m 2 (3b)

[At the top right of the page, beside the main text, is the continuation of a sentence from the preceding image of the manuscript. It says: and Abo [above] hundred and fifty with hym.]

[Main text follows:]

an so of leuy.
Wherfore the
erth opened
and deuoured
ham [ie ‘them’]. and clo
sed fast after .

Nadab ['N' is two lines deep, in gold]
and
Abin the sones
of aaron wer brende
with fire that came
fro god by vengeann
ce in desert. therfore
no more of ham here.

Iosue ['I' is two lines deep, in blue] succeded
to moyses in
ledyng of the childer
of israel. and sende Abo
messagers out of sichi[m] Shittim [?]
to se the cuntri of jeri
cho. And whan the
kyng of Jericho had
aspied ham he wold
have slayn ham. ne
had Raab Rahab the woman
holpe ham . and by hyr
thei escaped. ¶ [Gold pilcrow] Josue Joshua
with the arke of god
and al the peple pas-
sed over the water of
jordan. and the water
by the heigher side
stode stille. Thei toke
twelf drie [?] stones and
laid ham in the ryuer
with lien [?] there yith.
thei toke also twelf sto-
nes of the ryuer and
brought ham i[n] to gal-
gala. Gilgal ? and there: with
stonen ciltres [?] or kny-
ves circumcided al the
childer of israel that
wer borne after thei
went out of egipt. for
while thei were i[n] desert
thei circumcided not.
¶ [indented blue pilcrow] The citi of Jeri-
cho at seuen goynges
aboute. he destroied.
and charged the peple
upon peyn of cursing
no thyng to take ther-
of as for har [their] use: but
fle al that ever thei
found with [inne ?]. ma[??].
wife. and child. and
aged man. oxon. shepe.
and asse. ¶ [Gold ? pilcrow] Achar Achan the
son of charmi Carmi that ca-
me of Zare Zerah the son of
jude. he saw at the spo-
yling of the citi Areed [A red?]
mantel and Abo [above ?] hun-
dred [?]de[?] of siluer.
and aruel [?] of gold And
stale [stole ?] it pryueli [privily]. and for
that sinne se[??] and
thritti [thirty] men were slayn
of the childer of isra-
el by the men of the
citi of hay Ai ?. Wherfore
Achar Achan was stoned to
deth. and al his hous-
hold and good brend [burned]
with fire. than Josue Joshua

[The next line of text is bisected by the end of the graphic, but appears to say]

toke the citi of hay Aiand

[The main text (above) forms a central column between two parallel columns indicating lines of descent, in which names are written in circles within squares. The right-hand column is far more richly decorated than that on the left.]

[Six names appear in the column on the left, which are (in descending order): Josue [Joshua], Othoniel [Othniel], Ayoth [Ehud ?], Sangar [Shamgar], delbora [Deborah], Gedeon [Gideon].]

[Four names appear in the column on the right, which are (in descending order): Aram, Aminadab [Amminadab], Naason [Nahshon], Salmon.]