Numbers, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The fourth book of Moses: the numbering of the tribes and Israel's forty years in the desert. This is Numbers as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the Annotations.

THE ARGVMENT OF THE BOOKE OF NVMERI.

IN this booke called Numeri, are contained (ſaieth S. Hierom) the [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulin.] Myſteries of al Arithmetike, or numberiug, of the Prophecie of [Margin: Myſteries cōtained in theſe hiſtories.] Balaam, and of the fourtie two Manſions of the Iſraelites, in the deſert. VVhich myſtical ſenſe the ſame great Doctor, as alſo S. Auguſtin and [Margin: qq. in Num. Exod. 40 Leuit. 1. Num. 1.] other Fathers do gather of the literal, written by Moyſes. VVho here proſecuteth the ſacred hiſtorie after Geneſis and Exodus (Leuiticus alſo containing one moneth) from the ſecond moneth of the ſecond yeare, after the deliuerie of [Margin: The contents according to the letter.] the Iſraelites out of Aegypt, nere 39. yeares, to the last of Moyſes life. First therfore [Margin: Chap. 1. 26.] he reportet⟨illegible⟩ how al the men of twelue tribes, of the age of twentie yeares and vpward, were numbered. Likewiſe the tribe of Leui was numbered and [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩. 4. 18. 2. 1⟨illegible⟩.] imployed parth in prieſtlie function, the reſt to aſsist the prieſts. He deſcribeth alſo the oraer of marching and encamping, the Leuites alwayes next and round about the Tabernacle: the other twelue tribes in circuite of them on al ſides. He moreouer recordeth certaine notable murmurings, tumults, ſchiſmes, and [Margin: 11. 12. 13. 14.] rebellions with the euents therof, and miſerable endes of chief ſeducers. VVhoſe great iniuries Moyſes mekely ſuſtained with ſingular patience, ſtil executing [Margin: 16. 20. 5. 6. 15.] his owne function with heroical fortitude. Among which, diuers precepts and lawes are partly repeated partly added, as wel concerning Religion and [Margin: 17. 19. 27. 28. 29. 30. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 31. 32. 33.] Gods ſeruice, as godlie policie and ciuil gouernment of the people, with chaſtiſment of offenders. How alſo their enemies endeuoured to annoy them, Bala⟨illegible⟩ king of Moab procuring Balaam the ſorcerer, ſo much as in him lay, to curſe them, but al in vaine Yet by carnal fornication manie were drawen to ſpiritual. [Margin: VVicked life draweth to Idolatrie.] Both which being punished God againe proſpered his people, in diuers encounters and battailes againſt Infidels. Finally the promiſed Land of Chanaan on both ſides lordaine is deſcribed by limites, which they shal parte amongst [Margin: 34. 35.] them by lo⟨illegible⟩t, the Leuites mingled in euerie tribe, with their appointed cities and commodities for habitation, and the tithes, first fruites, oblations [Margin: 18. 35.] and abundant prouiſion for their maintenance. Cities alſo of refuge are deſigned for caſual manſlayers: and a law eſtablished that al shal marie [Margin: 36.] within their owne tribes, to avoide confuſion of inheritances. So this booke [Margin: Three partes ⟨illegible⟩ this booke.] may be diuided into three partes. In the firſt the principal and moſt perfect ſort of the people are numbered, and diſpoſed in order according to diuers ſtates and offices, before they depart from the deſert of Sinai▪ in the nine firſt chapters. Then are related ſundrie thinges, which happened vnto them in the reſt of their iourney, eſpecially manie and great impediments, through al which God punishing ſome, brought the reſidue to enioy the promiſed land▪ from the 10. chap. to the end of the 33. Laſtly the countrie of Chanaan is againe promiſed, with order ſo to poſſ⟨illegible⟩ſſe and enioy it, that euerie tribe may haue and keepe their ſeueral partes, in the three last chapters.

THE BOOKE NVMERI (OR NVMBERS) IN HEBREW VAIED ABBER.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. Al the men of twelue tribes of Iſrael, of the age of twentie yeares and vpwardes [Margin: The firſt part. Of thoſe which are ⟨illegible⟩bred of the 12. Tribes ſitte for warre, & of the Leuites deſigned to ſerue the Tabernacle.] (but not vnder, nor wemen,) are numbred: 20. and are ſound in al ſix hundred thirtie thouſand fiue hundred fiftie. 47. The Leuites not yet numbred, are deſigned to ſerue about the Tabernacle.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes in the deſert of Sinai in the tabernacle of couenant, the firſt day of the ſecond moneth, the ſecond yeare of their going out of Aegypt, ſaying:

2 Take the ſumme of the whole aſſemblie of the children of Iſrael by their kinredes, & houſes, and the names of euerie one, whatſoeuer of the male ſexe,

3 from the twentith yeare and vpward, of al the ſtrong men of Iſrael, and you shal number them by their troupes, thou and Aaron.

4 And there shal be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houſes in their kinredes,

5 whoſe names are theſe: Of Ruben, Elizur the ſonne of Sedeur.

6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the ſonne of Suriſaddai.

7 Of Iuda, Nahaſſon, the ſonne of Aminadab.

8 Of Iſſachar, Nathanael the ſonne of Suar.

9 Of Zabulon Eliab the ſonne of Helon.

10 And of the ſonnes of Ioſeph, of Ephraim, Eliſama the ſonne of Ammiud. of Manaſſes, Gamaliel, the ſonne of Phadaſſur.

11 of Beniamin, Abidan the ſonne of Gedeon.

12 of Dan, Ahiezer the ſonne of Ammiſaddai.

13 of Aſer, Phegiel the ſonne of Ochran.

14 Of Gad, Eliazaph the ſonne of Duel.

15 Of Nephthali, Ahira the ſonne of Enan.

16 Theſe are the moſt noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kinredes, and the heades of the hoſte of Iſrael:

17 whom Moyſes and Aaron tooke with al the multitude of the common people:

18 and aſſembled them the firſt day of the ſecond moneth, reckening them by the kinredes, and houſes, and families, and heades, and names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpwarde,

19 as our Lord had comanded Moyſes. And they were numbered in the deſert of Sinai.

20 Of Ruben the firſt begotten of Iſrael, by their generations and families and houſes, and names of euerie heade, al that is of the male ſexe, from twentith yeare and vpwarde, of them that goe forth to warre,

21 fourtie ſix thouſand fiue hundred.

22 Of the ſonnes of Simeon by the generations and families, and houſes of their kinredes were reckened by the names and heades of euerie one, al that is of the male ſexe, from twentith yeare and vpward, of them that goe forth to warre,

23 fiftie nine thouſand three hundred.

24 Of the ſonnes of Gad, by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes were reckned by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpwarde, al that went forth to warre,

25 fourtie fiue thouſand ſix hundred fiftie.

26 Of the ſonnes to Iuda by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes, by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

27 were reckned ſeuentie foure thouſand ſix hundred.

28 Of the ſonnes of Iſſachar, by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes, by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that went forth to warre,

29 were reckened fiftie foure thouſand foure hūdred.

30 Of the ſonnes of Zabulon, by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes, were reckened by names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

31 fiftie ſeuen thouſand foure hundred.

32 Of the ſonnes of Ioſeph, namely of the ſonnes of Ephraim by the generations families and houſes of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one, from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

33 fourtie thouſand fiue hundred.

34 Moreouer of the ſonnes of Manaſſes, by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes, were reckened by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

35 thirtie two thouſand two hundred.

36 Of the ſonnes of Beniamin by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes were reckened by names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

37 thirtie fiue thouſand foure hundred.

38 Of the ſonnes of Dan, by the generations and families, and houſes of their kinredes, were reckened by the names of euerie one from twentie yeares and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

39 ſixtie two thouſand ſeuen hundred.

40 Of the ſonnes of Aſer, by the generations and families and houſes of their kinredes, were reckened by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

41 fourtie thouſand and a thouſand fiue hundred.

42 Of the ſonnes of Nephthali, by the generations, and families, and houſes of their kinredes were reckened by the names of euerie one from the twentith yeare and vpward, al that could goe forth to warre,

43 fiftie three thouſand foure hundred.

44 Theſe are they, whom Moyſes and Aaron numbered, and the twelue princes of Iſrael, euerie one by the houſes of their kinredes.

45 And the whole number of the children of Iſrael by their houſes and families, from the twentith yeare and vpward, that could goe to warre.

46 Were [::] ſix hundred three thouſand men fiue hundred fiftie.

47 But the Leuites in the tribe of their families were not numbered with them.

48 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

49 Number not the tribe of Leui, neither shalt thou put the ſumme of them with the children of Iſrael:

50 but appoint them ouer the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and al the veſſel therof, and whatſoeuer pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shal carie the tabernacle and al the furniture therof: and they shal be in the miniſterie, and shal pitch round about the tabernacle.

51 When you are to goe forward, the Leuites shal take downe the tabernacle: when you are to campe, they shal ſet it vp. what [::] ſtranger ſoeuer cometh to it, he shal be ſlaine.

52 And the children of Iſrael shal campe euerie man by his troupes and bands and hoſte.

53 Moreouer the Leuites shal pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, leſt there come indignation vpon the multitude of the children of Iſrael, and they shal watch in the cuſtodies of the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

54 The children of Iſrael therfore did according to al thinges which our Lord had commanded Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

• 46 [::] Coming into Aegypt they were but 70. Exo. 1. increaſed in 216. yeares vnto 603550. not counting the tribe of Leui, nor wemen, nor anie vnder 20. yeares, nor old men vnable to goe to warre.
• 51 [::] Al other tribes were in reſpect of ſeruing about the tabernacle called ſtrangers. 3. Aug. q. 3. in Num.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. At the eaſt ſide of the Tabernacle the tribe of Iuda as chiefe, with Iſſachar and Zabulon do pitch their tents, and march firſt: 10. on the ſouth Ruben, with Simeon and Gad (17. the Tabernacle is caried, and erected by the Leuites, who lodge and march round about it) 18. on the weaſt ſide, Ephraim with Manaſſes and Beniamin: 25. on the north, Dan with Aſer and Nephthali.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and Aaron ſaying:

2 Euerie one of the children of Iſrael by the troupes, enſignes, and ſtanderts, and houſes of their kinredes shal campe, round about the tabernacle of couenant.

3 On the eaſt Iudas shal pitche his tents by the troupes of his bande: and the prince of his ſonnes shal be Nahaſſon the ſonne of Aminadab.

4 And the whole ſumme of the warriers of his ſtocke, ſeuentie foure thouſand ſix hundred.

5 Beſide him camped they of the tribe of Iſſachar, whoſe prince was Nathanael the ſonne of Suar.

6 and al the number of his warriers fiftie foure thouſand foure hundred.

7 In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the ſonne of Helon.

8 and al the hoſte of warriers of his ſtocke, fiftie ſeuen thouſand foure hundred.

9 Al that were numbered in the campe of Iudas, were an hundred eightie ſix thouſand foure hundred: and they by their troupes shal march firſt.

10 In the campe of the ſonnes of Ruben on the ſouth ſide the prince shal be Eliſur the ſonne of Sedeur:

11 and the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbred, fourtie ſix thouſand fiue hundred.

12 Beſide him camped they of the tribe of Simeon: whoſe prince was Salamiel the ſonne of Suriſaddai.

13 and the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbred, fiftie nine thouſand three hundred.

14 In the tribe of Gad, the prince was Eliaſaph the ſonne of Duel.

15 and the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbred, fourtie fiue thouſand ſix hundred fiftie.

16 Al that were reckened in the campe of Ruben, an hundred fiftie thouſand and a thouſand foure hundred fiftie by their troupes: they shal march in the ſecond place.

17 But the tabernacle of teſtimonie shal be lifted vp by the offices of the Leuites and their troupes. As it shal be ſette vp, ſo shal it be taken downe. Euetie one shal march by their places, and orders.

18 On the weſt ſide shal be the campe of the ſonnes of Ephraim, whoſe prince was Eliſama the ſonne of Ammiud.

19 the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbered, fourtie thouſand fiue hundred.

20 And with them the tribes of the ſonnes of Manaſſes, whoſe prince was Gamaliel the ſonne of Phadaſſur.

21 and the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbered, thirtie two thouſand two hundred.

22 In the tribe of the ſonnes of Beniamin the prince was Abidan the ſonne of Gedeon.

23 and the whole hoſt of his warriers, that were reckened, thirtie fiue thouſand foure hundred.

24 Al that were numbered in the campe of Ephraim, an hundred eight thouſand one hundred by their troupes: they shal march the third.

25 On the north part camped the ſonnes of Dan: whoſe prince was Ahiezar the ſonne of Ammiſaddai.

26 the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbered, ſixtie two thouſand ſeuen hundred.

27 Beſides him they of the tribe of Aſer pitched their tents: whoſe prince was Phegiel the ſonne of Ochran:

28 the whole hoſte of his warriers, that were numbered, fourtie thouſand and a thouſand fiue hundred.

29 Of the tribe of the ſonnes of Nephthali the prince was Ahira the ſonne of Enan.

30 the whole hoſte of his warriers, fiftie three thouſand foure hundred.

31 Al that were numbered in the campe of Dan, were an hundred fiftie ſeuen thouſand ſix hundred: and they shal march laſt.

32 This is the number of the children of Iſrael, by the houſes of their kinredes and troupes of the hoſte being diuided, ſix hundred three thouſand fiue hundred fiftie.

33 And the Leuites were not numbered among the children of Iſrael: for ſo our Lord had commanded Moyſes.

34 And the children of Iſrael did according to al thinges, that our Lord had commanded. They camped by their troupes, and marched by their families and houſes of their fathers.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. The Leuites are aſsumed to the ſeruice of the Tabernacle, 14. numbered by their ſeueral families, and their offices distinguished, 45. They are taken to God in place of the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael. The reſidue of the firſt borne, aboue the number of Leuites, are redemed with price.

1 THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moyſes in the day that our Lord ſpake to Moyſes in Mount Sinai.

2 And theſe be the names of the ſonnes of Aaron: his firſt begotten Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 Theſe are the names of the ſonnes of Aaron the prieſts that were anointed, and whoſe handes were filled and cōſecrated, to doe the function of prieſthood.

4 For Nadab and Abiu died, when they offered the ſtrange fire in the ſight of our Lord, in the deſert of Sinai, without children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the function of prieſthood in the preſence of Aaron their father.

5 And our Lord ſpake to moyſes, ſaying:

6 Bring the tribe of Leui, and make them ſtand in the ſight of Aaron the prieſt to miniſter vnto him, and let them watch,

7 and obſerue whatſoeuer pertaineth to the ſeruice of the multitude before the tabernacle of teſtimonie,

8 and let them keepe the veſſel of the tabernacle, ſeruing in the miniſterie therof.

9 And thou ſhalt geue the Leuites for a gift,

10 to Aaron and to his ſonnes, to whom they are deliuered of the children of Iſrael. But Aaron and his ſonnes thou ſhalt appoint ouer the ſeruice of prieſthood. [::] The ſtranger, that approcheth to miniſter, shal die.

11 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

12 I haue taken the Leuites from the children of Iſrael, for euerie firſt borne, that openeth the matrice among the children of Iſrael, and the Leuites ſhal be mine.

13 For the firſt borne is mine: ſince I ſtroke the firſt borne in the Land of Aegypt: I haue ſanctified to me whatſoeuer is firſt borne in Iſrael from man vnto beaſt, they are mine: I the Lord.

14 And our Lord ſpake to moyſes in the deſert of Sinai, ſaying:

15 Number the ſonnes of Leui by the houſes of their fathers and their families, euerie male from one moneth and vpward.

16 Moyſes numbered, as our Lord had commanded,

17 and there were found the ſonnes of Leui by their names, Gerſon and Caath and Merari.

18 The ſonnes of Gerſon: Lebni and Semei.

19 The ſonnes of Caath: Amram, and Ieſaar, Hebron and Oziel.

20 The ſonnes of Merari: Moholi and Muſi.

21 Of Gerſon were two families, the Lebnitical, and Semeitical:

22 of whom were numbered the people of male ſexe from one moneth and vpward, ſeuen thouſand fiue hundred.

23 Theſe ſhal pitch behind the taberna cle on the Weſt.

24 vnder their prince Heliaſaph, the ſonne of Lael.

25 And their charge ſhal be in the tabernacle of couenāt,

26 the tabernacle it ſelfe and the couer therof, the hanging that is drawne before the dores of the roofe of couenant, and the curtines of the court: the hanging alſo that is hanged in the entrie of the court of the tabernacle, and whatſoeuer pertaineth to the rite of the altar, the cordes of the tabernacle, and al the furniture therof.

27 The kinred of Caath ſhal haue the peoples of the Amramites, and Ieſaarites, and Hebronites, and Ozielites. Theſe are the families of the Caithites reckened by their names:

28 al of the male ſexe from one moneth and vpward, eight thouſand ſix hundred, they ſhal haue the gard of the Sanctuarie,

29 and ſhal campe on the ſouth ſide.

30 And their prince ſhal be Elizaphan the ſonne of Oziel:

31 and they shal keepe the arke, and table and the candleſticke, the altars, and the veſſel of the Sanctuarie, wherin the miniſtration is, and the veile, and al ſuch kind of implementes.

32 And [::] the prince of the princes of the Leuites, Eliazar, the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt, shal be ouer them that watch for the cuſtodie of the Sanctuarie.

33 But of Merari shal be the peoples of the Moholites, and Muſites, reckened by their names:

34 al of the male kind from one moneth and vpward, ſix thouſand two hundred.

35 Their prince Suriel the ſonne of Abihaiel: they shal campe on the north ſide.

36 Vnder their cuſtodie shal be the bordes of the tabernacle, and the barres, and the pillers and their feete, and al thinges that pertaine to this kind of ſeruice:

37 and the pillers of the court round about with their feete, and the pinnes with the cordes.

38 Before the tabernacle of couenant, that is to ſay, on the eaſt ſide, shal :: Moyſes and Aaron campe, with [::] their ſonnes, hauing the cuſtodie of the Sanctuarie, in the middes of the children of Iſrael. what ſtranger ſoeuer cometh therto, shal die.

39 Al the Leuites, that Moyſes and Aaron numbered according to the precept of our Lord by their families in the male kinde from one moneth and vpward, were twentie two thouſand.

40 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Number the firſt borne of the male ſex of the children of Iſrael, from one moneth and vpward, and thou shalt haue the ſumme of them.

41 And thou ſhalt take the Leuites vnto me for al the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael, I am the Lord: and their cattel for al the firſt borne of the cattel of the children of Iſrael.

42 Moyſes reckened, as our Lord had commanded, the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael.

43 and the males by their names, from one moneth and vpward, were twentie two thouſand two hundred ſeuentie three.

44 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

45 Take the Leuites for the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael, and the cattel of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites ſhal be mine. I am the Lord.

46 But for the price of two hundred ſeuentie three, of the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael, :: that exceede the number of the Leuites,

47 thou shalt take fiue ſicles for euerie head, after the meaſure of the Sāctuarie. A ſicle hath twentie oboles.

48 And thou shalt giue the money to Aaron and to his ſonnes the price of them that are aboue.

49 Moyſes therfore tooke their money, that were aboue, and whom he redemed of the Leuites,

50 for the firſt-borne of the children of Iſrael, a thouſand three hundred ſixtie fiue ſicles, according to the weight of the Sanctuarie,

51 and gaue it to Aaron and his ſonnes, according to the word that our Lord had commanded him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

• 10 [::] As none but Leuites might ſerue in the tabernacle: ſo none but of Aarons ſtock might do the office of Prieſt hood.
• 32 [::] One chiefe Monarch in the Church to whom al other Superiors are ſubordinate.
• 37 Moyſes is ſtil counted, and hath chiefe place and office among the Prieſtes, which were abſurde, ſaieth S. Auguſtin (in Pſal 98.) if he were not a prieſt.
• 38 [::] The ſonnes of Moyſes were with him ſo long as he liued, but after his death they ſerued the Prieſts, as other Leuites did, and were numbred with the Caathites. 1. Paral. 23. v. 12.
• 46 This number exceedeth the ⟨illegible⟩ the ⟨illegible⟩ the ⟨illegible⟩.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. III.

39. Tvventie tvvo thouſand.] Immediatly before were numbered of Gerſonites [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩hy 300 are ⟨illegible⟩ in the ⟨illegible⟩ ſumme o⟨illegible⟩ the Leuites.] (v. 22.) 7500. of Caathites (v. 28.) 8600 and of Merarites (v. 34.) 6200. which make in al 22300. VVhy then are 300. left out of the total ſumme? eſpecially ſeing by and by (v. 43.) a ſmaler, and other odde numbers of 273. are expreſſed, and therupon inferred (v. 46.) that the firſt borne of the Iſraelites did ſo much exceede the Leuites. VVheras if the whole number of Leuites had bene alſo expreſſed in the general ſumme, as it is contained in the three particular ſummes, the Leuites ſhould exceede the firſt borne of Iſraelites by the number of 27. For anſwere to this difficultie, ſome ſuppoſe that the firſt borne of the Leuites were iuſt 300. and therfore ſo manie ſupplying only their owne places, there remained iuſt twentie two thouſand to ſupplie the places of the firſt borne of other Iſraelites, and ſo the Leuites were ſewer then thoſe for whom they were taken vnto Gods ſeruice, by the number of 273. But that the firſt borne of Leuites were neither more nor ſewer then 300. is not euident by the text. Howſoeuer therfore this doubt [Margin: Perfect numbers ſignifie perfection.] be ſolued, ſure it is, by S. Hieroms iudgement (cited in the argument) that theſe numbers are myſtical. And the iuſt number of 22. thouſand Leuites may ſignifie ( ⟨illegible⟩ Or⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩n, homil. 4. in Num.) perfection, required in thoſe that are deſigned to the particular ſeruice of God; as there be alſo iuſt 22. Hebrew letters; and 22. Patriarches from Adam to Iacob, from whom the Iſraelites deſcended.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Diſtinct offices are aſsigned to the families of Aaron, 15. of the other ſonnes of Caath, 21. of Gerſon, 29. and of Merari, 34. who are al numbred from the age of thirtie yeares to fiftie, and ſo imployed to their offices and burdens.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, and Aaron, ſaying:

2 Take the ſumme of the ſonnes of Caath out of the middes of the Leuites, by their houſes and families,

3 from the thirtith yeare & vpward, vnto the fiftith yeare, of al that goe in to ſtand and to miniſter in the tabernacle of couenant.

4 This is the ſeruice of the ſonnes of Caath:

5 when the campe is to remoue, Aaron and his ſonnes shal enter into the tabernacle of couenant, and [::] Sanctum ſanctorum, and ſhal take downe the veile that hangeth before the dore, and shal wrappe in it the arke of teſtimonie,

6 and shal couer it agayne with a couer of Ianthine skinnes, and shal ſpread ouer it a cloth al of hyacinth, and shal draw in the barres.

7 The tabel alſo of propoſition they shal wrappe in a cloth of hiacinth, and shal put with it the cenſers and litle morters, the goblettes and cuppes to powre the libaments: the breades shal be alwayes on it:

8 and they shal ſpread ouer it a cloth of ſcarlet, which againe they shal couer with a veile of ianthine skinnes, and shal put in the barres.

9 They shal take alſo a cloth of hiacinth wherwith they shal couer the candleſtick with the lampes and tongs therof and ſnuffers and al the veſſels of oyle, which are neceſſarie for the dreſſing of the lampes:

10 and ouer al they shal put a couer of ianthine skinnes, and put in the barres.

11 Moreouer the golden altar alſo they shal wrappe in a cloth of hyacinth, and ſhal ſpreade ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes, and put in the barres.

12 Al the veſſel wherwith the miniſtration is done in the Sanctuarie, they shal wrappe in a cloth of hiacinth and shal ſpread ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes, and put in barres.

13 But the altar alſo they shal make cleane from the aſhes, and shal wrappe it in a purple cloth,

14 and shal put with it al the veſſel, that they vſe in the miniſterie therof, that is to ſay, fire pannes, fleshhookes and forkes, pothookes and shouels. Al the veſſel of the altar together they shal couer with a veile of ianthine skinnes, and shal put in the barres.

15 And when Aaron & his ſonnes haue wrapped vp the Sanctuarie and the veſſel therof in the remouing of the campe, then shal the ſonnes of Caath enter in to carie the thinges wrapped vp: and they shal not touch the veſſel of the Sanctuarie, leſt they die. Theſe are the burdens of the ſonnes of Caath in the tabernacle of couenant:

16 ouer whom shal be Eleazar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt, to whoſe charge perteyneth the oyle to dreſſe the lampes, and the incenſe of compoſition, and the ſacrifice, that is alwayes offered, and the oyle of vnction, and whatſoeuer perteyneth to the ſeruice of the tabernacle, and of al the veſſel, that are in the Sanctuarie.

