The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

¶The .xxiij. Chapter.

1 A lye. 2 An vpright Iudge, 3 and 6 A poore person. 7 An innocent. 8 Gyftes. 9 A pil∣grime. 12 The sabboth of the seuenth day. 15 The feast of the passeouer in Marche. 16 The feast of the fiftith day, of tabernacles in September. 18 Blood. 19 Fyrst fruites. 20 The Angell leadyng the people of Israel. 24 Straunge gods not to be prayed vnto. 25 To serue God, blessing, infirmitie. 26 The baren. 29 Wherefore God dyd cast out the [unspec A] Chanaanites by litle and litle.

1 THou shalt not (a) 1.1 haue to do with any false re∣port, neither shalt thou (b) 1.2 put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou “ 1.3 speake in a matter of iustice accor∣ding to the greater number, for to per∣uert iudgement.

3 Neither shalt thou (c) 1.4 esteeme a poore man in his cause.

4 If thou meete thyne enemies (d) 1.5 oxe or asse goyng astray, thou shalt bryng them to him agayne.

5 If thou see the asse of him that ha∣teth thee sincke vnder his burthen, thou shalt not passe by and let him alone, but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne.

6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: (e) 1.6for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

8 () 1.7Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.

9 (f) 1.8Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger: for ye know the (g) 1.9 heart of a straunger, seyng ye were straungers in the lande of (h) 1.10 Egypt.

10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande, and gather in the fruites therof.

11 And the seuenth yere thou shalt let it (i) 1.11 rest and lie styll, that the poore of thy people may (k) 1.12 eate: And what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shall eate. In lyke maner thou shalt deale with thy vineyarde and thyne oliue tree.

12 (l) 1.13Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke, and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest: that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest, and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed.

13 (m) 1.14In all thinges that I haue saide vn∣to you, be circumspect: (n) 1.15 and make no rehearsall of the names of straunge gods, neither let it be hearde out of thy mouth.

14 () 1.16Three feastes thou shalt holde vnto me in a yere.

15 Thou shalt kepe (o) 1.17 the feast of vnleaue∣ned bread: thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seuen daies long, as I commaun∣ded thee, in the tyme appoynted of the moneth () 1.18 Abib: for in that moneth ye came out of Egypt, (p) 1.19 and see that no man appeare before me emptie.

16 And the feast of (q) 1.20 haruest when thou reapest the first fruites of thy laboures, whiche thou hast sowen in the fielde: And the feast of(r) 1.21 in gathering, [whiche is] in the end of the yere, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

17 [These] three times in the yere, shall all thy men chyldren appeare before the Lorde God.

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice (s) 1.22 vpon leauened bread, neither shall the fat of (t) 1.23 my feast remayne vn∣tyll the mornyng.

19 The first of the first fruites of thy land, thou shalt bryng into the house of the Lorde thy God: thou shalt not (u) 1.24seethe a kydde in his mothers mylke.

20 Behold I sende an angell before thee, to kepe thee in the way, and to bryng thee into the place whiche I haue pre∣pared.

21 Beware of hym, and heare his voyce, and resist him not: for he wyll not spare your misdeedes, and my name is in him.

22 But and if thou shalt in deede hearken vnto his voyce, & do al that I speake, I wylbe an enemie vnto thyne enemies, & an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries.

23 For myne angell shall go before thee, and bryng thee in vnto the (x) 1.25 Amorites, and Hethites, and Pharezites, & Cha∣naanites, Heuites, and Iebusites, and I shall destroy them.

24 Thou shalt not bowe downe to their gods, neither serue thē, neither do after y^e workes of them: but ouerthrowe thē, and breake downe the images of them.

25 And ye shall serue the Lord your God,

and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water: and I wyll take all sicknesses away from the middest of thee.

26 There shall no woman haue any vn∣tymely byrth, nor be vnfruitefull in thy lande: the number of thy dayes I (a) 1.26 wyll fulfill.

27 I will sende my feare before thee, and wyll destroy all the people whyther thou shalt go: & I wyll make all thine enemies [turne] theyr backes vnto thee.

28 And I wyll sende hornettes before thee, which shall driue out the Heuites, the Chanaanites, and the Hethites, be∣fore thee.

