Sihon and Og Are Overcome

ðor-fore hem cam wrim-kin among,

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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,

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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,

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figer ſiðen in-to ierusalem;
oc ſiðen it waſ to duſte don,
for ðat folc miſleuede ðor-on.
which long afterwards was worshipped in Jerusalem.

Frigti nam forð ðis folc and bleð,

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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,

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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.

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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,

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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,

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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.]

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To witen quat him ſal wurðen tagt;
Al waſ iſ fultum and hiſ ſped
The failure of the first message.

beren-tem?

For this see 2 Kings, xviii. 4.