Ezra 7 Cross References - Great

¹ After these actes, there was in the raygne of Arthaxerses kyng of Persia, one Esdras the sonne of Saraiah, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Helkia, ² the sonne of Sallum, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of Ahitob, ³ the sonne of Amaria, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Meraioth, ⁴ the sonne of Zeraia, the sonne of Uzi, the sonne of Bucki, ⁵ the sonne of Abisua, the sonne of Phinebes, the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the chefe preast. ⁶ This Esdras also went vp from Babilon, and was a perfite scribe in the lawe of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel did geue. And the kyng gaue him all that he requyred, because the hande of the Lorde hys God was vpon him. ⁷ And there went vp certayne of the children of Israel, of the preastes. Leuites, syngers, porters, and of the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem, in the seuenth yere of kynge Arthaxerses. ⁸ And he came to Ierusalem in the fyfth moneth, euen in the seuenth yere of the kynge. ⁹ For vpon the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, beganne he to go vp from Babilon: & on the fyrst daye of the fyfth moneth came he to Ierusalem, because the good hande of God was vpon him. ¹⁰ For Esdras prepared his hert to seke the lawe of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teach the precept and iudgement in Israel. ¹¹ And this is the copye of the letter, that kyng Arthaxerses gaue vnto Esdras the preast & scrybe, which was a wryter of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel. ¹² Arthaxerses a king of kynges, Unto Esdras the preast & scrybe of the lawe of the God of heauen, peace and salutacion. ¹³ I haue commaunded, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the preastes and Leuites in my realme (which are mynded of their awne good wyll to go vp to Ierusalem) go with the: ¹⁴ and therfore art thou sent of the kyng and of his seuen councelers, to vyset Iuda and Ierusalem, accordinge to the lawe of thy God, which is in thy hande: ¹⁵ And that thou shuldest take with the syluer and golde, which the kynge and his councelers offre of their awne good wyll vnto the God of Israell (whose habitacyon is at Ierusalem) ¹⁶ and all the syluer and golde that thou canst fynde in all the countre of Babylon, wt it that the people offre of theyr awne good wyll and the preastes geue for the house of theyr God which is at Ierusalem. ¹⁷ Take thou the same, and bye diligently with the same money, oxen rammes, and lambes, with their meateofferinges and drinckofferynges, and thou shalt offer them vpon the aultare of the house of youre God which is at Ierusalem. ¹⁸ And loke what it lyketh the and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the money, that do after the wyll of youre God. ¹⁹ And the vessels that are geuen the for the ministracion in the house of thy God, those deliuer thou before God at Ierusalem. ²⁰ And whatsoeuer thyng more shall be nedefull for the house of thy God, which is necessary for the to spende, thou shalt receaue the charges out of the kynges treasure house. ²¹ I kyng Arthaxerses haue commaunded all the treasures beyonde the water, that loke whatsoeuer Esdras the preaste and scrybe in the lawe of the God of heauen, requireth of you, that ye fulfyll the same spedely, ²² vntyll an hundred talentes of syluer, vntyll an hundred quarters of wheate, and tyll an hundred Batthes of wyne, & tyll an hundred Batthes of oyle, & salt without measure. ²³ Whatsoeuer also belongeth to the lawe of the God of heauen, let the same be done without anye delaye for the house of the God of heauen, that he be not wroth agaynst the realme, & agaynst the kynge, and hys chyldren. ²⁴ And we certifye you, that ye haue no auctorite to requyre taxinge and custome, and yearly rentes vpon any of the preastes, Leuites, syngers, porters, Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God. ²⁵ And thou Esdras (after the wysdome of thy God, that is in thy hande) sett iudges and arbiters (by my auctorite) to iudge all the people that is beyonde the water, euen all soch as knowe the lawe of thy God: and them that knowe it not, those se that ye teach. ²⁶ And whosoeuer wyll not fulfyll the lawe of thy God, and the kynges lawe, let him haue his iudgement without delaye, whether it be vnto death, or to be rooted out, or to be condemned in goodes, or to be put in preson. ²⁷ Blessed be the Lorde God of oure fathers, which so hath inspired the kynges hert, to garnysh the house of the Lorde, that is at Ierusalem: ²⁸ and hath enclyned his mercy vnto me in the presence of the kyng, & his councelers, and before all the kynges hye estates. And I was conforted (euen as the hande of the Lorde my God was vpon me) & so geathered I the heades of Israell together, that they myghte go vp with me.

⁴ go vp to Helkia the hye Preast, that he maye somme the syluer which is brought into the house of the Lorde, which the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people,

⁸ And Helkia the hye preste sayd vnto Saphan the scribe: I haue founde the boke of the lawe in the housse of the Lorde, and Helkia gaue the boke to Saphan, and he red in it.

¹⁸ And the chefe captayne of the men of warre toke Saraia the chefe preste, and Zephoniah the hyest preste saue one, and the thre kepers of the holy thynges.

⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehes. Phinehes begat Abisua. ⁵ Abisua begat Boki: Boki begat Uzi. ⁶ Uzi begat Zarahia. Zarahia begat Meraioth. ⁷ Meraioth begat Amaria, and Amaria begat Ahitob. ⁸ Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Ahimaaz. ⁹ Ahimaaz begat Azaria, and Azaria begat Iohanam. ¹⁰ Iohanam begat Azaria, which minystred in the temple that Salomon buylte in Ierusalem. ¹¹ Azaria begat Amaria, Amaria begat Ahitob. ¹² Ahitob begat Zadoc, and Zadoc begat Sallum. ¹³ Sallum begat Helkia, and Helkia begat Azaria. ¹⁴ Azaria begat Saraia, and Saraia begat Iehozedech.

¹¹ Azaria the sonne of Aelkia the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of Maraioth, the sonne of Ahitob the chefest in the house of God.

⁹ And when they came to Helkiah the hye preast, they delyuered them the money that was brought in to the house of God, whych the Leuites that kepte the entryes had geathered of the hande of Manasse and Ephraim, and of all that yet remayned in Israel, and of all Iuda and BenIamin, and of the enhabiters of Ierusalem.

¹⁵ And Helkia answered and sayde to Saphan the scribe: I haue founde the boke of the law, in the house of the Lorde, and Helkia gaue the boke to Saphan.

¹⁴ And the Elders of the Iewes builded, and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo: and they builded, and layed vp the foundacion, according to the commaundement of the God of Israell, and after the commaundement of Cyrus, and Darius & Arthaxerses kynges of Persia.

¹⁰ For Esdras prepared his hert to seke the lawe of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teach the precept and iudgement in Israel.

¹² Arthaxerses a king of kynges, Unto Esdras the preast & scrybe of the lawe of the God of heauen, peace and salutacion.

²¹ I kyng Arthaxerses haue commaunded all the treasures beyonde the water, that loke whatsoeuer Esdras the preaste and scrybe in the lawe of the God of heauen, requireth of you, that ye fulfyll the same spedely,

¹ These are the principall fathers of them, and this is their register that wente vp with me from Babilon, what tyme as kynge Arthaxerses raygned. ² Of the chyldren of Phinehes, Gersom: of the chyldren of Ithamar, Daniel: of the chyldren of Dauid, Hatus: ³ of the chyldren of Zecania amonge the children of Pharos, Zachary, and with him were nombred an hundred and fyftie men. ⁴ Of the chyldren of the captayne of Moab, Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia, and with him two hundred men. ⁵ Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel, and with him thre hundred men. ⁶ Of the children of Adin, Abed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fyftie men. ⁷ Of the children of Elam, Isai the sonne of Athalia, and with him seuentie men. ⁸ Of the children of Sapharia, Zebadia the sonne of Michael, and with hym foure score men. ⁹ Of the children of Ioab, Obadia the sonne of Iehiel, and with hym two hundred and eyghtene men, ¹⁰ Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia, and with him and hundred and thre score men.

¹ It fortuned, that in the moneth Nisan in the twentyeth yeare of kynge Arthaxerses, the wyne stode before hym, and I toke vp the wyne, and gaue it vnto the kynge, and I was heuy in his presence.

² And Esdras the preast brought the lawe before the congregacion both of men and wemen, and all that coulde vnderstande dyd herken vnto it, vpon the fyrst daye of the seuenth moneth, ³ and he red therin in the strete that was before the watergate (from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye) before men and wemen that dyd herken to it: and the eares of all the people were inclyned vnto the booke of the lawe. ⁴ And Esdras the scrybe stode vpon an hye pulpit of wood, whych they had made for the preachinge, & besyde hym stode Mathathia, Sema, Anania, Uriah, Helkia, and Maaseia, on hys ryghte hande: and on hys lefte hande stode Pedaia, Misael, Malchia, Hasum, Hasebadana, Zachary, and Mesulam. ⁵ And Esdras opened the boke before all the people, for he stode aboue all the people. And when he opened it, all the people stode vp. ⁶ And Esdras praysed the Lorde the greate God. And all the people answered Amen, Amen, with their handes vp, & bowed them selues, and worshypped the Lorde, fallynge downe vpon their faces to the grounde. ⁷ And Iesua, Baam, Serabiah, Iamin, Acub, Sebathai, Hadaia, Maasia, Celita, Azaria, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaia: and the Leuites caused the people to geue hede vnto the lawe, & the people stode in their place. ⁸ And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly & playnly, so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red. ⁹ And Nehemiah (which is Hathirsatha) & Esdras the preast & scrybe, and the Leuites that caused the people to take hede, sayd vnto all the people: thys daye is holy vnto the Lorde youre God: be not ye sory, and wepe not. For all the people wepte, when they herde the wordes of the lawe.

¹¹ Saraiah the sonne of Helkia the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Ahitob, was prince in the house of God:

²⁴ The chefe captaine also toke Sariah the hie preste, and Sophoniah that was chefe nexte hym, and the thre kepers of the treasury. ²⁵ He toke oute of the cytie a chamberlayne which was a captayne of the souldyers, and seuen men that were the kynges seruauntes, which were founde in the cytie: and Sepher a captayne that vsed to muster the men of warre, with threscore men of the countre that were taken in the cytie. ²⁶ These Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne toke, and caried them to the kynge of Babylon vnto Reblath: ²⁷ and the kyng of Babylon caused them to be put to death at Reblath in the lande of Hemath. And thus Iuda was ledde awaye captiue, oute of hys awne lande.

¹⁷ And Sadoch the sonne of Ahitob, & Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar were the Preastes, and Saraia was the Scrybe.

³⁵ And the kynge put Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada in hys rowme ouer the hoost and put Sadock the preste in the rowme of Abiathar.

²⁵ Eleazar Aarons sonne toke him one of the daughters of Putuel to wife, which bare him Pinehas: and these be the pryncipall fathers of the Leuites thorowe out their kynreddes.

⁶ And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar his sonnes vncouer not youre heedes, nether rent youre clothes, lest ye dye, and lest wrath come vpon all the people: But let youre brethren the hole housse of Israel bewepe the burnynge whych the Lord hath kyndled.

