prepucies [ouer part of her ȝerdis I.] . [verse 4] Sotheli [And I.] this is the cause of the secunde circumcisioun; al the puple of male kynde, that ȝede out of Egipt, alle [the men IS.] men fiȝteris, weren [of hem weren I.] deed in deseert bi the [verse 5] lengeste [ful longe I.] cumpassis of weie [weies K.] , whiche [the whiche I.] alle weren circumsidid. Sotheli [But I.] the pu|ple [other puple I.] [verse 6] that was borun in deseert bi fourti ȝeer, in the weie of broddeste [the ful brod I.] wildirnesse, was vncircumsidid [vncircumside C.] til [til the tyme I.] thei weren waastid, that herden not the `vois of the Lord [Lordis vois I.] , and to whiche he swoor bifore, that he schulde schewe to hem the lond flowynge with mylk and hony. [verse 7] The sones of hem camen aftirward in to the place [placis I.] of fadris [her fadris I.] , and thei weren circumsidid of Josue; whiche, as thei weren borun, weren in prepucie [hoolnesse of her ȝerdis I.] , nether ony man hadde circumsidid hem in the weie. [verse 8] Forsothe [And I.] aftir that alle [thei alle I.] weren circumsidid, thei dwelliden in the same place of tentis [her tentis I.] , til thei weren heelid. [verse 9] And the Lord seide to Josue, To dai Y haue take awei fro ȝou the schenschip of Egipt. And the name of that [the S.] place was clepid Galgala, `til in to present [vnto this I.] dai. [verse 10] And the sones of Israel dwelliden in Galgalis, and maden [thei maden I.] pask in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe at euentide, in the feeldi places of [verse 11] Jerico; and `thei eten of the [in the tother day thei eeten therff looues, and potage of the I.] fruytis of the lond `in the tothir day, therf looues, and potage [Om. I.] of the same ȝeer, `ether cornys seengid and frotid in the hond [Om. IX.] . [verse 12] And manna failide aftir that thei eten of the fruytis of the lond; and the sones of Is|rael vsiden no more that mete, but thei eten of the fruytis of present [that present IK.] ȝeer of the lond of Canaan. [verse 13] Sothely [And I.] whanne Josue was in the feeld of the cite of Jerico, he reiside the [up his I.] iȝen, and siȝ [he siȝ I.] a man [a man, that is, an aungel in the licnesse of a man. Lire here. BCK.] stond|ynge aȝens hym, and holdynge a drawun swerd; and Josue ȝede out [Om. A sec. m.] to hym, and seide, Art thou oure [with us I.] , ethir `of [oure EILP. Om. F pr. m.] aduersa|ries [aduersarie EFIKLOP pr. m. S. pr. m.] ? [verse 14] To whom he answeride, Nay, but Y am prince of the `hoost of the Lord [Lordis hoost I.] ,
