Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The II. Chapter.

THen turned we vs, and toke oure iour¦ney [ A] to the wildernesse,* 1.1 euen the waye to the reed see (as the LORDE sayde vnto me) and compassed mount Seir a longe season. And y^e LORDE saide vnto me: Ye haue cōpassed this mountayne now lōge ynough, turne you Northwarde, and commaūde the people, and saye: Ye shal go thorow y^e coas∣tes of youre brethren the children of Esau, which dwell at Seir: & they shal be afrayed of you. But take diligente hede to youre sel∣ues, that ye prouoke them not: for I wyl not geue you one fote bredth of their londe.* 1.2 For mount Seir haue I geuen to the children of Esau to possesse. Ye shal bye meate of them for moneye, that ye maye eate. And water shal ye bye of them for money, that ye maye drynke. For the LORDE thy God hath bles∣sed the in all the workes of thy hondes. He hath considered thy iourneyes thorow this greate wyldernesse: and this fortye yeares hath the LORDE thy God bene with the, so that thou hast wanted nothinge.

Now whan we were departed from o^r [ B] brethren the children of Esau, that dwelt vpon mount Seir, by the waye of the felde from Elath & Ezeon gaber, we turned vs, & wente by the waye of the wyldernesse of y^e Moabites. Then sayde the LORDE vnto me: * 1.3 Thou shalt not vexe the Moabites, ner prouoke thē vnto battayll, for I wil not geue the of their londe to possesse. For Ar haue I geuen vnto the children of Lot in possession. * 1.4 The Emims dwelt there before tyme, which were a greate stronge people, & hye of stature, as the Enakims: and were taken for giauntes, like as y^e Enakims. And y^e Moabites called them Emims.* 1.5 The Ho¦rites also dwelt in Seir afore tyme, & y^e chil∣dren of Esau droue them out, and destroyed them before them, & dwelt in their steade: li∣ke as Israel dyd in y^e lōde of his possession, that the LORDE gaue them.

Get you vp now, & go ouer the ryuer Sa∣red. [ C] And we wente ouer. The tyme that we were goinge frō Cades Barnea, tyll we ca∣me ouer the ryuer Sared, was eight & thir∣tye yeares: tyll all the men of warre were waysted out of the hoost, * 1.6 as the LORDE sware vnto them. The hande of the LORDE also was agaynst them, to destroye thē out

of the hoost, tyll they were consumed.

And whan all the men of warre were cō∣sumed, so y^t they were deed amonge the peo∣ple, the LORDE spake vnto me, and sayde: This daie shalt thou go thorow the coast of y^e Moabites by Ar, & shalt come nye vnto y^e children of Ammon,* 1.7 whom thou shalt not vexe ner prouoke. For I wyll not geue the of the lōde of the childrē of Ammon to posses∣se, for I haue geuē it vnto the childrē of Lot in possession. It was takē for a lōde of giaun¦tes also, & giauntes dwelt therin afore tyme. And y^e Ammonites calle thē Samsumims, which was a people that was greate, many, and of hye stature, as the Enakims.

[ D] And these y^e LORDE destroyed before thē, and let them possesse the same, so that they dwelt in their steade. * 1.8 Like as he dyd with the childrē of Esau, which dwell vpō mount Seir, whan he destroyed the Horites before them: and let them possesse the same, so that they haue dwelt in their steade vnto this daye. And the Caphthorims came out of Caphther, and destroyed y^e Auims (y^t dwelt at Hazarim euen vnto Gaza) & there dwelt they in their steade.

Get you vp now, and departe, and go o∣uer the ryuer Arnon. Beholde, I haue geuē Sihon y^e kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon in to thy hande: go to and conquere, and pro¦uoke him vnto battayll. This daye wyll I begynne, so that all naciōs vnder all the hea¦uen, shal feare & drede y^e: In so moch y^t whā they heare of the, they shal tremble and qua¦ke for thy commynge.

[ E] Then sent I messaungers from y^e wylder¦nesse of the East vnto Sihon the kynge at Heszbon * 1.9 w^t peaceble wordes,* 1.10 and caused to saye vnto him: I wil go but thorow y^e lōde, I wil go a longe by the hye waye, I wil ne∣ther turne to the righte hāde ner to y^e lefte. Thou shalt sell me meate for money, that I maye eate: & water shalt thou sell me for mo¦ney, that I maye drinke. Onely let me go tho¦row by fote,* 1.11 as the children of Esau (which dwell at Seir) dyd vnto me: and the Moabi¦tes that dwell at Ar: vntyll I be come ouer Iordane, in to the londe which the LORDE oure God shal geue vnto vs.

But Sihon the kynge at Heszbon wolde not let vs go by him: for the LORDE yⁱ God herdened his mynde, & made his hert tough that he mighte delyuer him in to thy hādes, as it is come to passe this daye.

And y^e LORDE sayde vnto me: Beholde, I haue begonne to delyuer Sihon with his londe before the: go to and cōquere, and pos¦sesse his lōde.* 1.12 And Sihō came out w^t all his people to fight agaynst vs at Iahza. But the LORDE oure God delyuered him in to oure handes, so that we smote him with his children and all his people.

Then toke we all his cities at the same ty¦me, and destroyed vtterly all the cities, men, wemen, and children, and let none remayne: saue the catell, which we caught to oure sel∣ues, & the spoyle of the cities that we wan∣ne from Aroer, which lyeth vpon the ryuer syde of Arnon, and from the cite on the ry∣uer vnto Gilead. There was no cite that coulde defende it selfe from vs: the LORDE oure God delyuered vs all before vs. * 1.13 But vnto the londe of the children of Ammon thou camest not, ner to all that was on the ryuer Iabok, ner to y^e cities vpō y^e mountai¦nes, ner vnto what so euer the LORDE oure God forbad vs.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Nu. 21. a
• * 1.2

  Gen. 36. •• Mal. 1. a
• * 1.3

  Iudic. 3. ••
• * 1.4

  Gen. 14. ••
• * 1.5

  Gen. 36. ••
• * 1.6

  Nu. 14. c and 26. ••
• * 1.7

  •• dic. 11. f
• * 1.8

  ••en. 36. d
• * 1.9

  ••eu. 20. b
• * 1.10

  ••um. 21. c
• * 1.11

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 20. c
• * 1.12

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• * 1.13

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