¶ The second boke of Moses called in the Hebrue: Ueelleh Schemoth: And in the Latin, Exodus.Moses¶ The fyrst Chapter.¶ The chyldren of Iacob are nombred. The newe
Pharao oppresseth them. The acte of the godly
mydwiues. [unresolved image link]
AThese are the names of the
children of Israel, which came
to Egypte wyth Iacob,
euery man came &wt; hys housholde:
Rub&ebar;, Sime&obar;, Leui,
and Iuda, Isachar Zabulon,
and Beniamin, Dan Nephtali,
Gad and Aser. note All the soules þt; came
out of the loynes of Iacob were .lxx. But Ioseph
was in Egypte allredie. And Ioseph
dyed and all hys brethren and all that generacyon,
and the note chyldren of Israel grewe,
encreased, B multiplyed, &abar;d waxed exceadinge
myghtye: and the lande was full of them.
But there rose vp a newe kynge in Egypte
whych knewe not Ioseph. And he sayde
vnto his folke: beholde, the people of þe; chyldr&ebar;
of Israel are greater and myghtyer than
we. Come on, let vs playe wisely wyth th&ebar;,
lest they multiplye, ∧ lest it happen, that (yf
there chaunce any warre) they ioyne th&ebar; selues
vnto oure enemyes and fyghte agaynst
vs, and so gete them out of the lande.
Therfore dyd they sette taskmasters ouer
them, to kepe them vnder &wt; burthens. And
they bylte vnto Pharao treasure cities: Phiton
and Rameses. C But the more they vexed
th&ebar;, the moare they multiplyed and grewe,
so that they abhorred the chyldren of Israel.
And the Egypti&abar;s helde the chyldren of Israel
in bondage without mercye. Therfore
was their lyfe bytter vnto th&ebar; in that cruell
bondage, in claye ∧ brycke, and all maner of
worke &ibar; þe; feldes. For all their b&obar;dage which
they serued them, was full of tyrannye.
And the kynge of Egypte sayde vnto the
mydwiues of the Hebrues women, of which
the ones name was Sephora and the other
Phua: when ye do the offyce of a mydwife
to the women of the Ebrues and se in the
byrth tyme that it is a boye, ye shall kyll it.
D But yf it be a daughter, it shall lyue. Not
withstondynge the mydwiues feared God
and dyd not as the kynge of Egypte c&obar;maunded
them: but saued the men chyldren.
And the kynge of Egypte called for the
mydwiues and sayde vnto them: why haue
ye delt on thys maner, and haue saued the
menchyldren? And the mydwiues answered
Pharao, that the Hebrues wemen are not
as the wemen of Egypte: for they are sturdie
women, and are delyuered yer the midwyues
come at th&ebar;. And God therfore delt well
with the midwyues. And the people multiplyed
and waxed very myghtye. And it fortuned
because the midwyues feared God,
&rhand; he made them houses.
And Pharao charged all hys people,
sayinge: All the menchyldren that are borne,
cast into the ryuer, and saue the maydechyldren
alyue.
¶ The seconde Chapter.¶ Moses is borne and cast into the flagges. He is
tak&ebar; vp of Pharaos daughter. He kylleth þe; Egyptian.
He flyeth and maryeth a wyfe. The Israelytes
crye vnto the Lorde.
AAnd ther went a m&abar; of note the house
of Leui. And toke a daughter
of Leui. And the wyfe conceaued
and bare a sonne. And when she
sawe that it was a proper chylde
note she hyd hym thre monethes. And when she
coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket
of bulrusshes and dawbed it with slyme and
pytche, and layde the chylde therin, and put
it in the flagges by the ryuers brynke. And
his sister stode a farre of, to wete what wold
come of it. noteAnd the daughter of Pharao
came doune note to washe herselfe in the ryuer,
and hyr maydens walked alonge by the ryuers
syde. And when the sawe the basket amonge
þe; flagges, she sent hyr mayde to fetch
it. And when she had opened it, she sawe it
was a chylde: and beholde, the babe wepte.
B And she had compassyon on it, and sayde: it
is one of the Hebrues chyldren. Then sayde
hys syster vnto Pharaos daughter: shall I
go and call vnto the a nurse of the Hebrues
wemen, to nurse the, the chylde? Pharaos
daughter answered her: Goo. And the mayde
ranne and called the chyldes mother. To
whom Pharaos daughter sayde: Take thys
chylde a waye, and nurse it for me, I wyll rewarde
the. And the woman toke the chylde,
and nursed it vp.
The chylde grewe, ∧ she brought it vnto
Pharaos daughter, ∧ it was made hyr s&obar;ne,
∧ she called the name of it &rhand; Moses, because
(sayde she) I toke him out of þe; water. And it
happened in those dayes, when Moses was
-- --
Moses
waxed great, that he went out vnto his brethren
and loked on their burdens, ∧ spied an
Egyptian smytynge an Hebrue whych was
one of hys brethren. And he loked rounde aboute,
and when he sawe no m&abar; by, he slewe
the Egypti&abar;, and hyd him in the sonde. And
wh&abar; he was gone out another daye: beholde
two Hebrues stroue to gether. And he sayde
vnto hym that dyd the wronge: wherfore
smytest þu; thy felowe? He answered: note who
made the a man of auctoryte to iudge vs?
C Speakest thou to kyll me, as thou kylledst
the Egyptian? And Moses feared ∧ sayde: of
a suertie thys thynge is knowne: And Pharao
herde of it, and went aboute to slee Moses:
And Moses flyenge fr&obar; the face of Pharao,
dwelt in the lande of Midian, and he sat
doune by a welles syde.
The preast of Midian had .vij. daughters
which came and drewe water, and fylled
the troughes, for to water their fathers
shepe. And the shepardes came ∧ droue them
awaye: but Moses stode vp and helped th&ebar;,
and watered their shepe: And when they came
to Raguel their father, he sayde: howe
happeneth it þt; ye are come so soone to daye?
And they answered: a man of Egypte delyuered
vs fr&obar; the hande of the shepardes, and
so drewe vs water, ∧ watered the shepe. He
sayde vnto hys daughters. And wher is he?
why haue ye so lefte the man? Call hym that
he maye eate bread. And Moses was c&obar;tent
to dwell with the man. D And he gaue Moses
Zephora hys daughter, which whan she bare
a sonne. note called him Gerson: for he sayde: I
haue bene a straunger in a straunge lande.
(And she bare yet another sonne, whom he called Elieser, sayinge: the God of my father is myne helper, and hath ryd me out of the handes of Pharao.)
And it chaunced in processe of tyme, that
the kynge of Egypte dyed, and the chyldren
of Israel syghed by the reason of bondage,
and cryed. And their c&obar;playnt came vp vnto
God from the b&obar;dage: and God hearde their
mone. And God remembred hys promyse
with Abraham, Isaac and Iacob. And God
&rhand; loked vpon the chyldren of Israel, and
God had respecte vnto them.
¶ The .iij. Chapter.¶ Moses kepeth shepe. God appereth vnto hym
in a bush, ∧ sendeth hym to the chyldren of Israel,
and to Pharao that tyraunt. [unresolved image link]
AMoses kepte the shepe of note Iethro
hys father in lawe, preest of Midi&abar;,
and he droue the flocke to the
backesyde of the desert, and came
to the mountayne of God, Horeb.
noteAnd the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto
him in a flame of fyre out of the myddes of
a bush. And he loked, ∧ beholde, þe; bush burned
&wt; fyre, and the bush was not consumed.
Therfore Moses sayde: I wyll goo nowe,
and see thys greate syght, howe it cometh þt;
the bushe burneth not. And when the Lorde
sawe that he came for to see, God called vnto
him out of the myddes of the bushe, and
sayde: Moses, Moses. He answered: here am
I. B And he sayde: note come not hyther, put thy
shooes of thy fete: for þe; place where on thou
stondest is &rhand; holy grounde. And he sayde
note I am the God of thy father, þe; God of Abraham,
the God of Isahac ∧ the God of Iacob
And Moses hyd his face, for he was afrayed
to loke vpon God.
And the Lorde sayde: I haue surely sene
the trouble of my people whych are in Egypte,
and note haue herde theyr crye &rhand; from
the face of their taskemasters. For I knowe
their sorowes, and am come downe to delyuer
them out of the hande of the Egyptians, C
and to brynge them out of that lande vnto
a good lande and a large: and vnto a lande
that floweth wyth mylcke and hony: euen
vnto the place of the Cananites and Hethites,
and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Heuites,
and of the Iebusites. Nowe therfore,
the complaynt of the chyldren of Israel is
come vnto me, and I haue also sene the oppressyon
wherwith the Egyptians oppresse
them. Come thou therfore, and I wyll sende
the vnto Pharao, that thou mayest brynge
my people the chyldr&ebar; of Israel out of Egypte.
D And Moses sayde vnto God: what am
I to goo vnto Pharao, and to brynge the
chyldren of Israel out of Egypte? And he
answered: I wyll be wyth the. And thys
shalbe a token vnto the that I haue sent the:
after that thou hast brought the people out
of Egypte, ye shall serue God vpon thys
mountayne.
And Moses sayde vnto God: beholde,
when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel,
I shall saye vnto them: the God of youre fathers
hath sent me vnto you, and yf they
saye vnto me, what is hys name, what answere
shall I geue them? And God answered
Moses: I am that I am: and he sayde:
thys shalt thou saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.
I am hath sent me vnto you. And God
spake further vnto Moses: E thus shalt thou
saye vnto the chyldren of Israel note the Lorde
God of youre fathers, the God of Abraham
the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob
hath sent me vnto you: thys is my name
-- --
Moses
for euer, and thys is my memoryall into generacyon
and generacyon. F Goo and gather
the elders of Israel to gether, and thou shalt
saye vnto them: the Lorde God of youre fathers,
þe; God of Abrah&abar;, the God of Isahac,
and the God of Iacob apeared vnto me, and
sayde: In visitynge haue I visited you, and
knowe that which is done to you in Egypte
And I haue sayde, I wyll brynge you out
of the tribulacyon of Egypte vnto the lande
of the Canauytes, and Hethites, and Amorytes,
and Pherezytes, and Heuytes, and Iebusytes: euen vnto a lande þt; floweth wyth
mylcke and hony.
And whan they heare thy voyce then
goo, both thou and the elders of Israel shall
go vnto the kynge of Egypte, and saye vnto
him: The Lorde God of the Hebrues hath
met wyth vs: and nowe wyll we go therfore
.iij. dayes iourney into the wyldernesse,
and do sacrifyce vnto the Lorde oure God.
G And I am sure, that the kynge of Egypte
wyll not let you goo, no not in a myghtye
hande: and I wyll stretche out myne hande
and smyte Egypte wyth all my wonders
which I will do in þe; myddes therof. And after
þt; he wyll let you goo. And note I wyll gett
thys people fauoure in þt; syghte of the Egyptians:
so that when ye goo, ye shall not goo
emptie: but a wyfe shall borow of hir neyghbouresse
∧ of her that soieorneth in hir house,
iewels of syluer and of Gold and rayment.
