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 .ix. Chapter.
¶ Of the preastes, Leuites, and of theyr offyces.
A And so all Israel numbred by kynreddes:
beholde, they are wrytten
in the boke of the kynges of Israel
and of Iuda, and were caryed awaye
to Babylon for their transgressyon:
Eu&ebar; the olde enhabiters, that dwelt in their
awne possessions ∧ cyties, the Israelites, the
preastes, Leuites ∧ Nethenei. And in Ierusalem
dwelt of the childr&ebar; of Iuda, of þe; chyldren
of Beniamin, ∧ of þe; childr&ebar; of Ephraim
∧ Manasse. Uthai the sonne of Amihud, the
sonne of Omri the sonne of Imri, the sonne
of Beni, note of the chyldren of Pharez, þe; sonne
of Iuda. And of Siloni, Asaia the eldest and
his sonnes. And of þe; sonnes of Zerah, Iehuel
∧ their brethren .vj. hundred ∧ nynetye.
B And of the sonnes of Beniamin: Salu þe;
sonne of Mesullam þe; sonne of Hodauia, the
sonne of Senua: ∧ Iibneia the sonne of Ieroham.
And Ela the sonne of Uzi the sonne
of Michri. And Mesullam the sonne of Sephatia
þe; sonne of Rehuel, þe; sonne of Iibnia.
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Leui
And their brethren accordinge to their kynredes,
nyne hundred fyftie and syxe. All these
were principall men, and auncient in þe; housholdes
of their fathers.
And of the preastes: Iedaia, Iehoiarib ∧
Iachin: Azaria the sonne of Aelkia the sonne
of Mesullam, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of
Maraioth, the sonne of Ahitob the chefest in
the house of God. And Adaiah the sonne of
Ieroham the sonne of Phashur, the sonne of
Melchia. And Maasi the sonne of Adiel, the
sonne of Iehezrah, the sonne of Mesullam,
the sonne of Mesillomith, the sonne of Immor.
And their brethren which were heedes
of the auncient housholdes of their fathers, a
thousande seuen hundred ∧ thre skore actiue
m&ebar;, for the worcke of the seruice of the house
of God.
C And of the Leuytes: Semeia the sonne
of Aasub, the sonne of Asricam, the sonne of
Hasabaia of þe; sonnes of Merari. And Bacbakar
∧ Heres and Galal. And Mathania
the sonne of Micah, the sonne of Zicri, þe; sonne
of Asaph. And Obadia the sonne of Semeia
the sonne of Galal, þe; sonne of Iduthun. And
Berechia the sonne of Aza the sonne of Elcana
that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
noteThe porters were Sallum. Acub, Talmon
∧ Ahiman and their brother, Sallum
was the chefe. For they watched hytherto,
euen vnto the kynges gate eastwarde, thorowe
out the tentes of the chyldren of Leuy.
And Sallum the sonne of Corah the sonne
of Abiasaph the sonne of Corah, and his brethren
the Corahites (of the house of their father)
had their busynesse and offyce to kepe þe;
porches of the tabernacle: and their fathers
the Hoste of the Lorde, kepte the enterynge.
D And Phinces the sonne of Eleazar was their
foregyde, and þe; Lorde was with him. And
Zacharia the sonne of Meselemia kepte the
watche before the dore of the tabernacle of
witnesse. All these were chosen m&ebar;, to kepe þe;
thresholdes, euen two hundred ∧ twelue, and
thorowe out all þe; genealogy were they n&ubar;bred
in their villages. And them dyd Dauid
∧ Samuel the sear institute, because of their
fidelite. So they ∧ their childr&ebar; had the ouersyght
of the gates of the house of the Lorde,
euen of the tabernacle, to kepe them.
noteIn foure quarters dyd they kepe the
watche: towarde þe; east, west, north, ∧ south.
E And their brethren remayned in the countre
and came after seuen dayes fr&obar; tyme to tyme
with them. For the Leuites (which had the
ouersyght of the vestryes ∧ treasures of the
house of God) were vnder þe; custody of foure
notable porters: ∧ they laye ro&ubar;de aboute þe;
house of God: because þe; kepynge therof pertayned
to th&ebar;, and they had þe; keyes to open
euery mornynge. And certen of them had the
Saul
rule of þe; mynistringe vessels, ∧ brought th&ebar;
in and out by tale. Some of them were appoynted
to ouerse the vesselles, and all þe; ornamentes
of the Sanctuary, and the floure,
wine, oyle, frankincense and swete odoures.
F And certayne of the sonnes of þe; prestes made
oyntmentes of the swete odoures.
And Mathathia one of the Leuites which
was, the eldest sonne of Sallum: the Corathite,
had the ouersyght of the thynges that
were made in the fryenge p&abar;ne. And other of
their brethren the sonnes of Cahath had the
ouersyght of þe; shewbred which they prepared
euery Sabboth. These are þe; syngers: eu&ebar;
aunci&ebar;t fathers of the Leuites, which dwelt
in separate ch&abar;bres: ∧ were fre, for they had
to do in þe; t&ebar;ple bothe daye and nyght. These
were auncient fathers of the Leuites in their
generacions, ∧ dwelt at Ierusalem.
And in Gibeon dwelt Abi Gibeon ∧ Iehiel,
whose wife was called Maacha, his eldest
sonne was Abdon, then Zur, Cis, Baal
Ner and Nadab: Gedor, Ahio, Zacharia and
Mikloth.
G And Mikloth begat Sime&abar;. And
they also dwelt &wt; their brethren at Ierusalem,
eu&ebar; harde by them. And Ner begat Cis,
∧ note Cis begat Saul. And Saul begat Iehonathan,
Malchisua, Abinadab and Esbaal.
And the sonne of Iehonathan, was Meribbaal.
And Meribbaal begat Micah, and the
sonnes of Micah were, Pithon, Melech and
Thahrea. And Ahaz begat Iahra. Iahra begat
Alameth, Asmaneth, Zimri. Zimri begat
Moza. Moza begat Binea whose s&obar;ne was
Rephaia, ∧ his sonne was Elasa, ∧ his sonne
Azel. And Azel had syxe sonnes, whose
names are these: Azricam, Bochru, Ismael,
Searia, Obadia and Hanan. These are the
sonnes of Azel.
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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