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[^TEXT:  THE OLD TESTAMENT.
WILLIAM TYNDALE'S FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
CALLED THE PENTATEUCH, BEING A VERBATIM
REPRINT OF THE EDITION OF M.CCCCC.XXX.
COMPS. J. I. MOMBERT AND F. F. BRUCE.
FONTWELL AND SUSSEX: CENTAUR PRESS LTD.,
1967.
GENESIS, I.1    - III.24      (SAMPLE 1)
GENESIS, VI.1   - IX.29       (SAMPLE 2)
GENESIS, XII.1  - XIV.20      (SAMPLE 3)
GENESIS, XXII.1 - XXII.19     (SAMPLE 4)
NUMBERS, XIII.1 - XIV.45      (SAMPLE 5)
NUMBERS, XVI.1  - XVII.13     (SAMPLE 6)^]

[^THE VERSE NUMBER REFERENCES FOLLOW
THOSE OF THE AUTHORIZED VERSION. 

IN THE PAGE CODES THE LETTER G STANDS FOR GENESIS, 
AND N FOR NUMBERS:    I,1G - GENESIS, I, 1; 
                   XIII,1N - NUMBERS, XIII, 1^]

<S SAMPLE 1>
<P I,1G>
[}THE FYRST BOKE 
OF MOSES CALLED GENESIS}]
[}THE FYRST CHAPITER.}]

   In the begynnynge God created
heaven and erth. The erth was
voyde and emptie, a~d darcknesse
was vpon the depe, and
the spirite of god moved vpon the water
   Than God sayd: let there be lyghte and
there was lyghte. And God sawe the 
lyghte that it was good: & devyded
the lyghte from the darcknesse, and
called the lyghte daye, and the darcknesse
nyghte: and so of the evenynge and
mornynge was made the fyrst daye
   And God sayd: let there be a fyrmament betwene
the waters, a~d let it devyde the waters a sonder. Than
God made the fyrmament and parted the waters which
were vnder the fyrmament, from the waters that were
above the fyrmament: And it was so. And God called
the fyrmament heaven, And so of the evenynge and
morninge was made the seconde daye
   And God sayd, let the waters that are vnder heaven
gether them selves vnto one place, that the drye londe
may appere: And it came so to passe. And god called
the drye lande the erth and the gatheringe togyther
of waters called he the see, And God sawe that it was 
good
   And God sayd: let the erth bringe forth herbe
and grasse that sowe seed, and frutefull trees that bere
frute every one in his kynde, havynge their seed in
them selves vpon the erth. And it came so to passe:
a~d the erth brought forth herbe and grasse sowenge
seed every one in his kynde & trees berynge frute &
havynge their seed in the~ selves, every one in his kynde.
And God sawe that it was good: and the~ of the evenynge
and mornynge was made the thyrde daye.
   Than sayd God: let there be lyghtes in y=e= firmament
of heaven to devyde the daye fro~ the nyghte, that they
may be vnto sygnes, seasons, days & yeares. And let
them be lyghtes in the fyrmament of heave~, to shyne
vpon the erth. & so it was. And God made two great
lyghtes A greater lyghte to rule the daye, & a lesse
lyghte to rule the nyghte, and he made sterres also. And
God put them in the fyrmament of heaven to shyne
vpon the erth, and to rule the daye & the nyghte,
a~d to devyde the lyghte from darcknesse. And God
sawe y=t= it was good: and so of the evenynge a~d mornynge
was made the fourth daye.
<P I,20G>
   And God sayd, let the water bryng forth creatures
that move & have lyfe, & foules for to flee over the 
erth vnder the fyrmament of heaven.
And God created
greate whalles and all maner of creatures that lyve
and moue, which the waters brought forth in their
kindes, a~d all maner of federed foules in their kyndes.
And God sawe that it was good: and God
blessed them saynge. Growe and multiplye a~d fyll the
waters of the sees, & let the foules multiplye vpo~ the
erth. And so of the evenynge & morninge was made
the fyfth daye.
   And God sayd: let the erth bring forth lyvynge
creatures in thir kyndes: catell & wormes & beastes
of the erth in their kyndes, & so it came to passe. And
god made the beastes of the erth in their kyndes, &
catell in their kyndes, a~d all maner wormes of the erth
in their kyndes: and God sawe that it was good.
   And God sayd: let vs make man in oure symilitude
a~ after oure lycknesse: that he may have rule over
the fysh of the see, and over the foules of the ayre,
and over catell, and over all the erth, and over all
wormes that crepe on the erth. And God created man
after hys lycknesse, after the lycknesse of god created
he him: male & female he them.
   And God blessed them, and God sayd vnto them.
Growe and multiplye and fyll the erth and subdue it,
and have domynyon over the fysh of the see, and over
the foules of the ayre, and over all the beastes that
move on the erth.
   And God sayd: se, I have geven yow all herbes that
sowe seed which are on all the erth, and all maner
trees that haue frute in them and sowe seed: to be
meate for yow & for all beastes of the erth, and
vnto all foules of the ayre, and vnto all that crepeth
on the erth where in is lyfe, that they may haue all
maner herbes and grasse for to eate, and even so it
was.
And God behelde all that he had made, a~d loo
they were exceadynge good: and so of the evenynge
and mornynge was made the syxth daye

<P II,1G>
[}THE SECONDE CHAPTER.}]