And ye shall put them on youre sonnes and
daughters, ∧ shall &rhand; robbe the Egyptians.
¶ The .iiij. Chapter.¶ Moses receaued signes of his callynge and was
sent into Egypte. Hys wyfe Zephora circumcysed
hyr sonne. Aaron meteth wyth Moses. Moses taketh hys leaue of hys father in lawe.
AMoses answered and sayde: Se,
they wyll not beleue me nor herken
vnto my voyce: but will saye
the Lorde hath not apeared vnto
the. And þe; Lorde sayde vnto him:
what is þt; whych is in thyne hande? he answered
a rodd. And he sayde: cast it on þe; grounde.
And he cast it on the grounde, and it
became a serpent. And Moses fled from the
syght of it. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses:
put forth thyne hande and take it by the
tayle. And therfore he put forth hys hande ∧
caught it, and it became a rodd in his hande.
For thys thinge (sayeth he) shall they beleue
the, that the Lorde God of their fathers, the
God of Abraham, B the God of Isahac ∧ the
God of Iacob hath apeared vnto the.
And the Lorde sayde forthermore vnto
hym: thrust thyne hande in to thy bosome.
And he thrust hys hande in to hys bosome.
And wh&abar; he toke it out agayne, beholde, his
hande was leperous euen as snowe. And he
sayde: put thyne hande in to thy bosome agayne.
And he put hys h&abar;de into his bosome
agayne, and plucked it out of hys bosome, ∧
beholde, it was turned agayne as hys other
flesshe. Therfore yf they wyll not beleue the
nether heare the voyce of the fyrst token, yet
wyll they beleue for the voyce of the seconde
token. But and yf they wyll not beleue the
two signes, C nether herken vnto thy voyce,
thou shalt take of the water of the ryuer, ∧
powrest vpon the drye lande. And þe; water
which thou takest out of þe; ryuer, shall turne
to bloude vpon the drye lande.
Moses sayde vnto the Lorde: oh my Lorde,
I am not eloquent from &rhand; yester daye ∧
yeryesterdaye, ∧ namely sence thou hast spok&ebar;
vnto thy serua&ubar;te: but I am slowe mouthed
and slowe tonged. And the Lorde sayde
vnto hym: D who hath made mans mouth,
or who hath made the domme or the deaff,
the seynge or the blynde? haue not I the Lorde?
Therfore note I will be with thy mouth, ∧
teache the what thou shalt saye. He sayde: oh
my Lorde, sende I praye the &rhand; by the h&abar;de
of him whom thou wilt sende. And þe; Lorde
was angrye with Moses, ∧ sayde: do not I
knowe Aaron thy brother the leuyte, that
he can speake? For lo, he commeth furth to
mete the, ∧ when he seyth the, he wylbe glad
in his herte. Therfore thou shalt speake vnto
hym, and put these wordes in hys mouth,
and I wylbe with thy mouth and wyth hys
mouth, and wyll teache you what ye ought
to do. And he shalbe thy spokesman vnto
the people: &rhand; he also shall be thy mouth ∧
thou shalt be hys God: and thou shalt take
this rodd in thy hande, wherwith thou shalt
do myracles.
Therfore Moses went and returned to
Iethro hys father in lawe agayne, ∧ sayde
vnto him: E I wyll go nowe, and turne agayne
vnto my brethren whych are in Egypte,
and se whether they be yet alyue. And Iethro
sayde to Moses, goo in peace. And the
Lorde sayde vnto Moses in Midian: goo,
and returne agayne in to Egypte note for they
are dead which w&ebar;t aboute to kyll the. And
Moses toke hys wyfe, and his sonnes, ∧ put
th&ebar; on an asse, and went agayne to Egypte,
∧ Moses toke the rodd of God in his hande.
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: when
thou art entred ∧ come into Egypte agayne,
se that thou doo all the wondres before
Pharao which I haue put in thy hande: but
I wyll holde note hys herte, and he shall not let
the people goo. F And thou shalt saye vnto
Pharao, thus sayeth the Lorde: Israel is
myne eldest sonne, and I haue sayde vnto
the that thou shuldest let my sonne goo, that
he maye serue me. And thou woldest not let
hym goo: beholde, I wyll note slee thyne eldest
sonne.
And it chaunced by the waye in the ynne
that the Lorde mett hym, and wolde haue
-- --
Moses
kylled him. And Zephora toke a stone, &rhand; ∧
cut awaye the foreskyne of hyr sone, ∧ fell at
his fete, ∧ sayde: a bloudyhusbande art thou
vnto me. Then he lett him goo. And she sayde
&rhand; a bloudy husbande, because of the circumcysion.
Then sayde the Lorde vnto Aaron:
go mete Moses in the wildernesse. C And
he went and met hym in the mount of God,
and kyssed him. And Moses tolde Aaron all
the wordes of the Lorde which had sent him,
and all the tokens which he had charged him
withall. So went Moses ∧ Aaron and gathered
all the elders of the chyldr&ebar; of Israel.
And Aaron tolde all the wordes whych the
Lorde had spoken vnto Moses, and dyd the
myracles in the syght of the people, and the
people beleued. And wh&ebar; they herde that the
Lorde had visited the chyldren of Israel and
had loked vpon their tribulacyon, they bowed
their head, and worshypped.
¶ The .v. Chapter.¶ Moses ∧ Aaron goeth vnto Pharao. The people
of Israel are oppressed more and more, ∧ they
crye oute vpon Moses ∧ Aaron therfore.
AMoses ∧ Aaron went in after warde,
and tolde Pharao, thus sayeth
the Lorde God of Israel: Let my
people goo, that they maye kepe
holye daye vnto me in the wildernesse.
And Pharao sayde: who note is þe; Lorde,
that I shulde heare hys voyce, ∧ let Israell
goo? I knowe not the &rhand; Lorde, nether will
I let Israel goo. And they sayde: the God of
the Hebrews hath mett with vs: and therfore
wyll we go .iij. dayes iourney into the
deserte, and sacrifyce vnto the Lorde oure
God: lest there happen vnto vs ether pestylence
or swerde. Then sayde the kynge of
Egypte vnto them: wherfore do ye, Moses
and Aaron let the people from their worke,
get you vnto your laboure. And Pharao
sayde furthermore: beholde, there is moche
people nowe in the lande, and ye make them
leaue their worke.
And Pharao comma&ubar;ded the same daye
vnto the taskemasters which were amonge
the people, and vnto the offycers, sayinge: ye
shall geue the people no more strawe, to make
brycke wyth all, (as ye dyd in tyme passed.)
let them goo and gather them strawe
them selues and the nombre of brycke whyche
they were wont to make in tyme passed,
laye vnto their charges also, B and mynysh
nothynge therof. For they be ydell and therfore
crye sayinge: we wyll goo ∧ do sacrifyce
vnto oure God. They must haue more worke
layed vpon them, that they maye laboure
therin, ∧ not regarde vayne wordes.
Than went the taskemasters of the people
and the offycers out: and tolde the people
Thus sayeth Pharao: I wyll geue you no
moare strawe, goo youre selues and gather
you strawe where ye can fynde it, yet shall
none of youre laboure be minyshed. And so
were þe; people scatered abrode thorowe out
all the lande of Egypte for to gather stubbyll
in stead of strawe.
C And the taskemasters hasted them forwarde
sayinge: fulfyll youre worke daye by
daye, euen as yf ye had strawe. And the offycers
of the chyldren of Israel whych Pharaos
taskemasters had sett ouer them, were
beat&ebar;. And they sayde vnto them: wherfore
haue ye not fulfylled youre taske in makinge
brycke, both yesterdaye and to daye, as well
&rhand; as in tymes past?
The offycers also of the chyldr&ebar; of Israel
came ∧ complayned vnto Pharao, sayinge:
wherfore dealest thou thus wyth thy seruauntes?
there is no strawe geu&ebar; vnto thy seruauntes,
and they saye vnto vs: make brycke.
D And thy seruauntes are beaten, and thy
people is foule intreated. He sayde: ydell ar
ye, ydell, and therfore ye saye: We wyll goo
and do sacrifyce vnto the Lorde. Goo therfore
nowe and worke, and ther shall no strawe
be geuen you, and yet shall ye delyuer the
hole tale of brycke.
And the offycers of the chyldren of Israel
dyd wyth heuynes loke on them that sayde:
ye shall minyshe nothynge of youre daylye
makynge of brycke. And they mett Moses
and Aar&obar;, which stode in there waye as they
came out fr&obar; Pharao, ∧ sayde vnto th&ebar;: The
Lorde loke vnto you and iudge you, whych
hath made the sauoure of vs stincke in þe; eyes
of Pharao ∧ in the eyes of his serua&ubar;tes, and
haue put a swerde in their hande to slee vs.
Moses returned vnto the Lorde ∧ sayde:
Lorde wherfore hast thou dealte cruelly &wt;
this people: and wherfore hast thou sent me?
For sence I came to Pharao to speake in thy
name, he hath fared foule wyth thys folke,
and yet thou hast not delyuered thy people
at all. Then the Lorde sayde vnto Moses:
Nowe shalt thou see, what I wyll doo vnto
Pharao, for in a myghtye hande shall he let
them goo, and note in a myghtye hande shall he
dryue them out of hys lande.
¶ The .vj. Chapter.¶ God promyseth delyueraunce of the Israelites,
and the lande of Canaan. The genealogye of Ruben,
Simeon and Leui.
AAnd God spake vnto Moses, and
sayde vnto him: I am the Lorde,
I appeared vnto Abraham Isahac
and Iacob as an allmyghtye
God: and in my name Iehouah
&rhand; was I not knowne vnto them. Moreouer note
I made an appoyntment with them to
geue th&ebar; the lande of Canaan: þe; lande of their
pilgremage where in thy were straungers.
And I haue also herde the gronynge of the
chyldren of Israel, wh&obar; the Egyptians kepe
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Moses
in bondage, and haue remembred my couenaunt.
Wherfore saye vnto the chyldren of Israel:
I am the Lorde, I wyll brynge you out
from þe; burdens of the Egyptians, and wyll
rydd you out of their bondage, ∧ wyll delyuer
you in a stretched out arme and in great
iudgementes. And I wyll take you for my
people, ∧ wyll be to you a God . And ye shall
knowe, B þt; I am the Lorde youre God which
brynge you out fr&obar; the burdens of the Egyptians.
And I wyll brynge you vnto the
lande concernynge the whych I dyd lyft vp
my h&abar;de to geue it vnto Abraham, Isahac
and Iacob, and wyll geue it vnto you for a
possessyon: euen I the Lorde. And Moses
tolde the chyldren of Israel eu&ebar; so: But they
harkened not vnto Moses, for anguyshe of
sprete and for cruel bondage.
The Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge:
Goo in, ∧ speake vnto Pharao kynge of Egypte,
that he let the chyldren of Israel goo
out of hys lande. And Moses spake before
the Lorde sayinge: beholde, the chyldren of
Israel herken not vnto me, howe than shall
Pharao heare me? which am of vncircumcised
lyppes? And the Lorde spake vnto Moses
and vnto Aaron, and gaue them a charge
vnto the chyldren of Israel and vnto Pharao
kynge of Egypte: to brynge the chyldren
of Israel out of the lande of Egypte. These
be the heedes of theyr fathers houses. C The
note chyldren of Ruben the eldest sonne of Israel
are these: Hanoh, and Pallu, Hezron,
and Charmi, these be the housholdes of Ruben
The chyldren of Simeon: Gemuel, and
Iamin, Ohad, and Iachim, Zohar, &abar;d Saul
the sonne of a Cananytesh wyfe: these are the
kynreddes of Simeon. These also note are the
names of the chyldren of Leui in their generacyons:
Gerson, and kahath and Merari.
Leui lyued an hundred ∧ .xxxvij. yere. The
sonnes of Gerson: Libni and Semei by their
kynreddes. The chyldr&ebar; of kahath: Amram,
and Iesear, Hebron and Usiel. And kahath
lyued an hundred and .xxxiij. yere. The chyldren
of Merari: Mahely and Musi: these are
the kynreddes of Leui by their generations.
noteAmram toke note Iochebed hys nece to
wyfe and she bare hym Aaron and Moses.
(And Mariam.) And Amram lyued an hundred
and .xxvij. yere. D The chyldren of Iezear,
Korah, Nepheg and Sichri: The chyldr&ebar;
of Usiel: Misael, Elzaphan and Sithri.
And Aaron toke Elizaba daughter of
Aminadab and syster of Nahason, to wyfe:
whych bare hym Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar
and Ithamar. The chyldren of Korah:
Assir, and Elkana and Abiassaph: these are
the kynreddes of the korahites. Eleazar
Aarons sonne toke him one of the daughters
of Putuel to wife, which bare him Pinehas:
and these be the pryncipall fathers of the Leuites
thorowe out their kynreddes.
This is that Aaron and Moses to wh&obar;
the Lorde sayde: carye the chyldren of Israel
out of the lande of Egypte, accordynge to
theyr armyes. These are þt; Moses and Aaron
which spake to Pharao kynge of Egypte,
that they myghte brynge the chyldren of
Israel out of Egypte. And in the daye when
the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the lande of
Egypte, he spake vnto hym, sayinge: I am
the Lorde. speake thou vnto Pharao þe; kinge
of Egypte all that I saye vnto þe;. And Moses
sayde before the Lorde: Beholde, I am
of note vncircumcised lyppes, and howe shall
Pharao geue me audience?
¶ The .vij. Chapter.¶ The tokens to knowe God. The rodde of Moses
is torned to a serp&ebar;t. The sorcerars do euen the
same. The waters are tourned into bloude.
AAnd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses:
beholde, I haue made the Pharaos
God, and Aaron thy brother shall
be thy &pro;phete. Thou shalt speake
all that I commaunded the, and Aaron thy
brother shall speake vnto Pharao, that he
sende the chyldren of Israel out of hys lande.
And note I wyll harden Pharaos hert, and
multiplie my myracles and my wondres in
the lande of Egypte. But Pharao shall not
herken vnto you, that I maye sett myne
hand vpon Egypte, and brynge out myne
armyes, and my people the chyldren of Israel
out of the l&abar;de of Egypte, in great iudgementes,
and the Egyptians shall knowe,
that I am the Lorde: when I stretche forth
my hande vpon Egypte, and brynge out the
chyldren of Israel from amonge them.
Moses and Aaron dyd as the Lorde commaunded
th&ebar;, euen so dyd they. B Moses was
lxxx. yere olde, and Aaron .lxxxiij. wh&ebar; they
spake vnto Pharao. And the Lorde spake
vnto Moses and Aaron sayinge: yf Pharao
speake vnto you sayinge: shewe a wondre,
thou shalt saye vnto Aaron: take thy
rodd and cast it before Pharao, that it maye
be a serpent. Than went Moses and Aaron
in vnto Pharao, and dyd euen as the Lorde
had commaunded. And Aaron cast forth his
rodd before Pharao and before his seruauntes note
and it turned to a serpente. Than Pharao
called for the wyse men and note enchaunters,
∧ those wyse men of Egypte dyd in like
maner &wt; there sorcery. For they cast downe
euery man hys rodd, and they turned to serpentes:
but Aarons rodde dyd eate vp theyr
roddes: and he hardened Pharaos herte: that
he herkened not vnto them, euen as the Lorde
had sayde.
The Lorde also sayde vnto Moses. Pharaos
herte is hardened, he refuseth to let the
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Moses
people goo. Get the vnto Pharao in þe; mornynge,
lo, he wyll come vnto the water, and
thou shalt stonde vpon the ryuers brynke
agaynst he come, and the rodd whyche turned
to a serp&ebar;te, shalt thou take in thyne h&abar;de.
And thou shalt saye vnto hym: the Lorde
God of the Hebrues hath sente me vnto the,
sayinge note let my people goo, that they maye
serue me in the wildernes: And beholde, hyther
to thou woldest not heare. Thus sayth
the Lorde: In thys thou shalt knowe that I
am the Lorde. D Beholde, I wyll smyte (with
the staffe þt; is in myne hande) the water that
is in the ryuer, and it shall turne to bloude.
And the fyshe that is in the ryuer shall dye,
and the ryuer shall stynke: and it shall greue
the Egyptians to dryncke of the water of
the ryuer.
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saye
vnto Aaron: take thy staffe, and stretche out
thyne hande ouer þe; waters of Egypte, ouer
their streames, ouer their ryuers and pondes
and all pooles of water, whych they haue, þt;
they maye be bloude, and that there maye be
bloud thorowe out all the lande of Egypte:
both in vessels of wodd and also of stone.
And Moses and Aaron dyd euen as the
Lorde commaunded. And he lyfte vp the
staffe and smote the waters that were in the
ryuer in the syghte of Pharao and in þe; syghte
of hys seruauntes, and all the water that
was in the ryuer, turned into bloud. And
the fyshe that was in the ryuer dyed note and
the ryuer stanke: and the Egyptians coulde
not dryncke of the waters of the ryuer. And
there was bloude thorowe out all the lande
of Egypte.
And the enchaunters of Egypte dyd lykewyse
wyth their sorceries, and he hardened
Pharaos hert: neyther dyd he harken
vnto them note as the Lorde had sayde. And
Pharao turned hym selfe, and went agayne
into hys housse, and let not hys herte there
vnto. And the Egyptians dygged rounde
aboute the ryuer for water to drynke, for
they coulde not drynke of the water of the
ryuer. And it continued a weke after that the
Lorde had smyten the ryuer.
¶ The .viij. Chapter.¶ The plage of frogges. Moses prayeth for Pharao.
The plage of flyes.
AThe Lorde spake vnto Moses:
Goo vnto Pharao ∧ tell
him; thus sayeth the Lorde:
note lett my people goo, that
they maye serue me. If thou
wylt not let them goo: beholde,
I wyll smyte all thy
border &wt; frogges. And the ryuer shall scrall
wyth frogges, whych shall go vp and come
into thyne house and in to thy preuy chambre
where thou slepest, and vpon thy bedd,
and into the house of thy seruauntes, ∧ vpon
thy people, and into thyne ouens, and vpon
thy meates. And the frogges shall come vp&obar;
the and on thy people and vpon all thy seruauntes.
noteAnd the Lorde spake vnto Moses: saye
vnto Aaron: stretche forth thyne hande with
thy rodd ouer the stremes, ouer the ryuers,
and ouer the pondes, that thou mayest brynge
vp frogges vpon þe; lande of Egypte. B And
Aaron stretched hys hande ouer the waters
of Egypte, and the frogges came vp, ∧ couered
the lande of Egypte. And the sorcerers
dyd lyke wyse &wt; theyre sorcery, and brought
frogges vp vpon the lande of Egypte.
Then Pharao called for Moses ∧ Aaron
and sayde note praye ye vnto the Lorde, that
he maye take awaye the frogges from me ∧
from my people, and I wyll let the people
goo, that they maye do sacrifyce vnto the
Lorde. C And Moses sayde vnto Pharao:
&rhand; &club; reioysse thou ouer me, and appoynte
when I shall praye for the and for thy seruauntes,
and for thy people, to dryue awaye
the frogges fr&obar; the, and thy houses, and that
they maye remayne but in the ryuer only. He
sayde: tomorowe. And he sayde: euen as thou
hast sayde, that thou mayest knowe that
there is none lyke vnto the Lorde oure God.
And so the frogges shall departe from the
and from thy houses, from thy seruauntes
and from thy people, and shall remayne in
the ryuer only.
D Moses and Aaron went out from Pharao,
and Moses cryed vnto the Lorde vpon
þe; apoyntment of frogges, which he had made
vnto Pharao. And the Lorde dyd accordynge
to the sayinge of Moses. And þe; frogges
dyed out of þe; houses, out of the courtes
and feldes. And they gathred them together
vpon heapes, ∧ the lande stanke of them.
But when Pharao sawe that he had rest
geuen him, he hardened hys herte and herkened
not vnto them, as the Lorde had sayde.
And the Lord sayde vnto Moses: saye vnto
Aaron: stretche out thy rodd and smyt the
dust of the lande, that it maye turne to lyse
thorowe out all the lande of Egypte. E And
they dyd so. For Aar&obar; stretched out his h&abar;de
∧ with his rodd he smote the dust of the erth,
which turned to lyse in m&abar; and beest, so that
all the dust of the lande turned to lyse, thorowe
out all the lande of Egypte.
And the enchaunters assayde lykewyse
with their enchauntmentes to brynge forth
lyse, but they coulde not. And the lyse were
both vpon men and beestes. Then sayde the
enchaunters vnto Pharao: it is the &rhand; fyngre
of God. And Pharaos hart remayned
obstinate, and he harkened not vnto them,
euen note as the Lorde had sayde.
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: ryse
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Moses
vp early in the mornyng, and stande before
Pharao, for he wyll come forth vnto þe; water:
and thou shalt saye vnto him: thus saith
the Lorde: Let my people go, that they maye
serue me. Els, yf thou wylt not let my people
goo, beholde, I wyll sende all maner of
flyes both vpon the and thy seruauntes, and
thy people, and into the houses. And þe; houses
of the Egipcians shalbe full of flyes, and
the grounde wheron they are. F And the lande
of note Gosan where my people are, will I cause
to be wonderfull in that daye: so that ther
shall no flyes be there. Wherbye thou shalt
knowe, that I am the Lorde in the myddes
of the erth. And I wil put a diuisi&obar; betwene
my people and thyne. And euen tomorowe
shall this myracle be done.
