according to their armies, and ouer his band was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur. And ouer the band of the tribe of ye children of Simeon was Shelumiel the sonne of Shurishaddai. And ouer the bande of the tribe of ye children of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel. And the Kohathites set forward, Upon their shoulders. bearing the sanctuary: and The Merarites and Gershonites. [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came. Then the standerd of the hoste of the children of Ephraim went forward according to their armies, and ouer his bande was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud. And ouer the band of the tribe of ye sonnes of Manasseh was Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur. And ouer the band of ye tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin was Abidan the sonne of Gideoni. And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way. rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the sonne of Ocran. And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira ye sonne of Enan. This was the order of their host when they travelled.Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. And Moses said unto Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi says that Reuel was Jethro's father: so Hobab was Moses father-in-law, see (Exo_2:18, Exo_3:1, Exo_4:18, Exo_18:1; Jdg_4:11) Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. And he answered him, I will not goe: but I will depart to mine owne countrey, and to my kindred. Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide. And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee. And they departed from the Mount Sinai, or Horeb. mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. And the cloude of the Lord was vpon the by day, when they went out of the campe. And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Declare your might and power. Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. And when it rested, hee sayde, Returne, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel. Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste. Then the people cryed vnto Moses: and when Moses praied vnto the Lorde, the fire was quenched. And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them. And the mixt Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, (Exo_12:38). multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt For a final price, or good cheap. freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul [is] For the greedy lust of flesh. dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes. And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of Which is a white pearl, or precious stone. bdellium. The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or beat it in morters, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like vnto the taste of fresh oyle. And when the dewe fell downe vpon the hoste in the night, the Man fell with it) Then Moses heard the people weepe throughout their families, euery man in the doore of his tent, and the wrath of the Lord was grieuously kindled: also Moses was grieued. And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found Or, how have I displeased you? favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? Have I Am I their father, that no one may have charge of them but I? conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the Of Canaan promised by another to our fathers. land which thou swarest unto their fathers? Where should I haue flesh to giue vnto al this people? For they weepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eate. I am not able to beare al this people alone, for it is too heauie for me. And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy I would rather die than see my grief and misery daily increased by their rebellion. sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Gather vnto me seuetie men of ye Elders of Israel, whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouernonrs ouer them, & bring them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee, And I will come down and talk with thee there: I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to you. and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone. And say thou unto the people, Prepare yourselves that you may be clean. Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shal not eat one day nor two daies, nor fiue daies, neither ten daies, nor twentie dayes, [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have Or, cast him off, because you refused manna, which he appointed as most suitable for you. despised the LORD which [is] Who leads and governs you. among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? And Moses said, The people, Of whom I have charge. among whom I [am], [are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Shall the sheepe and the beeues be slaine for them, to finde them? Either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them? And the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee, or no. So Moses went out, and told the people the wordes of the Lorde, and gathered seuentie men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle. And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not From that day the spirit of prophecy did not settle them. cease. But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested vpon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle) and they prophecied in the hoste. Then there ranne a yong man, and tolde Moses, and saide, Eldad and Medad doe prophesie in the hoste. And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth. young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, Such blind zeal was in the apostles, (Mar_9:38; Luk_9:44). forbid them. But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them. And Moses returned into the hoste, he and the Elders of Israel. Then there went foorth a winde from the Lorde, and brought quailes from the Sea, and let them fall vpon the campe, a dayes iourney on this side, and a dayes iourney on the other side, round about the hoste, and they were about two cubites aboue the earth. And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten Of Homer, read (Lev_27:16) also it signifies a heap, as in (Exo_8:14; Jdg_15:16). homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp. While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague. So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting. From Kibroth-hattaauah ye people tooke their iourney to Hazeroth, & abode at Hazeroth. And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married Zipporah, Moses' wife, was a Midianite, and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name. an Ethiopian woman. And they saide, What? hath the Lorde spoken but onely by Moses? hath he not spoken also by vs? and the Lord heard this. (Now the man Moses [was] very And so endured their grudging, although he knew of them. meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.) And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth. Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a These were the two ordinary means. vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful In all Israel which was his Church. in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he As far as any man was able to comprehend, which he calls his back parts, (Exo_33:23). behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Thus the Lorde was very angrie with them, and departed. And the cloud departed from off the From the door of the tabernacle. tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous. Then Aaron saide vnto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned. Let her not be as one As a child that is stillborn, as if it is only the skin. dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heale her nowe. And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but In his displeasure. spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again]. So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remooued not, till Miriam was brought in againe. And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, (Num_33:18). Paran. {\cf2 (13:2)} And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, After the people had required it of Moses, as it is in (Deu_1:22) then the Lord told Moses to do it.Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. {\cf2 (13:4)} Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lorde: all those men were heades of the children of Israel. {\cf2 (13:5)} Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur: {\cf2 (13:6)} Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the sonne of Hori: {\cf2 (13:7)} Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: {\cf2 (13:8)} Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the sonne of Ioseph: {\cf2 (13:9)} Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the sone of Nun: {\cf2 (13:10)} Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti the sonne of Raphu: {\cf2 (13:11)} Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the sone of Sodi: {\cf2 (13:12)} Of the tribe of Ioseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne of Susi: {\cf2 (13:13)} Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli: {\cf2 (13:14)} Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the sonne of Michael: {\cf2 (13:15)} Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the sonne of Vophsi: {\cf2 (13:16)} Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the sonne of Machi. These [are] the names of the Which in number were twelve according to the twelve tribes. men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. {\cf2 (13:18)} So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines, {\cf2 (13:19)} And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many, And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] Plentiful or barren. good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; {\cf2 (13:21)} And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes) So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Which was in the wilderness of Paran. Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Which were a type of giant. Anak, [were]. (Now Declaring the antiquity of it: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) {\cf2 (13:24)} Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, and cut downe thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betwene two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figges. {\cf2 (13:25)} That place was called the riuer Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut downe thence. {\cf2 (13:26)} Then after fourtie dayes, they turned againe from searching of the land. And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Called also Kadesh-barnea. Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they told That is, Moses. him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it. Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, (Jos_11:21-22). children of Anak there. {\cf2 (13:30)} The Amalekites dwell in the South countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, & the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, & the Canaanites dwell by the sea, & by the coast of Iorden. {\cf2 (13:31)} Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, & saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it. {\cf2 (13:32)} But the men, that went vp with him, saide, we be not able to goe vp against the people: for they are stronger then we. And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them. eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature. {\cf2 (13:34)} For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight. And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the Those who were afraid at the report of the ten spies. people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead. And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be To our enemies the Canaanites. a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt. Then Moses and Aaron Lamenting the people, and praying for them. fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, For sorrow, hearing their blasphemy. rent their clothes: And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande. If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie. Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] We shall easily overcome them. bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not. But all the congregation bade This is the condition of those who would persuade in God's cause, to be persecuted by the multitude. stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they. But Moses saide vnto the Lorde, When the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them) Then they shall say to the inhabitants of this land, (for they haue heard that thou, Lorde, art among this people, and that thou, Lorde, art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by day time in a pillar of a cloude, and in a pillar of fire by night) Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as So that none shall escape. one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the lande, which he sware vnto them, therefore hath he slaine them in the wildernesse. And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation: Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe. And the LORD said, I have pardoned In that he did not utterly destroy them, but allowed their children and certain others to enter. according to thy word: Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these That is, various times and often. ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it. But my servant Caleb, because he had another A meek and obedient spirit, and not rebellious. spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites And lie in wait for you. dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the For I will not defend you. wilderness by the way of the Red sea. After, the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying, How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me. Tell them, As I liue (saith the Lorde) I wil surely do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares. Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me, Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun. But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused: But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, And your children shall The word signifies to be shepherds, or to wander like shepherds to and fro. wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your Your infidelity and disobedience against God. whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye Whether my promise is true or not. shall know my breach of promise. I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande) Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde. But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue. Then Moses tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israel, and the people sorowed greatly. And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have They confessed their sin in rebelling against God, but did not consider their offence in going up without God's commandment. sinned. But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe. Goe not vp (for the Lorde is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies. For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you. But they They could not be stayed by any means. presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, & consumed them vnto Hormah. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the Into the land of Canaan. land of your habitations, which I give unto you, And will make an offring by fire vnto the Lorde, a burnt offring or a sacrifice to fulfil a vowe, or a free offring, or in your feastes, to make a sweete sauour vnto the Lord of the hearde, or of the flocke. Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth [part] of an Read (Exo_29:40). hin of oil. Also thou shalt prepare ye fourth part of an Hin of wine to be powred on a lambe, appointed for the burnt offring or any offring. And for a ram, thou shalt for a meat offring, prepare two tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with the third part of an Hin of oyle. And for a The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered. drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD. And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offring, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or a peace offring to the Lord, Then let him offer with ye bullocke a meate offring of three tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with halfe an Hin of oyle. And thou shalt bring for a drinke offring halfe an Hin of wine, for an offring made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord. Thus shall it be done for a bullocke, or for a ram, or for a lambe, or for a kid. According to the number Every sacrifice of beasts must have their meat offering and drink offering according to this proportion. that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. All that are borne of the countrey, shall do these things thus, to offer an offring made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord. And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer bee among you in your generations, and will make an offring by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, as ye do, so hee shall doe. One ordinace shalbe both for you of the Congregation, & also for the stranger that dwelleth with you, euen an ordinance for euer in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger bee before the Lord. One Lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for the stranger that soiourneth with you. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into the lande, to the which I bring you, And when ye shal eate of the bread of the land, ye shall offer an heaue offring vnto ye Lord. Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your Which is made from the first corn you harvest. dough [for] an heave offering: as [ye do] the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. Of the first of your dowe ye shal giue vnto the Lord an heaue offring in your generations. And if ye By oversight or ignorance, read (Lev_4:2, Lev_4:13). have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, Euen all that the Lorde hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hence forward among your generations: And if so be that ought be committed ignorantly of the Congregation, then all ye Congregatio shal giue a bullocke for a burnt offring, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, with the meat offring and drinke offring thereto, according to the maner, and an hee goate for a sinne offring. And the Priest shall make an atonement for al the Congregation of the children of Israel, and it shalbe forgiuen them: for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offring for an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, and their sinne offering before the Lord for their ignorance. Then it shalbe forgiuen all the Congregation of the children of Israel, & the stranger that dwelleth among them: for all the people were in ignorance. But if any one person sinne through ignorance, then he shall bring a shee goate of a yeere olde for a sinne offring. And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when hee sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliation for him: and it shalbe forgiuen him. He that is borne among the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them, shall haue both one lawe, who so doth sinne by ignorance. But the person that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be borne in the land, or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord: therefore that person shalbe cut off from among his people, Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his He shall sustain the punishment of his sin. iniquity [shall be] upon him. And while the children of Israel were in the wildernesse, they found a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him vnto Moses and to Aaron, and vnto all the Congregation, And they put him warde: for it was not declared what should be done vnto him. Then the Lord said vnto Moses, This man shall dye the death: & let al the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste. And all the Congregation brought him without the hoste, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord had commanded Moses. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes vpon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put vpon the fringes of the borders a ryband of blewe silke. And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a By leaving God's commandments and following your own fantasies. whoring: That yee may remember and doe all my commandements, and bee holy vnto your God. I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to bee your God: I am the Lord your God. Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben: And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume, And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them this long. [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, All are equally holy: therefore no one should be preferred above other: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face, And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath To be the priest and to offer. chosen will he cause to come near unto him. This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie, And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: He lays the same to their charge justly, with which they wrongfully charged him. [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui. Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them? And he hath brought thee near [to To serve in the congregation, as in the verse before. him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him? And Moses sent to call Dathan, & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp. [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up Thus they spoke contemptuously, preferring Egypt to Canaan. out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou Will you make those who searched the land believe that they did not see that which they saw? put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them. And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company At the door of the tabernacle. before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: And take euery man his censor, and put incense in them, and bring ye euery man his censor before the Lord, two hundreth and fiftie censors: thou also and Aaron, euery one his censor. So they tooke euery man his censor, and put fire in them, and laide incense thereon, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation with Moses and Aaron. And Korah gathered all the All that were of their faction. congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying, Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once. And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation? And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the Congregation & say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram. Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed With them that have committed so many sins. in all their sins. So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out & stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own I have not invented them from my own brain. mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me. But if the LORD make Or, show a strange sight. a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into Or, deep and dark places of the earth. the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them, And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods. So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation. And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp. But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire beyond the altar: for they are halowed, The censers of these sinners Who caused their own death. against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a Of God's judgments against rebels. sign unto the children of Israel. Then Eleazar the Priest tooke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred, and made broade plates of them for a couering of the Altar. [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Who presumed above his calling. Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord. And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they turned their faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and beholde, the cloude couered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Get you vp from among this Congregation: for I wil consume them quickly: then they fell vpon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, (Lev_10:1). altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the God had begun to punish the people. plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the God drew back his hand and stopped punishing them. plague was stayed. So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah. And Aaro went againe vnto Moses before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stayed. And the LORD spake unto While he was in the door of the tabernacle. Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, euen twelue rods: and thou shalt write euery mans name vpon his rod. And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers. And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Arke of the Testimonie, where I wil declare my selfe to you. And it shall come to pass, [that] the man's rod, whom I shall To be the chief priest. choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod Though Joseph's tribe was divided into two in the distribution of the land, yet here it is but one and Levi makes a tribe. of Aaron [was] among their rods. And Moses layde the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie. And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron To declare that God chose the house of Levi to serve him in the tabernacle. for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lorde vnto all the children of Israel: and they looked vpon them, & tooke euery man his rodde. And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their Grudging that Aaron should be high priest. murmurings from me, that they die not. So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he. And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; «We die by the sword, the earth swallows us up, the pestilence consumes us.» we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoeuer commeth neere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lorde, shal dye: shal we be consumed and dye? And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear If you trespass in anything concerning the ceremonies of the sanctuary of your office, you will be punished. the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. And bring also with thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of ye familie of thy father, which shalbe ioyned with thee, and minister vnto thee: but thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie: And they shall That is, the things which are committed to you, or, which you command them. keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a Which was not of the tribe of Levi. stranger shall not come nigh unto you. Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel. For lo, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel, which as a gift of yours, are giuen vnto the Lord, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shal ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne. And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave As the first fruit, first born, and the tithes. offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the That which was not burned should be the priests. fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons. In the most That is, in the sanctuary between the court and the holiest of holies. holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. And this [is] thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy Read (Lev_10:14). daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. All the Or, fat; chiefest. best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. And the first ripe of al that is in their land, which they shal bring vnto Lord, shalbe thine: all the cleane in thine house shal eate of it. Euery thing separate from the common vse in Israel, shalbe thine. All that first openeth the matrice of any flesh, which they shal offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thine: but the first borne of man shalt thou redeeme, and the first borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeeme. And those that are to bee redeemed, shalt thou redeeme from the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs. But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not Because they are appointed for sacrifice. redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. And the flesh of them shalbe thine, as the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shalbe thine. All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant That is, sure, stable and incorruptible. of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their Of Canaan. land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. For beholde, I haue giuen the children of Leui all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their seruice which they serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. Neither must the children of Israel henceforth To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place. come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear If they fail in their office, they will be punished. their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. For the tythes of the children of Israel, which they shal offer as an offring vnto the Lord, I haue giuen the Leuites for an inheritance: therfore I haue said vnto them, Among the children of Israel ye shal possesse none inheritance. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shal take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shal ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lorde, euen the tenth part of the tithe. And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the As acceptable as the fruit of your own ground or vineyard. corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. So ye shal also offer an heaue offring vnto the Lorde of all your tithes, which ye shal receiue of the children of Israel, and ye shal giue thereof the Lords heaue offring to Aaron the Priest. Out of all your Which you have received from the children of Israel. gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the Read (Num_18:12). best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it. Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, When ye haue offred the fat thereof, then it shalbe couted vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the corne floore, or as the encrease of the wine presse. And ye shall eat it in every As in (Num_18:11). place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. And ye shall You shall not be punished therefore. bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy The offerings which the Israelites have offered to God. things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. And the Lorde spake to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, According to this law and ceremony you shall sacrifice the red cow.This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke: And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and Another priest. [one] shall slay her before his face: Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times, And cause the kow to be burnt in his sight: with her skinne, and her flesh, and her blood, & her doung shal he burne her. Then shal the Priest take cedar wood, and hyssope & skarlet lace, and cast them in the mids of the fire where the kow burneth. Then the Meaning, Eleazar. priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. And he that The inferior priest who killed her, and burned her. burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a Or, the water of separation because they that were separate due to their uncleanness, were sprinkled with it and made clean, (Num_8:7). It is also called holy water, because it was ordained for a holy use, (Num_1:17). water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin. Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the kowe, shal wash his clothes, and remaine vncleane vntil euen: and it shalbe vnto the children of Israel, and vnto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a statute for euer. Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes. He shall purify himself With the sprinkling of water. with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people, but as a polluted and excommunicated person. cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him. This is the law, Whe a man dieth in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes, And all the vessels that bee open, which haue no couering fastened vpon them, shall be vncleane. Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes. And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for Of the red cow burnt for sin. sin, and Water of the fountain or river. running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: And a One of the priests who is clean. clean person shall take hyssop, and dip [it] in the water, and sprinkle [it] upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: And the clean [person] shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and Because he had been among them that were unclean: or else had touched the water as in (Num_19:21). wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that person shalbe cut off fro among the Congregation, because hee hath defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lorde: and the sprinkling water hath not bene sprinkled vpon him: therefore shall he be vncleane. And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also hee that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntill euen. And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth That is, unclean. [it] shall be unclean until even. Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first This was forty years after their departure from Egypt. month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Moses and Aaron's sister. Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation: and they Another rebellion was in Rephidim (Exo. 17:1-16), and this was in Kadesh. gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord. Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there? Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? Neither is there any water to drinke. Then Moses and Aaron went from the assemblie vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and fell vpon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared vnto them. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take the With which you did miracles in Egypt and divided the sea. rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. Then Moses tooke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; The punishment which followed declared that Moses and Aaron did not believe the Lord's promise as it appeared in (Num_20:12). must we fetch you water out of this rock? Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to That the children of Israel should believe and acknowledge my power and so honour me. sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. This [is] the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory. was sanctified in them. And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called Edom. Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers. But when we cried vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, and hath brought vs out of Egypt, and beholde, wee are in the citie Kadesh, in thine vtmost border. I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders. And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword. Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete. Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel To pass by another way. turned away from him. And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron in the mount Hor neere the coast of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron shall be Read (Gen_25:8). gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and bring them vp into the mount Hor, And cause Aaron to put off his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there. And Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation. And Moses put off Aarons clothes, & put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came downe from off the mount. When al the Congregation sawe that Aaron was dead, al the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirtie dayes. And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the By that way which their spies, that searched the dangers found to he most safe. way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners. So Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliuer and giue this people into mine hand, then I wil vtterly destroy their cities. And the Lord heard the voyce of Israel, and deliuered them the Canaanites: and they vtterly destroied them and their cities, and called ye name of the place Hormah. And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to For they were forbidden to destroy it, (Deu_2:5). compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light Meaning manna, which they thought did not nourish. bread. And the LORD sent For they that were bitten by them were so inflamed by the poison of them, that they died. fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people. And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue. So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued. And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth. And they departed from Oboth, & pitched in lie-abarim, in the wildernesse, which is before Moab on the Eastside. They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared. Thence they departed, & pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wildernesse, and commeth out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene the Moabites and the Amorites) Wherefore it is said in the Which seems to be the book of the Judges, or as some think, a book which is lost. book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth vpon the border of Moab. And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water. Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; You that receive the convenience of it, give praise for it. sing ye unto it: The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the Only Moses and Aaron, the heads of the people, struck the rock with the rod or staff, which gave water as a well that was deep digged. lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah: And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the plaine of Moab, to the top of Pisgah that looketh toward Ieshimon. Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying, Let me goe through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fieldes, nor into the vineyardes, neither drinke of the waters of ye welles: we will goe by the kings way, vntill we be past thy countrey. But Sihon gaue Israel no licence to passe through his countrey, but Sihon assembled all his people, and went out against Israel into the wildernesse: and he came to Iahoz, and fought against Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto The river. Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] For the people were tall and strong like giants; (Deu_2:20). strong. And Israel tooke al these cities, & dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof. For For if it had been the Moabites, the Israelites might not have possessed it, (Deu_2:9). Heshbon [was] the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired: For there is a Meaning, wane. fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon. Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, (1Ki_11:33) who was not able to defend his worshippers, who took the idol for their father. Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba. Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites. And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there. And they turned and went vp toward Bashan: and Og the King of Bashan came out against them, hee, and all his people, to fight at Edrei. Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Feare him not: for I haue deliuered him into thine hand and all his people, and his land: and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. They smote him therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntill there was none left him: so they conquered his land. And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on Being at Jericho, it was beyond the Jordan, but where the Israelites were, it was on this side. this side Jordan [by] Jericho. Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites. And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel. And Moab said unto the Who were the heads and governors. elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the That is, Euphrates, upon which stood this city Pethor. river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with Thinking to bribe him with gifts to curse the Israelites. the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and Whom before he called elders: meaning the governors, and later calls them servants: that is, subjects to their king. the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. Then God came vnto Balaam, and sayde, What men are these with thee? And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out. And God He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the kings wicked request. said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed. And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give Or else he would have been willing, covetousness had so blinded his heart. me leave to go with you. So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs. Balak yet sent againe moe princes, and more honourable then they. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, The wicked seek by all means to further their naughty enterprises, though they know that God is against them. Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation. more. And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayd vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe. So Balaam rose vp early, and sadled his asse, and went with the princes of Moab. And God's anger was kindled because he Moved rather with covetousness than to obey God. went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants [were] with him. And when the asse saw the Angel of the Lord stand in the way, and his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned out of the way and went into the field, but Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way. The second time.But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall [being] on this side, and a wall on that side. And when the asse sawe the Angel of the Lord, she thrust her selfe vnto the wall, and dasht Balaams foote against the wall: wherefore hee smote her againe. Then the Angel of the Lord went further, & stoode in a narowe place, where was no way to turne, either to the right hand, or to the left. And when the asse sawe the Angell of the Lorde, she lay downe vnder Balaam: therefore Balaam was very wroth, and smote the asse with a staffe. And the LORD Gave her power to speak. opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? And Balaam saide vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I woulde there were a sworde in mine hand, for nowe would I kill thee. And the ass said unto Balaam, [Am] not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever Since you have been my master. since [I was] thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Then the LORD For if the Lord does not open your eyes, you can see neither his anger or his love. opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] Both your heart is corrupt and your enterprise wicked. way is perverse before me: But the asse sawe me, and turned fro me now three times: for els, if she had not turned fro me, surely I had euen nowe slaine thee, and saued her aliue. Then Balaam saide vnto the Angel of the Lorde, I haue sinned: for I wist not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore if it displease thee, I will turne home againe. And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance. word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which [is] in the Near the place where the Israelites camped. border of Arnon, which [is] in the utmost coast. Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, Did I not sende for thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not vnto me? am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour? And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say On my own I can say nothing, I will only speak what God reveals, whether it is good or bad. any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. So Balaam went with Balak, & they came vnto the citie of Huzoth. Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, & to the princes that were with him. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Where the idol Baal was worshipped. Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people. And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and For among the Gentiles the kings often used to sacrifice, as did the priests. Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram. Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone. And God Appeared to him. met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram. And the LORD Taught him what to say. put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, Cause everyone to hate and detest them. defy Israel. How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested? For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the But shall have religion and laws apart. nations. Who can count the The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth. dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments. die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether. And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth? And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake. And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar. After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder. And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus. And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd? And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor. God's enemies are compelled to confess that his government is just, constant, and without change or repentance.God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the They triumph as victorious kings over their enemies. shout of a king [is] among them. God brought them out of Egypt: their strength is as an vnicorne. Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder. according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne. Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all. But Balaam answered, & saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lorde speaketh, that must I do? And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another Thus the wicked imagine of God that what he will not grant in one place, he will do in another. place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon. Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes. And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the Where the Israelites camped. wilderness. And Balaam lift vp his eyes, & looked vpon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came vpon him. And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes His eyes were shut up before in respect to the clear visions which he saw after. are open hath said: He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, Though he lay as in a sleep, yet the eyes of his mind were open. falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open: How goodly are thy tentes, O Iaakob, & thine habitations, O Israel! As the valleis, are they stretched forth, as gardes by the riuers side, as the aloe trees, which the Lorde hath planted, as the cedars beside the waters. He shall pour the His prosperity and posterity will be very great. water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Which name was common to the kings of Amalek. Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. God brought him out of Egypt: his strength shalbe as an vnicorne: he shal eate the nations his enemies, and bruise their bones, & shoote them through with his arrowes. He coucheth and lieth downe as a yong lion, and as a lion: who shall stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he In token of anger. smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times. Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Thus the wicked burden God when they cannot carry out their wicked enterprises. LORD hath kept thee back from honour. Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying, If Balak would giue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not passe the commandement of the Lorde, to doe either good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shall commaunde, the same will I speake. And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that God might forsake them, (Num_31:16). advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd, He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling in a traunce had his eyes opened: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Meaning Christ. Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the That is, the princes. corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. Sheth. And Edom shalbe possessed, and Seir shall be a possession to their enemies: but Israel shal do valiantly. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the Of the Edomites. city. And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the The Amalekites first made war against Israel, (Num_14:45). first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever. And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou Make yourself as strong as you can. puttest thy nest in a rock. Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shalbe spoyled vntill Asshur cary thee away captiue. And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, Some read, Oh who shall not perish when the enemy (that is, Antichrist) shall set himself up as God? who shall live when God doeth this! And ships [shall come] from the coast of The Grecians and Romans. Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God. he also shall perish for ever. Then Balaam rose vp, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the With the women. daughters of Moab. Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods. And Israel Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor. joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD Openly in the sight of all. against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his Let him execute those that are under his charge. men that were joined unto Baalpeor. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, Repenting that they had offended God. who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest sawe it, hee rose vp from the middes of the Congregation, & tooke a speare in his hand, And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel. And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand. Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he He was zealous to maintain my glory. was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say to him, Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant of peace, And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an He has pacified God's wrath. atonement for the children of Israel. And the name of the Israelite thus slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the sonne of Salu, prince of the familie of the Simeonites. And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian. Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Vexe the Midianites, and smite them: For they vex you with their Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaam's counsel, (Num_31:16; Rev_2:14). wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. And it came to pass after the Which came because of their whoredom and idolatry. plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Take the nomber of all the Congregation of the children of Israel from twentie yeere olde and aboue throughout their fathers houses, all that go forth to warre in Israel. And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan Where the river is near to Jericho. [near] Jericho, saying, From twentie yeere olde and aboue ye shall nomber the people, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and the childre of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. Reuben the first borne of Israel: the children of Reube were: Hanoch, of whom came the familie of the Hanochites, and of Pallu the familie of the Palluites: Of Hesron, the familie of the Hesronites: of Carmi, the familie of the Carmites. These are the families of the Reubenites: & they were in nomber three and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and thirtie. And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab: And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This [is that] Dathan and Abiram, [which were] famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the In that rebellion of which Korah was head. company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they That is, as an example that others should not complain and rebel against God's ministers. became a sign. Notwithstanding, all the sonnes of Korah dyed not. And the children of Simeon after their families were: Nemuel, of whom came the familie of the Nemuelites: of Iamin, the familie of the Iaminites: of Iachin, the familie of the Iachinites: Of Zerah, the familie of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the familie of the Shaulites. These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twentie thousand and two hundreth. The sonnes of Gad after their families were: Zephon, of whome came ye familie of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the familie of the Haggites: of Shuni, the familie of the Shunites: Of Ozni, the familie of the Oznites: of Eri, the familie of the Erites: Of Arod, the familie of the Arodites: of Areli, the familie of the Arelites. These are the families of the sonnes of Gad, according to their nombers, fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth. The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Before Jacob went into Egypt, (Gen_38:3, Gen_38:7, Gen_38:10, Gen_46:12). Canaan. So were the sonnes of Iudah after their families: of Shelah came the familie of ye Shelanites: of Pharez, the familie of the Pharzites, of Zerah, the familie of the Zarhites. And the sonnes of Pharez were: of Hesron, the familie of the Hesronites: of Hamul, the familie of the Hamulites. These are the families of Iudah, after their nombers, seuentie and sixe thousande and fiue hundreth. The sonnes of Issachar, after their families were: Tola, of whom came the familie of the Tolaites: of Pua, the familie of the Punites: Of Iashub the familie of the Iashubites: of Shimron, the familie of the Shimronites. These are the families of Issachar, after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand & three hundreth. The sonnes of Zebulun, after their families were: of Sered, the familie of the Sardites: of Elon, the familie of the Elonites: of Iahleel, the familie of the Iahleelites. These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their nombers, three score thousande & fiue hundreth. The sonnes of Ioseph, after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. The sonnes of Manasseh were: of Machir, the familie of the Machirites: and Machir begate Gilead: of Gilead came the familie of the Gileadites. These are the sonnes of Gilead: of Iezer, the familie of the Iezerites: of Helek, the familie of the Helekites. Of Asriel, the familie of the Asrielites: of Shechem, the familie of Shichmites. Of Shemida, the familie of the Shemidaites: of Hepher, the familie of the Hepherites. And Zelophehad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. These are the families of Manasseh, & the nomber of them, two and fiftie thousand and seuen hundreth. These are the sonnes of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah came the familie of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the familie of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the familie of the Tahanites. And these are the sonnes of Shuthelah: of Eran the familie of the Eranites. These are the families of the sonnes of Ephraim after their nombers, two and thirtie thousand and fiue hundreth. These are the sonnes of Ioseph after their families. These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families: of Bela came the familie of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the familie of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the familie of the Ahiramites: Of Shupham, the familie of the Suphamites: of Hupham, the familie of the Huphamites. And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard came the familie of the Ardites, of Naaman, the familie of the Naamites. These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families, and their nombers, fiue and fourtie thousand and sixe hundreth. These are the sonnes of Dan after their families: of Shuham came the familie of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their housholdes. All the families of the Shuhamites were after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand, and foure hundreth. The sonnes of Asher after their families were: of Iimnah, the familie of the Iimnites: of Isui, the familie of the Isuites: of Beriah, the familie of the Berijtes. The sonnes of Beriah were, of Heber the familie of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the familie of the Malchielites. And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. These are the families of the sonnes of Asher after their nombers, three and fifty thousand and foure hundreth. The sonnes of Naphtali, after their families were: of Iahzeel, the families of the Iahzeelites: of Guni, the familie of the Gunites. Of Iezer, the familie of the Izrites: of Shillem, the familie of the Shillemites. These are the families of Naphtali according to their housholdes, and their nomber, fiue and fourtie thousande and foure hundreth. These [were] the This is the third time that they are numbered. numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Vnto these the land shalbe deuided for an inheritance, according to the nomber of names. To many thou shalt giue the more inheritance, and to fewe thou shalt giue lesse inheritance: to euery one according to his nomber shalbe giuen his inheritance. Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite: According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe. These also are the nobers of ye Leuites, after their families: of Gershon came ye familie of the Gershonites: of Kohath, ye familie of the Kohathites: of Merari, the familie of the Merarites. These are the families of Leui, the familie of the Libnites: the familie of the Hebronites: the familie of the Mahlites: the familie of the Mushites: the familie of the Korhites: and Kohath begate Amram. And Amrams wife was called Iochebed the daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: and she bare vnto Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister. And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. And Nadab and Abihu dyed, because they offred strange fire before the Lorde. And their nombers were three and twentie thousand, all males from a moneth old and aboue: for they were not nombred among the children of Israel, because there was none inheritance giuen them among the children of Israel. These are the nombers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest which nombred the children of Israel in the plaine of Moab, neere Iorden, towarde Iericho. But among these there was not a man of them In which appears the great power of God, that so wonderfully increased his people. whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. For the Lorde said of them, They shall die in the wildernes: so there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun. Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the familie of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah) And stoode before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assemblie, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying, Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners. sin, and had no sons. Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his familie, because he hath no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father. And Moses brought their That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters. cause before the LORD. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt giue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritance of their father vnto them. Also thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter. And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren. And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers brethren. And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of Meaning, an ordinance to judge by. judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, & behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seene it, thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye were disobedient vnto my worde in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assemblie, to sanctifie me in the waters before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin. Then Moses spake vnto the Lord, saying, Let the LORD, the God of the Who as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all men. spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Which may That is, govern them and do his duty, as in (2Ch_1:10). go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and And so appoint him governor. lay thine hand upon him; And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight. And thou shalt Commend him to the people as suitable for the office and appointed by God. put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the According to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of God. judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, [both] he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, and he tooke Ioshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, & before all the Congregation. And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a How he should govern himself in his office. charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] By bread he means all manner of sacrifice. my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, [for] a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. Also thou shalt say vnto them, This is the offring made by fire which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde, two lambes of a yeere olde without spot, daily, for a continuall burnt offring. One lambe shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lambe shalt thou prepare at euen. And the tenth part of an Ephah of fine floure for a meate offering mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle. This shalbe a daily burnt offering, as was made in the mount Sinai for a sweete sauour: it is a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. And the drinke offring thereof the fourth part of an Hin for one lambe: in the holy place cause to powre the drinke offring vnto the Lord. And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer [it], The meat offering and drink offering of the evening sacrifice. a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two Of the measure ephah. tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: [This is] the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the Which was offered every day at morning and evening. continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. And in the beginning of your moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, two yong bullockes, and a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without spot, And three tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle for one bullocke, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meate offring, mingled with oyle for one ramme, And a tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offring vnto one lambe: for a burnt offring of sweete sauour: it is an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde. And their That is, the wine that will be poured on the sacrifice. drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third [part] of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth [part] of an hin unto a lamb: this [is] the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one hee goat for a sinne offring vnto the Lord shalbe prepared, besides the continuall burnt offring, and his drinke offring. Also the fourtenth day of the first moneth is the Passeouer of the Lord. And in ye fiftenth day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen dayes shall vnleauened bread be eaten. In the first day [shall be] an holy Or, solemn assembly. convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work [therein]: But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see that they be without blemish. And their meate offering shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle: three tenth deales shall ye prepare for a bullocke, and two tenth deales for a ramme: One tenth deale shalt thou prepare for euery lambe, euen for the seuen lambes. And an hee goate for a sinne offering, to make an atonement for you. Ye shall prepare these, beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is a continuall burnt sacrifice. After this maner ye shall prepare throughout all the seuen dayes, for the mainteining of the offring made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: it shall be done beside the continuall burnt offring and drinke offring thereof. And in ye seuenth day ye shal haue an holy conuocation, wherein ye shal do no seruile work. Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your In counting seven weeks from the Passover to Whit Sunday, as in (Lev_23:15). weeks [be out], ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: But ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, And their meat offring of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto a bullocke, two tenth deales to a ram, And one tenth deale vnto euery lambe throughout the seuen lambes, And an hee goate to make an atonement for you: (Ye shall doe this besides the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring:) see they be without blemish, with their drinke offrings. And in the Which contains part of September, and part of October. seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. And ye shall make a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: one yong bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without blemish. And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto the bullocke, and two tenth deales vnto the ramme, And one tenth deale vnto one lambe, for the seuen lambes, And an hee goate for a sinne offering to make an atonement for you, Beside the burnt offering of the Which must be offered in the beginning of every month. month, and his meat offering, and the daily Which is for morning and evening. burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy Which is the feast of reconciliation. convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]: But ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour: one yong bullocke, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see they be without blemish. And their meate offering shall be of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales to a bullocke, and two tenth deales to a ramme, One tenth deale vnto euery lambe, thoroughout the seuen lambes, One kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual That is, offered every morning and evening. burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy Meaning, the feast of the tabernacles. convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: And ye shall offer a burnt offring for a sacrifice made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yong bullockes, two rammes, and fourtene lambes of a yeere olde: they shall bee without blemish. And their meate offering shall bee of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirteene bullockes, two tenth deales to either of the two rammes, And one tenth deale vnto eche of ye fourteene lambes, And one hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring, and his drinke offring. And the second day ye shall offer twelue yong bullockes, two rams, fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, And an hee goate for a sinne offring, (beside the continuall burnt offering and his meate offring) and their drinke offrings. Also the third day ye shall offer eleuen bullocks, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, [shall be] according to their number, after the According to the ceremonies appointed to it. manner: And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring and his drinke offring. And the fourth day ye shall offer tenne bullocks, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish. Their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, And an hee goate for a sinne offering beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offering. In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, And their meat offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offring and his drinke offering. And in the sixt day ye shall offer eight bullockes, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, And their meate offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring and his drinke offrings. In the seuenth day also ye shall offer seuen bullocks, two rammes and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish, And their meate offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner, And an hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offring. In the eight day, yee shall haue a solemne assemblie: yee shall doe no seruile worke therein, But yee shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, one bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere old without blemish, Their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullocke, for the ramme, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner, And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, & his meate offring, and his drinke offring. These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your Beside the sacrifices that you will vow or offer of your own minds. vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. {\cf2 (30:1)} Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according to all that the Lorde had commanded him, And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes Because they might declare them to the Israelites. concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded. {\cf2 (30:3)} Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth. {\cf2 (30:4)} If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth, And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his For in so doing he approves her. peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her By not approving or consenting to her vow. father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or Either by oath, or solemn promise. uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; {\cf2 (30:8)} If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect. But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her For she is in subjection to her husband, and can perform nothing without his consent. soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand For they are not under the authority of the man. against her. And if she vowed in her husband's Her husband being alive. house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; {\cf2 (30:12)} And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect. {\cf2 (30:13)} But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her. Every vow, and every binding oath to To mortify herself by abstinence or other bodily exercise. afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from And warn her not the same day that he hears it, as in (Num_30:8). day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them]. But if he shall any ways Not the same day he heard them, but some day after, the sin will be imputed to him and not to her. make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity. {\cf2 (30:17)} These are the ordinances which the Lorde commanded Moses, betweene a man & his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go As he had commanded in (Num_25:17), declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him. against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre. So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand. And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of [every] tribe, them and For his great zeal that he bare for the Lord, (Num_25:13). Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. And they warred against Midian, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses, and slue all the males. And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God. Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods. And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire. And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes. And they brought the As the women and little children. captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho. Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them. And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the As though he said, you should have spared none. women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD For worshipping of Peor. in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore kill every male among the That is, all the boy children. little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues. And ye shal remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth. Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins & al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood. And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lorde commanded Moses, As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead: Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be The third day and before it is molten. purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the It shall be washed. water. Ye shal wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shal come into the Hoste. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation. And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation. And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the Of the prey that falls to the soldiers. men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lorde. And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take The Israelites who had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundred. one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses. And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe, And seuentie and two thousand beeues, And three score and one thousand asses, And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man. And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth. And the This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord. LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. And the beeues were six & thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie & two. And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one: And Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man. the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons. And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lorde had commanded Moses. And of the children of Israel's Of that part which was given to them in dividing the spoil. half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth, And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues, And thirtie thousand asses, & fiue hudreth, And sixteene thousande persons) Even of the Which had not been at war. children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses: And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs. The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people.We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels, And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lorde (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels, ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for And gave no portion to their captains. himself.) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a that the Lord might remember the children of Israel. memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. Now the children of Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid. Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in (Gen_31:47). Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle; Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying, The land of Ataroth, and Dibon, and Iazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell: Wherefore, said they, if we haue foud grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, & bring vs not ouer Iorde. And Moses said vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren goe to warre, and ye tary heere? Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lorde hath giuen them? Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the lande. For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eshcol, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the childre of Israel, that they woulde not goe into the lande, which the Lorde had giuen them. And the Lordes wrath was kindled the same day, and he did sweare, saying, None of the men that came out of Egypt from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall see the land for the which I sware vnto Abraha, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, because they haue not wholly followed me: Except Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenesite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue constantly followed the Lorde. And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done Because they complained and would not believe their report, which told the truth concerning the land. evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. And behold, ye are risen vp in your fathers steade as an encrease of sinfull men, still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord, toward Israel. For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and By your occasion. ye shall destroy all this people. And they went neere to him, and said, We will builde sheepe foldes here for our sheepe, and for our cattell, and cities for our children. But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their In the land of Canaan. place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. We will not returne vnto our houses, vntil the children of Israel haue inherited, euery man his inheritance. Neither wil we inherite with them beyond Iorden and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iorden Eastwarde. And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go Before the Ark of the Lord. armed before the LORD to war, And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his That is, the inhabitants of the land. enemies from before him, And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession The Lord will grant you this land which you request, (Jos_1:15). before the LORD. But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin You shall assuredly be punished for your sin. will find you out. Builde you then cities for your children & folds for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoke. Then the children of Gad & the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruats will doe as my lorde commandeth: Our childre, our wiues, our sheepe, & al our cattell shall remaine there in the cities of Gilead, But thy seruants will goe euery one armed to warre before the Lorde for to fight, as my lorde saith. So concerning them Moses Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and other, would be performed after his death so that they would not break theirs. commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, will go with you ouer Iorden, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall giue the the lad of Gilead for a possessio: But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan. And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaks. LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. We will goe armed before the Lorde into the lande of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to vs on this side Iorden. And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he makes mention of them that dwelt on this side: (Jos_10:12) he speaks of them that inhabited beyond Jordan. Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about. Then the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, And Atroth, Shophan, and Iazer, and Iogbehah, And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, defenced cities: also sheepe foldes. And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, And Nebo, and Baal-meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built. And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasseh went to Gilead, and tooke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein. Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them That is the villages of Jair. Havothjair. Also Nobah went and tooke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name. These [are] the From which they departed, and where they came. journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote their going out by their iourneies according to ye commandement of the Lord: so these are ye iourneies of their going out. Nowe they departed from Rameses the first moneth, euen the fifteenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer: and the children of Israel went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. For the Egyptians buried all [their] firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their Either meaning their idols, or their men of authority. gods also the LORD executed judgments. And the children of Israel remoued from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernesse. And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto At the commandment of the Lord in (Exo_14:2). Pihahiroth, which [is] before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. And they departed from before Hahiroth, and went through the middes of the Sea into the wildernesse, and went three dayes iourney in the wildernesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah. And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they pitched there. And they remoued from Elim, and camped by the red Sea. And they remoued from the red Sea, and lay in the wildernesse of Sin. And they tooke their iourney out of the wildernesse of Sin, and set vp their tentes in Dophkah. And they departed from Dophkah, and lay in Alush. And they remoued from Alush, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke. And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai. And they remoued from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth Hattaauah. And they departed from Kibroth Hattaauah, and lay at Hazeroth. And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon Parez. And they departed from Rimmon Parez, and pitched in Libnah. And they remoued from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah. And they iourneyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. And they remoued from mount Shapher, and lay in Haradah. And they remoued from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. And they remoued from Makheloth, and lay in Tahath. And they departed from Tahath, and pitched in Tarah. And they remoued from Tarah, and pitched in Mithkah. And they went from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah. And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay in Moseroth. And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-iaakan. And they remoued from Bene-iaakan, and lay in Hor-hagidgad. And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Iotbathah. And they remoued from Iotbathah, and lay in Ebronah. And they departed from Ebronah, & lay in Ezion-gaber. And they remoued from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wildernesse of Zin, which is Kadesh. And they remooued from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the Which the Hebrews call Ab, and contains part of July and part of August. fifth month. And Aaron was an hundreth, and three and twentie yeere olde, when hee dyed in mount Hor. And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan, heard of the comming of the children of Israel) And they departed from mount Hor, & pitched in Zalmonah. And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Iie-abarim, in the borders of Moab. And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. And they remooued from Dibon-gad, and lay in Almon-diblathaim. And they remooued from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountaines of Abarim before Nebo. And they departed from the mountaines of Abarim, and pitched in the plaine of Moab, by Iorden toward Iericho. And they pitched by Iorden, from Bethieshimoth vnto Abel-shittim in the playne of Moab. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the playne of Moab, by Iorden towarde Iericho, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye are come ouer Iorden to enter into the land of Canaan, Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their Which were set up in their high places to worship. pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: And ye shall possesse the lande and dwell therein: for I haue giue you ye land to possesse it. And ye shall inherite the land by lot according to your families: to the more yee shall giue more inheritance, and to the fewer the lesse inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherite. But if ye will not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which yee let ramaine of them, shalbe prickes in your eyes, and thornes in your sides, and shall vexe you in the land wherein ye dwell. Moreouer, it shal come to passe, that I shal doe vnto you, as I thought to do vnto them. And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the Meaning, the description of the land. land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) And your Southquarter shalbe from the wildernesse of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your Southquarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastwarde: And the border shall compasse you from the South to Maaleh-akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and goe out from the South to Kadesh-barnea: thence it shal stretch to Hazar-addar, & go along to Azmon. And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura. river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the Which is called the Mediterranean. great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died. Hor: From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come vnto Hamath, and the end of the coast shal be at Zedad. And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron, & goe out at Hazar-enan. this shalbe your Northquarter. And ye shall marke out your Eastquarter from Hazar-enan to Shepham. And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Which in the Gospel is called the lake of Gennesaret. Chinnereth eastward: Also that border shall goe downe to Iorden, & leaue at the salt Sea. this shalbe your land with the coastes thereof round about. Then Moses commaunded the children of Israel, saying, This is the lande which yee shall inherite by lot, which the Lord commaunded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe. For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers housholdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance. Two tribes and an halfe tribe haue receiued their inheritance on this side of Iorden toward Iericho full East. Againe the Lord spake to Moses, saying, These are the names of the men which shall deuide ye land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun. And ye shall take one One of the heads or chief men of every tribe. prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb ye sonne of Iephunneh. And of the tribe of the sonnes of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of Chislon. Also of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan, the prince Bukki, the sonne of Iogli. Of the sonnes of Ioseph: of the tribe of the sonnes of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel the sonne of Ephod. And of the tribe of the sonnes of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel, the sonne of Shiphtan. Of the tribe also of the sonnes of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan, the sonne of Parnach. So of the tribe of the sonnes of Issachar, the prince Paltiel the sonne of Azzan. Of the tribe also of the sonnes of Asher, the prince Ahihud, the sonne of Shelomi. And of the tribe of the sonnes of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel, the sonne of Ammihud. These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention. divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying, Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan. Levites of the inheritance of their possession God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law. cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. So they shall haue the cities to dwell in, & their suburbes shall be for their cattell, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. And the suburbes of the cities, which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites, from the wall of the citie outward, shalbe a thousand cubites round about. And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow. two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shal appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo. All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes. And concerning the cities which yee shall giue, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take mo, and of few ye shall take lesse: euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which hee inheriteth. