Numbers 23 Cross References - Great

¹ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: bylde me here seuen alters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen rammes. ² And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde. And Balac and Balaam offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram. ³ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the sacrifyce, and I wyll goo yf happly the Lorde wyll mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell the, and he went forth alone. ⁴ But God met Balaam, and Balaam sayde vnto hym: I haue prepared seuen alters, and haue offered vpon euery alter, an oxe and a ram. ⁵ And the Lorde put a sayinge in Balams mouth, and sayde: go agayn to Balac and saye on thys wyse. ⁶ And whan he went agayne vnto him, loo, he stode by hys sacrifice, he and all the Lordes of Moab. ⁷ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde Balac the kynge of Moab hath fett me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east (sayinge:) come, curse Iacob for my sake: come, & defye Israel. ⁸ Howe shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defye him, whom God hath not defyed? ⁹ from the toppe of the rockes I se hym, and from the hylles I beholde hym: loo, the people shall dwell by them selfe, and shall not be rekened among the nacyons. ¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Iacob, and the nombre of the fourth parte of Israel? I praye God, that my soule maye dye the death of the ryghteous, & that my last ende maye be lyke hys. ¹¹ And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: what hast thou done vnto me? I fett the to curse myne enemyes, and beholde, thou hast blessed them. ¹² He answered and sayde: must I not kepe that & speake it, whych the Lorde hath put in my mouthe? ¹³ And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I praye the with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest se them, and thou shalt se but the vtmost parte of them, and shalt not se them all: curse them out of that place for my sake. ¹⁴ And he brought him into a felde (where men myght se farre of) euen to the toppe of an hyll, and bylt seuen alters, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter. ¹⁵ And he sayd vnto Balac: stande here by thy sacrifyce, whyle I go yonder. ¹⁶ And the Lord mett Balaam, and put a worde in hys mouth & sayd: go agayne vnto Balac, and thus saye. ¹⁷ And when he came to hym: beholde, he stode by his sacrifyce, & the Lordes of Moab with hym. And Balac sayde vnto him: what hath the Lorde sayde? ¹⁸ And he toke vp his parable & answered: ryse vp Balac and heare, and herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor. ¹⁹ God is not a man that he shulde lye, nether the sonne of a man that he shulde repent: shulde he saye, and not doo? or shulde he speake, and not make it good? ²⁰ beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse, for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to alter it. ²¹ He behelde no vanyte in Iacob, nor sawe trauayll in Israel. The Lorde hys God is wt him, and the presence of the kyng is amonge them. ²² God brought them oute of Egypte, he hath strength as an vnicorne. ²³ There is no sorcery in Iacob, nor sothsaying in Israel. It is nowe tolde vnto Iacob & Israel, what God hath wrought. ²⁴ Beholde, the people shal ryse vp as a lyonesse, and heue vp hym selfe as a lyon. He shall not lye downe, vntill he eate of the praye, and drynke the bloude of them that are slayne. ²⁵ And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: nether curse them nor blesse them. ²⁶ But Balaam answered and sayde vnto Balac: tolde not I the sayinge: all that the Lorde speaketh, that I must doo? ²⁷ And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: come I praye the, and I wyll brynge the yet vnto another place: yf peraduenture it shall please God, that thou mayst thence curse them for my sake. ²⁸ And Balac broughte Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that boweth toward the wyldernesse of Iesymmom. ²⁹ And Balaam sayde vnto Balac: make me here seuen alters, and prepare me here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes. ³⁰ And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayde, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter.

²⁴ An alter of erth thou shalt make vnto me, and theron offer thy burntofferynges and thy peace offerynges, thy shepe and thyne oxen. In all places where I shall put the remembraunce of my name thyther I wyll come vnto the and blesse the.

¹ And thou shalt make an aultare of sethim wodd: fyue cubytes longe and fyue cubytes brode. For it shall be foure square, and thre cubytes hye. ² And thou shalt make it hornes in the foure corners of it the hornes shalbe of it selfe, and thou shalt couer it with brasse. ³ And make hys asshepannes, shouels, basens, fleshhokes, fyrepannes & all the apparell therof for the same, of brasse. ⁴ And thou shalt make vnto it a gredyern also (lyke a net) of brasse. And vpon that net shalt thou make foure brasen rynges in the foure corners therof: ⁵ and thou shalt put it vnder the compase of the altare beneth, that the net maye be in the myddes of the altare. ⁶ And thou shalt make (two) barres for the altare of sethim wodd, and couer them with brasse, ⁷ and let them be put in rynges a longe by the sydes of the altare to beare it wt all. ⁸ And make the aulter holowe with bordes: euen as it was shewed the in the mount, so shall they make it.

²⁹ And Balaam sayde vnto Balac: make me here seuen alters, and prepare me here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.

³² In the seuenth daye, ye shal offre seuen bullockes, two rams and thirten lambes that are yerlinges and pure.

²² And Samuel sayde: hath the Lorde as great pleasure in burnt sacrifyces & offeringes, as whan the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? Behold, to obeye is better then sacrifyce, & to herken, is better then the fatt of rammes.

²² If ye saye vnto me, we trust in the Lorde oure God: Is not that he whose hilaulters and his other aulters, Hezekia hath put downe, and hath sayde to Iuda & Ierusalem, ye shall worshyppe before this aulter here in Ierusalem.

²⁶ And when God helped the leuites, that bare the Arcke of the appoyntement of the Lorde, they offered seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.

²¹ And they brought seuen oxen, seuen rammes, seuen shepe, and seuen hegoates, to be a synne offeryng for the kyngdome, for the sanctuarie, & for Iuda. And he commaunded the preastes the sonnes of Aaron, to offer them on the aulter of the Lorde.

⁸ Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

⁸ I wyll not reproue the because of thy sacryfyces, or for thy burntoffrynges, because they were not allwaye before me. ⁹ I wyll take no bullock out of thy house, ner he goates out of thy foldes.

⁸ The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym.

¹¹ Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith Lorde? I am full of the brentoffrynges of wethers, and of the fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloud of bullokes, lambes and goates. ¹² When ye come to apeare before me, who requireth this of you to treade within my porches? ¹³ Therfore offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. Incense is an abhominable thinge vnto me. I Maye not awaye with youre newe moones, your Sabbathes & gatheringe togyther at the solempne dayes. ¹⁴ I hate your newe mone dayes & solempne feastes, euen fro my very hert. I can not awaye wt suche vanitie & holdinge in of the people. ¹⁵ They lye vpon me as a burthen, and I am wery of beringe them. Whan ye holde out your handes, I will turne myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet wil I heare nothynge at all, seyng your handes are ful of bloude.

³¹ These come vnto the, after the maner of a greate people: yee, as who sayth they were my people, they syt downe before the, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter for in their mouthes they make a Ieste of them, and theyr herte goeth after theyr awne couetous lucre.