The Lorde dyd euen so: and there came
noysome flies into the house of Pharao, and
into his seruauntes houses, and into all the
lande of Egipt: and the lande was corrupte
with these flyes. And Pharao called for Moses
and Aaron, and sayde: Go, and do sacrifice
vnto youre God in the lande. And Moses
answered: it is not mete that we so do.
For then we must offer vnto the Lorde our
God, that which is an abhomination vnto
the Egipci&abar;s. But and yf we sacrifice that,
which is an abhomination vnto the Egipcians
before their eyes, shulde they not stone
us? we will go thre dayes iorneye into the
deserte, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God
note as he hath commaunded vs.
G And Pharao sayd: I will let you go, that
ye maye sacrifice vnto the Lorde youre God
in the wildernesse: but go not farre awaye,
praye for me. And Moses sayde: beholde, I
will go out fr&obar; the, ∧ praye vnto the Lorde,
that the flyes maye departe from Pharao, ∧
from his seruauntes and from his people to
morow. But let Pharao from hensforth deceaue
nomore, that he will not let the people
go to sacrifice vnto the Lorde:
And Moses went out from Pharao, and
prayed vnto the Lorde. And the Lorde dyd
accordinge to the sayinge of Moses: and the
flyes departed from Pharao, and from hys
seruauntes, and from his people, and there
remayned not one. And Pharao hardened
his herte euen then also, and dyd not let the
people go.
¶ The .ix. Chapter.¶ The moren of beastes. The plage of botches and
sores. The horrible hayle, thonder and lyghtnyng.
AThe Lorde sayd vnto Moses: go in
vnto Pharao and thou shalt tell
him: thus sayth the Lorde God of
the Ebrues: note lett my people go, þt;
they maye serue me. If thou wilt
not let them go, and wylt holde them styll,
beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thy
flocke which is in the felde: for vpon hostes,
asses, camels, oxen and shepe, there shalbe a
mighty great morayne. And the Lorde shall
do wonderfully betwene the beastes of Israel
and the beastes of Egypt: so that there
shall nothynge dye of all þt; pertayneth to the
children of Israel. And the Lorde appointed
a tyme, saying: to morow the Lorde shall finysh
this worde in the lande.
And the Lorde dyd it on the morow, and
all the catell of Egipt dyed: but of the catell
of the chyldren of Israel dyed not one. And
Pharao sent, and beholde, ther was not one
of the catell of þe; Israelites deed. And þe; hert
of Pharao was hardened that he wolde not
let the people go.
B And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses and
Aaron: take youre handes full of asshes out
of the fornace, and Moses shall sprynkle it
vp into the ayre, in the syght of Pharao, and
it shall turne to dust in all the l&abar;de of Egipt:
that ther maye be swellyng sores with blaynes
both on man and beaste thorowout all þe;
lande of Egipte. And they toke asshes oute
of the fornace, and stode before Pharao, and
Moses sprynkled it vp into the ayre. And
there were sores with blaynes both in men
and in beastes: and the sorcerers coulde not
st&abar;de before Moses because of þe; blaines: for
ther were botches vp&obar; þe; encha&ubar;ters ∧ vpon
all the Egipcians. And þe; Lord hardened the
hert of Pharao, ∧ he herkened not vnto th&ebar;,
note as the Lorde had sayd vnto Moses.
C And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: ryse
vp early in the mornynge, and stande before
Pharao, ∧ thou shalt tell hym: thus sayth
the Lord God of the Ebrues: note Let my people
go, that they maye serue me: or els I will
at this tyme sende all my plages vpon thine
herte, and vpon thy seruauntes and on thy
people, that thou mayest knowe, that there
is none lyke me in all the earth. For nowe I
wyll stretch out my h&abar;de, that I maye smyte
the and thy people with pestilence: and
thou shalt perysh from the earth. And in very
dede note for this cause haue I kepte the, for
to shewe the my power: and that they might
declare my name thorowout all the world.
Yet thou exaltest thy selfe agaynste my
people, that thou wylt not let them go: beholde,
to morowe thys tyme I wyll sende D
downe a myghty great hayle: euen soche a
one as was not in Egipt, sens it was gro&ubar;ded
vnto thys tyme. Sende therfore nowe,
and gather thy beastes, and all that thou
hast in the felde. For vpon all the men and
the beastes which are founde in the felde,
and not brought home, shall the hayle fall,
and they shall dye. And as many as feared
the worde of the Lorde among the seruauntes
of Pharao, made their seruauntes and
their beastes flee into the houses: but he that
regarded not the worde of the Lorde, left his
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Moses
seruauntes and his beastes in the felde.
E And the Lorde said vnto Moses: stretch
forth thyne hande vnto heauen, that there
maye be hayle in all the lande of Egipt: vp&obar;
man and vpon beastes and vpon all the herbes
of the felde, thorowout þe; l&abar;de of Egipt.
And Moses stretched out his rod vnto heauen:
and the Lord thondred and hayled, and
the fyrr ran a longe vpon the gro&ubar;de. noteAnd
the Lorde so hayled in the lande of Egypt, þt;
there was hayle and fyer mengled with the
hayle, so greuous, and such as there was none
thorowout all the lande of Egipte, sence
people inhabited it. And þe; hayle smote thorowout
all the lande of Egipt, all that was
in the felde both m&abar; and beast. F And the hayle
smote all the herbes of the felde, and broke
all the trees of the felde: onely in the l&abar;de
of Gozan, where the childr&ebar; of Israel were,
was there no hayle. And Pharao sent ∧ called
for Moses and Aaron, and sayde vnto
th&ebar;: I haue nowe synned: the Lorde is ryghteous:
and I and my people are &rhand; vngodly.
notePraye ye vnto the Lorde: for it is moch
that there shulde be thonders of God ∧ hayle.
I will let you go, and ye shall tary no l&obar;ger.
Moses sayde vnto him: assone as I am
out of the citye, I will sprede abrode my h&abar;des
vnto the Lorde, ∧ the th&obar;der shall cease.
nether shall there be eny more hayle, þt; thou
mayst knowe howe þt; the erth is the Lordes.
But I knowe that thou and thy serua&ubar;tes
yet feare not the &rhand; face of the Lorde God.
And so the flaxe and the barly were smyten:
for the barly was shot vp, G &abar;d the flaxe was
boulled: but the whete and the rye were not
smytten: for they were late sowne.
And Moses went out of the citye from
Pharao and sprede abrode his handes vnto
the Lorde: and the thonder and hayle ceased
nether rayned it vpon the earth. And when
Pharao sawe that the rayne and the hayle
and thonder were ceased, he synned agayne:
and hardened his herte, he and his seruauntes.
And the hert of Pharao was hardened:
nether wolde he let the children of Israel go,
as the Lorde had sayde by &rhand; the hande of
Moses.
¶ The .x. Chapter.¶ The hert of Pharao is hardened of God. The
gresshopers. The thicke darckenes.
AAnd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses:
go in vnto Pharao: for note I
haue hardened his herte and the
herte of hys seruauntes, that I
might put these my sygnes am&obar;gest
them: and that thou tell
in the audience of thy sonne, and of thy sonnes
sonne, what thinges I haue done in Egipte,
and the myracles which I haue done
amonge them: þt; ye maye knowe howe that
I am the Lorde. And so Moses and Aaron
Moses.
came vnto Pharao, ∧ sayd vnto him: Thus
sayth the Lorde God of the Ebrues: howe
longe shall it be or þu; wylt submitte thy selfe
vnto me? noteLet my people go, þt; they maye
serue me. Or els, (yf thou do resist:) and wylt
not let my people go, behold, to morow will
I bring greshoppers into thy coastes, ∧ they
shall couer the face of the earth, that it c&abar;not
be sene: and they shall eate the residue which
remayneth vnto you, and is escaped fr&obar; the
hayle: ∧ they shall eate euery grene tree that
beareth you frute in the felde, and they shall
fyll thy houses, B and all thy seruauntes houses,
and the houses of all the Egipcy&abar;s after
soche a maner as nether thy fathers, nor thy
fathers fathers haue sene, sens the time they
were vpon the earth vnto this daye. And he
turned him selfe aboute, and went out from
Pharao.
And Pharaos serua&ubar;tes sayd vnto him:
Howe longe shall he be a slaunder vnto vs?
Let the m&ebar; go, that they maye serue þe; Lorde
their God: knowest thou not yet þt; Egipt is
destroied? And Moses ∧ Aar&obar; were brought
agayne vnto Pharao, and he sayde vnto
them: Go, and serue the Lorde youre God.
Who are they that shall go ? And Moses
answered: we will go with oure yonge and
with our olde: yee, and with our sonnes and
with oure daughters, and with oure shepe,
and &wt; oure oxen we must go. For we must
holde a feaste vnto the Lorde.
C And he sayde vnto them: let it be so. The
Lorde be with you. When I let you go, and
your childr&ebar; also take hede, for ye haue some
mischefe in hande. Naye, not so: but go they
that are men, and serue the Lorde: for that
was your desyre. And they thrust them out
of Pharaos presence.
And the Lord sayd vnto Moses: Stretch
out thyne hande ouer the lande of Egipt for
gresshoppers, that they maye come vp&obar; the
lande of Egipt, and eate all the herbes of þe;
lande, ∧ all that the hayle left behynde. And
Moses stretched forth his rod ouer the l&abar;de
of Egipt: ∧ the Lorde brought an east winde
vpon the lande, all that daye, and all that
nyght. D And in the morning, the east wynde
note brought the greshoppers, and the greshoppers
went vp ouer all the lande of Egipt:
and remayned in all quarters of Egipt
very greuously. Before them were ther no
soch greshoppers, nether after them shalbe:
for they couered all the face of the earth: so
that the land was darke. And they dyd eate
all the herbes of the lande, and all the frutes
of the trees, and whatsoeuer the hayle had
lefte: there was no grene thinge lefte in the
trees and herbes of the felde thorowe all the
lande of Egipte.
E Therfore Pharao called for Moses ∧ Aar&obar;
in haste, ∧ sayde: I haue synned agaynst þe;
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The passeouer.
Lorde youre God ∧ against you. And nowe
forgeue me my sinne only this once: ∧ note pray
vnto the Lorde your God, that he maye take
awaye from me &rhand; this deeth only. And
Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed
vnto the Lorde: ∧ the Lorde turned a mightye
strong west winde, and it toke awaye þe;
greshoppers and cast them into the redd see:
so that there was not one greshopper in all
the coaste of Egipt. And the Lorde note hardened
Pharaos herte, so that he wolde not lett
the children of Israel go.
F And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: stretch
out thy hande vnto heauen, that there maye
be vpon the lande of Egipt darcknes, which
maye be felt. And Moses stretched forth his
hande vnto heauen, and there was a thicke
note darcknes vpon all the lande of Egipt thre
dayes longe, no man sawe another, nether
rose vp from the place where he was by the
space of thre dayes: but all the children of Israel
had lyght where they dwelled.
