Textus Receptus Bibles
Coverdale Bible 1535
| 21:1 | Then the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites came forth vnto Eleasar the prest and to Iosua the sonne of Nun, and to ye awncient fathers amoge the trybes of the children of Israel, |
| 21:2 | and spake vnto them at Silo in the londe of Canaan, and sayde: The LORDE commaunded by Moses, that we shulde haue cities geuen vs to dwell in, and the suburbes of the same for oure catell. |
| 21:3 | Then the children of Israel gaue of their enheritaunce these cities and the suburbes therof, vnto the Leuites, acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE. |
| 21:4 | And the lot fell vpon the kynred of the Kahathites, and the children of Aaron the prest amonge the Leuites, had by the lott thyrtene cities of the trybe of Iuda, of the trybe of Simeon, and of the trybe of Ben Iamin. |
| 21:5 | The other childre of Kahath of the same kynred, had by the lot ten cities, of the trybe of Ephraim, of the trybe of Dan, and of the halfe trybe of Manasse. |
| 21:6 | But the children of Gerson of the same kynred had by the lot thyrtene cities, of the trybe of Isachar, of the trybe of Asser, of ye trybe of Nepthali, and of the halfe trybe of Manasse at Basan. |
| 21:7 | The children of Merari of their kynred had twolue cities, of the trybe of Ruben, of the trybe of Gad, and of the trybe of Zabulon. |
| 21:8 | So the children of Israel gaue these cities and their suburbes vnto the Leuites by lott, as the LORDE commaunded by Moses. |
| 21:9 | Of the trybe of the children of Iuda, and of the trybe of the children of Simeon, they gaue these cities (which they named by name) |
| 21:10 | vnto the children of Aaron of the kynred of the Kahathites amonge the children of Leui: for the first lot was theyrs. |
| 21:11 | So they gaue them Kiriatharba, which was the fathers of Enak, that is Hebron vpon the mount Iuda, and the suburbes therof rounde aboute. |
| 21:12 | But the felde of the cite and the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune for his possession. |
| 21:13 | Thus gaue they vnto the children of Aaron the prest, the fre cite of the deed sleyers, Hebron and the suburbes therof, Libna and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:14 | Iathir and the suburbes therof, Esthuma and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:15 | Holon and the suburbes therof, Debir and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:16 | Ain and the suburbes therof, Iuta and the suburbes therof, Beth Semes and the suburbes therof, euen nyne cities of these two trybes. |
| 21:17 | But of the trybe of Ben Iamin they gaue foure cities, Gibeon and ye suburbes therof, Gaba, and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:18 | Anathot and the suburbes therof, Almon and the suburbes therof: |
| 21:19 | so that all the cities of the children of Aaron the prest were thirtene with their suburbes. |
| 21:20 | The kynreds of the other children of Kahath the Leuites, had by their lott foure cities, of the trybe of Ephraim, |
| 21:21 | and they gaue the the fre cite of the deedsleiers, Seche and the suburbes therof vpon mount Ephraim Gaser and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:22 | Kibzaim and the suburbes therof, Bethron and the suburbes therof. |
| 21:23 | Of the trybe of Dan foure cities, Eltheke and ye suburbes therof, Gibthon and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:24 | Aialon and the suburbes therof, Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof. |
| 21:25 | Of the halfe trybe of Manasses two cities, Thaenach and the suburbes therof, Gath Rimon and the suburbes therof: |
| 21:26 | so that all the cities of the other children of ye kynred of Kahath, were ten with their suburbes. |
| 21:27 | But vnto the children of Gerson amonge the kynreds of the Leuites were geuen, Of the halfe trybe of Manasse two cities, the fre cite for the deedslayer, Gola in Basan and the suburbes therof, Beasthra, and the suburbes therof. |
| 21:28 | Of the trybe of Isachar foure cities, Kision and the suburbes therof, Dabrach and the suburbes therof, |
| 21:29 | Iarmuth and the suburbes therof, Engannim and the suburbes therof. |
| 21:30 | Of the trybe of Asser foure cities, Miseal, Abdon, |
| 21:31 | Helkath and Rehob with the suburbes therof. |
| 21:32 | Of the trybe of Nephtali thre cities, the fre cite Kedes (for the deedsleyer) in Galile, Hamoth, Dor, and Karthan with the suburbes therof: |
| 21:33 | so that all the cities of the kynred of the Gersonites were thirtene wt their suburbes. |
| 21:34 | Vnto the kynreds of Merari the other Leuites were geuen, Of the trybe of Zabulon foure cities, Iakneam, Kartha, |