17 And our Lord ſpake vnto Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

18 [::] Deſtroy not the people of Caath out of the middes of the Leuites:

19 but doe this to them, that they may liue, and not die, if they touch Sancta ſanctorum. Aaron and his ſonnes shal enter, and they shal diſpoſe the charges of euerie one, and shal diuide what euerie one muſt carie.

20 Let others by no curioſitie ſee the thinges that are in the Sanctuarie before they be wrapped vp, otherwiſe they shal die.

21 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

22 Take the ſumme of the ſonnes of Gerſon alſo by their houſes and families and kinredes,

23 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vnto fiftie yeares. Number them al that goe in and miniſter in the tabernacle of couenant.

24 This is the office of the familie of the Gerſonites,

25 for to carie the curtines of the tabernacle, and the roofe of the couenant the other couer, and ouer al the ianthine couer, and the hanging that hangeth in the entrie of the tabernacle of couenant,

26 the curtines of the court, and the veile in the entrie that is before the tabernacle. Al thinges that pertayne to the altar, the cordes, and veſſel of the miniſterie,

27 shal the ſonnes of Gerſon carie, by the commandment of Aaron & his ſonnes: and euerie one shal knowe to what burden they muſt be aſſigned.

28 This is the ſeruice of the familie of the Gerſonites in the tabernacle of couenant, and they shal be vnder the hand of Ithamar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt.

29 The ſonnes of Merari alſo by the families and houſes of their fathers thou shalt recken,

30 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vntil fiftie yeares, al that enter in to the office of their miniſterie, and to the ſeruice of the couenant of teſtimonie.

31 Theſe are their burdens: They shal carie the bordes of the tabernacle and the barres therof, the pillers and the feete of them,

32 the pillers alſo of the court round about, with their feete and pinnes and cordes. Al the veſſel and implementes they shal receiue by account, and ſo shal carie them.

33 This is the office of the familie of the Merarites, and their miniſterie in the tabernacle of couenant: and they shal be vnder the hand of Ithamar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt.

34 Moyſes therfore and Aaron and the princes of the ſynagogue reckened the ſonnes of Caath, by their kinredes and houſes of their fathers,

35 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vnto the fiftith yeare, al that enter in to the miniſterie of the tabernacle of couenant:

36 and they were found two thouſand ſeuen hundred fiftie.

37 This is the number of the people of Caath that enter into the tabernacle of couenant: theſe did Moyſes and Aaron number according to the word of our Lord by the hand of Moyſes.

38 The ſonnes of Gerſon alſo were numbered by the kinredes and houſes of their fathers,

39 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vnto the fiftith yeare, al that enter in to miniſter in the tabernacle of couenant:

40 and they were found two thouſand ſix hundred thirtie.

41 This is the people of the Gerſonites, whom Moyſes and Aaron numbered according to the word of our Lord.

42 The ſonnes of Merari alſo were numbered by the kinredes and houſes of their fathers,

43 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vnto the fiftith yeare, al that enter in to accomplish the rites of the tabernacle of couenant:

44 and they were found three thouſand two hundred.

45 this is the number of the ſonnes of Merari, whom Moyſes, and Aaron reckened according to the commandment of our Lord by the hand of Moyſes.

46 Al that were reckened of the Leuites, and whom Moyſes and Aaron and the princes of Iſrael tooke by name, by the kinredes and houſes of their fathers,

47 from thirtie yeares and vpward, vnto the fiftith yeare, entring in to the miniſterie of the tabernacle, and to carie the burdens,

48 were in al eight thouſand fiue hundred eightie.

49 According to the word of our Lord did Moyſes recken them, euerie one according to their office and burdens, as our Lord had commanded him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

• 5 [::] In this caſe it was neceſſarie for the prieſts to enter in, where otherwiſe none entered but the high Prieſt, and that but once in the yeare. And al being foulded vp, others alſo entered to carie it away. v. 15.
• 18 [::] See that by your negligence thoſe that are next vnto you incurre not offence, for ſo none shal be excuſed.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Lepers and al polluted perſons muſt be caſt out of the campe. 5. Confeſſion of ſinne, and ſatisfaction for treſpaſse. 9. Firſt fruites and oblations pertaine to the Prieſtes. 11. The law of ieloſie.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Command the children of Iſrael, that they caſt out of the campe [::] euerie leper, and whoſoeuer hath a fluxe of ſeede, and is polluted vpon the dead:

3 as wel man as woman caſt yee out of the campe, leſt when they shal dwel with you, they contaminate it.

4 And the children of Iſrael did ſo, and they did caſt them forth without the campe, as our Lord had ſpoken to Moyſes.

5 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

6 Speake to the children of Iſrael: man, or woman, when they ſhal do any of al the ſinnes, that are wont to chance to men, and by negligence haue tranſgreſſed the commandement of the Lord, and haue offended,

7 they“ shal confeſſe their ſinne, and reſtore the principal it ſelf, and the fifth part ouer to him, againſt whom they ſinned.

8 But if there be none to receiue it, they ſhal geue it to the Lord, and it ſhal be the prieſtes, the ramme excepted, that is offered for expiation, to be a placable hoſte.

9 Al the firſt fruites alſo, which the children of Iſrael doe offer, pertaine to the prieſt:

10 and whatſoeuer is offered into the Sanctuarie of euerie one, and is deliuered to the handes of the prieſt, it shal be his.

11 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

12 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: The man, whoſe wife erreth, and contemning her husband

13 hath ſlept with an other man, and her husband could not find it, but the adulterie is ſecrete, and can not be proued by witneſſes, becauſe ſhe was not found in the adulterous fact:

14 [::] if the ſpirit of ielouſie ſtirre vp the husband againſt his wife, which either is polluted, or is charged with falſe ſuſpition,

15 he shal bring her to the prieſt, and shal offer an oblation for her the [*] tenth part of a ſatum of barley meale: he shal not powre oile theron, not put frankincenſe vpon it: becauſe it is a ſacrifice of ielouſie, and an oblation ſearching out adulterie.

16 The prieſt therfore shal offer it, and ſet it before the Lord.

17 And he shal take [::] holie water in an earthen veſſel, and he shal caſt a little grauel of the pauement of the tabernacle into it.

18 And when the woman shal ſtand in the ſight of the Lord, he shal vncouer her head, and shal put vpon her handes the ſacrifice of recordation, and the oblation of ielouſie: and him ſelfe shal hold the moſt bitter waters, wheron he heaped curſes with execration.

19 and he shal adiure her, and shal ſay: If an other man hath not ſlept with thee, and if thou be not polluted by forſaking thy husbandes bedde, theſe moſt bitter waters shal not hurt thee, wherupon I haue heaped curſes.

20 But if thou haſt declined from thy husband, & art polluted, and haſt lien with an other man:

21 thou shalt be ſubiect to theſe maledictions: Our Lord geue thee for a malediction, and an example of al among his people: make he thy thigh to rotte, and bellie ſwelling burſt aſunder.

22 the [::] curſed water enter into thy bellie, and thy wombe being ſwolne let thy thigh rotte. And the woman shal anſwer, Amen, amen.

23 And the prieſt shal write theſe curſes in a booke, and shal wash them out with the moſt bitter waters, wherupon he heaped the curſes,

24 and he shal geue them her to drinke. Which when she hath drunke vp,

25 the prieſt shal take of her hand the ſacrifice of ielouſie, and shal eleuate it before the Lord, and shal put it vpon the altar: yet ſo notwithſtanding that firſt,

26 he take a handful of the ſacrifice of that, which is offered, & burne it vpon the altar: and ſo geue the moſt bitter waters to the woman to drinke.

27 Which when she hath drunke, if she be polluted, and by contempt of her husband guiltie of adulterie, the waters of malediction shal goe through her, and her bellie being puft vp her thigh shal totte withal: and the woman shal be for a malediction, and an example to al the people.

28 But if she be not polluted, she shal be blameleſſe, and shal beare children.

29 This is the law of ielouſie. If the woman decline from her husband, and if she be polluted,

30 and the husband ſtirred with the ſpirit of ielouſie brought her in the ſight of the Lord, and the prieſt haue done to her according to al thinges that are written:

31 the husband shal be without fault, and she shal beare her iniquitie.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

• 2 [::] Stil by the leſſe (ſaieth Theodoret) God inſtructeth in the greatter. q 8. in Nū. If therfore lepers were caſt out of the campe, how much more iuſtly are heretiques caſt out of the Church?
• 14 [::] God ordained this law, and miraculouſly concurred therin, to auoid wiueſſlaughter, vpō vehement ⟨illegible⟩eloſie. Theod. q. 10. in Num.
• 15 [*] about the eight part of our pe⟨illegible⟩k.
• 17 [::] VVater ſanctified by ſpecial rites is called holie water, and ſerueth to holie vſe. chap. 8. v. 7. c. 19. v. 9.
• 22 [::] The water wheron the prieſt laide curſes to light on the woman if ſhe were guiltie.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. V.

7. Shal confeſſe their ſinne.] General confeſſion (ſuch as Proteſtantes make) [Margin: Particular confeſſion of ſinnes, & ſatiſfaction, required by the law of God.] ſufficed not here for purging ſinnes: but whoſoeuer tranſgreſſed anie of Gods commandments, were bound by this diuine poſitiue law, to confeſſe expreſly and diſtinctly their ſinne, which in particular they had committed. Alſo to make reſtitution, if wrong were donne to anie other, with a fifth part aboue the principal. And for further ſatisfaction to God they muſt offer ſacrifice. Al which did plainly prefigure & foreſhew the neceſſitie of particular confeſſion of ſinnes, and ſatifaction, in the Sacrament of Penance, inſtituted by Chriſt. Ioan. 20.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. Conſecration, 14. and oblation of Nazareites. 22. Aſette forme how the Prieſt shal bleſſe the people.

1 AND our Lord ſpake vnto Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou ſhal ſay to them: Man, or woman, when they ſhal make a vow to be ſanctified, and“ wil conſecrate them ſelues to the Lord:

3 they ſhal abſteine from wine, & euerie thing, that can make one drunke, vineger of wine, and of any other potion, and whatſoeuer is preſſed out of the grape, they shal not drinke: new grapes and drie they shal not eate

4 al the daies wherin they are by vow cōſecrated to the Lord: whatſoeuer may be of the vineyard, from the reiſen to the kernel they shal not eate.

5 Al the time of his ſeparation a raſour shal not paſſe ouer his head vntil the day be expired, that he is conſecrated to the Lord. He shal be holie, [::] whiles the bush of haire on his head doth grow.

6 Al the time of his conſecration he shal not enter in to the dead,

7 neither shal he be contaminated no not on his fathers and mothers and brothers and ſiſters corps, becauſe the conſecration of his God is vpon his head.

8 Al the daies of his ſeparation he shal be holie to the Lord.

9 But if anie man die ſodenly before him, the head of his conſecration shal be polluted: which he shal shaue forthwith in the ſame day of his purgation, and againe the ſeuenth day.

10 and in the eight day he shal bring two turtles, or two young pigeons to the prieſt in the entrie of the couenant of teſtimonie.

11 and the prieſt shal offer one for ſinne, and the other for an holocauſt, and shal pray for him, becauſe he hath ſinned by occaſion of the dead: and he shal ſanctifie his head that day:

12 and shal conſecrate to the Lord the daies of his ſeparation, offering a lambe of a yeare old for ſinne: yet ſo that the former daies be made fruſtrate, becauſe his ſanctification was polluted.

13 This is the law of conſecration. When the daies, that by vow he had determined, shal be expired: he shal bring him to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant,

14 and shal offer his oblation to the Lord, a male lambe of a yeare old without ſpotte for an holocauſt, and an ewe lambe of a yeare old without ſpotte for ſinne, and a ramme without ſpotte, for a pacifique hoſte,

15 a basket alſo of vnleuened breades that are tempered with oile, and wafers without leuen anointed with oile, and the libamentes of euerie one:

16 which the prieſt shal offer before the Lord, and shal offer as wel for ſinne, as for an holocauſt.

17 But the ⟨illegible⟩amme he shal immolate for a pacifique hoſte to the Lord, offering withal the baskette of azymes, and the libamentes that by cuſtome are dew.

18 Then shal the Nazareite be shauen before the dore of the tabernacle of couenant, from the bush of the haire of his conſecration: and he shal take his haires, and lay them vpon the fire, that is put vnder the ſacrifice of pacifiques.

19 And a shoulder of the ramme boyled, and one cake without leuen out of the baskette, and one wafer vnleuened, and he shal deliuer them into the handes of the Nazareite, after that his head be shauen.

20 And receiuing them againe from him, he shal eleuate them in the ſight of the Lord: and being ſanctified they shal be the prieſtes, as the breaſt, which was commanded to be ſeparated, and the shoulder. after theſe thinges the Nazareite may drinke wine.

21 This is the law of the Nazareite, when he shal vow his oblation to the Lord in the time of his conſecration, beſides thoſe thinges which his hand shal find, according to that which he had vowed in his minde, ſo shal he do to the fulfilling of his ſanctification.

22 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

23 Speake to Aaron and his ſonnes: [::] Thus shal you bleſſe the children of Iſrael, and you shal ſay to them:

24 Our Lord bleſſe thee, and keepe thee.

25 Our Lord shew his face to thee, and haue mercie vpon thee.

26 Our Lord turne his countenance vnto thee, and geue thee peace.

27 And [::] they shal inuocate my name vpon the children of Iſrael, and I wil bleſſe them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

• 5 [::] VVhen Samſon was depriued of theſe haires he loſt his ſtreingth ⟨illegible⟩d⟨illegible⟩c. 16.
• 23 [::] A ſpecial and determinate forme of bleſſing.
• 27 [::] VVhen the prieſt vttereth the wordes God geueth the effect.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. VI.

2. VVil conſecrate themſelues] To ſuch as of their owne accord, would bind [Margin: God preſcribed the rule of Nazareites, & the rites of their conſecration.] themſelues by vow to certaine thinges not cōmanded, God preſcribeth a Rule containing three ſpecial obſeruations; not to drincke wine, or anie thing that may make drunck; not to cut their haire; and not to touch a dead corps. He appointeth likewiſe rites in making this profeſſion, and calleth the profeſſed Nazareites, that is, ſegregated or ſeparated from the ordinarie ſtate of people; though it was, for moſt part, but for a time, to be limited by the parties them ſelues, and in ſome perpetual, as in Samſon. Iudic. 13. Now vvhat do Nazareites [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩. Aug. q. 52. in lib. Iudic.] [Margin: The ſame was a figure of vowes both temporal and perpetual.] ſignifie, ſaith S. Gregorie (li. 33. c. 23. Moral.) but thoſe that abſtaine, and containe voluntarily from things oshervviſe lavvful? As from eating fleſh, either for certaine daies and times, or altogether; from Mariage; from proprietie in worldlie goodes; and the like.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. In dedication of the Tabernacle, the princes of the twelue tribes offer iointly ſix waines, and twelue oxen. 11. Then euerie prince ſeueral daies make other oblations. 89. And God ſpeaketh to Moyſes from the Propitiatorie.

1 AND it came to paſſe in the day that Moyſes finiſhed the tabernacle, and erected it: he anoynted alſo and ſanctified it with al the veſſel therof, the altar likewiſe and al the veſſel therof.

2 The princes of Iſrael and the heades of the families, that were in euerie tribe, and the rulers of them, that had bene numbered, offered

3 giftes before our Lord ſix waines couered, with twelue oxen. Two princes offered one waine, and euerie man one oxe and they offered them before the tabernacle.

4 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

5 Take them of their handes to ſerue in the miniſterie of the tabernacle, and thou shalt deliuer them to the Leuites according to the order of their miniſterie.

6 When Moyſes therfore had taken the waines and the oxen, he deliuered them to the Leuites.

7 Two waines and foure oxen he gaue to the ſonnes of Gerſon, according to that which was neceſſarie for them.

8 the other foure waines, and the eight oxen he gaue to the ſonnes of Merari according to their offices and ſeruice, vnder the hand of Ithamar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt.

9 but to the ſonnes of Caath he gaue not waines and oxen: becauſe they ſerue in the ſanctuarie, and carie their burdens [::] vpon their owne shoulders.

10 The princes therfore offered vnto the dedication of the altar, the daie wherin it was anoynted, their oblation before the altar.

11 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Let the princes one and one euerie day offer their giftes vnto the dedication of the altar.

12 The firſt day Nahaſſon the ſonne of Aminadab of the tribe of Iuda offered his oblation:

13 and there were in it a ſiluer plate of an hundred and thirtie ſicles weight, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles according to the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flower tempered with oyle for a ſacrifice:

14 a little morter of ten ſicles of gold ful of incenſe:

15 an oxe out of the hearde, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

16 and a bucke goat for ſinne:

17 and for a ſacrifice of pacifiques, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this is the oblation of Nahaſſon the ſonne of Aminidab.

18 The ſecond day offered Nathanael the ſonne of Suar, prince of the tribe of Iſſachar,

19 a plate of ſiluer weying an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles, according to the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

20 a litle morter of gold hauing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

21 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

22 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

23 and for a ſacrifice of pacifiques, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Nathanael the ſonne of Suar.

24 The third day the prince of the ſonnes of Zabulon Eliab the ſonne of Helon,

25 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flower tempered with oyle for a ſacrifice:

26 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

27 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

28 and a bucke-goate for ſinne,

29 and for a ſacrifice of pacifiques, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this is the oblation of Eliab the ſonne of Helon.

30 The fourth day the prince of the ſonnes of Ruben, Eliſur the ſonne of Sedeur,

31 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flower tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

32 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

33 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old, for an holocauſt:

34 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

35 and for pacifiques hoſtes two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Eliſur the ſonne of Sedeur.

36 The fifth day the prince of the ſonnes of Simeon Salamiel the ſonne of Suriſaddai.

37 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

38 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

39 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſte:

40 and a bucke goate for finne:

41 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Salamiel the ſonne of Suriſaddai.

42 The ſixt day the prince of the ſonnes of Gad, Eliaſaph the ſonne of Duel

43 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing a hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre temp⟨illegible⟩red with o⟨illegible⟩le for a ſacrifice:

44 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

45 an oxe our of the heard, and a ramme, & a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

46 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

47 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Eliaſaph the ſonne of Duel.

48 The ſeuenth day the prince of the ſonnes of Ephraim, Eliſama the ſonne of Ammiud

49 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing a hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

50 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

51 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

52 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

53 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Eliſama the ſonne of Ammiud.

54 The eight day the prince of the ſonnes of Manaſſes, Gamaliel the ſonne of Phadaſſur,

55 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

56 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles, ful of incenſe:

57 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

58 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

59 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Gamaliel the ſonne of Phadaſſur.

60 The ninth day the prince of the ſonnes of Beniamin, Abidan the ſonne of Gedeon,

61 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the ſanctuarie, both ful of flower tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

62 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

63 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

64 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

65 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rames, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old this was the oblation of Abidan the ſonne of Gedeon.

66 The tenth day the prince of the ſonnes of Dan, Ahiezer the ſonne of Ammiſaddai

67 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles, after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

68 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

69 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

70 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

71 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Ahiezer the ſonne of Ammiſaddai.

72 The eleuenth day the prince of the ſonnes of Aſer, Phegiel the ſonne of Ochran

73 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

74 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles ful of incenſe:

75 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

76 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

77 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Phegiel the ſonne of Ochran.

78 The twelfth day the prince of the ſonnes of Nephthali, Ahira the ſonne of Enan

79 offered a plate of ſiluer weighing an hundred thirtie ſicles, a phial of ſiluer hauing ſeuentie ſicles after the weight of the Sanctuarie, both ful of flowre tempered with oile for a ſacrifice:

80 a litle morter of gold weighing ten ſicles, ful of incenſe:

81 an oxe out of the heard, and a ramme, and a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt:

82 and a bucke goate for ſinne:

83 and for pacifique hoſtes, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue bucke goates, fiue lambes of a yeare old. this was the oblation of Ahira the ſonne of Enan.

84 Theſe thinges were offered of the princes of Iſrael in the dedication of the altar, in the day wherin it was conſecrated. plates of ſiluer twelue: phials of ſiluer twelue: litle morters of gold twelue:

85 ſo that one plate had an hundred and thirtie ſicles of ſiluer, and one phial had ſeuentie ſicles: that is, in the whole of al the veſſel of ſiluer two thouſand foure hundred ſicles, by the weight of the Sanctuarie.

86 litle morters of gold twelue ful of incenſe weighing ten ſicles a peece, by the weight of the Sanctuarie: that is, in the whole an hundred twentie ſicles of gold:

87 oxen out of the heard for an holocauſt twelue, rammes twelue, lambes of a yeare old twelue, and their libamentes: twelue bucke goates for ſinne.

88 For pacifique hoſtes, oxen twentie ſowre, rammes fixtie, bucke goates ſixtie, lambes of a yeare old ſixtie. Theſe thinges were offered in the dedication of the altar, when it was anointed.

89 And when Moyſes entred into the tabernacle of couenant, to conſult the oracle, he heard the voice of him that ſpake to him from the propitiatorie, that was ouer the arke betwen the two Cherubs, from whence alſo he ſpake to him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

• 9 [::] Of great reuerence they cariod the arke, and propitiatorie, and the holie veſſel ordinarily vpon their ſhoulders, yet the ſame were ſometimes caried on waines. 2. Reg. 6.

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. Seuen lampes are ſo placed on the golden candleſtucke, that they may shine towardes the breades of propoſition. 5. the ordination of the Leuites. 24. And at what age they shal ſerue in the tabernacle.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to Aaron, and thou shalt ſay to him: When thou shalt place the ſeuen lampes, let the candleſticke be ſette vp in the ſouth part ouer againſt the north, toward the table of the breades of propoſition, ouer againſt that part toward which the candleſticke looketh, shal they shine.

3 And Aaron did ſo, and he put the lampes vpon the candleſticke, as our Lord had cōmanded Moyſes.

4 this was the making of the candleſticke, of beaten gold, as wel the middle shaft, as al thinges that aroſe of both ſides of the branches: according to the example which our Lord ſhewed to Moyſes, ſo wrought he the candleſticke.

5 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes ſaying:

6 Take the Leuites out of the middes of the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt purifie them,

7 according to this rite: Let them be ſprinkled with [::] the water of luſtration, & ſhaue al the haires of their fleſh. And when they haue washed their garmentes, and are cleanſed,

8 they shal take an oxe out of the heardes, and his libament flowre tempered with oyle: and an other oxe out of the heard thou shalt take for ſinne:

9 and thou ſhalt bring the Leuites before the tabernacle of couenant, calling together al the multitude of the children of Iſrael.

10 And when the Leuites are before the Lord, the children of Iſrael shal put their handes vpon them.

11 and Aaron shal offer the Leuites, a gift in the ſight of the Lord from the children of Iſrael, that they may ſerue in his miniſterie.

12 The Leuites alſo shal put their handes vpon the heades of the oxen, of the which thou shalt make one for ſinne, and the other for holocauſte of the Lord, to pray for them.

13 And thou shalt ſette the Leuites in the ſight of Aaron and of his ſonnes, and being offered ſhal conſecrate them to the Lord,

14 and shal ſeparate them from the middes of the children of Iſrael, to be mine.

15 And afterward they shal enter into the tabernacle of couenant, to ſerue me. And thou shalt ſo purifie and conſecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: becauſe they were geuen me for a gift of the children of Iſrael.

16 For the firſt borne that open euerie matrice in Iſrael, I haue taken them.

17 For mine are al the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael, as wel of men as of beaſtes. From the day that I ſmote euerie firſt borne in the Land of Aegypt, haue I ſanctified them to me:

18 and I haue taken the Leuites for al the firſt borne of the children of Iſrael:

19 and haue deliuered them for a gift to Aaron and his ſonnes out of the middes of the people, to ſerue me for Iſrael in the tabernacle of couenant, and to pray for them that there be no plague among the people, if they should preſume to approch vnto my Sanctuarie.

20 And Moyſes and Aaron and al the multitude of the children of Iſrael did concerning the Leuites the thinges that our Lord had commanded Moyſes:

21 and they were purified, and washed their garmentes. And Aaron [::] eleuated them in the ſight of our Lord, and prayed for them,

22 that being purified they might enter to their offices into the tabernacle of couenant before Aaron & his ſonnes. Fuen as our Lord had cōmanded Moyſes touching the Leuites, ſo was it done.

23 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

24 This is the law of the Leuites, From twentie fiue yeares and vpward, they shal enter in to miniſter in the tabernacle of couenant.