And Pharao called for Moses, ∧ sayde:
go, and serue the Lorde, only let youre shepe
and youre oxen abyde, and let your children
go with you. G And Moses sayde: thou must
geue us also offeringes and burntofferinges
for to sacrifyce vnto the Lorde our God: our
catell also shall go with vs, ∧ there shall not
one hoffe be left behinde: for therof must we
take to serue the Lorde oure God. Neyther
do we knowe what we shall offre vnto the
Lorde, vntyll we come thyther.
But the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte:
and he wolde not let them go. And Pharao
sayde vnto him: get the fro me, and take hede
to thy selfe, and se my face nomore. For wh&ebar;soeuer
thou commest in my syght, thou shalt
dye. And Moses saide: Let it be as thou hast
sayde, I wyll se thy face nomore.
¶ The .xj. Chapter.¶ The Lorde commaundeth to robbe the Egipci&abar;s.
The deeth of all the fyrst begotten in Egipt.
AAnd the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: yet
wyll I brynge one plage more vpon
Pharao and vpon Egipte: and after
that, he wyll let you go hence. And when he
letteth you go, he shall vtterly driue you h&ebar;ce.
Speake thou therfore in the eares of the
people, that euery m&abar; borowe of his neyghbour,
and euery woma&abar; of her neyghboures
note iewels of syluer and iewels of golde. And
the Lord shall gyue the people fauour in the
syght of the Egipci&abar;s. Moreouer, note Moses
was very great in the lande of Egipt, in the
syght of Pharaos serua&ubar;tes and in the sight B
of the people.
And Moses sayde: thus sayth the Lorde:
note At mydnight wyll I go out into the middes
of Egipte, and all the fyrste borne in the
lande of Egipt shall dye, euen from the fyrst
borne of Pharao þt; &rhand; sytteth on his seate,
vnto the fyrst borne of the mayde seruaunte
that is behynde the mylle, and all the fyrste
g&ebar;dred of the catell. And there shalbe a great
crye thorowout all the lande of Egipt, such
as there was neuer none lyke, nor shalbe.
C But amonge the chyldren of Israel, shall
not a dogge moue his tonge, nor yet man or
beast: þt; ye maye knowe howe þt; the Lorde,
(by a great miracle) putteth a differ&ebar;ce betwene
the Egipcy&abar;s and Israel. And these thy serua&ubar;tes
shall all come downe vnto me. And
fall before me, and saye: gett the out and all
the people that are vnder the, and then wyll
I departe. And he went oute from Pharao
with an angry countenaunce.
D And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Pharao
shall not heare you, þt; my wonders may
be multiplyed in the lande of Egipte. And
Moses and Aaron dyd all these wonders.
(And tokens which are written) before Pharao.
And the Lorde hardened Pharaos herte, so
that he wolde not let the chyldren of Israel
go out of his lande.
¶ The .xij. Chapter.¶ The passeouer is eaten. The swete breede. They
must teache theyr chyldren what the passeouer signifyeth.
The destruccyon of the fyrst begott&ebar; in Egipt.
The robbery of the Egypcyans. The goynge oute of
the Israelites.
AAnd &cross2; þe; Lord spake vnto Moses
and Aaron in the lande of
Egipt, sayinge: Thys monethe
shalbe vnto you the beginning
of monethes: and the fyrst moneth
of the yeare shall it be vnto
you. Speake ye vnto all the congregacy&obar;
of Israel, saying: In the .x. daye of thys moneth,
euery man take vnto him &rhand; a lambe,
according to the house of the fathers, a l&abar;be
thorowout euery house. Yf the housholde be
to lytle &rhand; for the lambe, let hym take hys
neyghboure which is nexte vnto his house
according to the nombre of the soules: euery
one of you, according to his eating, shal make
your counte for a lambe. And let þe; lambe
of yours be &wt;out blemysh, a male of a yeare
olde, which ye shall take out from amonge
the shepe, or from amonge the goates.
And ye shall kepe him in vntyll the note .xiiij.
daye of the same moneth. And euery man of
the multitude of Israel shall kyll him about
eu&ebar;. And they shall take of the bloud, ∧ strike
it on the .ij. syde postes ∧ on þe; vpperdorepost
eu&ebar; in the houses, where they shall eate hym.
And they shall eate the flesh the same night:
rost &wt; fyer ∧ &wt; vnleu&ebar;ded bread, ∧ &wt; sowre
herbes they shall eate it. Se that ye eate not
therof rawe ner soden in water, but roste &wt;
fier: the head, fete, ∧ purtena&ubar;ce therof. And
ye shall let nothyng of it remayne vnto the
morning. B That which remayneth of it vntyll
the morowe, shall ye burne with fyer.
Of this maner shall ye eate it: with your
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The passeouer
loynes gyrded, and your shoes on your fete,
and your staues in your h&abar;des. And ye shall
eate it in haste: for it is the Lordes passeouer:
&cross3; for I wyll passe thorowe the lande
of Egipt this same nyght, and wyll smytte
all the first borne in the land of Egipt, both
of man and beaste, and vpon all the goddes
of Egipt will I the Lord do execution. And
the bloude shalbe vnto you a tok&ebar; in þe; houses
wherin ye are. And when I se the bloud,
I will passe ouer you, and the plage shal not
be vpon you to destroye you, when I smyte
the lande of Egipte.
And this daye shalbe vnto you a remembraunce:
and ye shall kepe it holy vnto the
Lorde, euen thorowout youre generatyons
shall ye kepe it holy daie, that it be a custome
for &rhand; euer. noteSeuen dayes shall ye eat vnleuended
bread: and the fyrste daye ye shall
put a waye leuen out of youre houses. C For
whosoeuer eateth leuended bread from the
fyrst daye vntill the seuenth daye, that soule
shalbe plucked out fr&obar; Israel. noteThe fyrste
daye shalbe an holy conuocation, and the seuenth
daye shalbe an holy conuocation vnto
you. There shalbe no maner of worcke done
in them, saue about that onely which euery
man must eate, that onely maye ye do. And
ye shall obserue vnleuended bread. For this
same daye haue I brought your armyes out
of the lande of Egypte, therfore ye shall obserue
this daye, ∧ all your childr&ebar; after you,
by a custome for euer. noteThe fyrst moneth
and the .xiiij. daye of the moneth at euen, ye
shall eate swete bread vnto the .xxj. daye of
the moneth at euen agayne. Seuen dayes
shall there be no leuended breade founde in
youre houses. And whosoeuer eateth leuended
bread, that soule shalbe roted out from
þe; multitude of Israel: whyther he be a straunger
or borne in the lande. Ye shall eate nothyng
leuended: but in all your habitations
shall ye eate swete bread.
Moses called for the elders of Israel, and
sayde vnto them: chose out and take you to
euery housholde of you a shepe, and kyll it
for passeouer. D And take a bunche of ysope, ∧
dyp it in the bloude that is in the basen, and
stryke the vpperposte and the two syde postes
with the bloud that is in the basen, and
none of you go out at the dore of hys house,
vntyll the mornyng. For the Lorde will go
about to smyte the Egipcians. And wh&ebar; he
seeth the bloude vpon the vpper dore poste ∧
on the two side postes: he will passe ouer the
dore, and will not suffer þe; destroyer to come
into your house to plage you. Therfore shall
ye obserue this thing, that it be an ordina&ubar;ce
both to the and thy sonnes for euer.
And wh&ebar; ye become into the land which
the Lorde wyll geue you, accordynge as he
hath promysed, ye shall kepe thys seruyce.
noteAnd when youre chyldren aske you what
maner of seruyce is this ye do, ye shall saye:
it is the sacrifyce of the Lordes passe ouer,
which passed ouer the houses of the children
of Israel in Egipte, as he smote the Egypcians,
and saued oure houses. And the people
bowed them selues, and worshypped:
And the chyldren of Israel w&ebar;t, and dyd as
the Lorde had commaunded Moses and Aaron.
Euen so dyd they.
E And at note mydnight, the Lorde smote all
the fyrst borne in the lande of Egipte, from
the fyrst borne of Pharao that satte on hys
seate, vnto the fyrst borne of the captyue þt;
was in preson: and all the fyrste gendred of
catell. And Pharao arose in the nyghte, he
and all his seruauntes and all the Egipci&abar;s:
note and there was a greate cryinge in Egipt:
for there was no house where there was not
one deed.
And he called vnto Moses and Aaron
by nyght, saying: ryse vp, and get you oute
from am&obar;ge my people: both ye and also the
childr&ebar; of Israel, and go and serue the Lorde
as ye haue sayde. And take youre shepe and
your droues with you as ye haue sayde, and
departe and &rhand; note blesse me. And the Egypcians
were fierce vpon the people, that they
myght sende them out of the lande in haste:
for they sayde: we dye all.
And the people toke their dowgh before
it was sowred, and theyr vitayles bounde
in clothes vpon theyr shoulders. And the
children of Israel dyd accordyng to the saying
of Moses: and they borowed of the Egipcy&abar;s note
iewelles of siluer, and iewelles of
golde, and rayment. F And the Lorde gaue
the people fauoure in the syght of the Egippcians:
so that they gra&ubar;ted soch thinges as
they required. And they robbed the Egypcians.
And the note children of Israel toke their
iorneye from Rameses to Suchoth note syxe
hundred thousande men of fote, besyde children.
And moch comon people went also &wt;
them, and shepe, and oxen, and exceadynge
great flocke. And they baked swete cakes of
þe; dowgh which they brought out of Egipt,
for it was not sowred. For when they were
thrust oute by the Egipcyans, they coulde
not tarie to prepare them selues any prouisyon
of meate:
The dwellinge of the children of Israel,
which they dwelled in Egipte, was note .iiij.
hundred and .xxx. yeares: and when the .iiij.
hundred and .xxx. yeares were expired, euen
the selfe same daye departed all the hoostes G
of the Lorde out of the lande of Egipt, It is
a nyght to be obserued to the Lorde, in the
which he brought them oute of the lande of
Egypte. Thys is that nyghte of the Lorde
which all the chyldren of Israel muste kepe
thorowout theyr generations.
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Israel departeth
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses and
Aaron: This is the lawe of passeouer: there
shall no stra&ubar;ger eate therof. But euery seruaunt
that is bought for money (after that
thou hast circumcised him) shall eate therof.
A straunger and a hyerd seruaunt shall not
eate therof. In one house shall it be eaten.
Thou shalte carye none of the fleshe oute at
the house. noteNeyther shall ye breake a note bone
therof. All the multitude shall obserue it.
If a straunger also dwell amonge you, ∧
will holde passeouer vnto the Lorde, let him
circumcyse all that be males: and then lett
him come and obserue it, and he shall be as
one that is borne in the lande. For no vncircumcised
persone shall eate therof. One maner
of lawe shalbe vnto him that is &rhand; borne
in the lande, and vnto the straunger that
dwelleth amonge you. And all the chyldren
of Israel dyd as the Lorde c&obar;maunded Moses
and Aaron. Euen so dyd they. And þe; self
same daye dyd the Lorde bring the chyldren
of Israel out of the l&abar;de of Egipt with their
armyes.
