This was written in a water damaged notebook. I've transcribed the only page that is fully intact. The more damaged pages seem to have the same structure from what I can make out. It seems like something from the Bible, but with strange wording. I've put a question mark beside the words I had to guess at. The hyphens are in the text, and I'm not sure why he would have used them instead of normal punctuation. It seems to be a conversation between two people:
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What are you - One of the elect - Of what house - The house of Israil(?) - Of what tribe - The tribe of Levi/Devi(?) - How are we to know that - By true sign and token - What true sign and token - A rod - What rod - Aaron's rod - Why do you take Aaron's rod for your sign and token - Because it seeded(?), blossomed, and brought forth almonds in one night. What became of it - It was laid before the testimony as a token against all future rebels(?) - Have you a pass(?) - I have - Give it to me - I did not so obtain it but believing you a true and worthy brother. Orange men will half it or divide it with(?) you - Divide it and begin - Begin - You begin - On - de - gi - de - on - Gideon - Why do you take Gideon for your pass(?) - Because he was appointed by the lord to lead his chosen army - Have you a number - Three - What three - Three hundred - What three hundred - Chosen Israelites which lapped/laffed(?) but did not kneel.
It is a conversation between two people, you're correct. He chose to place hyphens there, probably for preference and to not waste space in his notebook. I can say with 100% certainty that this is derived from a Masonic 'test' before allowing a masonic member access to a lodge that they don't belong to, or haven't been to in a while and have nobody to vouch for them being a known member. This is called being 'tried,' and answering the questions properly along with a few other things will give you access to a meeting at a lodge or whatever place this fraternity calls their meeting place.
I've heard of other Masonic-like fraternities, which have nothing to do with Free Masonry. So, either this is a fraternity that has adopted a very similar ritual, or this is something one might find pursuing higher degrees in Masonry such as the York Rite, Scottish Rite, and Shriners, all of which would require their members to have become a Master Mason first.
It would be my guess that the other areas that seem similar and that are unreadable, are other parts of rituals important to this fraternity that require a member to memorize this so they are able to say this without the aid of notes.