¹² And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleazar and Ithamar hys sonnes that were lefte: take the meatoffrynge that remayneth of the sacrifyces of the Lorde, and eate it wythout leuen besyde the alter, for it is most holy:

¹⁶ And Moses sought the goate that was offred for synne, and se, it was burnt. And he was angrye with Eleazar and Ithamar the sonnes of Aaron, whyche were lefte alyue, sayinge:

³² And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Preaste, was captayne ouer all the captaynes of the Leuites, and had the ouersyghte of them that wayted vpon the sanctuary.

²⁵ Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and brynge them vp into mount Hor, ²⁶ and thou shalt strype Aaron out of hys vestimentes, and put them vpon Eleazar hys sonne, and Aaron shalbe gathered vnto hys people and shall dye there. ²⁷ And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded: and they went vp into mount Hor in the syghte of all the multitude. ²⁸ And Moses toke of Aarons clothes, and put them vpon Eleazar hys sonne and Aaron dyed there in the toppe of the mount.

⁷ And when Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preaste sawe it, he rose vp oute of the myddes of the companie, and toke a weapon in hys hande, ⁸ and went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them thorowe: both the man of Israel and also the woman, euen thorowe the belly of her. And the plage ceased from the chyldren of Israel. ⁹ And there dyed in the plage .xxiiii. thousande. ¹⁰ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saying: ¹¹ Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preaste, hath tourned myne anger awaye from the chyldren of Israel, whyle he was gelous for my sake amonge them, that I had not consumed the chyldren of Israel in my gelousye. ¹² Wherfore saye: beholde, I geue vnto him my couenaunt of peace, ¹³ and he shall haue it, & his seed after him, euen the couenaunte of the preastes offyce for euer because he was gelous for his Goddes sake, and made an attonement for the chyldren of Israel.

² came, and stode before Moses and Eleazar the prest, and before the lordes, and all the multitude by the dore of the tabernacle of witnes, saying:

⁶ And Moses sent them to the warre, euen a thousande of euery trybe, and with them, Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the preaste, and the holy vesselles: and the trompettes to blowe were in hys hande.

³¹ And Moses and Eleazar the preaste dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moses.

⁵⁴ And Moses and Eleazar the prest toke the golde of the captaynes ouer the thousandes and of the captaynes ouer the hundredes, & brought it into the tabernacle of witnes, for a memoriall of the children of Israel before the Lorde.

¹ And these are the contreyes which the chyldren of Israell enhereted in the lande of Canaan, which Eleazer the preaste, and Iosua the sonne of Nun and the auncient heades of the trybes of the chyldren of Israell, distributed to them.

¹³ And the children of Israell sent vnto the children of Ruben, and to the children of Gad, and to the halfe trybe of Manasses, into the lande of Gilead, Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the preaste,

³¹ And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the preaste sayde vnto the children of Ruben, and to the children of Gad, & to the children of Manasses: this daye we perceaue, that the Lord is among vs, because ye haue not done this trespase agaynst the Lorde: Now ye haue rydde the children of Israell out of the hande of the Lorde.

³³ And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron dyed, whom they buryed in a hill that pertayned to Phinehes his sonne, which (hill) was geuen him in mount Ephraim.

²⁸ in those dayes. And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron waytynge vpon it at that tyme sayde: shall I get me vp to go out any moare to batell agaynst the chyldren of BenIamin my brethren, or shall I cease? The Lorde sayde: go, for to morowe I will delyuer them into youre handes.

⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehes. Phinehes begat Abisua.

⁵⁰ These are the sonnes of Aaron: Eleazar, whose sonne was Phinehes, & his sonne Abisua: ⁵¹ & his sonne Boki, whose sonne was Uzi, and hys sonne Zerahia: ⁵² and the sonne of hym Meraioth, and hys sonne Amaria, and the sonne of hym, Ahitob:

¹ These are the deuisyons of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. ² Nadab also and Abihu dyed before theyr father, & had no chyldren. But Eleazar and Ithamar executed the prestes offyce. ³ And Dauid ordered them on this maner: Zadock of the sonnes of Eleazar, & Abimelek of the sonnes of Ithamar were according to theyr offyces in theyr ministracyon. ⁴ And there were mo auncient men founde amonge the sonnes of Eleazar, then the sonnes of Ithamar. And thus were they ordred together: Amonge the sonnes of Eleazar there were syxtene rulers, accordynge to the housholde of their fathers: & eyght among the sonnes of Ithamar according to the houshold of theyr fathers. ⁵ And thus were they put in order by lott, the one sorte from the other, & so were there rulers in the Sanctuarye & Lordes before God, as well of the sonnes of Ithamar as of the sonnes of Eleazar. ⁶ And Simeia the sonne of Nathaneel the Scribe, of the kynred of the Leuites wrote them before the kyng and the Lordes, & before Zadock the preast and Abimeleck the sonne of Abiathar, and before the auncient fathers, before the preastes & the Leuites: one principall houshold beyng reserued for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

¹¹ And behold, Amaria the hye prest is amonge you in all matters of the Lord, & Zebadia the sonne of Ismael, a ruler of the house of Iuda, he is ouer soch busynesses as concerne the kyng: there be offycers of the leuites also before you. Take courage to you therfore, and be doynge manfully: and the Lorde shalbe with soche as be good.

²⁰ And Asariahu the chefe preaste with all the other preastes loked vpon him: and beholde, he was become a leper in his foreheed, & they vexed him thence. And he was fayne to go out, because the Lorde had smitten hym.

³⁰ Then stode vp Phinehes and prayed, & so the plage ceased. ³¹ And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse, amonge all posterites for euermore.

⁴ And no man taketh honour vnto him selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

²⁸ He sayde: thou shalt be called Iacob nomore, but Israell. For as a prynce hast thou wrastled wyth God: and wyth man, and hast preuayled.

⁵ Behold I haue taught you ordinaunces and lawes, soch as the Lorde my God commaunded me, that ye shulde do euen so in the lande, whether ye go to possesse it.

¹ If thou shalt herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, and obserue and do all hys commaundementes, whych I commaunde the thys daye, The Lorde wyll set the on hye aboue all nacyons of the erth.

⁵ But the eye of their God was vpon the elders of the Iewes, that they coulde not cause them to ceasse, tyll the matter was brougth to Darius, and then they answered by letters ther vnto

²² and helde the feast of vnleuened bread seuen dayes with ioye: for the Lorde had made them glad, and turned the hert of the kyng of Assur vnto them, to strengthen their handes in the worcke of the house of God, euen the God of Israel.

⁹ For vpon the fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth, beganne he to go vp from Babilon: & on the fyrst daye of the fyfth moneth came he to Ierusalem, because the good hande of God was vpon him.

¹¹ And this is the copye of the letter, that kyng Arthaxerses gaue vnto Esdras the preast & scrybe, which was a wryter of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel. ¹² Arthaxerses a king of kynges, Unto Esdras the preast & scrybe of the lawe of the God of heauen, peace and salutacion.

²⁸ and hath enclyned his mercy vnto me in the presence of the kyng, & his councelers, and before all the kynges hye estates. And I was conforted (euen as the hande of the Lorde my God was vpon me) & so geathered I the heades of Israell together, that they myghte go vp with me.

¹⁸ And (thorow the good hande of oure God vpon vs) they broughte vs a wyse man from amonge the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, and Sarabia with hys sonnes and his brethren, euen eyghtene.

²² For I was ashamed to requyre of the kynge, soudyers & horsmen, to helpe vs agaynst the enemy in the waye: but we sayd vnto the kynge: The hande of oure God is vpon all them that seke hym in goodnes, and hys violence and wrath is agaynst all them that forsake him.

³¹ And we brake vp, from the water of Ahaua on the twelueth daye of the fyrst moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem: and the hande of oure God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies, and of soch as layde wayte for vs by the waye.

¹⁰ They are thy seruauntes, and thy people, whom thou hast deliuered thorowe thy great power & in thy myghtie hand. ¹¹ O Lord, I besech the, let thyne eare herken to the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, and let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, and graunte hym mercy in the syght of thys man: for I was the kynges buttelar.

⁸ and letters vnto Asaph the Lord of the kinges wood, that he maye geue me tymber to make beames for the gates of the palace (which is harde by the house) & for the walles of the cytie, and for the house that I shall entre into. And the kynge gaue me accordinge to the hande of my God, which was good vpon me.

¹² and I gat me vp in the night season, and a fewe men with me: nether tolde I anye man, what God had geuen me in my hert to be at Ierusalem: and there was not one beast with me saue it that I rode vpon.

¹⁸ And I told them of the hande of my God, (that it was gracious ouer me) and the kynges wordes that he had spoken vnto me. And they sayde: let us get vp and buylde: and they strengthed their hande to goode.

¹⁵ Neuertheles, it chaunced that when our enemies hearde, that we had gotten worde of it. God brought their councel to naught, & we turned all againe to the wal, euery one vnto his labor.

⁴ And Esdras the scrybe stode vpon an hye pulpit of wood, whych they had made for the preachinge, & besyde hym stode Mathathia, Sema, Anania, Uriah, Helkia, and Maaseia, on hys ryghte hande: and on hys lefte hande stode Pedaia, Misael, Malchia, Hasum, Hasebadana, Zachary, and Mesulam.

⁹ And Nehemiah (which is Hathirsatha) & Esdras the preast & scrybe, and the Leuites that caused the people to take hede, sayd vnto all the people: thys daye is holy vnto the Lorde youre God: be not ye sory, and wepe not. For all the people wepte, when they herde the wordes of the lawe.

¹³ And on the nexte daye were geathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the preastes and Leuites, vnto Esdras the scrybe, that they myght vnderstand the wordes of the lawe.

²⁶ These were in the dayes of Ioiakim the sonne of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec, and in the dayes of Nehemia the captayne, and of the preaste Esdras the scrybe.

³⁶ and hys brethren Semeia, Alarael, Melalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nathanael & Iuda and Hanani, wyth the musicall instrumentes of Dauid the man of God. And Esdras the Scrybe went before them,

¹ To hym that excelleth amonge the lylies, an instruccion of the chyldren of Corah, a songe of loue. Mi hert is endytyng of a good matter I speake of the thynges, whych I haue made vnto the kyng:

⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges.

² For why wolde no man receaue me, when I came? and when I called, no man gaue me answere. Is my hande shortened that it might not helpe? or haue I not power to deliuer? lo, at a worde I dryncke vp the see and of water floudes I make drye lande: so that for want of water, the fyshe corrupt and dye for thurst.

¹ Beholde the Lordes hande is not so shortened that it can not helpe, nether is his eare so stopped that it maye not heare.

⁸ How darre ye saye then, we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde amonge vs? Suerly in vayne hath he prepared his penne, & vaynly haue the wryters wryten it:

⁵² Then sayde he vnto them. Therfore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngedome of heauen, is lyke vnto a man that is an housholder, which bryngeth forth out of his treasure, thinges newe and olde.

²⁰ Teachinge them to obserue all thinges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And lo I am wyth you allwaye, euen vntyll the ende of the worlde.

²⁰ Where is the wyse? Where is the scrybe? Where is the disputer of this worlde?