¶ The .xiij. Chapter.¶ The fyrst begotten must be sanctifyed vnto the
Lord. The memoriall of theyr deliueraunce. Why
they were caryed thorowe the wildernes. The bones
of Ioseph. The pyller of the cloude.
AAnd the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying: note
S&abar;ctify vnto me all the first
borne, that open all maner matrices
amonge the children of Israel aswell of m&abar;
as of beaste: for it is myne. And Moses sayd
vnto þe; people: thynke on this daye in which
ye came out of Egipt, out of the house of b&obar;dage:
for thorow a mightye hande the Lord
brought you out from thence. There shall
no note leuended bread be eaten. This daye come
ye out in the moneth &rhand; when corne beginneth
to rype.
noteWhen the Lorde hath brought the into
the lande of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites,
Heuites ∧ Iebusites: note which he sware
vnto thy fathers that he wold geue the a
lande wherin mylcke ∧ hony floweth, thou
shalt kepe this seruice in thys same moneth:
Seuen dayes thou shalte eate swete bread:
and in the note seu&ebar;th daye, it is the feaste of the
Lord. B Swete bread shalbe eaten seu&ebar; daies:
and ther shall no leuended bread be sene, nor
yet leuen with the in all thy quarters.
And thou shalt shewe thy sonne in þt; daie
sayinge: this is done, because of that which
the Lord dyd vnto me, when I came out of
Egipte. And it shalbe a signe vnto the vpon
thyne hande, and for a remembraunce betwene
thyne eyes, þt; the Lordes lawe maye
be in thy mouth. For note in a stronge hand the
Lorde brought the out of Egipt. Kepe therfore
this ordynaunce in his ceason fr&obar; yeare
to yeare. And it will come to passe, that the
Lord shall bring the into the l&abar;de of the Cananites,
which he note sware vnto the and to
thy fathers: and shall geue it the. And then
thou shalt appointe vnto the Lorde all that
openeth the matrice. &rhand; And euery caste
thing, C þe; fyrst doth op&ebar; the matrice of a beast
which thou hast: yf they be males, they shall
be the Lordes. And euery fyrst g&ebar;dred of an
asse, thou shalt redeme with a l&abar;be: yf thou
redeme him not, thou shalt breake his neck.
All the fyrst borne amonge thy chyldren also,
shalt thou bye out.
And when thy sonne asketh þe; &rhand; to morowe,
sayinge what is this, thou shalt saye
vnto him: With a mightye hande the Lorde
brought vs out of Egipt, out of the house of
bondage. And &rhand; when Pharao was looth
to let vs go, the Lorde slewe all the first borne
in the lande of Egipte: aswell the fyrste
borne of man as of beaste. Therfore I sacrice
vnto the Lorde all the males that op&ebar; the
matrice, and all the fyrst borne of my childr&ebar;
I redeme. This shalbe a token vpon thyne
hande, and a remembraunce betwene thyne
eyes, þt; the Lorde brought vs out of Egipte
thorowe a mightye hande.
D It came to passe, that whan Pharao
had lett the people go, God caryed them not
thorowe the waye and lande of the Philistines,
which was the more nye waye. But
God sayde: lest the people happly rep&ebar;t wh&abar;
they se warre: ∧ so turne agayne to Egipte.
But God led the people about thorowe the
waye of the wildernes of the redd see. And
the children of Israel went vp harnessed out
of the lande of Egipte. And Moses toke the
bones of Ioseph with him: for he made the
children of Israel swere, saying note God will
surely viset you, and ye shall take my bones
awaye hens with you. noteAnd they toke their
iorneye from Sucoth: and abode in Etham
in the edge of the wildernes. noteAnd þe; Lorde
wente before them by daye in a pyller of a
cloude to leade them the waye: and by nyght
in a pyller of fyer to geue them lyght, þt; they
might go both by daye and nyght. noteThe
pyller of the cloude departed not by daye,
nor the pyller of fyer by night out of þe; sight
of the people.
¶ The .xiiij. Chapter.¶ Pharaos hert is hardened and foloweth the Israelites
with all his hoost and captaynes, and is drowned.
The Israelites grudge. They go thorowe the red see.
AAnd the Lorde spake vnto Moses,
saying: Speake to the children
of Israel, that they turne
and remayne before Pi Hiroth
betwene Migdol and the see,
oueragaynst note Baalzeph&obar;: and
before that shall they pitch by the see. For
Pharao wyll saye of the children of Israel:
they are tangled in the lande, the wildernes
hath shut th&ebar; in. And I will hard&ebar; Pharaos
hert, that he shall folowe after you: and I
-- --
The reed see
will get me honoure vpon Pharao and vp&obar;
all his hoost, the Egipci&abar;s also shall knowe
that I am the Lorde. And they dyd euen so.
B And it was tolde the king of Egipt that
the people fled. And the hert of Pharao and
of his seruauntes turned agaynst the people
and they sayde: why haue we this done that
we haue let Israel go out of our seruice? and
he made ready his charettes: and toke hys
people with him and toke syxe hundred chosen
charettes and all the charettes of Egipt
and captaynes vpon euery one of th&ebar;. And
the Lord hardened the hert of Pharao kyng
of Egipt, and he folowed after the chyldren
of Israel. But the children of Israel wente
out with note an hye hande: and the Egipcians
folowed after them, and all the horses and
charettes of Pharao and his horsemen and
his hoost ouertoke them abyding by the see,
besyde Pi Hiroth before Baal zephon. And
when Pharao drewe nie, C the children of Israel
lyft vp their eyes and beholde, þe; Egipcians
folowed after them, and they were sore
afrayde: note and the children of Israel cryed
out vnto the Lorde.
But they sayde vnto Moses: because there
were no graues in Egipt, hast thou therfore
brought vs awaye for to dye in the wyldernes?
wherfore hast þu; serued vs thus, for
to carye vs out of Egipte? Dyd not we tell
the this in Egipt, saying: let vs be in rest, þt;
we maye serue the Egipcians? For it had
bene better for vs to haue serued the Egipcians
then for to dye in the wildernesse. And
Moses sayde vnto the people: note feare ye not,
stande styll, ∧ beholde, howe the Lorde shall
saue you this daie. For ye that haue sene the
Egipcians this daye, shall se them nomore
for euer. The Lorde shall fyght for you, and
ye shall holde your peace.
D And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: wherfore
cryest thou vnto me? speake vnto þe; children
of Israel that they go forwarde. But
lyfte thou vp thy rodd, and stretche oute thy
h&abar;de ouer the see, and deuide it a sondre, and
let the children of Israel go on drye grounde
thorowe the middest of the see. And behold,
I will harden the hert of the Egipcians that
they maye folowe them. And I wyll get me
honoure vpon Pharao and vp&obar; all his host,
and vpon his charettes and vp&obar; his horsm&ebar;.
And the Egipcians shall knowe that I am
the Lorde when I haue gotten me honoure
vpon Pharao, vpon his charettes and vpon
his horsmen.
E And the angell of God which went before
the hoost of Israel remoued, and beganne
to go behynde them. And the clowden piller
that was before the face of them beganne to
stonde behynde them, and came betwene the
hoost of the Egipcians and the hooste of Israel.
It was &rhand; also a darcke clowde, and
Moses songe.
gaue lyght by nyght: and all the nyght long
the one came not at the other.
And Moses stretched forth hys hande
ouer the see: and the Lord caryed awaye the
see by a verye stronge easte wynde all that
nyght, and made the see drye lande, and the
waters were deuyded. And the children of
Israel went into the myddest of the see vp&obar;
the drye grounde. F And the waters were a
walle vnto them, on their ryght hande, and
on their lefte hande. And the Egipcians folowed
and went in after them to the myddest
of the see, euen all Pharaos horses, hys
charettes and his horsemen. &cross2; And in the
morning watch, the Lorde note loked vnto the
hoost of the Egipcians out of the fyery and
clowdy pyller: and troubled the hoost of the
Egipcians, and toke of hys charet wheles ∧
caryed them awaye violently. So that the
Egipcians sayde: Let vs fle from the face of
Israel: for the Lorde fighteth for them agaynst
the Egipcians. And the Lorde sayd vnto
Moses: stretch out thyne hande ouer the
see, that the waters maye come agayne vp&obar;
the Egipcian, vpon his charettes and vpon
his horsemen.
G And Moses stretched forth hys hande
ouer the see, and it came agayne to his course
rarly in the mornynge, and the Egipcians
fledd agaynst it. And the note Lorde ouerthrew
the Egipcians in the myddest of the see: and
the water returned and couered the charettes
and the horsm&ebar;: and all the hoost of Pharao
that came into the see after them, so that
there remayned not one of th&ebar;. But the chyldren
of Israel walked vp&obar; drye lande note thorowe
the myddest of the see, and the waters
were a walle vnto them on the ryght hande
of th&ebar;, and on the left. noteThus the Lorde delyuered
Israel the selfe same daye out of the
hande of the Egipci&abar;s: and Israel sawe the
Egipcians deed vpon the see syde. And Israel
sawe þt; mightye power which the Lord
shewed vpon the Egipcians: note and the people
feared the Lorde, and beleued the Lorde
and his seruaunt Moses.
¶ The .xv. Chapter.¶ Moses and the people with the wemen synge at
the prayer of Moses: the bytter waters were swete.
God must be heard, They come to Elim.
AThen Moses ∧ the chyldren of Israel
sange this songe vnto þe; Lord
and sayde: &cross3; note I wyll syng vnto
the Lorde: for he hath tri&ubar;phed
gloriously: the horse and him that
rode vpon him hath he ouerthrowne in þe; see.
noteThe Lord is my strength and prayse, and
he is become my saluacion.
He is my God, and I wyll glorify hym:
my fathers God, ∧ I wyll exalte hym. The
Lorde is a man of warre. The Lorde is hys
name. Pharaos charettes and his hoost hath
he caste into the see. Hys chosen captaynes
-- --
also are drowned in the red see, the depe waters
haue couered them: they soncke to þe; botome
as a stone. Thy ryght hande Lorde, is
become glorious in power: thy ryght hande
Lorde hath all to dashed the enemy. And in
thy greate glory thou hast ouerthrowne th&ebar;
that rose vp agaynst the: thou sentest forth
thy wrath which consumed th&ebar; euen as stobell.
Thorowe the winde of thy nastrels the
water gathered together, the floudes stode
styll as an heape, and the depe water congeled
together in the &rhand; hert of the see.
B The enemye sayd: I wyll folowe on th&ebar;:
I will ouertake th&ebar;, I will deuyde the spoyle,
I wyll satisfye my lust vpon th&ebar;, I wyll
drawe my sweard, myne h&abar;de shall destroye
them. Thou blewdest &wt; thy wynde, the see
couered th&ebar;, they sancke as leed in the mightye
waters. Who is lyke vnto the, o Lorde,
among goddes? who is lyke the so glorious
in holynes, &rhand; fearfull in prayses, shewing
wonders? Thou stretchedest out thy ryght
h&abar;de, the erth swalowed them. Thou in thy
mercye hast caryed thys people which thou
deliueredst: ∧ hast brought th&ebar; in thy str&ebar;gth
vnto thy holy habitaty&obar;. The nati&obar;s heard
and were afrayed, sorowe came vp&obar; þe; Philistines.