²³ And in the feast of the seuen dayes he shall offre euery daye a bullocke and a ram, that are without blemysh, for a burntoffering vnto the Lorde: and an hegoate daylye for a synoffering.

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.

¹¹ Wo be vnto them, for they haue folowed the waye of Cain, & are vtterly geuen to the erroure of Balam for lukers sake & perisshe in the treason of Core.

¹⁴ And he brought him into a felde (where men myght se farre of) euen to the toppe of an hyll, and bylt seuen alters, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter.

³⁰ And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayde, and offered an oxe and a ram on euery alter.

²⁰ And Noah buylded an altare vnto the lorde, and toke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, & offred sacrifyces in the altare.

² And he sayde take thy only sonne Isahac whom thou louest, & get the vnto the lande Moria, and sacrifyce hym there for a sacrifyce vpon one of the mountayns, whych I wyll shewe the:

⁷ Than spake Isahac vnto Abraham hys father and sayde: My father? And he answered: here am I my sonne. He sayd: Se here is fyre and wodd, but where is the shepe for sacrifyce? ⁸ Abraham answered: my sonne, God wyll prouyde him a shepe for sacrifyce. And so they wente both together.

¹³ And Abraham lyftynge vp his eyes, loked aboute: and beholde, there was a ram caught by the hornes in a thyckette. And he went & toke the ram and offred hym vp for a sacrifyce in the steade of hys sonne.

¹² And Iethro Moses father in lawe offred burntofferynges and sacrifyces vnto God. And Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eate breade wyth Moses father in lawe before God.

¹ And the Lorde called Moses, & spake vnto hym oute of the tabernacle of witnesse sayinge.

⁸ He answered them: tary here thys nyght, and I wyll brynge you worde, euen as the Lord shall saye vnto me. And the Lordes of Moab abode with Balaam. ⁹ And God came vnto Balaam and sayde, what men are these wyth the?

³¹ And the Lorde opened the eyes of Balaam and he sawe the angell of the Lorde standinge in the waye, hauynge a swerde drawen in hys hande. He bowed hym selfe therfore, and fell flat on hys face. ³² And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Wherfore hast thou smyten thyne asse thre tymes? beholde, I came out as an aduersary, because thou makest thy waye contrary vnto me, ³³ and the asse sawe me, and went backe fro me thre tymes: or els yf she had not turned fro me I had suerly slayne the, and saued her alyue. ³⁴ Balaam sayd vnto the angell of the Lord: I haue synned: for I wist not that thou stodest in the waye agaynst me Nowe therfore yf it displease the I wyll turne home agayne. ³⁵ The angell sayde vnto Balaam: go with the men: but, what I saye vnto the, that shalt thou speake. And so Balaam went with the Lordes of Balac.

¹⁵ And he sayd vnto Balac: stande here by thy sacrifyce, whyle I go yonder.

¹ And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the Lorde that he shulde blesse Israel, he went not as he dyd twyse before to fett sothsayinge, but sett hys face towarde the wyldernesse.

⁹ And God came vnto Balaam and sayde, what men are these wyth the?

²⁰ And God came vnto Balaam by nyghte, & sayde vnto him: If the men come to call the, ryse vp and go with them: but loke what I saye vnto the, that shalt thou do.

¹ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: bylde me here seuen alters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen rammes.

¹⁶ And the Lord mett Balaam, and put a worde in hys mouth & sayd: go agayne vnto Balac, and thus saye.

³ Wherfore fast we (saye they) and thou seest it not? we put out lyues to straytenes, and thou regardest it not? ⁴ Beholde, when ye fast, youre lust remayneth styll: for ye do no lesse vyolence to your detters: lo, ye fast to stryfe and debate, & to smyte with youre fyst without mercy. Now ye shall not fast thus that your voyce myght be hearde aboue.

¹² sayinge: These last haue wrought but one houre, & thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burthen & heat of the day.

¹² I fast twyse in the weke. I geuetythe of all that I possesse.

² They shall excommunicat you: ye the tyme shall come, that whosoeuer kylleth you, will thinke that he doth God seruyce.

²⁷ Where is then thy reioysynge? It is excluded. By what lawe? of workes? Naye: but by the lawe of fayth.

⁹ and commeth not of workes, lest eny man shulde boast him selfe

³⁵ The angell sayde vnto Balaam: go with the men: but, what I saye vnto the, that shalt thou speake. And so Balaam went with the Lordes of Balac.

¹⁸ I will rayse them vp a prophete from amonge their brethren lyke vnto the, and wyll put my wordes in hys mouthe, and he shall speake vnto them all that I shall commaunde hym.

¹ A Man maye well purpose a thynge in hys herte, but the answere of the tonge commeth of the Lorde.

⁹ A man deuiseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges.

¹⁶ I haue put my wordes in thy mouth, & haue defended the in the shadowe of my hande: that I maye plante the heauens, & leye the foundacyon of the earth, and saye vnto Sion: thou art my people.

²¹ I wyll make thys couenaunt wyth them (sayth the Lorde:) My sprete that is vpon the, and the wordes which I haue put in thy mouth, shall neuer go out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy chylders chyldren, from thys tyme forth for euermore worlde wythout ende sayth the Lorde.

⁹ And with that, the Lorde stretched oute his hande, and touched my mouth, & the same lorde sayde vnto me. Behold, I put my wordes in thy mouth,

¹² For the holy goost shall teache you in the same houre, what ye ought to saye.

⁵¹ Thys spake he not of him selfe, but beynge hye preste that same yere, he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people,

²² The chyldren of Sem: Elam and Assur, Arphachsad, and Lud and Aram.

² but aryse & gett the to Mesopotamia to the house of Bethuel thy mothers father: and there take the a wyfe of the daughters of Laban thy mothers brother.

⁷ and that Iacob had obeyed hys father and mother, & was gone vnto Mesopotamia:

⁵ He sent messengers therfore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor in Pethor (whych is by the ryuer in the lande of the chyldren of his folke) to call him, sayinge: beholde, there is a people come oute of Egypte, & beholde, they couer the face of the erth, & dwell ouer agaynst me. ⁶ Come nowe therfore & curse thys people for my sake. For they are to myghtie for me, yf so perauenture I myght be able to smyte them & to dryue them oute of the lande. For I wote that he whome thou blessest, is blessed, and whome thou cursest is cursed.

¹¹ beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the erth: come nowe therfore, and curse them for my sake, yf so peraduenture I maye be able to ouercome them in batell, and to dryue them oute.

¹⁷ for I wyll greatly promote the vnto greate honoure, and wyll do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me, come I praye the, curse thys people for my sake:

¹⁸ And he toke vp his parable & answered: ryse vp Balac and heare, and herken vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

³ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde: Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde & the man whose eye is open hath sayd:

¹⁵ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde: Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, the man whose eye is open, hath sayde.

