It was a ſtede henden ðor-bi,
Moses smote the
rock,
On a ſyde of munt ſynay;
And he ſmot wið his wond ðor-on,
And water gan ðor-vten gon; 3364
and the people
had enough to
drink without
toiling for it.
Anog adden he ðanne drinc,
Redi funden wið litel ſwinc;
This place was
called Temptation.
ðat ſtede waſ cald temptatio,
for he ðo god fondeden so. 3368
Amalek comes to
war against Israel.
Amalec, yſmaeles ſune,
Was ðor hende rafadim[312] wune,
He welte ðor ſtone and iaboch,
ðat herdes folc him lou_er_d toch; 3372
Wopened he ben a-gen iſrael.
Moses sends
Joshua with the
army to fight
with Amalek.
Moyſes ear it wiſte wel,
And ſente agen hem king ih_esu_m,
w_i_ð folc iſrael wopened ſum; 3376
He let bi-aften ðe[313] more del,
Moses, accompanied
by Aaron
and Hur, goes up
to the top of a
hill, and prays
for the folk of
Israel.
To kepen here ðing al wel.
He, and aaron, and hur ben gon,
Heg up to a dune ſone o-non; 3380
[Fol. 66.]
Moyſes bad [for] folc yſrael,
And hiſe benes hem holpen wel;
Ai q_u_iles he up iſ hondes bead,
Amalek is overcome
by the holding
up of Moses'
hands.
Amalechkes folc fledde for agte of dead, 3384
And q_u_ane he let[314] iſ hondes niðer,
Amalech folc fagt hard and wiðer;
Q_u_ane it wurð war, vr[315] and aaron
He iſ under-leiden wið an ſton, 3388
Til ſunne him ſeilede in ðe weſt;
Thus Moses
fought best of all.
ðus fagt Moyſes ðor alðer-beſt.
Amalech fleg, and iſrael
Hadde hegere hond, and timede wel. 3392
ðo ſente god to moyſen,
wið ðis timing to muning ben,
The future destruction
of
Amalek.
"Get ſal ðe kinde of amalech
Ben al fled dun in deades wrech." 3396
[312] MS. rafaclim.
[313] MS. de.
[314] MS. leth.
[315] MS. ut.