25 And when they shal haue accomplisheth the fiftith yeare of their age, they shal ceaſe to ſerue:

26 and shal be the miniſters of their brethren in the tabernacle of couenant, to keepe the thinges that are cōmended to them, but not to do the verie workes. Thus shalt thou diſpoſe to the Leuites in their cuſtodies.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

• 7 [::] This water was mixed with aſhes of a redde. ow ſacrificed without the campe. chap. ⟨illegible⟩9.
• 21 [::] Aaron hauing receiued the Leuites, presēted them to God, and ſo addicted them to their deſigned offices.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. The percept of Paſch to be made the fourtenth day of the first moone, is renewed. 6. But the vncleane, and trauelers in a iorney the fourtenth day of the ſecond moneth. 15. The campe muſt rest or march, as the cloud or piller of fire, remaineth ouer the tabernacle, or departeth.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, in the deſert of Sinai the ſecond yeare, after they went out of the land of Aegypt, the firſt moneth ſaying:

2 Let the children of Iſrael make the Phaſe in his time,

3 the fourtenth day of this moneth at euen, according to al the ceremonies and iuſtifications therof.

4 And Moyſes commanded the children of Iſrael that they should make the Phaſe.

5 Who made it in his time: the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen in mount Sinai. According to al thinges that our Lord had commanded Moyſes the children of Iſrael did.

6 But behold certaine vncleane [::] vpon the ſoule of man, which could not make the Phaſe on that day, coming to Moyſes and Aaron,

7 ſaid to them: We are vncleane vpon the ſoule of man. why are we defrauded that we can not offer the oblation to our Lord in the dew time among the children of Iſrael?

8 To whom Moyſes anſwered: Stand that I may aske counſeil what our Lord wil command concerning you.

9 And our Lord [::] ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

10 Speake to the children of Iſrael: The man that shal be vncleane vpon a ſoule, or in his iourney farre of in your nation, let him make the Phaſe to the Lord

11 in the ſecond moneth, the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen: with azymes and wilde lettiſe shal they eate it:

12 they shal not leaue anie thing therof vntil morning and a bone therof they ſhal not breake, al the rite of the Phaſe they ſhal obſerue.

13 But if anie man both be cleane, and was not in his iourney, and yet did not make the Phaſe, that ſoule shal be deſtroyed out from among his peoples, becauſe he offered not ſacrifice to the Lord in his dew time: he shal beare his ſinne.

14 The ſeiourner alſo and ſtranger if they be with you, shal make the Phaſe to the Lord, according to the ceremonies and iuſtifications therof. The ſelfe ſame precept shal be among you aſwel to the ſtranger, as to him that is borne in the countrie.

15 Therfore the day that the tabernacle was erected, a cloude couered it. And from euening ouer the tabernacle there was as it were the likeneſſe of fire vntil morning.

16 So was it done alwaies: by day the cloude couered it, and by night as it were the likeneſſe of fire.

17 And when the cloude that protected the tabernacle, had bene taken away, then the children of Iſrael marched: and in the place where the cloude had ſtoode, there they camped.

18 At the commandment of our Lord they marched, and at his commandment they pitched the tabernacle. Al the daies that the cloude ſtoode ouer the tabernacle, they remained in the ſame place:

19 and if it chanced that it did continew ouer it a long time, the children of Iſrael were in the wa⟨illegible⟩s of our Lord, and marched not

20 for as manie daies ſooner as the cloude had bene ouer the tabernacle. At the commandment of our Lord they pitched their tentes, and at his commandement they tooke them downe.

21 If the cloude had bene from euen vntil morning, and immediatly at day breake had forſaken the tabernacle, they marched: and if it had departed after a day and a night, they tooke down their tentes.

22 But if for two daies or one moneth or a longer time it had bene ouer the tabernacle, the children of Iſrael remained in the ſame place, and marched not: but immediatly as it had departed, they remoued the campe.

23 By the word of the Lord they pitched their tentes, and by his word they marched: and were in the watches of our Lord according to his commandment by the hand of Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

• 6 [::] By touching the dead. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩. q. 15. in Num.
• 9 [::] God anſwered by a voice framed by an Angel from the propitiatorie. chap. 7. ⟨illegible⟩. 89.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. [Margin: The ſecond part. Of diuers impediments, which happened to the Iſraelites, and renouation of ſundrie precepts, in their iorney from the deſert of Sinai to the campe of Moab.] Trumpets are ſounded by the prieſtes, diue⟨illegible⟩ſly for diuerſe purpoſes. 11. The campe marcheth from the deſert of Sinai. 29. Moyſes intreateth Hobab the Madianite to remaine with them. 35. His prayer when the arke is taken vp, and ſette downe.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Make thee two trumpettes of beaten ſiluer, wherwith thou maieſt cal togeather the multitude when the campe is to be remoued.

3 And when thou shalt ſound with the trumpettes, al the multitude shal gather vnto thee to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant.

4 If thou ſound but once, the princes ſhal come to thee, and the heades of the multitude of Iſrael.

5 But if the trumpeting ſound in length and with a broken tune, they ſhal moue their campe firſt that are on the eaſt ſide.

6 And at the ſecond ſound and the like noyſe of the trumpet, they shal take vp their tentes that dwel toward the ſouth. and after this maner shal the reſt doe, when the trumpettes shal ſound to the marching.

7 But when the people is to be gathered together, the ſound of the trumpet shal be plaine, and they [::] shal not make a broken ſound.

8 And the ſonnes of Aaron the prieſtes shal ſound with the trumpettes: and this shal be an ordinance for euer in your generations.

9 If you goe forth to warre out of your land againſt the enimies that fight againſt you, you shal ſound with trumpettes in l⟨illegible⟩ngth, and there shal be a remembrance of you before the Lord your God, that you may be deliuered out of the handes of your enemies.

10 If at anie time you shal haue a banket, and feſtiual daies, and Calendes, you shal ſound with trumpettes ouer the holocauſtes, and pacifique victimes, that they may be vnto you for a remembrance of your God. I the Lord your God.

11 The ſecond yeare, in the ſecond moneth, the twentith day of the moneth was the cloude lifted vp from the tabernacle of couenant.

12 and the children of Iſrael marched by their troupes from the deſert of Sinai, and the cloud reſted in the wilderneſſe of Pharan.

13 And the firſt moued their campe according to the cōmandement of our Lord by the hand of Moyſes.

14 The ſonnes of Iudas by their troupes: whoſe prince was Nahaſſon the ſonne of Aminadab.

15 In the tribe of the ſonnes of Iſſachar, the prince was Nathanael the ſonne of Suar.

16 In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the ſonne of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken downe, which the ſonnes of Gerſon and Metari carying, marched.

18 And the ſonnes of Ruben alſo marched, by their troupes and order, whoſe prince was Heliſur the ſonne of Sedeur.

19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the ſonne of Suriſaddai.

20 Moreouer in the tribe of Gad, the prince was Eliaſaph the ſonne of Duel.

21 And the Caathites alſo marched carying the Sanctuarie. So long was the tabernacle caried, til they came to the place of erecting it.

22 The ſonnes of Ephraim alſo moued their campe by their troupes, in whoſe hoſte the prince was Eliſama the ſonne of Ammiud.

23 And in the tribe of the ſonnes of Manaſſes, the prince was Gamaliel the ſonne of Phadaſſur.

24 And in the tribe of Beniamin the prince was Abidan the ſonne of Gedeon.

25 The laſt of al the campe marched the ſonnes of Dan by their troupes, in whoſe hoſte the prince was Ahiezer the onne of Ammiſaddai.

26 And in the tribe of the ſonnes of Aſer, the prince was Phegiel the ſonne of Ochran.

27 And in the tribe of the ſonnes of Nephthali the prince was Ahira the ſonne of Enan.

28 Theſe are the campes, and the marchinges of the children of Iſrael by their troupes when they marched

29 And Moyſes ſaid to Hobab the ſonne of Raguel the Madianite, [::] his [*] allied: We march toward the place, which our Lord wil geue vs: come with vs, that we may do thee good: for our Lord hath promiſed good thinges to Iſrael.

30 To whom he anſwered: I wil not goe with thee, but I wil returne to my countrie, wherein I was borne.

31 And he ſaid: Doe not forſake vs: for thou knoweſt in what places through the deſert we may campe, and [::] thou ſhalt be our guide.

32 And when thou comeſt with vs, whatſoeuer ſhal be beſt of the riches, which our Lord ſhal deliuer vs, we wil geue thee.

33 They marched therfore from the Mount of our Lord three daies iourney, and the arke of the couenant of out Lord went before them, for three daies prouiding a place for the campe.

34 The cloude alſo of our Lord was ouer them by day when they marched.

35 And when the arke was lifted vp, Moyſes ſaid: [::] Ariſe Lord, and be thyne enemies diſperſed, and let them flee that hate thee, from thy face.

36 And when it was ſette downe, he ſaid: Returne Lord to the multitude of the hoſte of Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

• 7 [::] Before the whole multitude, plaine and neceſſarie pointes of doctrine muſt only be vttered, but before the lerned and wiſer ſorte▪
• 9 ⟨illegible⟩ghe⟨illegible⟩ myſteries may be treated and taught. Theod. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩. in Num.
• 29 [::] Either this Hobab was otherwiſe called Raguel, ⟨illegible⟩ 2. and alſo I⟨illegible⟩o, Exo. 3. and was father in law to Moyſes, or els he was ſonne of the ſame Raguel, and brother in law to Moyſes.
• 29 [*] cognat⟨illegible⟩ vel aff⟨illegible⟩n⟨illegible⟩ ▪
• 31 [::] Moyſes meaneth, that whē by the cloud and piller of fire (their ſpecial guides) the people ſhould come to new places, this Madianite his allied might direct them where to finde beſt paſture, water and like commodities, nere to them.
• 35 [::] Beſides general prayers for al purpoſes, ſome are compoſed, and applied for ſpecial times and occaſions.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. The people murmuring are punished with fire. 7. Manna is againe deſcribed. 10. Moyſes being afflicted with ſolicitude of trubleſome people, 16. God adioyneth ſeuentie Ancients to ſuſtaine part of his burden. 18. promiſeth to geue al the people flesh. 25. The ancients do prophecie. 31. The people haue their ſil of flesh. 33. but forthwith manie die of the plague. Wherof the place is called, The ſepulchre▪ of concupiſcence.

1 IN the meane time there aroſe a murmuring of the people, as it were repyning for labour, againſt our Lord. Which when our Lord had heard, he was angrie. And the fire of our Lord being kinled againſt them, deuoured the vttermoſt part of the campe.

2 And when the people had cried to Moyſes, Moyſes prayed to our Lord, and the fire was quenched.

3 And he called the name of that place, Kindling: for that the fire of our Lord had bene kindled againſt them.

4 For [::] the common vulgar people, that came vp with them, burned with deſire, ſitting and weeping, the children of Iſrael being ioyned together with them, and ſaid: Who ſhal geue vs fleſh to eate?

5 We remember the fishes that we did eate in Aegypt gratis: the cucumbers come vnto our minde, and the melons, and leekes and onions and garlike.

6 Our ſoule is drie our eies behold nothing els but Manna.

7 And the Manna was as it were the ſeede of Coriander, of the colour of bdellion.

8 And the people went about, & gathering it, grounde it in a milne, or braied it in a morter, boyling it in a potte, and making cakes therof of the taiſt as it were of oyled bread.

9 And when the dew fel in the night vpon the campe, the Manna alſo fel withal.

10 Moyſes therfore heard the people weeping by their families, euerie one at the doores of his tent. And the furie of our Lord was exceding wrath: but to Moyſes alſo it ſemed an intolerable thing.

11 and he ſaid to our Lord: Why haſt thou afflicted thy ſeruant? wherfore do I not finde grace before thee? and why haſt thou laid the weight of al this people vpon me?

12 Haue I conceaued al this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldeſt ſay to me: Carie them in thy boſome as the nource is wont to carie the litle infant, and beare them into the land, for the which thou haſt ſworne to their fathers?

13 Whence shal I haue flesh to geue to ſo great a multitude? they whine againſt me, ſaying: Geue vs flesh that we may eate.

14 I alone can not ſuſtaine al this people, becauſe it is heauie for me.

15 But [::] if it ſeme vnto thee otherwiſe, I beſeche thee to kil me, and let me finde grace in thine eies, that I be not moleſted with ſo great euils.

16 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Gather me ſeuentie men of the ancientes of Iſrael, whom thou knoweſt to be the ancientes of the people and maiſters: and thou shalt bring them to the doore of the tabernacle of couenant, and shalt make them to ſtand there with thee,

17 that I may deſcend and ſpeake to thee: and [::] I wil take of thy ſpirit, and wil deliuer to them, that they may ſuſtaine with thee, the burden of the people, and thou onlie be not burdened.

18 To the people alſo thou ſhalt ſay: Be ſanctified: to morrow you ſhal eate fleſh? for I haue heard you ſay: Who ſhal geue vs meates of flesh? it was wel with vs in Aegypt. That the Lord may geue you fleſh, and you may eate:

19 not one day, nor two, or fiue or ten, no nor twentie,

20 but euen to a moneth of daies, til it goe out a your noſethrils, and be turned to lothſomenes, becauſe you haue reiected the Lord, who is in the middes of you, and haue whyned before him, ſaying: Wherfore came we out of Aegypt?

21 And Moyſes ſaid: There are ſix hundred thouſand footemen of this people, & ſayeſt thou: I wil geue them flesh to eate a whole moneth?

22 Why, ſhal a multitude of ſheepe and oxen be killed, that it may ſuffiſe for meate? or ſhal al the fishes of the ſea be gathered togeather, for to fil them?

23 To whom our Lord anſwered: Why, is the hand of the Lord vnable? Now preſently thou ſhalt ſee whether my word shal be accompliſhed in deede.

24 Moyſes therfore came, and told the people the wordes of our Lord, aſſembling ſeuentie men of the ancientes of Iſrael, whom he cauſed to ſtand about the tabernacle.

25 And our Lord deſcended in a cloude, and ſpake to him, taking a way of the ſpirit that was in Moyſes, and geuing to the ſeuentie men. And when the ſpirit had reſted on them, they prophecied, neither ceaſed they any more.

26 And there had remained in the campe two men, of the which one was called Eldad, and the other Medad, vpon whom the ſpirit reſted. [::] for they alſo had bene enrolled, and were not gone forth to the tabernacle.

27 And when they prophecied in the campe, there ran a boy, and told Moyſes, ſaying: Eldad and Medad do prophecie in the campe.

28 Forthwith Ioſue the ſonne of Nun, the miniſter of Moyſes, and choſen of manie, ſaid: My Lord Moyſes forbid them.

29 But he ſaid: Why haſt thou emulation for me? O that al the people might prophecie, and that our Lord would geue them his ſpirit?

30 And Moyſes returned, and the ancientes of Iſrael into the campe.

31 And a winde coming forth from our Lord, taking quailes ouer the ſea brought them, and let them fal into the campe the ſpace of one daies iourney, on euerie ſide of the campe round about, and they did flie in the ayre two cubites high ouer the earth.

32 The people therfore riſing vp al that day, and the night, and the next day, gathered togeather a multitude of qualies, he that did leaſt, ten cores: and they dried them round about the campe.

33 As yet the flesh was in their teeth, neither had that kind of meate failed: and behold the furie of our Lord being prouoked againſt the people, ſtroke them with an exceding great plague.

34 And that place was called, [::] The Sepulchres of concupiſcence: for there they buried the people that had luſted. And departing from the Sepulchres of concupiſcence, they came vnto Haſeroth, and taried there.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

• 4 [::] Theſe were Aegyptians that parted out of their countrie with the Iſraelites, and now murmuring drawe others by example to the ſame ſinne.
• 15 [::] Prayers of holie men are with ſubmiſſion of their willes to Gods wil, either expreſſed or implied.
• 17 [::] God imperted of the ſame ſpirite to theſe Ancientes, wherof he had geuē to Moyſes, that they might haue ſo much helpe of grace as pleaſed God, and Moyſes haue neuer theleſſe. S. Aug. q. 1⟨illegible⟩. in Num.
• 26 [::] Gods grace ſometimes preuenteth the ordinarie meanes Theodoret. q. 21. in Num.
• 34 [::] By this example and figure S. Paul ſheweth that al ſhal not be ſaued, which are baptiſed, & communicate in the ſame faith & Sacraments, but thoſe only which alſo pleaſe God in their workes. 1. Cor. 10.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. Marie and Aaron murmur against Moyſes. 6. whom God praiſeth aboue other prophetes. 10. Marie being ſtricken with leproſie, Aaron confeſſeth his fault. 13. Moyſes prayeth for her, and after ſeuen daies ſeparation from the campe, she is reſtored.

1 AND Marie and Aaron ſpake againſt Moyſes, for his wife the [::] Aethiopian,

2 and they ſaid: hath our Lord ſpoken by Moyſes onlie? hath he not ſpoken to vs alſo in like manner? Which when our Lord had heard, (

3 [::] For Moyſes was the mildeſt man aboue al men, that dwelt vpon the earth)

4 immediatly he ſpake to him, and to Aaron and Marie: Goe forth you three onlie to the tabernacle of couenant. And when they were come forth,

5 our Lord deſcended in the piller of a cloude, and ſtoode in the entrie of the tabernacle calling Aaron and Marie. Who going vnto him,

6 he ſaid to them: Heare my wordes: If there shal be among you a prophete of the Lord, in viſion wil I appeare to him, or in ſleepe I wil ſpeake ho him.

7 But my ſeruant Moyſes is not ſuch an one, who in al my houſe is moſt faythful:

8 for mouth to mouth I ſpeake to him: and plainely, and not by riddels and figures doth he ſee the Lord. Why therfore did you not feare to detract from my ſeruant Moyſes?

9 And being wrath againſt them, he went away:

10 the cloude alſo departed that was ouer the tabernacle: and behold Marie appeared white with leproſie as it were ſnow. And [::] when Aaron had looked on her, and ſaw her wholy couered with leproſie,

11 he ſaid to Moyſes: I beſech thee my Lord, lay not vpon vs this ſinne which we haue fooliſhly committed,

12 let not this woman be as it were dead, and as an abortiue that is caſt forth of the mothers wombe. Lo now the one halfe of her flesh is deuoured with the leproſie.

13 And Moyſes cried to our Lord, ſaying: God, I beſech thee, heale her.

14 To whom our Lord anſwered: If her father had ſpitte vpon her face, ought she not to haue bene ashamed ſeuen daies at the leaſt? Let her be ſeparated ſeuen daies without the campe, and afterwards she shal be called againe.

15 Marie therfore was shut forth without the campe ſeuen daies: and the people moued not from that place, vntil Marie was called againe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

• 1 Exod. 2.
• 1 [::] Madianites were alſo called Aethiopipians. S. Aug. q. 20. in Num.
• 3 [::] The Holie Ghoſt forced Moyſes to vtter his owne praiſe, which of him ſelf, he deſired not.
• 10 [::] Aaron was not publikly puniſhed, leſt therby he had bene made cō⟨illegible⟩emptible to the people, but was otherwiſe chatiſed.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. From the deſert of Pharan Moyſes ſendeth twelue men (of euerie tribe one) to view the Land of Chanaan. 17. changeth Oſee his name into Ioſue, 18. inſtructeth them which way to goe, and what to note in the land: 22. which they performe: 26. and after fourtie dayes returne, bringing with them fruites, in token of the landes fertilitie. 29. but in other reſpects (the reſt beſides Caleb and Ioſue) diſcoureging the people make them to murmur.

1 AND the people marched from Haſeroth pitching their tentes in the deſert of Pharan.

2 And there our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying;

3 Send men, that may view the Land of Chanaan, which I wil geue to the children of Iſrael, one of euerie tribe, of the princes.

4 Moyſes did that which our Lord had commanded, from the deſert of Pharan ſending principal men, whoſe names be theſe.

5 Of the tribe of Ruben, Samua the ſonne of Zechur.

6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the ſonne of Huri.

7 Of the tribe of Iuda, Caleb the ſonne of Iephone.

8 Of the tribe of Iſſachar, Igal the ſonne of Ioſeph.

9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oſee the ſonne of Nun.

10 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Phal⟨illegible⟩ the ſonne of Raphu.

11 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the ſonne of Sodi.

12 Of the tribe of Ioſeph, of the ſcepter of Manaſſes Gaddi, the ſonne of Suſi.

13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the ſonne of Gemalli.

14 Of the tribe of Aſer, Sthu⟨illegible⟩ the ſonne of Michael.

15 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nahabi the ſonne of Vapſi.

16 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the ſonne of Machi.

17 Theſe are the names of the men, whom moyſes ſent to view the Land: and he called Oſee the ſonne of Nun, [::] Ioſue.

18 Moyſes therfore ſent them to view the Land of Chanaan, and ſaid to them: Goe vp by the ſouth ſide. And when you ſhal come to the mountaines,

19 view the Land, what it is: and the people that are the inhabitantes therof, whether they be ſtrong or weake: few in number or manie:

20 the land it ſelf, whether it be good or badde: what manner of cities, walled or without walles:

21 the ground, fatte or barren, wooddie or without trees. Be of good courage, and bring vs of the fruites of the Land. And it was the time when now the firſt ripe grapes are to be eaten.

22 And when they were gone vp, they viewed the Land from the deſert of Sin, vnto Rohob as you enter to Emath.

23 And they went vp at the ſouth ſide, and came to Hebron, where were Achiman and Siſai and Tholmai the ſonnes of Enac. for Hebron was built ſeuen yeares before Tanis the citie of Aegypt.

24 And going forward as farre as the Torrent of cluſter, they cutte of a branch with the grapes therof, which two men carried vpon a leauer. They tooke of the pomegranates alſo and of the figges of that place:

25 which was called Neheleſcol, that is to ſay, the Torrent of cluſter, for that thence the children of Iſrael had caried a cluſter.

26 And the diſcouerers of the Land returning after fourtie daies, hauing circuted al the countrie,

27 came to Moyſes & Aaron and to al the aſſemblie of the children of Iſrael into the deſert of Pharan, which is in Cades. And ſpeaking to them & to al the multitude they ſhewed the fruites of the Land:

28 and reported, ſaying: We came into the Land to which thou didſt ſend vs, which in very deede floweth with milke and honie, as by theſe fruites may be knowen:

29 but it hath very ſtrong inhabitantes, and cities great and walled. The ſtocke of Enac we ſaw there.

30 Amalec dwelleth in the ſouth, the Hetheite and the Iebuſeite and the Amorrheite in the mountaines: but the Chananeite abideth beſide the ſea and about the ſtreames of Iordan.

31 Among theſe thinges Caleb appeaſing the murmuring of the people that roſe againſt Moyſes, ſaid: Let vs goe vp and poſſeſſe the Land, becauſe we may obtaine it.

32 But the others, that had bene with him, ſaid: No, we are not able to goe vp to this people, becauſe it is ſtronger then we.

33 And they detracted from the Land, which they had viewed, before the children of Iſrael, ſaying: The Land, which we haue viewed, [::] deuoureth her inhabitantes: the people, that we beheld, is of a tall ſtature.

34 There we ſaw certaine monſters of the ſonnes of Enac, of the gyantes kind: to whom being compared, we ſeemed as it were locuſtes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

• 17 [::] Changing of his name literally imported the great office of chiefe Duke vnto which he was deſigned. myſtically prefigured our Lord IESVS, for it is the ſame name in Hebrew, and ſignifieth SAVIOVR Theod. q. 25. in Num.
• 33 [::] Pretending falſly that the Land had an vnwholſome ayre, deuouring the inhabitātes, & not poſſible to be obtained by reasō of the gyants, couertly they detracted frō Gods powre, or his good wil towards them, who had promiſed the ſame. And therfore he gaue it to their children, but not to theſe ſeducers and murmurers. chap. 14. v. 23, 29.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. The mutinous murmuring people being vnplacable, 11. God expoſtulateth their ingratitude, threatneth to deſtroy them. 13. Yet Moyſes pacifieth his wrath, 22. but ſo that al which were numbered coming from Aegypt, except C⟨illegible⟩leb and Ioſue, shal die in the wildernes. 31. and their children shal poſſeſſe the promiſed land. 40. Then fighting contrarie to Moyſes admonition are beaten, and manie ſlaine by their enimies.

1 THERFORE al the multitude crying out wept that night,

2 and al the children of Iſrael murmured againſt Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

3 Would God we had died in Aegypt: and [::] in this vaſte wilderneſſe would God we might die, and that our Lord would not bring vs into this Land, leſt we fal by the ſword, and our wiues and children be ledde captiue. Is it not better to returne into Aegypt?

4 And one ſaid to an other: [::] Let vs appoint a captaine, and let vs returne into Aegypt.

5 Which Moyſes and Aaron hearing fel flatte vpon the ground before al the multitude of the children o⟨illegible⟩ Iſrael.

6 But Ioſue the ſonne of Nun, and Caleb the ſonne of Iephone, who them ſelues alſo had viewed the land, rent their garmentes,

7 and ſpake to al the multitude of the children of Iſrael: The Land, which we haue circuted, is very good.

8 If our Lord be propitious, he ſhal bring vs into it, and deliuer vs a ground flowing with milke and honie.

9 Be not rebellious againſt our Lord: neither feare ye the people of this land, for euen as bread ſo we may deuoure them. al aide is gone from them: our Lord is with vs, feare ye not.

10 And when al the multitude cried, and would haue ſtoned them, the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer the roofe of couenant in the ſight of al the children of Iſrael.