   Thus was heave~ & erth fynished
wyth all their apparell: a~d i~ y=e=
seue~th daye god ended hys
worke which he had made &
rested in y=e= seventh daye fro~ all his workes
which he had made. And God blessed y=e=
seventh daye, and sanctyfyed it, for in it
he rested from all his workes which he
had created and made.
   These are the generations of heaven
& erth when they were created, in the
tyme when the Lorde God created heaven
and erth and all the shrubbes of the felde
be fore they were in the erthe. And all
the herbes of the felde before they sprange:
for the Lorde God had yet sent no rayne
vpon the erth, nether was there yet any
man to tylle the erth. But there arose a
myste out of the ground and watered all the face of
the erth: Then the Lorde God shope
man, even of the moulde of the erth and
brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was
made a lyvynge soule.
   The Lorde God also planted a garden in Eden
from the begynnynge, and there he sette man
whom he had formed. And the Lorde God made to
sprynge out of the erth, all maner trees bewtyfull to
the syghte and pleasant to eate, and the tree of lyfe
in the middes of the garden: and also the tree of
knowledge of good and euell.
   And there spronge a rever out of Eden to water the
garden, and thence devided it selfe, and grewe in to
foure principall waters.
The name of the one is Phison,
he it is that compasseth all the lande of heuila, where
gold groweth. And the gold of that contre ys precious,
there is found bedellion and a stone called Onix. The
name of the seconde ryver is Gihon, which compassyth
all the lande of Inde. And the name of the thyrde
river is Hidekell, which runneth on the easte syde of
the assyryans. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
   And the Lorde God toke Adam and put him in
the garden of Eden, to dresse it and to kepe it: and
the Lorde God co~maunded Ada~ saynge: of all the
trees of the garde~ se thou eate. But of the tre of
knowlege of good and badd se that thou eate not:
for even y=e= same daye thou eatest of it, thou shalt
surely dye.
   And the Lorde God sayd: it is not good that
man shulde be alone, I will make hym an helper to
beare him company: And after y=t= the Lorde God had
make of the erth all maner beastes of the felde, and all
maner foules of the ayre, he brought them vnto Adam
to see what he wold call them. And as Ada~ called
all maner livynge beastes: eve~ so are their names.
<P II,20G>
   And Adam gave names vnto all maner catell, and
vnto the foules of the ayre, and vnto all maner beastes
of the felde. But there was no helpe founde vnto Adam
to beare him companye
   Then the Lorde God cast a slomber on Adam, and
he slepte. And then he toke out one of his rybbes, 
and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh.
And the Lorde God made of the rybbe which he toke
our of Adam, a woma~ and brought her vnto Adam.
Then sayd Ada~ this is once bone of my
boones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall
be called woman: because she was take of the man.
For this cause shall a man leve father and mother &
cleve vnto his wyfe, & they shall be one flesh. And
they were ether of them naked, both Adam and hys
wyfe, a~d were not ashamed:

<P III,1G>
[}THE .III. CHAPTER}]

   But the serpent was sotyller than
all the beastes of the felde
which y=e= Lorde God had
made, and sayd vnto the woman.
Ah syr, that God hath sayd, ye
shall not eate of all maner trees in the
garden. And the woman sayd vnto the
serpent, of the frute of the trees in the garden
we may eate, but of the frute of the
tree y=t= is in the myddes of the garden
(sayd God) se that ye eate not, and se that ye touch
it not: lest ye dye.
   Then sayd the serpent vnto the woman:
tush ye shall not dye: But God doth knowe, that
whensoever ye shulde eate of it, youre eyes shuld be
opened and ye shulde be as, God and knowe both good
and evell. And the woman sawe that it was a good
tree to eate of and lustie unto the eyes and
a pleasant tre for to make wyse. And
toke of the frute of it and ate, and gaue vnto hir husband 
also with her, and he ate. And the eyes of both
of them were opened, that they vnderstode how that
they were naked. Than they sowed fygge leves togedder
and made them apurns.
   And they herd the voyce of the Lorde God as
he walked in the garde~ in the coole of the daye.
And Adam hyd hymselfe and his wyfe also from the
face of the Lorde God, amonge the trees of the
garden. And the Lorde God called Adam and sayd
vnto him where art thou? And he answered. Thy
voyce I harde in the garden, but I was afrayd because
I was naked, and therfore hyd myselfe.
And he sayd:
who told the that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten
of the tree, of which I bade the that thou shuldest not
eate? And Adam answered. The woman which thou
gavest to bere me company she toke me of the tree, a~d
I ate. And the Lorde God sayd vnto the woman:
wherfore didest thou so? And the woman answered,
the serpent deceaved me and I ate.
   And the Lorde God sayd vnto the serpe~t
because thou haste so done moste cursed be thou of
all catell and of all beastes of the feld: vppo~ thy
bely shalt thou goo: and erth shalt thou eate all dayes
of thy lyfe. Morover I will put hatred betwene the
and the woman, and betwene thy seed and hyr seed.
And that seed shall tread the on the heed, a~d thou
shalt tread hit on the hele.
   And vnto the woman he sayd: I will suerly encrease
thy sorow a~d make the oft with child, and with payne
shalt thou be deleverd: And thy lustes shall pertayne
vnto thy husbond and he shall rule the.
   And vnto Ada~ he sayd: for as moch as thou hast
obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the
tree of which I commaunded the saynge: se thou eate
not therof: cursed be the erth for thy sake. In sorow
shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy life, And
it shall beare thornes a~d thystels vnto the. And thou
shalt eate the herbes of y=e= feld: In the swete of thy
face shalt thou eate brede, vntill thou returne vnto the
erth whe~ce thou wast take~: for erth thou art, a~d vnto
erth shalt thou returne.
<P III,20G>
   And Adam called his wyfe Heua, because she was
the mother of all that lyveth
And the Lorde God
made Adam and hys wyfe garmentes of skynnes, and
put them on them. And the Lorde God sayd: loo,
Adam is become as it were one of vs, in knowlege of
good and evell. But now lest he strech forth his hand
and take also of the tree of lyfe and eate and
lyve ever.
   And the Lorde God cast him out of the garden of
Eden, to tylle the erth whe~ce he was taken. And he
cast Ada~ out, and sette at y=e= enteringe of the garden
Eden, Cherubin with a naked swerde 
movinge in and out, to kepe the way to the tree
of lyfe. 

<S SAMPLE 2>
<P VI,1G>
[}THE .VI. CHAPTER.}]

   And it came to passe wha~ men
bega~ to multiplye apo~ the erth
a~d had begot them doughters,
the sonnes of God sawe the
doughters of men that they were fayre,
and toke vnto them wyves, which they
best liked amo~ge the~ all. And the Lord sayd: My
spirite shall not all waye stryve withe man, for they are
flesh. Nevertheles I wyll geue them yet space, and
hundred and .xx. yeres   
   There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes.
For after that the children of God had gone in vnto
the doughters of men and had begotten them childern,
the same childern were the mightiest of the world and
men of renowne. 
And whan the Lorde sawe y=t= the wekednesse of man
was encreased apon the erth, and that all the ymaginacion
and toughtes of his hert was
only evell continually, he repented that
he had made man apon the erth and
sorowed in his hert. And sayd: I wyll destroy mankynde
which I haue made, fro~ of the face of the erth:
both man, beast, worme and foule of the ayre, for it
repe~teth me that I haue made them. But yet Noe
found grace in the syghte of the Lorde.
   These are the generatio~s of Noe. Noe was a
righteous man and vncorrupte in his tyme, &
walked wyth god. And Noe begat .iii. sonnes: Sem,
Ham and Iapheth.
And the erth was corrupte in the
syghte of god, and was full of mischefe. And God
loked vpon the erth, a~d loo it was corrupte: for all
flesh had corrupte his way vppon the erth.
   Than sayd God to Noe: the end of all flesh is come
before me, for the erth is full of there myschefe. And
loo, I wyll destroy them with the erth. Make the
an arcke of pyne tree, and make chaumbers in the 
arcke, and pytch it wythin and wythout wyth pytch.
And of this facion shalt thou make it.
   The lenth of the arcke shall be .iii. hundred cubytes,
a~d the bredth of it .L. cubytes, and the heyth of it
xxx. cubytes. A wyndow shalt thou make aboue in
the arcke. And wythin a cubyte compasse shalt thou
finysh it. And the dore of the arcke shalt thou sette
in y=e= syde of it: and thou shalt make it with .iii. loftes
one aboue an other. For behold I will bringe in a
floud of water apon the erth to destroy all flesh from
vnder heaven, wherin breth of life is so that all that
is in the erth shall perish. But I will make myne
apoyntement with the, that both thou
shalt come in to y=e= arcke and thy sonnes,
thy wyfe and thy sonnes wyves with the.
   And of all that lyveth what soever flesh it be,
shalt thou brynge in to the arcke, of every thynge
a payre, to kepe tham a lyve wyth the. And male
and female se that they be, 
<P VI,20G>
of byrdes in their kynde,
and of beastes in their kynde, and of all maner of
wormes of the erth in their kinde: a payre of every
thinge shall come vnto the to kepe them a lyve.
And take vnto the of all maner of meate y=t= may be
eaten & laye it vp in stoore by the, that it may be
meate both for y=e= and for the~: and Noe dyd acordynge
to all that God commaunded hym.

