1   Then all þe; Congregation lifted vp their voice, & cryed: and ^note the people wept that night,

2   And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead.

3   Wherefore nowe hath the Lorde brought vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? our wiues, and our children shall be ^note a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

The prayer of Moses for the people:

4   And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

5   Then Moses and Aaron ^note fell on their faces before all the assemblie of the Congregation of the children of Israel.

6    ^noteAnd Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh two of them that searched the lande, ^note rent their clothes,

7   And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childr&ebar; of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande.

8   If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

9   But rebell not ye against the Lord, neither feare ye the people of the land: for they are but ^note bread for vs: their shielde is departed from th&ebar;, and the Lorde is with vs, feare them not.

10   And all the multitude saide, ^note Stone them with stones: but the glory of the Lord appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before all the children of Israel.

11   And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

12   I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.

13   But Moses saide vnto the Lorde, ^note When the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them)

14   Then they shall say to the inhabitants of this land, (for they haue heard that thou, Lorde, art among this people, and that thou, Lorde, art seene ^note face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou ^note goest before them by day time in a pillar of a cloude, and in a pillar of fire by night)

15   That thou wilt kill this people as ^note one man: so the heathen which haue heard the fame of thee, shall thus say,

16   Because the Lord was not ^note able to bring this people into the lande, which he sware vnto them, therefore hath he slaine them in the wildernesse.

17   And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18   The Lord is ^note slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and ^note forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and ^note visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:

19   Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.

20   And the Lord said, I haue forgiuen ^note it, according to thy request.

21   Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

22   For all those men which haue seene my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wildernes, and haue tempted me this ^note ten times, and haue not obeyed my voyce,

23   Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.

24   But my seruant ^note Caleb, because he had The prayer of Moses for the people: Their infidelitie threatned. another ^note spirite, and hath followed me stil, euen him will I bring into the lande, whither he went, and his seede shall inherite it.

25   Nowe the Amalekites and the Canaanites ^note remaine in the valley: wherefore turne backe to morowe, and get you into the ^note wildernesse, by the way of the red Sea.

26   ¶2; After, the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

27    ^noteHow long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me.

28   Tell them, As ^note I liue (saith the Lorde) I wil surely do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares.

29   Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were ^note counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

30   Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I ^note lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

31   But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

32   But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes,

33   And your children shall ^note wander in the wildernesse, fourtie yeeres, and shall beare your ^note whoredomes, vntill your carkeises be wasted in the wildernesse.

34   After the n&ubar;ber of the dayes, in the which ye searched out the lande, euen fourtie dayes, ^note euery day for a yeere, shall ye beare your iniquity, for ^note fourtie yeeres, & ye ^note shall feele my breach of promise.

35   I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36   And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

37   Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, ^note shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

38   But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.

39   ¶2; Then Moses tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israel, and the people sorowed greatly.

40    ^noteAnd they rose vp earely in the morning, and gate them vp into the toppe of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be readie, to goe vp to the place which the Lorde hath promised: for wee haue ^note sinned.

41   But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe.

42   Goe not vp (for the Lorde is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrow&ebar; before your enemies.

43   For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.

44   Yet they presumed ^note obstinately to goe vp

Offrings. to the top of the mountaine: but the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde, and Moses departed not out of the campe.

45   Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, ^note & consumed them vnto Hormah.

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