The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ He seyth the glory of God goyng into the Temple, from whence it had before departed He mentyoneth the Idolatry of the chyldren of Israell, for whiche they were consumed and brought to nawght. He so commaunded to call them agayne to repentaunce.

CAPI. XLIII.

SO he brought me to the dore / that tur∣neth [unspec A] towarde the east. Beholde / then came the glory of the God of Israell from out of y^• east, whose voyce was lyke a great noyse of warers / and the earth was lyghte∣ned with his glorye. Hys syght to loke vpon was lyke the fyrst, that I sawe, whē I wente in, what tyme as the cytie shulde haue bene destroyed: and lyke the vysyon that I sawe by the water of Cobar.

Then fell I vpon my face / but the glory of the Lorde came into the house thorowe the Easte dore. So a wynde toke me vp, and brought me into the ynnermer courte: and beholde, the house was full of the glory of the Lorde. I hearde one speakynge [unspec B] vnto me out of the house / and there stode one by me / that sayde vnto me: O thou sōne of man, & thys rowme is my seate, and the place of my fotesteppes: where as I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israell for euermore: so that the house of Israell shall nomore defyle my holy name: neyther they / nor theyr kynges, thorowe theyr whordome, thorowe theyr hye places / and thorowe the deed bodyes of theyr kynges: whiche haue buylded theyr thresholdes in maner harde vpon my thresholdes / and theyr postes al∣most at my postes: so y^• there is but a bare wall betwyxte me and them.

Thus haue they defyled my holy name with theyr abhomynacyons, that they haue

commytted. Wherefore, I haue destroyed them in my wrath: But nowe they shall put awaye theyr whordome and the deed bodies of theyr kynges out of my sight, that I may [unspec C] dwell amonge them for euermore. Ther∣fore (O thou sonne of man) shewe thou the housholde of Israell a tēple, that they maye be ashamed of theyr wyckednesse, & measure them selues an example therat.

And when they be a shamed of all theyr workes, then shewe them the fourme and fashyon of the temple: the commynge in, the goynge out / all the maner and descrypcion therof, yee, all the vses and ordynaunces of it / that they maye kepe and fulfyl all the fa∣shyons and customes therof.

Thys is the descripcyon of the house: A∣boue, [unspec D] vpon the mounte rounde aboute all the corners / it shalbe the holyest of all. Be∣holde that is the descrypcyon and fashyon of the house Thys is the measure of the aulter (after the true cubyte: which is a spā∣ne longer then another cubyte) hys botome in the myddest was a cubyte longe & wyde, and the ledge that wente rounde aboute it / was a spanne brode. Thys is the heygth of the aulter: From the groūde to the lower steppes the length is two cubytes, and the bredth one cubyte: and from the lower step∣pes to the hygher are foure cubytes, and the bredth but one cubyte.

The aulter was foure cubytes hye, and from the aulter vpwarde stode foure hor∣nes, and it was. xij. cubytes longe and. xij. cubytes brode / vpon the foure corners: the couerynge of the aulter was. xiiij. cubytes longe and brode vpon the foure corners / & [unspec E] the ledge that wente rounde aboute / had halfe a cubyte: and the botome therof roūde about one cubyte: his steppes stode towarde the East. And he sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man thus sayeth the Lorde God: these are the ordynaunces and lawes of the aulter, in the daye when it is made to offre burntoffrynges, & to sprynckle bloude ther vpon. To the prestes, to the Leuites that be of y^• sede of Sadoch▪ and treade before me to do me seruyce, sayeth, the Lorde God: Unto these geue thou a yonge bullocke, for a synoffrynge: and take the bloude of hym and sprynckle his foure hornes withall and the foure corners of the aulter couerynge / with the ledge that goeth roūde about: here with shalt thou clense it, and reconcyle it. Thou shalt take the bullocke also of the synoffrynge, and burne hym in a seuerall [unspec F] place without the Sanctuary.

The nexte daye, take a goatbucke with∣out blemysh for a synoffrynge, to reconcyle that aulter withall: lyke as it was reconcy∣led with the bullocke. Nowe when thou hast made it cleane, then offre a yonge bul∣locke without blemysh, and a ramme out of the flocke without blemysh also: Offre them before the Lorde, and let the prest caste salt ther vpon / and geue them so vnto the Lorde for a burntoffrynge. Seuen dayes [unspec G] shalt thou brynge, euery daye a goatbucke for sinne. A yonge bullocke and a ramme of the flocke (bothe without blemysh) shal they offre. Seuen dayes shall they reconcyle and clense the aulter, and offre vpon it. When these dayes are expired, then vpon the. viij. daye and so forth / the prestes shal offre their burntoffrynges and healthoffrynges vpon the aulter: so wyll I be mercyfull vnto you, sayeth the Lorde God.

Notes

• Eze. x. ••. xi••.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. ••. •• ••. ••. and. xi. ••
• Esay. vi. a. and. lxvi a. ••poc. xxi. a.
• zacha. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a.
• Exo xxvii ••
• E••••••. 44. ••. an•• 4••. b.
• Leui. xvi. f.
• Leui. xxii▪ ••.
• Leuiti. ii. ••.