<P VII,1G>
[}THE .VII. CHAPTER.}]

   And the Lorde sayd vnto Noe:
goo into the arcke both thou
and all thy houssold. For the
haue I sene rightuous before
me in thys generacion. Of all clene beastes
take vnto the .vii. of every kynde the male
and hys female And of vnclene
beastes a payre, the male and hys female:
lykewyse of the byrdes of the ayre .vii. of every kynde,
male and female to save seed vppon all the erth. For
vii. days hence wyll I send rayne vppo~ the erth. .XL
dayes. & .XL. nyghtes and wyll dystroy all maner of
thynges that I haue made, from of the face of the
erth.
   And Noe dyd acordynge to all y=t= the lorde co~maunded
hym: and Noe was .vi. hundred yere olde, when
the floud of water came vppon the erth: and Noe went
and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyves wyth
hym, in to the arke from the waters of the floud. And
of clene beastes and of beastes that ware vnclene and
of byrdes and of all that crepeth vppo~ the erth, came
in by cooples of every kynde vnto Noe in to the arke:
a male and a female: even as God commaunded Noe.
And the seventh daye the waters of the floud came
vppon the erth.
   In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe, in the seco~de
moneth, in the .xvii. daye of the moneth, y=t= same daye
were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp,
& the wyndowes of heave~ were opened, a~d there fell
a rayne vpon the erth .XL. dayes and .XL. nyghtes.
   And the selfe same daye went Noe, Sem, Ham and
Iapheth, Noes sonnes, and Noes wyfe and the .iii. wyves
of his sonnes wyth them in to the arke: both they and
all maner of beastes in their ki~de, & all maner of
catell in their kynde & all maner of wormes that crepe
vppon the erth in their kynde, and all maner of
byrdes in there kynde. and all maner off foules what
soever had feders. And they came vnto Noe in to the
arke by cooples, of all flesh y=t= had breth of lyfe in it.
And they that came, came male a~d female of every
flesh accordi~ge as God co~maunded hym: & y=e= Lorde
shytt the dore vppo~ him
   And the floud came .XL. dayes & .XL. nyghtes
vppon the erth, & the water increased and bare vp
the arcke a~d it was lifte up from of the erth And
the water prevayled and increased exceadingly vppon
the erth: and the arke went vppo~ the toppe of the 
waters.
   And the waters prevayled excedingly above mesure
vppo~ the erth, so that all the hye hylles which are vnder
all the partes of heaven, were covered: 
<P VII,20G>
eve~ .xv. cubytes hye prevayled the waters, so that the 
hylles were covered.
   And the fleshe that moved on the earth, bothe birdes
catell and beastes perisshed, with all that crepte on the
erth and all men: so that all that had the breth of liffe
in the nostrels of it thorow out all that was on drye
lond dyed.
   Thus was destroyed all that was vppo~ the erth, both
man, beastes, wormes and foules of the ayre: so that
they were destroyed from the erth: save Noe was
reserved only and they that were wyth hym in the
arke. And the waters prevayled vppon the erth, an
hundred and fyftye dayes.

<P VIII,1G>
[}THE .VIII. CHAPTER.}] 

   And god reme~bred Noe & all y=e=
beastes & all y=e= catell y=t= were
with hi~ in y=e= arke And god
made a wynde to blow vppo~
y=e= erth, & y=e= waters ceased: a~d y=e= fountaynes
of the depe a~d the wyndowes of heave~
were stopte and the rayne of heaven was
forbidde~, and the waters returned from of
y=e= erth a~d abated after the ende of an hundred and .L
dayes. 
   And the arke rested vppo~ the mountayns of Ararat,
the .xvii. daye of the .vii. moneth. And the waters
went away a~d decreased vntyll the .x. moneth. And
the fyrst daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes of the
mounteyns appered.
   And after the ende of .XL. dayes. Noe opened the
wyndow of the arke which he had made, a~d sent forth
a raven, which went out, ever goinge and cominge
agayne, vntyll the waters were dreyed vpp vppon the
erth
   Then sent he forth a doue from hym,
to wete whether the waters were fallen
from of the erth. And when the doue coude fynde
no restinge place for hyr fote, she returned to him
agayne vnto the arke, for the waters were vppon the 
face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and
toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke
   And he abode yet .vii. dayes mo, and sent out the
doue agayne out of the arke,
And the doue came to
hym agayne aboute eventyde, and beholde: There
was in hyr mouth a lefe of an olyve tre which she had
plucked wherby Noe perceaved that the waters were
abated vppon the erth. And he taried yet .vii. other
dayes, and sent forth the doue, which from thence
forth came no more agayne to him.
   And it came to passe, the syxte hundred and one
yere and the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, that the
waters were dryed vpp apon the erth. And Noe toke
off the hatches of the arke and loked: And beholde,
the face of the erth was drye. So by the .xxvii. daye
of the seconde moneth the erth was drye.
   And God spake vnto Noe saynge come out of
the arcke, both thou and thy wyfe a~d thy sonnes and
thy sonnes wyues with the. And all the beastes that
are with the whatsoever flesh it be, both foule and catell
and all manner wormes that crepe on the erth, brynge
out with the, and let them moue, growe a~d multiplye
vppon the erth. And Noe came out, a~d his sonnes
and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with hym. And all
the beastes, and all the wormes, and all the foules,
and all that moved vppon the erth, came also out of
the arke, all of one kynde together.
<P VIII,20G>
   And Noe made an aulter vnto the Lorde, and
toke of all maner of clene beastes and all maner of
clene foules, and offred sacrifyce vppon the aulter.
And the Lorde smellyd a swete favoure and sayd in
his hert: I wyll henceforth no more curse the erth for
mannes sake, for the imagynacion of mannes hert is
evell even from the very youth of hym.
Moreouer I wyll not destroy from henceforth all that
lyveth as I haue done. Nether shall sowynge tyme
and harvest, colde, and hete, somere & wynter, daye
and nyghte ceasse, as longe as the erth endureth.

