A17638:127
A commentary of M. John Calvin, upon the book of Joshua finished a little…A commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine, vpon the booke of Iosue finished a little…
A commentary of M. John Calvin, upon the book of Joshua finished a little before his death: translated out of Latin into English by W.F. Whereunto is added a table of the principal matters.A commentarie of M. Iohn Caluine, vpon the booke of Iosue finished a little before his death: translated out of Latine into Englishe by W.F. Wherevnto is added a table of the principall matters.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for George Bishop, 1578
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.
5 And Joshua said unto them, Go over before the Ark of the Lord your God, even through the middest of Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,
5 And Ioshua saide vnto them, Goe ouer before the Arke of the Lorde your God, euen through the middest of Iordan, and take vp euerie man of you a stone vpon his shoulder, according vnto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,
6 That this may be a sign among you, that when your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?
6 That this may be a signe among you, that when your children shall aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?
7 Then ye may answer them, that the waters of Jordan were cut off before the Ark of the covenant of the Lord: for when it passed through Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off. Therefore these stones are a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
7 Then ye may aunsweare them, that the waters of Iordan were cut off before the Arke of the couenant of the Lorde: for when it passed through Iordan, the waters of Iordan were cut off. Therefore these stones are a memoriall vnto the children of Israel for euer.