A   And now herken Israel vnto the ordina&ubar;ces and lawes, which I teach you that ye do them, þt; ye maye lyue, and come in, ∧ take possession of the londe, which the LORDE God of yo&highr; fathers geueth vnto you. ^noteYe shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you, nether do oughte there from, that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God, which I commaunde you. Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done &wt; Baal Peor: ^note all them that walked after Baal Peor, hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you. But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo&highr; God, are all aliue this daye. Beholde I haue taughte you ordina&ubar;ces and lawes, soch as the LORDE my God commaunded me, that ye shulde do eu&ebar; so in the londe, into þe; which ye shal come, to possesse it.

Kepe them now therfore and do them: ^note for that is youre wy&esset;dome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions, which wh&abar; they haue herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? and how excellent a people? For where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath goddes so nye him, as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs, ^note as oft as we call vpon him? And where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes, as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye.

B   Take hede to thy selfe now, and kepe well thy soule, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene, and that they departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life. ^noteAnd thou shalt teach them thy children and thy childers children, the daye wh&abar; thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb, whan the LORDE sayde vnto me: Gather me the people together,

that I maye make them heare my wordes, which they shal lerne, that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth, ^note ∧ that they also maye teach their children.

And ye came nye, ∧ stode vnder þe; mount. But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and myst. And þe; LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre. The voyce of his wordes ye herde, neuerthelesse ye sawe no ymage, but herde the voyce onely. ^noteAnd he declared vnto you his couenaunt, which he c&obar;maunded you to do, namely, the ten verses, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone. And the LORDE commma&ubar;ded me at the same time, to teach you ordinaunces ∧ lawes that ye might do ther after in the londe, in to the which ye go to possesse it.

C   Kepe well youre soules therfore, for ye sawe no maner of ymage, in the daye wh&abar; the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb, ^note that ye destroye not youre selues, and make you eny ymage, that is like a man, or woman, or beest vpon earth, or fethered foule vnder the heauen, or worme vpon the grounde, or fy&esset;she in the water vnder þe; earth: ^note þt; thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen, and se the Sonne and the Moone ∧ the starres, and the whole hoost of heau&ebar;, and be disceaused, and worsh ppe, and serue them: ^note which the LORDE þi; God hath made to serue all naci&obar;s vnder þe; whole heau&ebar;.

^noteBut you hath the LORDE taken, and broughte you out of the yron fornace, namely, out of Egipte, that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye. ^noteAnd the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes, so that he sware, þt; I shulde not go ouer Iordane, ner come in to that good londe, which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce. As for me, ^note I must dye in this londe, and shal not go ouer Iordane: But ye shal go ouer, and shall haue that good l&obar;de in possession.

D   Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God, and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of fa&esset;hion ^note as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded. For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God. ^note

Yf whan ye haue begotten children, and childers children, and haue dwelt in the londe, ye marre youre selues, ^note ∧ make you ymages of eny maner of fa&esset;hion, and do euell in the sighte of þe; LORDE youre God, to prouoke him: ^note I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie, that ye shall shortly perishe fr&obar; the londe, in to þe; which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it. Ye shal not dwell longe therin, but shal vtterly be destroyed. ^noteAnd þe; LORDE shal scater you amonge þe; nacions and ye shall be left a small people am&obar;ge þe; Heythen, whyther the LORDE shall brynge you. There shal ye serue goddes, which are þe; workes of mens handes, euen wodd ∧ stone, which nether se ner heare, ner eate ner smell.

E    ^noteBut yf thou seke the LORDE þi; God there thou shalt finde him, yee yf thou seke him &wt; thy whole hert and with all þi; soule. Whan thou shalt be strately troubled, ∧ wh&abar; all these thinges shal come vp&obar; the in þe; latter dayes, then shalt thou turne agayne to þe; LORDE thy God, and be obedient vnto his voice. For þe; LORDE þi; God is a mercifull God, he shal not forsake the, ner destroye the: nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers, ^note which he sware vnto them.

For axe after the tymes past, which haue bene before the, sens the daie þt; God created man vpon earth, from one ende of the heau&ebar; vnto the other, whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done, or eny soch like herde, that a people hath herde þe; voyce of God speake out of the fyre (as thou hast herde) ∧ yet liued. Or whether God assaied to go ∧ take vnto him a people out of þe; myddes of a nacion, thorow tentacions, thorow tokens, thorow wonders, thorow warre, ∧ thorow a mightie hande, ∧ thorow a stretched out arme, and thorow greate visi&obar;s, acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes.

F   Thou hast sene it þt; thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God, and that there is none other but he onely. ^noteOut of heauen made he the to heare his voyce, that he might nurtoure the: and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare, ∧ out of þe; fyre thou herdest his wordes: ^note because he loued þi; fathers, ∧ chose their sede after th&ebar;. And he brought þe; out &wt; his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte, to dryue out (before the) nacions greater and mighter then thou, and to bringe þe; in, þt; he might geue the their l&obar;de to enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye.

Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye, ∧ turne it into thine herte, ^note that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen, and beneth vpon earth, and that there is no mo. Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes, which I commaunde the this daie, th&ebar; shal it go well &wt; the and thy children after the, so that thy life shal longe endure in þe; londe,

which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe.

G    ^noteThen separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane, towarde the Sonne rysinge, þt; he might flye thither, which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres, ∧ hated him not afore tyme, þt; he might flye in to one of these cities, ∧ lyue. Bezer in þe; wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites, ∧ Ramoth in Gilead am&obar;ge þe; Gaddites, ∧ Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites.

This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel: these are the testimonies, ordinaunces, ∧ lawes, þt; Moses spake vnto the children of Israel (after they were departed out of Egipte) beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor, in þe; londe of Sion kynge of þe; Amorites which dwelt at He&esset;bon, ^note whom Moses ∧ the childr&ebar; of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte, ∧ conquered his l&abar;de, ∧ the londe of Og kynge of Basan, two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge fr&obar; Aroer (which lyeth vpon þe; ryuer syde of Arnon) vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon: ∧ all þe; playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in þe; plaine felde vnder mount Pisga.

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