<P IX,1G>
[}THE .IX. CHAPTER.}]
  
   And God blessed Noe and his
sonnes, and sayd vnto them:
Increase and multiplye and fyll
the erth.
   The feare also and drede of yow be
vppon all beasts of the erth, and vppon
all foules of the ayre, a~d vppon all that
crepeth on the erth, and vppon all fyshes
of the see, which are geuen vnto youre
handes And all that moveth vppon the
erth havynge lyfe, shall be youre meate:
Euen as y=e= grene herbes, so geue I yow
all thynge. Only the flesh with his life
which is his bloud, se that ye eate not.
   For verely the bloude
of yow wherein youre lyves
are wyll I requyre. Eue~ of
the hande of all beastes wyll
I require it, And of the hande
of man and of the hand off
euery mannes brother, wyll I requyre the
lyfe of man: so y=t= he which shedeth mannes
bloude, shall haue hys bloud shed by man
agayne: for God made man after hys awne
lycknesse. See that ye encrease, and waxe,
and be occupyde vppon the erth, & multiplye
therein.
   Farthermore God spake vnto Noe &
to hys sonnes with hym saynge: see,
I make my bo~d wyth you
and youre seed after you, and
wyth all lyvynge thinge that is wyth you:
both foule and catell, and all maner beste of the erth
that is wyth yow, of all that commeth out of the arke
what soeuer beste of the erth it be.
   I make my bonde wyth yow, that henceforth all
flesh shall not be destroyed wyth y=e= waters of any floud,
a~d y=t= henceforth there shall not be a floud to destroy
the erth.
   And God sayd. This is the token of my bo~de
which I make betwene me and yow, a~d betwene all
lyvynge thyng that is with yow for ever: I wyll sette
my bowe in the cloudes, and it shall be a sygne of
the appoyntment made betwene me and 
the erth: So that when I brynge in cloudes
vpo~ y=e= erth, the bowe shall appere in y=e= cloudes.
   And than wyll I thynke vppon my
testament which I haue made betwene
me and yow, and all that lyveth what soeuer flesh it
be. So that henceforth there shall be no more waters
to make a floud to destroy all flesh.
   The bowe shalbe in the cloudes, and I wyll loke
vpon it, to remembre the euerlastynge testament betwene
God and all that lyveth vppon the erth, what
soeuer flesh it be. And God sayd vnto Noe: This is
the sygne of the testament which I have made betwene
me and all flesh y=t= is on the erth.
   The sonnes of Noe that came out of the arcke were:
Sem, Ham, and Iapheth. And Ham he is
the father of Canaa~. These are the .iii. sonnes of Noe,
and of these was all the world overspred.
<P IX,20G>
   And Noe beynge an husba~d man, went furth and
planted a vyneyarde
and drancke of the wyne and was
droncke, and laye vncouered in the myddest of his
te~t. And Ham the father of Canaan sawe his fathers
prevytees, & tolde his .ii. brethren that were wythout.
And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantell and put it on
both there shulders a~d went backward, a~d covered there
fathers secrets, but there faces were backward So
that they sawe not there fathers nakydnes. As soone
as Noe was awaked fro~ his wyne and wyst what his
yongest sonne had done vnto hym, he sayd: cursed be
Canaan, a~d a seruante of all seruantes be he to his
brethren. An he sayd: Blessed be the Lorde God of
Se~, and Canaan his seruante. God increase Iapheth
that he may dwelle in the tentes of Sem. And Canaan
be their seruante.
   And Noe lyved after the floude .iii. hundred and .L
yere: So that all the dayes of Noe were .IX. hundred
and .L. yere, a~d than he dyed.

<S SAMPLE 3>
<P XII,1G>
[}THE .XII. CHAPTER.}]

   Then the Lorde sayd vnto
Abra~ Gett the out of thy
contre and from thy kynred,
and out of thy fathers house,
into a londe which I wyll shewe the.
And I wyll make of the a myghtie people,
and wyll blesse the, and make thy
name grete, that thou mayst be al blessinge.
And I wyll blesse the~ that blesse
the, a~d curse the~ that curse the. And
in the shall be blessed all the generations
of the erth.
   And Abram we~t as the Lorde badd
hym, and Lot went wyth him.
Abram was .LXXV. yere olde, when he
went out of Haran. And Abram toke
Sarai his wyfe a~d Lot his brothers sonne,
wyth all their goodes which they had
goten and soulles which they had begoten
in Haran. And they departed to goo in to
the la~de of Chanaan. And when they were come in
to the lande of Chanaan, Abram went furth in to
the la~de tyll he came vnto a place called Sychem,
and vnto the oke of More. And the Canaanytes
dwelled then in the lande.
   Then the Lorde apeared vnto Abram a~d sayd:
vnto thy seed wyll I geue thys la~de. And he buylded
an aultere there vnto the Lorde which apeared to
hym. Then departed he thence vnto a mountayne
that lyeth on the east syde of Bethel and pytched
hys tente: Bethel beynge on the west syde, and
Ay on the east: And he buylded there an aulter vnto
the Lorde & called on the name of y=e= Lorde.
And than Abram departed and toke his iourney
southwarde
   After thys there came a derth in the lande. And
Abram went doune in to Egipte to soiourne there, for
the derth was sore in the lande. And when he was
come nye for to entre in to Egipte, he sayd vnto
Sarai his wife. Beholde, I knowe that thou art a
fayre woman to loke apo~. It wyll come to passe
therfore whe~ the Egiptians see the, that they wyll
say: she is his wyfe. And so shall they slay me and
save the. Saye I praye the therfore that thou art
my sister, that I maye fare the better by reason of the
and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake.
   As soon as he came in to Egipte, the Egiptia~s sawe
the woman that she was very fayre. And Pharaos
lordes sawe hir also, and praysed hir vnto Pharao: So
that she was taken in to Pharaos house, which entreated
Abram well for hir sake, so that he had shepe,
oxsen a~d he asses, men seruantes, mayde serua~tes, she
asses and camels.
   But God plaged Pharao and his house wyth grete
plages, because of Sarai Abrams wyfe. Then Pharao
called Abram and sayd: why hast thou thus dealt with
me? Wherfore toldest thou me not that she was thy
wife? Why saydest thou that she was thy sister, and
causedest me to take hyr to my wyfe? But now loo,
there is the wife, take hir a~d be walkynge. 
<P XII,20G>
Pharao 
also gaue a charge vnto his men over Abram, 
to leade hym out, wyth his wyfe and all that he had.