¹ Brethren, as pertaynynge to the gospell whych I preached vnto you, whych ye haue also accepted, and in the whych ye contynue,

¹ Furthermore, we beseche you (brethren) and exhorte you by the Lord Iesus, that ye increace more & more euen as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walcke and to please God. ² For ye knowe, what commaundementes we gaue you by oure Lorde Iesu Christ.

³¹ And these be they, whom Dauid set for to singe in the house of the Lorde, after that the Arcke had reste. ³² And they mynistred before the dwellynge place, and the Tabernacle of wytnesse wyth synginge, vntyll Salomon had buylt the housse of the Lorde in Ierusalem. And then they wayted on theyr offyces, accordynge to the order of them. ³³ These are they that wayted with theyr children, of the sonnes of Cahath: Heman a synger, which was the sonne of Ioell, the sonne of Semuel, ³⁴ the sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel: the sonne of Thoah, ³⁵ the sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai, ³⁶ the sonne of Elcana, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Asaria, the sonne of Zephania, ³⁷ the sonne of Thahath the sonne of Assyr, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah, ³⁸ the sonne of Izahar, the sonne of Cahath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel. ³⁹ And his brother Asaph stode on his ryght hande, and Asaph was the sonne of Barachia, the sonne of Simha, ⁴⁰ the sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baasaia, the sonne of Melchia, ⁴¹ the sonne of Atham, the sonne of Zarah, the sonne of Adaia, ⁴² the sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zima, the sonne of Simhi, ⁴³ the sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gersom, the sonne of Leui. ⁴⁴ And theyr brethren the sonnes of Merari stode on the lefte hande: euen Ethan the sonne of Kysi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Maluch, ⁴⁵ the sonne of Hasabia, the sonne of Amazia, the sonne of Helkia, ⁴⁶ the sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Samer, ⁴⁷ the sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Musi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui. ⁴⁸ Theyr brethren also the Leuites were appoynted vnto all maner of seruice of the tabernacle of the house of God.

¹⁷ The porters were Sallum. Acub, Talmon & Ahiman and their brother, Sallum was the chefe. ¹⁸ For they watched hytherto, euen vnto the kynges gate eastwarde, thorowe out the tentes of the chyldren of Leuy. ¹⁹ And Sallum the sonne of Corah the sonne of Abiasaph the sonne of Corah, and his brethren the Corahites (of the house of their father) had their busynesse and offyce to kepe the porches of the tabernacle: and their fathers the Hoste of the Lorde, kepte the enterynge. ²⁰ And Phinces the sonne of Eleazar was their foregyde, and the Lorde was with him. ²¹ And Zacharia the sonne of Meselemia kepte the watche before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. ²² All these were chosen men, to kepe the thresholdes, euen two hundred & twelue, and thorowe out all the genealogy were they numbred in their villages. And them dyd Dauid & Samuel the sear institute, because of their fidelite. ²³ So they & their children had the ouersyght of the gates of the house of the Lorde, euen of the tabernacle, to kepe them. ²⁴ In foure quarters dyd they kepe the watche: towarde the east, west, north, & south. ²⁵ And their brethren remayned in the countre and came after seuen dayes from tyme to tyme with them. ²⁶ For the Leuites (which had the ouersyght of the vestryes & treasures of the house of God) were vnder the custody of foure notable porters: ²⁷ & they laye rounde aboute the house of God: because the kepynge therof pertayned to them, and they had the keyes to open euery mornynge.

¹ And so Dauid and the captaynes of the hoste appoynted out to do seruyce, the sonnes of Asaph Heman and Ieduthun, whan they dyd prophesye wyth harpes, psalteries and simbales. And there was a multitude of the men that were appoynted to the seruyce and mynistracyon. ² Of the sonnes of Asaph: Zaccur, Ioseph, Nathania and Aserela that wayted on Asaph, whych prophesyed by the kynge. ³ Of Ieduthun: the sonnes of Ieduthun: Gedeliahu, Zeri, Iesaiahu, Hasabiahu, and Mathithiahu syxe, vnder the handes of theyr father Ieduthun, whych prophesyed wyth a harpe, for to geue thankes & prayses vnto the lord. ⁴ Of Heman the sonnes of Heman: Buklahu, Mathaniahu, Uziel, Zebuel, Ierimoth, Hanania, Hanani, Eliatha, Gedalthi, Romanthi, Ezer, Iosbekasa, malothi. Hothir, & Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were the sonnes of Heman which was the kynges Sear in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne of the regall dignitie. And God gaue to Heman .xiiij. sonnes and the daughters. ⁶ All these also were at the hande of their father synging in the house of the Lorde wt simbales, psalteries & harpes, whan Asaph Ieduthun and Heman executed the seruyce in the house of God, at the kinges hande. ⁷ And the multitude of them wyth their brethren that were instructe in the songes of the Lord: euen all that were connyng, were two hundred foure skore & eyght. ⁸ And they cast Lottes among them selues howe they shulde wayte as well for the small as for the greate, for the scoler as well as for the skole master.

⁴⁰ The leuites. The children of Iesua, and Cadmiel of the children of Hodauia, foure & seuentye. ⁴¹ The syngers, the children of Asaph, an hundred, and eyght & twentye. ⁴² The children of the dore keper. The children of Sallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: all togeather an hundred, and nyne and thyrtye. ⁴³ The Nethinims, the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabaoth, ⁴⁴ the children of Ceros, the children of Sicha, the children of Padon, ⁴⁵ the chyldren of Lebanaa, the children of Hagabh, the chyldren of Akub, ⁴⁶ the chyldren of Hagab, the chyldren of Samlai, the chyldren of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the children of Giddel, the chyldren of Gahar, the chyldren of Reaia, ⁴⁸ the chyldren of Razin, the chyldren of Necoda, the chyldren of Gasam, ⁴⁹ the chyldren of Usa, the chyldren of Passeah: the chyldren of Bessai, ⁵⁰ the chyldren of Asna, the chyldren of Mehunim, the chyldren of Nephussim, ⁵¹ the chyldren of Bacbuc, the chyldren of Hacuba, the chyldren of Harhur, ⁵² the chyldren of Bazluth, the children of Mehira, the chyldren of Harsa, ⁵³ the chyldren of Barcom, the chyldren of Sisara, the chyldren of Thamah, ⁵⁴ the chyldren of Neziah, the chyldren of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, the chyldren of Sotai, the chyldren of Sophereth, the chyldren of Peruda, ⁵⁶ the chyldren of Iaala, the children of Darcon, the chyldren of Giddel, ⁵⁷ the chyldren of Sephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth Hazbaim, the chyldren of Ami. ⁵⁸ All the Nethinims and the chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, were all together, thre hundred and two and nyntye. ⁵⁹ And these went vp from, Thelmelah, and from Thelharsa, Cherub, Addon and Immer. But they coulde not discerne theyr fathers house and theyr sede, whether they were of Israel. ⁶⁰ The children of Delaia, the chyldren of Tobia, the chyldren of Necoda, syxe hundred and two and fyfty. ⁶¹ And of the chyldren of the prestes. The chyldren of Hebaia, the chyldren of Hakoz, the chyldren of Berzilai, which toke one of the daughters of Berzilai the Gileadite to wyfe, and was called after theyr name: ⁶² these sought theyr euidence amonge them that had the register of byrth, and were not founde therin, therfore were they put from the presthod. ⁶³ And Hathirsatha sayd vnto them, that they shuld not eate of the most holy, till ther rose vp a preste to weare Urim and Thumim. ⁶⁴ The whole congregacion together, was .xlij. thousand, thre hundred and threscore: ⁶⁵ besyde their seruauntes and maydens, of whom there were seuen thousand, thre hundred, and seuen and thyrtye. And there were amonge them two hundred syngynge men and wemen. ⁶⁶ Their horses were seuen hundred and syxe & thirty. Their mules, two hundred, and fyue and fourtye: ⁶⁷ and their camels, foure hundred and fyue and thirty. Theyr asses, syxe thousande, seuen hundred and twentye. ⁶⁸ And certayne of the chefe fathers, when they came because of the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem, they offered them selues wyllynge for the house of God, to sett in hys place, ⁶⁹ and gaue gold after their habilite vnto the treasure of the worcke, euen one and threscore thousande peces, and fyue thousande pounde of syluer, and an hundred prestes garmentes. ⁷⁰ So the prestes and the leuites, and a certayne of the people and the syngers, and the porters, and the Nethinims dwelt in their cyties, and all Israell in theyr cyties.

²⁴ And we certifye you, that ye haue no auctorite to requyre taxinge and custome, and yearly rentes vpon any of the preastes, Leuites, syngers, porters, Nethinims and ministers in the house of his God.

¹ These are the principall fathers of them, and this is their register that wente vp with me from Babilon, what tyme as kynge Arthaxerses raygned. ² Of the chyldren of Phinehes, Gersom: of the chyldren of Ithamar, Daniel: of the chyldren of Dauid, Hatus: ³ of the chyldren of Zecania amonge the children of Pharos, Zachary, and with him were nombred an hundred and fyftie men. ⁴ Of the chyldren of the captayne of Moab, Elioenai the sonne of Zerahia, and with him two hundred men. ⁵ Of the children of Zechania the sonne of Iahasiel, and with him thre hundred men. ⁶ Of the children of Adin, Abed the sonne of Ionathan, and with him fyftie men. ⁷ Of the children of Elam, Isai the sonne of Athalia, and with him seuentie men. ⁸ Of the children of Sapharia, Zebadia the sonne of Michael, and with hym foure score men. ⁹ Of the children of Ioab, Obadia the sonne of Iehiel, and with hym two hundred and eyghtene men, ¹⁰ Of the children of Selomith the sonne of Iosephia, and with him and hundred and thre score men. ¹¹ Of the children of Bebai, Zachary the sonne of Bebai, and with him eyght and twentie men. ¹² Of the children of Asgad, Iohanan, the sonne of Hakatan, and with him an hundred and ten men. ¹³ Of the chyldren of Adonicam, that were the last, whose names were these: Eliphelet, Iehiel and Samaiah, and with them thre score men. ¹⁴ Of the chyldren of Biguai, Uthai, and Zabud, and with them seuentie men. ¹⁵ And I gathered them together by the water that renneth towarde Ahaua, and there abode we thre dayes. And I loked amonge the people and the preastes & founde there none of the children of Leui. ¹⁶ Then sent I to Elieser, to Ariel, Semeia, Elnachan, Iarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zachary and to Mesullam the rulers, and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstandyng, ¹⁷ and to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chefest at Casphia, that they shulde fetch vs minysters for the house of oure God, and I tolde them what they shulde saye vnto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia. ¹⁸ And (thorow the good hande of oure God vpon vs) they broughte vs a wyse man from amonge the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel, and Sarabia with hys sonnes and his brethren, euen eyghtene. ¹⁹ And Hasabia, and with him Isai of the chyldren of Merari, with his brethren and theyr sonnes, twentie. ²⁰ And of the Nethinims, whom Dauid & the Princes gaue to mynister vnto the Leuites, two hundred & twentye of Nethinims, which all were named by name.

