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The Great Bible 1539
| 17:1 | And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying: |
| 17:2 | speake vnto the children of Israel: and take of euery prynce of them a rodd, after the houses of their fathers, euen twelue roddes: and write euery mans name vpon his rodd. |
| 17:3 | And wryte Aarons name vpon the rodd of Leui: for euery rodd is for a house of their fathers. |
| 17:4 | And put them in the tabernacle of witnes, euen in the place where I mete you. |
| 17:5 | And the mans rod whom I chose, shall blossome. And I wyll make cease from me the grudgynges of the chyldren of Israel, whereby they grudge agaynst you. |
| 17:6 | And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and all the prynces gaue hym euery prince ouer their fathers houses, a rod, euen twelue roddes: and the rodd of Aaron was among the roddes. |
| 17:7 | And Moses put the roddes before the Lorde in the tabernacle of witnes. |
| 17:8 | And on the morowe, Moses went into the tabernacle of witnes: and beholde, the rodd of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded, and bare blossomes and almondes. |
| 17:9 | And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto all the chyldren of Israel: and they loked vpon them, and toke euery man his rodd. |
| 17:10 | And the Lord sayde vnto Moses: bring Aarons rod agayne before the witnes to be kepte for a token of the childrens rebellyon, and that their murmuring maye cease from me, and that they dye not. |
| 17:11 | And Moses dyd as the Lorde commaunded him, euen so dyd he. |
| 17:12 | And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying: beholde, we are wasted awaye & consumed: we all come to naught: |
| 17:13 | whosoeuer commeth nye the dwellyng of the Lord, dyeth. Shall we vtterly consume awaye? |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."