<P XIII,1G>
[}THE .XIII. CHAPTER.}]

   Than Abram departed out of
Egipte, both he and his wyfe
and all that he had, and Lot
wyth hym vnto the 
south. Abram was very rich in catell,
syluer & gold. And he went on his iourney
fro~ the south even vnto Bethel,
a~d vnto the place where his tente was at
the fyrst tyme betwene Bethel and
Ay, and vnto the place of the aulter
which he made before. And there called Abram vpon
the name of the Lorde.
   Lot also which went wyth him had shepe, catell
and tentes: so that the londe was not abill to receaue
them that they myght dwell to gether, for the substance
of their riches was so greate, that they coude
not dwell to gether And there fell a stryfe betwene
the herdmen of Abrams catell, and the herdmen of
Lots catell. Moreouer the Cananytes and the Pherysites
dwelled at that tyme in the lande.
   Than sayd Abram vnto Lot: let there be no stryfe
I praye the betwene the and me and betwene my
hermen and thyne, for we be brethren. Ys not all
the hole lande before the? Departe I praye the fro~
my. Yf thou wylt take the lefte hande, I wyll take
the right: Or yf thou take the right hande I wyll take
the left. And Lot lyft vp his eyes and beheld all the
contre aboute Iordane, which was a plenteous contre
of water every where, before the Lorde destroyed
Sodoma and Gomorra. Even as the garden of the
Lorde, & as the lande of Egipte tyll thou come to
Zoar.
   Than Lot chose all the costes of Iordane a~d toke
hys iourney from the east. And so departed the one
brother from the other.
   Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan. And lot
in the cytes of the playne, & tented tyll he came to
Sodome. But the men of sodome were wyked and
synned exceadyngly agenst the Lorde.
   And the Lorde sayed vnto Abram, after that Lot
was departed from hym: lyfte vp thyne eyes & loke
from y=e= place where thou art, northward, southward,
eastward and westward, for all the lande which thou
seiste wyll I gyue the & thy seed for ever.
   And I wyll make thy seed, as the dust of the erth;
so that yf a ma~ can nombre the dust of the erth, than
shall thy seed also be nombred. Aryse and walke
aboute in the lande, in the length of it a~d in the 
bredth for I wyll geue it vnto the.
   Than Abra~ toke downe hys tente, & went and
dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre which is in Ebron
and buylded there an altar to the Lorde.

<P XIV,1G>
[}THE .XIIII. CHAPTER}]

   And it chaunsed within a while,
that Amraphel kynge of Synear,
Arioch kunge of Ellasar,
Kedorlaomer kynge of Elam
and Thydeall kynge of the nations: made
warre wyth Bera kynge of Sodo~e and
with Birsa kynge of Gomorra. And wyt
he Sineab kynge of Adama,
& with Semeaber kynge of Zeboim, and
wyth the kynge of Bela Which Bela is
called Zoar. All these came together
vnto the vale of siddim which is now the 
salt see Twelve yere were they subiecte
to kinge kedorlaomer, and in the .xiii
yere rebelled.
   Therefore in the .xiiii. yere came kedorlaomer and
the kynges that were wyth hym, and smote the
Raphayms in Astarath Karnaim, and the Susims in
Ham, a~d the Emyms in Sabe Kariathaim, and the
Horyms in their awne mounte Seir vnto the playne
of Pharan, which bordreth vpon the wyldernesse. And
then turned they and came to the well of iugmente
which is Cades, and smote all the contre of the Amalechites,
and also the amorytes that dwell in Hazezon
Thamar.
   Than went out the kynge of Sodome, and the
kynge of Gomorra, and the kynge of Adama and the
kynge of Zeboijm, and the kynge of Bela now called
Zoar. And sette their men in aray to fyghte wyth
them in the vale of siddim, that is to say, wyth
kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam and with Thydeall
kynge of the Nations, and wyth Amraphel kynge of
Synear. And with Arioch kynge of Ellasar: foure
kynges agenste v. And that vale of siddim was full of 
slyme pyttes.
   And the kynges of Sodome and Gomorra fled,
and fell there. And the resydue fled to the mountaynes.
And they toke all the goodes of Sodome
and Gomorra and all their vitalles, a~d went
their waye. And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers
sonne and his good (for he dwelled at Sodome) and
departed
   Than came one that had escaped, and tolde Abram
the hebrue which dwelt in the okegrove of Mamre the
Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner: which were
confederate wyth Abram. When Abram herde that
his brother was taken, he harnessed his
seruantes borne in his owne house .iii
hundred & .xviii. a~d folowed tyll they came at Dan.
And sette hymselfe a~d his seruantes in aray, & fell
vpon them by nyght, & smote them, & chased them
awaye vnto Hoba: which lyeth on the lefte hande of
Damascos, and broughte agayne all the goodes & also
his brother Lot, a~d his goodes, the weme~ also and
the people.
   And as he retourned agayne from the slaughter of
kedorlaomer and of the kynges that were with hym,
than came the kynge of Sodome agaynst hym vnto
the vale of Saue which now is called kynges dale.
   Than Melchisedech kinge of Salem brought forth
breed and wyne. And he beynge the prest of the
most hyghest God, blessed hym saynge. Blessed be
Abram vnto the most hyghest God, possessor of heaven
and erth. 
<P XIV,20G>
And blessed be God the most hyghest,
which hath delyvered thyne enimies in to thy handes.
And Abra~ gaue hym tythes of all.

<S SAMPLE 4>
<P XXII,1G>
[}THE .XXII. CHAPTER.}]

