ðor-fore hem cam wrim-kin among,
and are plagued
with serpents.
ðat hem wel bitterlike ſtong; 3896
Non oðer red ðor don ne waſ,
They, repenting,
are healed by a
serpent of brass,
Moyſes ðor made a wirme of bras,
And henget hege up-on a ſaft,
ðurg godes bode and godes craf[t]; 3900
[Fol. 76.]
Q_u_at ſtungen man so ſag ðor-on,
ðat werk him ſone al was vn-don;
which long afterwards
was worshipped
in Jerusalem.
Digere it was al ðat berem-tem,[367]
figer ſiðen in-to ierusalem; 3904
oc ſiðen it waſ to duſte don,
for ðat folc miſleuede ðor-on.[368]
The people come
to Zered.
Frigti nam forð ðis folc and bleð,
Til he comen to flum iareth; 3908
ðiſ water him on-ſunder drog,
And let hem ouer, drige ynog;
Sihon, king of the
Amorites, comes
out against Israel
and is overcome.
King ouer(.) amor(.) reos(.) ſeon,
for to figten cam he_m_ ageon; 3912
ðiſ folc him ſlog and hiſ lond tok,
Suð fro arnon, norð to iabok,
And weſten al to flu_m_ iordan;
The king of Bashan
is slain.
Oc he ſlugen king of baſaan. 3916
To lond moab drugen he ſo,
ðor nu iſ a burg, ierico.
Balaac king was for-dred for-ðan,
And ſente in to lond madian, 3920
To hiſe frend ðe ben hi_m_ neſt;
Balak sends after
Balaam,
And ſente after balaam ðe preſt,
Wið riche men an[d] giftes oc,
for to ſtillen hiſe [vn-]eðe mod, 3924
And bad him cumen for to don
to curse the folk
of Israel.
fol[c] of yſrael hiſ curſing on.
[Fol. 76b.]