ðo flew ðor[365] water michil and ſtrong, Al folc and erue a-nog a-mong. 3876 The people are denied a passage through Edom. Ðvrg lond edom ne migte_n_ he faren, ðor-fore he ſulen a-buten charen Bi ðe deſert of arabie lond; Long weige and coſtful he ðor fond, 3880 forð bi archim ðat meiſt_er_ burg; ðe deſert aren he walkeden ðurg, They come to Mount Hor, Til ðat[366] he comen to munt hor; Aaron ðo wente of liwe ðor, 3884 where Aaron dies. Eleazar, iſ ſune, him neſt Was mad biſſop and meiſt_er_ p_re_ſt. Thirty days the folk mourned for him. xxx. daiges ðat folc in wep Wið bedes, and gret, and teres wep; 3888 Get iſt ſene, on ðe mu_n_t on ðat ſtede, Q_u_or men aaron i_n_ birieles dede; The age of Aaron. vii. ſcore ger and .iii. told, ðor he lið doluen on ðat wold. 3892 Forð ðeðen he comen to ſalmona, The people murmur, for-weried grucheden he ðoa, [365] MS. dor. [366] MS. dat. SIHON AND OG ARE OVERCOME. 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.