²¹ And he loked on the Kenytes and toke vp hys parable, and sayde: stronge is thy dwellynge place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rocke,

²³ And he toke vp his parable and sayd: Alas, Who shall lyue when God doeth thys?

⁴ because they met you not wyth bread and water in the waye, when ye came out of Egypt, and because they hyred agaynst the. Balaam the sonne of Beor of Pethor, of Mesopotamia, to curse the.

¹⁰ And the Philistine sayde: I defye the host of Israel this daye, geue me a man, that we maye fight together:

²⁵ And euery man of Israel sayde: Sawe ye thys man come forth? euen to reuyle Israel is he come. And to hym that beateth hym, wyll the kynge geue great ryches, and will geue him his daughter therto: yee & make his fathers house fre in Israel. ²⁶ And Dauid spake to the men that stode by, and sayde: What shalbe done to the man that beateth this Philistine, & taketh awaye the shame from Israel? And what is thys vncircumcised Philistine, that he shulde reuyle the hoste of the lyuinge God?

³⁶ And so thy seruaunt slue the Lyon & the beare (also) hath thy seruaunt slayne. And truly thys vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them seynge he hath rayled on the hoste of the lyuing God.

⁴⁵ Then sayde Dauid to the Philistine: thou comest to me wyth a swerde, a speare and a shylde: But I come to the in the name of the Lord of hostes, the God of the hoste of Israel, whom thou hast rayled vpon.

²¹ And whan he defyed Israell, Ionathas the sonne of Simea the brother of Dauid slewe hym

⁹ After him was Eleazar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi, one of the thre worthies wt Dauid, which defyed the Phylistines that were there geathered together to battell: whan the men of Israel were gone vp.

¹ And Iob proceaded & went forth in hys communicacyon, sayeng:

¹ So Iob proceaded and went forth in his communicacyon, sayenge.

² I wyll open my mouth in a parable, I wyll declare hard sentences of olde.

² Lyke as the byrde & the swalowe take theyr flyght & fle here & there, so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not lyght vpon a man.

² Thou sonne of man: put forth a darcke speakynge and a parable, vnto the house of Israel,

⁴⁹ Then sayde I: O Lord, they wyll saye of me: Tush, they are but fables, that he telleth.

⁴ In that daye shal thys terme be vsed and a mournynge shalbe made ouer you on thys maner: We be vtterly desolate the porcyon of my people is translated. Whan will he parte vnto vs the laude, that he hath taken from vs?

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, & mocke him with a byworde, & saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe will he lade hym selfe with thicke claye?

³³ Another similitude spake he vnto them: The kyngdom of heauen is lyke vnto leuen, which a woman taketh and hydeth in thre peckes of meale, tyll all be leuened.

³⁵ that it myght be fulfylled, which was spoken by the prophet, that sayth I will open my mouth in parables: I wyll speake forth thynges which haue bene kepte secrete from the begynning of the world.

¹² They went about also to take him, & feared the people. For they knewe, that he had spoken the parable agaynst them. And they left hym and went theyr waye:

¹² And God sayde vnto Balaam: Go not thou with them, nether curse the people, for they are blessed.

²⁰ beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse, for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to alter it.

²³ There is no sorcery in Iacob, nor sothsaying in Israel. It is nowe tolde vnto Iacob & Israel, what God hath wrought.

²⁵ I destroye the tokens of witches, and make the Sothsaiers fooles. As for the wyse, I turne them backwarde, and make theyr connyng folyshnesse.

¹² Nowe go to thy coniurers, & to the multitude of thy wytches (with whom thou hast weried thy selfe from thy youth) yf they maye helpe the, or strengthen the. ¹³ Thou hast hytherto had many councels of them, so let the heauen gasers and the beholders of starres and mone prophetes come on nowe and delyuer the: yee, and lett them shewe, when these newe thinges shall come vpon the.

⁵ Nowe therfore yf ye wyll heare my voyce in dede, and kepe myne appoyntement: ye shall be myne awne, aboue all nacyons, for all the erth is myne. ⁶ Ye shall be vnto me also a kyngdome of preastes and an holy people: and these are the wordes which thou shalt saye vnto the chyldren of Israel.

¹⁶ for howe shall it be knowen here, that I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy syght, but in that thou goest wt vs? Yf thou go with vs, shall not I and thy people haue preemynence before all the people that are vpon the face of the earth?

⁸ When the most highest, deuyded the nacyons, and whan he separated the sonnes of Adam, he put the borders of the nacyons, fast by the multitude of the chyldren of Israel.

²⁸ Israel then shall dwell in safetye, & alone. And the eye of Iacob shalbe vpon a lande of corne and wyne, and hys heauens shall droppe the dewe.

² For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes, and the holy sede is mixte with the nacions in the lande: and the hande of the princes & rulers hath bene principall in this trespace.

⁸ And Haman sayde vnto kynge Ahasuerus: There is here a people scatered abrode and dispersed among all people in all the landes of thyne empyre, & they haue their lawes contrary from all people, & do not after the kynges lawes, nether is it the kynges profet to suffre them after thys maner.

²⁸ Feare thou not (O Iacob my seruaunt) sayth the Lord, for I am with the: and wyll destroye all nacyons, amonge whom I haue scatered the. Neuerthelesse, I wyll not consume the: but chasten the and correcte the: yee, and that wt discrecyon: nether will I spare the as one that were fautlesse.

⁹ For lo this I promyse: though I syfte the house of Israel amonge all nacyons (lyke as they vse to syfte in a syue) yet shall not the smallest grauell stone fall vpon the earth:

⁸ And thys I saye, that Iesus Chryst was a mynister of the circumcisyon for the trueth of God, to conferme the promyses made vnto the fathers: ⁹ that the gentyls myght prayse God for hys mercy, as it is wrytten. For this cause I will prayse the amonge the gentyls, and synge vnto thy name. ¹⁰ And agayne he sayth: reioyse ye gentyles wyth hys people.

¹⁷ Wherfore come out from amonge them, and separate youre selues from them (sayth the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receaue you,

¹² remember (I saye) that at that tyme ye were without Chryst, beynge aliauntes from the comen welth of Israel, and straungers from the testamentes of the promes hauynge no hope, and beynge with out God in this worlde. ¹³ But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu, ye which somtyme were farre of, are made nye by the bloude of Chryst. ¹⁴ For he is oure peace, which hath made of both one, and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs,

¹⁴ whych gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs from all vnryghtewesnes, and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes.

⁹ But ye are a chosen generacion, a royall presthod, an holy nacyon, a people whych are wonne: that ye shuld shewe the vertues of hym, that called you out of darcknes into hys meruclous lyght,

¹⁶ And I wyll make thy seed, as the dust of the erth: so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the erth, than shall thy seed also be nombred.