   After these dedes, God dyd
proue Abraham & sayde vnto
him: Abraham. And he answered:
here am I. And he
sayde: take thy only sonne Isaac whome
thou louest, & get the vnto the lande of
Moria, and sacrifyce him there for a sacrifyce
vpon one of the mountayns which I
will shewe the Than Abraham rose vp
early in the mornynge and sadled his
asse, and toke two of his meyny wyth him, and Isaac
his sonne: a~d clove wod for the sacrifyce, and rose vp
and gott him to the place which God had appoynted
him. The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes
and sawe the place a farr of, and sayde vnto his yong
men: byde here with the asse. I and the lad will goo
yonder and worshippe and come agayne vnto you
And Abraham toke the wodd of the sacrifyce and
layde it vpon Isaac his sonne, and toke fyre in his
hande and a knyfe. And they went both of them
together.
   Than spake Isaac vnto Abraham his father & sayde:
My father? And he answered here am I my sonne.
And he sayde: se here is fyre and wodd, but where is
the shepe for sacrifyce? And Abraham sayde: my
sonne, God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. So
went they both together.
   And when they came vnto the place which God
shewed him, Abraha~ made an aulter there and dressed
the wodd, a~d bownde Isaac his sonne and layde him
on the aulter, aboue apon the wodd. And Abraham
stretched forth his hande, and toke the knyfe to haue
kylled his sonne.
   Than the angell of the Lorde called vnto him
from heauen saynge: Abraham, Abraham. And he
answered: here am I. And he sayde: laye not thy
handes apon the childe nether do any thinge at all
vnto him, for now I knowe that thou fearest God, in
y=t= thou haste not kepte thine only sonne fro~ me. And
Abraham lyfted vp his eyes and loked aboute: and
beholde, there was a ram caught by the hornes in a
thykette. And he went and toke the ram and offred
him vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of his sonne And
Abraham called the name of the place, the Lorde
will see: wherfore it is a come~ saynge this daye: in the
mounte will the Lorde be sene.
   And the Angell of the Lorde cryed vnto Abraham
from heaven the seconde tyme saynge: by my
selfe haue I sworne (sayth the Lorde) because thou
hast done this thinge and hast not spared thy only
sonne, that I will blesse the and multiplye thy seed as
the starres of heaven and as the sonde vpo~ the see syde
And thy seed shall possesse the gates of hys enymies.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the erth be
blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voyce
   So turned Abraham agayne vnto his yonge men,
and they rose vp and we~t to gether to Berseba. 
And Abraham dwelt at Berseba

<S SAMPLE 5>
<P XIII,1N>
[}THE .XIII. CHAPTER.}]

   And the Lorde spake vnto Moses
sayenge: sende men out to
serche the londe of Canaan,
which I geue vnto the childern
of Israel: of euery trybe of their fathers a
man and let them all be soche as are ruelars
amonge them. And Moses at the commaundement 
of the Lorde sent forth out of
the wildernesse of Pharan: soche men as were all heedes
amonge the childern of Israel, whose names are these.
   In the trybe of Ruben, Sammua y=e= sonne of Zacur: In
the trybe of Symeon, Saphat the sonne of Hori. In the
trybe of Iuda Caleph the sonne of Iephune. In the trybe
of Isachar, Igeal the sonne of Ioseph. In the tybe of
Ephraim, Hosea the sonne of Nun. In the trybe of
Ben Iamin, Palti the sonne of Raphu. In the trybe
of Zabulon, Gadiel the sonne of Sodi.
In the trybe of
Ioseph: In the trybe of Manasse, Gaddi the sonne of
Susi. In the trybe of Dan, Amiel the sonne of Gemali.
In the trybe of Asser, Sethur the sonne of Micheel.
In the trybe of Nephtali, Nahebi the sonne of Vaphsi.
In the trybe of Gad, Guel the sonne of Machi. These
are the names of the men whiche Moses sent to
spie out the londe. And Moses called the
name of Hosea the sonne of Nun, Iosua.
   And Moses sent them forth to spie out the lande of
Canaan, and sayed vnto them: get you southwarde and
goo vpp in to the hye contre, and se the londe what
maner thynge it is a~d the people that dwelleth therein:
whether they be stronge or weke, ether fewe or many,
and what the londe is that they dwell in whether it
be good or bad, and what maner of cities they dwell
in: whether they dwell in tentes or walled townes, 
<P XIII,20N>
a~d 
what maner of londe it is: whether is be fatt or leane,
& whether there be trees therein or not. And be of
a good corage, and brynge of the frutes of the londe.
And it was aboute the tyme that grapes are first rype.
   And they went vp and serched our the lande from
the wildernesse of Zin vnto Rehob as men goo to Hemath,
and they ascended vnto the south and came vnto
Hebron, where Ahiman was and Sesai and Thalmani
the sonnes of Enacke. Hebron was bylt .vii. yere before
Zoan in Egipte. And they came vnto the ryuer of
Escol and they cutte doune there a braunch with one
clouster of grapes & bare it apo~ a staffe betwene twayne,
& also of the pomgranates & of the fygges of the place.
The ryuer was called Escol, because of the clouster of
grapes whiche the childern of Israel cutt doune there.
   And they turned backe agayne from serchinge the
londe, at .xl. dayes ende. And thei went and came to
Moses and Aaron & vnto all the multitude of the childern
of Israel, vnto the wildernesse of Pharan: euen vnto
Cades, and broughte them worde and also vnto all the
congregacion, and shewed them the frute of the lande.
And they tolde him sayenge: we came vnto the londe
wether thou sendedst vs, & surely it is a lo~de that floweth
with milke & honye & here is of the frute of it Neuerthelesse
the people be stronge y=t= dwell in the londe, and
the cities are walled and exceadinge greate, and moreouer
we sawe the childre~ of Enack there. The amaleckes
dwel in the south cuntre, and the Hethites, Iebusites and
the Amorites dwell in the mou~taynes, and the Cananites
dwell by the see a~d alonge by the coste of Iordayne.
   And Caleb stylled the murmure of the people agenst
Moses sayenge: let vs goo vp and conquere it, for we
be able to ouercome it.
But the men that went vpp
with him, sayde: We be not able to goo vpp agenst
the people, for they are stronger then we: And they
broughte vpp an euell reporte of the londe which they
had serched, vnto the childern of Israel sayenge. The
londe which we haue gone thorowe to serche it out, is a
londe that eateth vpp the inhabiters thereof, and the people
that we sawe in it are men of stature. 
And there we sawe also geantes, the childre~ of Enack
which are of the geau~tes. And we semed in oure syght
as it were greshoppers and so we dyd in their sighte.

<P XIV,1N>
[}THE .XIIII. CHAPTER.}]

