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5 The seconde tables put in the arke. 8 The tribe of Leui is dedicate to the seruice of the tabernacle. 12 What the Lorde requireth of his. 16 The circumcision of the heart. 17 God regardeth not the person. 21 The Lorde is the prayse of Israel.

[unspec A] 1 IN the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me: hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first,* 1.1 and come vp vn∣to me into the mount, and make thee an arke of wood.

2 And I wyll wryte in the tables, the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the arke.

3 And I made an arke of (a) 1.2 Sittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone * 1.3 lyke vnto the first, and went vp into the mountayne, hauyng the two tables in myne hande.

4 And he wrote in the tables* 1.4 according to the first wrytyng, the ten commaun∣dementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire, in the day when (b) 1.5you were ga∣thered together: and the Lorde gaue them vnto me.

5 And I departed, and came downe from the hyll, and * 1.6 put the tables in the arke whiche I had made, and there they be, as the Lorde commaunded me.

6 * 1.7And the chyldren of Israel toke their iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera, where (c) 1.8 Aaron dy∣ed and was buryed, and Eleazer his sonne became priest in his steade.

[unspec B] 7 From thence they departed vnto Gud∣godah: and from Gudgodah to Iethe∣bath, a lande whiche hath riuers of wa∣ters.

8 * 1.9The same season the Lorde sepera∣ted the tribe of Leui, to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde, and to stande before the Lorde, and to minister vnto hym, and to blesse (d 1.10 in his name vnto this day.

9 * 1.11Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their bre∣thren: but the Lorde (e) 1.12 is their inheri∣taunce, as the Lorde thy God hath pro∣mised them.

10 * 1.13And I taryed in the mount, euen as at the first time, fourtie dayes and four∣tie nyghtes: and the Lorde hearde me at that tyme also, and the Lorde would not destroy thee.

11 And the Lorde sayde vnto me: Arise, and go foorth in the iourneys before the people, that they may go in and possesse the lande whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto them.

12 And now Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, * 1.14 but to feare the Lorde thy God, and to walke in all his wayes, to * 1.15 loue hym, and to serue the Lord thy God with all thyne heart, and with all thy soule?

13 Namely, that thou kepe the cōmaun∣dementes of the Lorde, and his ordi∣naunces whiche I commaunde thee this day for thy wealth.

14 Beholde, heauen and the heauen of [unspec C] heauens, is the Lordes thy God, and the earth with all that therin is.

15 Notwithstandyng, the Lorde had a delight in thy fathers to loue them, and chose their seede after them, euen you aboue all nations, as thou seest this day.

16 (e) 1.16Circumcise therefore the foreskinne of your heart, and be no more stifnec∣ked.

17 For the Lorde your God, is God of Gods, and Lorde of Lordes, a great God, a mightie and a terrible, * 1.17 whiche regardeth no mans person, nor taketh rewarde.

18 He doth right vnto the fatherlesse and wydowe, and loueth the straunger, to geue hym foode and rayment.

19 * 1.18Loue ye therfore the straunger also: for ye were straungers your selues in the lande of Egypt.

20 * 1.19Thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, and hym only shalt thou serue, to hym shalt thou cleaue, and sweare by his name.

21 He is thy prayse, & thy God that hath [unspec D] done for thee these great and terrible thinges whiche thyne eyes haue seene.

22 Thy fathers went downe into Egypt * 1.20with threscore and ten persons: and nowe the Lorde thy God hath made thee & multiplied thee as the (g) 1.21 starres of heauen.

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your God, ye and your sonnes, and your daughters, your seruauntes, and your maydens, and the Leuite that is within your gates, * 1.22 forasmuche as he hath no part nor inheritaūce with you.

13 Take heede that thou offer not thy burnt offeringes in euery place that thou seest:

[unspec C] 14 But in the place which the Lord shall g 1.23 choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offeringes, and there thou shalt do al that I cōmaunde thee.

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kyll and eate fleshe in all thy cities, whatso∣euer thy soule lusteth after,(h 1.24 accordyng to the blessing of the Lorde thy God, whiche he hath geuen thee: * both the vncleane and the cleane may eate ther∣of, euen of the Roe bucke, and of the Hart.

16 Only ye shall not(i) 1.25 eate the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

17 Thou mayest not eate within thy gates the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thy oyle, and the first borne of thy kine, and of thy sheepe, neither any of thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offeringes, or heaue offering of thyne hande:

18 But thou must eate them before the Lorde thy God, in the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen, thou and thy sonne, & thy daughter, thy seruaunt, and thy mayde, and the Lenite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt reioyce before the Lorde thy God, in all that thou puttest thyne hande to.

