These are the deuisy&obar;s of the porters,
Am&obar;ge the Corethites: Meselemiahu
the sonne of Kore of the chyldren
of Asaph.
And the sonnes of Meselemiahu were
these: Zachariahu the eldest, Iedihel the seconde,
Zebadiahu the thyrde, and Iathniel
the fourth, Elam þe; fyfte, Iehohan&abar; the sixt,
∧ Eliocnai the seu&ebar;th. The sonnes of Obed
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Dauid
Edom: Semeia the eldest, Iehosabad the seconde,
Ioah the thyrde, Sacar the fourth, ∧
Nethanael the fyfte, Amiel the syxte, Isachar
the seuenth, Peulthai the .viij. for God
blessed hym.
And vnto Semeia his sonne were sonnes
borne, þt; ruled in the house of their father, for
they were men of myght. The sonnes of Semeia:
Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad
∧ hys brethren were stronge men. Elihu and
Samahiahu. All these were of the chyldren
of Obed Edom, they and their children, and
their brethren, actiue men and of strength to
do seruice, euen .lxii. of Obed Ed&obar;. And Meleniah
had sonnes and brethren, actiue men
xviii.
B The sonnes of Hosa of the chyldren of
Merari: Simri the chefe, ∧ though he was
not the eldest, yet his father sett him in þe; chefest
place. Helkiahu the seconde, Tebaliahu
the thirde, and Zechariahu the fourth: all the
sonnes and brethren of Hosa were .xiii.
Amonge these was deuyded the offyce of
the portershyppe that they shulde be aunci&ebar;t
men, to wayte wyth theyr brethren, whan
they mynistred in the house of the Lord. And
they cast lottes, betwene the great and small
after the houshold of their fathers, for euery
gate. And the lot on the east syde fell vpon
Selemeiahu. And for Zachariahu hys sonne
(which was a wise counceller) they cast lottes,
∧ hys lot came out towarde the North.
And Obed Edoms lot fell to þe; South. And
for hys sonnes fell the houses of Asuppim.
For Suphim and Hosa towarde the west,
with the gate that stondeth toward the hyer
waye: one watch beynge ouer agaynst another.
In the east were syxe Leuites: ∧ towarde
the North .iiii. a daye: toward þe; South .iiii.
a daye, ∧ towarde Asuppim, two ∧ two. In
Pharbar towarde the west: two at þe; goyng
vp, ∧ two in Pharbar.
C These are þe; deuisy&obar;s
of the porters among the sonnes of Koreh ∧
amonge the sonnes of Merari. And of the
Leuites, Ahiah had the ouersyght of the treasure
of the house of God, and of the treasure
of the dedicat thynges.
As concernyng þe; sonnes of Laad&abar; whych
were þe; chyldr&ebar; of the Gersonites. Of Laad&abar;
came aunci&ebar;t fathers, Euen of Laad&abar; there
came Gersuni ∧ Iehieli. The sonnes of Iehieli:
Zethan ∧ Ioel hys brother, which were
ouer the treasures of the house of the Lorde.
Of the Amramites also ∧ Izaharites, Hebronites
∧ Ozielites, was Subuel þe; sonne
of Gerson the sonne of Moses, a ruler ouer
the treasures. And of his brethren the sonnes
of Eliezer, was Rahabiahu, whose sonne
was Isaiahu, whose sonne was Ior&abar;, whose
sonne was Zichri, whose sonne was Selomith,
whych Selomith and hys brethren
were ouer all the treasures of the &rhand; dedycate
Dauid
thynges, which Dauid the kynge, ∧ the
auncient fathers, the capitaynes ouer thousandes
∧ hundredes, ∧ the captaynes of the
hoste, had dedicated out of the spoyles w&obar;ne
in battels: they dyd dedicate th&ebar; to ma&ibar;teyne
the house of the Lorde:
D ∧ all that Samuel
the sear, and Saul the sonne of Cis, and Abner
the sonne of Ner, and Ioab the sonne of
Zarnia had dedicated, ∧ whosoeuer had dedicate
anye thynge, it was vnder the hande
of Selomith and of hys brethren.
Of þe; Izaharites was Chenaniahu ∧ hys
sonnes, appoynted to the businesse withoutforth
ouer Israel: for they were officers and
Iudges. And of the Hebronites Hasabiahu
∧ his brethren, men of actiuite a thousande ∧
seu&ebar; hundred, were officers amonge them of
Israel beyond Iordan westward, in all busynesse
bel&obar;ging to God, and seruice of the
kynge. Am&obar;ge þe; Hebronites was Iedia the
chefest, euen a prince among the Hebronites
∧ fathers of hys kynred. And in the fourtye
yeare of the kyngdome of Dauid, they were
sought for. And there were found am&obar;ge th&ebar;
men of actiuite at Iazer in Gilead. And hys
brethr&ebar; were men of actiuite, eu&ebar; two thousand
∧ seuen hundred auncient fathers, wh&obar;
kynge Dauid made rulers ouer the Rubenites,
Gaddites, and ouer the halfe trybe of
Manasse, for euery matter pertaynynge to
God, and for the kynges busynesse.
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].