⁴⁵ The porters: The chyldren of Sallum, the chyldren of Ater, the chyldren of Talmon, the chyldren of Acub, the chyldren of Hatita, the chyldren of Sobai, all together an hundred and eyght and thyrtye. ⁴⁶ The Nethinims. The chyldren of Ziha, the chyldren of Hasupha, the chyldren of Tebahoth, ⁴⁷ the chyldren of Ceros, the chyldren of Sia, the chyldren of Phadon, ⁴⁸ the chyldren of Lebanah, the chyldren of Hagaba, the chyldren of Salmat, ⁴⁹ the chyldren of Hanan, the chyldren of Gidel, the chyldren of Gaher, ⁵⁰ the chyldren of Reaia, the chyldren of Rezin, the chyldren of Necoda, ⁵¹ the chyldren of Gasam, the chyldren of Usa the chyldren of Phaseah, ⁵² the children of Besai, the chyldren of Meunim, the chyldren of Nephussim, ⁵³ the chyldren of Bachur, the chyldren of Hacupha, the chyldren of Harhur, ⁵⁴ the chyldren of Bazlith, the chyldren of Mehida, the chyldren of Harsa, ⁵⁵ the chyldren of Barcos, the chyldren of Sissera, the chyldren of Thamah, ⁵⁶ the chyldren of Neziah, the chyldren of Hatipha. ⁵⁷ The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes: the chyldren of Sotai, the chyldren of Sophereth, the chyldren of Pherida, ⁵⁸ the chyldren of Iaala, the chyldren of Darcon, the chyldren of Giddel, ⁵⁹ the chyldren of Saphatiah, the chyldren of Hatil, the chyldren of Pochereth of Zabaini, the chyldren of Amon. ⁶⁰ All these Nethinims and the children of Salomons seruauntes, were thre hundred & nynetie and two. ⁶¹ And these wente vp also of Thel Mela, Thel Harsa, Cherub, Adon and Immer: but they coulde not shewe theyr fathers house nor theyr sede, and that they were of Israel. ⁶² The chyldren of Dalaiah, the chyldren of Tobia and the chyldren of Necoda, syxe hundred and two and fortye. ⁶³ And of the preastes, the chyldren of Habaiah: the chyldren of Hacos, the chyldren of Bersilai, whych toke one of the daughters of Bersilai the Gileadite to wyfe, and was named after their name. ⁶⁴ These soughte theyr writyng in the register of theyr generacion, but they were not founde, therfore they were put from the presthode. ⁶⁵ And Hathirsata sayd vnto them, that they shulde not eate of the moost holy, tyll there came vp a Preaste whych shulde were Urim and Thumin. ⁶⁶ And so the whole congregacyon together was two & fortye thousande, thre hundred, & thre skore: ⁶⁷ besyde their seruauntes and maydens, of whom there were seuen thousande, thre hundred and seuen and thirtye. And they had two hundred and seuen and fortye syngynge men and wemen. ⁶⁸ Their horses, seuen hundred and syxe & thirtye, & their Mules: two hundred & fyue & fortye. ⁶⁹ The camels, foure hundred & fyue & thirtye: syxe thousande, seuen hundred and twentye Asses. ⁷⁰ And certayne of the auncyent fathers gaue vnto the worcke. Hathirsatha gaue to the treasure a thousand peces of gold, fyftie basens, fyue hundred & thirtye prestes garmentes. ⁷¹ And some of the chefe fathers gaue vnto the treasure of the worke, twentie thousande peces of gold & two thousande & two hundred pounde of syluer. ⁷² And the other people gaue twentye thousande peces of golde, and two thousande pounde of syluer and thre skore and seuen preastes garmentes. ⁷³ And the preastes & Leuites, the Porters, and the syngers, & the other of the people, and the Nethinims, & all Israel, dwelt in their cyties. And the seuenth moneth came, and the chyldren of Israel were in theyr cyties.

²⁸ And the other people, the preastes, Leuites, porters, syngers, Nethinims, & all they that had separated them selues from the people in the landes vnto the lawe of God, wt their wiues, their sonnes, and their daughters, and as many as coulde vnderstonde,

⁶ This Esdras also went vp from Babilon, and was a perfite scribe in the lawe of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel did geue. And the kyng gaue him all that he requyred, because the hande of the Lorde hys God was vpon him.

¹² And remembre, that thou wast a seruaunte in Egypte: and thou shalt obserue & do these ordinaunces.

¹⁰ They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes, and Israel thy lawe. They shall put cens before thy nose, and the burnt sacrifyce vpon thyne altare.

³ And Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying: yf ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your hertes, then put awaye the straunge goddes and Astharoth from amonge you: and prepare your hertes vnto the Lorde, and serue hym only: for he shall ryd you out of the hande of the Philistines.

¹⁸ O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, & of Israel oure fathers, kepe this for euer, as the begynnynge of the thoughtes of the herte of thy people, and prepare their hertes vnto the.

¹⁴ And he dyd euyll, because he prepared not hys hert to seke the Lorde.

⁸ and with them he sent leuites: euen Semeiahu, Nethaniahu, Zabadiahu, Asahel, Semiramoth, & Tubadonia, and with them Elisamah and Iehoram prestes. ⁹ And they taught in Iuda, and had the boke of the lawe of God wt them, and went about thorowout all the cityes of Iuda, and taught the people.

³ Neuertheles, there are some good actes founde in the, in that thou hast hewen downe the groues out of the lande, and hast prepared thyne herte to seke God.

²² And Hezekia spake hertely vnto all the Leuites that had vnderstandyng and were of a good mynde toward the Lorde. And they dyd eate thorowe out that feast, seuen dayes longe, & offered peaceofferynges, & thanked the Lorde God of theyr fathers.

²⁵ And thou Esdras (after the wysdome of thy God, that is in thy hande) sett iudges and arbiters (by my auctorite) to iudge all the people that is beyonde the water, euen all soch as knowe the lawe of thy God: and them that knowe it not, those se that ye teach.

¹ And all the people geathered them selues together as one man in the strete that was before the watergate, and they sayde vnto Esdras the scrybe, that he shulde fetch the boke of the lawe of Moses, whych the Lorde commaunded to Israel.

¹³ If thou haddest nowe a ryght hert, and lyftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

² But hys delyte is in the lawe of the Lorde: and in his lawe will he exercise him selfe daye & night.

¹⁷ Lorde, thou hast hearde the desyre of the poore: thou preparest theyr hert and thyne eare herkeneth therto.

⁷ The lawe of the Lord is an vndefylled lawe conuerting the soule. The testimony of the Lorde is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the symple.

⁷ My herte is fyxed (O God) my herte is fyxed: I wyll synge and geue prayse.

⁴⁵ And I will walke at liberty, for I seke thy commaundementes.

⁹⁶ I se that al thynges come to an ende, but thy commaundement is exceadynge broade. ⁹⁷ What loue haue I vnto thy lawe? al the daye longe is my studye in it. ⁹⁸ Thou thorow thy commaundementes hast made me wyser than myne enemyes, for they are euer with me. ⁹⁹ I haue more vnderstandynge than my teachers, for thy testimonies are my studie. ¹⁰⁰ I am wyser then the aged, bycause I kepte thy commaundementes.

⁷ For in the prestes lyppes shulde be sure knowledge, that men may seke the lawe at his mouth, for he is a messaunger of the Lorde of hostes.

¹⁹ Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these leest commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leest in the kyngdome of heauen. But whosoeuer doeth and teacheth, the same shalbe called greate in the kyngdome of heauen.

²⁴ For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes, & doth the same, I will lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rock:

¹⁷ If ye vnderstande these thinges happy are ye, yf ye do them.

¹ In the former treatyse (Deare Theophylus) we haue spoken of all that Iesus beganne to do and teache,

² A Bisshoppe therfore must be blameles, the husbande of one wyfe, dilygent, sober, discrete, a keper of hospitalite: apte to teach:

² preache thou the worde, be feruent, in season & oute of season. Improue, rebuke, exhorte wt all longe sufferynge and doctryne.

¹ But speake thou the thinges which become wholsome learning.

¹⁵ These thynges speake, and exhorte, and rebuke, with all feruentnes of commaundynge. Se that no man despyse the.

¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that theyr power maye be in the tree of lyfe, and maye entre in thorow the gates into the cytie.

¹¹ Thys is the copye of the letter that they sent vnto kyng Artaxerses. Thy seruauntes, & the men that are now on thys syde the water.

⁶ This is the copye of the letter, that Tathnai (which was captayne on thys syde the water) and Starbaznai, and the councellers of Apharsah (which were on this syde the water) sent vnto kyng Darius.

² saying: The Scribes and the Pharises syt in Moses seate.

¹³ Wo vnto you Scribes & Pharises, ye ypocrites, for ye shutt vp the kyngdome of heauen before men ye nether go in your selues, nether suffre ye them that come, to enter in.

¹ And the Pharyses came together vnto hym, & dyuers of the Scrybes whych came from Ierusalem. ² And when they sawe certaine of his discyples eate bread wyth commen (that is to saye, with vnwesshen) handes, they complayned. ³ For the Pharyses and all the Iewes, excepte they wasshe theyr handes ofte, eate not, obseruyng the tradicyons of the elders. ⁴ And when they come from the market, except they washe, they eate not. And many other thynges there be, which they haue taken vpon them to obserue, as the wasshynge of cuppes and cruses, and, brasen vessels, and of tables. ⁵ Then asked hym the Pharyses & Scribes: why walke not thy dyscyples accordyng to the custome, ordeyned by the elders, but eate bread wyth vnwasshen handes? ⁶ He answered & sayd vnto them: well prophesyed Esayas of you, ypocrytes, as it is wrytten: Thys people honoreth me wyth theyr lyppes, but theyr herte is farre from me: ⁷ howbeit, in vayne do they serue me, teachyng the doctrines and commaundementes of men. ⁸ For ye laye the commaundement of God a parte, & obserue the constitucyons of men, as the wesshinge of cruses & of cuppes, and many other soch lyke thynges ye do. ⁹ And he sayde vnto them: well, ye cast a syde the commaundement of God, to mayntayne youre awne constitucyons. ¹⁰ For Moses sayd: honoure thy father & thy mother: & whoso curseth father or mother, let him dye the death. ¹¹ But ye saye: a man shall saye to father or mother, Corban: whych is: what gyfte soeuer commeth fro me, shalbe for thy profyt. ¹² And so ye suffre him no more to do ought for hys father or his mother, ¹³ and make the worde of God of none effecte, through youre awne constitucyon whych ye haue ordeyned. And many soche thynges do ye.

²⁴ For he ruled in all the region on the other side Euphrates, from Thiphsah to Aza; ouer all the kynges on the other syde the ryuer. And he had peace with all hys seruauntes on euery syde.

¹ And Benhadad the kyng of Siria gathered all his hoste together, hauynge .xxxij. kynges wt hym, and horses and charettes: & went vp and beseged Samaria, & warred agaynst it.