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying, Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan, Ye shall appoint you cities, to bee cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person vnwares, may flee thither. And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause. avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of the cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge. Ye shall give three cities Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, (Deu_4:41). on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth among you, that euery one which killeth any person vnwares, may flee thither. And if he Wittingly, and willingly. smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand. stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death. The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die, Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him. But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him any thing, without laying of waite, Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme, Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the That is, his next kinsman. revenger of blood according to these judgments: And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ. high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled, And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the By the sentence of the judge. slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the hie Priest: and after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession. So these [things] shall be for a A law to judge murders done either on purpose, or accidentally. statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die. Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which [is] Who purposely committed murder. guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it. cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite, For I dwell in the middes thereof: for I the Lord dwel among the children of Israel. And the It seems that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses. chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: And they said, The LORD commanded Meaning Moses. my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. If they bee married to any of the sonnes of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shalbe put vnto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shalbe: so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. And when the Signifying that at no time could it return, for in the Jubile all things returned to their own tribes. jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which was the maintenance of it should have been alienated to others. well. This is the thing that the Lorde hath commaunded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wiues, to whome they thinke best, onely to the familie of the tribe of their father shall they marry: So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remoue from tribe to tribe, for euery one of the children of Israel shal ioyne himselfe to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. And every daughter, that possesseth an When there is no male to inherit. inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. Neither shal the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe: but euery one of the tribes of the childre of Israel shal sticke to his own inheritace. As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. For Mahlah, Tirzah, & Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married vnto their fathers brothers sonnes, They were wiues to certaine of the families of the sonnes of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph: so their inheritance remained in the tribe of the familie of their father. These [are] the Concerning the ceremonial and judicial laws. commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.

These [be] the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on In the country of Moab. this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain So that the wilderness was between the sea and the plain of Moab. over against the Red [sea], between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. The Argument - The wonderful love of God toward his Church is actively set forth in this book. Even through their ingratitude and many rebellions against God, for the space forty years. (Deu_9:7) they deserved to have been cut off from the number of his people, and forever to have been deprived of the use of his holy word and ordinances: yet he ever preserved his Church even for his own mercy's sake, and would still have his name called upon among them. Wherefore he brings them into the land of Canaan, destroys their enemies, gives them their country, towns and goods, and exhorts them by the example of their fathers (whose infidelity, idolatry, adulteries, complaining and rebellions, he had most severely punished) to fear and obey the Lord, to embrace and keep his law without adding to it or diminishing from it. For by his word he would be known to be their God, and they his people, by his word he would govern his Church, and by the same they would learn to obey him: by his word he would discern the false prophet from the true, light form darkness, ignorance from knowledge, and his own people from all the other nations and infidels: teaching them by it to refuse and detest, destroy and abolish whatever is not agreeable to his holy will, seem it otherwise never so good or precious in the eyes of man. For this cause God promised to raise up kings and governors, for the setting forth of his word and preservation of his Church: giving to them a special charge for the executing of it: whom therefore he wills to exercise themselves diligently in the continual study and meditation of the same: that they might learn to fear the Lord, love their subjects, abhor covetousness and vices, and whatever offends the majesty of God. As he had before instructed their fathers in all things belonging both to his spiritual service and also for the maintenance of that society which is between men: so he prescribes here anew all such laws and ordinances, which either concern his divine service, or else are necessary for a common good: appointing to every estate and degree their charge and duty: as well, how to rule and live in the fear of God, as to nourish friendship toward their neighbours, and to preserve the order which God has established among men: threatening most horrible plagues to them that transgress his commandments, and promising blessings and happiness to those who observe and obey them. ([There are] eleven days' [journey] from In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before the law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeats the same to the youth who either then were not born, or had not judgment. Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) And it came to passe in the first day of the eleuenth moneth, in the fourtieth yeere that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according vnto all that the Lord had giuen him in commandement vnto them, After he had slain By these examples of God's favour, their minds are prepared to receive the law. Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, The second time. began Moses to declare this law, saying, The LORD our God spake unto us in In the second year and second month, (Num_10:11). Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: Turne you and depart, and goe vnto the mountaine of the Amorites, and vnto all places neere thereunto in the plaine, in the mountaine, or in the valley: both Southwarde, and to the Sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and vnto Lebanon: euen vnto the great riuer, the riuer Perath. Beholde, I haue set the land before you: go in and possesse that land which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue vnto them and to their seede after them. And I spake By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, (Exo_18:19). unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: The LORD your God hath Not so much by the course of nature, as miraculously. multiplied you, and, behold, ye [are] this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promised you) How can I myself alone Signifying how great a burden it is, to govern the people. bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Take you wise men, and understanding, and Whose godliness and uprightness is known. known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Then ye answered me and said, The thing is good that thou hast commanded vs to doe. So I took the chief of your tribes, Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read (Exo_18:21). wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] You are his Lieutenants. God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it. Also I commaunded you the same time all the things which ye should doe. Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commaunded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea. And So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised. I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. Beholde, the Lord thy God hath layde the land before thee: go vp and possesse it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath saide vnto thee: feare not, neither be discouraged. Read (Num_13:3).And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. So the saying pleased me well, and I tooke twelue men of you, of euery tribe one. Who departed, and went vp into the mountaine, and came vnto the riuer Eshcol, and searched out the land. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought [it] down unto us, and brought us word again, and That is, Caleb, and Joshua; Moses prefers the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten. said, [It is] a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. Notwithstanding, ye would not go vp, but were disobedient vnto the commaundement of the Lord your God, And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD Such was the Jews unthankfulness, that they counted God's special love, hatred. hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. Whither shall we go up? our The other ten, not Caleb and Joshua. brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people [is] greater and taller than we; the cities [are] great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. But I sayd vnto you, Dread not, nor be afrayd of them. The LORD your God Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our calling, and depend on the Lord, is true boldness, and agreeable to God. which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; And in the wildernesse, where thou hast seene how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doeth beare his sonne, in all the way which ye haue gone, vntill ye came vnto this place. Yet for all this ye did not beleeue the Lord your God, Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tentes in, in fire by night, that ye might see what way to goe, and in a cloude by day. Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, and was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this froward generation, see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers, Saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh: he shall see it, and to him will I giue the land that he hath troden vpon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord. Also the Lorde was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not goe in thither, [But] Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth Who minister to you. before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Moreover your Who were under twenty years of age, (Num_14:31). little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea. Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, This declares man's nature, who will do that which God forbids, and will not do that which he commands. we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I [am] Signifying that man has no strength, but when God is at hand to help him. not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. And when I told you, ye would not heare, but rebelled against the commaundement of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went vp into the mountaine. Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountaine came out against you, and chased you (as bees vse to doe) and destroied you in Seir, euen vnto Hormah. And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not Because you rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repentance; rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins. hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before. Then They obeyed, after God had chastised them. we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir Eight and thirty years, as in (Deu_2:14). many days. And the Lord spake vnto me, saying, Ye haue compassed this mountaine long ynough: turne you Northward. And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the This was the second time, before they had caused the Israelites to return, (Num_20:21). coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: Ye shall not prouoke them: for I wil not giue you of their land so much as a foot breadth, because I haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for a possession. Ye shall buy meate of them for money to eate, and ye shall also procure water of them for money to drinke. For the LORD thy God hath And given you means, with which you may make recompence: also God will direct you by his providence, as he has done. blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. And when we were departed from our brethren the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plaine, from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and went by the way of the wildernes of Moab. And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land [for] a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children Which were the Moabites and Ammonites. of Lot [for] a possession. The Signifying that as these giants were driven out for their sins: so the wicked when their sins are ripe, cannot avoid God's plagues. Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; They also were taken for gyants as the Anakims: whom the Moabites call Emims. The Horims also dwelt in Seir before time, whome the children of Esau chased out and destroyed them before them, and dwelt in their steade: as Israel shall doe vnto the land of his possession, which the Lord hath giuen them. Now rise vp, sayd I, and get you ouer the riuer Zered: and we went ouer the riuer Zered. And the He shows by this, that as God is true in his promise, so his threatenings are not in vain. space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, [was] thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. For indeed the His plague and punishment to destroy all that were twenty years old and above. hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. So when all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people: Then the Lord spake vnto me, saying, Thou shalt goe through Ar the coast of Moab this day: And thou shalt come neere ouer against the children of Ammon: but shalt not lay siege vnto them, nor moue warre against them: for I will not giue thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession: for I haue giuen it vnto the children of Lot for a possession. (That also was accounted a land Who called themselves Rephaims: that is, preservers, or physicians to heal and reform vices: but were indeed Zamzummims, that is, wicked and abominable. of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; A people that was great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the Lord destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stead: As he did to the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims before them, and they possessed them, and dwelt in their stead vnto this day. And the Auims which dwelt in Hazarim euen vnto Azzah, the Caphtorims which came out of Caphtor destroyed them, and dwelt in their steade. Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the According to his promise made to Abraham, (Gen_15:16). Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess [it], and contend with him in battle. This day will I This declares that the hearts of men are in God's hands either to be made faint, or bold. begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations [that are] under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. Then I sent messengers out of the wildernes of Kedemoth vnto Sihon King of Heshbon, with wordes of peace, saying, Let me passe through thy land: I will go by the hie way: I will neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me meate for money, for to eate, and shalt giue me water for money for to drinke: onely I will go through on my foote, (As the Because neither intreaty nor examples or others could move him, he could not complain of his just destruction. children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God God in his election and reprobation not only appoints the ends, but the means tending to the same. hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as [appeareth] this day. And the Lorde sayd vnto me, Beholde, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse and inherite his land. Then came out Sihon to meete vs, him selfe with all his people to fight at Iahaz. But the Lord our God deliuered him into our power, and we smote him, and his sonnes, and all his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the God had cursed Canaan, and therefore he did not want any of the wicked race to be preserved. women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: Onely the cattell we tooke to our selues, and the spoyle of the cities which we tooke, From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer of Arnon, and from the citie that is vpon the riuer, euen vnto Gilead: there was not one citie that escaped vs: for the Lorde our God deliuered vp all before vs. Onely vnto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor vnto any place of the riuer Iabbok, nor vnto the cities in the mountaines, nor vnto whatsoeuer the Lorde our God forbade vs. Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan Therefore aside from the commandment of the Lord, they had just cause to fight against him. came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Feare him not, for I will deliuer him, and all his people, and his land into thine hand, and thou shalt doe vnto him as thou diddest vnto Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Lorde our God deliuered also vnto our hand, Og the King of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him, vntill none was left him aliue, And we tooke all his cities the same time, neither was there a citie which we tooke not from them, euen three score cities, and all ye countrey of Argob, the kingdome of Og in Bashan. All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside As villages and small towns. unwalled towns a great many. And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, Because this was God's appointment, therefore it may not be judged cruel. women, and children, of every city. But all the cattell and the spoyle of the cities we tooke for our selues. Thus we tooke at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Iorden from the riuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon: (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Shirion, but the Amorites call it Shenir) All the cities of the plaine, and all Gilead, and all Bashan vnto Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdome of Og in Bashan. For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his The more terrible this giant was, the greater reason they had to glorify God for the victory. bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the riuer of Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the Reubenites and Gadites. And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdome of Og, gaue I vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh: euen all the countrey of Argob with all Bashan, which is called, The land of gyants. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto Meaning, when he wrote this history. this day. And I gaue part of Gilead vnto Machir. And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Which separates the Ammonites from the Amorites. Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon; The plaine also and Iorden, and the borders from Chinnereth euen vnto the Sea of the plaine, to wit, the salt Sea vnder the springs of Pisgah Eastwarde. And I commanded That is, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh, as in (Num_32:32). you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all [that are] meet for the war. Your wiues onely, and your children, and your cattel (for I know that ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your cities, which I haue giuen you, Vntill the Lorde haue giuen rest vnto your brethren as vnto you, and that they also possesse the lande, which the Lorde your God hath giuen them beyond Iorden: then shall ye returne euery man vnto his possession, which I haue giuen you. And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the So that the victories did not come by your own wisdom, strength or multitude. LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. Ye shall not feare them: for the Lord your God, he shall fight for you. And I besought the Lorde the same time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can He speaks according to the common and corrupt speech of those who attribute power to idols that only belongs to God. do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly He means Zion, where the Temple should be built, and God honoured. mountain, and Lebanon. But the Lord was angrie with me for your sakes, and would not heare me: and the Lord said vnto me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more vnto me of this matter. Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and As before he saw by the spirits of prophecy the good mountain which was Zion: so here his eyes were lifted up above the order of nature to behold all the plentiful land of Canaan. lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. But charge Ioshua, and incourage him, and bolden him: for hee shall goe before this people, and he shall deuide for inheritance vnto them, the land which thou shalt see. So wee abode in the valley ouer against Beth-Peor. Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to For this doctrine stands not in bare knowledge, but in practice of life. do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall Think not to be more wise than I am. not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye God will not be served by halves, but will have full obedience. diminish [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. Your God's judgments executed on other idolaters ought to serve for our instruction, read (Num_25:3-4). eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. But ye that did And were not idolaters. cleave unto the LORD your God [are] alive every one of you this day. Behold, I haue taught you ordinances, and lawes, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should doe euen so within the land whither ye goe to possesse it. Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your Because all men naturally desire wisdom, he shows how to attain it. wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people. For what nation [is there so] great, who [hath] God [so] Helping us, and delivering us out of all dangers, as in (2Sa_7:23). nigh unto them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]? And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day? Only take heed to thyself, and He adds all these words, to show that we can never be careful enough to keep the law of God and to teach it to our posterity. keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said vnto me, Gather me the people together, and I wil cause them heare my wordes, that they may learne to feare me all the dayes that they shal liue vpon the earth, and that they may teache their children: And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain The law was given with fearful miracles, to declare both that God was the author of it, and also that no flesh was able to abide the rigour of the same. burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. And the Lorde spake vnto you out of the middes of the fire, and ye heard the voyce of the wordes, but sawe no similitude, saue a voyce. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to God joins this condition to his covenant. perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances & lawes, which ye should obserue in the lande, whither ye goe, to possesse it. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no Signifying, that destruction is prepared for all who make any image to represent God. manner of similitude on the day [that] the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: That ye corrupt not your selues, and make you a grauen image or representation of any figure: whither it be the likenes of male or female, The likenes of any beast that is on earth, or the likenesse of any fethered foule that flieth in the aire: Or the likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the earth, or the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth, And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath He has appointed them to serve man. divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the He has delivered you out of most miserable slavery and freely chosen you for his. iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day. And the Lord was angrie with me for your words, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iorden, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance. But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but Moses good affection appears in that while he himself is deprived of such an excellent treasure, he does not envy those who must enjoy it. ye shall go over, and possess that good land. Take heede vnto your selues, least ye forget the couenant of the Lorde your God which hee made with you, and least ye make you any grauen image, or likenes of any thing, as the Lorde thy God hath charged thee. For the LORD thy God [is] a To those that come not to him with love and reverence, but rebel against him. consuming fire, [even] a jealous God. When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall Meaning by this all superstition and corruption of the true service of God. corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: I Though men would abuse you, yet the insensible creatures will be witnesses of your disobedience. call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. And the LORD shall So that his curse will make his former blessings ineffectual. scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. And there ye shall serue gods, euen ye worke of mans hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell. But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy Not with outward show or ceremony, but with a true confession of your faults. heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come vpon thee, at the length if thou returne to the Lorde thy God, and bee obedient vnto his voyce, (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he To certify to them even more the assurance of their salvation. sware unto them. For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and Man's negligence is partially the cause for his ignorance of God. [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it? Did euer people heare the voyce of God speaking out of the middes of a fire, as thou hast heard, and liued? Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by By so manifest proofs that none could doubt of it. temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest He shows the reason why God did these miracles. know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him. Out of heauen hee made thee heare his voyce to instruct thee, and vpon earth he shewed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his voyce out of the middes of the fire. And because Freely, and not because they deserved it. he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; To thrust out nations greater and mightier then thou, before thee, to bring thee in, and to giue thee their land for inheritance: as appeareth this day. Vnderstande therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord, he is God in heauen aboue, and vpon the earth beneath: there is none other. Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may God promises reward not for our merits, but to encourage us, and to assure us that our labour will not be lost. go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. Then Moses separated three cities on this side of Iorden toward the sunne rising: That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbour at vnwares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, vnto one of those cities, and liue: That is, Bezer in the wildernesse, in the plaine countrey of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of Manasseh. So this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. These [are] the The articles and points of the covenant. testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, On this side Iorden, in the valley ouer against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come out of Egypt: And they possessed his land, and the lande of Og King of Bashan, two Kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Iorden towarde the sunne rising: From Aroer, which is by the banke of the riuer Arnon, euen vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon, And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto That is, the salt sea. the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. Then Moses called all Israiel, and saide vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the ordinances and the lawes which I propose to you this day, that yee may learne them, and take heede to obserue them. The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. The LORD Some read, God made not this covenant, that is, in such ample forth and with such signs and wonders. made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day. The LORD talked with you So plainly that you do not need to doubt it. face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, (At that time I stoode betweene the Lorde and you, to declare vnto you ye word of the Lord: for ye were afraid at the sight of the fire, and went not vp into the mount, and he said, I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt have none God binds us to serve him only without superstition and idolatry. other gods before me. Thou shalt make thee no grauen image or any likenesse of that that is in heauen aboue, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters vnder the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a That is, of his honour, not permitting it to be given to others. jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God. love me and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lorde will not holde him giltlesse that taketh his Name in vaine. Keepe the Sabbath day, to sanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days Meaning, since God permits six days for our labours, we should willingly dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly. thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seuenth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not doe any worke therein, thou, nor thy sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man seruant, nor thy mayd, nor thine oxe, nor thine asse, neither any of thy cattel, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy man seruant and thy mayde may rest aswell as thou. For, remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lorde thy God brought thee out thence by a mightie hand and a stretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to obserue the Sabbath day. Not for a show, but with true obedience, and due reverence.Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Neither shalt thou commit adulterie. Neither shalt thou steale. Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour. Neither shalt He not only speaks of that resolute will, but that there should be no motion or affection. thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or any [thing] that [is] thy neighbour's. These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he Teaching us by his example to be content with his word, and add nothing to it. added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me. And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of the darkenes, (for the mountaine did burne with fire) then ye came to me, all the chiefe of your tribes, and your Elders: And ye sayd, Beholde, the Lord our God hath shewed vs his glory and his greatnes, and we haue heard his voyce out of the middes of the fire: we haue seene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth. Now therefore, why should we dye? for this great fire wil consume vs: if we heare ye voyce of the Lord our God any more, we shall dye. For what flesh was there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuing God speaking out of the middes of the fire as we haue, and liued? Go thou neere and heare all that the Lord our God saith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lorde our God saith vnto thee, and we will heare it, and doe it. Then the Lorde heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye spake vnto me: and the Lorde sayd vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of ye wordes of this people, which they haue spoken vnto thee: they haue well sayd, all that they haue spoken. O He requires nothing but obedience from us, showing also that we ourselves are the unveiling of it. that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Go, say vnto them, Returne you into your tentes. But stand thou here with me, and I wil tell thee all the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which thou shalt teach them: that they may doe them in the land which I giue them to possesse it. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not You shall neither add nor take away, (Deu_4:2). turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may In the same way that God, by way of our obedience, gives us all happiness: so from disobeying God proceed all our miseries. live, and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong [your] days in the land which ye shall possess. These now are the commandements, ordinances, and lawes, which the Lorde your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might doe them in the land whither ye go to possesse it: That thou mayest A reverent face and love for God is the first beginning to keeping God's commandments. fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do [it]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, Which has an abundance of all things needed for man's life. in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Heare, O Israel, The Lord our God is Lord onely, And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might. And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart. And thou shalt Some read, «You shall whet them upon your children»: that is, that they may imprint them more deeply in their memory. teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. {(teach: Heb. whet, or, sharpen)} And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe as frontlets betweene thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the That when you enter in you may remember them. posts of thy house, and on thy gates. And when the Lord thy God hath brought thee into the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue to thee, with great and goodly cities which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all maner of goods which thou filledst not, and welles digged which thou diggedst not, vineyards & oliue trees which thou plantedst not, and when thou hast eaten and art full, Do not let wealth and ease cause you to forget God's mercies, by which you were delivered out of misery.[Then] beware lest thou shouldest forget the LORD, who brought thee forth from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. {(bondage: Heb. bondmen or, servants)} Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt We must fear God, serve him only and confess his Name, which is done by swearing lawfully. swear by his name. Ye shall not walke after other gods, after any of the gods of the people which are round about you, (For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you:) least the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth. Ye shall not By doubting his power, refusing lawful means, and abusing his graces. tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted [him] in Massah. But ye shal keepe diligently the commandements of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his ordinances which he hath commanded thee, And thou shalt do [that which is] right and good in the Here he condemns all of man's good intentions. sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to thy fathers, To cast out all thine enemies before thee, as the Lord hath sayd. [And] when God not only requires that we serve him all our lives, but also that we see that our posterity sets forth his glory. thy son shall ask thee in time to come, saying, What [mean] the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Then shalt thou say vnto thy sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in Egypt: but the Lord brought vs out of Egypt with a mightie hand. And the Lord shewed signes and wonders great and euill vpon Egypt, vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all his housholde, before our eyes, And he Nothing should move us more to true obedience than the great benefits which we have received from God. brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. Therefore the Lord hath commanded vs, to doe all these ordinances, and to feare the Lord our God, that it may goe euer well with vs, and that he may preserue vs aliue as at this present. And it shall be our Because no one can fully obey the law, we must turn to Christ to be justified by faith. righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. When the Lorde thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possesse it, and shall roote out many nations before thee: the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, seuen nations greater and mightier then thou, And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them Into thy power. before thee; thou shalt smite them, [and] utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne. For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly. But thus shall ye deal with them; God would have his service pure without idolatrous ceremonies and superstitions. (Deu_12:3). ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lorde thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth. The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD Freely, finding no cause in you more than in others so to do. loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore And so put difference between him and idols. that the LORD thy God, he [is] God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; And repayeth Meaning revealed, or in this life. them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. Keepe thou therefore the commaundements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which I commaund thee this day to doe them. Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the This covenant is grounded in his free grace: therefore in recompensing their obedience, he respects his mercy and not their merits. mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: And he wil loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiplie thee: he will also blesse the fruite of thy wombe, and the fruite of thy land, thy corne and thy wine, and thine oyle and the increase of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe in the land, which he sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee. Thou shalt be blessed aboue all people: there shall be neither male nor female barren among you, nor among your cattell. Moreouer, the Lorde will take away from thee all infirmities, and will put none of the euill diseases of Egypt (which thou knowest) vpon thee, but wil send them vpon all that hate thee. And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; We should not be merciful when God commands severity. thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee. If thou say in thine heart, These nations are moe then I, how can I cast them out? Thou shalt not feare them, but remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Pharaoh, and vnto all Egypt: The great tentations which thine eyes sawe, and the signes and wonders, and the mighty hand and stretched out arme, whereby the Lorde thy God brought thee out: so shall the Lord thy God do vnto all ye people, whose face thou fearest. Moreover the LORD thy God will send the There is not a creature so small, that I will not arm it to fight on your side against them. hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. Thou shalt not feare them: for the Lorde thy God is among you, a God mightie & dreadful. And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the It is to your advantage that God does not accomplish his promise as soon as you would wish. beasts of the field increase upon thee. But the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, and shall destroy them with a mightie destruction, vntill they be brought to naught. And he shall deliuer their Kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from vnder heauen: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, vntill thou hast destroyed them. The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou And be enticed to idolatry. be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God. Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed. All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe Showing that it is not enough to hear the word, unless we express it by the example of our lives. to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to Which is declared in afflictions, either by patience, or by grudging against God's visitation. prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by Man does not live by meat only, but by the power of God, who gives it strength to nourish us. bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot As those that go barefoot. swell, these forty years. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, [so] the LORD thy God So that his affliction are signs of his fatherly love toward us. chasteneth thee. Therefore shalt thou keepe the commaundements of the Lorde thy God, that thou mayest walke in his wayes, and feare him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land in the which are riuers of water and fountaines, and depthes that spring out of valleis and mountaines: A land of wheate and barley, and of vineyards, and figtrees, and pomegranates: a land of oyle oliue and hony: A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land Where there are mines of metal. whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt To receive God's benefits and not be thankful, is to despise God in them. bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the Lorde thy God, not keeping his commandements, and his lawes, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day: Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses & dwelt therein, And thy beastes, and thy sheepe are increased, and thy siluer and golde is multiplied, and all that thou hast is increased, Then thine heart By attributing God's benefits to your own wisdom and labour, or to good fortune. be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; Who was thy guide in the great and terrible wildernes (wherein were fierie serpents, & scorpions, and drought, where was no water, who brought forth water for thee out of ye rock of flint: Who fed thee in the wildernesse with MAN, which thy fathers knewe not) to humble thee, and and to proue thee, that he might doe thee good at thy latter ende. Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance. But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for [it is] he that If things concerning this life proceed only from God's mercy, how much more do spiritual gifts and everlasting life. giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as [it is] this day. And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I Or take to witness the heaven and the earth, as in (Deu_4:26). testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before you, so ye shall perish, because ye woulde not be obedient vnto the voyce of the Lord your God. Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan Meaning shortly. this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast By the report of the spies. (Num_13:26). heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak! Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God [is] he which To guide you and govern you. goeth over before thee; [as] a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my Man by himself deserves nothing but God's anger, and if God spares anyone it comes from his great mercy. righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob. Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou [art] a Like stubborn oxen who will not endure their masters yoke. stiffnecked people. Remember, [and] forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: He proves by the length of time, that their rebellion was great and intolerable. from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lorde to anger so that the Lord was wroth with you, euen to destroy you. When I was gone vp into the mount, to receiue the tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant, which the Lord made with you: and I abode in the mount fourtie daies & fourtie nights, and I neither ate bread nor yet dranke water: And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the That is, miraculously, and not by the hand of men. finger of God; and on them [was written] according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended, the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone, the tables, I say, of the couenant. And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have As soon as man declines from the obedience of God, his ways are corrupt. corrupted [themselves]; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. Furthermore, the Lord spake vnto me, saying, I haue seene this people, and beholde, it is a stifnecked people. Demonstrating that the prayers of the faithful are a bar to restrain God's anger so that he does not consume all.Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. So I returned, and came downe from the Mount (and the Mount burnt with fire, and ye two Tables of the couenant were in my two handes) And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, [and] had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the That is, from the Law: in which he declares what the cause of our punishment is. way which the LORD had commanded you. Therefore I tooke the two Tables, and cast them out of my two handes, and brake them before your eyes. And I fell downe before the Lorde, fourtie dayes, and fourtie nightes, as before: I neither ate bread nor dranke water, because of al your sinnes, which ye had committed, in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lorde, in that ye prouoked him vnto wrath. (For I was afraide of the wrath and indignation, wherewith the Lord was mooued against you, euen to destroy you) yet the Lord heard me at that time also. And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have By which he shows the danger they are in who have authority and do not resist wickedness. destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, [and] ground [it] very small, [even] until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the Horeb, or Sinai. mount. Also in Taberah, & in Massah and in Kibrothhattaauah ye prouoked ye Lord to anger. Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye At the return of the spies. rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. Ye haue bene rebellious vnto the Lorde, since the day that I knewe you. Thus I fell down before the LORD By which is signified that God requires earnest continuance in prayer. forty days and forty nights, as I fell down [at the first]; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. And I prayed vnto the Lorde, and saide, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatnesse, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt by a mightie hand. The godly in their prayers ground on God's promise, and confess their sins.Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: Lest the countrey, whence thou broughtest them, say, Because ye Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated them, he caried them out, to slay them in the wildernesse. Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mightie power, and by thy stretched out arme. In the same time the Lord said vnto me, Hewe thee two Tables of stone like vnto the first, and come vp vnto me into the Mount, and make thee an Arke of wood, And I will write vpon the Tables ye wordes that were vpon the first Tables, which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the Arke. And I made an ark [of] Which is a wood of long endurance. shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the When you were assembled to receive the Law. assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. And I departed, and came downe from the Mount, and put the Tables in the Arke which I had made: and there they be, as the Lorde commanded me. And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to This mountain was also called Hor, (Num_20:28). Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Iotbath a land of running waters. At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to That is, to offer sacrifice, and to declare the Law to the people. minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. Wherefore Levi hath no part nor So God turned the curse of Jacob to a blessing (Gen_49:7). inheritance with his brethren; the LORD [is] his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. And I taried in the mount, as at ye first time, fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and the Lorde heard me at that time also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee. But the Lord said vnto me, Arise, goe forth in the iourney before the people, that they may goe in and possesse the land, which I sware vnto their fathers to giue vnto them. And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God For all our sins and transgressions God requires nothing but to turn to him and obey him. require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, That thou keepe the commaundements of the Lord, and his ordinances, which I commaunde thee this day, for thy wealth? Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is. Although he was Lord of heaven and earth, he chose no one but you.Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you above all people, as [it is] this day. Cut off all your evil affections, (Jer_4:4).Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lordes, a great God, mightie and terrible, which accepteth no persons nor taketh reward: Who doeth right vnto the fatherlesse and widowe, & loueth the stranger, giuing him foode and rayment. Loue ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and Read (Deu_6:13). swear by his name. He is thy praise, and hee is thy God, that hath done for thee these great & terrible things, which thine eyes haue seene. Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude. Therefore thou shalt loue the Lord thy God, and shalt keepe that, which he commandeth to be kept: that is, his ordinances, and his lawes, and his commandements alway. And You who have seen God's graces with your eyes should be moved, rather than your children who have only heard of them. know ye this day: for [I speak] not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, And his signes, and his actes, which hee did in the middes of Egypt vnto Pharaoh the King of Egypt and vnto all his land: And what he did vnto the hoste of the Egyptians, vnto their horses, and to their charets, when he caused the waters of the red Sea to ouerflowe them, as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroied them vnto this day: And As well concerning his benefits, as his corrections. what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; And what he did vnto Dathan & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab ye sonne of Reuben, when the earth opened her mouth, & swallowed them with their housholds and their tents, and all their substance that they had in the middes of al Israel. For your eyes haue seene all the great actes of the Lord which he did. Therefore shall ye keep Because you have felt both his chastisement and his benefits. all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; Also that ye may prolong your daies in the land, which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to giue vnto them and to their seede, euen a lande that floweth with milke and honie. For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy By making gutters for the water to come out of the Nile river to water the land. foot, as a garden of herbs: But the land whither ye goe to possesse it, is a land of mountaines and valleis, and drinketh water of the raine of heauen. This land doth the Lord thy God care for: the eies of the Lord thy God are alwaies vpon it, from the beginning of the yeere, euen vnto the ende of the yeere. If yee shall hearken therefore vnto my commaundements, which I commaund you this day, that yee loue the Lorde your God and serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule, That I will give [you] the rain of your land in his due season, In the seed time, and toward harvest. the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. Also I will send grasse in thy fieldes, for thy cattel, that thou maist eate, and haue inough. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not By devising foolish devotions according to your own fantasies. deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And so the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut vp the heauen, that there be no raine, and that your lande yeelde not her fruit, and yee perish quickly from the good land, which the Lord giueth you. Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes, And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them, whe thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest downe, and when thou risest vp. And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates, That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as As long as the heavens and earth endure, (2Pe_3:10, 2Pe_3:12). the days of heaven upon the earth. For if ye keepe diligently all these commandements, which I command you to doe: that is, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him, Then will the Lorde cast out all these nations before you, and ye shall possesse great nations and mightier then you. Every place whereon the soles of This was accomplished in David and Solomon's time. your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost The Mediterranean. sea shall your coast be. No man shall stande against you: for the Lorde your God shall cast the feare and dread of you vpon all the land that ye shal treade vpon, as he hath said vnto you. Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: The blessing, if ye obey the commandements of the Lorde your God which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not He reproves the malice of men who leave that which is certain to follow that which is uncertain. known. When the Lord thy God therefore hath brought thee into ye lande, whither thou goest to possesse it, then thou shalt put the blessing vpon mount Gerizim, and the curse vpon mount Ebal. [Are] they not on the other side Jordan, by the way Meaning, in Samaria. where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? For yee shall passe ouer Iorden, to goe in to possesse the land, which ye Lorde your God giueth you, and ye shall possesse it, & dwell therein. Take heede therefore that ye doe all the commaundements and the lawes, which I set before you this day. These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God By which they are admonished to seek no other God. of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. Yee shall vtterly destroy all the places wherein the nations which ye shal possesse, serued their gods vpon the hie mountaines and vpon the hilles, and vnder euery greene tree. And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their In which they sacrificed to their idols. groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. Ye shall You shall not serve the Lord with superstitions. not do so unto the LORD your God. But ye shal seeke the place which the Lord your God shall chose out of all your tribes, to put his Name there, and there to dwell, and thither thou shalt come, And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave Meaning, the first fruits. offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: And there ye shall eat Where his Ark shall be. before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do Not that they sacrificed after their fantasies, but that God would be served more purely in the land of Canaan. here this day, every man whatsoever [is] right in his own eyes. For ye are not yet come to rest, and to the inheritance which the Lord thy God giueth thee. But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you It was not enough to conquer unless God maintained them in rest under his protection. rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; When there shalbe a place which the Lord your God shall chose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall yee bring all that I commaund you: your burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the offring of your hands, and all your speciall vowes which ye vowe vnto the Lord: And ye shall reioyce before the Lord your God, yee, and your sonnes & your daughters, and your seruaunts, and your maidens, and the Leuite that is within your gates: for hee hath no part nor inheritance with you. Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offrings in euery place that thou seest: But in the place which the LORD shall As was declared ever by the placing of the ark in Shiloh 243 years, or as some write more that 300 years, and in other places till the temple was built. choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the As God has given you power and ability. blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, Everyone may eat equally at home the beast appointed for sacrifice and the other. as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water. Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the Meaning, whatever was offered to the Lord, may not be eaten, except where he had appointed. tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: But thou shalt eate it before the Lorde thy God, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse, thou, & thy sonne, & thy daughter, & thy seruat, and thy maid, and the Leuite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, in all that thou puttest thine hand to. Beware, that thou forsake not the Leuite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth. When the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I wil eate flesh, (because thine heart longeth to eate flesh) thou maiest eate flesh, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth. If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his Name there, be farre from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy bullockes, and of thy sheepe which the Lorde hath giuen thee, as I haue commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth. Euen as the roe bucke, and the hart is eaten, so shalt thou eat them. both the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike. Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood Because the life of beasts is in their blood. [is] the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water. Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord: Only thy That which you will offer in sacrifice. holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: And thou shalt make thy burnt offerings of the flesh, and of the blood vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God, and the blood of thine offerings shall bee powred vpon the altar of the Lorde thy God, and thou shalt eate the flesh. Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go God by promise binds himself to do good to those who obey his word. well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest [that which is] good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. When the Lorde thy God shall destroy the nations before thee, whither thou goest to possesse them, and thou shalt possesse them and dwell in their lande, Take heed to thyself that thou be not By following their superstitions and idolatries, and thinking to serve me by it. snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have They held nothing too dear to offer to their idols. burnt in the fire to their gods. Therefore whatsoeuer I command you, take heede you doe it: thou shalt put nothing thereto, nor take ought therefrom. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of Who says that he has things revealed to him in dreams. dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, He shows that to which the false prophets tend. Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God God ordains all these things that his may be known. proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Yee shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him, and shall keepe his commaundements, and hearken vnto his voyce, and yee shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him. And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be Being convicted by testimonies, and condemned by the judge. put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. If All natural affection must give place to God's honour. thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own Whom you love as your life. soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; Any of the gods of the people which are round about you, neere vnto thee or farre off from thee, from the one ende of the earth vnto ye other: Thou shalt not cosent vnto him, nor heare him, neither shall thine eye pitie him, nor shewe mercie, nor keepe him secret: But thou shalt surely kill him; As the witness is charged. thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he dye (because he hath gone about to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of ye land of Egypt, from ye house of bondage) That all Israel may heare and feare, and doe no more any such wickednesse as this among you. If thou shalt heare say (concerning any of thy cities which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee to dwell in) Wicked men are gone out from among you, & haue drawen away the inhabitants of their citie, saying, Let vs go and serue other gods, which ye haue not knowen, Then shalt Which are appointed to see faults punished. thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt euen slay the inhabitants of that citie with the edge of the sworde: destroy it vtterly, and all that is therein, and the cattel thereof with the edge of the sworde. And Signifying that no idolatry is so detestable, nor more grievously to be punished, than of those who once professed God. thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. And there shall cleave nought of the Of the spoil of that idolatrous and cursed city, read (Deu_7:26; Jos_7:11). cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; When thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, and keepe all his commandements which I command thee this day, that thou do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Ye shall not cut yourselues, nor make you any baldnesse betweene your eyes for the dead. For thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a Therefore you should not follow the superstition of the Gentiles. peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that [are] upon the earth. Thou shalt eate no maner of abominatio. This ceremonial Law instructed the Jews to seek a spiritual pureness, even in their meat and drink.These [are] the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, The hart, and the roe buck, and the bugle, and the wilde goate, and the vnicorne, & the wilde oxe, and the chamois. And euery beast that parteth ye hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and is of the beasts that cheweth the cudde, that shall ye eate. But these ye shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, and of them that deuide and cleaue the hoofe onely: ye camell, nor the hare, nor the cony: for they chewe the cudde, but deuide not ye hoofe: therefore they shall be vncleane vnto you: Also the swine, because he deuideth the hoofe, and cheweth not the cud, shalbe vncleane vnto you: ye shal not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeises. These ye shall eate, of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate. And whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor scales, ye shall not eate: it shall be vncleane vnto you. Of all cleane birdes ye shall eate: But these are they, whereof ye shall not eate: the egle, nor the goshawke, nor the osprey, Nor the glead nor the kite, nor the vulture, after their kind, Nor all kinde of rauens, Nor the ostrich, nor the nightcrow, nor the semeaw, nor the hawke after her kinde, Neither the litle owle, nor the great owle, nor the redshanke, Nor the pellicane, nor the swanne, nor the cormorant: The storke also, and the heron in his kinde, nor the lapwing, nor the backe. And euery creeping thing that flieth, shall be vncleane vnto you: it shall not be eaten. But of all cleane foules ye may eate. Ye shall not eat [of] any thing that Because their blood was not shed, but remains in them. dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the Who is not of your religion. stranger that [is] in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou [art] an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Thou shalt truly The tithes were ordained for the maintenance of the Levites, who had no inheritance. tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. And thou shalt eate before the Lorde thy God (in the place which he shall chose to cause his Name to dwell there) the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first borne of thy kine and of thy sheepe, that thou maiest learne to feare the Lord thy God alway. And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, When he shall give thee abilities. when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: Then shalt thou make it in money, and take the money in thine hand, and goe vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chose. And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: After the Priest has received the Lord's part. and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part nor inheritance with thee. At the end of three years thou shalt Besides the yearly tithes that were given to the Levites, these were laid up in store for the poor. bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay [it] up within thy gates: Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest. At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome. And this [is] the manner of the release: Every He shall only release his debtors, who are not able to pay for that year. creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release. Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit: For if your debtor is rich, he may be forced to pay.Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it: So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements, which I commande thee this day. For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, as he hath promised thee: and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou thy selfe shalt not borow, and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations, & they shall not reigne ouer thee. If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother: But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath. Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee: Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to. To try your charity, (Mat_26:11).For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt You shall be liberal. open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee: And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie, Thou shalt In token that you acknowledge the benefit which God has given you by his labours. furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. And remember that thou wast a seruant in the land of Egypt, & the Lord thy God deliuered thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee, Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust [it] through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant To the year of Jubile, (Lev_25:40). for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double For the hired servant served but three years, and he six. hired servant [to thee], in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: For they are the Lords. thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. Thou shalt eate it before the Lord thy God yeere by yeere, in the place which the Lord shall chose, both thou, and thine household. But if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or haue any euill fault, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God, Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean [person shall eat it] alike, You will eat them, as well as the roe buck and other wild beasts. as the roebuck, and as the hart. Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof, but powre it vpon the ground as water. Observe the month of Read (Exo_13:4). Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore You shall eat the Easter lamb. sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of Which signified the affliction which you had in Egypt. affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shalbe no leauen seene with thee in all thy coastes seuen dayes long: neither shall there remaine the night any of the flesh vntil the morning which thou offeredst ye first day at euen. Thou mayest This was chiefly accomplished, when the temple was built. not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Which was instituted to remind them of their deliverance our of Egypt and to encourage them in the hope of Jesus Christ, of whom this lamb was a figure. passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. And thou shalt roste & eate it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, and shalt returne on the morowe, and goe vnto thy tentes. Six daies shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and ye seuenth day shall be a solemne assemblie to ye Lord thy God thou shalt do no worke therei n. Seven weeks shalt thou Beginning the next morning after the Passover, (Lev_23:15; Exo_13:4). number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from [such time as] thou beginnest [to put] the sickle to the corn. And thou shalt keepe the feast of weekes vnto the Lord thy God, euen a free gift of thine hand, which thou shalt giue vnto the Lorde thy God, as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee. And thou shalt reioyce before the Lord thy God, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, and thy maide, and the Leuite that is within thy gates, & the stranger, & the fatherles, and the widowe, that are among you, in the place which the Lorde thy God shall chuse to place his Name there, And thou shalt remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt: therefore thou shalt obserue and doe these ordinances. Thou shalt That is, the 15th day of the seventh month, (Lev_23:34). observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: And thou shalt reioyce in thy feast, thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter, and thy seruant, & thy maid, & the Leuite, & the stranger, & the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are wtin thy gates. Seuen daies shalt thou keepe a feast vnto the Lorde thy God in the place which the Lorde shall chuse: when the Lord thy God shall blesse thee in all thine increase, and in all the workes of thine hands, thou shalt in any case be glad. Three times in the yeere shall all the males appeare before the Lorde thy God in the place which he shall chuse: in the feast of the vnleauened bread, and in the feast of the weekes, and in the feast of the Tabernacles: and they shall not appeare before the Lord emptie. Every man [shall give] as he is According to the ability that God has given him. able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. He gave temporary authority to the people to choose magistrates for themselves.Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust. That which The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice. is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt plant thee no groue of any trees neere vnto the altar of the Lorde thy God, which thou shalt make thee. Thou shalt set thee vp no pillar, which thing the Lord thy God hateth. Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God [any] bullock, or sheep, wherein is You shall not serve God for selfish means as the hypocrites do. blemish, [or] any evilfavouredness: for that [is] an abomination unto the LORD thy God. If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or Showing that the crime cannot be excused by the frailty of the person. woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not By which he condemns all religion and serving of God which God has not commanded. commanded; And it be tolde vnto thee, and thou hast heard it, then shalt thou inquire diligently: and if it be true, and the thing certaine, that such abomination is wrought in Israel, Then shalt thou bring foorth that man, or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thing) vnto thy gates, whether it be man or woman, & shalt stone them with stones, til they die. At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is woorthie of death, die: but at the mouth of one witnesse, he shall not die. The hands of the By which they declared that they testify the truth. witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the To signify a common consent to maintain God's honour and true religion. people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. If there rise a matter too harde for thee in iudgemet betweene blood & blood, betweene plea and plea, betweene plague and plague, in the matters of controuersie within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and goe vp vnto the place which the Lord thy God shall chuse, And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the Who will sentence as the priests counsel him by the Law of God. judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: And thou shalt do according to that thing which they of that place (which the Lorde hath chosen) shewe thee, and thou shalt obserue to doe according to all that they informe thee. According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, You shall obey their sentence that the controversy may have an end. thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, [to] the right hand, nor [to] the left. And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounces according to his word. minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. So all the people shall heare and feare, and doe no more presumptuously. Whe thou shalt come vnto ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and dwell therein, if thou say, I will set a King ouer me, like as all the nations that are about me, Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a Who is not from your nation, lest he change true religion into idolatry, and bring you to slavery. stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother. But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to To avenge their injuries and to take their best horses from them; (1Ki_10:28). Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart From the Law of God. turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this Meaning, Deuteronomy. law in a book out of [that which is] before the He shall cause it to be written by them, or he shall write it by their example. priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall reade therein all daies of his life, that he may learne to feare the Lord his God, & to keepe all ye words of this Lawe, and these ordinances for to doe them: That his heart be not lifted up above his By which is meant that kings should love their subjects as nature causes one brother to love another. brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. The priests the Levites, [and] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his That is, the Lord's part of his inheritance. inheritance. Therefore shall they haue no inheritance among their brethren: for the Lorde is their inheritance, as he hath sayd vnto them. And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether [it be] ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the The right shoulder, (Num_18:18). shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. The first fruites also of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the first of the fleece of thy sheepe shalt thou giue him. For the Lorde thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer. And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with Meaning, to serve God whole heartedly, and not to seek ease. all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; He shall then minister in the Name of the Lorde his God, as all his brethren the Leuites, which remaine there before the Lord. They shall have like portions to eat, Not forced to live from himself. beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. When thou shalt come into ye land which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not learne to do after ye abominatios of those nations. There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to Signifying they were purged by this ceremony of passing between two fires. pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or that counselleth with spirits, or a soothsaier, or that asketh counsel at ye dead. For all that doe such things are abomination vnto the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lorde thy God doeth cast them out before thee. Thou shalt be Without hypocrisy or mixture or false religion. perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto those that regarde the times, and vnto sorcerers: as for thee, the Lorde thy God hath not suffred thee so. The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Meaning, a continual succession of prophets, till Christ, the end of all prophets, comes. Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to al that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assemblie, when thou saidest, Let me heare the voice of my Lorde God no more, nor see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the Lord sayde vnto me, They haue well spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his A promise not only made to Christ, but to all that teach in his name, (Isa_59:21). mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will By executing punishment on him. require [it] of him. But the prophet that shall presume to speake a worde in my name, which I haue not commanded him to speake, or that speaketh in the name of other gods, euen the same prophet shall die. And if thou thinke in thine heart, Howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing Under this sure note he comprises all the other tokens. follow not, nor come to pass, that [is] the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, [but] the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. When the Lorde thy God shall roote out the nations, whose lande the Lorde thy God giueth thee, and thou shalt possesse them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the middes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it. Thou shalt Make an open and ready way. prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every Who killed against his will, and bore no hatred in his heart. slayer may flee thither. This also is ye cause wherfore the manslaier shal flee thither, and liue: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed: As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he That murder not be committed on murder. shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: Least the auenger of the blood followe after the manslaier, while his heart is chafed, and ouertake him, because the way is long, and slaie him, although he be not worthy of death, because he hated him not in time passed. Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt appoint out three cities for thee. And if the LORD thy God When you go over Jordan to possess the whole land of Canaan. enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; (If thou keepe all these commaundements to doe them, which I commaund thee this day: to wit, that thou loue the Lord thy God, and walke in his waies for euer) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee besides those three, That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance, and Lest you be punished for innocent blood. [so] blood be upon thee. But if a man hate his neighbour, and lay waite for him, and rise against him, and smite any man that he die, and flee vnto any of these cities, Then the The magistrates. elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Thine Then whoever pardons murder, goes against the word of God. eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away [the guilt of] innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it. One witnes shall not rise against a man for any trespasse, or for any sinne, or for any fault that hee offendeth in, but at the mouth of two witnesses or at the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be stablished. If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse, Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the God's presence where his true ministers are assembled. LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; And the Iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be found false, and hath giuen false witnes against his brother, Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee. And the rest shal heare this, and feare, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickednes among you. Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote. When Meaning, upon just occasion: for God does not permit his people to fight every time it seems good to them. thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when ye are come nere vnto the battel, then the Priest shal come forth to speake vnto the people, And shal say vnto them, Heare, O Israel: ye are come this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your heartes faynt, neither feare, nor be amased, nor adread of them. For the LORD your God [is] he that Is present to defend you with his grace and power. goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not For when they first entered to dwell in a house, they gave thanks to God, acknowledging that they had that benefit by his grace. dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] The Hebrew word signifies to make common or profane, (Lev_19:25) eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and returne againe vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and another man take her. And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go & returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart. And after that the officers haue made an ende of speaking vnto the people, they shal make captaines of the armie to gouerne the people. When thou commest neere vnto a citie to fight against it, thou shalt offer it peace. