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

The IIII. Chapter.

ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordi∣naūces [ A] and lawes, which I teach you that ye do them, y^t ye maye lyue, and come in, & take possession of the londe, which the LORDE God of yo^r fathers geueth vnto you.* 1.1 Ye shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you, nether do oughte there from, that ye maye kepe the commaun¦dementes of the LORDE youre God, which I commaunde you. Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done w^t Baal Peor: all them that walked after Baal Peor,* 1.2 hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you. But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo^r God, are all aliue this daye. Beholde I haue taughte you ordinaūces and lawes, soc•• as the LORDE my God commaunded me, that ye shulde do euē so in the londe, in to y^e which ye shal come, to possesse it.

Kepe them now therfore and do them:* 1.3 for that is youre wyszdome and vnderston∣dinge in the sight of all nacions, which whā they haue herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? and how excellent a people? For where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath goddes so nye him, as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs, * 1.4 as oft as we call vpon him? And where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes, as all this lawe which I laye be¦fore you this daye.

Take hede to thy selfe now, and kepe well [ B] thy soule, that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene, and that they de¦parte not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life.* 1.5 And thou shalt teach them thy chil∣dren and thy childers children, the daye whā thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb, whan the LORDE say∣de vnto me: Gather me the people together,

that I maye make them heare my wordes, which they shal lerne, that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth,* 1.6 & that they also maye teach their children.

And ye came nye, & stode vnder y^e mount. But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and myst. And y^e LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre. The voyce of his wordes ye herde, neuerthelesse ye sawe no y∣mage,* 1.7 but herde the voyce onely. * 1.8 And he de¦clared vnto you his couenaunt, which he cō¦maunded you to do, namely, the ten verses, and wrote them vpon two tables of stone. And the LORDE commmaūded me at the same time, to teach you ordinaunces & lawes that ye might do therafter in the londe, in to the which ye go to possesse it.

[ C] Kepe well youre soules therfore, for ye sa∣we no maner of ymage, in the daye whā the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb,* 1.9 that ye destroye not youre sel¦ues, and make you eny ymage, that is like a man, or woman, or beest vpon earth, or fethe∣red foule vnder the heauen, or worme vpon the grounde, or fyszshe in the water vnder y^e earth:* 1.10 y^t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towar∣de heauen, and se the Sonne and the Moone & the starres, and the whole hoost of heauē, and be disceaued, and worshippe, and serue them:* 1.11 which the LORDE yⁱ God hath ma¦de to serue all naciōs vnder y^e whole heauē.

But you hath the LORDE taken, and broughte you out of the yron fornace,* 1.12 name¦ly, out of Egipte, that ye shulde be the peo∣ple of his enheritaunce, as it is come to pas∣se this daye. And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes,* 1.13 so that he sware, y^t I shulde not go ouer Iordane, ner come in to that good londe, which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce. As for me,* 1.14 I must dye in this londe, and shal not go ouer Iordane: But ye shal go ouer, and shall haue that good lōde in possession.

[ D] Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God, and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion * 1.15 as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded. For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God.* 1.16

Yf whan ye haue begotten children, and childers children, and haue dwelt in the lon∣de, ye marre youre selues, * 1.17 & make you yma∣ges of eny maner of faszhion, and do euell in the sighte of y^e LORDE youre God, to pro∣uoke him: * 1.18 I call heauen and earth to recor¦de ouer you this daie, that ye shall shortly p••¦rishe frō the londe, in to y^e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it. Ye shal not dwell lon∣ge therin, but shal vtterly be destroyed. And y^e LORDE shal scater you amonge y^e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amōge y^e Heythen,* 1.19 whyther the LORDE shall brynge you. There shal ye serue goddes, which are y^e workes of mens handes, euen wodd & stone, which nether se ner heare, ner eate ner smell.

But yf thou seke the LORDE y^e God there [ E] thou shalt finde him,* 1.20 yee yf thou seke him w^t thy whole hert and with all y^e soule. Whan thou shalt be strately troubled, & whā all the¦se thinges shal come vpō the in y^e latter day¦es, then shalt thou turne agayne to y^e LOR∣DE thy God, and be obedient vnto his voice. For y^e LORDE y^e God is a mercifull God, he shal not forsake the, ner destroye the: nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fa∣thers,* 1.21 which he sware vnto them.

For axe after the tymes past, which haue bene before the, sens the daie y^t God created man vpon earth, from one ende of the heauē vnto the other, whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done, or eny soch like her∣de, that a people hath herde y^e voyce of God speake out of the fyre (as thou hast herde) & yet liued. Or whether God assaied to go & ta¦ke vnto him a people out of y^e myddes of a nacion, thorow tentacions, thorow tokens, thorow wonders, thorow warre, & thorow a mightie hande, & thorow a stretched out ar∣me, and thorow greate visiōs, acordinge vn¦to all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes.

Thou hast sene it, y^t thou mightest knowe [ F] that the LORDE is God,* 1.22 and that there is no¦ne other but he onely.* 1.23 Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce, that he might nur¦toure the: and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare, & out of y^e fyre thou herdest his wordes:* 1.24 because he loued y^e fathers, & chose their sede after thē. And he brought y^t out w^t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte, to dryue out (before the) nacions greater and mighter then thou, and to brin∣ge y^e in, y^t he might geue the their lōde to en∣heritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye.

Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye, & turne it into thine herte, * 1.25that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen, and beneth vpon earth, and that there is no mo. Kepe his or∣naunces therfore and commaundementes, which I commaunde the this daie, thē shal it go well w^t the and thy children after the, so that thy life shal longe endure in y^e londe,

which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe.

[ G] Then separated Moses thre cities beyon¦de Iordane,* 1.26 towarde the Sonne rysinge, y^t he might flye thither, which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres, & hated him not a fo¦re tyme, y^t he might flye in to one of these ci¦ties, & lyue. Bezer in y^e wildernes in the play¦ne countre amonge the Rubenites, & Ra∣moth in Gilead amōge y^e Gaddites, & Go∣lan in Basan amonge the Manassites.

This is the lawe which Moses layed be∣fore the children of Israel: these are the testi¦monies, ordinaunces, & lawes, y^t Moses spa¦ke vnto the children of Israel (after they we¦re departed out of Egipte) beyonde Iorda¦ne in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor, in y^e londe of Sion kynge of y^e Amori¦tes which dwelt at Heszbon,* 1.27 whom Moses & the childrē of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte, & conquered his lā¦de, & the londe of Og kynge of Basan, two kynges of the Amorites which were beyon¦de Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge frō Aroer (which lyeth vpon y^e ryuer syde of Ar¦non) vnto mount Sion, which is Hermon: & all y^e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwar¦de vnto the see in y^e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga.

Notes

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  Deut. 12· d Iosu. 23. b Pro 30. a
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  Num. 25. a and 31. c Exo. 3••. f
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  Psal. 1••. b
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  Psa. 144. ••
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  Deut. 6. d
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  Ephe▪ 6. a
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  1. Ioh. 4. b
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  Exo. 20. a
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  Deut. 3. a
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  Deut. 17. b Sap. 13. a Iob. 31. c
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  Gen. 1. b 4. Esd. 6. e Mat. 5. e
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  Deut. 6 c and. ••2. b
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  Nu. 27. c Deut. 1. f and 3. e
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  Deu. 34. a
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  Exe. 20. a
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  Heb. 12. d
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  Deut. ••. d ••ere. 16. b
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  Deut· 30. d ••nd 3••. g
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