11 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: How long wil this people detract me? How long wil they not beleue me in al the ſignes, that I haue done before them?

12 I wil ſtrike them therfore with peſtilence, and wil conſume them: but thee I wil make prince ouer a great nation, and a ſtronger then this is.

13 And Moyſes ſaid to our Lord: That the Aegyptians, from the middes of whom thou haſt brought forth this people,

14 and the inhabitantes of this Land, which haue heard that thou Lord art among this people, and art ſene face to face, and thy cloude protecteth them, and in a piller of a cloude thou goeſt before them by day, and in a piller of fire by night:)

15 may heare that thou haſt killed ſo great a multitude as it were one man, and may ſay:

16 He could not bring in the people into the Land, for which he had ſworne: therfore did he kil them in the wilderneſſe.

17 Let therfore the ſtrength of our Lord be magnified as thou haſt ſworne, ſaying:

18 The Lord is patient and ful of mercie, taking away iniquitie and wicked deedes, & leauing no man innocent, which viſiteſt the ſinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the third and fourth generation.

19 Forgeue, I beſech thee, the ſinne of this thy people, according to the greatnes of thy mercie, as thou haſt bene propitious to them ſince their going out of Aegypt vnto this place.

20 And our Lord ſaid: I haue forgeuen it according to thy word.

21 Liue I: and the whole earth ſhal be replenished with the glorie of the Lord.

22 [::] But yet al the men that haue ſene my maieſtie, and the ſignes that I haue done in Aegypt, and in the wilderneſſe, and haue tempred me now ten times, neither haue obeied my voice,

23 they shal not ſee the Land for the which I ſware to their fathers, neither ſhal any of them that hath detracted me, behold it.

24 My ſeruant Caleb, who [::] being ful of an other ſpirit hath folowed me, wil I bring in vnto this Land which he hath circuted: and his ſeede shal poſſeſſe it.

25 Becauſe the Amalecite and the Cananeite dwel in the valleis. To morrow remoue the campe, and returne into the wilderneſſe by the way of the Redde ſea.

26 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

27 How long doth this vngratious multitude murmur againſt me? I haue heard the complaintes of the children of Iſrael.

28 Say therfore to them: liue I, ſayeth our Lord: According as you haue ſpoken I hearing it, ſo wil I do to you.

29 In this wilderneſſe shal your carcaſſes lie. Al you that are numbered from twentie yeares & vpward, and haue murmured againſt me,

30 you shal not enter into the Land, ouer the which I haue lifted vp my hand to make you inhabite it, except Caleb the ſonne of Iephone, and Ioſue the ſonne of Nun.

31 But your litle ones, of whom you ſaid, that they should be a pray to the enemies, wil I bring in: that they may ſee the Land, that hath miſliked you.

32 Your carcaſſes shal lie in the wilderneſſe.

33 Your children shal wander in the deſert fourtie yeares, and [::] shal beare your fornication, vntil the carcaſſes of their fathers be conſumed in the deſert,

34 according to the number of the fourtie daies, wherin you viewed the Land: a yeare shal be reputed for a day. And fourtie yeares you shal receiue your iniquities, and shal know my reuenge:

35 for as I haue ſpoken, ſo wil I doe to al this wicked multitude, that hath riſen togeather againſt me: in this wilderneſſe shal it faile, and die.

36 Therfore al the men, whom Moyſes had ſent to view the Land, and which returning had made al the multitude to murmur againſt him, detracting from the Land that it was naught,

37 died and were ſtroken in the ſight of our Lord.

38 But Ioſue the ſonne of Nun, and Caleb the ſonne of Iephone liued of al them, that had gone to view the Land.

39 And Moyſes ſpake al theſe wordes to al the children of Iſrael, and the people mourned excedingly.

40 And behold very early in the morning riſing they went vp to the toppe of the mountaine, and ſaid: We are readie to goe vp to the place, wherof our Lord hath ſpoken: for we haue ſinned.

41 To whom Moyſes ſaid: Why tranſgreſſe you the word of our Lord, which shal not ſuceede proſperouſely with you?

42 Goe not vp, for our Lord is not with you: leſt you fal before your enemies.

43 The Amalecite and the Chananeite are before you, by whoſe ſword you ſhal fal, for that you would not conſent to our Lord, neither wil our Lord be with you.

44 But they being blinded went vp to the toppe of the mountaine. But the arke of the teſtament of our Lord & Moyſes departed not from the campe.

45 And the Amalecite came downe and the Cananeite, that dwelt in the mountaine: and ſtriking and hewing them, purſewed them as farre as Horma.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

• 3 [::] Theſe murmurers had their wiſh, to their owne puniſhmēt. chap. 14. v. 29. 26. v. 64.
• 4 [::] It is ſo abſolutly neceſſarie in euerie communitie to haue one Superior⟨illegible⟩ fal, that verie ⟨illegible⟩u⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩s themſelues do euer chooſe ſuch a one, & cal him, the Electo.
• 22 [::] After the ſinne is forgeuen, yet puniſhment remaineth to be inflicted.
• 24 [::] Although grace be firſt geuē without deſert: yet good workes done by grace do merite reward. S. Aug. de ⟨illegible⟩at. & lib. arb. c. 6.
• 33 [::] Temporal puniſhment laid vpon the children for their fathers ſinnes, is for their owne ſpiritual good. S. Aug. Epiſt. ⟨illegible⟩. ad. A⟨illegible⟩tum.

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. Certaine precepts concerning Sacrifices, 17. and first fruites, are repeted, 22. alſo touching different punishment of ſinne comitted by ignorance and by ſet wilfulnes. 32. and accordingly one is ſtoned to death, for gathering ſtickes on the Sabbath day. 37. Al are commanded to carie a ſigne in their garments, therby to remember the commandments of God.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou ſhalt ſay to them: When you shal be entred into the Land of your habitation, which I wil geue you,

3 and shal make oblation to the Lord for an holocauſt, or victime, paying vowes, or voluntarily offering giftes, or in your ſolemnities burning a ſweete ſauour vnto the Lord, of oxen or of sheepe:

4 whoſoeuer immolateth the victime, shal offer a ſacrifice of flowre, the tenth part of an ephi tempered with oyle, which shal haue in meaſure the fourth part of an ⟨illegible⟩in:

5 and wine of the ſame meaſure to powre the libamentes shal he geue for the holocauſt or for the victime. For euerie lambe

6 and ramme there shal be a ſacrifice of flowre of two tenthes, which shal be tempered with oile the third part of an hin:

7 and wine for the libamente, the third part of the ſame meaſure, shal he offer for a ſweete ſauour to the Lord.

8 But when thou makeſt an holocauſt or hoſte of oxen, to fulfil thy vow or for pacifique victimes,

9 thou shalt geue for euerie oxe three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile, which shal haue halfe the meaſure of a hin:

10 ⟨illegible⟩nd wine to powre libamentes of the ſame meaſure for an oblation of moſt ſweete ſauour to the Lord.

11 So shalt thou doe

12 for euerie oxe and ramme and lambe and buckegoate.

13 As wel they that are borne in the countrie as the ſtrangers

14 after one rite shal offer ſacrifices.

15 There shal be al one precept and iudgement as wel to your ſelues as to the ſtrangers of the land.

16 Our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

17 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them:

18 When you are come into the land, which I wil geue you,

19 and shal eate of the breades of that countrie, you shal ſeparate firſt fruites to the Lord

20 of your meates. As of your barne floores you ſeparate firſt fruites,

21 ſo of your paſtes shal you geue firſt fruites to the Lord.

22 And if through ignorance you omitte any of theſe thinges, which the Lord hath ſpoken to Moyſes,

23 and by him hath commanded you, from the day that he beganne to command and ſo forward,

24 and the multitude haue forgotten to do it: they shal offer a calfe out of the heard, an holocauſte for a moſt ſweete ſauour to the Lord, and the ſacrifice and libamentes therof, as the ceremonies require, and a buckegoate for ſinne:

25 and the prieſt shal pray for al the multitude of the children of Iſrael: and it shal be forgeuen them, becauſe they ſinned not wittingly, offering notwithſtanding burnt ſacrifice to the Lord for them ſelues and for their ſinne and errour:

26 and it shal be forgeuen al the people of the children of Iſrael, and the ſtrangers, that ſeiourne among them: becauſe it is the fault of al the people through ignorance.

27 But if one ſoule shal ſinne vnwitting, he shal offer a she goate of a yeare old for his ſinne:

28 and the prieſt shal pray for him, becauſe he ſinned vnwitting before the Lord: and he shal obteine him pardon, and it shal be forgeuen him.

29 As wel to them that are borne in the countrie as to the ſtrangers one law shal be for al, that ſinne by ignorance.

30 But the ſoule, that [::] through pride committeth any thing, whether he be borne in the countrie, or a ſtranger, (becauſe he hath bene rebellious againſt the Lord) shal perish out of his people:

31 for he hath contemned the word of the Lord, and made his precept of no effect: therfore shal he be deſtroyed, and shal beare his iniquitie.

32 And it came to paſſe, when the children of Iſrael were in the wilderneſſe, and had found a man gathering ſlickes on the Sabbath day,

33 they preſented him to Moyſes and Aaron and the whole multitude.

34 Who shut him into priſon, not knowing what they should doe with him.

35 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes, [::] dying let this man die, let al the multitude ſtone him without the campe.

36 And when they had brought him out, they ſtoned him, and he died as our Lord had commanded.

37 Our Lord alſo ſaid to moyſes:

38 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them, that they make them ſelues [::] fringes in the corners of their garmentes, putting in them ribandes of hyacinth:

39 which when they shal ſee, they may remēber al the commandements of the Lord, and not folow their owne cogitations and eies fornicating after diuers thinges,

40 but rather mindful of the preceptes of the Lord may do them, and be holie to their God.

41 I the Lord your God, that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt, that I might be your God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

• 30 [::] Though ſinnes wittingly committed, procedīg of pride and contempt of Gods commandment, could not be pardoned by the law: yet ſuch may alſo be remitted through true repentance. S. Aug. q. 25. in Num.
• 35 [::] Seueritie is vſed towardes thoſe that knowīg Gods wil do contrarie. Luc. 12. v. ⟨illegible⟩7.
• 38 [::] The Iewes in Chriſts time hypochritically enlarged theſe fringes, for vaine ſhew of holines. Mat. 23.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. Core and his complices, making ſchiſme against Moyſes and Aaron, 31. ſome are ſwalowed in the earth, with their families and ſubſtance; 35. other two hundred and fiftie offering incenſe, 41. and fourtene thouſand ſeuen hundred of the common people, murmuring in behalfe of the ſedicious, are conſumed with fire from heauen.

1 AND behold Core the ſonne of Iſaar, the ſonne of Caath, the ſonne of Leui, and Dathan and Abiron the ſonnes of Eliab, Hon alſo the ſonne of Pheleth of the children of Ruben,

2 “ roſe againſt Moyſes, and other of the children of Iſrael two hundred fiftie men, princes of the ſynagogue, and which in the time of aſſemblie were called by name.

3 And when they had ſtoode vp againſt Moyſes and Aaron, they ſaid: Let it ſuffice you, that [::] al the multitude conſiſteth of holie ones, and our Lord is among them: Why lift you vp your ſelues aboue the people of our Lord?

4 Which when Moyſes had heard, he fel flatte on his face:

5 and ſpeaking to Core and al the multitude, he ſaid: In the morning our Lord wil make it knowne who pertaine to him, and the holie the wil ioyne to him ſelfe: and whom he shal chooſe, they shal approch to him.

6 This do therfore: Take euerie man their cenſars, thou Core, and al thy councel:

7 and taking fire in them to morrow, put vpon it incenſe before our Lord: and whom ſoeuer he shal chooſe, the ſame shal be holie: you do much exalt your ſelues ye ſonnes of Leui.

8 And he ſaid againe to Core: Heare ye ſonnes of Leui,

9 Is it a ſmal thing vnto you, that the God of Iſrael hath ſeparated you from al the people, and ioyned you to him ſelfe, that you should ſerue him in the ſeruice of the tabernacle, and should ſtand before the ful aſſemblie of the people, and should miniſter to him?

10 did he therfore make thee and al thy brethren the ſonnes of Leui to approch vnto him, that you should chalenge vnto you the prieſthood alſo,

11 and al thy companie should ſtand againſt our Lord? for what is Aaron that you murmur againſt him?

12 Moyſes therfore ſent to cal Dathan and Abiron the ſonnes of Eliab. Who anſwered: We come not.

13 Why, is it a ſmal matter to thee that thou haſt brought vs out of a land, that folowed with milke and honie, to kil vs in the deſert, vnles thou rule alſo like a lord ouer vs?

14 In deede haſt thou brought vs into a land, that floweth with riuers of milke and honie, & haſt thou geuen vs poſſeſſions of fieldes & vineyardes? What, wilt thou plucke out our eies alſo? We come not.

15 Moyſes therfore being very wrath, ſaid to our Lord: Reſpect not their ſacrifices: thou knoweſt that I haue not taken of them ſo much as a little aſſe at anie time, neither haue afflicted anie of them.

16 And he ſaid to Core: Thou, and al thy congregation ſtand ye apart before our Lord, and Aaron to morrow apart.

17 Take euerie one your cenſars, and put incenſe vpon them, offering to our Lord two hundred fiftie cenſars: Let Aaron alſo hold his cenſar.

18 Which when they had done, Moyſes and Aaron ſtanding,

19 and had heaped together al the multitude againſt them to the dore of the tabernacle, the glorie of our Lord appeared to them al.

20 And our Lord ſpeaking to Moyſes and Aaron, ſaid:

21 Separate your ſelues from the middes of this congregation, that I may ſodenly deſtroy them.

22 Who felilatte on their face, and ſaid: Moſt mightie God of the ſpirites of al flesh, when one ſinneth, shal thy wrath rage againſt al?

23 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

24 Command the whole people that they ſeparate them ſelues from the tabernacles of Core and Dathan and Abiron.

25 And Moyſes aroſe, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the ancientes of Iſrael folowing him,

26 he ſaid to the multitude: Depart from the tabernacles of the impious men, and touch not the thinges that pertaine to them, [::] leſt you be wrapped in their ſinnes.

27 And when they were departed from their tentes round about, Dathan and Abiron coming forth ſtood in the entrie of their pauilions with their wiues and children, and al the multitude.

28 And Moyſes ſaid: [::] In this you shal know that our Lord hath ſent me to do al thinges that you ſee, and that I haue not forged them of my owne mind:

29 If they die the accuſtomed death of men, and if the plague, wherwith others alſo are wont to be viſited, do viſite them, out Lord did not ſend me:

30 but if our Lord do a new thing, that the earth opening her mouth ſwallow them downe, & al thinges that pertaine to them, and they deſcend quicke into hel, you shal know that they haue blaſphemed our Lord.

31 Immediatly therfore as he ceaſed to ſpeake, the earth brake inſunder vnder their feete:

32 and opening her mouth, deuoured them with their tabernacles & al their ſubſtance.

33 and they went downe into hel quicke couered with the ground, and perished out of the middes of the multitude.

34 But al Iſrael, that ſtoode round about, fled at the cric of them that perished, ſaying: Leſt perhappes the earth ſwallow vs alſo.

35 But a fire alſo coming forth from our Lord, ſlew the two hundred fiftie men, that offered the incenſe.

36 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

37 Command [::] El⟨illegible⟩zar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt that he take vp the cenſars that lie in the burning fire, and that he ſprinkle the fire hither and thither: becauſe they be ſanctified

38 in the deathes of the ſinners: and let him beate them into plates, and faſten them to the altar, becauſe there hath bene offered incenſe in them to the Lord, and they are ſanctified, that the children of Iſrael may ſee them for a ſigne and a monument.

39 Eleazar therfore the prieſt tooke the braſen cenſars, wherin they had offered, whom the burning fire deuoured, and bette them into plates, faſtening them to the altar:

40 that the children of Iſrael afterward might haue, wherwith to be admonished, that no ſtranger approch, and he that is not of the ſeede of Aaron, to offer incenſe to our Lord, leſt he ſuffer as Core hath ſuffered, and al his congregation, according as our Lord ſpake to Moyſes.

41 And al the multitude of the children of Iſrael murmured the day folowing againſt Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying: You haue killed the people of our Lord.

42 And when there roſe a ſedition, and the tumult grew farder,

43 Moyſes and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of couenant. Which after they were entred the cloude couered it, and the glorie of our Lord appeared.

44 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

45 Depart from the middes of this multitude, [::] euen now wil I deſtroy them. And as they lay vpon the ground,

46 Moyſes ſaid to Aaron: Take the cenſar, and drawing fire from the altar, put incenſe vpon it, going quickly to the people to pray for them: for euen now is the wrath come forth from our Lord, and the plague rageth.

47 Which when Aaron had done, and had runne to the middes of the multitude, which now the burning fire did waſte, he offered the incenſe:

48 and ſtanding betwen the deade and the liuing, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceaſed.

49 And there were, that were ſtrooken, fourtene thouſand and ſeuen hundred men, beſide them that had perished in the ſedition of Core.

50 And Aaron returned to Moyſes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of couenant after that the deſtruction was ceaſed.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

• 3 [::] So Luther (li. de abrog. Miſsa) and other enimies of Eccleſiaſtical Hiererchy, wil haue no proper Prieſthood in the Church of Chriſt becauſe al Chriſtians are called a holie prieſtbood. 1: Pet. 2 and Prieſtes. Apoc. 1.
• 26 [::] Thoſe that touch things perteining to impietie, or depart not from the tabernacles of ſchiſmatikes are inwrapped in their ſinnes: much more to goe vnto bcretical Synagogues is condemned. See ⟨illegible⟩ Cyprian. li. de la⟨illegible⟩s. ⟨illegible⟩a ag. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 28 [::] Moyſes pro⟨illegible⟩ed before▪ by miracles, (Exod. 4.) that he was ſent of God: and now he proueth againe by miracle, that he and Aaron, and not theſe ſchiſmatikes were called and ſent by God to gouerne his people.
• 37 [::] Aaron being already eſtabliſhed high Prieſt, God againe confirmeth in ⟨illegible⟩le⟨illegible⟩zar the progenie of prieſtlie ſucceſſion, in Aarons ſtock, and no⟨illegible⟩ in other Leuites. S. Aug, q. 30. in ⟨illegible⟩um.
• 45 [::] This multitude did only in wordes fauour ſchiſma⟨illegible⟩kes, what iudgemēt then remaineth to thoſe which ⟨illegible⟩ external ac⟨illegible⟩ participat⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ hereti⟨illegible⟩ ▪

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XVI.

2. Roſe againſt Moyſes.] By this moſt famous Schiſme and terrible puniſhment [Margin: This hiſtorie ⟨illegible⟩others others were writtē for our admonition. 1. Cor. 10. Core and his c⟨illegible⟩plices were not heretikes, but only ſchiſmatikes.] therof, al are warned to kepe order, vnitie, and peace within the Church of God; and in nowiſe to communicate with heretikes, or ſchiſmatikes in the act of hereſie or ſchiſme. A neceſſarie admonition eſpecially in ſuch times and places as we liue in, and ſee greater breaches made from ordinarie and lawful Paſtors, then this was. For as S. Ignatius wel noteth (Epiſt. 3. ad Magnatianos) Core Dathan and Abiron impugned not directly the law, but reſiſted Moyſes and Aaron: Yet were they and manie thouſandes with them, ſeuerly puniſhed for their conſpiracie. S. Cyprian (lib. 1. Epiſt. 6.) obſerueth the ſame, ſaying: Core Dathan and Abiron acknowledged the ſame God with Aaron and Moyſes, liuing vnder the ſame law and religion, and inuocated one true God, yet becauſe, paſſing the appointed miniſterie of their owne place, oppoſite to Aaron (who by Gods fauour and ordinance had receiued lawful Prieſthood) they tooke vpon them to ſacrifice, they were forthwith puniſhed by God for their [Margin: God accepteth not ſacrifice done againſt his ordinance.] vnlawful attempts: neither could their ſacrifices irreligiouſly and vnlawfully offered againſt Gods ordinance be ratified, nor profite them at al. thus teacheth S. Cyprian the glorious Martyr. And the text is clere, that they were neither Idolaters nor Heretikes, but the chiefe of them being Leuites, of the familie of Caath, (who were nereſtin kinred, and in office to the prieſts) and other principal men of diuets tribes, enuying the ſuperioritie of Moyſes and Aaron, and that prieſthood was eſtabliſhed only in Aarons progenie, arrogated to themſelues the office of prieſts and offered incenſe, further pretending, for vpholding their ſchiſme, that there ſhould be no Superior at al aboue the holie people of God, which albeit they did not beleue, yet therby they drew the multitude to fauour and folow them. But God deciding this debate, to take [Margin: God by ⟨illegible⟩pre⟨illegible⟩hmēt pre⟨illegible⟩nted hereſ⟨illegible⟩, wherto al ⟨illegible⟩ tendeth.] away the contradiction, made the earth to open, and ſwallow vp thoſe that firſt refuſed to obey Moyſes, with their tabernacles and ſubſtance; and fire from heauen to conſume two hundred and fiftie which offered incenſe; and fourtene thouſand ſeuen hundred of the common people, for imputing to their Superiors the deſtruction of the ſedicious, were alſo conſumed with fire, raging amongſt the whole multitude, til Aaron ſent by Moyſes, and offering incenſe appeaſed Gods wrath, and ſaued the reſt. And wil anie Chriſtians, (that know [Margin: Not only the authores of wickednes, bu⟨illegible⟩ al that con ⟨illegible⟩nt, much more that cooperate, ar⟨illegible⟩ vvorthie of death. Rom. ⟨illegible⟩.] they haue immoital ſoules, and that God is a iuſt Iudge) thincke to eſcape with leſſe damnation, who for anie worldlie game, fauour, or feare, yeld their bodilie and perſonal preſence at ſeruice or ſermon of heretikes, oranic way communicate with heretikes in practiſe of hereſie?

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. Moyſes taking of the princes of twelue tribes twelue roddes, and one of Aaron for the tribe of Leui, layeth them al in the tabernacle al night, 8. where Aarons rodde (and none of the rest) buddeth, bloometh, and bringeth forth fruite, 9. And al being shewed to the people, Aarons is caried back, and kept for a monument in the tabernacle.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and [::] take a rodde of euerie one of their kinredes, of al the princes of their tribes, twelue roddes, and the name of euerie one thou shalt write vpon his rodde.

3 and the name of Aaron shal be in the tribe of Leui, and one rodde shal conteine al their families:

4 and thou shalt lay them in the tabernacle of couenant before the teſtimonie, where I wil ſpeake to thee.

5 Whomſoeuer of theſe I shal chooſe, his rodde shal bloſſome: and I shal ſtay from me the grudginges of the children of Iſrael, wherwith they murmur againſt you.

6 And Moyſes ſpake to the children of Iſrael: and al the princes gaue him roddes by euerie tribe: and they were twelue roddes beſides Aarons rodde.

7 Which when Moyſes had laid before our Lord in the tabernacle of teſtimonie:

8 returning the day folowing he found that“ Aarons [::] rodde in the houſe of Leui was budded: and the buddes therof ſwelling, the bloſſomes were shotte forth, which ſpredding the leaues, were [*] fashioned into [::] almondes.

9 Moyſes therfore brought forth al the roddes from the ſight of our Lord to al the children of Iſrael: and they ſaw and euerie one receiued their roddes.

10 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Carie backe Aarons rodde into the tabernacle of teſtimonie, that it may be kept there for a ſigne of the rebellious children of Iſrael, and let their complaintes ceaſe from me, leſt they die.

11 And Moyſes did as our Lord had commanded.

12 And the children of Iſrael ſaid to Moyſes: Behold we are conſumed, we are al perished.

13 Whoſoeuer approcheth to the tabernacle of our Lord, he dieth. Are we al to be deſtroyed vnto vtter conſumption?

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

• 2 [::] For more ſatisfaction to the whole people God confirmeth Aarons authoritie by a new miracle. v. 10.
• 8 [::] The rodde ſignified the B. Virgin mother; and the
• 8 [*] deſormat⟨illegible⟩ fully formed.
• 8 [::] almondes Chriſt, to wit, the v⟨illegible⟩te⟨illegible⟩ pill his humanitie, the ſhel his croſſe, the kernel his diuinitie: VVho pacified by the bloud of his croſſe, al thinges in earth and in heauen. Colloſ. 1. S. Aug. ſer. 3. de temp.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XVII.