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of If it accept peace. peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. But if it will make no peace with thee, but make war against thee, then shalt thou besiege it. And the Lord thy God shall deliuer it into thine handes, and thou shalt smite all the males thereof with the edge of the sworde. Onely the women, & the children, & the cattel, & all that is in the citie, euen all the spoyle thereof shalt thou take vnto thy selfe, and shalt eate the spoyle of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath giuen thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these For God had appointed the Canaanites to be destroyed, and made the Israelites the executers of his will, (Deu_7:1). nations. But of the cities of this people, which the Lorde thy God shall giue thee to inherite, thou shalt saue no person aliue, But shalt vtterly destroy them: to wit, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, & the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, That they teache you not to doe after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, & so ye should sinne against the Lorde your God. When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the Some read: For man shall be instead of the tree of the field, to come out in the siege against you. tree of the field [is] man's [life]) to employ [them] in the siege: Onely those trees, which thou knowest are not for meate, those shalt thou destroy and cut downe, & make fortes against the citie that maketh warre with thee, vntil thou subdue it. If [one] be found This law declares how horrible murder is, seeing that because of one man a whole country will be punished, unless remedy is found. slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him: Then thine Elders & thy Iudges shal come forth, and measure vnto the cities that are round about him that is slayne. Aud let ye Elders of that citie, which is next vnto the slaine man, take out of the droue an heifer that hath not bene put to labour, nor hath drawen in the yoke. And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough That the blood shed of the innocent beasts in a solitary place, might make them abhor the fact. valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: Also the Priests the sonnes of Leui (whom the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister, & to blesse in the name of the Lorde) shal come forth, & by their word shal all strife & plague be tried. And all the Elders of that citie that came neere to the slayne man, shal wash their hands ouer the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: And shal testifie, and say, Our handes haue not shed this blood, neither haue our eies seene it. Be merciful, This was the prayer, which the priests made in the audience of the people. O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. So shalt thou take away the cry of innocet blood from thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord. Whe thou shalt go to warre against thine enemies, & the Lord thy God shal deliuer them into thine hands, & thou shalt take the captiues, And shalt see among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, & wouldest take her to thy wife, Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; Signifying that her former life must be changed before she could be joined to the people of God. and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, As having renounced parents and country. and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy This was only allowed in the wars, otherwise the Israelites could not marry strangers. wife. And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another This declares that the plurality of wives came from a corrupt affection. hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn son be hers that was hated: Then when the time commeth, that hee appointeth his sonnes to be heires of that which he hath, he may not make the sonne of the beloued first borne before the sonne of the hated, which is the first borne: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated [for] the firstborn, by giving him a As much as to two of the others. double portion of all that he hath: for he [is] the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn [is] Unless he is unworthy, as Reuben, Jacob's son, was. his. If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his For it is the mother's duty also to instruct her children. mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother take him, & bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, & vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth, And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall A death which was also appointed for blasphemers and idolaters: so that to disobey the parents is most horrible. stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree, His body shall not remain For God's law is satisfied by his death, and nature abhors cruelty. all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged [is] accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and As though your did not see it. hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. And if thy brother [be] not Showing that brotherly affection must be shown, not only to those who dwell near to us, but also to those who are far off. nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. In like manner shalt thou do with his You are bound to do much more for your neighbour. ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse nor his oxe fal downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them, but shalt lift them vp with him. The For that alters the order of nature, and shows that you despise God. woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, [whether they be] young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, If God detests cruelty done to little birds, how much more to man, made according to his image? thou shalt not take the dam with the young: But shalt in any wise let the damme go, & take the yong to thee, that thou mayest prosper and prolong thy dayes. When thou buildest a newe house, thou shalt make a battlemet on thy roofe, that thou lay not blood vpo thine house, if any man fal thence. Thou shalt not The tenor of this law is to walk in simplicity and not to be curious about new fads. sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. Thou shalt not plow with an oxe and an asse together. Thou shalt not weare a garment of diuers sorts, as of woollen and linen together. Thou shalt make thee fringes vpon the foure quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou couerest thy selfe. If a man take a wife, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her, And give That is, be an occasion that she is slandered. occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shal the father of the mayde and her mother take and bring the signes of the maydes virginitie vnto the Elders of the citie to the gate. And the maydes father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, and he hateth her: And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech [against her], saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these [are the tokens of] my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the Meaning, the sheet, in which the signs of her virginity were. cloth before the elders of the city. Then the Elders of the citie shal take that man and chastise him, And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father For the fault of the child becomes the shame of the parents: therefore he was recompensed when she was faultless. of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. But if this thing be true, that the mayde be not found a virgine, Then shall they bring forth the mayde to the doore of her fathers house, & the men of her citie shal stone her with stones to death: for shee hath wrought follie in Israel, by playing ye whore in her fathers house: so thou shalt put euill away from among you. If a man be found lying with a woman marryed to a man, then they shall dye euen both twaine: to wit, the man that lay with the wife, & the wife: so thou shalt put away euil from Israel. If a maid be betrothed vnto an husband, & a man finde her in the towne & lye with her, Then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: the mayde because she cried not, being in the citie, & the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: so thou shalt put away euill from among you. But if a man finde a betrothed mayde in the field, and force her, and lye with her, then the man that lay with her, shal dye alone: But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; [there is] in the damsel no sin [worthy] of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so Meaning, that the innocent cannot be punished. [is] this matter: For he found her in the fieldes: the betrothed mayde cryed, and there was no man to succour her. If a man finde a mayde that is not betrothed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde, Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the maydes father fiftie shekels of siluer: and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he can not put her away all his life. A man shall not He shall not lie with his stepmother, meaning by this all other variations forbidden in (Lev. 18:1-30). take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, Either to bear office, or to marry a wife. shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. This was to cause them to live chastely, that their posterity might not be rejected.A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. The Ammonites and the Moabites shall not enter into the Congregation of the Lord: euen to their tenth generation shal they not enter into the Congregation of the Lord for euer, Because they By this he condemns all who do not aid the children of God in their calling. met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee. Thou You shall have nothing to do with them. shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a strager in his land. The children that are begotten If the fathers have renounced their idolatry, and received circumcision. of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. When thou goest out with the host against thine enemies, keepe thee then from all wickednesse. If there be among you any that is vncleane by that which commeth to him by night, he shall goe out of the hoste, and shall not enter into the hoste, But at euen he shall wash him selfe with water, and when the sunne is downe, he shall enter into the hoste. Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt For the necessities of nature. go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and Meaning by this that his people should be pure both in body and soul. cover that which cometh from thee: For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee, and to giue thee thine enemies before thee: therefore thine hoste shalbe holy, that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee. Thou shalt not This is meant of the heathen, who fled because of their masters' cruelty, and embrace the true religion. deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: He shall dwell with thee, euen among you, in what place he shal chuse, in one of thy cities where it liketh him best: thou shalt not vexe him. There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, neither shal there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel. Thou shalt not bring the Forbidding that any income gained from evil things should be applied to the service of God, (Mic_2:7). hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother: as vsurie of money, vsurie of meate, vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie. Unto a This was permitted for a time because of the hardness of their hearts. stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may If you show charity to your brother, God will declare his love toward you. bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. When thou shalt vowe a vowe vnto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slacke to paye it: for the Lorde thy God will surely require it of thee, and so it should be sinne vnto thee. But when thou absteinest from vowing, it shalbe no sinne vnto thee. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt If the vow is lawful and godly. keep and perform; [even] a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. When thou comest into Being hired for labour. thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put [any] in thy To bring home to your house. vessel. When thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thine hand, but thou shalt not moue a sickle to thy neighbours corne. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: By this God does not approve light divorcement, but permits it to avoid further inconvenience; (Mat_19:7). then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house. And when she is departed out of his house, & gone her way, and marrie with an other man, And if the latter husband hate her, & write her a letter of diuorcement, & put it in her hand, and send her out of his house, or if the latter man die which tooke her to wife: Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is Seeing that by divorcing her he judged her to be unclean and defiled. defiled; for that [is] abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance. When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, That they might learn to know one another's conditions, and so afterward live in godly peace. neither shall he be charged with any business: [but] he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. No man shall take the nether or the upper Not anything by which a man gets his living. millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge. If any man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh marchandise of him, or selleth him, that thiefe shal die: so shalt thou put euil away from among you. Take heede of the plague of leprosie, that thou obserue diligently, and doe according to all that the Priestes of the Leuites shall teach you: take heede ye doe as I commanded them. Remember what the Lord thy God did vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt. When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go As though you would appoint what to have, but shall receive what be may spare. into his house to fetch his pledge. But thou shalt stand without, and the man that borowed it of thee, shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee. Furthermore if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge, In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee Though he would be unthankful, yet God will not forget it. before the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates. Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee. The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne. Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the Because the world valued these people least, therefore God has most care over them. stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: But remember that thou wast a seruant in Egypt, and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence. Therefore I commaund thee to doe this thing. When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy fielde, and hast forgotten a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not goe againe to fet it, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, & for the widowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands. When thou beatest thine oliue tree, thou shalt not goe ouer the boughes againe, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widowe. When thou gatherest thy vineyard, thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee, but they shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherlesse, and for the widowe. And thou shalt remember that thou wast God judged them not mindful of his beasts, unless they were beneficial to others. a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, Whether there is a plaintiff or not, the magistrates should try our faults, and punish according to the crime. that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, When the crime does not deserve death. and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. The superstition Jews later removed one, (2Co_11:24).Forty stripes he may give him, [and] not exceed: lest, [if] he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. Thou shalt not mousell the oxe that treadeth out the corne. If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her Because the Hebrew word does not signify the natural brother, and the word that signifies a brother, is taken also for a kinsman: it seems that it does not mean that the natural brother should marry his brothers wife, but some other kindred that was in the degree that might marry. husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. And the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. And if the man will not take his kinsewoman, then let his kinsewoman goe vp to the gate vnto the Elders, and say, My kinsman refuseth to rayse vp vnto his brother a name in Israel: hee will not doe the office of a kinsman vnto me. Then the Elders of his citie shall call him, and commune with him: if he stand and say, I wil not take her, Then shall his kinswoman come vnto him in the presence of the Elders, and loose his shooe from his foote, and spit in his face, and answere, and say, So shall it be done vnto that man, that will not buylde vp his brothers house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him whose shooe is put off. This law imputes that godly shamefacedness is preferred: for it is a horrible thing to see a woman past shame.When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: Then thou shalt cut off her hande: thine eye shall not spare her. Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small, Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small: But thou shalt haue a right & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee. For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God. Remeber what Amalek did vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt: How he met thee by ye way, & smote ye hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted & weary, & he feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the This was partly accomplished by Saul, about 450 years later. remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it]. Also when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lord thy God giueth thee for inheritance, and shalt possesse it, & dwell therein, By this ceremony they acknowledged that they received the land of Canaan as a free gift from God.That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put [it] in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to To be called upon, served and worshipped spiritually, (Deu_12:5). place his name there. And thou shalt come vnto the Priest, that shall be in those dayes, and say vnto him, I acknowledge this day vnto the Lord thy God, that I am come vnto the countrey which the Lorde sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs. Then the Priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, & set it downe before the altar of the Lord thy God. And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Meaning, Jacob, who served 20 years in Syria. Syrian ready to perish [was] my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, Only by God's mercy, and not by their father's deserving. and populous: And the Egyptians vexed vs, and troubled vs, and laded vs with cruell bondage. And when we Alleging the promises made to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression: And the Lord brought vs out of Egypt in a mightie hande, and a stretched out arme, with great terriblenesse, both in signes and wonders. And he hath brought vs into this place, & hath giuen vs this land, euen a lande that floweth with milke and hony. And now, behold, I have In token of a thankful heart, and mindful of this benefit. brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine Signifying that God does not give us goods for ourselves only, but to be used also by those who are committed to our charge. house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you. When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tythes of thine increase, the thirde yeere, which is the yeere of tithing, and hast giuen it vnto the Leuite, to the stranger, to the fatherlesse, & to the widowe, that they may eate within thy gates, and be satisfied, Then thou shalt Without hypocrisy. say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of [mine] house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not Of malice and contempt. transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten [them]: I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away [ought] thereof for [any] unclean [use], nor given [ought] thereof for the dead: [but] I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, [and] have done As far as my sinful nature would allow: or else as David and Paul say, there is not one just, (Psa_14:3; Rom_3:10). according to all that thou hast commanded me. Looke downe from thine holy habitation, euen from heauen, and blesse thy people Israel, & the lande which thou hast giuen vs (as thou swarest vnto our fathers) the land that floweth with milke and hony. This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with With a good and simple conscience. all thine heart, and with all thy soul. Thou hast set vp the Lorde this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce. Signifying that there is a mutual bond between God and his people.And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that [thou] shouldest keep all his commandments; And to make thee high aboue al nations (which he hath made) in praise, & in name, and in glory, & that thou shouldest be an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, as he hath said. And Moses with the elders of Israel As God's minister and charged with the same. commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. And when ye shal passe ouer Iorden vnto the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee, thou shalt set thee vp great stones, and playster them with plaister, God would have his law set up in the borders of the land of Canaan, that all that looked on it might know that the land was dedicated to his service.And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. Therefore when ye shal passe ouer Iorden, ye shal set vp these stones, which I command you this daye in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister. And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up [any] The altar should not be curiously wrought, because it would continue but for a time: for God would have only one altar in Judah. iron [tool] upon them. Thou shalt make the altar of the Lord thy God of whole stones, and offer burnt offerings thereon vnto the Lord thy God. And thou shalt offer peace offrings, & shalt eate there and reioyce before the Lord thy God: And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law That everyone may well read it, and understand it. very plainly. And Moses & the Priestes of the Leuites spake vnto all Israel, saying, Take heede & heare, O Israel: this day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. Thou This condition has bound you to it, that if you will be his people, you must keep his laws. shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Meaning, Ephraim and Manasseh. Joseph, and Benjamin: And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to Signifying, that if they would not obey God out of love, they would be made to obey out of fear. curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. And the Leuites shal answere and say vnto all the men of Israel with a loude voyce, Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten Under this he contains all the corruptions of God's service, and the transgression of the first table. image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. Cursed [be] he that Or, condemns; and this applies to the second table. setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's He condemns all injuries and extortions. landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [be] he that maketh the Meaning, that does not help and counsel his neighbour. blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's In committing wickedness against him, (Lev_20:11; Deu_22:30; Eze_22:10) skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shal say: So be it. Cursed be he that lyeth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: And all the people shal say: So be it. Cursed [be] he that lieth with his Meaning, his wife's mother. mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed [be] he that smiteth his neighbour For God that sees in secret, will avenge it. secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shal say: So be it. Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the wordes of this Law, to do them: And all the people shal say: So be it. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe [and] to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will He will make you the most excellent of all people. set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and When you think you are forsaken. overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the You will live richly. city, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] in the field. Blessed [shall be] the fruit Your children and succession. of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shalbe thy basket and thy dough. Blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou All your enterprises will have good success. comest in, and blessed [shalt] thou [be] when thou goest out. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee Meaning many ways. seven ways. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine God will bless us, if we do our duty and are not idle. hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. The Lorde shal make thee an holy people vnto himself, as he hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt keepe the commandements of the Lord thy God, and walke in his wayes. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art In that he is your God, and you are his people. called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. And the Lord shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruite of thy body, and in the fruite of thy cattell, and in the fruite of thy grounde, in the land which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, to giue thee. The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the For nothing in the earth is profitable but when God sends his blessings from heaven. heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the Lord shal make thee the head, & not the tayle, & thou shalt be aboue onely, and shalt not bee beneath, if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to keepe and to do them. But thou shalt not decline from any of the wordes, which I command you this day, either to the right hand or to the left, to goe after other gods to serue them. But if thou wilt not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, to keepe & to do all his commandementes and his ordinances, which I command thee this day, then al these curses shal come vpon thee, and ouertake thee. Cursed shalt thou bee in the towne, and cursed also in the fielde. Cursed shal thy basket be, & thy dough. Cursed shall be the fruite of thy body, and the fruite of thy land, the increase of thy kine, & the flockes of thy sheepe. Cursed shalt thou be when thou commest in, and cursed also when thou goest out. The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing, trouble, & shame, in all that which thou settest thine hand to do, vntil thou be destroyed, and perish quickely, because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me. The Lord shall make the pestilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he hath consumed thee from the land, whither thou goest to possesse it. The Lorde shall smite thee with a consumption, and with the feuer, and with a burning ague, and with feruent heate, & with the sworde, and with blasting, and with the mildew, & they shal pursue thee vntill thou perish. And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be It will give you no more moisture than if it were of brass. brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron. The Lorde shal giue thee for the rayne of thy land, dust & ashes: euen from heauen shal it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou be destroyed. The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be Some read, you shall be a terror and fear, when they hear how God has plagued you. removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy You will be cursed both in your life and in your death: for the burial is a testimony of the resurrection a sign you will lack because of your wickedness. carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray [them] away. The Lord wil smite thee with the botch of Egypt, & with the emeroids, & with the skab, and with the itche, that thou canst not be healed. And ye Lorde shal smite thee with madnes, and with blindnes, and with astonying of heart. And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the In things most evident and clear you will lack discretion and judgment. blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save [thee]. Thou shalt betroth a wife, & another man shal lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite. Thine oxe shalbe slayne before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eate thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shalbe giuen vnto thine enemies, and no man shal rescue them for thee. Thy sons and thy daughters [shall be] given unto another people, and thine eyes When they will return from their captivity. shall look, and fail [with longing] for them all the day long: and [there shall be] no might in thine hand. The fruite of thy land and all thy labours shall a people, which thou knowest not, eate, and thou shalt neuer but suffer wrong, and violence always: So that thou shalt be madde for the sight which thine eyes shal see. The Lord shal smite thee in the knees, and in the thighes, with a sore botche, that thou canst not be healed: euen from the sole of thy foote vnto the top of thine head. The LORD shall bring thee, and thy As he did Manasseh, Joiakim, Zedekiah and others. king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. And thou shalt be a wonder, a prouerbe and a common talke among all people, whither the Lord shall carie thee. Thou shalt carie out much seede into the fielde, and shalt gather but litle in: for the grashoppers shall destroy it. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dresse it, but shalt neither drinke of the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the wormes shall eate it. Thou shalt haue Oliue trees in all thy coastes, but shalt not anoynt thy selfe with the oyle: for thine oliues shall fall. Thou shalt beget sonnes, and daughters, but shalt not haue them: for they shall goe into captiuitie. All thy trees and fruit of thy land Under one kind he contains all the vermin, which destroy the fruit of the land: and this is an evident token of God's curse. shall the locust consume. The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow. He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not lend him: he shalbe the head, & thou shalt be ye tayle. Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee and ouertake thee, till thou be destroyed, because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to keepe his commaundements, and his ordinances, which he commanded thee: And they shalbe vpon thee for signes & wonders, and vpon thy seede for euer, Because thou seruedst not the Lorde thy God with ioyfulnesse and with a good heart for the abundance of all things. Therefore thou shalt serue thine enemies which the Lord shal send vpon thee, in hunger & in thirst, and in nakednesse, and in neede of all things? And he shall put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntill he haue destroyed thee. The Lord shall bring a nation vpon thee from farre, euen from the ende of the world, flying swift as an Egle: a nation whose tongue thou shalt not vnderstand: A nation of a fierce countenance, which will not regarde the person of the olde, nor haue compassion of the yong. The same shall eate the fruit of thy cattell, and the fruite of thy land vntill thou be destroyed, and he shall leaue thee neyther wheate, wine, nor oyle, neither the increase of thy kyne, nor the flockes of thy sheepe, vntill he haue brought thee to nought. And he shall besiege thee in all thy cities, vntill thine hie and strong walles fall downe, wherein thou trustedst in all the lande: and hee shall besiege thee in all thy cities throughout all thy lande, which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee. And thou shalt eate the fruite of thy bodie: euen the flesh of thy sonnes and thy daughters, which the Lorde thy God hath giuen thee, during the siege & straitnesse wherein thine enemie shall inclose thee: So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you) shalbe grieued at his brother, and at his wife, that lieth in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, which hee hath yet left, For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothing left him in that siege, and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities. The tender and delicate As came to pass in the days of Joram king of Israel, (2Ki_6:28) and when the Romans besieged Jerusalem. woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, And toward her Hunger will so bite her, that she will be ready to eat her child before it is delivered. young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. If thou wilt not observe to do For he that offends in one, is guilty of all, (Jam_2:10) all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; The the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy seede, euen great plagues and of long continuance, and sore diseases, and of long durance. Moreouer, he will bring vpon thee all the diseases of Egypt, whereof thou wast afraide, and they shall cleaue vnto thee. Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not Declaring, that God has infinite means to plague the wicked, besides those that are ordinary or written. written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. And ye shall be left few in nomber, where ye were as the starres of heauen in multitude, because thou wouldest not obey the voyce of the Lord thy God. And as the Lord hath reioyced ouer you, to doe you good, and to multiply you, so he will reioyce ouer you, to destroy you, and bring you to nought, and ye shalbe rooted out of the land, whither thou goest to possesse it. And the LORD shall Signifying that it is a singular gift from God to be in a place where we may worship God purely and declare our faith and religion. scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, [even] wood and stone. Also among these nations thou shalt finde no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest: for the Lord shal giue thee there a trembling heart, and looking to returne till thine eyes fall out, and a sorowfull minde. And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt feare both night and day, and shalt haue none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Woulde God it were euening, and at the euening thou shalt say, Would God it were morning, for ye feare of thine heart, which thou shalt feare, and for the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see. And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with Because they were unmindful of that miracle, when the sea made room for them to pass through. ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy [you]. These [are] the That is, the articles, or conditions. words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in At the first giving of the law, which was forty years earlier. Horeb. And Moses called all Israel, and said vnto them, Ye haue seene all that the Lorde did before your eyes in the lande of Egypt vnto Pharaoh and vnto all his seruantes, and vnto all his lande, The The proofs of my power. great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: Yet the LORD hath not He shows that it is not in man's power to understand the mysteries of God if it is not given to him from above. given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. And I haue led you fourty yere in the wildernesse: your clothes are not waxed olde vpon you, neyther is thy shooe waxed olde vpon thy foote. Ye have not eaten Made by man's art, but manna, which is called the bread of angels. bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I [am] the LORD your God. After, ye came vnto this place, and Sihon King of Heshbon, and Og King of Bashan came out against vs vnto battell, and we slewe them, And tooke their lande, and gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh. Keepe therefore the wordes of this couenant and doe them, that ye may prosper in all that ye shall doe. Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your Who knows your hearts, and therefore you may not think to conceal from him. God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, [with] all the men of Israel, Your children, your wiues, and thy stranger that is in thy campe from the hewer of thy wood, vnto the drawer of thy water, That thou shouldest Alluding to them, that when they made a sure covenant, divided a beast in two, and past between the parts divided, (Gen_15:10). enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: For to establish thee this day a people vnto him selfe, and that he may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob. Neither make I this couenant, & this othe with you onely, But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] Meaning, their posterity. that [is] not here with us this day: For ye knowe, how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed thorowe the middes of the nations, which ye passed by. And ye haue seene their abominations and their idoles (wood, and stone, siluer and golde) which were among them, Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go [and] serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you Such sin, as the bitter fruit of it might choke and destroy you. a root that beareth gall and wormwood; And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add For as he that is thirsty desires to drink much so he that follows his appetites seeks by all means and yet cannot be satisfied. drunkenness to thirst: The Lord will not be mercifull vnto him, but then the wrath of the Lorde and his ielousie shall smoke against that man, and euery curse that is written in this booke, shall light vpon him, and the Lorde shall put out his name from vnder heauen, And the Lord shall separate him vnto euil out of all the tribes of Israel, according vnto all the curses of the couenant, that is written in the booke of this Lawe. So that the God's plagues on those who rebel against him will be so strong, that all ages will be astonished. generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; (For all that land shall burne with brimstone and salt: it shall not be sowen, nor bring forth, nor any grasse shall growe therein, like as in the ouerthrowing of Sodom, and Gomorah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord ouerthrewe in his wrath and in his anger) Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath? And they shall answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the Lorde God of their fathers, which he had made with them, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, And went and serued other gods and worshipped them: euen gods which they knewe not, and which had giuen them nothing, Therefore the wrath of the Lorde waxed hot against this land, to bring vpon it euery curse that is written in this booke. And ye Lord hath rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and hath cast them into another land, as appeareth this day. The Moses by this proves their curiosity, who seek those things that are only known to God: and their negligence who do not regard that which God has revealed to them, as the law. secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law. And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt By calling to mind both his mercies and his plagues. call [them] to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine In true repentance there is no hypocrisy. heart, and with all thy soul; Then the Lord thy God wil cause thy captiues to returne, and haue compassion vpon thee, and wil returne, to gather thee out of all the people, where the Lord thy God had scattered thee. If [any] of thine be driven out unto the outmost [parts] of Even to the worlds end. heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he And bring you into your country. fetch thee: And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, & thou shalt possesse it, and he will shewe thee fauour, and will multiplie thee aboue thy fathers. And the LORD thy God will God will purge all your wicked affections, a thing that is not in your own power to do. circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. And the Lorde thy God will lay all these curses vpon thine enemies, and on them, that hate thee, and that persecute thee. If we will have God work in us with his Holy Spirit, we must turn again to him by repentance.And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again He does not mean that God is subject to these passions, to rejoice, or to be sad: but he uses this manner of speech to declare the love that he has for us. rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart & with al thy soule. For this commandment which I command thee this day, it [is] The law is so evident that no one can pretend ignorance. not hidden from thee, neither [is] it far off. It is not in heauen, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go vp for vs to heauen, & bring it vs, and cause vs to heare it, that we may doe it? Neither [is] it beyond the By heaven and the sea he means places most far distant. sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the Even the law and the gospel. word [is] very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest By faith in Christ. do it. Beholde, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euill, In that I command thee this day So that to love and obey God, is only life and happiness. to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest He adds these promises to signify that it is for our profit that we love him, and not for his. live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. But if thine heart turne away, so that thou wilt not obey, but shalt be seduced and worship other gods, and serue them, I pronounce vnto you this day, that ye shal surely perish, ye shall not prolong your dayes in the lande, whither thou passest ouer Iorden to possesse it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore That is, love and obey God; which is not in man's power, but only God's Spirit works it in his elect. choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: By louing the Lorde thy God, by obeying his voyce, and by cleauing vnto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy dayes: that thou mayest dwell in the lande which the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iaakob, to giue them. Then Moses went and spake these wordes vnto all Israel, And he said unto them, I [am] an hundred and twenty years old this day; I I can no longer execute my office. can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. The Lord thy God he will go ouer before thee: he will destroy these nations before thee, and thou shalt possesse them. Ioshua, he shall goe before thee, as the Lorde hath said. And the Lord shall doe vnto them, as he did to Sihon and to Og Kings of the Amorites: and vnto their lande whome he destroyed. And the LORD shall give them up Into your hands. before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. Plucke vp your hearts therefore, and be strong: dread not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lorde thy God him selfe doeth goe with thee: he will not faile thee, nor forsake thee. And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and For he that must govern the people, must be valiant to repress evil, and constant to maintain virtue. of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And the LORD, he [it is] that doth Signifying that man can never be of good courage, unless he is persuaded of God's favour and assistance. go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. And Moses wrote this Lawe, and deliuered it vnto the Priestes the sonnes of Leui (which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde) and vnto all the Elders of Israel, And Moses commanded them, saying, Euery seuenth yeere when the yeere of freedome shalbe in the feast of the Tabernacles: When all Israel is come to appear Before the Ark of the covenant, which was the sign of God's presence, and the figure of Christ. before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather the people together: men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lorde your God, and keepe and obserue all the wordes of this Lawe, And [that] their children, which Who were not born when the law was given. have not known [any thing], may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. Then the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Beholde, thy dayes are come, that thou must die: Call Ioshua, and stande ye in the Tabernacle of the Congregation that I may giue him a charge. So Moses and Ioshua went, and stoode in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a In a cloud that was fashioned like a pillar. cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. And the Lorde said vnto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleepe with thy fathers, and this people will rise vp, and goe a whoring after the gods of a strange land (whither they goe to dwell therein) and will forsake me, and breake my couenant which I haue made with them. Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will That is, I will take my favour from them; as turning his face toward us shows his favour. hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us? But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euill, which they shall commit, in that they are turned vnto other gods. Now therefore write ye this To preserve you and your children from idolatry, by remembering God's benefits. song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; For this is the nature of flesh, no longer to obey God, than it is under the rod. then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall That these evils are come upon them, because they have forsaken me. testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. Moses therefore wrote this song the same day and taught it the children of Israel. And God gaue Ioshua the sonne of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong, and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the lande, which I sware vnto them, and I will be with thee. And when Moses had made an ende of writing the wordes of this Lawe in a booke vntill he had finished them, Then Moses commaunded the Leuites, which bare the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a Of your infidelity, when you turn away from the doctrine contained in it. witness against thee. For I knowe thy rebellion and thy stiffe necke: beholde, I being yet aliue with you this day, ye are rebellious against the Lorde: howe much more then after my death? Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your As governors, judges and magistrates. officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the By idolatry, and worshipping images, which are the work of your hands. work of your hands. Thus Moses spake in the audience of all the congregation of Israel the wordes of this song, vntill he had ended them. Give ear, O ye As witness of this people's ingratitude. heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My He desires that he may speak to God's glory and that the people, as the green grass, may receive the dew of his doctrine. doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: For I will publish the name of the Lorde: giue ye glorie vnto our God. [He is] the Or mighty God; noting that only God is mighty, faithful and constant in his promise. Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he. They haue corrupted them selues towarde him by their vice, not being his children, but a frowarde and crooked generation. Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not Not according to the common creation, but he has made you a new creature by his Spirit. made thee, and established thee? Remember the dayes of olde: consider the yeeres of so many generations: aske thy father, and he will shewe thee: thine Elders, and they will tell thee. When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the When God by his providence divided the world, he lent for a time that portion to the Canaanites, which would later be an inheritance for all his people Israel. people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in ye land of ye wildernes, in a waste, & roaring wildernes: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as ye apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, To teach them to fly. fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: So the Lorde alone led him, and there was no strange god with him. He made him ride on the high places of the Meaning, of the land of Canaan, which was high in respect to Egypt. earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck That is, abundance of all things even in the very rocks. honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; Butter of kine, and milke of sheepe with fat of the lambes, and rammes fed in Bashan, and goates, with the fat of the graines of wheat, and the red licour of the grape hast thou drunke. He shows what is the principal end of our vocation.But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with By changing his service for their superstitions. strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to Scripture calls new, whatever man invents, be the error ever so old. new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Thou hast forgotten the mightie God that begate thee, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his He calls them God's children, not to honour them, but to show them from what dignity they are fallen. sons, and of his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from the: I will see what their ende shalbe: for they are a frowarde generation, children in who is no faith. They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a Which I have not favoured, nor given my law to them. people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. For fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burne vnto the bottome of hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountaines. I will spend plagues vpon them: I will bestowe mine arrowes vpon them. They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed with heate, and with bitter destruction: I will also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the venime of serpents creeping in the dust. The sword They shall be slain both in the field and at home. without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling [also] with the man of gray hairs. I haue said, I would scatter them abroade: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men, Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should Rejoicing to see the godly afflicted, and attributing to themselves that which is wrought by God's hand. behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this. For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them. O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would They would consider the happiness that was prepared for them, if they had obeyed God. consider their latter end! How should one chase a thousand, & two put ten thousande to flight, except their strong God had sold the, & the Lord had shut them vp? For their god is not as our God, euen our enemies being iudges. For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the vines of Gomorah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters be bitter. Their The fruit of the wicked are as poison, detestable to God, and dangerous for man. wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. Is not this laide in store with me, and sealed vp among my treasures? Vengeance and recompence are mine: their foote shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come vpon them, make haste. For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none When neither strong nor weak in a manner remain. shut up, or left. When men shal say, Where are their gods, their mighty God in whome they trusted, Which did eate the fat of their sacrifices, & did drinke the wine of their drinke offring? let them rise vp, & help you: let him be your refuge. Behold now, for I, I am he, and there is no gods with me: I kill, and giue life: I wound, and I make whole: neither is there any that can deliuer out of mine hand. For I That is, I swear, read (Gen_14:22). lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. If I whet my glittering sworde, and mine hand take holde on iudgement, I will execute vengeance on mine enemies, and will rewarde them that hate me. I will make mine arrowes drunke with blood, (& my sword shal eate flesh) for the blood of the slaine, and of the captiues, when I beginne to take vengeance of the enemie. Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the Where the blood of God's people is shed for their sins or trial of their faith, he promises to avenge it. blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people. Then Moses came and spake all ye words of this song in the audience of the people, he and Hoshea the sonne of Nun. When Moses had made an end of speaking all these wordes to all Israel, Then hee said vnto them, Set your heartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie against you this day, that ye may commande them vnto your children, that they may obserue and doo all the wordes of this Lawe. For it [is] not a For I will perform my promise to you, (Isa_55:10). vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. And the Lord spake vnto Moses the selfe same day, saying, Goe vp into the mountaine of Abarim, vnto the mount Nebo, which is in the lande of Moab, that is ouer against Iericho: and beholde the lande of Canaan, which I giue vnto the children of Israel for a possession, And die in the mount which thou goest vp vnto, and thou shalt be gathered vnto thy people, as Aaro thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered vnto his people, Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye You were not earnest and constant to maintain my honour. sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. Thou shalt therefore see the lande before thee, but shalt not go thither, I meane, into the land which I giue the children of Israel. And this [is] the This blessing contains not only a simple prayer, but an assurance of the effect of it. blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten Meaning, infinite angels. thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the people; Hebrew, his saints, that is, the children of Israel. all his saints [are] in thy hand: and they sat down at As thy disciples. thy feet; [every one] shall receive of thy words. Moses commanded us a law, [even] the To us and our successors. inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. Then he was among the righteous people, as King, when the heades of the people, and the tribes of Israel were assembled. Let Reuben will be one of the tribes of God's people, though for his sin his honour is diminished, and his family but small. Reuben live, and not die; and let [not] his men be few. And this [is the blessing] of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be Signifying, that he would barely obtain Jacob's promise, (Gen_49:8). sufficient for him; and be thou an help [to him] from his enemies. And of Leui he said, Let thy Thummim and thine Vrim be with thine Holy one, whome thou diddest proue in Massah, and didst cause him to striue at the waters of Meribah. Who said unto his father and to his mother, He preferred God's glory to all natural affection, (Exo_28:30). I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. They shall teach Iaakob thy iudgements, & Israel thy Lawe: they shall put incense before thy face, and the burnt offring vpon thine altar. Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite He declares that the ministers of God have many enemies, and therefore need to be prayed for. through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. [And] of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall Because the temple would be built in Zion, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, he shows that God would dwell with him there. dwell in safety by him; [and the LORD] shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. And of Ioseph hee sayde, Blessed of the Lord is his land for the sweetenesse of heauen, for the dewe, and for the depth lying beneath, And for the sweete increase of the sunne, and for the sweete increase of the moone, And for the sweetenes of the top of the ancient mountaines, and for the sweetenes of the olde hilles, And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and [for] the good will of him that dwelt in the Which was God appearing to Moses, (Exo_3:2). bush: let [the blessing] come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him [that was] separated from his brethren. His beautie shalbe like his first borne bullock, & his hornes as the hornes of an vnicorne: with them hee shall smite the people together, euen the endes of the world: these are also the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these are the thousands of Manasseh. And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy In thy prosperous voyages on the sea, (Gen_49:13). going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for The tribe of Zebulun. they shall suck [of] the abundance of the seas, and [of] treasures hid in the sand. Also of Gad he said, Blessed be hee that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, that catcheth for his praye the arme with the head. And he provided the first part for himself, because there, [in] a portion of the So the portion of the Gadites, and others on this side of the Jordan was God's, though it was not so known. lawgiver, [was he] seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. And of Dan he said, Dan is a lions whelp: he shall leape from Bashan. And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou Meaning, near the sea. the west and the south. And of Asher he saide, Asher shalbe blessed with children: he shalbe acceptable vnto his brethren, and shall dippe his foote in oyle. Thy shoes [shall be] You will be strong or, your country full of metal. It seems that Simeon is left out, because he was under Judah, and his portion of his inheritance, (Jos_19:9). iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be]. There is none like God, O righteous people, which rideth vpon the heauens for thine helpe, and on the cloudes in his glory. The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder his armes thou art for euer: hee shall cast out the enemie before thee, and will say, Destroy them. Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: Who was plentiful in issue as a fountain. the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and Your enemies for fear shall lie and pretend to be in subjection. thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Which was a part of mount Abarim, (Num_27:12). Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that [is] over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost Called Mediterranean. sea, And the South, and the plaine of the valley of Iericho, the citie of palmetrees, vnto Zoar. And the Lord said vnto him, This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham, to Izhak and to Iaacob saying, I will giue it vnto thy seede: I haue caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not goe ouer thither. So Moses the seruant of the Lord dyed there in the land of Moab, according to the worde of the Lord. And That is, the angel of the Lord, (Jud_1:9). he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto That the Jews might not have opportunity to commit idolatry by it. this day. Moses was nowe an hundreth and twentie yeere olde when hee died, his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plaine of Moab thirtie dayes: so the dayes of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. And By this the favour of God is demonstrated, in that he does not leave his Church destitute of a governor. Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew To whom the Lord revealed himself so plainly as in (Exo_33:11). face to face, In all ye miracles & wonders which ye Lord sent him to do in ye land of Egypt before Pharaoh & before all his seruantes, and before al his land, And in all that mighty Meaning, the power of God working by Moses in the wilderness. hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.