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

The XXXIII. Chapter.

[ A] THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Go, departe hence, thou and the people, whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte, vnto y^e londe that I swa∣re vnto Abraham, Isaac and Iacob, and sayde: vnto y^e sede wil I geue it, * 1.1 and I wyl sende an angell before the (and cast out the Cananites, Amorites, Hethites, Pheresites, Heuites and Iebusites) in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony, for I wyll not go vp with the:* 1.2 for thou art an hard∣necked people, I might consume the by the waye. Whan the people herde this euell ty∣dinges, they sorowed, and no man put on his best rayment.

[ B] And y^e LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Spea¦ke vnto the children of Israel: Ye are a styf∣necked people, I must once come sodenly v∣pon the, and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the, y^t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē, euen before the mount Horeb.

Moses toke the Tabernacle, & pitched it without afarre of from y^e hoost, and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse. And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE, wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost. And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle, all the people rose vp, and stode euery one in his tent dore, and loked after Moses, tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle.* 1.3 And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle, the cloudy pyler came downe, and stode in the dore of the Taber∣nacle, and he talked with Moses. And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle, and rose vp, and worshiped, euery one in his tent dore.

[ C] And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face,* 1.4 as a man speaketh vnto his frende. And whan he turned agayne to the hoost, y^e yonge mā Iosua y^e sonne of Nun his minis∣ter,* 1.5 departed not out of y^e Tabernacle. And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE: Beholde, thou saydest vnto me: Brynge y^e people vp, and lettest me not knowe, whom thou wilt sende w^t me, & yet hast thou sayde: I knowe the by name, and thou hast founde grace in my sight. Let me knowe thy waye therfore, wherby I maye be certified, y^t I fynde gra∣ce in thy sight: And consydre yet, that this people is thy people.

He sayde: My presence shal go before the, there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him: Yf thy presence go not, then cary vs not vp from hence: for wherby shal it be knowne, y^t I and thy people haue founde fa¦uoure in thy sight, but in y^t thou goest with vs? that I & thy people maye haue some pree¦mynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth. The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde, for thou hast foūde grace in my sight, and I knowe the by name.

He sayde: Oh let me thē se thy glory. And [ D] he sayde: I wyl cause all my good go ouer be¦fore thy face, and wyl let the name of y^e LOR¦DE be called vpon before the.* 1.6 And I shewe mercy, to whom I shewe mercy: and haue compassion, on whom I haue compassion. And he sayde morouer: Thou mayest not se my face,* 1.7 for there shall no mā lyue, y^t seyth me. And y^e LORDE sayde farthermore: behol∣de, there is a place by me, there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke. Now whan my glory goeth forth, I wil put y^e in a clyfte of y^e roc¦ke, & my hande shal holde styll vpō the, tyll I be passed by. And whan I take awaye my∣ne hande from the, thou shalt se my back par¦tes, but my face shal not be sene.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉••punc; 22. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉••punc; 23. d 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 7. d 〈◊〉〈◊〉••punc; 24. c
• * 1.2

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 32. c
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 31▪ d
• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1••. a
• * 1.5

  Pa••. ••. c
• * 1.6

  Ro. 9. b
• * 1.7

  Deu. 4. b Iudic. 6. c and 13. d Ioh. 1. b