8. Aarons rodde.] This rodde without roote, neither it ſelf planted, nor anie liue branch ingraffed therin, al drie without iuyce or moiſture, bringing [Margin: Example of one miracle proueth the poſſibilitie of an other.] forth buddes, flowers, and fruite, was a figure that our B. Ladie ſhould beare a ſonne, and remaine a Virgin. And this example euidently demonſtrateth that ſhe could ſo do, it being no more contrarie to nature, that a virgin ſhould conceiue, and beare a child without loſſe of virginitie, then that the drie rodde ſhould bud and beare fruite, without ordinarie concourſe of nature. S. Aug. ſer. 3. de temp. S. Greg. Niſſe⟨illegible⟩. de natiuit. Dom. S. Bernard. ho. 2. in Euang. Miſsus eſt.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. The charge and burden of Prieſtes within the tabernacle, and of Leuites about the ſame. 8. Firſt fruites, and oblations are due to the Prieſtes; 21. the tithes to the Leuites; 26. who of the ſame pay tithes to the Priestes.

1 AND our Lord ſaid to Aaron: Thou, and thy ſonnes, and the houſe of thy father with thee shal beare the iniquitie of the Sanctuarie: both thou & thy ſonnes together shal beare the ſinnes of your prieſthood.

2 but thy brethren alſo of the tribe of Leui, and the ſcepter of thy father take with thee, and let them be readie at hand, and miniſter to thee: but thou and thy ſonnes shal miniſter in the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

3 And the Leuites shal watch vpon thy preceptes, and vpon al the workes of the tabernacle: ſo not withſtanding, that they approch not to the veſſel of the Sanctuarie and to the altar, leſt both they die, and you perish withal.

4 but let them be with thee, and watch in the cuſtodies of the tabernacle, and in al the ceremonies therof. A ſtranger shal not ioyne with you.

5 Watch in the cuſtodie of the Sanctuarie, and in the miniſterie of the altar: leſt indignation riſe vpon the children of Iſrael.

6 I haue geuen you your brethren the Leuites out of the middes of the children of Iſrael, and haue deliuered them a gifte to the Lord, to ſerue in the miniſteries of his tabernacle.

7 And thou and thy ſonnes looke to your prieſthood: and al thinges that perteyne to the ſeruice of the altar, and that are within the vele, ſhal be executed by the prieſtes. if anie ſtranger approch, [::] he ſhal be ſlaine.

8 And our Lord ſpake to Aaron, behold I haue geuen thee the cuſtodie of my firſt fruites. Al thinges that are ſanctified of the children of Iſrael, haue I deliuered to thee and to thy ſonnes for the prieſtlie office, as euerlaſting ordinances.

9 Theſe thinges therfore ſhalt thou take of thoſe, that are ſanctified, and are offered to the Lord. Al oblation, and ſacrifice, and whatſoeuer is rendred to me for ſinne and offence, & becometh Holie of holies, ſhal be thine, and thy ſonnes.

10 In the Sanctuarie ſhalt thou eate it: males onlie shal eate therof, becauſe it is to thee a cōſecrated thing.

11 But the firſt fruites, which the children of Iſrael shal vow and offer, I haue geuen thee, and thy ſonnes, and thy daughters for a perpetual right. he that is cleane in thy houſe, ſhal eate them

12 Al the beſt of oile, and wine, and corne, whatſoeuer firſt fruites they offer to the Lord, I haue geuen them to thee.

13 Of fruites al the firſt, that the ground bringeth forth, and are brought to the Lord, shal turne to thy vſes: he that is cleane in thy houſe, shal eate them.

14 Euerie thing that the children of Iſrael render by vow, shal be thine.

15 Whatſoeuer firſt breaketh forth from the matrice of al flesh, which they offer to the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beaſtes, shal be thy right: yet ſo, that for the firſt borne of man thou take a price, and euerie beaſt that is vncleane thou cauſe to be redemed,

16 whoſe redemption shal be after one moneth, for fiue ſicles of ſiluer, by the weight of the Sanctuarie. A ſicle hath twentie oboles.

17 But the firſt borne of beefe and ſheepe and goate thou ſhalt not cauſe to be redemed, becauſe they are ſanctified to the Lord. onlie the bloud of them thou shalt powre vpon the altar, and the fatte thou shalt burne for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord.

18 But the flesh shal turne to thy vſe, as the conſecrated breſt, and the right shoulder, shal be thine.

19 Al the firſt fruites of the Sanctuarie which the children of Iſrael offer to the Lord, haue I geuen thee and thy ſonnes, and daughters for a perpetual right [::] A couenant of ſalt is it for euer before the Lord, to thee and to thy ſonnes.

20 And our Lord ſaid to Aaron: In their land you shal poſſeſſe nothing, neither shal you haue a portion among them: I am thy portion and inheritance in the middes of the children of Iſrael.

21 And to the ſonnes of Leui I haue geuen al the tithes of Iſrael in poſſeſſion for the miniſterie wherwith they ſerue me in the tabernacle of couenant:

22 that the children of Iſrael approch not any more to the tabernacle, nor committe [::] deadlie ſinne,

23 onlie the ſonnes of Leui ſeruing me in the tabernacle, and bearing the ſinnes of the people. it shal be an euerlaſting ordinance in your generations. No other thing shal they poſſeſſe,

24 being content with the oblation of tithes, which I haue ſeparated for their vſes and neceſſaries.

25 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

26 Command the Leuites, and denounce vnto them: When you ſhal receiue of the children of Iſrael the tithes, which I haue geuen you, offer firſt fruites of them to the Lord, that is to ſay, the tenth part of the tenth:

27 that it may be reputed to you for an oblation of firſt fruites, as wel of the barne floores as of the preſſes,

28 and of al thinges wherof you receiue tithes, the firſt fruites offer to the Lord, and geue them to Aaron the prieſt.

29 Al thinges that you ſhal offer of the tithes, and ſhal ſeparate for the giftes of the Lord, they shal be the beſt and choſen thinges.

30 And thou ſhalt ſay to them: If you offer al the goodlie and the better thinges of the tithes, it ſhal be reputed to you as if you had geuen firſt fruites of the barne floore and the preſſe:

31 and you shal eate them in al your places, as wel you as your families: becauſe it is the reward for the miniſterie, wherwith you ſerue in the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

32 And you shal not ſinne in this point, reſeruing the principal and fatte thinges to your ſelues leſt you pollute the oblations of the children of Iſrael, and die.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

• 7 [::] Oz⟨illegible⟩ was ſlaine for touching the arck ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 6.
• 19 [::] This couenant of firſtfruites and other rights geuen to the Prieſts ſhal be perpetual, as ſalt is in euerie ſacrifice. Leuit. 2.
• 22 [::] Puniſhable with death.

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. A redde cow is offered in burnt victime for ſinne: 9. whoſe ashes are mingled in water, for expiation of diuers legal vncleanes, 11. as by touching the dead, 14. by entring into the tent of the dead, alſo the veſſel that is therin, and the veſſel that lacketh a couer, 22. and whatſoeuer the vncleane toucheth.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

2 This is the religion of [::] the victime, which the Lord hath appointed. Command the children of Iſrael, that they bring vnto thee [a] a redde cow of [b] ful age, wherin is [c] no blemiſh, and that hath [d] not caried yoke:

3 and you ſhal deliuer her to Eleazar the prieſt. who bringing her forth [e] without the campe, shal immolate her in the ſight of al:

4 and dipping his finger in her [f] bloud, shal ſprinkle it againſt the doores of the tabernacle ſeuen times,

5 and ſhal burne her in the ſight of al, committing [g] aſwel her skinne and the flesh as the bloud, and the dong to the fire.

6 [h] Wood alſo of the cedar, and [i] hyſſope, and ſcarlet [k] twiſe died shal the prieſt caſt into the flame, that waſteth the cow.

7 And then at length washing his garmentes, and his bodie, he shal enter into the campe, and [l] shal be polluted vntil euen.

8 But he alſo that burneth her, shal wash his garmentes and his bodie, and shal be vncleane vntil euen.

9 And [m] a man that is cleane shal gather the ashes of the cow, and shal powre them out without the campe in [n] a moſt cleane place, that they may be reſerued for the multitude of the children of Iſrael, and for water of aſperſion: becauſe the cowe was burnt for ſinne.

10 And when he that caried the ashes of the cow, hath washed his garmentes, [o] he shal be vncleane [p] vntil euen. The children of Iſrael, and the ſtrangers that dwel among them, shal haue this for a holie thing by a perpetual ordinance.

11 He that toucheth the dead corps of a man, and is vncleane therfore ſeuen daies:

12 shal be ſprinkled of [q] this water the third day, and the ſeuenth, and ſo shal be cleanſed. If he were not ſprinkled, the third day [r] the ſeuenth day he can not be clenſed.

13 Euerie one that toucheth the dead corps of mans ſoule, and is not ſprinkled with this commiſtion, shal pollute the tabernacle of the Lord, and shal perish out of Iſrael: becauſe he was not ſprinkled with the water of expiation, he shal be vncleane, and his filthineſſe shal remaine vpon him.

14 This is the law of the man that dieth in a tabernacle: Al that enter into his tent, and al the veſſel that are there, shal be polluted ſeuen daies.

15 The veſſel, that hath no couer, nor bynding ouer it, shal be vncleane.

16 If any man in the field touch the corps of a man that was ſlaine, or that died of himſelf, or his bone, or graue, he shal be vncleane ſeuen daies.

17 And they shal take of the ashes of combuſtion and of ſinne, and shal powre liuing water vpon them into a veſſel.

18 in the which when a man that is cleane hath dipped hyſſope, he shal ſprinkle therwith al the tent, and al the implementes, and the men polluted with ſuch contagion:

19 and in this maner he that is cleane shal purge the vncleane the third and ſeuenth day. And being expiated the ſenenth day, he shal wash both himſelf and his garmentes, and be vncleane vntil euening.

20 If anie man be not expiated after this rite, his ſoule shal periſh out of the middes of the Church: becauſe he hath polluted the Lordes Sanctuarie, and is not ſprinkled with water of luſtration.

21 This precept shal be an ordinance for euer. He alſo that ſprinkleth the waters, shal wash his garmentes: Euerie one that toucheth the waters of expiation, ſhal be vncleane vntil euen.

22 Whatſoeuer he toucheth that is vncleane, he ſhal make it vncleane: and the ſoule, that toucheth anie of theſe thinges, ſhal be vncleane vntil euen.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

• 2 [::] The ſame things ſaith S Auguſt. (q. 33.) and Theodoret (q. 36. in Num) which were ſhadow ed and prefigured in the old Teſtament, are reueled and manifeſted in the New. And this ſpecial ſacrifice prefigured diuers particular things in Chriſts Paſſiō.
• 2 [a] His bodie of Adam ſignifying redde earth
• 2 [b] At the age of 33. yeares
• 2 [c] Alwayes moſt pure from ſinne.
• 2 [d] Free from al bondage.
• 3 [e] Crucified without the gate of Hieruſalem.
• 4 [f] Al Sacramēts haue their vertue of Chriſts bloud.
• 5 [g] From the ſole of his feet to the toppe of his head al wounded, with the whippes, crowne, nailes. &c.
• 6 [h] VVood of the croſſe brought life to the world.
• 6 [i] Liuely heate of ſo infinite charitie diſſolueth the coldnes of death.
• 6 [k] Chriſts ſuffering an exāple that we muſt alſo ſuſtaine afflictions.
• 7 [l] Thoſe that procured, o⟨illegible⟩ cooperated to Chriſts death were polluted with ſinne.
• 9 [m] Ioſeph and Nicodemus buried Chriſt;
• 9 [n] His ſepulcher was glorious.
• 10 [o] Thoſe alſo that buried him, neded cloanſing by his Paſſion, not for that work. but for their ſinnes.
• 10 [p] The old law did not remitte ſinnes but the new.
• 12 [q] Baptiſme in the name of the B. Trinitie
• 12 [r] Without which no other Sacramēt auaileth.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. ari⟨illegible⟩ the ſiſter of Moyſes dieth. 2. The people murmure for lack of water, 7. Moyſ⟨illegible⟩s and Aaron being commanded to draw ſome out of a rock, do it doutfully: 12. and for the ſame are foretold that they shal die in the deſert. 14. Not obtaining licence to paſse through Edom, 22. they come into Mount Hor, where Eleazar is ordained hiegh Priest, Aaron dieth, and is mourned by the people thirtie daie.

1 AND the children of Iſrael, and al the multitude came into the deſert Sin, the firſt moneth: and the people abode in Cades. And Marie died there, and was buried in the ſame place.

2 And when the people lacked water, they came together againſt Moyſes and Aaron:

3 and being turned into ſedition, ſaid: Would God we had perished among our brethren before our Lord.

4 Why haue you brought forth the Church of our Lord into the wilderneſſe, that both we and our cattel ſhould die?

5 Why did you make vs aſcend out of Aegypt, and haue brought vs into this exceding naughtie place which can not be ſowed, which bringeth forth neither figge, nor vines, nor pomegranates, moreouer alſo hath no water for to drinke?

6 And Moyſes and Aaron, the multitude being diſmiſſed, entring into the tabernacle of couenant, fel flatte vpon the ground, and cried to our Lord, and ſaid: Lord God heare the crie of this people, and open vnto them thy treaſure the fountaine of liuing water, that being ſatisfied, their murmuring may ceaſe. And the glorie of our Lord appeared ouer them.

7 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

8 Take the rodde, and aſſemble the people together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and ſpeake to [::] the rocke before them, and it shal geue waters. And when thou haſt brought forth water out of the rocke, al the multitude shal drinke and their cattel.

9 Moyſes therfore tooke the rodde, which was in the ſight of our Lord, as he commanded him,

10 the multitude being aſſembled before the rocke, and he ſaid to them: Heare ye rebellious and incredulous: Can we out of this rocke bring you forth water?

11 And when Moyſes had lifted vp his hand ſtricking the rocke, [::] twiſe with the rodde, there came forth great plentie of water, ſo that the people drunke and their cattel.

12 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes and Aaron: Becauſe [::] you haue not beleued me, to ſanctifie me before the children of Iſrael, you shal not bring in theſe peoples into the land, which I wil geue them.

13 This is the water of contradiction, where the children of Iſrael quarelled againſt our Lord, and he was ſanctified in them.

14 In the meane time Moyſes ſent meſſengers from Cades to the King of Edom, which should ſay: Thus thy brother Iſrael biddeth vs to ſay: Thou knoweſt al the labour, that hath taken vs,

15 in what maner our fathers went downe into Aegypt, and there we dwelt a great time, and the Aegyptians afflicted vs, and our fathers:

16 and in what maner we cried to our Lord, and he heard vs, and ſent an Angel, that hath brought vs out of Aegypt. Loe being preſently in the citie of Cades, which is in thy vttermoſt borders,

17 we beſech thee that we may haue licence to paſſe through thy countrie. We wil not goe through the fieldes, not through the vineyardes, we wil not drinke the waters of thy welles, but we wil goe the common high way, declining neither to the right hand, nor to the left, til we be paſt thy borders.

18 To whom Edom anſwered: Thou shalt not paſſe by me, otherwiſe I wil come armed againſt thee.

19 And the children of Iſrael ſaid: We wil goe by the beaten way: and if we and the cattel drinke thy waters, we wil geue thee that which is iuſt: there shal be no difficultie in the price, only let vs paſſe ſpeedely.

20 But he anſwered: Thou shalt not paſſe: And immediatly he came forth to meete them with an infinitie multitude, and a ſtrong hand,

21 neither would he condeſcend to them deſiring to grant them paſſage through his borders. For the which cauſe Iſrael turned an other way from him.

22 And when they had remoued the campe from Cades, they came into the mountaine Hor, which is in the borders of the land of Edom:

23 Where our Lord ſpake to Moyſes:

24 Let Aaron, ſayeth he, goe to his people: for he shal not enter to the Land, which I haue geuen the children of Iſrael, for that he was incredulous to my mouth, at the Waters of contradiction.

25 Take Aaron and his ſonne with him, and thou shalt bring them into the mountaine Hor.

26 And when thou haſt vnueſted the father of his veſture, thou shalt reueſt therewith Eleazar his ſonne: Aaron shal be gathered, and die there.

27 Moyſes did as our Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mountaine Hor before al the multitude.

28 And when he had ſpoyled Aaron of his veſtimentes, be reueſted Eleazar his ſonne with them.

29 After that he was dead in the toppe of the mountaine, he went downe with Eleazar.

30 And al the multitude ſeeing that Aaron was dead, [::] mourned vpon him thirtie daies throughout al their families.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

• 2 The Epiſtle on friday in the third weke of Lent.
• 8 [::] The ⟨illegible⟩ock ſignified Chriſt, the rodde his Croſſe. s. Aug. ⟨illegible⟩ 35 in Num
• 11 [::] By this the croſſe is more euidently ſignified, which was made of two peeces of wood. s. Aug. ⟨illegible⟩.
• 12 [::] Not doubting of Gods powre, but ſuppoſing it vnmete, that God ſhold ſtil worke miracles for ſo ⟨illegible⟩b borne a people, they did not ſpeake to the rock, asthey were cōmanded, but chiding the incredulous multitude, ſpake to them ambiguouſly, & ſo by occaſion of others ſinne, alſo offended, and for the ſame were puniſhed. ⟨illegible⟩. P⟨illegible⟩ut. 1, v ⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩, v. 16. & 4, ⟨illegible⟩, 2⟨illegible⟩. s. Aug q. 19. The⟨illegible⟩. q 38, in Xu⟨illegible⟩.
• 30 [::] Mourning the dead was long before this obſerued by tradition. G⟨illegible⟩. 23. 50.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. Iſraelites at the first encounter with the Chananeites hauing the worſe, after their vow kil the King of Arad, and deſtroy his cities. 4. The people againe murmuring are ſtricken with firie ſerpents, 7. but confeſsing their fault, Moyſes by Gods commandment ſetteth vp a braſen ſerpent for a remedie. 10. They march through diuers places. 17. and ſing a Canticle at a wel which God gaue them. 21. They kil Sehon King of the Amorreites, and conquer his land. 33. Likwiſe Og King of Baſan.

1 VVHICH when the Chananeite king of Arad, who dwelt toward the ſouth, had heard, to wit, that Iſrael was come by the way of the ſpies, he fought againſt them, and being victour, he tooke the pray of them.

2 But Iſrael binding himſelf, by vow to our Lord, ſaid: If thou wilt deliuer this people into my hand, I wil deſtroy their cities.

3 And our Lord heard the prayers of Iſrael, and deliuered the Chananeite, whom they ſlew ouerthrowing their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to ſay, Anathema.

4 And they marched alſo from the mountaine Hor, by the way that leadeth to the Redde ſea, that they might compaſſe the land of Edom. And the people began to be wearie of the iourney and labour:

5 and ſpeaking againſt God and Moyſes, they ſaid: Why didſt thou bring vs out of Aegypt, to die in the wilderneſſe? There wanteth bread, waters there are none: our ſoule now lotheth at this moſt light meate.

6 Wherfore our Lord ſent vpon the people firie ſerpentes, at whoſe plagues and the deathes of verie manie,

7 they came to Moyſes, and ſaid: We haue ſinned, becauſe we haue ſpoken againſt our Lord and thee▪ Pray that he take from vs the ſerpentes. And Moyſes prayed for the people,

8 and our Lord ſpake to him: [::] Make a braſen ſerpent, and ſette in for a ſigne: he that being ſtriken looketh on it, ſhal liue.

9 Moyſes therfore made [::] A BRASEN SERPENT, and ſet it for a ſigne: whom when they that were ſtriken, looked on, they were healed.

10 And the children of Iſrael marching camped in Oboth.

11 Whence departing they pitched their tentes in Ieabarim, in the wilderneſſe, that looketh toward Moab againſt the eaſt part.

12 And remouing from thence, they came to the Torrent Zared.

13 Which they forſaking camped againſt Arnon, which is in the deſert, & ſtandeth out in the borders of the Amorrheite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, diuiding the Moabites & the Amorrheites.

14 Wherof it is ſaid in the booke of the warres of our Lord: [::] As he did in the Redde ſea, ſo wil he doe in the ſtreames of Arnon.

15 The rockes of the torrentes were bowed, that they might reſt in Ar, and lie in the borders of the Moabites.

16 From that place appeared the wel, wherof our Lord ſpake to Moyſes: Gather the people together, and I wil geue them water.

17 Then Iſrael ſang this verſe: Ariſe the wel. They ſang therto:

18 The wel, which the princes digged, and the captaines of the multitude prepared in the law geuer, and in their ſtaues. And they marched from the wilderneſſe to Mathana.

19 From Mathana vnto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel vnto Bamoth.

20 From Bamoth is a valley in the countrie of Moab, in the toppe of Phaſga, which looketh toward the deſert.

21 And Iſrael ſent meſſengers to Sehon King of the Amorrheites, ſaying:

22 I beſech thee that I may haue licence to paſſe through thy land: we wil not goe aſide into the fieldes and the vineyardes, we wil not drinke waters of the welles, we wil goe the kinges high way, til we be paſt thy borders.

23 Who would not grant that Iſrael ſhould paſſe by his borders: but rather gathering an armie, went forth to meete them in the deſert, and came vnto Iaſa, and fought againſt them.

24 Of whom he was ſtrooken in the edge of the ſword, and his land was poſſeſſed from Arnon vnto Ieboc, and to the children of Ammon: for the borders of the Ammonites were kept with a ſtrong garriſon.

25 Iſrael therfore tooke al his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrheite, to wit, in Heſebon, and the villages therof.

26 The citie Heſebon was Sehons the king of the Amorrheite, who fought againſt the king of Moab: and tooke al the land, that had bene of his dominion, as farre as Arnon.

27 Therfore it is ſaid in the prouerbe: Come into Heſebon, let the citie of Sehon be built and erected:

28 A fire went forth from Heſebon, a flame from the towne of Sehon, and deuoured Ar of the Moabites, and the inhabitantes of the high places of Arnon.

29 Wo to thee Moab, thou art vndone people of Chamos. He hath geuen his ſonnes into flight, and his daughters into captiuitie to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites.

30 Their yoke is perished from Heſebon vnto Dibo⟨illegible⟩, they came wearie into Nophe, and vnto Medaba.

31 Iſrael therfore dwelt in the Land of the Amorrheite.

32 And Moyſes ſent ſome to take a view of lazer: Whoſe villages they tooke, and poſſeſſed the inhabitantes.

33 And they turned them ſelues, and went vp by the way of Baſan, and Og the King of Baſan came againſt them with al his people, to fight in Edrai.

34 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes: Feare him not, for into thy hand I haue deliuered him, and al his people, and land: and thou shalt doe to him as thou didſt to Sehon the King of the Amorrheites, the inhabiter of Heſebon.

35 They therfore ſmote him alſo With his ſonnes, and al his people vnto vtter deſtruction, and they poſſeſſed his land.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

• 8 [::] God forbidding images of idols, yet commandeth to make an image for a good purpoſe.
• 9 [::] Chriſt expoundeth this erecting of the braſen ſerpent, of him ſelf to be cru⟨illegible⟩fied. Ioan. 3.
• 14 [::] As the Aegyptians were drowned in the ſea; ſo the Amorrheites were oppreſſed by the rockes falling vpon them, & the waters caried their carcaſes into the valley of Moab.

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. Balac King of Moab fearing the Iſraelites, ſendeth for Balaam a ſouthſ⟨illegible⟩r to curſe them. 8. VVho conſulting his falſe god, is forbid by God almightie to goe, and ſo excuſeth him ſelf. 15. Balac ſendeth againe offering greater reward, 19. he againe conſulteth, and God bidd⟨illegible⟩th him goe. ⟨illegible⟩. but ſendeth an Angel to meete him in the way, whom his aſse ſeing, hu⟨illegible⟩neth three times, and ſo often he beateth her, 28. then she ſpeaketh, expoſtulating his hard vſage. 31. he alſo ſeeth the Angel. 35. and is chargeg. ⟨illegible⟩ ſpeake nothing but that the Angel shal ſuggeſt.

1 AND marching forward they camped in the champion countrie of Moab, where Iericho is ſituated beyond Iordan.

2 And Balac the ſonne of Sephor ſeeing al thinges that Iſrael had done to the Amorrheite,

3 and that the Moabites were in greate feare of him, and could not ſuſteyne his aſſault,

4 he ſaid to the elders of Madian: So wil this people deſtroy al that dwel in our coaſtes, as the ox⟨illegible⟩ is wont to eate the graſſe vnto the verie rootes. And he was at the ſame time King in Moab.

5 He ſent therfore meſſengers to Balaam the ſonne of Behor a Southſayer, who dwelt vpon the riuer of the land of the children of Ammon, to cal him, and to ſay: Behold a people is come out of Aegypt, that hath couered the face of the earth, ſitting againſt me.

6 Come therfore, and curſe this people, becauſe it is mightier then I: if by any meanes I may ſtrike them and caſt them out of my land▪ for I know that he is bleſſed whom thou ſhalt bleſſe, and curſed vpon whom thou ſhalt heape curſes.

