A   Heare O Israel, This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane, that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions, which are greater and mightier then thou, ^note greate cities, walled vp vnto heauen, a greate people and of an hye stature, namely the childr&ebar; of Enakim, whom thou hast knowne, and of whom thou hast herde saye: Who is able to stonde agaynst the children of Enakim? Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye, that the LORDE þi; God goeth before the, ^note a c&obar;sumynge fyre. He shal destroye th&ebar;, and shall subdue them before the, and shal driue them out, ∧ shortly shall he brynge th&ebar; to naught, as the LORDE hath promysed the.

^noteNow whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the, saye not thou th&ebar; in thine hert: The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake, where as þe; LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the, because of their vngodlynes. ^note

For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession, for thine awne righteousnes sake, and because of thy right hert: but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen, for their awne vngodlynesse sake, and that he maye perfourme the worde, which the LORDE hath sworne vnto þi; fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob.

Vnderstonde now therfore, that the LORDE þi; God geueth not the this londe to possesse it, for thine awne righteousnes sake. For thou art a styffnecked people.

Remembre and forget not, how thou displeasedest the LORDE thy God in the wildernesse. Sence þe; daye that thou departedst out of the londe of Egipte, tyll ye came vnto this place, haue ye bene dishobedient vnto the LORDE.

^noteFor in Horeb ye angred the LORDE, so that of wrath he wolde haue destroyed you, whan I was gone vp to þe; mount, to receaue the tables of stone, namely the tables of the couenaunt ^note which the LORDE made &wt; you, and I abode fortye dayes ∧ fortye nightes vpon the mount, and ate no bred, ∧ dranke no water: and the LORDE gaue me þe; two tables of stone, wrytten with the fynger of God, and in them was acordinge to all the wordes, ^note which the LORDE sayde vnto you vpon the mount out of the fyre, in the daye

of the gatheringe together.

C    ^noteAnd after the fortye dayes and fortye nightes, þe; LORDE gaue me þe; two tables of stone, namely þe; tables of the couenaunt, and sayde vnto me: ^note vp, ∧ get þe; downe quyckly from hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of Egipte, haue marred th&ebar; selues, they are soone gone out of the waye, which I commaunded them, and haue made them a molten ymage.

And the LORDE saide vnto me: I se this people, that it is a styffnecked people: let me alone, that I maye destroye them, and put out their name from vnder heau&ebar;. I wyl make of the a people mightier and greater th&ebar; this is.

^noteAnd as I turned me, ∧ wente downe fr&obar; the mount which brent &wt; fyre, ∧ had þe; two tables of the couenaunt in both my h&abar;des, I loked, ∧ beholde, ye had synned agaynst þe; LORDE yo&highr; God, so þt; ye had made you a molten calfe, ∧ were soone turned out of þe; waie which the LORDE had commaunded you. Then toke I the two tables, ∧ cast them out of both my handes, ∧ brake th&ebar; before youre eyes, ∧ I fell before the LORDE ^note (euen as at the first tyme) fortye dayes ∧ fortye nightes, ∧ nether ate bred, ner dr&abar;ke water, because of all youre synnes which ye had synned, whan ye dyd soch euell in the sighte of the LORDE, to prouoke him vnto wrath. D   For I was afrayed of the wrath and indignacion, wherwith the LORDE was angrie &wt; you, euen to haue destroyed you. And the LORDE herde me at that tyme also. ^note

Morouer the LORDE was very angrie &wt; Aaron, so that he wolde haue destroyed him, but I made intercession for Aaron also at þe; same tyme. ^noteAs for youre synne (namely, the calfe that ye had made) I toke it, and burnt it with the fyre, and smote it a sunder, ∧ grynde it in peces, euen vnto dust, and cast the dust in to the broke that descended from the mount.

Ye displeased the LORDE also, ^note at Tabera, ^note and at Massa, ^note and at the lustgraues, ^note and wh&abar; he sent you from Cades Barnea, and sayde: Go vp, and conquere the londe which I haue geuen you. And ye were disobedient vnto the mouth of the LORDE youre God, and beleued not on him, and herkened not vnto his voyce: ^note for ye haue bene disobedi&ebar;t vnto the LORDE, as longe as I haue knowne you.

E   Th&ebar; fell I before þe; LORDE fortye daies and fortye nightes, which I laye there. For þe; LORDE sayde, he wolde destroye you. But I made intercession vnto the LORDE, and sayde: ^note O LORDE LORDE, destroye not þi; people and thine enheritaunce, which thou thorow thy greate power hast delyuered, and broughte out of Egipte with a mightie h&abar;de. Remembre thy seruauntes Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. Loke not vpon the stubburnesse, and vngodlynesse and synne of this people (that the londe wherout thou hast broughte vs, saye not: The LORDE was not able to bringe them in to the lande, that he promysed them, and because he hated them, therfore hath he broughte them out, to destroye th&ebar; in the wyldernesse:) For they are thy people ∧ thine enheritaunce, which thou hast broughte out &wt; thy greate power, and with thy stretched out arme.

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