¹⁷ that in blessynge I wyll blesse the, and in multiplienge I wyll multiplie thy seed as the starres of heauen & as the sande which is vpon the see syde. And thy seed shall possesse the gate of hys enemies.

¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the erth: and thou shalt spreade abrode to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south. And thorowe the and in thy seed shall all the kynredes of the erth be blessed.

⁹ so that the whole nombre of the whole hoste of Iuda are an hundred thousande .lxxxvi. thousande. & .iiii. hundred thorowe out theyr armyes: and these shall go before.

¹⁶ All that were nombred wyth the trybe of Ruben: an hundred thousande .li. thousande .iiii. hundred & .l. thorowe out their armyes, and they shall go in the seconde place.

²⁴ All that were appoynted with the hoste of Ephraim, were an hundred thousande .viij. thousande and an hundred, thorowe out their armyes & they shall goo in the thyrde place.

³¹ All they that were appoynted wyth the hoste of Dan, was an hundred thousande .lvij. thousande and .vj. hundred. And they shall go hynmost wyth their standerdes.

³⁷ & he vanished awaye, & lo, he was gone: I sought him, but coulde no where be found.

¹⁵ Behold (O Lorde) how that I am thy seruaunt: I am thy seruaunt,

³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death.

¹ The ryghteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in hys hert, Good godly people are taken a waye, and no man consydreth it. Namely, that the ryghteous is conuayed awaye from the wycked. ² He commethe into peace, & godlye men rest in their chambres, and before the godly man goeth peace.

²⁹ Lorde, now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordynge to thy promes. ³⁰ For myne eyes haue sene the saluacion:

²¹ Therfore, let no man reioyce in men. For all thynges are youres, ²² whether it be Paul, ether Apollo, ether Cephas: whether it be the worlde, ether lyfe, ether deeth, whether they be present thynges, or thynges to come: all are youres:

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorrupcyon: and this mortall must put on immortalite. ⁵⁴ When this corruptible hath put on incorruption, and this mortall hath put on immortalite: then shalbe brought to passe the saying that is written: ⁵⁵ Deeth is swalowed vp in victory: Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory? ⁵⁶ The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe. ⁵⁷ But thankes be vnto God which hath geuen vs victory, thorowe oure Lord Iesus Christ.

¹ For we knowe that yf oure erthy mancion of this dwellyng were destroyed, we haue a byldinge of God, an habitacyon not made with handes, but eternall in heauen.

²¹ For Christ is to me lyfe, and deeth is to me auauntage. ²² If it chaunce me to lyue in the flesshe, that thinge is to me frutefull for the worcke, and what I shall chose I wote not. ²³ For I am constrayned of these two thinges. I desyre to be loosed, & to be wt Christ which is moche & far better.

⁶ For I am nowe ready to be offered, and the tyme of my departynge, is at hande. ⁷ I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept the fayth. ⁸ From hence forth ther is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghtewesnes, which the Lorde (that is a ryghteous iudge) shall geue me at that daye: not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue his comminge.

¹³ Notwythstandynge I thynke it mete (as longe as I am in thys tabernacle) to strete you vp by puttyng you in remembraunce, for as moch, ¹⁴ as I am sure, that shortly I must put of thys my tabernacle, euen as oure Lorde Iesus Christ shewed me. ¹⁵ I wyll euer also geue my diligence, that ye maye haue wherwyth to stere vp the remembraunce of these thinges after my departyng.

¹³ And I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me: wryte. Blessed are the deed, which here after dye in the Lorde, euen so sayth the sprete: that they rest from theyr laboures, but theyr workes folowe them.

⁷ And he toke vp hys parable and sayde Balac the kynge of Moab hath fett me from Mesopotamia out of the mountaynes of the east (sayinge:) come, curse Iacob for my sake: come, & defye Israel. ⁸ Howe shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? or howe shall I defye him, whom God hath not defyed?

¹⁰ And Balac was wroth wyth Balaam, and smote hys handes together, and Balac sayde vnto Balaam: I sent for the to curse myne enemyes, and beholde, thou hast blessed them this thre tymes.

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.

¹⁷ He clothed him self with cursyng lyke as with a rayment: & it shall come in to his bowels lyke water, and lyke oyle in to hys bones. ¹⁸ Lett it be vnto him as the cloke that he hath vpon him, and as the gyrdle that he is allwaye gyrded wt all. ¹⁹ Let it thus happen from the Lorde vnto myne enemyes, and to those that speake euell agaynst my soule. ²⁰ But deale thou wt me (O Lorde God) accordyng vnto thy name, for swete is thy mercy.

³⁸ And Balaam made answere vnto Balac: Loo, I am come vnto the. And can I nowe saye any thinge at all. The worde that God putteth in my mouthe, that shall I speake.

²⁶ But Balaam answered and sayde vnto Balac: tolde not I the sayinge: all that the Lorde speaketh, that I must doo?

¹³ If Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde, I cannot passe the worde of the Lorde, to do ether good or bad of myne awne mynde? But what the Lorde sayeth, that am I compelled to speake.

²⁵ but when he speaketh fayre, beleue him not, for there are seuen abhominacions in his herte.

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ, but their awne bellyes, & with swete and flatterynge wordes, deceaue the hertes of the innocentes.

¹⁶ They confesse that they knowe God: but with the dedes they denye hym seinge they are abominable and disobedient, & vnapte vnto euery good worcke.

⁴¹ And on the morowe Balac toke Balaam, and brought hym vp into the hye place of Baal, that thence he myght se the vtmost parte of the people.

⁹ Then Balak the sonne of Ziphor, king of Moab arose, & warred agaynst Israell, & sent & called Balaam the sonne of Beor for to cursse you.

²³ And the seruauntes of the kyng of Siria sayde vnto hym. The Gods of the hilles are theyr Gods, and therfore they had the better of vs: but let vs fyght agaynst them in the playne, and for what ye will, we shall haue the better of them.

²⁸ And there came a man of God, and sayde vnto the kyng of Israel: thus sayth the Lorde: Because the Sirians haue sayed: the Lorde is but God of the hylles, and not God of the valeys: therfore will I deliuer all this great multitude into thine hande, & ye shall knowe, that I am the Lorde.

¹⁷ He clothed him self with cursyng lyke as with a rayment: & it shall come in to his bowels lyke water, and lyke oyle in to hys bones.

⁵ Remembre (O my people) what Balach the kyng of Moab had Imagyned agaynst the and what answere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue him, from Sethim vnto Galgal, that ye maye knowe the louyng kyndnesses of the Lorde.

