A defense of spiritual interpretation
The sacred service and the sacred sacrifice having been completed in the former time of Moses, in a mystery, according to God who commanded it, for the salvation of the firstborn of the sons of Israel — because the wrath was being brought upon Pharaoh and those under his rule who disobey the word of God —.
Greek
Τῆς ἱερουργίας καὶ ἱεροθυσίας μυστηριωδῶς κατὰ τὸν προστάξαντα θ(εὸ)ν πρὸς <σ>ωτηρίαν τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰ(σρα)ὴλ διὰ τὸ τὴν ὀργὴν ἐπιφέρεσθαι Φαραώ τε καὶ τοῖς κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀρχὴν ἀπειθοῦσιν λόγῳ θ(εο)ῦ τετελεσμένης ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν χρόνῳ Μωϋσέως,