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The Great Bible 1539
| 25:1 | And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people began to committe whoredome with the daughters of Moab, |
| 25:2 | which called the people vnto the sacryfyce of theyr goddes. And the people dyd eate, and worshypped theyr goddes, |
| 25:3 | & Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor. And the indignacyon of the Lorde was prouoked agaynst Israel, |
| 25:4 | and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: take all the heades of the people, & hange them vp before the Lorde agaynst the sonne, that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be tourned awaye from Israel. |
| 25:5 | And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel euery one slaye hys men that were ioyned vnto Baal Peor. |
| 25:6 | And beholde, one of the chyldren of Israel came and broughte vnto his brethren, a Madianitish wyfe euen in the syghte of Moses, and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel, that wepte before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. |
| 25:7 | 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, |
| 25:8 | 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. |
| 25:9 | And there dyed in the plage .xxiiii. thousande. |
| 25:10 | And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saying: |
| 25:11 | 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. |
| 25:12 | Wherfore saye: beholde, I geue vnto him my couenaunt of peace, |
| 25:13 | 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. |
| 25:14 | The name of the Israelite whych was slayne with the Madianytyshe wyfe was Zamri the sonne of Salu, a Lorde of an house and kynred of Symeon. |
| 25:15 | And the name of the Madianitish wyfe that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, a heed ouer the people of an house and kynred of Madian. |
| 25:16 | And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying: |
| 25:17 | vexe the Madianites, and smyte them, |
| 25:18 | for they trouble you with theyr wyles, whyche haue begyled you by disceate in the cause of Peor, and in the cause of theyr syster Cozbi the daughter of a Lorde of the Madianites, which was slayne in the daye of the plage for Peor sake. |
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."