Sirach 45
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1ANd Moyses, the beloued of God & men, broght he forthe, whose remembrance is blessed. 2He made him like to the glorious Saints, and magnified him by the feare of his enemies. 3By his wordes he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious in the sight of Kings, and gaue him commandements for his people, and shewed him his glorie. 4He sanctified him with faithfulnes, and mekenes, and chose him out of all men. 5He caused him to heare his voyce, and broght him into the darke cloude, and there he gaue him the commandements before his face, euen the Law of life and knowledge, that he might teache Iacob the couenant, and Israel his iudgements. 6He exalted Aaron an holie man like vnto him, euen his brother of the tribe of Leui. 7An euerlasting couenant made he with him, and gaue him the priesthode among the people, and made him blessed through his comelie ornament, & clothed him with the garment of honour. 8He put perfite ioye vpon him, and girded him with ornaments of strength, as with breches, and a tunicle, and an ephod. 9He compassed him about with belles of golde, & with manie belles round about, that when he went in, the sound might be heard, and might make a noyce in the Sanctuarie, for a remembrance to the children of Israel his people, 10And with an holie garment, with golde also, and blewe silke, and purple, & diuers kindes of workes, and with a brestlappe of iudgement, & with the signes of trueth, 11And with worke of skarlet conningly wroght, and with precious stones grauen like seales, & set in golde by goldesmithes worke for a memorial with a writing grauen after the nomber of the tribes of Israel. 12And with a crowne of golde vpon the mitre, bearing the forme and marke of holines, an ornament of honour, a noble worke garnished, and pleasant to loke vpon. 13Before him were there no suche faire ornaments: there might no stranger put them on, but onely his children, and his childrens children perpetually. 14Their sacrifices were wholy consumed euerie day twise continually. 15Moyses filled his hands, and anointed him with holie oyle: this was appointed vnto him by an euerlasting couenant, & to his sede, so long as the heauens shulde remaine, that he shulde minister before him, & also to execute the office of the priesthode, and blesse his people in his name. 16Before all men liuing the Lord chose him that he shulde present offrings before him, and a swete sauour for a remembrance to make reconciliation for his people. 17He gaue him also his commandements and autoritie according to the Lawes appointed, that he shulde teache Iacob the testimonies, and giue light vnto Israel by his Law. 18Strangers stode vp against him, & enuied him in the wildernes, euen the men that toke Dathans and Abirams parte, & the companie of Core in furie and rage. 19This the Lord sawe, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignacion were they consumed: he did wonders vpon them, and consumed them with the fyrie flame. 20But he made Aaron more honorable, and gaue him an heritage, and parted the first frutes of the first borne vnto him: vnto him specially he appointed bread in abundance. 21For the Priests did eat of the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gaue vnto him and to his sede. 22Els had he none heritage in the land of his people, nether had he any porcion among the people: for the Lord is the porcion of his inheritance. 23The third in glorie is Phinees the sonne of Eleazar, because he had zeale in the feare of the Lord, & stode vp with good courage of heart, when the people were turned backe, and made reconciliation for Israel. 24Therefore was there a couenant of peace made with him, that he shulde be the chief of the Sanctuarie and of his people, and that he and his posteritie shulde haue the dignitie of the priesthode for euer, 25And according to the couenant made with Dauid, that the inheritance of the kingdome shulde remaine to his sonne of the tribe of Iuda: so the heritage of Aaron shulde be to the onelie sonne of his sonne, and to his sede. God giue vs wisdome in our heart to iudge his people in righteousnes, that the good things that they haue, be not abolished, and that their glorie may endure for their posteritie.
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