   And the multitude cryed out, &
the people wepte thorow out
that nyght, all the childern
of Ysrael murmured agenst
Moses & Aaron. And the hole congregacion
sayed vnto them: wolde god that
we had dyed in the lond of Egipte, ether
we wolde that we had dyed in thys
wildernesse. Wherfore hath the Lorde
broughte vs vnto this londe to fall apon
the swerde, that both oure wyues, & also
oure childre~ shulde be a praye? is it not
better that we returne vnto Egipte agayne? And
they sayde one to another: let vs make a captayne and
returne vnto Egipte agayne.
   And Moses & Aaron fell on their faces before all the
congregacion of the multitude of the childern of Ysrael.
And Iosua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of
Iephune which were of them that serched the londe
rent their clothes and spake vnto all the companye of
the childern of Ysrael saynge: The londe which we
walked thorowe to serche it, is a very good lande. Yf
the Lorde haue lust to vs, he will bring vs
in to this londe & geue it vs, which is a
lond y=t= floweth with mylke & hony. But in any wise
rebell not agenst the Lorde, Moreouer feare ye not
the people of the londe, for they are but bred for vs.
Their shylde is departed from them, & the Lorde is
with vs: feare them not therfore.
   And all the whole multitude bade stone them with
stones. But the glorie of the Lorde appered in the
tabernacle of witnesse, vnto all the childern of Israel.
And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: Howe longe shall
thys people rayle apon me, and how longe will it be,
yer they beleue me, for all my signes whiche I haue
shewed amonge them? I will smyte them with the
pestilence & destroy the~, and will make of the a greatter
nacion and a mightier then they.
   And Moses sayed vnto the Lorde: then
the Egiptians shall heare it, for thou
broughtest this people with thy mighte
from amonge them. And it wilbe tolde
to the inhabiters of this lande also, for they haue herde
likewise, that thou the Lorde art amo~ge this people,
a~d y=t= thou art sene face to face, & y=t= thy cloude stondeth
ouer them & that thou goest before them by daye tyme
in a piler of cloude, & in a piler of fyre by nyght. Yf
thou shalt kill all this people as thei were but one ma~
then the nacions which haue herde the fame of the,
will speake sayenge: because y=e= Lorde was not able to
bringe in this people in to y=e= londe he swore vnto
them, therfore he slewe them in the wildernesse.
   So now lat the power of my Lord
be greate, acordynge as thou hast spoken sayenge: the
Lorde is longe yer he be angrye, a~d full of mercy, and
suffereth synne and trespace, and leaueth no man innocent,
and visiteth the vnryghtuousnesse of the fathers vppon
y=e= childern, eue~ vpo~ y=e= thirde & fourth generacion. be
mercyfull I beseche y=e= therfore, vnto y=e= synne of this
people acordinge vnto thi greate mercy, & acordinge
as thou hast forgeue~ this people from Egipte euen vnto
this place.
<P XIV,20N>
   And the Lorde sayed: I haue forgeue~ it, acordynge
to thy request.
But as trulye as I lyue, all the erth
shalbe fylled with my glorye. For of all those me~
whiche haue sene my glorye & my miracles which I dyd
in Egipte & in y=e= wildernesse, & yet haue tempted me
now this .x. tymes & haue not herkened vnto my voyce,
there shall not one se the lond whiche I sware vnto
their fathers, nether shall any of the~ that rayled apo~
me, se it. But my servau~te Caleb. because there is another
maner sprite with hi~, & because he hath folowed
me vnto the vttmost: him I will bringe in to the lond
which he had walked in, & his seed shall conquere it,
& also the Amalechites a~d Cananites which dwell in
the lowe contrees Tomorowe turne you and gete you in
to the wildernesse: euen the waye towarde the red see.
   And the Lorde spake vnto Moses a~d Aaron sayenge:
how longe shall this euell multitude murmure agenst
me? I haue herde y=e= murmurynges of y=e= childern of
Ysrael whyche they murmure agenste me. Tell them,
y=t= the Lorde sayeth. As truely as I lyue, I wil do vnto
you euen as ye haue spoken in myne eares. Youre
carkasses shall lye in this wildernesse, nether shall any
of these numbres which were numbred from .xx. yere
& aboue of you which haue murmured agenst me
come in to the londe ouer which I lifted myne hande
to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of
Iephune, and Iosua the sonne of Nun.
   And youre childern whiche ye sayed shuld be a
praye, the~ I will bringe in, & they shall knowe the
londe which ye haue refused, and youre carkesses shall
lye in this wildernesse And youre childern shall wa~dre
in this wildernesse .xl. yeres & suffre for youre whoredome
vntill your carkasses be wasted in the wildernesse,
after the numbre of the dayes in which ye serched out
y=e= londe .xl. dayes, & euery daye a yere: so that they
shall bere your vnrightuousnes .xl. yere, & ye shall fele
my vengeaunce I the Lorde haue sayed y=t= I will do it
vnto all this euell congregacion y=t= are gathered together
agenst me: euen in thys wildernesse ye shalbe consumed,
and here ye shall dye.
   And the men which Moses sent to
serche the londe, and which (when they came agayne)
made all the people to murmure agenst it in that they
broughte vpp a slaunder apon y=e= londe: dyed for their
bryngenge vp that euell slaunder apon it, and were
plaged before the Lorde. But Iosua the sonne of Nun
and Caleb the sonne of Iephune which were of y=e= me~
that went to serche the londe, lyued still. And Moses
tolde these sayenges vnto all the childern of Ysrael,
and the people toke great sorowe.
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   And they rose vp yerlee in the mornynge
& gatt them vpp in to the toppe
of the mountayne sayenge: lo we be here,
a~d will goo vpp vnto the place of which
the Lorde sayed, for we haue synned.
And Moses sayed: wherfore will ye goo
on this maner beyonde the worde of the 
Lorde? it will not come well to passe goo not vpp for
the Lorde is not amonge you that ye be not slayne before
youre enemyes. For the Amalechytes and the
Cananites are there before you, & ye will fall apon the
swerde: because ye are turned a waye from y=e= Lorde,
and therfore the Lorde wyll not be wyth you.
   But they were blynded to goo vpp in
to y=e= hylltoppe: Neuer the lather, the arke
of the testament of the Lorde and Moses
departed not out of the hoste. Then the Amalekytes
a~d the Cananites which dwelt in that hill, came
doune and smote them and hewed the~: euen vnto
Horma.

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[}THE .XVI. CHAPTER.}]

