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.

¶ The people cōmy••teth fornicaryon with the doughters of Moab. Phentheo kylleth zam••i, and ••ozbi. God cōmaundeth to kyll the Madeanites.

CAPI. XXV.

ANd Israell dwelte in Sittim, and the [unspec A] people began to commyt hooredome with the doughters of Moab, whiche called the people vnto the Sacrifice of theyr goddes. * 1.1 And the people dyd eate, and wor∣shypped theyr Goddes, and Israell coupled hym selfe vnto ☞ Baall Peor. And the in∣dygnacion of the LORDE was prouoked agaynst Israell, and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: take all the prynces of the people, & hange them vp before the Lorde ☞ agaynst the son, that the wrath of the Lordes counte∣naunce maye be turned awaye from Israel. And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel * 1.2 ❀ Euery one sleye his men that were ioy∣ned vnto Baall Peor.

And behold, one of the chyldren of Israel [unspec B] came and brought vnto his brethren, a Ma∣dia••••tyshe woman euen in the syght of Mo∣ses, and in the syght of all the multytude of the chyldren of Israell, that wepte before the dore of the ••abernacle of wytnes. * 1.3 And whē Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the preest sawe it, he rose vp out of the myddes of the company, and toke a weapon in his hande, and went after the man of Is∣raell ☞ in to the tent, and thrust them tho∣rowe: bothe the man of Israell, and also the woman, euen thorowe the belly of her. And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel * 1.4 And there dyed in the plage. xxiiii. thousād And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, sayenge: * 1.5 Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the Sonne of Aaron the preest, hath turned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel, whyle he was ielouse for my sake amonge them, that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israell in my ielousye.

Wherfore saye: beholde, * 1.6 I gyue vnto [unspec C] hym my couenaunt of peace, & he shall haue it, and his seed after hym, euen the couenaūt

of the preestes offyce for euer bycause he was ielouse for his goddes sake, and made an at∣onement for the Chyldren of Israell. The name of the Israelite which was sleyne with the Madianytysshe woman, was Zamri the son of Sal••, a Lorde of an house / and kyn∣red of Simeon. And the name of the Madi∣anityshe woman that was sleyne, was Cozbi the doughter of Zur, a heade ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, sayenge: * 1.7 vexe the Madianites, and smyte them, for they trouble you with theyr wyles, whiche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor, & in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the dough¦ter of a Lorde of the Madianytes, whiche was sleyne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake.

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