19 * 1.26Beware that thou forsake not the Le∣uite, as long as thou liuest vpon the earth.

20 If when the Lorde thy God shall en∣large thy border as he hath promised thee, thou say, I will eate flesh (because thy soule longeth to eate fleshe) thou mayest eate fleshe whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth.

[unspec D] 21 If the place whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to put his name there, be to farre from thee, then thou shalt kil of thy oxen and of thy sheepe which the Lord gath geuen thee, as I haue com∣maunded thee, and thou shalt eate in thyne owne and whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth.

22 * 1.27And as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, euen so thou shalt eate them: both the cleane and the vncleane shall eate of them.

23 But be strong, that thou eate not the(k 1.28 blood: for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eate the life with the fleshe.

24 Thou shalt not eate it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

25 Thou shalt not eate it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee: But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde.

26 But thy holy (l) 1.29 thynges whiche thou hast, and thy vowes, thou shalt take, and come vnto the place whiche the Lorde hath chosen.

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offe∣ringes, both fleshe and blood vpon the aulter of the Lorde thy God: and the blood of thyne offeringes shalbe pow∣red out vpon the aulter of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eate the fleshe.

28 Take heede, & heare all these wordes [unspec E] which I commaunde thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyl∣dren after thee for euer, if thou doest that whiche is good and ryght in the sight of the Lorde thy God.

29 When the Lord thy God shall destroy the nations before thee whyther thou goest to possesse them, and thou succee∣dest in their inheritaunce, and dwellest in their lande:

30 Beware that thou be not taken in (m) 1.30 a snare after them, after that they be de∣stroyed before thee, and that thou aske not after their gods, saying: Howe do these nations serue their gods? I wyll do so likewise.

31 * 1.31Nay, thou shalt not do so vnto the Lorde thy God: for all abhominations, and that whiche the Lorde hateth, the same haue they done vnto their gods.

32 For they haue (n) 1.32 burned both their sonnes and their daughters with fire before their gods. Therefore whatso∣euer I commaunde you, take heede ye do it: and * 1.33put thou naught therto, nor take ought there from.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Exo 34. ••
• (a) 1.2

  Whiche is 〈…〉〈…〉 ••der to p••ion.
• * 1.3

  Exo xxxii e.
• * 1.4

  Exod 34. d.
• (b) 1.5

  When you came together to receaue the lawe at the mount Sanai.
• * 1.6

  Deu. xxxi. f
• * 1.7

  Num 33. d.
• (c) 1.8

  Fourtie yeres after the worshyppyng of the golden cal••e.
• * 1.9

  Num. iii.iiii. and .xviii.
• (d 1.10

  To declare his benefites vnto the peo∣ple.
• * 1.11

  Deu. xviii. a
• (e) 1.12

  So God turned the curse of Iacob Gen. 40 b. into blessyng.
• * 1.13

  Deut▪ ix. d.
• * 1.14

  Deut vi. a.
• * 1.15

  Deut. vi. b. Mat. xxii. d Iosua. xxii d
• (e) 1.16

  That is, let all our euyl affections be cut of: he shew¦eth in these wordes the end of circum∣cision.
• * 1.17

  Gala. ii. d. Rom. ii d. Actes. x. c. Colloss iii. b Ephe. vi. b. i. Pet. i. c.
• * 1.18

  Exo. xxii. e.
• * 1.19

  Deut. vi. e. Mat. iiii. d. Luk. iiii. b.
• * 1.20

  Gen. xlvi. e.
• (g) 1.21

  He allu∣deth to the promise made to Abraham.
• * 1.22

  Deut x b. and .xviii. a.
• g 1.23

  This was not accompli∣shed, tyll the temple was 〈…〉〈…〉 Sion.
• (h 1.24

  According to the abilitie that he hath geuen thee.
• (i) 1.25

  This pro∣hibition was made, that mē might learne to abhorre crueltie.
• * 1.26

  Eccle. vii. a.
• * 1.27

  Deut. x••
• (k 1.28

  Thus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sayeth, ••or•• their life con∣sisteth in their blood.
• (l) 1.29

  Thinges consecrated to God, or that are appoynted for sacrifice
• (m) 1.30

  By fal¦lyng into then idolatrie and superstition.
• * 1.31

  Deu. xviii. ••
• (n) 1.32

  This de¦clareth the ex∣treme horrour of idolatrie, by whiche the paynims com∣mitted most vnnaturall villanie.
• * 1.33

  Iosu. i. d. Deut. iii••. a. Iosu. xxiii b Prou. xxx a