⁹ Ther wt blesse we God the father, and therwith cursse wemen, which are made after the symilitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursyng. My brethren, these thinges ought not so to be.

²⁰ and from Bamoth to the valay that is in the felde of Moab vnto the top of the hyll that appeareth before Iesimon.

¹ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: bylde me here seuen alters and prepare me here seuen oxen and seuen rammes. ² And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde. And Balac and Balaam offered on euery alter an oxe and a ram.

²⁷ Get the vp into the toppe of the hyll, and lyfte vp thyne eyes westwarde, north warde, southwarde, and eastewarde, and beholde it wyth thyne eyes, for thou shalt not go ouer thys Iordan.

⁴⁹ and all the playne on the other syde Iordan eastwarde: euen vnto the see, which is in the playne vnder the springes of the hyll.

¹ And Moses went from the playne of Moab vp into mount Nebo and vnto the toppe of the hyll that is ouer agaynst Iericho. And the Lorde shewed hym all the lande of Gilead, euen vnto Dan,

¹⁰ Heare the worde of the lorde ye Lordes of Sodoma: & herken vnto the lawe of our God, thou people of Gomorra. ¹¹ Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me saith Lorde? I am full of the brentoffrynges of wethers, and of the fatnesse of fedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloud of bullokes, lambes and goates.

⁶ Ye fooles (no doute) wyll take out syluer & golde oute of youre purses, and wepe it, & hyre a goldsmyth to make a God of it, that men maye knele downe and worshyppe it.

¹¹ But at Gilaad is the abhominacyon, they are fallen to vanyte. At Gilgal they haue slayne oxen: as many heapes of stones as they had in theyr lande forowes, so many aulters haue they made.

⁸ He answered them: tary here thys nyght, and I wyll brynge you worde, euen as the Lord shall saye vnto me. And the Lordes of Moab abode with Balaam.

³ And Balaam sayd vnto Balac: stande by the sacrifyce, and I wyll goo yf happly the Lorde wyll mete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell the, and he went forth alone.

⁵ And the Lorde put a sayinge in Balams mouth, and sayde: go agayn to Balac and saye on thys wyse.

¹⁷ He sayde: what is that the Lorde hath sayde vnto the? I praye the, se thou hyde it not from me. God do so, & so to the, yf thou hyde any thyng from me, of all that he sayde vnto the.

¹⁷ Then Zedekiah the kyng sent for him, and called him, and asked hym quyetly in his awne house, sayinge: thynkest thou this busynes (that now is in hande) commeth of the Lorde? Ieremy answered: yee, that it doth: and thou (sayed he) shalt be delyuered into the kynge of Babylons power.

²⁰ And Ahud came vnto hym, and in a somer parler, which he had, sat he him selfe alone, and Ahud sayde I haue a message vnto the from God. And he arose out of hys seate.

²⁹ The strength of Israel wyll not begyle nor repent: for he is not a man, that can repent.

¹⁷ And yet thys semed lyttel in thyne eyes, O God: But thou hast also spoken of thy seruauntes house for a greate whyle to come: and hast loked vpon me as vpon a man of hye degree (O Lorde God.)

³⁵ My couenaunt wyll I not breake, nor alter the thinge that is gone out of my lyppes.

⁹ therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothfull displeasure. For I am God and no man, I am euen that holy one in the middest of the, though I came not within the cytie.

²⁰ Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, & thy mercy for Abraham, lyke as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.

³ for the vision is yet farre of for a tyme, but at the last it shal come to passe, & not fayle. And though he tary, yet wayte thou for him, for in very dede he will come, & not be slacke.

⁶ For I am the Lorde that chaunge not, & ye (O chyldren of Iacob) wyll not leaue of

³³ Heauen and erth shall passe: but my wordes shall not passe.

²⁹ For verely, the gyftes and callynge of God are soch, that it cannot repent hym of them:

² in the hope of eternall lyfe, which God (that cannot lye) promysed before the worlde beganne:

¹⁸ that by two immutable thynges (in whych it was vnpossible that God shulde lye) we myght haue a stronge consolacyon, which hitherto haue fled, for to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,

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.

² And I wyll make of the a greate people, and wyll blesse the, & make thy name greate, that thou mayest be euen a blessynge.

¹⁸ And Balaam answered and sayde vnto the seruauntes of Balac: If Balac wolde geue me hys housefull of syluer and golde, I cannot go beyonde the worde of the Lord my God, to do lesse or moare.

¹³ And euen he am I from the begynnynge, and there is none that can take any thynge out of my hande. I do the worke and who shall be able to let it.

²⁷ my shepe heare my voyce: and I knowe them, & they folowe me, ²⁸ and I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shall neuer perissh, nether shall eny man plucke them oute of my hande. ²⁹ My father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and no man is able to take them oute of my fathers hand.

³⁸ For I am sure, that nether deeth, nether lyfe, nether Angels, nor rule, nether power, nether thynges present, nether thynges to come, ³⁹ nether heygth, nether loweth, nether eny other creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesu oure Lorde.

⁵ whych are kept by the power of of God thorow fayth, vnto saluacion, whych is prepared allready to be shewed in the last tyme,

²¹ And the Lorde wente before them by daye in a pyller of a cloude to leade them the waye: and by nyght in a pyller of fyer to geue them lyght, that they might go both by daye and nyght.

⁴⁵ And I wyll dwell amonge the chyldren of Israel: and will be their God. ⁴⁶ And they shall knowe that I am the Lorde their God, that brought them oute of the lande of Egypte. for to dwell amonge them: euen I the Lord theyr God.

¹⁴ And he sayde: my presence shall go with the: and I wyll geue the rest. ¹⁵ He sayde vnto hym: Yf thy presence go not with me, carye vs not hence: ¹⁶ for howe shall it be knowen here, that I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy syght, but in that thou goest wt vs? Yf thou go with vs, shall not I and thy people haue preemynence before all the people that are vpon the face of the earth?

⁹ and sayde: If I haue founde grace in thy syght (O Lorde) then lett my Lorde go wt vs: for it is a stubburne people, and thou shalt haue mercy vpon oure wyckednes and oure synne, and shalt take vs for thyne enheritaunce.

⁵ And he was in Israel kynge when the heades of the people, and the trybes of Israel were gathered together.

¹³ And Gedeon answered him: Oh my Lord, yf the Lord be wyth vs, why is all this come vpon vs? ye & where be all hys myracles which oure fathers tolde vs of, and sayde? Did not the lord bring vs out of Egypte? But now the Lorde hath forsaken vs, & delyuered vs into the handes of the Madianites.

¹² And behold, God hym selfe is our captayne, & hys prestes blowe wt the trompettes, & crye alarum agaynst you. O ye chyldren of Israel, fyght not agaynst the Lord God of your fathers: for it wyll not prospere with you.