¹⁰ & other of the people who the greate & noble Asnapar brought ouer, and sett in the cytes of Samaria, & other, that are now on this syde the water. ¹¹ Thys is the copye of the letter that they sent vnto kyng Artaxerses. Thy seruauntes, & the men that are now on thys syde the water.

¹⁷ Then sent the kyng a answere vnto Rehum the recorder, & Simsai the scribe, and to the other of theyr companyons that dwelt in Samaria, & vnto the other that were beyonde the water, in Selan and Cheheth.

⁸ for he sayeth are not my Prynces all Kynges?

⁷ For thus sayeth the Lord God: Behold, I will bring hither Nabuchodonosor (which is the kynge of Babylon, and a kynge of kynges) from the North vpon Tyre: wt horses, charettes, horssmen, and with a greate multitude of people.

³⁷ O kynge, thou art a kynge of kynges: For the God of heauen hath geuen the a kyngdome, ryches, strength and maiesty:

⁴⁷ The kynge answered Daniel, and sayde: yee, of a trueth youre God is a God aboue all goddes, a Lorde aboue all kynges, and an opener of secretes: seynge thou canst discouer this mysterie.

¹⁵ which appearyng (in hys tyme) he shall shewe, that is blessed & myghty onely, kynge of kynges, & Lorde of Lordes,

¹⁴ These shall fyght with the lambe, & the lambe shall ouercome them. For he is Lorde of lordes, and kynge of kynges, and they that are on his side, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.

¹⁶ And hath on hys vesture and on his thygh a name wrytten: Kyng of Kynges, and Lorde of Lordes.

⁵ And they decreed that it shulde be proclaymed thorowe out all Israel from Bersabe to Dan, that they shulde come, & holde the feast of Passeouer vnto the Lord God of Israel at Ierusalem: for they had not done it of a greate season as they shuld haue done by the lawe.

³ Whosoeuer now among you is of his people, the Lorde his God be with hym, and let him go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda, & builde the house of the Lorde God of Israell. He is the God that is at Ierusalem.

¹³ But in the fyrst yere of Cyrus the kyng of Babylon, the same kyng Cyrus gaue commaundement concernyng thys house of God, that it shulde be builded agayne.

¹ Then commaunded kynge Darius, and they made search in the library, euen in the place where they layde vp the treasure at Babilon.

¹⁵ And the postes went in all the hast, accordyng to the kynges commaundement. And in Susan the chefe cytie was the commaundement deuised. And the kyng & Haman sate & drancke: whan in the meane tyme the cytie of Susan was disquieted.

¹⁴ And the kynge charged to do so, and the commaundement was deuised at Susan, & they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.

³ In the daye of thy power shall thy people offre the frewyll offrynges wt an holy worshippe, the dewe of thy byrth is of the wombe of the mornyng.

⁶ He hath made them fast for euer and euer, he hath geuen them a lawe, whych shall not be broken.

¹³ For it is God, which worketh in you, both the wyll and also the dede, euen of good wyll.

¹⁷ And the sprete and the bryde saye come. And let him that heareth, saye also: come. And let him that is a thyrst: come. And let whosoeuer wyll, take of the water of lyfe, fre.

¹⁸ And when he is sett vpon the seate of hys kyngedome, he shall wryte hym out a copye of thys lawe in a boke, before the Preastes the Leuites. ¹⁹ And it shalbe wyth him, & he ought to reade therin all dayes of hys lyfe, that he maye lerne to feare the Lorde hys God, & to kepe all the wordes of thys lawe and these ordinaunces, for to do them:

⁸ Be it knowne vnto the kyng, that we went into the lande of Iewry to the house of the great God, which is buylded wt mighty greate stones, and beames are layed in the walles, and the worcke goeth fast forth, and prospereth in their handes.

¹² And the God that set hys name there, destroye all kynges, & people, that put to their hande to alter & to breake downe the house of God which is at Ierusalem. I Darius haue commaunded, that this be done with spede.

¹⁵ And that thou shuldest take with the syluer and golde, which the kynge and his councelers offre of their awne good wyll vnto the God of Israell (whose habitacyon is at Ierusalem)

²⁵ And thou Esdras (after the wysdome of thy God, that is in thy hande) sett iudges and arbiters (by my auctorite) to iudge all the people that is beyonde the water, euen all soch as knowe the lawe of thy God: and them that knowe it not, those se that ye teach. ²⁶ And whosoeuer wyll not fulfyll the lawe of thy God, and the kynges lawe, let him haue his iudgement without delaye, whether it be vnto death, or to be rooted out, or to be condemned in goodes, or to be put in preson.

²⁵ and weyed them the syluer and golde, & vessels that were appoynted for the house of oure God, which the kynge and his councellers and his Lordes, and all Israell that were there at hande, had geuen together.

¹⁴ and the next vnto him were, Carsena, Sethar, Admata, Tharsis, Mares, Marsena, & Mamucan, the seuen princes of Persia, and Media, whych sawe the kynges face, & sat aboue in the kyngdom

²⁰ If eny man want lyght, leet hym loke vpon the lawe, and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meaning.

²⁰ Nowe as he came nye vnto the denne, he cried with a piteous voyce vnto Daniel: yee, the kynge spake, and sayde vnto Daniel: O Daniel, thou seruaunt of the lyuinge God, is not thy God (whom thou alwaye seruest) able to delyuer the from the lyons?

²⁶ My commaundement is, in all my dominyon and kyngdome, that men feare and stande in awe of Daniels God. For he is the lyuynge God, which abydeth euer: hys kyngdome shall not fayle, and his power is euerlastinge.

⁶ And so the auncient fathers and the Lordes of the trybes of Israel, the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, with the Lordes that were rulers ouer the kynges worke, were wyllynge

⁶ But who is able to buylde him an house: when that heauen, and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him? what am I then that I shulde buylde hym an house? nay, but euen to burne sacrifice before him, shall this buyldinge be:

² And I haue buylt an habitacyon for the, and a place for thy dwellynge for euer.

⁶ sauynge that I haue chosen Ierusalem, that my name myght be there, and haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

⁴ Thre rowes of roughe stones, and one rowe of tymber, and the expences shalbe geuen of the kynges house.

⁸ I haue commaunded what shalbe done to the Elders of Iuda for the buylding of the house of God, that there shalbe diligent hede taken of the kynges goodes, euen of the rentes beyonde the water, and geuen vnto the men, that they be not hyndred ⁹ And yf they haue nede of calues, rammes & lambes, for the burntofferynge of the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wyne and oyle, after the custome of the preastes at Ierusalem, let the same be geuen them daylie with out anye delaye, ¹⁰ that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the kynges lyfe, and for his chyldren.

¹¹ O prayse the Lord, which dwelleth in Syon, shewe the people of hys doinges.

⁸ Lorde, I haue loued the habitacion of thy house, & the place where thyne honoure dwelleth.

²⁹ For thy temples sake at Ierusalem: so shall kynges brynge presentes vnto the. ³⁰ Whan the company of the speare men and multytude of the mightye are scatred abroade amonge the beastes of the people (so that they humbly bring peces of syluer) and whan he hath scatred the people that delyte in warre.

¹⁰ The kynges of Tharsis and of the Iles shall geue presentes, the kynges of Araby and Saba shall bring gyftes.

² At Schalem is his tabernacle, and his dwellyng in Sion.

¹¹ Promyse vnto the Lorde youre God, & kepe it, all ye that be rounde about hym: bryng presentes vnto hym that ought to be feared.

²¹ Praysed be the Lord out of Sion, which dwelleth at Ierusalem. Halleluiah.

⁶ The multitude of Camels shall couer the, the dromedaries of Madian & Epha All they of Saba shall come, bryngynge golde & incense, & shewinge the prayse of the Lord. ⁷ All the catell of Cedar shalbe gathered vnto the, the rammes of Nabaioth shall serue the, to be offred acceptablye vpon myne aulter, which I haue chosen, & in the house of my glory which I haue garnyshed. ⁸ But what are these, that fle here lyke the cloudes, & as the doues flyenge to theyr wyndowes? ⁹ The Iles also shall wayte for me, & specially the shyppes of Tharsis: that they maye brynge thy sonnes from farre, & theyr syluer & their golde with them, vnto the name of the Lorde thy God, vnto the holy one of Israel, that hath glorifyed the.

²⁴ And the people whych are saued shall walke in the lyght of it. And the kinges of the earth shall brynge theyr glory vnto it. ²⁵ And the gates of it are not shut by daye. For there shalbe no nyght there. ²⁶

⁹ And the people reioysed, whan they were so wyllynge to geue their goodes, and wyth a perfecte hert they offred vnto the Lorde. And Dauid the kynge reioysed wyth great gladnesse.

¹⁷ (I wote also my God) that thou tryest the hertes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse. And in the unfaynednesse of myne herte. I haue willinglye offred all these thinges. And nowe haue I sene thy people which are founde here, to offer vnto the willyngly and wyth gladnesse.

⁴ And whosouer remayneth yet in eny maner of place (where he is a straunger) let the men of that place helpe hym wt syluer and golde, with good & catell, besyde that which they wyllyngly offer, for the house of God that is at Ierusalem.

⁶ And al they that were about them strengthed their hand, wt vessels of syluer, & golde, with good and catell, & Iewels: in so moch that euery one shewed hym selfe liberall.

²⁵ and weyed them the syluer and golde, & vessels that were appoynted for the house of oure God, which the kynge and his councellers and his Lordes, and all Israell that were there at hande, had geuen together. ²⁶ And I weyed vnto their hande sixe hundred & fyftie talentes of syluer, & in syluer vessel an hundred talentes, & in golde an hundred talentes: ²⁷ twentie basens of golde of a thousande peces, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde: ²⁸ and I sayde vnto them: Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde, lyke as the vessels are holy also, and the golde and syluer are geuen of a good wyll vnto the Lorde God of youre fathers.

¹² For yf there be fyrst a wyllynge mynde, it is accepted accordynge to that a man hath, and not accordynge to that he hath not.

⁷ And let euery man do, accordinge as he hath purposed in hys herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessyte. For God loueth a chearfull geuer.

⁴ Then lett hym that offereth hys offeryng vnto the Lorde, bring also a meatofferinge of a tenth deale of floure, myngled wt the fourth parte of an hin of oyle, ⁵ & the fourth part of an hin of wyne for a drynckoffering, and offer with the burntofferyng or any other offeryng: when it is a lambe. ⁶ Or yf it be a ram, thou shalt offer for a meate offerynge, two tenth deales of floure, myngled with the thyrd part of an hin of oyle: ⁷ and for a drinkofferynge, thou shalt offer the thyrde parte of an hyn of wyne for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde. ⁸ And when thou offerest a bullocke for a burntoffring or for a speciall vowe or peace offering vnto the Lorde, ⁹ let him bring with a bullock a meateoffering of .iij. tenth deales of floure myngled with halfe an hin of oyle. And thou shalt bryng for a drinckofferynge euen halfe an hin of wyne, ¹⁰ for an offering of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde. ¹¹ After thys maner, shall it be done for an oxe, or for a ram, or for a lambe or a kyd. ¹² Loke what nombre thou makest in these, such a nombre shalt thou make in them also. And according to the nombre of suche offeringes, thou shalt encrease the meatofferynges and the drynckofferinges. ¹³ All that are of your selues shall do these thinges after this maner, to offer an offeringe of swete sauour vnto the Lorde.