Then the dukes of the Edomites
were amased, and the mightyest of the Moabites,
tremblynge came vpon them: all the
inhabiters of Cana&abar; waxed faynte harted:
Lett feare and dreade fall vpon them in the C
greatnes of thyne arme, let them be as styll
as a stone, tyll thy people passe thorowe, O
Lorde, whyle thys people passe thorowe,
which thou hast goten. Thou shalte brynge
them in, and plante them in the mountayne
of thyne enherita&ubar;ce, the place, Lord, which
thou hast made for to dwell in, the sanctuary,
o Lorde, which thy handes haue prepared.
The Lorde shall raigne &rhand; euer and all
waye. For Pharaos horse w&ebar;t in &wt; his charettes
and horsemen into the see, ∧ the Lord
brought the waters of the see vpon them.
But the children of Israel went on drye l&abar;d
in the myddest of the see. And Mir Iam a
prophetysse the syster of Aaron toke a tymbrell
in her hande, ∧ all the wemen came out
after her &wt; tymbrels ∧ daunces. And Mir
Iam sange before th&ebar;: note Synge ye vnto the
Lorde: for he hath triumphed gloriously: the
horse ∧ his ryder hath he ouerthrowne in the
see. D And so Moses brought Israel from the
redd see, ∧ they went out into the wildernes
of Sur. And they w&ebar;t thre dayes longe in þe;
wildernes, and founde no waters. And wh&abar;
they came to Mara, they coulde not drincke
of the waters of Mara: for they were bytter:
therfore the name of the place was called,
Mara, (that is to saye bytternes.) And the
people murmured agaynst Moses, sayinge:
what shall we drincke? noteAnd he cried vnto
the Lorde: and &rhand; the Lorde shewed hym a
tree, which when he had cast into the water,
the waters were made swete.
There he made them an ordinaunce and a
lawe, and there he proued him, ∧ sayde: If þu;
wylt herken note vnto the voyce of the Lorde
thy God, and wylt do þt; which is right in his
sight, and wylt geue eare vnto his c&obar;maundementes,
∧ kepe all hys ordinaunces: then
wyll I put none of these diseases vpon the
which I brought vpon the Egipcians: for I
am the Lorde that healeth the.
¶ The .xvj. Chapter. &cross2;¶ The Israelites come into the desert of Sin. It
rayneth quaylles and Manna. They grudge.
AThe note children of Israel came to
Elim where were .xii. welles of
water and .lxx. palme trees, and
they abode there by the waters.
And they toke their iorney from
Elim: ∧ all the hole c&obar;pany of the children of
Israel came to the wildernes of Sin, which
is betwene Elim and Synai: the .xv. day of
the .ij. moneth after their departyng out of þe;
lande of Egypt. And þe; hole multitude of the
childr&ebar; of Israel note murmured agaynst Moses
and Aar&obar; in the wyldernes: and the children
of Israel sayde vnto th&ebar;: wolde to God
we had died by the hande of the Lorde in the
lande of Egypte, when we sat by the fleshepottes,
and when we dyd eate bread our belyes
full: for ye haue brought vs out into
this wyldernes, to kyll thys hole multitude
with honger.
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B Then sayde the Lorde vnto Moses: behold,
I wyll rayne note bread fr&obar; heau&ebar; to you,
and the people shall go out, and gather daye
by daye that I may proue th&ebar;, whither they
will walke in my lawe or no. The .vj. daye
they shal prepare for th&ebar; selues þt; which they
wyll bryng in, and let it be twise asmoch as
they gather in dayly. And Moses ∧ Aaron
sayde vnto all the children of Israel: at euen
ye shall knowe that it is the Lorde, which
brought you out of the lande of Egypt: and
in the morning, ye shall se &rhand; the glory of þe;
Lorde: because he hath heard your grudginges
agaynst the Lorde. And what are we þt;
ye haue murmured against vs? And Moses
sayde: At euen shall þe; Lorde note geue you flesh
to eate, and in the mornyng bread ynough:
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Manna
for the Lorde hath hearde your murmurynges
which ye murmur agaynst h&ibar;: for what
are we? your murmuringes are not against
vs, but agaynst the Lorde.
And Moses spake vnto Aar&obar;: Saye vnto
all the company of the children of Israel,
come forth before þe; Lorde: for he hath heard
your grudgynges. And as Aaron spake vnto
the hole multytude of the chyldren of Israel,
they loked towarde the wildernes: and
beholde, the glorye of the Lorde appeared in
the cloude. &cross3; And þe; Lord spake vnto Moses,
saying: I haue hearde the murmurynge
of the chyldren of Israel, tell them therfore
and saye: at euen ye shall eate flesh, and in þe;
morning ye shalbe fylled with breed, and ye
shall knowe that I am the Lord your God.
D And at euen the note quayles came and couered
the grounde where they laye. And in þe; morninge,
the dewe laye ro&ubar;de about the hooste.
And when þe; dewe was fall&ebar;: beholde it laye
vpon the grounde in the wyldernes, small ∧
round and thyn as the hore frost on the grounde.
And when the chyldren of Israel sawe
it, they sayde euery one to hys neyghboure:
It is &club; &rhand; M&abar;na. For they wist not what
it was. And Moses sayde vnto th&ebar;: this is þe;
breed which the Lord hath geu&ebar; you to eate.
This is the worde which the Lorde hath c&obar;ma&ubar;ded:
gather of it euery m&abar; for him self to
eate: a gomer full for a man according to the
nombre of you, and take euery m&abar; for them
which are in his tente.
And the chyldren of Israel dyd euen so, ∧
gathered some more, some lesse, and when
they dyd mete it with a gomer, note vnto hym
that had gathered moch, remayned nothing
ouer, &abar;d vnto him þt; had gathered litle, was
there no lacke: euery man gathered sufficient
for his eatyng. And Moses sayde vnto th&ebar;:
Se that no man let ought remayne of it tyll
the mornyng. E Not withstondyng they harkened
not vnto Moses: but some of th&ebar; lefte
of it vntyll the mornyng, and it waxed full
of wormes and st&abar;cke, and Moses was angry
with them.
And they gathered it all morninges, euery
man for hys eatynge. And assoone as the
heate of the sunne came, it moulte. And the
sixte day, they gathered twise so moch breed
two gomers for one man: ∧ all the rulers of
the multitude came, ∧ tolde Moses. He sayd
vnto th&ebar;: this is that which the Lorde hath
sayde: tomorow is the rest of the holy Sabbath
vnto the Lord: bake that which ye will
bake, and seth that ye will seth, and þt; which
remayneth, laye vp tyll the mornynge. F And
they layde it vp tyll the mornynge, as Moses
bad: and it stanke not, nether breed there
any worme therin. And Moses sayde: that
eate thys daye: for it is the Sabbath vnto
the Lorde: todaye ye shall not fynde it in the
The rocke.
felde. Syxe dayes ye shall gather it, and in
the seu&ebar;th daye which is the Sabbath, there
shalbe none. Notwithstondyng, there went
out some of the people in the seu&ebar;th daye for
to gather, ∧ they founde none. And the Lord
sayde vnto Moses: howe longe refuse ye to
kepe my commaundmentes and my lawes?
Se, the Lorde hath geuen you a Sabbath,
therfore he geueth you the syxte daye bread
for two dayes. Byde therfore euery man at
home ∧ lett no man go out of hys place the
seu&ebar;th daye. And þe; people rested the seuenth
daye. And þe; house of Israel called it M&abar;na.
noteAnd it was lyke vnto coriander seede,
whyte: and the taste of it was like vnto wafers
made with hony. And Moses sayd: this
is that which the Lorde commaundeth, fyll
a gomer of it, which maye be kept for youre
children after you: that they maye se þe; bread
wherwith I haue fedd you in wyldernesse,
wh&ebar; I brought you out of þe; lande of Egipt.
And Moses spake vnto Aaron: take a cruse
and put a note gomer full of M&abar;na therin, and
laye it vp before the Lorde to be kepte for yo&highr;
children after you, as the Lorde commaunded
Moses. So Aaron layde it vp before þe;
testimonye to be kept. noteAnd the chyldren of
Israel dyd eate Manna fourtye yeare, vntyll
they came vnto a lande inhabited. And
so they dyd eate M&abar;na euen vntyll they came
vnto the borders of the land of Canaan.
A gomer is the tenth part of an epha.
¶ The .xvij. Chapter.¶ The Israelites come into Raphidim. They grudge.
Water is geuen th&ebar; out of the rocke. Moses holdeth
vp his h&abar;des: ∧ they ouercome the Amelechytes.
AAnd all the company of the chyldren of
Israel thorowout their armies went
from the wyldernes of Sin after the
commaundement of the Lorde, and pytched
in note Raphidim: where was no water for the
people to drincke. And the people chode with
Moses, and sayde: geue vs water to drincke.
Moses sayde vnto them: why chyde ye
with me? wherfore do ye tempte the Lorde?
There the people thirsted for water, and the
people murmured agaynst Moses, ∧ sayde:
note wherfore hast thou thus brought vs oute
of Egipte: B to kyll vs and oure chyldren and
catell with thyrste?
And Moses cryed vnto þe; Lorde, saying:
what shall I do vnto thys people ? they be
allmoost ready to stone me. And the Lorde
sayde vnto Moses: go before the people, and
take &wt; the of the elders of Israel, ∧ thy rod
wherwith þu; smotest the ryuer, take in thyne
hande, and go. Beholde, note I stonde before þe;
besyde a rocke that is in Horeb: ∧ thou shalt
smyte the rocke, and there shall come water
out therof, that the people maye dryncke.
noteAnd Moses dyd eu&ebar; so before the eyes
of the elders of Israel. C And he called þe; name
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Iethro.
of the place note Masse and note Meriba. because
of the chidynge of the children of Israel, and
because they tempted the Lorde, sayinge: is þe;
Lorde amonge vs or not?
Then came Amalech and fought with
Israel in Raphidim. And Moses sayde vnto
Iosua: chose vs oute men, and goo fyghte
with Amalech. And tomorow I will stonde
on the toppe of the hyll, and the rodd of God
shalbe in my hande. Iosua did as Moses bade
hym, ∧ foughte with Amalech. D And Moses,
and Aaron, ∧ Hur went vp to the toppe
of the hyll. And it happened, that wh&ebar; note Moses
helde vp his hande, Israel had the better.
And when he late hys hande downe, Amalech
had the better.
But Moses handes were heuye, and therfore
they toke a stone and put it vnder hym,
and he satt downe there on. And Aaron and
Hur stayed vp his handes, the one on the one
syde and the other on the other syde. And hys
handes remayned stedye vntyll the goynge
downe of the sonne. And Iosua discomfeted
Amalech and hys people, with the edge of
the swerde.
