Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .vj. Chapter.
¶ The kyne brynge home the arcke wyth the
rewardes.
A The arcke of the Lord was in the co&ubar;trey
of the Philistines seuen monethes:
and the Philistynes called for
the prestes ∧ þe; soth sayers, sayinge:
what shall we do wyth the arcke of the Lorde?
tell vs, where with we shall sende it home
agayne? They sayde: Yf you sende the arcke
of the God of Israel home agayne, sende
it not emptye. But rewarde it &wt; a trespasse
offerynge: and then ye shalbe whole, and it
shalbe knowen to you, why hys h&abar;de departeth
not from you.
Then sayde they: And what shalbe the
trespasse offeringe, whych we shall rewarde
hym &wt;? They answered: fyue golden arsses
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The arcke.
and .v. golden myce, according to the nombre
of the lordes of the Philistines. For it is one
maner of plage on you all, ∧ on your lordes.
Wherfore ye shal make ymages like to your
arsses, and ymages lyke to your myce þt; corrupt
the lande, and ye shall geue glory vnto
the God of Israel: that he maye take his h&abar;d
from of you, and fr&obar; of your goddes, and fr&obar;
of youre lande.
B Wherfore do ye harden your hertes as þe;
Egipcians and Pharao hardened their hertes?
which when he toke on agaynst th&ebar;, dyd
they not let the people go, ∧ they departed ?
Now therfore, make a newe carte, and take
two melche kyne: on whose necke there hath
come no yock. And tye the kyne to the carte,
and bring the calues home fr&obar; them. And take
the arck of the Lord, and laye it vpon the
carte, and put the iewels of golde (which ye
rewarde him with for a synoffering) in a cofre
by the side therof: and send it awaye, þt; it
maye go. And yf ye se þt; he go vp by þe; waye
of his awne coaste to Bethsames: then it is
he þt; dyd vs this great euyll. Yf no, we shall
knowe then, that it is not his hande þt; smote
vs: but it was a chaunce that happened vs.
And the m&ebar; dyd euen so: and toke two kyne
that gaue mylke,
C and tyed them to the carte,
and kept the calues at home, and they layde
the arck of the Lorde vpon the carte and the
cofer &wt; the myce of gold, and &wt; the ymages
of their arsses. And the kyne toke þe; streyght
waye to Bethsames, ∧ went on þe; streyght
waye: ∧ as they w&ebar;t, lowed, ∧ turned nether
to the right h&abar;de ner to the left. And the lordes
of the Philistines went after them, vntyll
the borders of Bethsames.
And they of Bethsames were reapynge
their wheate heruest in the valey. And they
lift vp their eyes, and spied the arck. And reioysed
wh&ebar; they sawe it. And the carte came
into the felde of one Iehosua a Bethsamite,
and stode still there. There was also a great
stone. And they claue the wod of the carte ∧
offred the kyne a burntoffring vnto þe; Lord.
And the Leuites toke downe the arck of the
Lorde ∧ the coffer that was with it, wherin
the iewels of golde were: and put them on
the great stone. And the men of Bethsames
sacrificed burntsacrifice, and offered offeringes
þt; same daye vnto the Lorde. And when
the fyue lordes of the Philistines had sene it,
they returned to Akar&obar; the same daye.
D And
these are the golden arsses which the Philistines
gaue to am&ebar;des for a trespace offring,
to the Lorde: for Asdod one: for note Gaza one:
for Askal&obar; one: for Gath one: and for Akaron
one. And golden myce, accordyng to the
nombre of all the cityes of the Philistines,
euen accordynge to the fyue lordes, both of
walled townes and of townes vnwalled:
euen vnto the greate stone of lamentacyon,
wher&obar; they set downe the arcke of the Lord:
which stone remaineth vnto this daye in the
felde of Iehosua the Bethsamite. And he
plaged the men of Bethsames, because they
had sene the arcke of the Lorde. And he slue
amonge the people fiftye thousande and thre
score and ten men. And the other people lam&ebar;ted,
because the Lorde had slayne the people
with so great a slaughter. Wherfore the
men of Bethsames sayde: who is able to
stande before the Lord so holy a God: and to
whom shall he go from vs ? And they sent
messengers to the enhabiters of Kariath Iarim,
saying: The Philistines haue brought
agayne the arke of the Lorde: come ye downe
therfore, and fet it vp to you.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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