⁵ but ye shall seke the place, whych the Lorde youre God shall haue chosen out of all youre trybes, to put hys name there, & there to dwell. ⁶ And thyther thou shalt come, and thyther ye shall brynge youre burnt sacrifyces, your offrynges, youre tythes, and heue offrynges of youre hande, youre vowes, your frewill offerynges and the fyrst gendred of youre oxen and of your shepe. ⁷ And there ye shall eate before the Lorde youre God, & ye shall reioyse in all that ye put youre hande vnto both ye and youre housholdes, wherin the Lord thy God hath blessed the. ⁸ Ye shall not do after all the thynges that we do here thys daye, euery man what semeth hym good in hys awne eyes. ⁹ For ye are not yet come to rest, & to the enheritaunce, which the Lorde youre God geueth you. ¹⁰ But whan ye go ouer Iordan, and dwell in the lande whych the Lorde your God hath geuen you to enheret, and whan he hath geuen you rest from all youre enemyes rounde aboute, so that ye dwel in safetye, ¹¹ then vnto the place whych the Lorde youre God hath chosen, to put his name there, ye shall brynge all that I commaunde you: Namely, youre burntsacrifyces, youre offerynges, youre tythes, the heueofferinge of youre hande, & all youre speciall vowes, which ye vowe vnto the Lord.

²⁴ If the waye be to longe for the, so that thou art not able to carye it, & yf the place be farre from the, which the Lord thy God hath chosen to set his name there (and the Lord thy God hath blessed the) ²⁵ then shalt thou make it in money, & take the money in thyne hande, & go vnto the place whych the Lorde thy God hath chosen, ²⁶ and bestowe the money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after: for oxen, & shepe, wyne & stronge drynke, & for whatsoeuer thy soule desyreth, and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery. bothe thou and thyne housholde,

¹² And Iesus went into the temple of God, & cast out all them that solde & bought in the temple, & ouerthrew the tables of the mony chaungers, & the seates of them that solde doues, ¹³ & sayd vnto them: It is wrytten my house shalbe called the house of prayer. But ye haue made it a denne of theues.

¹⁴ & founde syttynge in the temple, those that solde oxen and shepe and doues, & chaungers of money.

¹⁵ Moreouer, they rekoned not wyth the men, into whose handes they delyuered that money to be bestowed on worckemen: for they dyd their busynes faythfully.

⁷ Howbeit, let no rekonynge be made with them of the moneye that is delyuered into their hande, for their vse is to deale faithfully.

²⁶ And whosoeuer wyll not fulfyll the lawe of thy God, and the kynges lawe, let him haue his iudgement without delaye, whether it be vnto death, or to be rooted out, or to be condemned in goodes, or to be put in preson.

¹⁷ Wherfore, be ye not vnwyse, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is,

¹⁹ And they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the Gods of the nacyons of the earth, which were the worckes of the handes of men.

²⁷ twentie basens of golde of a thousande peces, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde: ²⁸ and I sayde vnto them: Ye are consecrate vnto the Lorde, lyke as the vessels are holy also, and the golde and syluer are geuen of a good wyll vnto the Lorde God of youre fathers. ²⁹ Watch ye, and kepe it: for ye shall weye it downe before the chefe preastes and Leuites, and auncient fathers of Israel at Ierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. ³⁰ Then toke the preastes and Leuites that weyed syluer and golde and vessel, to bringe it to Ierusalem, vnto the house of oure God.

³³ But on the fourth daye was the syluer and golde and vessell weyed in the house of oure God, by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Uria the preaste, and with hym was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes, & with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua, and Noadia the sonne of Benoi the Leuites. ³⁴ According to the nombre and weyght of euery one, was the weyght all wrytten vp at the same tyme.

¹⁷ Then shall Ierusalem be called the Lordes seate, & all Heathen shalbe gathered vnto it, for the name of the Lordes sake, which shalbe set vp at Ierusalem. And from the tyme forth, they shall folowe no more the ymaginacyon of their awne frowarde herte.

⁸ I haue commaunded what shalbe done to the Elders of Iuda for the buylding of the house of God, that there shalbe diligent hede taken of the kynges goodes, euen of the rentes beyonde the water, and geuen vnto the men, that they be not hyndred ⁹ And yf they haue nede of calues, rammes & lambes, for the burntofferynge of the God of heauen, wheate, salt, wyne and oyle, after the custome of the preastes at Ierusalem, let the same be geuen them daylie with out anye delaye, ¹⁰ that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the kynges lyfe, and for his chyldren. ¹¹ And soch a commaundement haue I geuen that what man soeuer he be that altereth thys worde, there shall a beame be taken from hys house, and set vp, and he shalbe hanged theron, and his house shalbe made a donghyll for the same thynge, ¹² And the God that set hys name there, destroye all kynges, & people, that put to their hande to alter & to breake downe the house of God which is at Ierusalem. I Darius haue commaunded, that this be done with spede. ¹³ Then Thathnai the captaine of the countrey beyonde the water, and Stharboznai with theyr councelers (to whom kynge Darius had sent) did their diligence: ¹⁴ And the Elders of the Iewes builded, and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo: and they builded, and layed vp the foundacion, according to the commaundement of the God of Israell, and after the commaundement of Cyrus, and Darius & Arthaxerses kynges of Persia. ¹⁵ And the house was fynisshed the thyrde daye of the moneth Adar, euen in the syxte yere of the raygne of kynge Darius. ¹⁶ And the children of Israell, the preastes, the Leuites, and the other children of the captiuite helde the dedicacion of this house of God with ioye, ¹⁷ and offered at the dedicacion of this house of God, and hundred oxen, two hundred rammes, foure hundred goates: and for the reconcilinge of all Israel twelue he goates, accordynge to the nombre of the tribes of Israel, ¹⁸ & set the preastes in their sondry courses, & the Leuites in their diuerse offices to minister vnto God at Ierusalem, as it is written in the boke of Moses.

¹⁶ Therfore do we certyfye the kynge that yf this cyte be buylded agayne, and the walles therof made vp, thou shalt herafter haue no porcion on this fyde the water.

²⁰ There haue bene myghtie kinges also at Ierusalem, which haue raygned ouer all countrees beyonde the water: and tolle, trybute, & custome was geuen vnto them:

⁶ Get you farre from them therfore, thou Thahnai captayne beyonde the water, and Stharbuzanai, and youre councelers & Aphersechei, which are beyonde the water, get ye awaye from them.

¹⁰ For Esdras prepared his hert to seke the lawe of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teach the precept and iudgement in Israel. ¹¹ And this is the copye of the letter, that kyng Arthaxerses gaue vnto Esdras the preast & scrybe, which was a wryter of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde and of his statutes ouer Israel. ¹² Arthaxerses a king of kynges, Unto Esdras the preast & scrybe of the lawe of the God of heauen, peace and salutacion. ¹³ I haue commaunded, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the preastes and Leuites in my realme (which are mynded of their awne good wyll to go vp to Ierusalem) go with the:

¹³ All the meatofferynges also shalt thou season with salt: neyther shalt thou suffre the salt of the couenaunt of thy God to be lackynge from thy meateofferyng: but vpon all thyne offerynges thou shalt brynge salt.

¹⁴ The oyle shalbe measured with the bath: euen the tenth parte of one bath out of a cor. Ten bathes make one homer: for one homer fylleth ten bathes.

⁶ And he sayd: an hundred tonnes of oyle. And he sayde vnto him: take thy byll, & syt doune quyckly and wryte fyftye. ⁷ Then sayd he to another: how moch owest thou? And he sayde: an hondred quarters of wheate. He sayde vnto him. Take thy byll, and wryte foure scoore.

¹⁰ that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto the God of heauen, and praye for the kynges lyfe, and for his chyldren. ¹¹ And soch a commaundement haue I geuen that what man soeuer he be that altereth thys worde, there shall a beame be taken from hys house, and set vp, and he shalbe hanged theron, and his house shalbe made a donghyll for the same thynge, ¹² And the God that set hys name there, destroye all kynges, & people, that put to their hande to alter & to breake downe the house of God which is at Ierusalem. I Darius haue commaunded, that this be done with spede.

¹³ I haue commaunded, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the preastes and Leuites in my realme (which are mynded of their awne good wyll to go vp to Ierusalem) go with the:

¹⁸ And loke what it lyketh the and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the money, that do after the wyll of youre God.

⁴ Thou hast charged that we shall diligently kepe thy commaundementes.

³ At the same tyme wyll I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for al people, so that al soch as lyft it vp, shalbe toarne and rente, and all the people of the earth shalbe gathered together agaynst it.

³⁶ The prestes of the chyldren of Iedaia of the house of Iesua, nyne hundred, and thre & seventye: ³⁷ the children of Immer, a thousand and two and fyfty: ³⁸ the children of Phashur, a thousande, two hundred, and seuen and fourtye: ³⁹ the children of Harim, a thousande, and seuentene. ⁴⁰ The leuites. The children of Iesua, and Cadmiel of the children of Hodauia, foure & seuentye. ⁴¹ The syngers, the children of Asaph, an hundred, and eyght & twentye. ⁴² The children of the dore keper. The children of Sallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: all togeather an hundred, and nyne and thyrtye. ⁴³ The Nethinims, the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabaoth, ⁴⁴ the children of Ceros, the children of Sicha, the children of Padon, ⁴⁵ the chyldren of Lebanaa, the children of Hagabh, the chyldren of Akub, ⁴⁶ the chyldren of Hagab, the chyldren of Samlai, the chyldren of Hanan, ⁴⁷ the children of Giddel, the chyldren of Gahar, the chyldren of Reaia, ⁴⁸ the chyldren of Razin, the chyldren of Necoda, the chyldren of Gasam, ⁴⁹ the chyldren of Usa, the chyldren of Passeah: the chyldren of Bessai, ⁵⁰ the chyldren of Asna, the chyldren of Mehunim, the chyldren of Nephussim, ⁵¹ the chyldren of Bacbuc, the chyldren of Hacuba, the chyldren of Harhur, ⁵² the chyldren of Bazluth, the children of Mehira, the chyldren of Harsa, ⁵³ the chyldren of Barcom, the chyldren of Sisara, the chyldren of Thamah, ⁵⁴ the chyldren of Neziah, the chyldren of Hatipha. ⁵⁵ The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes, the chyldren of Sotai, the chyldren of Sophereth, the chyldren of Peruda,

¹³ Be it knowne now also vnto the kynge, that yf this cytie be buylded, and the walles therof made vp agayne, then shall not they geue, tolle, tribute, and custome, and the kynges profyte shall incurre dammage.

