A13203:1579
[The Pentateuch]
printed by Hans Luft i.e. Johan Hoochstraten, 1530
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ The▪ xxxij. Chapter.
The children of Ruben & the children of Gad / had an exceeding great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jaeser & the land of Gilead y• it was an apt place for cattle / they came & spake unto Moses & Eleazer y• priest & unto y• lords of y• congregation saying. The land of Ataroth Dibo & Beon / which country y• Lord smote before the congregation of Israel: is a land for cattle and we thy servants have cattle wherefore (said they) if we have found grace in thy sight / let this land be given unto thy servants to possess / and bring us not over Jordan.
THe childern of Rubē & the childern of Gad / had an exceadinge greate multitude of catell. And whē they sawe the lōde of Iaeser & the lōde of Gilead y• it was an apte place for catell / they came & spake vnto Moses & Eleazer y• preast & vnto y• lordes of y• cōgregaciō sayenge. The lōde of Ataroth Dibo & Beon / whiche contre y• Lorde smote before the congregacion of Israel: is a londe for catell and we thy servauntes haue catell wherfore (sayed they) yf we haue founde grace in thy syghte / let this londe be geuen vnto thy servauntes to possesse / and bringe vs not ouer Iordane.