⁴ Yee though I walke thorowe the valleye of the shadow of death, I wyll feare no euell, for thou art wt me thy rodde & thy staffe comforte me.

² Blessed is the man, vnto whom the Lorde imputeth no synne, and in whose sprete there is no gyle.

⁵ I wyll knowledge my synne vnto the, and myne vnryghteousnesse haue I not hyd.

⁷ The Lord of Hostes is wt vs, the God of Iacob is oure refuge. Sela.

¹¹ The Lorde of Hostes is wyth vs, the God of Iacob is oure defence. Sela.

⁵ God is gone vp wyth a mery noyse, & the Lord wyth the sownde of the trompe. ⁶ O syng prayses, syng prayses vnto God: O synge prayses, synge prayses vnto oure kyng. ⁷ For God is kyng of all the earth synge ye prayses wt vnderstandyng.

¹⁵ Ryghteousnes and equite is the habitacyon of thy seate, mercy and trueth shall go before thy face. ¹⁶ Blessed is the people (O Lorde) that can reioyse in the: they shall walke in the lyght of thy countenaunce. ¹⁷ Theyr delyte shalbe daylye in thy name, & in thy ryghteousnesse shall they make theyr boast. ¹⁸ For thou art the glory of theyr strength, & in thy louynge kyndnesse thou shalt lyft vp oure hornes.

¹ The Lorde is kynge, the earth maye be glad therof: yee the multytude of the Iles maye be glad therof.

¹² Loke how wyde also the east is from the west, so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs.

¹⁵ The voyce of ioye and health is in the dwellynges of the ryghteous: the ryght hande of the Lorde bryngeth myghtye thynges to passe.

¹⁸ Come I praye ye (sayeth the Lorde) let vs reason oure matter together. Though youre sinnes be as read as scarlet, thei shalbe as white as snowe. And though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whit as wolle.

¹⁰ take your councell together, yet must your councel come to naught: go in hande withall, yet shall it not prospere: for God is with vs.

⁶ Crye out, and syng thou that dwellest in Syon, for great is the holy one of Israell in the myddes of the.

²² For the Lorde is our iudge, the Lorde is our lawe geuer. The Lorde is our king, and he him selfe shalbe our sauioure.

¹⁷ Beholde bytter as gall was my pensyuenesse, so sore longed I for helth. And it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe, from the fylthye pytt, for thou it is (O Lorde) that hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe.

¹⁰ be not afrayed, for I am wt the. Melt not away as waxe, for I am thy God, to strength the, helpe the, & to kepe the wt this ryght hande of myne.

²⁰ In those dayes and at the same tyme, sayth the Lord, yf the offence of Israel be sought for, there shall none be founde. Yf men enquere for the synne of Iuda, there shalbe none: for I wyll be mercyfull vnto them, whom I suffre to remayne ouer.

³⁵ Thus shall it haue .xviij.M. measures rounde about. And from that tyme forth, the name of the citye shalbe, the Lorde is there.

² Take these wordes with you, when ye turne to the Lorde, and saye vnto hym: O, forgeue vs all oure synnes, receaue vs graciously, & then wyll we offre the bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the: ³ Assur shalbe nomore oure helper, nether will we ryde vpon horses eny more. As for the worckes of oure handes, we wyll nomore call vpon them: For it is thou that art oure God, thou shewest euer mercye vnto the fatherlesse. ⁴ O (yf they wolde do this) I shulde heale theyr sores: yee, with all my herte wolde I loue them: so that my wrath shulde cleane be turned awaye from them.

¹⁸ Where is there soch a God as thou? that pardonest wyckednes, and forgeuest the offences of the remnaunt of thyne herytage? He kepeth not his wrath for euer: and why? his delite is to haue compassion: ¹⁹ he shal turne agayne, and be mercyfull to vs: he shal put downe oure wyckednesses, and cast all oure synnes into the botome of the see. ²⁰ Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, & thy mercy for Abraham, lyke as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.

²³ Behold, a mayd shalbe wt chylde, & shall bring forth a sonne, & they shall call his name Emanuel, which yf a man interpret, it is asmoch to say as God with vs.

³⁷ And when he was now come nye to hye goyng downe of the mounte Olyuete, the whole multitude of the discyples began to reioyce, & to prayse God with a loude voyce, for all the myracles that they had sene, ³⁸ sayinge: blessed be the kynge that commeth in the name of the Lorde: peace in heauen, and glory in the hyest:

⁷ Blessed are they, whose vnryghtewesnes are forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered ⁸ Blessed is that man, to whom the Lorde wyll not impute synne.

¹⁴ For synne shall not haue power ouer you. Because ye are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace.

¹ Ther is then no damnacyon to them whych are in Chryst Iesu, whych walke not after the flesshe, but after the sprete.

¹⁴ Thankes be vnto God, which alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christ, and openeth the sauer of his knowledge by vs in euery place.

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, and made agrement betwene the worlde and him selfe, & imputed not their synnes vnto them, and hath commytted to vs the preachynge of the attonement.

¹⁶ Or how agreeth the temple of God with Images for ye are the temple of the lyuinge God, as sayde God? I wyll dwell amonge them, & walcke amonge them, and wylbe their God: & they shalbe my people.

¹⁶ And in very dede for this cause haue I kepte the, for to shewe the my power: and that they might declare my name thorowout all the world.

¹⁸ And the Egipcians shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I haue gotten me honoure vpon Pharao, vpon his charettes and vpon his horsmen.

² I am the Lorde thy God, which haue brought the out of the lande of Egipte, oute of the house of bondage.

⁵ He sent messengers therfore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor in Pethor (whych is by the ryuer in the lande of the chyldren of his folke) to call him, sayinge: beholde, there is a people come oute of Egypte, & beholde, they couer the face of the erth, & dwell ouer agaynst me.

⁸ God broughte hym out of Egypt: as the strength of an vnycorne is he vnto hym. He shall eate the nacyons hys enemyes, and gnawe theyr bones, & perce them thorowe with his arowes.

¹⁷ his firstborne oxe hath be wtie, and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnycorne. And wyth them he shall trouble the nacyons together, euen vnto the endes of the worlde. These are also the many thousandes of Ephraim, & the thousandes of Manasses.

⁹ Wyll the vnycorne be so tame as to do the seruice, or to abyde styll by thy crybbe? ¹⁰ Canst thou bynd the yock about the vnycorne in thy forowe, to make hym plowe after the in the valleys? ¹¹ Mayest thou trust hym (because he is strong) or committe thy labour vnto hym?

²¹ Saue me from the lyons mouth: thou hast hearde me also from amonge the hornes of the vnicornes.

³⁵ O God, wonderfull art thou in thy holy places: euen the God of Israell, he will geue strength and power vnto his people. Blessed be God.