7 And the ancientes of Moab went, and the elders of Madian, hauing the price of diuination in their handes. And when they were come to Balaam, and had told him al the wordes of Balac:

8 he anſwered: Tarie here this night, and I wil anſwer whatſoeuer [::] the Lord shal ſay to me. And whiles they ſtayed with Balaam, [::] God came, and ſaid to him:

9 What would theſe men that are with thee?

10 He anſwered: Balac the ſonne of Sephor king of the Moabites hath ſent to me,

11 ſaying: Behold a people that is come out of Aegypt, hath couered the face of the land: come, and curſe them, if by any meanes fighting I may driue them away.

12 And God ſaid to Balaam: Goe not with them, neither doe thou curſe the people: becauſe it is bleſſed.

13 Who in the morning ariſing ſaid to the princes: Goe into your countrie, becauſe the Lord hath forbid me to come with you.

14 The princes returning, ſaid to Balac: Balaam would not come with vs.

15 Againe he ſent many moe and more noble, then he had ſent before.

16 Who when they were come to Balaam, ſaid: Thus ſayeth Balac the ſonne of Sephor: Slacke not to come to me:

17 for I am readie to honour thee, and whatſoeuer thou wilt I wil geue thee: Come, and curſe this people.

18 Balaam anſwered: If Balac would geue me his houſe ful of ſiluer and gold, I can not change the word of the Lord my God, to ſpeake either more, or leſſe.

19 I beſech you that you wil alſo tarie here this night, and I may know what the Lord wil anſwer me [::] once more.

20 God therfore came to Balaam in the night, and ſaid to him: If theſe men be come to cal thee, ariſe and goe with them: yet ſo, that thou doe that which I shal command thee.

21 Balaam aroſe in the morning, and ſadling his aſſe went with them.

22 And God was angrie. And an Angel of our Lord ſtoode in the way againſt Balaam, who ſate vpon the aſſe, and had two ſeruantes with him.

23 The aſſe ſeeing the Angel ſtanding in the way, with a drawen ſword, turned her ſelf out of the way, and went by the field. Whom when Balaam had bette, and had brought her againe to the beaten way,

24 the Angel ſtoode in the ſtreicttes of two walles, wherwith vineyardes were incloſed.

25 Whom the aſſe ſeeing, ioyned her ſelfe cloſe to the wal, and bruſed the foote of him that ridde. But he beate her againe:

26 and neuertheleſſe the Angel paſſing to a narrow place, where there could be no going a ſide neither to the right hand nor to the left, ſtoode to meete him.

27 And when the aſſe had ſeene the Angel ſtanding, she fel vnder the feete of the rider. Who being angrie, bette her ſides with a ſtaffe more vehemently.

28 And our Lord opened the mouth of the aſſe, and she ſpake: What haue I done to thee? why ſtrikeſt thou me? loe now the third time?

29 Balaam[::] anſwered: Becauſe thou haſt deſerued, and haſt abuſed me: I would I had a ſword, that I might kil thee.

30 The aſſe ſaid: Am not I thy beaſt, on which thou haſt beene alwayes accuſtomed to ride vntil this preſent day? tel me what like thing did I euer to thee. But he ſaid: Neuer.

31 Forthwith our Lord opened the eies of Balaam, and he [::] ſaw the Angel ſtanding in the way with a drawen ſword, and he[::] adored him flatte to the ground.

32 To whom the Angel ſaid: Why beateſt thou thy aſſe the third time? I am come to withſtand thee, becauſe thy way is peruerſe, and contrarie to me:

33 and vnleſſe the aſſe had turned out of the way, geuing place to me reſiſting thee, I had ſlaine thee, and she should haue liued.

34 Balaam ſaid: I haue ſinned, not knowing that thou didſt ſtand againſt me: and now if it diſpleaſe thee that I goe, I wil returne.

35 The Angel ſaid:[::] Goe with theſe men, and ſee thou ſpeake no other thing then I shal command thee. He went therfore with the princes.

36 Which when Balac heard, he came forth to meete him in a towne of the Moabites, that is ſituated in the vttermoſt borders of Arnon.

37 And he ſaid to Balaam: I ſent meſſengers to cal thee, why didſt thou not come immediatly vnto me? was it becauſe I can not reward thy coming?

38 To whom he anſwered: Loe here I am: Shal I be able to ſpeake any other thing, but that which God shal put in my mouth?

39 They therfore went on together, and came into a citie, that was in the vttermoſt borders of his kingdome.

40 And when Balac had killed oxen, & sheepe, he ſent therof to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him, preſentes.

41 And when morning was come, he brought him to the excelſes of Baal, and he beheld the vttermoſt part of the people.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

• 8 [::] He conſulted his falſe god, whom he ſerued, & called him the Lord, not knowing our Lord God almightie. Theodoret. q. 40. Pr⟨illegible⟩copius. in Num.
• 8 [::] God our Lord anſwered him, not ſuffering the diuel to ſpeake in this caſe.
• 19 [::] Being ſufficiently informed before, for worldlie lucre he demandeth againe, & God for his puniſhment letteth him goe: but ſuffereth him not to curſe, no⟨illegible⟩ ſpeake euil of the Iſraelites, but cōtrariwiſe to prophecie much good, which ſhould come vnto them.
• 29 [::] Nothing is here to be more merueled (ſayeth S. Auguſtin) then that he was not afraide whē he heard his aſſe ſpeake vnto him. But being accuſtomed to ſuch monſtruous things he replied familiarly, nothing therwith aſtooniſhed.
• 31 [::] Yet ſeing an Angel, he fel downe terrified, and adored him. ⟨illegible⟩. 48. in Num.
• 31 [::] Balaam knowing him to be an Angel that appeared, neither adored him with diuine honour as God, nor with ciuil, as a mortal man, but with religious honour, leſſe then diuine, & more then ciuil. See Exod. 20.
• 35 [::] God ſometimes maketh falſe prophetes to vtter a truth, becauſe preiudicate mindes do rather geue eare to ſuch, thē to true prophetes. Theod. q. 45. in Num.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. Balaam endeuoureth to curſe Iſrael, but God forceth him to bleſse them. 11. Againe he vrgeth him to curſe them, but he ſtil prophecieth good things of them. 26. Yet Balac inſiſteth willing him to curſe, or not to bleſſe them.

1 AND Balaam ſaid to Balac:[::] Build me here ſeuen altares, and prepare as manie calues, and rammes of the ſame number.

2 And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they together laid a calfe and a ramme vpon an altar.

3 And Balaam ſaid to Balac: Stand a while beſide thy holocauſte, vntil I goe, if happely the Lord wil meete me, and whatſoeuer he shal command, I wil ſpeake to thee.

4 And when he was gone in haſt, God mette him. And Balaam ſpeaking to him, ſaid: I haue erected ſeuen altares, and haue laid thereon a calſe and a ramme.

5 And our Lord put a word in his mouth, and ſaid: Returne to Balac, and thus shalt thou ſpeake.

6 Returning he found Balac ſtanding beſide his holocauſte, and al the princes of the Moabites:

7 and taking vp his parable, he ſaid: From Aram hath Balac King of the Moabites brought me, from the mountaines of the Eaſt: Come, quoth he, and curſe Iacob: make haſt, and deteſt Iſrael.

8 How shal I curſe, whom God hath not curſed? By what meanes may I deteſt, whom the Lord deteſteth not?

9 From the higheſt flintes shal I ſee him, and from the hilles shal I view him. The people shal dwel alone, and among the Gentiles shal not be accounted.

10 Who may be able to number the duſt of Iacob, and to know the number of the ſtocke of Iſrael?[::] My ſoule die the death of the iuſt, and my laſt endes be made like to them.

11 And Balac ſaid to Balaam: What is this that thou doeſt? That thou shouldeſt curſe mine enemies I called thee: and thou contrariewiſe bleſſeſt them.

12 To whom he anſwered: Can I ſpeake ought els, but that which the Lord commandeth?

13 Balac therfore ſaid: Come with me into an other place whence thou mayeſt ſee part of Iſrael, and canſt not ſee the whole, from thence curſe them.

14 And when he had brought him into a high place, vpon the toppe of the mountaine Phaſga, Balaam builded ſeuen altares, & laying thereon calues and rammes,

15 he ſaid to Balac: Stand here beſide thy holocauſt, whiles I goe to meete him.

16 Whom when our Lord had mette, and had put the word in his mouth, he ſaid: Returne to Balac and thus thou shalt ſpeake to him.

17 Returning he found him ſtanding beſide his holocauſte, and the princes of the Moabites with him. To whom Balac ſaid: What hath the Lord ſpoken?

18 But he taking vp his parable, ſaid: Stand Balac, and harken, heare thou ſonne of Sephor:

19 God is not as man, that he may lie, nor as the ſonne of man, that he may be changed. Hath he ſaid then, and wil he not doe? hath he ſpoken, and wil he not fulfil?

20 I was brought to bleſſe, the bleſſing I am not able to ſtay.

21 There is no Idol in Iacob, neither is there [*] ſimulachre to be ſeene in Iſrael. The Lord his God is with him, and the ſound of the victorie of the king in him.

22 God hath brought him out of Aegypt, whoſe ſtrength is like to the vnicorne.

23 There is no South ſaying in Iacob, nor diuination in Iſrael. In their times it ſhal be ſaid to Iacob and Iſrael what God hath wrought.

24 Behold the people ſhal riſe vp as a lioneſſe, and as a lion shal raiſe it ſelf: It shal not lie downe til it deuoure the pray, and drinke the bloud of the ſlaine.

25 And Balac ſaid to Balaam: [::] neither curſe, nor bleſſe him.

26 And he ſaid: Did I not tel thee, that whatſoeuer God should command me, that would I doe?

27 And Balac ſaid to him: Come, and I wil bring thee to an other place: if happely it pleaſe God that thence thou mayeſt curſe them.

28 And when he had brought him vpon the toppe of the mountaine Phogor, which looketh to the wilderneſſe,

29 Balaam ſaid to him: Build me here ſeuen altares, and prepare as manie calues, and rammes of the ſame number.

30 Balac did as Balaam had ſaid: and he laide the calues and the rammes on euerie altar.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

• 1 [::] Before the diuel would curſe Gods people he required ſacrifice▪ which being offered yet he could not worke his malice. For by Gods commandmēs (ſaith S. Hierom. de manſ. 42.) Iſrael is bleſſed, curſing turned into praiſe and Gods voice is heard ſounding from a profaine mouth.
• 10 [::] Heretikes, & other infidels deſire ſometimes to die in ſtate of Catholiques, though they wil not liue as they do. S. Greg. li. 33. c. 27. Moral.
• 21 [*] ⟨illegible⟩ikne⟨illegible⟩ of id⟨illegible⟩l.
• 25 [::] VVhen Infidels can not draw others to falſe worſhip, or curſing, they are content that men profeſſe no God, nor religion at al.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. Balaam forced by the euidence of truth (though not conuerted in wil to ſerue God, whom he confeſseth to be omnipotent) prophecieth ſtil more good of Iſrael: 10. wherefore Balac interrupteth him, and he anſwereth plainly that God almightie wil haue it ſo. 15. And ſo proceeding he prophecieth of CHRIST. 20. Alſo of Amalacheites, Cineites, and Italians.

1 AND when Balaam had ſeene that it pleaſed our Lord that he should bleſſe Iſrael, he went not as before he had gone, to ſeeke Southſaying: but directing his countenance againſt the deſert,

2 and lifting vp his eies, he ſaw Iſrael abiding in their tentes by their tribes: and the ſpirit of God coming [::] vehemently vpon him,

3 taking vp his parable he ſaid: Balaam the ſonne of Beor hath ſaid: The man hath ſaid: whoſe eye is ſtopped:

4 The hearer of the wordes of God hath ſaid, he that hath beholden the viſion of the Omnipotent, he that falleth, and ſo his eies are opened:

5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles ô Iacob, and thy tentes ô Iſrael!

6 As wooddie valleis, as watered gardens beſide the riuers, as tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedres by the waters ſide.

7 Water shal flow out of his bucket, and his ſeede shal be into manie waters. For Agag shal his king be taken away, and his kingdom shal be taken away.

8 God hath brought him out of Aegypt, whoſe ſtrēgth is like to the rhinocerote. They shal deuoure nations his enimies, and breake their bones, and pearce them with arrowes.

9 Lying he hath ſlept as a lion, and as a lioneſſe, whom none shal be bold to rayſe vp. He that bleſſeth thee, him ſelf alſo shal be bleſſed: he that curſeth thee, shal be reputed accurſt.

10 And Balac being angrie againſt Balaam, clapping his handes together ſaid: To curſe mine enemies I called thee, whom thou contrariewiſe haſt bleſſed the third time:

11 returne to thy place. I was determined verily to honour thee magnifically, but the Lord hath depriued thee of the honour appointed.

12 Balaam made anſwer to Balac: did I not ſay to thy meſſengers, whom thou didſt ſend to me:

13 If Balac would geue me his houſe ful of ſiluer and gold, I can not paſſe the word of the Lord my God, to vtter of my owne minde either any good, or euil: but whatſoeuer the Lord shal ſay, that wil I ſpeake?

14 But yet going to my people, I wll geue thee counſel, what thy people shal doe to this people in the laſt time.

15 Therfore taking vp his parable, againe he ſaid: Balaam the ſonne of Beor hath ſaid: The man whoſe eye is ſtopped, hath ſaid:

16 the hearer of the wordes of God hath ſaid, who knoweth the doctrine of the Higheſt, and ſeeth the viſions of the Omnipotent, who falling hath his eies opened.

17 I shal ſee him, but not now: I shal behold him but not neere. [::] A STARRE SHAL RISE out of Iacob, and a rodde shal ariſe from Iſrael: and shal ſtrike the dukes of Moab, and shal waiſt al the children of Seth.

18 And Idumea shal be his poſſeſſion: the inheritance of Seir shal come to their enemies: but Iſrael shal doe manfully.

19 Of Iacob shal he be that shal rule, and shal deſtroy the remaines of the citie.

20 And when he had ſeene Amalec, taking vp his parable, he ſaid: Amalec the beginning of Gentiles, whoſe latter endes shal be deſtroyed.

21 He ſaw alſo the Cineite: and taking vp his parable, he ſaid: Thy habitation in deede is ſtrong: but if thou build thy neſt in a rocke,

22 and thou be choſen of the ſtocke of Cin, how long shalt thou be able to continew? For Aſſur shal take thee.

23 And taking vp his parable againe he ſpake: Alas, who shal liue, when God shal doe theſe thinges?

24 They shal come in galleies from Italie, they shal ouercome the Aſſyrians, and shal waiſt the Hebrewes, and at the laſt them ſelues alſo shal perish.

25 And Balaam roſe, and returned into [::] his place: Balac alſo returned the way that he came.

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

• 2 [::] The ſpirite of prophecie came more vpon him, but not grace iuſtifying: M⟨illegible⟩ do prophecie, and cast out diuels, and worke other miracles, and yet be dāned Mat. 7. v. 22.
• 17 [::] In ſome ⟨illegible⟩o⟨illegible⟩ this prophecie was fulfilled in King Dauid. 2. Reg. 5. 8. & ſeq. but perfectly in Chriſt the bright, and mornīg ſtarre▪ Apoc. 22. To whom not anie one, or manie, but in general al nations are geuē for inheritāce, and the endes of the world, in poſſeſſion. Pſal. 2. Act. ⟨illegible⟩. v. 8.
• 25 [::] Not to his countrie, but to his place of abode among the Madianites: for there he was ſlaine ſhortly after. chap. 31. v. 8.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. By carnal fornication manie are drawen to ſpiritual. For which twentie foure thouſand are ſlaine. 10. Phinees his Zele in ſtabbing to death two fornicators, is commended by God, and rewarded.

1 AND Iſrael at that time abode in Settim, and the people [::] fornicated with the daughters of Moab,

2 who called them to their ſacrifices. And they did eate and adore their goddes.

3 And Iſrael was profeſſed to Beelphegor, and our Lord being angtie,

4 ſaid to Moyſes: Take al the princes of the people, and hang [::] them vp againſt the ſunne on gibbettes: that my furie may be auerted from Iſrael.

5 And Moyſes ſaid to the Iudges of Iſrael: Kil euerie man his neighbours, that are profeſſed to Beelphegor.

6 And behold one of the children of Iſrael entred in before the face of his brethren to a whore a Madianite in the ſight of Moyſes, and of al the multitude of the children of Iſrael, who wept before the doores of the tabernacle.

7 Which thing when Phinees had ſene the ſonne of Eleazar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt, he aroſe out of the middes of the multitude, and catching a dagger,

8 went in after the man of Iſrael into the brothel houſe, and thruſt them through both together, to witte, the man and the woman in the genitalles. And the plague ceaſed from the children of Iſrael,

9 and there were ſlaine fowre and twentie thowſand men.

10 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

11 Phinees the ſonne of Eleazar the ſonne of Aaron the prieſt [::] hath auerted my wrath from the children of Iſrael: becauſe he was moued with my zele againſt them, that my ſelf might not deſtroy the children of Iſrael in mine owne zele.

12 Therfore ſpeake to him: Behold I geue him the peace of my couenant,

13 and there shal be as wel to him as to his ſeede the couenant of prieſthood for euer, becauſe he hath bene zelous for his God, and hath expiated the wicked fact of the children of Iſrael.

14 And the name of the man of Iſrael, that was ſlaine with the woman of Madian, was Zambri the ſonne of Salu, a prince of the kinred and tribe of Simeon.

15 Moreouer the Madianeſſe, that was ſlaine with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur a moſt noble prince of the Madianites.

16 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

17 Let the Madianites finde you their enemies, and ſtrike you them:

18 Becauſe they alſo haue done like enemies againſt you, and haue guilfully deceiued you by the Idol Phogor, and Cozbi the daughter of the duke of Madian their ſiſter, who was ſtrooken in the day of the plague for the ſacrilege of Phogor.

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

• 1 [::] Balaam gaue this diueliſh counſel to allure men by bellichere and lecherie vnto idolatrie. chap. 31. v. 16. And euen ſo Heretikes drawe manie in theſe daies to hereſie. Sea Apoc. 2. v. 14.
• 4 [::] By aſſiſtance of the princes hang the idolaters. v. 5.
• 11 [::] Either Phinees was one of the Iudges▪ and ſo an example for ſuch Magiſtrates to do iuſtice; or he had a particular inſpiration, which is no warrant for priuate men, to do the like. For by Catholique doctrin, killing of men is neither allowed, nor excuſed but whē it is done by publique authoritie, or by mere caſualitie, againſt the killers wil. Catechiſ. Rom. p. 3. c. 6. q. 5. D. T⟨illegible⟩. 2. 2. q. 60 a. 6.

Chapter 26

CHAP. XXVI. Al the men of twelue tribes being againe numbered, from the age of twentie yeares and vpward, are found to be ſix hundred one thouſand ſeuen hundred and thirtie. 57. Of the tribe of Leui alſo, numbered of the male ſex from the age of one moneth and vpward, are found twentie three thouſand. 64. al being dead in the deſert, which were numbered before, except Caleb and Ioſue.

1 AFTER [::] the bloud of the offenders was shed, our Lord ſaid to Moyſes and Eleazar the ſonne of Aaron, the prieſt:

2 Number the whole ſumme of the children of Iſrael from twentie yeares and vpward, by their houſes and kinredes, al that can goe forth to warres.

3 Moyſes therfore and Eleazar the prieſt ſpake, in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan againſt Iericho, to them that were

4 from twentie yeares and vpward, as our Lord had commanded, of whom this is the number:

5 Ruben the firſt borne of Iſrael, his ſonne, Henoch, of whom is the familie of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom is the familie of the Phalluites:

6 and Heſron, of whom is the familie of the Heſronites: and Charmi, of whom is the familie of the Charmites.

7 Theſe are the families of the ſtocke of Ruben: whoſe number was found fourtie three thouſand, and ſeuen hundred thirtie.

8 The ſonne of Phallu, Eliab.

9 his ſonnes, Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. Theſe are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that roſe againſt Moyſes and Aaron in the ſedition of Core, when they rebelled againſt our Lord:

10 and the earth opening her mouth deuoured Core, verie manie dying, when the fire burnt two hundred fiftie men. And there was a great miracle done,

11 that Core perishing, [::] his ſonnes perished not.

12 The ſonnes of Simeon by their kinredes: Namuel, of him is the familie of the Namuelites: Iamin, of him is the familie of the Iaminites: Iachin, of him is the familie of Iachinites:

13 Zare, of him is the familie of the Zareites: Saul, of him is the familie of the Saulites.

14 theſe are the families of the ſtocke of Simeon, of which the whole number was two and twentie thouſand two hundred.

15 The ſonnes of Gad by their kinredes: Sephon, of him is the familie of the Sephonites: Aggi of him is the familie of the Aggites: Suni, of him is the familie of the Sunites:

16 Ozni, of him is the famile of the Oznites: Her, of him is the familie of the Herites:

17 Arod of him is the familie of the Arodites: Ariel, of him is the familie of the Arielites.

18 theſe are the families of Gad, of which the whole number was fourtie thouſand fiue hundred.

19 The ſonnes of Iudas, Her, and Onan, who died both in the land of Chanaan.

20 And the ſonnes of Iudas by their kinredes were: Sela, of whom is the familie of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the familie of the Phareſites: Zare, of whom is the familie of the Zareites.

21 Moreouer the ſonnes of Phares: Heſron, of whom is the familie of the Heſronites: and hamul, of whom is the familie of the Hamulites.

22 theſe are the families of Iudas, of which the whole number was ſeuentie ſix thouſand fiue hundred.

23 The ſonnes of Iſſachar, by their kinredes: Thola, of whom is the familie of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the familie of the Phuaites:

24 Iaſub, of whom is the familie of the Iaſubites: Semran, of whom is the familie of the Semranites.

25 theſe are the kinredes of Iſſachar, whoſe number ſixtie fowre thouſand three hundred.

26 The ſonnes of Zabulon by their kinredes: Sared, of whom is the familie of the Saredites: Elon of whom is the familie of the Elonites: Ialel, of whom is the familie of Ialelites.

27 Theſe are the kinredes of Zabulon, whoſe number was ſixtie thouſand fiue hundred.

28 The ſonnes of Ioſeph by their kinredes, Manaſſes and Ephraim.

29 Of Manaſſes was borne Machir, of whom is the familie of the Machirites. Machir begat Galaad, of whom is the familie of the Galaadites.

30 Galaad had ſonnes: Iezer, of whom is the familie of the Iezerites: and Helec, of whom is the familie of the Helecites.

31 and Aſriel, of whom is the familie of the Aſrielites: and Sechem, of whom is the familie of the Sechemites.

32 and Semida, of whom is the familie of the Semidaites: and Hepher, of whom is the familie of the Hepherites.

33 And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who had no ſonnes, but onlie daughters, whoſe names are theſe: Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Terſa.

34 theſe are the families of Manaſſes, and the number of them is fiftie two thouſand ſeuen hundred.

35 And the ſonnes of Ephraim by their kinredes were theſe: Suthala, of whom is the familie of the Suthalaites: Becher, of whom is the familie of the Becherites: Thehen, of whom is the familie of the Thehenites.

36 Moreouer the ſonne of Suthala was Heran, of whom is the familie of the Heranites.

37 theſe are the kinredes of the ſonnes of Ephraim: whoſe number was thirtie two thouſand fiue hundred.

38 Theſe are the ſonnes of Ioſeph by their families. The ſonnes of Beniamin in their kinredes: Bela, of whom is the familie of the Belaites: Aſbel, of whom is the familie of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the familie of the Ahiramites:

39 Supham, of whom is the familie of the Suphamites: Hupham, of whom is the familie of the Huphamites.

40 The ſonnes of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, the familie of the Heredites: of Noeman, the familie of the Noemanites.

41 Theſe are the ſonnes of Beniamin by their kinredes, whoſe number was fourtie fiue thouſand ſix hundred.

42 The ſonnes of Dan by their kinredes: Suham, of whom is the familie of the Suhamites: theſe are the kinredes of Dan by their families.

43 al were Suhamites, whoſe number was ſixtie foure thouſand foure hundred.

44 The ſonnes of Aſer by their kinredes: Iemna, of whom is the familie of the Iemnaites: Ieſſui, of whom is the familie of the Ieſſuites: Brie, of whom is the familie of the Brieites.

45 The ſonnes of Brie: Heber, of whom is the familie of the Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is the familie of the Melchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Aſer, was Sara.

47 theſe are the kinredes of the ſonnes of Aſer, and their number fiftie three thouſand foure hundred.

48 The ſonnes of Nephthali by their kinredes: Ieſiel, of whom is the familie of the Ieſielites: Guni, of whom is the familie of the Gunites,

49 Ieſer, of whom is the familie of the Ieſerites: Sellem, of whom is the familie of the Sellemites.

50 theſe are the kinredes of the ſonnes of Nephthali by their families: whoſe number was fourtie fiue thouſand foure hundred.

51 This is the ſumme of the children of Iſrael, that were reckened, ſix hundred thouſand, and a thouſand ſeuen hundred thirtie.