⁷ And there went vp certayne of the children of Israel, of the preastes. Leuites, syngers, porters, and of the Nethinims vnto Ierusalem, in the seuenth yere of kynge Arthaxerses.

²¹ Morouer thou shalt seke oute amonge all the people, men of actiuite, and such as feare God: true men, hatynge coueteousnes: and make them heedes ouer the people, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouer fyftye and ouer ten. ²² And let them iudge the people at all seasons. And euery greate matter that happeneth, let them bringe vnto the, but let them iudge all small causes them selues, and so shall it be easyer for thy selfe, and they shall bere with the. ²³ If thou shalt do thys thinge, (and God charge the with all) thou shalt be able to endure, and yet the people shall come to theyr place in peace. ²⁴ And so Moses obeyed the voyce of hys father in lawe, and did all that he had sayde, ²⁵ and chose actyue men oute of all Israel and made them as heedes ouer the people: namely, captaynes ouer thousandes, ouer hundredes, ouerfyfty and ouerten.

¹⁸ Iudges and offycers shalt thou make the in all thy cyties, whych the Lorde thy God geueth the thorowe out thy trybes: and they shall iudge the people ryghteously.

²⁸ And all they of Israel hearde of the iudgement, which the kynge hath iudged, and feared the kynge: for they sawe that the wysdome of God was in hym, to do iustice.

¹² And the Lorde shall geue the wysdome & vnderstandyng, & shall geue the commaundmentes for Israel, that ye maye kepe the lawe of the Lord thy God.

⁴ Of which .xxiiij. thousande were set to further the worcke of the house of the Lorde. And syxe thousande were offycers & Iudges.

⁷ In the thyrde yere of hys raygne he sent to hys lordes, euen to Benhail, Obadia, Zacharia, Nethanel and to Michaahu, that they shulde teach in the cityes of Iuda,

⁸ Moreouer, in Ierusalem dyd Iehosaphat set of the leuites, and of the prestes and of the auncient fathers ouer Israel, in the iudgement & cause of the Lord. And they returned agayne to Ierusalem. ⁹ And he charged them saying: Thus shall ye do in the feare of the Lorde, wt the trueth & a pure herte: ¹⁰ What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cyties, betwene bloud & bloud, betwene law and commaundment, betwene statutes & ordynaunces, ye shall warne them, that they trespace not agaynst the Lorde, & so wrath come vpon you & on youre brethren. Thus do, & ye shall not offende.

¹⁴ and therfore art thou sent of the kyng and of his seuen councelers, to vyset Iuda and Ierusalem, accordinge to the lawe of thy God, which is in thy hande:

¹ And all the people geathered them selues together as one man in the strete that was before the watergate, and they sayde vnto Esdras the scrybe, that he shulde fetch the boke of the lawe of Moses, whych the Lorde commaunded to Israel. ² And Esdras the preast brought the lawe before the congregacion both of men and wemen, and all that coulde vnderstande dyd herken vnto it, vpon the fyrst daye of the seuenth moneth, ³ and he red therin in the strete that was before the watergate (from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye) before men and wemen that dyd herken to it: and the eares of all the people were inclyned vnto the booke of the lawe.

⁷ And Iesua, Baam, Serabiah, Iamin, Acub, Sebathai, Hadaia, Maasia, Celita, Azaria, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaia: and the Leuites caused the people to geue hede vnto the lawe, & the people stode in their place. ⁸ And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly & playnly, so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red.

³ & stode vp in theyr place, & red in the boke of the lawe of the Lord their God foure tymes on the daye, and they knowleged, & worshipped the Lord their God foure tymes on the daye.

¹ And that daye dyd they reade in the boke of Moses, & the people herkened therto, & there was found writen therin, that the Ammonites & Moabites shulde neuer come into the congregacion of God, ² because they mett not the children of Israel wt bread and water, but hyred Balaam agaynst them, that he shuld curse them: and oure God turned the curse into a blessing. ³ Now when they herde the lawe, it fortuned, that they separated from Israell euery one that had myxte hym selfe therin

⁶ For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge.

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe

² saying: The Scribes and the Pharises syt in Moses seate. ³ All therfore whatsoeuer they byd you obserue, that obserue and do: but do not ye after theyr workes:

³⁴ And Iesus went out & sawe moche people, & had compassyon on them, because they were lyke shepe, not hauinge a shepherde. And he beganne to teach them many thynges.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? how shall they beleue on hym, of whom they haue not hearde? how shall they heare, without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preache except they be sent? As it is written: how beautyfull are the fete of them which brynge tydynges of peace, and brynge tydynges of good thynges. ¹⁶ But they haue not all obeyed to the Gospell. For Esay sayth: Lorde, who hath beleued oure sayinges? ¹⁷ So then fayth cometh by hearynge, and hearynge cometh by the worde of God.

⁵ If eny of you lacke wysdome, let hym aske of him that geueth it: euen God, which geueth to all men indifferentlye, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen him.

¹⁷ But the wysdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peasable, gentle, & easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudging, without simulacion: ¹⁸ yee, & the frute of ryghtewesnes is sowen in peace, of them that mayntene peace.

¹ These are the lawes whyche thou shalt set before them. ² If thou bye a seruaunte that is an Hebrue, syxe yeres he shal serue, and in the seuenth he shall goo out fre payinge nothynge. ³ If he came alone, he shall goo out alone. And yf he came maried, hys wyfe shall goo oute with hym: ⁴ And yf hys master haue geuen hym a wyfe and she haue borne hym sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and hyr children shalbe hir masters and he shall goo oute alone. ⁵ And yf the seruaunte saye: I loue my master, my wyfe and my chyldren, I wyll not goo oute fre. ⁶ Hys master shall brynge hym vnto the iudges, and sett hym to the doore or the dorepost and hys master shall bore hys eare thorowe with a nawle, and he shalbe hys seruaunte for euer. ⁷ And yf a man sell hys daughter to be a seruaunte: she shall not goo oute as the men seruauntes doo. ⁸ If she also please not hyr master, and he geueth her to noman to wyfe, then shall he let hyr go fre: to sell her vnto a straunge nacyon shall he haue no power, seinge he despysed her. ⁹ If he haue promysed her vnto hys sonne to wyfe, he shall deale with her as men do with theyr daughters. ¹⁰ And yf he take hym another wyfe, yet hyr fode, hyr rayment and dutie of mariage shal he not mynishe. ¹¹ And yf he do not these thre vnto her, then shall she goo out fre and paye no money. ¹² He that smyteth a man that he dye, shalbe slayne for it. ¹³ If a man laye not awayte but God delyuer hym into hys hande, then I wyll poynte the a place whether he shall fle. ¹⁴ If a man come presumpteously vpon hys neyghboure to slee him with gyle, thou shalt take him fro myne alter that he dye. ¹⁵ He that smyteth hys father or hys mother, let hym be slayne for it. ¹⁶ He that stealeth a man and selleth him (yf it be proued vpon hym) shall be slayne for it. ¹⁷ And he that cursseth hys father or mother, shall be put to deth for it. ¹⁸ If men stryue together & one smyte another with a stone or with hys fyste, and he dye not, but lyeth in bedd: ¹⁹ yf he ryse agayne and walke without vpon hys staffe, then shall he that smote him go quyte: saue onely he shall bere hys charges for lesynge hys tyme, and shall paye for hys healynge. ²⁰ And yf a man smyte hys seruaunte or his mayde with a rodd, and they dye vnder hys hande, it shalbe auenged in dede. ²¹ And yf they continue a daye or two, it shall not be auenged, for they are hys money. ²² Yf men stryue & hurte a woman with chylde, so that hyr frute departe from her, and yet no misfortune foloweth: then shall he be mersed, accordynge as the womans husband wyll laye to his charge, and he shall paye as the dayes men appoynte hym.

¹ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge. ² Thys shalt thou saye to the chyldren of Israel, whosoeuer he be of the chyldren of Israel or of the straungers that dwell in Israel, that geueth of his seed vnto. Moloch, let him be slayne: the people of the lande shall stone hym. ³ And I wyll sett my face agaynst that man, and wyll destroye hym from amonge his people: because he hath geuen of hys seed vnto Moloch, for to defyle my sanctuary, and to polute my holy name. ⁴ And though that the people of the lande hyde their eyes from the man that geueth of hys seed vnto Moloch, and kyll hym not: ⁵ I wyll put my face agaynst that man, and agaynst hys kynred, and wyll destroye hym, and all that goo a whorynge after him to commyt whordome with Moloch, from amonge their people. ⁶ If a soule turne hym selfe after such as worke wyth spretes, and after sothsayers, to goo a whorynge after them, I wyll put my face agaynst that soule, & wyll destroye hym from amonge hys people. ⁷ Sanctifye youre selues therfore and be holye, for I am the Lorde youre God, ⁸ kepe ye myne ordinaunces, and doo them. I am the Lorde which doth sanctifye you. ⁹ Whosoeuer he be, that curseth his father or hys mother, let hym dye: for he hath cursed hys father and mother, hys bloude be vpon him. ¹⁰ And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe: euen he that breketh wedlocke wt hys neyghbours wyfe let him be slayne, both the aduoutrer and the aduoutresse. ¹¹ And the man that lyeth with hys fathers wyfe, & vncouereth hys fathers secrettes, let them both dye, their bloude be vpon them. ¹² If a man lye with his daughter in lawe, let them dye both of them: they haue wrought abhominacion, their bloud be vpon them. ¹³ If a man also lye wyth mankynde after the maner as wyth woman kynde, they haue both commytted an abhominacyon: let them dye. Their bloude be vpon them. ¹⁴ And If a man take a wyfe and her mother also, it is wykednesse. They shall be burnt wyth fyre both he and she, that there be no wykednesse amonge you. ¹⁵ And If a man lye wyth a beast, let hym dye, and ye shall slee the beast also. ¹⁶ If a woman go vnto any beast, & lye downe therto: thou shalt kyll the woman and the beast also, let them dye, their bloude be vpon them. ¹⁷ If a man take hys syster, hys fathers daughter or his mothers daughter, and se her secrettes and she his secrettes, it is a shamefull thinge. They shall perysh in the syghte of their people, he hath uncouered hys systers secrettes, he shall beare his synne. ¹⁸ If a man lye with a woman hauynge her naturall dysease, and vncouer her secrettes, & open her fountayne, and she also open the fountayne of her bloude they shall both peryshe from amonge theyr people. ¹⁹ Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes of thy mothers syster nor of thy fathers syster, for he that doth so, hath vncouered hys nexte kyn: they shall beare theyr mysdoynge. ²⁰ If a man lye with hys vncles wyfe, and vncouer his vncles secrettes: they shall beare their synne, and shall dye chyldlesse. ²¹ If a man take his brothers wyfe, it is an vncleane thynge, he hath vncouered his brothers secrettes, they shalbe chyldlesse. ²² Ye shall kepe therfore all myne ordinaunces and all my iudgementes, and doo them: that the lande whether I brynge you to dwell therin, spewe you not out. ²³ Ye shall not walke in the maners of thys nacyon whyche I cast oute before you: For they comytted all these thynges, & therfore I abhorred them. ²⁴ But I haue sayde vnto you: ye shall enioye their lande, and I will geue it vnto you to possesse it, euen a lande that floweth with mylke & honye. I am the Lorde youre God, whyche haue separated you from other nacyons, ²⁵ and therfore shall ye put difference betwene cleane beastes & vncleane, betwene vncleane foules and cleane. Ye shall not defyle youre soules in beastes and foules, and in all maner crepynge thynges that the grounde bryngeth furth, whych I haue separated from you as vncleane. ²⁶ Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me, for I the Lorde am holy, and haue seuered you from other nacyons: that ye shulde be myne. ²⁷ If there be a man or woman that worketh wyth a spryte, or that is a sothsayer, let them dye. Men shall stone them wyth stones, their bloude be vpon them.