¹⁰ But my horne shalbe exalted like the horne of an Unicorne, for I am anoynted with fresh oyle.

¹⁵ I will also put enemytie betwene the & the woman, betwene thy sede and hyr sede: The same shall treade downe thy head, and thou shalt treade vpon hys hele.

⁶ Come nowe therfore & curse thys people for my sake. For they are to myghtie for me, yf so perauenture I myght be able to smyte them & to dryue them oute of the lande. For I wote that he whome thou blessest, is blessed, and whome thou cursest is cursed. ⁷ And the elders of Moab and the elders of Madian departed, hauynge the rewarde of the sothsayinge in theyr hande. And they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balac.

²² And Balaam also the sonne of Beor the sothesayer, dyd the children of Israel slaye with the swerde, among other of them that were slayne.

¹⁹ Let me not be confounded, O Lorde, for I haue called vpon the: let the vngodly be put to confusion, and be put to sylence in the graue.

¹ To the chaunter an instruccyon of the sonnes of Corah. We haue herd wt oure eares (O God) oure fathers haue tolde vs, what thou hast done in theyr tyme of old. ² How thou hast dryuen out the Heithen wt thy hande, & planted them in: how thou hast destroyed the nacions, & cast them out. ³ For thy gat not the lande in possessyon thorowe theyr awne swearde, nether was it theyr awne arme that helped them.

⁹ And all men that se it, shall saye: this hath God done, for they shall perceaue that it is hys woreke.

² Then was oure mouth fylled with laughter, and oure tonge with ioye. ³ Then sayd they amonge the Heathen: the Lorde hath done greate thynges for them.

¹³ Whych deuyded the reed see into partes, for hys mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁴ And made Israel to go thorowe the myddest of it, for hys mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁵ But as for Pharao and hys hoost, he ouerthrewe them in the reed see, for hys mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁶ Which led his people thorowe the wildernesse, for hys mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁷ Which smote great kinges: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁸ Yee, & slue myghtye kynges: for his mercy endureth for euer. ¹⁹ Sehon kynge of the Amorites: for hys mercy endureth for euer. ²⁰ And Og the kyng of Basan: for hys mercy endureth for euer.

⁴ Who hath made and created thes thinges? euen he that called the generacions from the begynnyng? Euen I the Lorde, which am the fyrst, and with the last.

⁹ In their troubles he was also troubled wt them, and the angell that went forth from hys presence, delyuered them: Of very loue & kyndnesse that he had vnto them, redemed he them. He hath borne them, and caryed them vp euer, sence the worlde beganne. ¹⁰ But after they prouoked him to wrath & vexed his holy mynde he was their enemye, & fought agaynst them him selfe. ¹¹ Yet remembred Israell the olde tyme of Moses & his people. sayinge wher is he that brought them from the water of the see, with them that fead his shepe? where is he that hath geuen his holy sprete amonge them? ¹² he ledd them by the ryght hande of Moses with hys glorious arme: deuidinge the water before them (wherby he gat him selfe an euerlastinge name)

¹⁵ And nowe, O Lorde oure God thou that with a myghtie hande hast brought thy people out of Egypte, to get thy selfe a name which remayneth this daye: we haue synned

⁴ Because I brought the from the lande of Egipte, and deliuered the out of the house of bondage? Because I made Moses, Aaron and Miriam to lede the? ⁵ Remembre (O my people) what Balach the kyng of Moab had Imagyned agaynst the and what answere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue him, from Sethim vnto Galgal, that ye maye knowe the louyng kyndnesses of the Lorde.

¹⁵ Maruelous thinges wil I shewe them, lyke as when they came oute of Egipte

²⁵ But whan Iesus knewe their thoughtes he sayde vnto them: Euery kingdome deuided agaynst it selfe, shalbe brought to naught. And euery citie or house deuyded agaynst it selfe shall not stande.

²⁷ Also, yf I by the helpe of Belzebub cast out deuyls, by whose helpe do youre chyldren cast them out? Therfore, they shalbe your iudges.

¹⁸ And I saye also vnto the that thou art Peter: & vpon this rocke I wil bylde my congregacion. And the gates of hell shal not preuayle agaynst it.

¹⁸ And he sayd vnto them: I sawe Satan (as it had bene lightening) falling downe from heauen. ¹⁹ Behold, I geue vnto you power, to treade on serpentes, and scorpions, and ouer all maner power of the enemy, and nothing shull hurte you.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the hye prestes & the pharises a councel, & sayd: what do we? For this man doth many miracles.

¹⁶ sayinge: what shall we do to these men? For a manifest sygne is done by them, and is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Ierusalem, and we cannot denye it.

¹² By the handes of the Apostles were many sygnes and wondres shewed among the people. And they were all together with one accorde in Salomons porche.

¹⁴ The nombred of them that beleued in the Lorde both of men and wemen, grewe more & moare:

³⁸ how God anoynted Iesus of Nazareth wt the holy ghost, and with power. Which Iesus went about doynge good, and healynge all that were oppressed of the deuyll, for God was with him.

¹² Then all the multitude was peased & gaue audience to Barnabas & Paul, which tolde what sygnes & wondres God had shewed amonge the Gentyls by them.

²⁰ The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder youre fete shortly. The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with you.

²³ But thys they hearde onely, that he which persecuted vs in tyme past, nowe preacheth the fayth, which before he destroyed. ²⁴ And they glorified God in me.

⁸ For from you sounded out the worde of the Lorde, not in Macedonia and in Achaia onely: but youre fayth also which ye haue vnto God, spred her selfe abroade in all quartars, so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at al. ⁹ For they them selues shewe of you, what maner of entring in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages, for to serue the liuynge and true God,

⁹ And the great dragon, that olde serpent, called the deuyll & Sathanas, was cast out. Which deceaueth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth & his angelles were cast out also

⁹ Iuda is a lyons whelpe, From thy spoyle my sonne thou art come an hye. He layde hym downe and couched hym selfe as a lyon, and as a lionesse. Who wyll stere hym vp?

²⁷ Ben Iamin shall raueshe as a wolfe. In the mornynge he shall deuoure the praye, and at nyghte he shall deuyde the spoyle.

⁸ God broughte hym out of Egypt: as the strength of an vnycorne is he vnto hym. He shall eate the nacyons hys enemyes, and gnawe theyr bones, & perce them thorowe with his arowes. ⁹ He couched hym selfe, and laye doune as a lyon, and as a lyonesse, who shall sterre hym vp? blessed is he that blesseth the, & cursed is he that curseth the.

¹⁷ I shall se hym, but not nowe I shall beholde him, but not nye. There shall come a starre of Iacob, and ryse a sceptre of Israel, and shal smyte the costes of Moab & vndermyne all the chyldren of Seth.