52 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes ſaying:

53 To theſe shal the land be diuided according to the number of names for their poſſeſſions.

54 To the greater number thou shalt geue a greater portion, and to the fewer a leſſe: to euerie one, as they haue now beene reckened, ſhal poſſeſſion be deliuered:

55 yet ſo that lotte doe diuide the Land to the tribes and the families.

56 Whatſoeuer ſhal chance by lotte, that let either the more take, or the fewer.

57 This alſo is the number of the ſonnes of Leui by their families: Gerſon, of whom the familie of the Gerſonites: Caath, of whom the familie of the Caathites: Merari, of whom the familie of the Merarites.

58 theſe are the families of Leui: The familie of Lobni, the familie of Hebroni, the familie of Moholi, the familie of Muſi, the familie of Core. Howbeit Caath begatte Amram:

59 who had to wife Iochabed [::] the daughter of Leui, who was borne to him in Aegypt. She bare to Amram her husband ſonnes, Aaron and Moyſes, and Marie their ſiſter.

60 Of Aaron were borne Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar:

61 of the which Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the ſtrange fyre before our Lord.

62 And al that were numbred, were twentie three thouſand of the male kind from one moneth and vpward: who were not reckened among the children of Iſrael, neither was their poſſeſſion geuen with the reſt.

63 This is the number of the children of Iſrael, that were enrolled by Moyſes and Eleazar the prieſt, in the champion countrie of Moab vpon Iordan againſt Iericho.

64 Among whom there was none of them that were numbered before by Moyſes and Aaron in the deſert of Sinai.

65 For our Lord had foretold that al ſhould die in the wilderneſſe And none remained of them, but Caleb the ſonne of Iephone, and Ioſue the ſonne of Nun.

Marginal notes to Chapter 26

• 1 [::] Gods wrath being pacified by extirpation of the old bad people, the new progenie is numbered which ſhal poſſeſſe the promiſed land S. Hierom. de Manſ. 42. to. 3.
• 11 [::] They were retained in the ayre, til the earth broken vnder them was cloſed againe.
• 59 [::] Amram maried his aunt: which ſheweth that the ſecond degree in conſanguinitie is not forbid by the law of nature; though it was after prohibited by a poſitiue law. Leuit. 18.

Chapter 27

CHAP. XXVII. Salphaads daughters ſuccede to their fathers inheritance. 8. And the law is eſtablished that for lack of ſonnes daughters shal inherite, and for lack alſo of daughters the next of kinne. 12. God commandeth Moyſes to aſcend into Mount Abarim, and thence view the promiſed Land, but fortelleth him that he shal die, and not goe into it. 15. He then prayeth God to prouide an other to lead the people, 18, and Ioſue is deſigned in preſence of Eleazar and the people.

1 AND there came the daughters of Salphaad, the ſonne of Hepher, the ſonne of Galaad, rhe ſonne of Machir, the ſonne of Manaſſes, who was the ſonne of Ioſeph: whoſe names are, Malaa, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Therſa.

2 And they ſtood before Moyſes and Eleazar the prieſt, and al the princes of the people at the doore of the tabernacle of couenant, and ſaid:

3 Our father died in the deſert, neither was he in the ſedition, that was raiſed againſt our Lord vnder Core, but he died in [::] his owne ſinne: he had no men children. Why is his name taken away out of his familie, becauſe he hath not a ſonne? Geue vs poſſeſſion among the kinne of our father.

4 And Moyſes referred their cauſe to the iudgement of our Lord.

5 Who ſaid to him:

6 The Daughters of Salphaad require a iuſt thing: geue them poſſeſſion among their fathers kinne, and let them ſuccede him in the inheritance.

7 And to the children of Iſrael thou ſhalt ſpeake theſe thinges:

8 When a man dieth without a ſonne, his inheritance ſhal paſſe to his daughter.

9 If he haue no daughter, he ſhal haue his brethren his ſucceſſours.

10 And if he haue no brethren neither, you ſhal geue the inheritance to his fathers brethren.

11 but if he haue no ſuch vncles by the father neither, the inheritance ſhal be geuen to them thar are the next of kinne. and this ſhal be to the children of Iſrael a holie ordinance by a perpetual law, as the Lord hath commanded Moyſes.

12 Our Lord alſo ſaid to Moyſes: Goe vp into this mountaine Abarim, and view from thence the Land which I wil geue to the children of Iſrael.

13 and when thou ſhalt haue ſeene it, thou alſo ſhalt goe to thy people, as thy brothet Aaron is gone:

14 becauſe you did offend me in the deſert Sin in the contradiction of the multitude, neither would you ſanctifie me before them vpon the waters. theſe are the waters of contradiction in Cades of the deſert Sin.

15 To whom Moyſes anſwered:

16 Our Lord the God of the ſpirites of al flesh prouide a man, that may be ouer this multitude:

17 and may goe out and enter in before them, and bring them out, or bring them in: leſt the people of our Lord be as ſheepe without a [::] paſtor.

18 And our Lord ſaid to him: Take Ioſue the ſonne of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand vpon him.

19 Who ſhal ſtand before Eleazar the prieſt and al the multitude:

20 and thou shalt geue him preceptes in the ſight of al, and part of thy glorie, that al the ſynagogue of the children of Iſrael may heare him.

21 For him, if anie thing be to be done, Eleazar the prieſt shal conſult the Lord. At his word shal he goe out and shal goe in, and al the children of Iſrael with him, and the reſt of the multitude.

22 Moyſes did as out Lord had commanded. And when he had taken Ioſue, he ſette him before Eleazar the prieſt, and al the aſſemblie of the people.

23 And impoſing his handes on his head, he repeted al thinges that our Lord had commanded.

Marginal notes to Chapter 27

• 3 [::] For the general murmuring, wherof al the people were guiltie. cha. 14. ⟨illegible⟩. 29.
• 17 [::] Temporal Princes are alſo paſtors, or ſhepheards of the people: but this made not Ioſue ſupreme in ſpiritual cauſes. For it is clere in the next lines that he had but part of Moyſes his glorie, or office▪ and that was to be temporal prince, Eleazar being chief in cauſes ſpiritual, before vvhom and the multitude he was ordained Duke, but Eleazar conſulted God for him, and directed his principal actions, called here his going out, and going in.

Chapter 28

CHAP. XXVIII. Special ſacrifices are appointed for euerie day in the morning and euening. 9. Likewiſe for euerie Sabbath day, 11. for the first day of euerie moneth, 16. for Paſch, 26. and for Penticost.

1 OVR Lord alſo ſaid to Moyſes:

2 Command the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: My oblation and breades, and burnt ſacrifice of moſt ſweete odour offer ye [::] in their times.

3 Theſe are the ſacrifices which you muſt offer: Two lambes of a yeare old without blemish daily for [::] the euerlaſting holocauſt:

4 one you shal offer in the morning, and the other at euen:

5 the tenth part of an ephi of floure, which shal be tempered with the pureſt oile, and shal haue the fourth part of an hin.

6 It is the continual holocauſt which you offered in Mount Sinai for a moſt ſweete odour of the burnt ſacrifice of the Lord.

7 and for a libament you shal offer of wine the fourth part of an hin for euerie lambe in the Sanctuarie of the Lord.

8 And the other lambe in like maner you shal offer at euen according to al the rite of the morning ſacrifice, and of the libamentes therof, an oblation of moſt ſweete odour to the Lord.

9 And on the day of [::] the Sabbath, you shal offer two lambes of a yeare old without blemish, and two tenthes of flowre tempered with oile in ſacrifice, and the libamentes

10 which are ritely powred euerie Sabbath for an euerlaſting holocauſt.

11 And in [::] the Calendes you shal offer an holocauſte to the Lord, two calues of the heard, one ramme, ſeuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish,

12 and three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile in ſacrifice for euerie calfe: and two tenthes of flowre tempered with oile to euerie ramme:

13 and the tenth part of a tenth of flowre tempered with oile in ſacrifice to euerie lambe. it is an holocauſt of moſt ſweete odour and burnt ſacrifice to the Lord.

14 And the libamentes of wine, that are to be powred for euerie victime, shal be theſe: The halfe part of an hin for euerie calfe, the third to a ramme, the fourth to alambe. this shal be the holocauſt through al monethes, that ſuccede one an other as the yeare turneth about.

15 A bucke goate alſo shal be offered to the Lord for ſinnes an euerlaſting holocauſt with his libamentes.

16 And in the firſt moneth, [::] the fourtenth day of the moneth shal be the Phaſe of the Lord,

17 and the fiftenth day the ſolemnitie: ſeuen daies shal they eate azymes.

18 Of the which the firſt day ſhal be venerable and holie: no ſeruile worke ſhal you doe therein.

19 And you ſhal offer burnt ſacrifice an holocauſt to the Lord, two calues of the heard, one ramme, ſeuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish:

20 and the ſacrifice of euerie one of flowre which shal be tempered with oile, three tenthes to euerie calfe, and two tenthes to euerie ramme,

21 and the tenth part of a tenth, to euerie lambe, that is to ſay, to the ſeuen lambes.

22 And one bucke goate for ſinne, that expiation may be made for you,

23 beſide the morning holocauſt which you shal alwaies offer.

24 So shal you do euerie day of the ſeuen daies for a foode of the fire, and for a moſt ſweee odour to the Lord, which shal riſe of the holocauſt, and of the libamentes of euerie one.

25 The ſeuenth day alſo shal be moſt ſolemne and holie vnto you: no ſeruile worke shal you doe therein.

26 The day alſo of [::] firſt fruites when you shal offer new fruites to the Lord, after that the weekes be accomplished, shal be venerable and holie: no ſeruile worke shal you doe therein.

27 And you shal offer an holocauſt for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord, two calues of the heard, one ramme, and ſeuen Lambes of a yeare old without blemish:

28 and in the ſacrifices of them three tenthes of flowre tempered with oile to euerie calfe, to euerie ramme two,

29 euerie lambe the tenth part of a tenth, which together are ſeuen lambes. a goate alſo

30 which is ſlaine for expiation: beſide the euerlaſting holocauſt and the libamentes therof.

31 Al shal you offer without blemish with their libamentes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 28

• 2 [::] Varietie of Sacrifices for diuers times.
• 3 [::] Euerie day twiſe.
• 4 1.
• 9 2.
• 9 [::] On the Sabbath day.
• 11 3.
• 11 [::] The Neomenia, or new moone.
• 16 [::] Paſch, or Phaſe.
• 16 4.
• 25 5.
• 26 [::] Pentecoſt▪

Chapter 29

CHAP. XXIX. In the ſeuenth moneth are celebrated with particular ſacrifices the feaſtes of Trumpets, 7. of Expiation, 12. of Tabernacles, 35. and of Aſſemblie and Collection. [Margin: 6.]

1 THE [::] firſt day alſo of the ſeuenth moneth ſhal be venerable and holie vnto you. no ſeruile worke shal you doe therein, becauſe it is the day of ſounding and of trumpetes.

2 And you shal offer an holocauſt for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord, one calfe of the heard one ramme, and ſeuen lambes of a yeare old without blemish:

3 and in their ſacrifices of floure tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe, two tenthes to a ramme,

4 one tenth to a lambe, which together are ſeuen lambes:

5 and a bucke goate for ſinne, which is offered for the expiation of the people,

6 beſides the holocauſt of the Calendes with the ſacrifices therof, and the euerlaſting holocauſt with the accuſtomed libamentes. With the ſame ceremonies shal you offer burnt ſacrifice for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord.

7 The [::] tenth day alſo of this ſeuenth moneth shal be holie and venerable vnto you, and you shal [::] afflict your ſoules: no ſeruile worke shal you doe therein.

8 And you shal offer an holocauſt to the Lord for a moſt ſweete odour, one calfe of the heard, one ramme, ſeuen Lambes of a yeare old without blemish:

9 and in their ſacrifices of floure tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe, two tenthes to the ramme,

10 the tenth part of a tenth to euerie lambe, which are in al ſeuen lambes:

11 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſides theſe thinges that are wont to be offered for offence vnto expiation, and for the euerlaſting holocauſt with their ſacrifice & libamentes.

12 But the [::] fiftenth day of the ſeuenth moneth, which shal be vnto you holie and venerable, no ſeruile worke shal you doe therein, but you shal celebrate the ſolemnitie to the Lord ſeuen daies.

13 and you shal offer an holocauſt for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord, calues of the heard thirtene, rammes two, lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

14 & in their libamentes of flowre tempered with oile three tenthes to euerie calfe, which are together thirtene calues: and two tenthes to euerie ramme, that is, together to two rammes,

15 and the tenth part of a tenth to euerie lambe, which are together fourtene lambes:

16 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice, and the libament therof.

17 The next day you shal offer calues of the heard twelue, two rammes, lambes a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

18 and the ſacrifices and libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

19 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice and libament therof.

20 The third day you shal oſter eleuen calues, two rammes, lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

21 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

22 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice, and libament therof.

23 The fourth day you ſhal offer ten calues, two rammes, lambes a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

24 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you ſhal titely celebrate▪

25 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice therof and libament.

26 The fifth day you shal offer nine calues, two rammes, lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

27 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

28 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifices therof and libament.

29 The ſixt day you shal offer eight calues, two rāmes, lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

30 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

31 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice therof and libament.

32 The ſeuenth day you shal offer ſeuen calues, and two rammes, lambes of a yeare old without blemish fourtene:

33 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

34 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſide the euerlaſting holocauſte and the ſacrifice therof and libament.

35 The [::] eight ⟨illegible⟩ is moſt ſolemne, no ſeruile you doe therin,

36 offering an holocauſte for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord, one calfe, one ramme, lambes of a yeare old with out blemish ſeuen.

37 and the ſacrifices and the libamentes of euerie one to the calues and the rammes and the lambes you shal ritely celebrate:

38 and a bucke goate for ſinne, beſides the euerlaſting holocauſte, and the ſacrifice therof and libament.

39 Theſe thinges shal you offer to the Lord in your ſolemnites: beſides your vowes and voluntarie oblations in holocauſte, in ſacrifice, in libament, and in pacifique hoſtes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 29

• 1 [::] Feaſt of Trumpets.
• 6 7.
• 7 [::] Feaſt of Expiation.
• 7 [::] For remiſſiō of ſinnes the penitents did cooperate by penal workes of faſting and abſtinence, from euen vntil euen▪ Leuit. 23. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩2. S. Aug. q. 57. in Num. Theod. q. 32. in Leuit.
• 12 [::] Feaſt of Tabernacles.
• 12 8.
• 33 9.
• 35 [::] Feaſt of Aſſemblie, and Collection.

Chapter 30

CHAP. XXX. Voluntarie vowes or oathes of men; 14. of maides in their fathers houſes, 7. or newly maried; 10. of widowes, or wiues diuorced, 11. and of wiues in their husbands houſes: and how they bind, or are made fruſtrate.

1 AND Moyſes told the children of Iſrael al thinges that our Lord had commanded him:

2 and he ſpake to the princes of the tribes of the children of Iſrael: This is the word that our Lord hath commanded:

3 If any man [::] make a vowe to our Lord, or binde him ſelf by an oath: he shal not make his word fruſtrate, but al that he promiſed he shal fulfil.

4 If a woman vowe any thing, and binde herſelf with an oath, ſhe that is in her fathers houſe, and as yet in maydens age: if her father know the vowe that she promiſed, and the oath wherwith she bound her ſoule, and hold his peace, ſhe shal be bound to the vowe:

5 Whatſoeuer she promiſed and ſware, she shal fulfil in deede.

6 but if immediatly as he heareth it, her father do gaine ſay it, both her vowes and her othes“ shal be fruſtrate, neither shal she be bound to the promiſſe, for that her father hath gaineſaid it.

7 If she haue a husband, and vowe any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth binde her ſoule by an oath:

8 the day that her husband heareth it, and doth not gaine ſay it, she shal be bound to the vowe, and shal render whatſoeuer she promiſed.

9 but if as ſowne as he heareth he gaine ſay it, and make her promiſes fruſtrate, and the wordes wherwith she had bound her ſoule: our Lord wil be [::] propitious to her.

10 The widowe, and she that is deuorced whatſoeuer they vowe, they shal render.

11 The wife in the houſe of her husband, when she hath bound her ſelf by vowe and by oath,

12 if her husband heare, and hold his peace, neither doe gayneſay the promiſſe, she shal render whatſoeuer she had promiſſed.

13 but if forthwith he gayneſay it, she shal not be holden bound to the promiſſe: becauſe her husband gayneſaid it, and our Lord wil be propitious to her.

14 If she vowe and binde her ſelfe by oath, to [::] afflict her ſoule by faſting, or abſtinence from other thinges, it shal be in the arbitrement of her husband, whether she shal do it, or not do it.

15 and if the husband hearing it hold his peace, and differre ſentence til an other day: whatſoeuer she had vowed and promiſed, she shal render: becauſe immediatly as he heard it, he held his peace.

16 but if he gayneſay it after that he knew it, [::] him ſelfe shal beare her iniquitie.

17 Theſe are the lawes, which our Lord appointed to Moyſes betwen the husband and the wife, betwene the father and the daughter, that is as yet in maidens age, or that abideth in her fathers houſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 30

• 3 [::] He that voweth abſtinence from a thing lawful, maketh it vnlawful to him ſelfe by his vow. S. Aug. q. 56. in Num.
• 9 [::] In this caſe God wil not impute it to her for a sīne. S. Aug. q. 58.
• 14 [::] By afflicting of the ſoule⟨illegible⟩ here vnderſtood, reſtraining ſenſual delectation. S. Aug. q. 57. in Num.
• 16 [::] The huſbād reuoking his conſent, once geuen by word, or by ſilence to his wiues vow, ſinned, but the wife was bound to obey him, and ſo was excuſed.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXX.

6. Shal be fruſtrate] Vowes, which fathers and huſbandes could fruſtrate' [Margin: Vowes of things not commanded.] in their daughters and wiues, muſt needes be ment of things not commanded by God. For it was not in their powre to diſpence in Gods precepts. As for example, touching the feaſt of Expiration, it was not in the arbitrement of fathers and huſbandes (as here it was v. 14) whether their daughters and wiues ſhould faſt or no: but was abſolutely ſaied: (Leuit. 23. v. 29.) ⟨illegible⟩uerie ſoule that is not afflicted (that is, which faſteth not) this day, shal perish out of his people. And ſo in [Margin: S. Aug, q. 57. in Num.] other precepts were neceſſarie obligations. Beſides which it is gratful alſo to God, that his ſeruantes bind them ſelues to other good workes, wherto they are not otherwiſe bound.

Chapter 31

CHAP. XXXI. The Madianites are ſlaine in battle, for that they had drawen the people of Iſrael to ſinne. 11. The praye is brought to Moyſes, 14. VVho being angrie that the wemen (which were the occaſion of ſinne) are ſaued aliue, commandeth to k⟨illegible⟩lal the male children, and al the wemen ſauing only virgins. 19. The ſouldiars are purified, as alſo the praye, 26. and then diuided among the victours, and other people, taking out portions for the Leuites. 48. The princes of the hoſte geue free offerings to our Lord.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Reuenge firſt the children of Iſrael on the Madianites, and ſo thou ſhalt be gathered to thy people.

3 And Moyſes forthwith ſaid: Arme of you men to fight, which may take the reuenge of our Lord on the Madianites.

4 Let a thouſand men of euerie tribe be choſen of Iſrael to be ſent to the warre.

5 And they gaue a thouſand of euerie tribe, that is to ſay, twelue thouſand wel appointed to fight:

6 whom Moyſes ſent with Phinees the ſonne of Eleazar the prieſt, and the holie veſſel, and the trumpettes to ſound he deliuered to him.

7 And when they had fought againſt the Madianites and had ouercome, al the men they ſlew,

8 and their kinges Eui, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and Rebe, fiue princes of the Nation: [::] Balaam alſo the ſonne of Beor they killed with the ſword.

9 And they tooke their wiues, and litle ones, and al their goodes: whatſoeuer they had bene able to make, they ſpoiled:

10 as wel cities as townes and caſtels the fire did conſume.

11 And they tooke the praye, and al thinges that they had taken as wel of men as of beaſtes,

12 and they brought them to Moyſes, and Eleazar the prieſt, and to al the multitude of the children of Iſrael. but the reſt of the implementes they caried to the campe in the champion countries of Moab, beſide Iordan againſt Iericho.

13 And Moyſes and Eleazar the prieſt went forth, and al the princes of the ſynagogue to meete them without the campe.

14 And Moyſes being angrie with the princes of the hoſte, the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the battle,

15 ſaid: Why haue you reſerued the wemen?

16 Are not theſe they, that deceiued the children of Iſrael at the ſuggeſtion of Balaam, and made you preuaricate againſt our Lord vpon [::] the ſinne of Phogor, whereupon alſo the people was ſtroken?

17 Therfore kil al whatſoeuer is of the male ſexe, among [::] the litle ones alſo: and the wemen, that haue knowne men in carnal copulation, ſlea ye:

18 but the gyrles and al the wemen that are virgins reſerue to you:

19 and tarying without the campe ſeuen dayes. He that hath killed a man, or touched him that is killed, ſhal be expiated the third day and the ſeuenth.

20 And of al the praye, whether it be garment, or veſſel, and ſome thing prepared for implementes, of goates skinnes, and heare, and wood shal be expiated.

21 Eleazar alſo the prieſt ſpake to the hoſte, that had fought, in this maner: This is the precept of the law, which our Lord hath commanded Moyſes:

22 Gold, and ſiluer, and braſſe, and yron, and leade, and tinne,

23 and al that may paſſe through the fyre, shal be purged by fyre, but whatſoeuer can not abide the fire, shal be ſanctified with the water of expiation:

24 and you shal wash your garmentes the ſeuenth day, and being purified, afterward you shal enter into the campe.

25 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

26 Take the ſumme of thoſe thinges, that were taken from man vnto beaſt, thou and Eleazar the prieſt and the princes of the multitude:

27 and thou shalt diuide the praye equally betwene them, that fought & went forth to the warre, and betwen the reſt of the multitude.

28 and thou shalt ſeparate a portion to the Lord from them, that fought and were in the battle, one ſoule of fiue hundred as wel of mankind as of oxen and aſſes and sheepe,

29 and thou shalt geue it to Eleazar the prieſt, becauſe they are the firſt fruites of the Lord.

30 Out of the halfe part alſo of the children of Iſrael thou shalt take the fiftith head of mankind, and of oxen, and aſſes, and sheepe, and of al beaſtes, and thou shalt geue them to the Leuites, that watch in the cuſtodies of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 And Moyſes and Eleazar did, as our Lord commanded.

32 And the praye which the hoſte had taken, was of sheepe ſix hundred ſeuentie fiue thouſand,

33 of oxen ſeuentie two thouſand,

34 of aſſes ſixtie one thouſand.

35 The ſoules of the folkes of the female ſexe, that had not knowne men, thirtie two thouſand.

36 And the halfe part was geuen to them, that had bene in the battle, of sheepe three hundred thirtie ſeuen thouſand fiue hundred:

37 of the which for the portion of our Lord were reckened sheepe ſix hundred ſeuentie fiue.

38 And of the thirtie ſix thouſand oxen, oxen ſeuentie and two:

39 of the thirtie thouſand fiue hundred aſſes, aſſes ſixtie one:

40 of the ſoules of mankind ſixtene thouſand, there fel to the portion of our Lord thirtie two ſoules.

41 And Moyſes deliuered the number of the firſt fruites of our Lord to Eleazar the prieſt, as it had bene commanded him,

42 of the halfe part of the children of Iſrael, which he had ſeparated to them, that had bene in the battle.

43 But of the halfe part that had chanced to the reſt of the multitude, that is to ſay, of the three hundred thirtie ſeuen thouſand fiue hundred ſheepe,

44 and of the thirtie ſix thouſand oxen,

45 and of the thirtie thouſand fiue hundred aſſes,

46 and of the ſixtene thouſand of mankind,

47 Moyſes tooke the fiftith head, and gaue it to the Leuites, that watched in the tabernacle of our Lord, as our Lord had commanded.

48 And when the princes of the hoſte were come to Moyſes, and the tribunes, and centurions, they ſaid:

49 We thy ſeruantes haue reckened the number of the warryers, which we had vnder our hand: and not ſo much as one verily was lacking.

50 For this cauſe we offer in the donaties of our Lord euerie one that which we could finde in the praye of gold, garters and tablettes, ringes and braceletes, and cheynes, that thou maieſt, pray to our Lord for vs.

51 And Moyſes and Eleazar the prieſt receiued al the gold in diuerſe formes,

52 in weight ſixtene thouſand, ſeuen hundred fiftie ſicles of the tribunes and of the centurions.