29 Neuerthelesse, I wyll not cast them out before thee in one yere, lest the land growe to a wyldernesse, and the beast of the fielde multiplie agaynst thee.

30 By litle and litle I wyll dryue them out before thee, vntyl thou be increased, and inherite the lande.

31 And I wyll make thy coastes from the red sea, vnto the sea of the Phili∣stines, and from the (b) 1.27 desert vnto the riuer: For I wyll deliuer the inhabi∣tours of the lande into thyne hand, and thou shalt driue them out before thee.

32 Thou shalt make no couenaunt with them, nor with theyr gods.

33 Neither let them dwell in thy lande, lest they make thee sinne against me: for if thou serue their gods, it wyll surely be thy decay.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  For they y^t gladly heare naughtie tales wylbe also as redy to spread them, wherof neither y^e one nor the other is godly.
• (b) 1.2

  That is, thou shalt not conspire with y^e wycked▪ &c. or swear with them: for the Iewes take ••o••th but they lay theyr hande vpō the booke of y^e law
• “ 1.3

  Aunswere
• (c) 1.4

  Truth of y^e matter, & not respect of any person, is to be esteemed in iudgment.
• (d) 1.5

  If so much must be done for our ene∣mies oxe, or asse, muche more we must do for their owne persōs.
• (e) 1.6

  Though y^e wycked op∣presse the god∣ly in this lyfe, & go for good men notwith∣standing: yet before God it shall not be so, who wyll be reuenged of the wrong.
• () 1.7

  Agaynst brybes,
• (f) 1.8

  Before, he sp••ke of straū∣gers general∣ly: but here he toucheth the particuler case of iudgment, where, vnder pretence of ryght▪ God wold not haue thē oppressed.
• (g) 1.9

  Ye knowe what heart sores he aby∣deth.
• (h) 1.10

  Therefore measure other men by your selues.
• (i) 1.11

  For y^e soyle being fertile of it self, brought foorth many things for the vse of y^e poore, without sow∣ing.
• (k) 1.12

  May be partakers therof aswell as thou, for y^e riche were not vtterly debar∣red, as appea∣reth. Leui. 25.
• (l) 1.13

  This lawe beyng partly ceremoniall, & partly poli∣tique, is here repeted not in vayne, as far foorth as it toucheth policie: which tendeth to this end, that neither seruaunt, nor cattel, should be ouerweryed with labour.
• (m) 1.14

  For we may not at our pleasure do one thing that God commaundeth, & leaue another thing vndone.
• (n) 1.15

  For that nothing more dryueth vs from God, or maketh vs forget his lawe, then reliques of superstition: therfore the Lord commaundeth all memorie of false gods to abolished.
• () 1.16

  Solemne feastes orday∣ned for a me∣morial of gods benefites.
• (o) 1.17

  Because y^e passouer was eaten but on one day, the vnleauened ••read .7. dayes together: this solemnitie toke his name of that y^e lon∣gest continued
• () 1.18

  That is, Marche.
• (p) 1.19

  For it was not inough to testifie theyr thankfulnesse in words: but for a fuller pro¦fession it beho∣ued to adde a sacrifice: the trueth of whi∣che figure, per¦tayneth also vnto vs: so y^t whē we come before God, we must offer vnto him with a free heart our selues, & all y^t we haue. Lest then we should be em∣tie, let vs be honest, vp∣right, & chast.
• (q) 1.20

  Deut. xvi It is also cal∣led the feast of weekes.
• (r) 1.21

  The feast of tabernacles Deut. xvi.
• (s) 1.22

  With an vn¦cleane mynde infected with malice, as Paule ex∣poundeth it. i. Cor. v.
• (t) 1.23

  Any obla∣tion offered to me that is thy duetie to God, must not be deferred.
• (u) 1.24

  Vntymely fruites ought neither to be offered, nor ea¦ten, for it hath a spice of cru∣eltie, and of an intemperate appetite.
• (x) 1.25

  These be the names of y^e people, who inhabited the lande of pro∣mise.
• (a) 1.26

  I will pro∣long thy lyfe to my honour and thy salua∣tion.
• (b) 1.27

  From the desert of Sur, vnto the riuer Euphrates.