   And Corah the sonne of Iezehar
the sonne of Cahath the sonne
of Leui:  Dathan & Abiram
the sonne of Eliab, and On
the sonne of Peleth, the sonne of Ruben:
stode vpp before Moses, with other of the
childern of Israel .ii. hundred and fyftie,
heedes of the congregacion, and councelers, and men
of fame, and they gathered the~ selues together agenst
Moses and Aaron & sayed vnto them: ye haue done
ynough. For all the multitude are holy euery one of
them, and the Lorde is amonge them. Why therfore
heue ye youre selues vpp aboue the congregacion
of the Lorde.
   When Moses herde it, he fell apon his face and
spake vnto Corah and vnto all his companye sayenge:
tomorow the Lorde will shewe who is his and who is
holy, and will take them vnto him, and whom so euer
he hath chosen, he will cause to come
to him. This doo: take fyrepannes, thou Corah and
all thi companye, and do fyre therein a~d put ce~s thereto
before the Lorde tomorowe: And then whom soeuer
the Lorde doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make
ynough to doo ye childern of Leui.
   And Moses sayed vnto Corah: heare ye childern of
leui, Semeth it but a small thynge vnto you, that y=e=
God of Israel hath separated you fro~ the multitude of
Israel to brynge you to him, to doo the seruyce of the
dwellynge place of the Lorde, and to stonde before the
people to minystre vnto them? he hath taken the to
him and all thi brethern the sonnes of leui with the,
and ye seke the office of y=e= preast also.
For which cause
both thou and all thi companye are gathered together
agenst the Lorde: for what is Aaron, that ye shulde
murmure agenst him.
   And Moses sent to call Dathan a~d Abiram the
sonnes of Eliab, and they answered: we will not come.
Semeth it a small thynge vnto the that thou hast
broughte us out of a londe that floweth with mylke
and honye, to kyll us in y=e= wildernesse. But that thou
shuldest reygne ouer us also? More ouer thou hast
broughte us vnto no londe that floweth with mylke
and honye, nether hast geuen us possessions of feldes or
of vynes. Ether wilt thou pull out the eyes of these
men? we wyll not come.
   And Moses waxed very angrye and sayed vnto the
Lorde: Turne not vnto their offerynges. I haue not
taken so moch as an asse from them, nether
haue vexed any of them. Then
Moses sayed vnto Corah: Be thou a~d all thy companye
before the Lorde: both thou, they and Aaron to
morowe. And take euery man his censer and put cens
in them, & come before the Lorde euery man with hys
censer: two hundred and fyftie censers, and Aaron with
his censer. And they toke euery man his censer and
put fyre in them & layed cens thereon, and stode in
the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse, and Moses &
Aaron also. And Corah gathered all the congregacyon
agenst them vnto the dore of the tabernacle of
witnesse.
   And the glorye of the Lorde appered vnto all the
congregacion. 
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And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge:
separate youre selues from this congregacion,
that I maye consume them atonce. And
they fell apon their faces and sayed: O most myghtie
God of the spirites of all fleshe, one ma~ hath synned,
and wylt thou be wroth with all the multitude? And
the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: speake vnto the
congregacion and saye: Gett you awaye from aboute the
dwellynge of Corah, Dathan & Abiram.
   And Moses rose vpp and went vnto Dathan
& Abira~, & the elders of Israel folowed
him. And he spake vnto the congregacyon sayenge:
departe from the tentes of these weked men and twyche
nothinge of theres: lest ye peryshe in all there synnes.
And they gate them from the dwellynge of Corah,
Dathan and Abiram, on euery side. And Dathan and
Abiram came out & stode in y=e= dore of there te~tes with
their wyues, their sonnes and their childern.
   And Moses sayed: Hereby ye shall knowe that the
Lorde hath sent me to doo all these workes, and that
I haue not done them of myne awne mynde: Yf these
men dye the comon deth of all men or yf they be
visyted after the visitacion of all men, then the Lorde
hath not sent me. But and yf the Lorde make a new
thinge, and the erth open hir mouthe and swalowe
them and all that pertayne vnto them, so that they
doo doune quycke in to hell: then ye shall vndersto~d,
that these me~ haue rayled apon the Lorde.
   And as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge
all these wordes, the grounde cloue asunder that was
vnder then, and y=e= erth opened hir mouthe and
swalowed them and their housses and all the me~ that
were with Corah and all their goodes. And they
and all that pertayned vnto them, went doune alyue
vnto hell, and the erthe closed apon them, and they
peryshed from amonge the congregacyon. And all
Israel that were aboute them, fledde at the crye of them.
   For they sayed: The erthe myghte happelye swalowe
vs also. And there came oute a fyre from the Lorde and
consumed the two hundred and fyftye men that offred cens.
   And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge: Speake
vnto Eleazer the sonne of Aaron the preaste and
let him take vppe the censers oute of the burnynge
and scater the fyre here and there, for the censers
of these synners are halowed in theyr deethes: and
let them be beten in to thyne plates
and fastened apon the altare. For they offred the~ before
the Lorde, and therfore they are holye and they
shalbe a sygne vnto the childern of Israel.
   And Eleazar the preast toke the brasen censers
which they that were burnt had offered, and bet them 
and fastened them vppon the altare, 
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to be a remembraunce
vnto the childern of Israel, that no straunger
whiche is not of the seed of Aaron, come nere to offer
cens before the Lorde, that he be not made like vnto
Corah and his companye: as the Lorde sayed vnto him
by the hande of Moses.
   And on the morowe all the multitude of the childern
of Israell murmured agenste Moses and Aaron sayenge:
ye haue kylled the people of
the Lorde. And when the multitude was gathered
agenste Moses and Aaron, they loked towarde the tabernacle
of witnesse. And beholde, the cloude had
couered it and the glorye of the Lorde appeared.
And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of
witnesse. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge:
Gett you from this congregacyon, that I maye consume
them quyckelye. And they fell apon theyr faces.
   And Moses sayde vnto Aaron: take a censer and put
fyre therein out of the alter, and poure on cens, and goo
quyckly vnto the co~gregacion and make an attonement
for the~. For there is wrath gone oute from the
Lorde, and there is a plage begone. And Aaron toke
as Moses commaunded him, and ran vnto the congregacion:
and beholde, the plage was begone amonge
the people, and he put on cens, and made an attonement
for the people. And the stode betwene the deed,
and them that were alyue, and the plage ceased. And
the numbre of them that dyed in the plage, were
xiiii. thousande and seuen hundred: besyde them that
dyed aboute the busynes of Corah. And Aaron went
agayne vnto Moses vnto the dore off the tabernacle of
witnesse, and the plage ceased.

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[}XVII. CHAPTER.}]

   And the Lorde spake vnto Moses
sayenge: speake vnto the
childern of Israel and take
of them, for euery pryncypall
housse a rod, of their princes ouer the housses of their
fathers: euen .xii. roddes, and wryte euery mans name
apon his rod. And wryte Aarons name apon the staffe
of Leui: for euery heedman ouer the housses of their
fathers shall haue a rod. And put the~ in the tabernacle
of witnesse where I wyll mete you. And his
rod whom I chose, shall blossome: So I wyll make cease
from me the grudgynges of the childern of Israel which
they grudge agenst you.
   And Moses spake vnto the childern off Israel, and
all the prynces gaue him for euery prynce ouer their
fathers housses, a rod: euen .xii. roddes, and the rod
of Aaron was amonge the rodes. And Moses put y=e=
roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnesse.
And on the morowe, Moses went in to the tabernacle:
and beholde, the rod of Aaron of the housse of Leui
was budded & bare blosomes and almondes. And
Moses broughte out all the staues from before the
Lorde, vnto all the childern of Israel, & thei loked
apon them, and toke euery man his staffe.
   And the Lorde sayed vnto Moses: Brynge Aarons
rod agayne before the witnesse to be kepte for a token
vnto the childern of rebellyon, that
their murmurynges maye ceasse fro me, that they
dye not.
And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded
him. And the childern of Israel spake vnto Moses
sayenge: beholde, we are destroyed and all come to
nought: for whosoeuer cometh nye the dwellynge of
the Lord, dyeth. Shall we vtterly consume awaye?



