A    ^noteMoses beloued of God and m&ebar;, whose remembraunce is in hye prayse: him hath the LORDE made like in the glory of the sayntes, and magnified him so that the enemies stode in awe of him, thorow his wordes he dyd greate wonders. He made him greate in the sight of kynges, gaue him commaundement before his people, and shewed him his glorious power. ^noteHe stablyshed him with faithfulnes and mekenes, and chose him out of all men. For he herde his voyce, and led him in the darcke cloude, ^note and there he gaue him the commaundementes, yee the lawe of life and wy&esset;dome, that he might teach Iacob the couenaunt, and Israel his lawes.

B    ^noteHe chose Aaron his brother also out of þe; trybe of Leui, exalted him, ∧ made him soch like. ^noteAn euerlastinge couenaunt made he &wt; him, and gaue him the presthode in the people. He made him glorious in bewtifull araye, and clothed him with the garment of honoure. He put perfecte ioye vp&obar; him, and gyrded him with strength. He deckte him with syde clothes and a tunycle, with an ouerbody cote also and gyrdle. Rounde aboute made he him belles of golde, and that many: ^note that whan he wente in, the sounde might be herde, that they might make a noyse in the Sanctuary, and geue the people warnynge. The holy garment was wrought ∧ broderd with golde, yalow sylke and purple. And in the brestlappe there was a goodly worke, ^note wherin was fastened light and perfectnesse.

C   Vpon þe; same also there was a worke fastened and set with costly precious stones, all bounde with golde: and this he brought in his mynistracion. The stones also were fastened for a remembraunce, after the twolue trybes of Israel. Vpon his mytre there was a plate of pure golde, a grauen ymage of holynes, a famous and noble worke, garnished, and pleasaunt to loke vpon. Before him were there sene no soch fayre ornam&ebar;tes,

and these it behoued h&ibar; allwaye to vse: There might none other put them on, but onely his children and his childers children perpetually. Daylie perfourmed he his burnt offeringes two tymes. ^noteMoses fylled his handes, and anoynted him &wt; holy oyle.

D   This was now confirmed him with an euerlastinge couenaunt, and to his sede, as þe; dayes of heau&ebar;: namely, that his childr&ebar; shulde allwaye mynistre before him, and perfourme the office of the presthode, and wysh the people good in his name. Before all men lyuynge chose he him, that he shulde offre before the LORDE, and make odours for a swete sauoure and remembra&ubar;ce, that he shulde reconcyle the people of the LORDE with him agayne. ^noteHe gaue him auctorite also in his commaundementes and in þe; couena&ubar;t, that he shulde teach Iacob the statutes and testimonies, and to enfourme Israel in his lawe.

E    ^noteTherfore there stode vp certayne agaynst him, and had envye at him in the wyldernes: namely, they that were of Dathan ∧ Abirams syde, and the furious congregaci&obar; of Chore. This the LORDE sawe, and it displeased him, and in his wrothfull indignacion were they consumed. A greate wonder did he vpon them, and consumed them with the fyre. ^noteBesydes this, he made Aaron yet more honorable and glorious. He gaue him an heretage, and parted the first frutes vnto him. ^noteVnto him specially he appoynted the bred for sustenaunce (for the prestes ate of þe; offerynges of the LORDE) this gaue he vnto him ∧ his sede. ^noteEls had he no heretage ner porcion in þe; londe and with the people. For the LORDE himself is his porcion and enheritaunce.

F    ^noteThe thirde noble and excellent m&abar; is Phineas the sonne of Eleazer, which pleased the God of Israel, because he had þe; zele ∧ feare of the LORDE. For whan the people were turned back, he put him self forth right soone, ∧ that with a good wyll, to pacifie the wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel. Therfore was there a couena&ubar;t of peace made with him, þt; he shulde be the principall amonge the righteous and the people, that he and his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer (Like as there was made a couena&ubar;t with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda, that fr&obar; amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kynge: And that Aaron also ∧ his sede shulde be the heretage, to geue vs wy&esset;dome in o&highr; hert, to iudge his people in righteousnes: that his goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes, and that their honoure might endure for euer.

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