53 For that which euerie one had ſpoiled in the praye, was his owne.

54 And that which was receiued they brought into the tabernacle of teſtimonie, for a monument of the children of Iſrael before our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 31

• 8 [::] VVith whō he ſinned, with them he was alſo iuſtly puniſhed.
• 16 [::] Theſe wemen bringing imagies of Beelphogot, cauſed the Iſraelites to offer ſacrifice to him, before they ſhould committe fornication with them.
• 17 [::] In more deteſtation of the parents ſinne, God cōmanded to kil theſe children & ſo they were preuented, from committing the like crimes. But ordinarily, wemen & children ought not to be ſlaine after the victorie. Deut. 20. v. 14.

Chapter 32

CHAP. XXXII. The children of Ruben and Gad, demanding to haue inheritance on that ſide Iordan, where they yet are, 7. Moyſes iuſtly rebuketh them; 16. yet vpon condition that they wil march firſt ouer Iordan, and remaine the firſt in battle, til the land be ſubdued to the children of Iſrael, 28. he granteth to them, and the halfe tribe of Manaſses, that which they request.

1 AND the children of Ruben and Gad had much cattel, and they had in beaſtes an infinite ſubſtance. And when they had ſeene Iazer and Galaad fitte countries for to feede cattel,

2 they came to Moyſes and Eleazar the prieſt, and the princes of the multitude, and ſaid:

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Iazer, and Nemra, Heſebon, and Eleale, and Sabam, and Nebo, and Beon,

4 the land, which our Lord ſmote in the ſight of the children of Iſrael, is of a verie plentiful ſoile for the feeding of beaſtes: and we thy ſeruantes haue very much cattel:

5 and we pray thee if we haue found grace before thee, that thou geue vs thy ſeruantes the ſame in poſſeſſion, and [::] make vs not paſſe ouer Iordan

6 To whom Moyſes anſwered: Why shal your brethren goe to ſight, and wil you ſitte here?

7 Why ſubuert you the mindes of the children of Iſrael, that they may not be bold to paſſe into the place, which our Lord wil geue them?

8 Did not your fathers ſo, when I ſent from Cadesbarne to view the Land?

9 And when they were come as farre as the Valley of cluſter, hauing viewed al the countrie, they ſubuerted the hart of the children of Iſrael, that they should not enter the coaſtes, which our Lord gaue them.

10 Who being wrath ſware, ſaying:

11 If theſe men, that came vp out of Aegypt, from twentie yeares and vpward, shal ſee the land, which vnder othe I promiſed to Abraham, Iſaac, and Iacob: and they would not folow me,

12 except Caleb the ſonne of Iephone the Cenezeite, and Ioſue the ſonne of Nun: theſe haue fulfilled my wil.

13 And our Lord being wrath agaynſt Iſrael, led him about through the deſert fourtie yeares, vntil the whole generation was conſumed, that had done euil in his ſight.

14 And behold, quoth he, you are riſen vp in ſteed of your fathers, the ofſpring and diſciples of ſinful men, to augment the furie of our Lord agaynſt Iſrael.

15 But if you wil not folow him, he wil leaue the people in the wilderneſſe, and you shal be the cauſe of the death of al.

16 But they coming nere, ſaid: We wil make shepcottes, and ſtalles for our cattel, for our litle ones alſo fenſed cities:

17 and we our ſelues armed and girded wil march on to battle before the children of Iſrael, vntil we bring them in vnto their places. Our litle ones and whatſoeuer we can haue, shal be in walled cities, becauſe of the lying of wayte of the inhabitantes.

18 We wil not returne into our houſes, vntil the children of Iſrael poſſeſſe their inheritance:

19 neither wil we ſeeke any thing beyound Iordan, becauſe already we haue our poſſeſſion on the eaſt ſide therof.

20 To whom Moyſes ſaid: If you doe that you promiſſe, march on wel appointed before our Lord to fight:

21 and let euerie man of warre paſſe ouer Iordan, vntil our Lord ſubuert his enemies,

22 and al the Land be ſubdued to him: then shal you be blameleſſe before our Lord and before Iſrael, and you shal obteyne the countries that you would in the ſight of our Lord.

23 But if you doe not, that which you ſay, no man can doubt but you ſinne againſt God: and know ye that your ſinne shal apprehend you.

24 Build therfore cities for your litle ones, and sheepecotes and ſtalles for your sheepe and cattel: and accomplish that which you haue promiſed.

25 And the children of Gad and Ruben ſaid to Moyſes: We are thy ſeruantes, we wil do that which our lord commandeth.

26 We wil leaue our litle ones, and our wiues, and sheepe, and cattel in the cities of Galaad:

27 and we thy ſeruantes al wel appoynted wil march on to the warre, as thou my lord speakeſt.

28 Moyſes therfore commanded Eleazar the prieſt, and Ioſue the ſonne of Nun, and the princes of the families by the tribes of Iſrael, and he ſaid to them:

29 If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben paſſe with you ouer Iordan al armed to the warre before our Lord, and the Land be ſubdued to you: geue them Galaad in poſſeſſion.

30 But if they wil not paſſe armed with you into the Land of Chanaan, let them take places to dwel in among you.

31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben anſwered: As our lord hath ſpoken to his ſeruantes, ſo Wil we doe:

32 our ſelues atmed wil march before our Lord into the Land of Chanaan, and we confeſſe that we haue already receiued our poſſeſſion beyond Iordan.

33 Moyſes therfore gaue to the children of Gad and Ruben, and to the halfe tribe of Manaſſes the ſonne of Ioſeph, the kingdome of Sehon king of the Amorrheite, and the kingdome of Og king of Baſan, and their land and the cities therof round about.

34 Therfore the ſonnes of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 and Etroth, and Sophan, and Iazar, and Iegbaa,

36 and Bethnemra, and Betharan, cities fenſed, aud sheepecotes for their sheepe.

37 But the children of Ruben builded Heſebon, and Eleale, and Cariathaim,

38 and Nabo, and Baalmeon changing their names, Sabama alſo: geuing names to the cities, which they had built.

39 Moreouer the children of Machir, the ſonne of Manaſſes went into Galaad, and waſted it killing the Amorrheite the inhabiter therof.

40 Moyſes therfore gaue the land of Galaad to Machir the ſonne of Manaſſes, who dwelt in it.

41 And Iair the ſonne of Manaſſes went, and tooke the villages therof, which he called Hauoth Iair, that is tho ſay, the Villages of Iair.

42 Nobe alſo went, and tooke Canath with the villages therof: and he called it by his owne name Nobe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 32

• 5 [::] A right figure of thoſe that would poſſeſſe heauen without labour or danger. But none shal be crovvned vnles he ſtriue lavvfully. 2. Tim. 2.

Chapter 33

CHAP. XXXIII. The 42. manſions of The children of Iſrael betwen Aegype and the Land of promiſe are recited. 50. they are commanded to kil al the inhabitents, to purge the land of idolatrie, and diuide it among them.

1 THESE are [::] the manſions of the children of Iſrael, that went out of Aegypt by their troupes in the hand of “Moyſes and Aaron,

2 which Moyſes deſcribed according to the places of the campe, which by our Lords commandement they changed.

3 They children of Iſrael therfore departing from Rameſſes the firſt moneth, the fiftenth day of the firſt moneth, the morow after they made the Phaſe, in a mightie hand, al the Aegyptians ſeeing them,

4 and burying their firſt borne, which our Lord had ſtrooken (yea and on their goddes alſo he had exerciſed vengeance)

5 they camped in Soccoth.

6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the vttermoſt borders of the wilderneſſe.

7 Departing thence they came ouer againſt Phihahiroth, which looketh toward Beelſephon, and camped before Magdal.

8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they paſſed through the middes of the ſea into the wilderneſſe: and walking three dayes through the deſerr Etham, they camped in Mara.

9 And departing from Mara, they came into Elim, where there were the twelue fountaines of waters, and the ſeuentie palme trees: and there they camped.

10 But departing thence alſo, they pitched their tentes vpon the Redde ſea. And departing from the Redde ſea,

11 they camped in the defert Sin.

12 From whence departing, they came into Daphca.

13 And departing from Daphca, they camped in Alus.

14 And departing from Alus, they pitched their tentes in Raphidim, where the people wanted water to drinke.

15 And departing from Raphidim, they camped in the deſert of Sinai.

16 But departing alſo from the deſert Sinai, they came to the Sepulchres of concupiſcence,

17 And departing from the Sepulchres of concupiſcence, they camped in Haſeroth.

18 And from Haſeroth they came into Rethma.

19 And departing from Rethma, they camped in Remmonphares.

20 Whence departing they came into Lebna.

21 From Lebna they camped in Reſſa.

22 And departing from Reſſa, they came into Ceelatha.

23 Whence departing, they camped in the mountayne Sepher.

24 Departing from the mountayne Sepher, they came into Harada.

25 Thence departing, they camped in Maceloth.

26 And departing from Maceloth, they came into Thahath.

27 From Thahath they camped in Thare.

28 Whence departing, they pitched their tentes in Methca.

29 And from Methca they camped in Heſmona.

30 And departing from Heſmona, they came into Moſeroth.

31 And from Moſeroth they camped in Beneiaacan.

32 And departing from Beneiaacan, they came into the mount Gadgad.

33 Whence departing, they camped in Ietebatha.

34 And from Ietebatha they came into Hebrona.

35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Aſiongaber.

36 Thence departing, they came into the deſert Sin, this is Cades.

37 And departing from Cades, they camped in the mount Hor, in the vttermoſt borders of the Land of Edom.

38 And Aaron the prieſt went vp into the mountayne Hor at the commandement of our Lord: and there he died the fourtith yeare of the coming forth af the children of Iſrael out of Aegypt, the fifth moneth, the firſt day of the moneth,

39 when he was an hundred three and twentie yeares old.

40 And the Chananeire king of Arad, who dwelt toward the ſouth. heard that the children of Iſrael were come into the Land of Chanaan.

41 And departing from the mountayne Hor, they camped in Salmona,

42 Whence departing, they came into Phunon.

43 And departing from Phunon, they camped in Oboth.

44 And from Oboth they came into lieabarim, which is in the borders of the Moabites.

45 And departing from Lieabarim they pitched their tentes in Dibongad.

46 Whence departing, they camped in Helmondeblathaim.

47 And departing from Helmondeblathaim, they came to the mountaynes Abarim againſt Nabo.

48 And departing from the mountaines Abarim, they paſſed to the champion countries of Moab, von Iordan, againſt Iericho.

49 And there they camped from Bethſimoth vnto Abelſatim in the plainer places of the Moabites,

50 where our Lord ſpake to Moyſes:

51 Command the children of Iſrael, and ſay to them: When you shal haue paſſed Iordan, entring the Land of Chanaan,

52 deſtroy al the inhabitants of that Land: breake their titles, and burſt to fitters their ſtatues, and waſt al their excelſes,

53 cleanſing the Land, and dwelling in it. for I haue geuen it you in poſſeſſion,

54 which you shal diuide among you by lotte. To the moe you shal geue the larger, and to the fewer the ſtraiter. To euerie one as the lotte shal fall, ſo shal the inheritance be geuen. By the tribes and the families the poſſeſſion shal be diuided.

55 But[::] if you wil not kil the inhabitantes of the Land: they that remaine, shal be vnto you as it were nailes in your eyes, and ſpeares in your ſides, and they shal be your aduerſaries in the Land of your habitation:

56 and whatſoeuer I had thought to do to them, I wil do to you.

Marginal notes to Chapter 33

• 1 [::] Theſe remonings, and camping places ſignifie by what degrees chriſtians leauing ſinnes, and folowing Chriſt (our guide) may come to perfect pietie. S. Hierom. de manſ. 42. ad Fahiol.
• 55 [::] Danger to thoſe that deſtroy not infidelitie, and al enormious ſinnes, which dwelt in their ſoules before their conuerſion.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXXIII.

1 Moyſes and Aaron.] Moyſes by whom the Law was geuen, and Aaron in [Margin: Two handes which worke ſaluation.] whom Prieſthood was eſtabliſhed, ſignified good workes, and the right worſhip of God. Of which (ſaieth S. Hierom) each one needeth the other. For neither doth it profite thee to exerciſe vertues vnles thou knoweſt thy Creator: nor the worſhipìng of God auaileth thee to ſaluation, vnles thou ſulfil the precepts of thy Maker. By theſe two handes, as with two Seraphims we breake out into confeſſion of the holie Trinitie, ſaying: Holie, holie, holie Lord God of ⟨illegible⟩oaſtes. Epiſt. ad Fabiol de 42. Manſ.

Chapter 34

CHAP. XXXIIII. The ſituation and limites of Chanaan, towards the South, the VVeaſt, the North, and the East. 13. which must be diuided by lotte among nine tribes and a halfe (the other two and a half hauing their partes ouer Iordan) 16. with the names of the perſons that shal make the diuiſion.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Command the children of Iſrael, and thou ſhalt ſay to them: when you are entred into the Land of Chanaan, and it ſhal be fallen vnto you by lotte in poſſeſſion, it ſhal be limited by theſe borders:

3 The ſouthſide ſhal beginne from the wilderneſſe Sin, which is beſide Edom: and it ſhal haue toward the Eaſt [::] the moſt ſalt ſea for the limites.

4 The which ſhal compaſſe the ſouth ſide by the aſcending of [::] the Scorpion, ſo that they ſhal paſſe into Senna, and reach toward the South as farre as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers shal goe forth to the towne named Adar, and shal reach as farre as Aſemona.

5 And the border shal goe round about from Aſemona to the Torrent of Aegypt, and shal end in the shore of the [::] great ſea.

6 And the weſt ſide shal beginne from the great ſea, and the ſame shal be the limite therof.

7 Moreouer toward the North part the borders shal beginne from the greate ſea, reaching vnto the [::] moſt high mountaine,

8 from he which they shal come vnto Emath as farre as the borders of Sedada:

9 and the frontiers shal goe as farre as Sephorna, and the towne Enan. Theſe shal be the borders in the North part.

10 From thence they shal marke out the boundes toward the Eaſt ſide from the village Enan vnto Sephama,

11 and from Sephama the boundes shal goe downe vnto Rebla againſt the fountaine Daphnim: from thence they shal come ⟨illegible⟩aſtward to the ſea Cenereth,

12 and shal reach as farre as Iordan, and at the laſt shal be cloſed in by the moſt ſalt ſea. This you shal haue for your Land by the boundes therof round about.

13 And Moyſes commanded the children of Iſrael, ſaying: This shal be the Land, which you shal poſſeſſe by lotte, and which our Lord hath commanded to be geuen to the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe.

14 For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the number of their kinredes, the halfe alſo of the tribe of Manaſſes,

15 that is, two tribes and an halfe, haue taken their portion beyond Iordan againſt Iericho at the eaſt ſide.

16 And our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

17 Theſe are the names of the men, that ſhal diuide the Land vnto you, Eleazar the prieſt, and Ioſue the ſonne of Nun,

18 and one prince of euerie tribe,

19 whoſe names are theſe: Of the tribe of Iuda, Caleb the ſonne of Iephone.

20 Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the ſonne of Ammiud.

21 Of the tribe of Beniamin Elidad the ſonne of Chaſelon.

22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the ſonne of Iogh.

23 Of the children of Ioſeph of the tribe of Manaſſes, Haniel the ſonne of Ephod.

24 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the ſonne of Sephthan.

25 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Eliſaphan the ſonne of Pharnach.

26 Of the tribe of Iſſachar, duke Phaltiel the ſonne of Ozan.

27 Of the tribe of Aſer, Ahiud the ſonne of Salomi.

28 Of the tribe of Nephthali: Phedael the ſonne of Ammiud.

29 Theſe are they whom our Lord commanded to diuide the Land of Chanaan to the children of Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 34

• 3 [::] Otherwiſe called the dead ſea, where Sodom and Gomort had ſtood.
• 4 [::] A mountaine ſo called of the multitude of ſcorpions, which were in it.
• 5 [::] Mediterraneal ſea, called great in reſpect of the lakes in the holie Land.
• 7 [::] Mount of Libanus.

Chapter 35

CHAP. XXXV. Cities and ſuburbes are appointed for the Leuites, among the other tribes. 6. Of which ſix shal be for refuge of ſuch as vnwittingly kil anie man, 22. where, keping them ſelues til the death of the high Priest, they shal be ſafe. 30. VVilful murtherers conuicted (ſo it be by more then one witnes) must die forthwith.

1 THESE thinges alſo ſpake our Lord to Moyſes in the champion countries of Moab vpon Iordan, againſt Iericho:

2 Command the children of Iſrael that they geue vnto the Leuites of their poſſeſſions

3 cities to dwel in, and their ſuburbes round about: that them ſelues may abide in the townes, and the ſuburbes may be for their cattel and beaſtes:

4 which from the walles of the cities outward, round about, ſhal reach the ſpace of a thouſand paces.

5 Toward the Eaſt shal be two thouſand cubites: and toward the South in like manner ſhal be two thouſand: toward the ſea alſo, which looketh to the Weſt, ſhal be the ſame meaſure: and the North part ſhal be limitted with equal boundes. And the cities ſhal be in the middes, and the ſuburbes without.

6 And of the ſame townes, which you ſhal geue to the Leuites, ſix ſhal be ſeparated for the ayde of fugitiues, that he may flee to them which hath shed bloud: and beſide theſe other fourtie two townes,

7 that is, in al fourtie eight with their ſuburbes.

8 And thoſe cities, that shal be geuen of the poſſeſſions of the children of Iſrael, from them that haue more, moe shal be taken away: and that haue leſſe, fewer. Eache shal geue townes to the Leuites according to the meaſure of their inheritance.

9 Our Lord ſaid to Moyſes:

10 Speake to the children of Iſrael, & thou shalt ſay to them: When you shal haue paſſed ouer Iordan into the Land of Chanaan,

11 determine what cities shal be for the ſuccour of fugitiues, that haue not voluntaryly shed bloud:

12 in which when the fugitiue shal be, the kinſeman of him that is killed can not kil him, vntil he ſtand in the ſight of the multitude, and his cauſe be iudged.

13 And of thoſe cities, that are ſeparated for refuge of the fugitiues,

14 three shal be beyond Iordan, and three in the Land of Chanaan,

15 as wel for the children of Iſrael as for ſtrangers and ſoiouners, that he may flee to them, which hath not voluntaryly shed bloud.

16 If any man ſtrike with yron, and he die that was ſtrooken, he shal be guiltie of murder, and him ſelf shal die.

17 If he caſt a ſtone, and he that is ſtrooken die: he ſhal be punished in like manner.

18 If he that is ſtrooken with wood die, he ſhal be reuenged by the ſtrikers bloud.

19 The kinſman of him that is ſlaine, shal kil the murderer, [::] as ſowne as he apprehendeth him, he shal kil him.

20 If through hatred one push a man, or caſt any thing at him by ſtratageme:

21 or being his enemie, ſtrike him with his hand, and he die: the ſtriker shal be guiltie of murder. the kinſeman of him that is ſlaine as ſowne as he findeth him, shal kil him.

22 But if by chance medlie, and without hatred,

23 and enemitie, he do any of theſe thinges,

24 and this be proued in the hearing of the people, and the queſtion debated betwen him that ſtroke, & the next of bloud:

25 the innocent shal be deliuered from the hand of the reuenger, & by ſentence shal be brought backe into the citie, to which he had fled, and he shal tarie there, [::] vntil the High prieſt, that is anointed with the holie oile, do die.

26 If the murderer be found without the limites of the cities, that are deputed to the banished,

27 and be ſtrooken of him that is the reuenger of bloud: he shal be guiltles that killed him.

28 For the fugitiue ought to haue ſtayed in the citie vntil the death of the High prieſt. And after he is dead, then shal the murderer returne into his countrie.

29 Theſe thinges shal be perpetual, and for an ordinance in al your habitations.

30 The murderer shal be punished by witneſſes: none shal be condemned, at the teſtimonie of one man.

31 You shal not take a price of him, that is guiltie of bloud, he alſo shal die forth with.

32 The banished and fugitiues before the death of the High prieſt may by no meanes returne into their owne cities.

33 Pollute not the land of your habitation, which is polluted with the bloud of innocentes: neither can it otherwiſe be expiated, but by his bloud, that shedeth an other mans bloud.

34 And ſo shal your poſſeſſion be cleanſed my ſelf abyding with you. For I am the Lord that dwel among the children of Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 35

• 19 [::] Yet not before ſentenc⟨illegible⟩ of death. ⟨illegible⟩. 12. & 24. S. Aug. q. 65. in Num.
• 25 [::] Myſtically this ſignified, that the way to true life was not open before Chriſts death Theodor. q. 51. in Num. S. Grig. ho. 6. in Ezechielem.

Chapter 36

CHAP. XXXVI. That the inheritances may not be alienated from one tribe to an other, al muſt marrie within their owne tribes.

1 AND the princes alſo of the families of Galaad, the ſonne of Machir, the ſonne of Manaſſes of the ſtocke of the children of Ioſeph came: and ſpake to Moyſes before the princes of Iſrael, and ſaid:

2 Our Lord hath commanded thee our lord that thou shouldeſt by lotte diuide the Land to the children of Iſrael, and that to the daughters of Salphaad our brother thou shouldeſt geue the poſſeſſion dew to their father:

3 Whom if men of an other tribe take to wiues, their poſſeſſion shal folow, and being tranſlated to an other tribe, it shal be a diminishing of our inheritance.

4 And ſo it shal come to paſ⟨illegible⟩e, that when the Iubilee, that is the fiftith yeare of remiſſion is come, the “diſtribution of the lottes shal be confounded, and the poſſeſſion of one shal paſſe to others.

5 Moyſes anſwered the children of Iſrael, and as our Lord commanded, ſaid: The tribe of the children of Ioſeph hath ſpoken rightly.

6 And this law is promulgated of our Lord touching the daughters of Salphaad: Let them marrie to whom they wil, onlie that it be to the men of their owne tribe:

7 leſt the poſſeſſion of the children of Iſrael be mingled from tribe into tribe. For [::] al men shal marrie wiues of their owne tribe and kinred:

8 and al wemen ſhal take huſbandes of the ſame tribe: that the inheritance may remaine in the families,

9 and that the tribes be not mingled among themſelues, but remaine ſo

10 as they were ſeparated by our Lord. And the daughters of Salphaad did as it had beene commanded:

11 and Maala, and Therſa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Noa were married to the ſonnes of their vncle by their father

12 of the familie of Manaſſes, who was the ſonne of Ioſeph: and the poſſeſſion, that had beene allotted to them, remained in the tribe and familie of their father.

13 Theſe are the commandementes and iudgementes, which our Lord commanded by the hand of Moyſes to the children of Iſrael, in the champion countries of Moab vpon Iordan againſt Iericho.

Marginal notes to Chapter 36

• 7 [::] Al were not bound by this law to marie; but al that would marrie muſt contract within their owne tribe.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXXVI.

4. Diſtribution of lottes] By reaſon of two former lawes, the one (Leuit. 25.) prouiding that inheritance of landes ſhould not be ſold, nor otherwiſe alienated, but vntil the Iubilee yeare, and then returne to him, or his heyres, to [Margin: Reſtrant in Mariages alſo for a temporal▪ cauſe.] whom it pertained before; the other (Num. 27.) ordaining that for lack of a ſonne, daughters ſhould enherite; this difficultie did riſe; in caſe an enheretrixe did marrie a man of an other tribe, her landes by that meanes ſhould paſſe from tribe to tribe, and not be reſtored in the Iubilee yeare. For auoiding of which inconuenience a further law is made, that none shal marrie out of their owne tribe.

Neuertheleſſe the tribe of Leui made mariages with the tribe of Iuda: as [Margin: ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩. ⟨illegible⟩.] appeareth by that Zacharie the prieſt married Elizabeth coſin to our B. Ladie of the tribe of Iuda; though in the old Teſtament there is no ſuch expreſſe diſpenſation, [Margin: Tradition] nor explication of the law, but by tradition was holden for lawful and practiſed by ſo holie a man as Zacharie. And not without myſterie (as S. Auguſtin noteth li. 2. c. 2. d⟨illegible⟩ conſen. Euang.) for that Chriſt the Annointed of God, [Margin: Chriſt a King and a Prieſt.] was prefigured by the annointing of Kings, and Prieſts, and borne of the royal and prieſtlie tribes, being both a King and a Prieſt.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

This is an archival transcription, not a Good Works Translation: the English is the Douay translators’ own, kept in the original spelling, with long s (ſ), u and v, i and j as printed. The Good Works Library converted the TCP text to this page, removing only markup, page breaks and line-end hyphens. In the print a cross (†) opens each verse and the verse number stands in the margin; here each verse is its own paragraph headed by that number. Marginal notes are gathered after each chapter under the number of the verse beside which they stand; where the print sets a reference mark in the text (a letter, four pricks ::, or a star *), the mark is kept at its place in square brackets. In prose sections the marginal notes stand at their places in square brackets. Marks that the transcription records in the text are kept as they stand: ▪ is the transcribers’ sign for a printed mark they could not set, which this edition’s key to its marks uses to point to an Annotation after the chapter, and “ is another such printed mark. Words the transcribers could not read are marked ⟨illegible⟩ (143 on this page); none has been filled in by conjecture.

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