¹ If there a ryse amonge you a prophete or a dreamer of dreames, and geue the a sygne, or a wonder, ² and that sygne or wonder whych he hath sayde come to passe, and then saye: let vs go after straunge Goddes whych thou hast not knowen, and let vs serue them ³ herken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames. For the Lorde thy God proueth you, to wete, whether ye loue the Lorde youre God wyth all youre herte and with all your soule. ⁴ Ye shall walke after the Lorde youre God, and feare him, kepe his commaundmentes, and herken vnto hys voyce, serue him, and cleaue vnto hym. ⁵ And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shall dye, because he hath spoken to turne you a waye from the Lorde youre God, (which brought you out of the lande of Egypte, and delyuered you out of the house of bondage) to thrust the out of the waye, which the Lorde thy God commaunded the to walke in: and therfore thou shalt put the euell a waye from the. ⁶ If thy brother, the sonne of thy mother, or thyne awne sonne, or thy daughter, or the wyfe that lyeth in thy bosome, or thy frende which is as thyne awne soule vnto the, entice the secretly, saying: let vs go & serue straunge Goddes, whych thou hast not knowen nor yet thy fathers, ⁷ And they be of the Goddes of the people which are rounde aboute you, whether they be nye vnto the or farre of from the, from the one ende of the erth vnto the other, ⁸ Thou shalt not consente vnto him, nor herken vnto him: thine eye shall not pitie him nether shalt thou haue compassion on him, nor kepe him secret but cause him to be slayne. ⁹ Thyne hande shalbe fyrst vpon him to kyll hym: & then the handes of all the people. ¹⁰ And thou shalt stone him wyth stones that he dye, because he hath gone aboute to thrust the awaye from the Lorde thy God, which brought the out of the lande of Egipte, and from the house of bondage. ¹¹ And all Israel shall heare and feare, and shall do no moare any soche wyckednesse as this is, amonge you. ¹² If thou shalt heare saye in one of thy cyties which the Lorde thy God hath geuen the to dwell in, ¹³ that certen men beynge the chyldren of Belial, are gone out from amonge you, and haue moued the enhabiters of their cytie, sayinge: let vs go and serue straunge Goddes, which ye haue not knowen. ¹⁴ Then thou must seke, and make serche and enquere diligently. And beholde, yf it be true, and the thynge of a suertye, that soche abhominacion is wrought among you: ¹⁵ then thou shalt smyte the dwellers of that cytie in the edge of the swerde, and destroye it vtterly, and all that is therin, and euen the very catell therof with the edge of the swerde. ¹⁶ And gether all the spoyle of it into the myddes of the streate therof, and burne with fyre both the cytie & all the spoyle therof euery white for the Lorde thy God. And it shalbe an heape for euer & shall not be bylt agayne. ¹⁷ And there shall cleaue naught of the damned thynge in thine hande, that the Lorde maye turne from the fearcenesse of hys wrath, and shewe the mercye, and haue compassyon on the, and multiplye the, as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers. ¹⁸ Therfore shalt thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe all hys commaundmentes, whych I commaunde the this daye, that thou do it, which is ryght in the eyes of the Lorde thy God.

¹² And the hande of God was in Iuda, so that he gaue them one hert, to do the commaundement of the kyng and of the rulers, accordyng to the worde of the Lorde.

¹¹ And soch a commaundement haue I geuen that what man soeuer he be that altereth thys worde, there shall a beame be taken from hys house, and set vp, and he shalbe hanged theron, and his house shalbe made a donghyll for the same thynge,

⁵ Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that maye do hurt, O thou false tonge.

²⁸ Then spake Nabuchodonosor, and sayde, Blessed be the God of Sidrach, Misach and Abednago: which hath sent his angell, and defended his seruauntes, that put theyr trust in him: that haue altered the kinges commaundement: and ieoperde their bodies ther vpon: rather then they wolde serue or worshippe eny other God, excepte their awne God onely. ²⁹ Therfore I wyll and commaunde, that all people, kynredes and tunges, which speake any blasphemy agaynst the God of Sydrach, Misach, and Abednago, shall dye, and their houses shalbe prysed: Because, there is no God that maye saue, as thys.

¹⁰ And Dauid blessed the Lorde before all the congregacyon, and sayde: Blessed be thou Lord God of Israel oure father, from euer and for euer. ¹¹ Thyne (O Lorde) is greatnesse, and power, glorie, victorie and prayse: for all that is in heauen and in erth is thyne, & thyne is the kyngdom (O Lorde) and thou excellest aboue all, euen as the heed of all. ¹² And rychesse and honoure come of the, and thou rayguest ouer all, and in thyne hande is power and strength, and in thyne hand it is to make great & to geue strength vnto all. ¹³ And nowe oure God, we thanke the, and prayse thy gloriouse name. ¹⁴ But whom am I? and what is my people? that we shulde enforce oure selues to geue these thinges so willingly? But all thynges come of the: and of that which we receaued of thyne hande we haue geuen the. ¹⁵ For we be but straungers before the, and soiourners, as were all oure fathers. Oure dayes on the erth also are but as a shadowe, and there is none abydinge. ¹⁶ O Lorde oure God, all this stuffe that we haue prepared to buylde the an house for thy holy name, commeth of thyne hande, & is all thyne. ¹⁷ (I wote also my God) that thou tryest the hertes, and hast pleasure in vnfaynednesse. And in the unfaynednesse of myne herte. I haue willinglye offred all these thinges. And nowe haue I sene thy people which are founde here, to offer vnto the willyngly and wyth gladnesse. ¹⁸ O Lorde God of Abraham, Isahac, & of Israel oure fathers, kepe this for euer, as the begynnynge of the thoughtes of the herte of thy people, and prepare their hertes vnto the. ¹⁹ And geue vnto Salomon my sonne, a perfecte herte, to kepe thy commaundementes, thy testymonies and thy statutes, and to do all, & to buylde the house for the which I haue made prouision for. ²⁰ And Dauid sayde to all the congregacyon: Nowe blesse the Lorde youre God. And all the congregacion blessed the Lorde God of their fathers, and bowed downe their heades and worshypped the Lorde and the kynge. ²¹ And they offered offerynges vnto the Lorde. And on the morowe after the sayde daye, they offered burntofferynges vnto the Lorde euen a thousande younge oxen, a thousande rammes & a thousande shepe, with their dryncke offerynges. Many sacrifyces offred they for all Israel, ²² & dyd eate & dryncke before the Lorde the same daye wt greate gladnesse. And they made Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge the seconde tyme, and annoynted him prynce before the Lorde, and Zadock to be the hye preaste. ²³ And Salomon sate on the seate of the Lorde, and was kyng in steade of Dauid his father, & prospered, and all they of Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ And all the Lordes and men of power, and all the sonnes of kynge Dauid submitted them selues, & were vnder kynge Salomon. ²⁵ And the Lorde magnified Salomon in dignitye, in the syght of all them of Israel, and gaue him so gloriouse a kyngdome as no kynge had before him in Israel. ²⁶ And so Dauid the sonne of Isay raygned ouer all Israel. ²⁷ And the space that he raygned ouer Israel, was fourtye yere: seuen yeare raygned he in Hebron, & .xxxiij. yere raygned he in Ierusalem. ²⁸ And he dyed in a good age: full of dayes, ryches and honoure. And Salomon his sonne raygned in his steade. ²⁹ The actes of Dauid the kynge fyrst and laste, beholde, they are written in the boke of Samuel the sear, and in the boke of Nathan the prophete, and in the boke of Gad the sear, ³⁰ wt all his kyngdome and power & tymes, that went ouer him and ouer all Israel, & ouer all the kyngdomes of the erth.

⁵ And my God gaue me in my hert, that I gathered togeather the principall men, & the officiers, and the people, to nombre them, and I founde a register of the nombre of them which came vp before out of the captiuyte:

¹ The kynges herte is in the hande of the Lorde, lyke as are the ryuers of water: he maye turne it whithersoeuer he wyll.

¹³ The glory of libanus shall come vnto the. The Fyrre trees, Boxes and Cedres together, to garnyshe the place of my Sanctuary, for I wyll glorifye the place of my fete.

¹⁶ Thankes be vnto God, which put the same good mynde for you in the herte of Titus,

¹⁰ I reioyce in the Lord greatly, that nowe at the last youre care is reuyued agayne for me in that wherin ye were also carefull, but ye lacked oportunite.

¹⁰ For this is the testament, that I wyll make wt the house of Israel: After those dayes (sayth the Lord) I wyll put my lawes in their myndes, and in their hertes I will write them, and I wylbe their God, and they shalbe my people.

¹⁶ This is the testament that I wyll make vnto them: after those dayes (sayth the lorde) I will put my lawes in their hertes, & in their myndes will I write them,

¹⁷ Euery good gyfte, and euery parfayt gyft, is from aboue, and commeth downe from the father of lyghtes wt whome is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes.

¹⁷ For God hath put in theyr hertes to fulfyll his wyll, & to do wyth one consent, for to geue their kyngdome vnto the beast, vntyll the wordes of God be fulfylled.

¹⁴ And God almyghtye geue you mercye in the syghte of the man, that he maye delyuer you youre other brother, & this BenIamin, and I shalbe robbed of my chylde, as I haue bene.

⁹ For we are bondmen, & oure God hath not forsaken vs in oure bondage, and hath enclyned mercy vnto vs in the syghte of the kynges of Persia, to geue vs lyfe, to sett vp the house of oure God, and to redresse the desolacion therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Ierusalem.

¹¹ O Lord, I besech the, let thyne eare herken to the prayer of thy seruaunt, and to the prayer of thy seruauntes, whose desyre is to feare thy name, and let thy seruaunt prospere this daye, and graunte hym mercy in the syght of thys man: for I was the kynges buttelar.

⁷ And it was cryed & commaunded in Niniue, by the auctorite of the kynge and hys Lordes, sayenge: se that nether man or beest, oxe or shepe taste ought at all: and that they nether fede ner drinke water:

¹⁷ Not wythstandynge the Lorde, assysted me, and strengthed me, that by me the preachynge shulde be fulfylled to the vtmost, and that all the Gentyls shulde heare. And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon. ¹⁸ And the Lorde shall delyuer me from all euyll doynge, and shall kepe me vnto hys heuenly kyngdom. To whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.