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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 1:1 | And the Lorde called Moses & spak to hym oute of the tabernacle of wytnesse saiyng: |
| 1:2 | speake vnto the chyldren of Israel, and saye vnto them: who soeuer of you shal brynge a gyfte vnto the Lord, shal brynge it of the catel: euen of the oxen and of the shepe. |
| 1:3 | If he brynge a burntoffrynge of the oxen he shall brynge a male wythout blemysh, & shal brynge hym to the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse, that he maye be accepted before the Lorde. |
| 1:4 | And let hym put hys hand vpon the heed of the burntsacryfice, and fauoure shalbe geuen hym to make an attonement for hym, |
| 1:5 | and let hym kyll the oxe before the Lorde. And let the preastes Aarons sonnes bringe the bloud and let them sprynkel it rounde aboute vpon the alter that is before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse. |
| 1:6 | And let the burntoffrynges be strypped and hewed in peces. |
| 1:7 | And then let the sonnes of Aaron the preast put fyre vpon the alter, |
| 1:8 | & put wood vpon the fyre, & let them laye the peces with the heed and the fatte, vpon the wood that is on the fyre in the alter. |
| 1:9 | But the inwardes and the legges shey shall wash in water, and the preast shal burne altogether vpon the alter, that it be a burntsacrifyce & an offring of a swete odoure vnto the Lord. |
| 1:10 | Yf he wyl offer a burnt sacrifice of the shepe whether it be of the lambes or of the gootes he shal offer a male wythout blemysh. |
| 1:11 | And let hym kyll it on the northsyde of the alter, before the Lord. And let the Preastes Aarons sonnes sprynkle the bloude of it round about vpon the alter. |
| 1:12 | And let it be cut in peces: euen wyth hys heed and his fatte, and let the preast put them vpon the wood that lyeth vpon the fyre in the alter. |
| 1:13 | But let hym wash the inwardes and the legges wyth water, and than brynge all together and burne it vpon the alter: that is a burntoffryng and a sacrifyce of swete sauour vnto the Lorde. |
| 1:14 | If he wyl offer a burntoffrynge of the foules he shall offer eyther of the turtyll doues or of the yong pigeons. |
| 1:15 | And the Preast shal bryng it vnto the alter, and wrynge the necke a sundre of it, & burne it on the alter, and let the bloude runne out vpon the sydes of the alter, |
| 1:16 | and plucke awaye hys croppe & his fethers, & cast them besyde the alter on the east parte vpon the hepe of asshes, |
| 1:17 | and breke hys wynges, but plucke them not asundre. And then let the Preast burne it vpon the alter, euen vpon the wood that lyeth vpon the fyre, a burntsacryfyce and an offrynge of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.