Sihon and Og Are Overcome
| ðor-fore hem cam wrim-kin among, | |
| 3896 ðat hem wel bitterlike ſtong; Non oðer red ðor don ne waſ, | and are plagued with serpents. |
| Moyſes ðor made a wirme of bras, And henget hege up-on a ſaft, 3900 ðurg godes bode and godes craf[t]; | They, repenting, are healed by a serpent of brass, |
| Quat ſtungen man so ſag ðor-on, ðat werk him ſone al was vn-don; | [Fol. 76.] |
| Digere it was al ðat berem-tem, 3904 figer ſiðen in-to ierusalem; oc ſiðen it waſ to duſte don, for ðat folc miſleuede ðor-on.368 | which long afterwards was worshipped in Jerusalem. |
| Frigti nam forð ðis folc and bleð, 3908 Til he comen to flum iareth; ðiſ water him on-ſunder drog, And let hem ouer, drige ynog; | The people come to Zered. |
| King ouer(.) amor(.) reos(.) ſeon, 3912 for to figten cam hem ageon; ðiſ folc him ſlog and hiſ lond tok, Suð fro arnon, norð to iabok, And weſten al to flum iordan; | Sihon, king of the Amorites, comes out against Israel and is overcome. |
| 3916 Oc he ſlugen king of baſaan. To lond moab drugen he ſo, ðor nu iſ a burg, ierico. Balaac king was for-dred for-ðan, 3920 And ſente in to lond madian, To hiſe frend ðe ben him neſt; | The king of Bashan is slain. |
| And ſente after balaam ðe preſt, Wið riche men an[d] giftes oc, 3924 for to ſtillen hiſe [vn-]eðe mod, And bad him cumen for to don | Balak sends after Balaam, |
| fol[c] of yſrael hiſ curſing on. | to curse the folk of Israel. |
| Balaam wið-[h]eld him ðor ðat nagt | [Fol. 76b.] |
| 3928 To witen quat him ſal wurðen tagt; Al waſ iſ fultum and hiſ ſped | The failure of the first message. |
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Notes
368 For this see 2 Kings, xviii. 4.