| 21:35 | Dimna and Nahalal wt ye suburbes therof. |
| 21:36 | Of the trybe of Ruben foure cities, Bezer, Iahza, |
| 21:37 | Kedemoth and Mephaat with their suburbes. |
| 21:38 | Of the trybe of Gad foure cities, the fre cite for the deedsleyer, Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, |
| 21:39 | Hesbon and Iaeser with their suburbes: |
| 21:40 | so that all the cities of the children of Merari amonge their kynreds of ye other Leuites, were twolue. |
| 21:41 | Thus all the cities of the Leuites amonge ye possession of the children of Israel, were eight and fortye with their suburbes. |
| 21:42 | And these cities were so dealte out, that euery one had their suburbes rounde aboute, the one as the other. |
| 21:43 | Thus the LORDE gaue the children of Israel all the londe, which he had sworne vnto their fathers to geue: & they toke possession of it, and dwelt therin. |
| 21:44 | And the LORDE gaue the rest before all those yt were aboute them like as he sware vnto their fathers, & none of their enemies stode agaynst the, but all their enmies delyuered he in to their hande. |
| 21:45 | And their myssed nothinge of all the good that the LORDE had promysed vnto the house of Israel, it came euery whyt. |
Coverdale Bible 1535
The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535, was the first complete English translation of the Bible to contain both the Old and New Testament and translated from the original Hebrew and Greek. The later editions (folio and quarto) published in 1539 were the first complete Bibles printed in England. The 1539 folio edition carried the royal license and was, therefore, the first officially approved Bible translation in English.
Tyndale never had the satisfaction of completing his English Bible; but during his imprisonment, he may have learned that a complete translation, based largely upon his own, had actually been produced. The credit for this achievement, the first complete printed English Bible, is due to Miles Coverdale (1488-1569), afterward bishop of Exeter (1551-1553).
The details of its production are obscure. Coverdale met Tyndale in Hamburg, Germany in 1529, and is said to have assisted him in the translation of the Pentateuch. His own work was done under the patronage of Oliver Cromwell, who was anxious for the publication of an English Bible; and it was no doubt forwarded by the action of Convocation, which, under Archbishop Cranmer's leading, had petitioned in 1534 for the undertaking of such a work.
Coverdale's Bible was probably printed by Froschover in Zurich, Switzerland and was published at the end of 1535, with a dedication to Henry VIII. By this time, the conditions were more favorable to a Protestant Bible than they had been in 1525. Henry had finally broken with the Pope and had committed himself to the principle of an English Bible. Coverdale's work was accordingly tolerated by authority, and when the second edition of it appeared in 1537 (printed by an English printer, Nycolson of Southwark), it bore on its title-page the words, "Set forth with the King's most gracious license." In licensing Coverdale's translation, King Henry probably did not know how far he was sanctioning the work of Tyndale, which he had previously condemned.
In the New Testament, in particular, Tyndale's version is the basis of Coverdale's, and to a somewhat less extent this is also the case in the Pentateuch and Jonah; but Coverdale revised the work of his predecessor with the help of the Zurich German Bible of Zwingli and others (1524-1529), a Latin version by Pagninus, the Vulgate, and Luther. In his preface, he explicitly disclaims originality as a translator, and there is no sign that he made any noticeable use of the Greek and Hebrew; but he used the available Latin, German, and English versions with judgment. In the parts of the Old Testament which Tyndale had not published he appears to have translated mainly from the Zurich Bible. [Coverdale's Bible of 1535 was reprinted by Bagster, 1838.]
In one respect Coverdale's Bible was groundbreaking, namely, in the arrangement of the books of the. It is to Tyndale's example, no doubt, that the action of Coverdale is due. His Bible is divided into six parts -- (1) Pentateuch; (2) Joshua -- Esther; (3) Job -- "Solomon's Balettes" (i.e. Canticles); (4) Prophets; (5) "Apocrypha, the books and treatises which among the fathers of old are not reckoned to be of like authority with the other books of the Bible, neither are they found in the canon of the Hebrew"; (6) the New Testament. This represents the view generally taken by the Reformers, both in Germany and in England, and so far as concerns the English Bible, Coverdale's example was decisive.