²⁰ And vnto Gad he sayde: blessed be the rowme maker Gad: he dwelleth as a Lyon, that catcheth the arme wyth the heade.

¹² Lyke as a lyon that is gredy of hys praye, and as it were a lyons whelpe lurcking in secrete places.

³⁰ A Lyon, which is strongest among beastes, and geueth place to no man:

⁴ For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me: Like as the lyon or lyons whelpe roareth vpon the praye that he hath gotten, and is not afrayed, though the multitude of shepherdes crye out vpon hym, nether abashed for all the heape of them. So shall the Lorde of hoostes come downe to fyght for mount Syon, and defende hys hyll.

⁴⁴ In the dayes of these kynges, shall the God of heauen set vp an euerlasting kyngdome whych shall not perish, & his kyngdome shal not be geuen ouer to another people: yee, the same shall breake & destroye all these kyngdomes, but it shall endure for euer.

⁸ When a lyon roareth, who wyll not be afrayed? Seinge then that the Lorde God him selfe speaketh, who wyll not prophecy?

⁸ Yee, the residue of Iacob shalbe amonge the Gentiles and the multitude of people, as the lyon amonge the beastes of the wodd, and as the Lyons whelpe amonge a flocke of shepe: which (when he goeth thorowe) treadeth downe, teareth in peces, and there is no man that can helpe. ⁹ Thyne hand shalbe lift vp vpon thyne enemyes, and all thyne aduersaries shall perish.

¹¹ Thus must she be spoyled, emptied & clene striped out: that their hertes may be melted awaye, their knees tremble, all their loynes be weake, & their faces blacke as a pot.

⁴ Out of Iuda shal come the helmet the nayle the batelbowe, and all the princes together. ⁵ They shalbe as the gyauntes, which in the batell treade downe the myre vpon the stretes. They shal fyght for the Lorde shalbe wyth them, so that the horsmen shalbe confounded.

⁶ In that tyme will I make the princes of Iuda lyke an hote burnynge ouen with wood, and lyke a cresset of fyre among the strawe: so that they shall consume all the people rounde aboute them, both vpon the ryght hande & the left. Ierusalem also shalbe inhabyted agayne: namely, in the same place where Ierusalem standeth.

⁵ And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not: Beholde, a lyon of the trybe of Iuda, the rote of Dauid, hath obtayned to open the boke, and to lose the seuen seales therof.

¹¹ And I sawe heauen open, & behold, a whyte horsse: & he that sat vpon him was called faythfull & true, & in rightewesnes he doth iudge & make battayle. ¹² His eyes were as a flamme of fyre: & on his heed were many crownes: & he had a name wrytten, that noman knew but he hym selfe. ¹³ And he was clothed wyth a vesture dipt in bloude, & his name is called the worde of God. ¹⁴ And the warriers which were in heauen, folowed him vpon whyte horsses, clothed wyth whyte & pure raynes: ¹⁵ and out of hys mouthe wente a sharpe two edged swerde, that wyth it he shulde smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them wyth a rodde of yron, and he trode the wynefat of fearsnes and wrath of almyghty God. ¹⁶ And hath on hys vesture and on his thygh a name wrytten: Kyng of Kynges, and Lorde of Lordes. ¹⁷ And I sawe an Angell stande in the sonne, and he cryed with a loude voyce, sayinge: to all the fowles that flye by the middes of heauen: come and gather youre selues to gether vnto the supper of the great God, ¹⁸ that ye maye eate fleshe of kynges, and the fleshe of hye captaynes, and the fleshe of myghty men, & the fleshe of horsses, and of them that syt on them, and the flesh of all free men and bonde men and of small and gret. ¹⁹ And I sawe the beast, and the kynges of the earth, and their warriers gathered together to make batayle agaynst hym that sat on the horsse, and agaynst his soudiers. ²⁰ And the beast was taken, & with hym that false prophet that wrought miracles before hym, with whych he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke, & them that worshypped hys ymage. These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fyre burnynge wyth brymstone: ²¹ & the remnaunt were slayne wt the swearde of hym that sat vpon the horsse, whych swearde proceaded out of his mouth, & all the soules were fulfylled wyth theyr fleshe.

¹ Why do the Heythen so furiouslye rage together? and why do the people ymagyne a vayne thynge? ² The kynges of the erth stande vp, and the rulers take councell together agaynst the Lorde, and agaynst hys anoynted. ³ Let vs breake theyr bondes asunder, and cast awaye theyr coardes from vs.

¹² He answered and sayde: must I not kepe that & speake it, whych the Lorde hath put in my mouthe? ¹³ And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I praye the with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest se them, and thou shalt se but the vtmost parte of them, and shalt not se them all: curse them out of that place for my sake.

¹² Balaam answered vnto Balac: tolde I not thy messengers which thou sentest vnto me, sayinge: ¹³ If Balac wolde geue me his house full of syluer and golde, I cannot passe the worde of the Lorde, to do ether good or bad of myne awne mynde? But what the Lorde sayeth, that am I compelled to speake.

¹⁴ And Michea sayde: as truely as the Lorde lyueth, whatsoeuer the Lorde sayeth vnto me, that wyll I speake.

¹³ And Michea sayd: as truly as the Lorde liueth: euen what my God sayth that wyll I speake.

¹⁹ But Peter & Iohn answered and sayde vnto them: whether it be ryght in the sight of God, to herken vnto you more then to God, iudge ye. ²⁰ For we cannot but speake, that which we haue sene & heard.

²⁹ Peter and the other Apostles answered, & sayde: We ought more to obey God then men.

¹³ And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I praye the with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest se them, and thou shalt se but the vtmost parte of them, and shalt not se them all: curse them out of that place for my sake.

¹⁹ God is not a man that he shulde lye, nether the sonne of a man that he shulde repent: shulde he saye, and not doo? or shulde he speake, and not make it good? ²⁰ beholde, I haue taken vpon me to blesse, for he hath blessed, and it is not in my power to alter it.

¹³ He is styll at one poynt, and who wyll turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will.

²¹ There are many deuyces in a mans herte: neuertheles, the councell of the Lorde shall stande.

³⁰ There is no wisdome, there is no vnderstandynge, there is no councell agaynst the Lorde.

²⁷ For yf the Lord of hostes determen a thynge, who is able to dysanulle it? And yf he stretch forth his hande, who maye holde it in agayne?

¹⁰ In the begynnynge of a thynge. I shewe the ende therof: & I tell before, thinges that are not yet come to passe. My deuice stondeth, stedfastly stablyshed, & I fulfyll all my pleasure. ¹¹ I call a byrde out of the East, & the man by whom my councell shall be fulfylled out of farre countrees, as soone as I thyncke to deuise a thynge, I do it.

²⁸ They ioyned them selues vnto Baal Peor, and eate the offeringes of the deed.