¶ A brefe rehersall of thynges done before
CAPI. Primo.
THese be the wordes which [unspec A] Moses spake vnto all Israell, on the other syde Iordan in the wyldernesse, in the playne ouer agaynst the red see, bytwene Pharan & To∣phil, Laban, Hezeroth, and Disahab: eleuen dayes iourney from Horeb vnto Cad{is} barne by mount Seir. And it fortuned the fyrst day of the eleuenth moneth in the fourtyeth yere, that Moses spake vnto the chyldrē of Israel accordyng vnto all that the lorde had gyuen hym in cōmaundement vnto them, after that he had smytten * 1.1 Sehon the kyng of the A∣morites whiche dwelte in Hesbon: and Og, kynge of Basan whiche dwelte at Astaroth in Edrai. On the other syde Iordane in the lande of Moab, began Moses to declare this lawe, sayenge: the lorde our God spake vnto vs in Horeb, sayenge. Ye haue dwelte longe ynough in this Mounte: departe therfore / and take your iourney, and go vnto the hyll of the Amorites, and vnto al the places nygh¦ther vnto: bothe vnto the playne, and hylles and dales: to the south, to the ••ees syde, to the lande of Canaan, and vnto Libanon: euen vnto the great ryuer Euphrates.
Beholde, I haue set the lande before you: [unspec B] go in and * 1.2 possesse the lande which the lorde sware vnto your fathers Abraham, Isaac, & Iacob, to gyue vnto them & theyr seede after them. And I spake vnto you the same ceason sayenge. I am not able to beare you my selfe alone. For the Lorde your God hath multi∣plyed you: and beholde, ye are this day as the sterres of heuen in nombre (the lorde God of your fathers make you a thousande tymes so many mo as ye are, and blesse you, as he hath promysed you,) howe can * 1.3 I my selfe alone, beare the combraunce, charge, & stryfe that is amonge you? brynge (from amonge you) men of wysdome and of vnderstandyng and experte, accordynge to your trybes, and I wyll make them rulers ouer you. And ye answered me and sayde: that which thou hast spoken is good for vs to do. And soo out of your trybes I toke the captaynes, (men of wysdome and that were experte) and made them rulers ouer you: captaynes ouer thou∣sandes, and ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye, and ouer ten, and offycers amonge your trybes.
And I charged your Iudges that same [unspec C] tyme, saynge: heare the cause of your brethrē and * 1.4 iudge ryghteously bytwene euery man and his brother, and the straunger that is wt hym. Se that ye knowe no ☞ faces in Iud∣gement: * 1.5 but heare the small as well as the great, and be afrayde of no man, for the iud∣gemente is Goddes. And the cause that is to * 1.6 harde for you, brynge vnto me, and I wyll heare it. And I cōmaunded you the same cea¦son, all the thynges whiche ye shulde do. And whē we departed from Horeb, we went thorowe all that great and terrible wylder∣nesse, as ye haue sene alonge by the waye of the hyll of the Amorites, as the lorde our god cōmaunded vs, and came to Cades Barne. And I sayde vnto you: Ye are come vnto the hyll of the Amorytes, whiche the Lorde oure God wyll gyue vnto vs.
Beholde the Lorde thy God hath set the [unspec D] lande before the: go vp, and conquere it, as the lorde god of thy fathers hath sayde vnto the, * 1.7 feare not, neyther be discouraged. But ye came vnto me euery one and sayde: * 1.8 We wyll sende men before vs, to searche vs oute the lande, and to brynge vs worde agayne, what way we must go vp by, and vnto what cityes we shall come. And the saynge pleased me well, and I toke .xii. men of you, of euery trybe one, whiche departed, and went vp into the hye countrey, & came vnto the ryuer Es∣coll, and serched it out, & toke of the fruyte of the lande ❀ (to declare the plenteusnesse therof) in theyr handes, and brought it vnto vs, and brought vs worde agayn & sayd: it is a good lande, which the lorde our god doth gyue vs.
Notwithstange ye wolde not consente to go vp, but were dysobedient vnto the mouth of the Lorde your God, & murmured in your tentes, and sayd: bycause the lorde hateth vs therfore hath he brought vs out of the lande of Egypte, to delyuer vs in to the hande of the Amorites, and to destroy vs. Howe shall we go vp? Our brethren haue dyscouraged [unspec E] our herte, sayeng: * 1.9 the people is greater and taller then we, and haue cyties great & wal∣led euen vp to heuen, and more ouer we haue sene the sonnes of the Enakims there. And I sayde vnto you: drede not, nor be afrayde of them: the lorde your god which goeth before you, he shall fyght for you, accordynge to all that he dyd vnto you in Egypte before youre eyes. In the wyldernes also yu hast sene how, that the lorde thy god bare the, euen as a mā doth beare his son, in all the waye whiche ye