A   Moses ^note be loued of God ∧ men, whose remembraunce is in Hye prayse: him þt; the Lord made lyke in þe; glory of the saynctes, and magnifyed him, so that the enemyes stode in awe of hym, thorow his wordes he dyd greate wonders. He made hym greate in the syghte of kynges, gaue hym commaundemente before hys people, ∧ shewed hym his gloryous power. ^noteHe stablyshed hym with faythfulnes ∧ mekenes, and chose hym out of all men. For he herde his voyce, and he led him in the darcke cloude, ^note and there he gaue him the comma&ubar;dementes, yee the lawe of lyfe and wysdome that he myght teach Iacob the couenaunt, and Israel hys lawes.

B   He chose Aaron hys brother also out of the trybe of Leui, exalted him, ∧ made him soch lyke. ^noteAn euerlastyng couenaunt made he with hym, and gaue hym þe; presthode in þe; people. He made hym gloryous in bewtyfull araye, and clothed hym with the garment of honoure. He put perfecte ioye vpon hym, and gyrded hym &wt; str&ebar;gth. He deckte hym with syde clothes, and a tunycle, with an ouerbody cote also ∧ a gyrdle. Rounde about made he him belles of golde, and that many: ^note that when he went in, the sounde myght be herde, þt; they myght make a noyse in the Sanctuary, and geue þe; people warnynge. The holy garment was wrought and broderd with golde, yalow sylcke and purple. And in the brestlappe there was a goodly worcke, wherin was fastened lyght and perfectnesse.

C    ^noteUpon the same also there was a worcke fastened, ∧ set with costly precyous stones, all bounde with golde: and thys he brought in his ministracyon. The stones were fastened for a remembraunce, after the nombre of the twelue trybes of Israell. Upon hys mytre there was a plate of pure golde, a grauen ymage of holynes, a famous and noble worcke, garnyshed, and pleasaunt to loke vpon. Before hym were there sene no soch fayre ornam&ebar;tes, and these it behoued hym alwaye to vse: There might none other put them on, but onely his chyldren ∧ his chylders chyldren perpetually. Daylie perfourmed he hys burntofferynges two tymes. ^noteMoses fylled hys handes, and anoynted hym with holy oyle.

D   Thys was now confirmed hym with an euerlastynge couenaunt, and to his sede, as the dayes of heauen, namely: that hys chyldren shulde alwaye minystre before hym, and perfourme þe; office of the presthode, and wyshe the people good in hys name. Before all men lyuynge chose he hym, þt; he shulde offre incense before the Lorde, and make odours for a swete sauoure ∧ remembraunce, that he shulde reconcyle the people of the Lord with hym agayne. ^noteHe gaue him auctorite also in hys commaundementes and in the couenaunt, that he shulde teach Iacob the statutes and testimonies, and to enfourme Israel in his lawe.

E    ^noteTherfore there stode vp certayne agaynst hym, ∧ had enuye at hym in the wyldernes: namely, they that were of Dathan, ∧ Abirams syde, and the furyous congregacyon of Chore. Thys the Lorde sawe, and it dyspleased hym, and in his wrothfull indignacyon were they consumed. A greate wonder dyd he vpon them, and c&obar;sumed them with the fyre. ^noteBesydes thys, he made Aaron yet more honorable and gloryous. He gaue hym an herytage, and parted the fyrst frutes vnto him. ^noteUnto him specially he appoynted the bred for sustenaunce, (for þe; prestes dyd eat of the offrynges of the Lorde) thys gaue he vnto him ∧ his sede. ^noteEls had he no herytage ner porcyon in the l&abar;de and with the people. For the Lord hym selfe is hys porcyon and enherytaunce.

F   The thirde noble ∧ excell&ebar;t man is ^note Phinehes þe; sonne of Eleazer, which pleased the God of Israel, because he had the zele ∧ feare of the Lorde. For when the people were tourned backe, he put hym selfe forth ryght soone, and þt; with a good wyll, to pacifie the wrath of the Lorde towarde Israel. Therfore

was there a couenaunt of peace made with him, þt; he shulde be þe; principall among the ryghteous ∧ the people, that he ∧ his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer (Lyke as there was made a couenaunt with Dauid of þe; trybe of Iuda, that from amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kyng:) And that Aaron also ∧ his sede shulde be the herytage, to geue vs wysdome in oure herte, to iudge hys people in ryghteousnes: that his goodes shulde not come into forgetfulnes, and þt; their honoure myght endure for euer.

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