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: writte
thys for a remembraunce in a boke, and c&obar;mite
it vnto the eares of Iosua, for note I will
vtterly put out the remembraunce of Amalech
from vnder heauen. And Moses made
an alter and called the name of it. &club; &rhand; The
Lorde is he that worketh myracles for me.
For he sayde: the h&abar;de is on the seate of God
the Lorde wyll haue warre with Amalech C
from generacyon to generacyon.
¶ The .xviii. Chapter¶ Iethros councell is receaued of Moses. [unresolved image link]
AIethro the prest of Midiam Moses
father in lawe herde of all that
God had done for Moses and for
Israel hys people, and that the
Lord had broughte Israel out of
Egypte. noteTherfore he toke Ziphora Moses
wyfe, (After he had sente her backe) and hyr
two sonnes, of which the one was called
note Gerson, for he sayd: I haue bene an alient
in a straunge lande. The name of the other
was Eliesar: for the God of my father (sayde
he) was myne helpe, and delyuered me
fr&obar; the swerde of Pharao: And Iethro Moses
Father in lawe came with his two sonnes
∧ his wyfe vnto Moses into the wildernesse:
where he abode by the mount of God. And
he sayde vnto Moses: I thy father in lawe
Iethro am come to the, and thy wyfe also &abar;d
hyr two sonnes with her. B And Moses went
oute to mete hys father in lawe and dyd obeyssaunce
and kyssed hym and eache asked
other of hys health, and they came into the
tent. And Moses tolde hys father in lawe all
that the Lorde had done vnto Pharao and
to the Egyptians for Israels sake, and all
the trauayle that had happened them by the
waye, and howe the Lorde delyuered them.
And Iethro reioysed ouer all the goodnesse
whyche the Lorde had done to Israell, and
because he had delyuered them out of the h&abar;de
of the Egyptians. And Iethro sayde:
blessed be the Lorde whiche hath delyuered
you oute of the hande of the Egyptians and
out of the hande of Pharao, which hath also
delyuered hys people from the captyuite
of the Egyptians. Nowe I knowe that the
Lorde is greater then all goddes, for &rhand; in
the thynge wherby they dealt cruelly wyth
them, are they them selues peryshed. And
Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntofferynges
and sacrifyces vnto God. And
Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to
eate breade wyth Moses father in lawe before
God.
C And it chaunced on the morow, that Moses
satt to iudge the people, and the people
stode aboute Moses from mornynge vnto
euen. And wh&abar; Moses father in lawe sawe
all that he did vnto the people, he sayd: what
is thys that thou doest vnto the people? why
syttest thou thy selfe alone, and all the people
stonde aboute the from mornynge vnto
euen? And Moses sayde vnto hys father in
lawe: because the people come vnto me to
seke councell of God. When they haue a matter,
they come vnto me, and I iudge betwene
euery man and hys neyghboure, and shewe
them the ordynaunces of God and hys
lawes.
And Moses father in lawe sayd vnto him:
it is not well that thou doest. Thou both
weryest thy selfe, and thys people that is &wt;
the: for thys thynge is of more weyght, then
note thou art able to perfourme thy selfe alone.
Heare nowe therfore my voyce, and I
wyll geue the councell, and God shalbe with
the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde,
that thou mayest brynge the causes vnto
God, D and thou shalt teache them ordinaunces
and lawes, and shewe them the waye
wherin they must walke, and the worke that
they must doo. Morouer thou shalt seke oute
amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and
such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes:
and make them heedes ouer the
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Mount Sinay.
people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer h&ubar;dredes,
ouer fyftye and ouer ten. And let th&ebar;
iudge the people at all seasons. And euery
note greate matter that happeneth, let them
bringe vnto the, but let them iudge all small
causes them selues, and so shall it be easyer
for thy selfe, and they shall bere with the. If
thou shalt do thys thinge, (and God charge
the with all) thou shalt be able to endure,
and yet the people shall come to theyr place
in peace.
And so Moses obeyed the voyce of hys
father in lawe, and did all that he had sayde,
and chose actyue men oute of all Israel and
made them as heedes ouer the people: namely,
captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes,
ouerfyfty and ouerten. And they iudged
the people at all seasons, but broughte þe;
harde causes vnto Moses: and iudged all
small matters them selues. And Moses let
hys father in lawe departe, and he went into
hys awne lande.
¶ The .xix. Chapter.¶ The chyldren of Israel come to the mo&ubar;te Sinay.
The people of God are holy ∧ a royall presthode. He
that toucheth the hill dyeth. God appereth vnto Moses
vpon the mounte in thonder ∧ lyghtenynge. [unresolved image link]
AIn the thyrde moneth, wh&abar; the children
of Israel were gone oute of
þe; lande of Egipt, the same daye came
they into the wyldernesse of Sinay.
noteFor they were departed from Raphidim,
and were come to the deserte of Sinay,
and had pitched theyr tentes in the wildernesse.
And there Israel abode before the
mounte. noteBut Moses went vp vnto God.
And the Lorde called to hym out of the mountayne,
sayinge: thus shalt thou saye vnto
the house of Iacob, and tell the chyldren of
Israel: ye haue sene what I dyd vnto the
Egyptians, and toke you vp vpon Eegles
wynges, ∧ haue brought you vnto my selfe:
Nowe therfore note yf ye wyll heare my voyce
in dede, and kepe myne appoyntement: ye
shall be myne awne, aboue all nacyons, for
all the erth is myne. Ye shall be vnto me also
a kyngdome of note preastes and an holy people:
and these are þe; wordes which thou shalt
saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.
Moses came and called for the elders of
the people, and layde before theyr faces all
these wordes which the Lorde comma&ubar;ded
hym. And the people answered all to gether,
and sayde. noteAll that the Lorde hath sayde,
we wyll doo. And Moses brought the wordes
of the people vnto the Lorde. And the
Lorde sayde vnto Moses: Lo, I come vnto
the in a thycke cloud, þt; the people maye heare
me talkynge with the, and beleue the for
euer. Moses shewed the wordes of the people
vnto the Lorde.
B And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses: Go vnto
the people, and &rhand; sanctifye them to daye
and to morowe, and let them wash theyr clothes:
∧ be redy agaynst the thyrde daye. For
the thyrde daye the Lorde wyll come downe
in the syght of all the people vpon mounte
Sinay. And thou shalt set markes rounde aboute
the people and saye: beware, that ye go
not vp into the mounte, or touche the bordre
of it. Whosoeuer toucheth the note mounte,
shall surely dye. There shall not an hande
touch it: Els he shall be stoned or shot thorowe:
whether it be beast or man, it shall not
lyue: when the trompe bloweth longe, than
maye they come vp into the mountayne.
C And Moses went downe from the mo&ubar;te
vnto the people, and sanctifyed them, and
they wasshed theyr clothes: And he sayd vnto
the people: be redye agaynst the thyrde
daye, and &rhand; come not at youre wyues.
And the thyrde daye in the mornynge there
was thunder, and lyghtenynge, and a thycke
clowde vpon the mounte, and the voyce of
the trompe exceadynge lowde, so that all the
people that was in the hoste was afrayed.
And Moses brought the people oute of the
tentes to mete with God, and they note stode
vnder the hyll.
And mounte Sinay was all to gether
on a smoke: because the Lorde descended
downe vpon it in fyre. And the smoke therof
ascended vp, as the smoke of a kele, and
all the mount was exceadyng fearfull. And
whan the voyce of the trompe blewe and
waxed lowder and lowder Moses spake, ∧
God answered h&ibar; by a voyce: D And the Lorde
came downe vpon mounte Sinay, euen
in the toppe of the hyll, and whan the Lord
called Moses vp into the toppe of the hyll.
Moses went vp.
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: go
downe: charge the people, that they prease
not vp to se the Lorde, and so many of them
perish. And let the prestes also whych come
to the Lorde sanctifye them selues, lest the
Lorde destroye them. And Moses sayde vnto
the Lorde: the people cannot come vp into
the mounte Synay, for thou chargedest
vs saying: set markes aboute the hyll, and
sanctifie it: And the Lorde sayde vnto him:
awaye, and get the downe: and thou shalt
come vp, thou and Aaron with the. But let
-- --
Preceptes.
not the Prestes and the people presume for to
come vp vnto the Lorde: lest he destroye th&ebar;.
And so Moses went downe vnto the people
and tolde them.
¶ The .xx. Chapter.¶ The ten commaundementes are geuen. The altare
of erth.
AAnd God spake all these wordes
and sayde: I am the Lorde thy
God, which haue note brought the
out of the lande of Egipte, oute
of the house of bondage. Thou
shalt haue none other goddes in my syght.
noteThou shalt make the no grauen ymage,
nether any symilitude that is in heauen aboue,
ether in the erth benethe, or in the waters
vnder the erth. noteThou shalt not worshyppe
them, nether serue them: for I the Lorde thy
God, am a &rhand; gelouse God, and &rhand; vyset þe;
synne of the fathers vpon the chyldren vnto
the thyrde and fourth generacyon of th&ebar; that
hate me: and shewe mercye vnto thousandes
in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes.
B Thou shalt not note take the name of the
Lorde thy God in vayne, for the Lorde wyll
not holde him gyltlesse that taketh his name
in vayne. noteRemembre the Sabbath daye
that thou sanctifye it. Sixe dayes shalt thou
laboure and do all that thou hast to do: but
the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the Lorde
thy God, in it thou shalt do no maner of
worke, thou and thy sonne, and thy daughter,
thy man seruaunte and thy mayde seruaunte,
thy catell and the straunger that is
within thy gates. For in syxe dayes the Lorde
made heauen and erth, the see and all that
in them is, and note &rhand; rested the seuenth daye:
wherfore þe; Lorde blessed the Sabbath daye
and halowed it. &cross2; &rhand; note Honour thy father
∧ thy mother, that thy dayes maye be longe
in the l&abar;de which þe; Lord thy God geueth the.
noteThou shalt not bere false witnesse ag&ebar;st
thy neyghboure.
Thou shalt not couet note thy neyghbours
house: nether shalt þu; couet thy neyghbours
wyfe, or hys man seruaunte, or hys mayde,
or his oxe, or his asse, or whatsoeuer thy neyboure
hath.
And all the people sawe the thunder and
the lyghtenynge, and the noyse of the trompe,
and the mountayne smokynge, And wh&ebar;
the people sawe it, D they remoued and stode a
farre of, and sayde vnto Moses: note talke thou
with vs, and we wyll heare: but let not God
talke with vs, lest we dye. And Moses sayde
vnto the people: feare not, for God is come to
proue you, and that his feare maye be &rhand; in
youre face, that ye synne not.
And the people stode a farre of, and Moses
went into the thycke clowde where God
was. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: thus
thou shalt saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.
Ye haue sene that I haue talked with you
from oute of heauen. Ye shall not make therfore
with me goddes of syluer neyther shall
ye make you goddes of golde.
