H9001–/וַ–v

So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.

וְהָיוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);

וְלָקַחְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.

וְנָתַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;

וַיִּקַּ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.

וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

וּבָ֨א (וּ) u. “and”וְהוֹרִ֕דוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֨סּוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.

וְנָתְנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרְשׂ֧וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׂמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;

וְנָתְנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְכִסּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it:

וְלָקְח֣וּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִסּ֞וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.

וְנָתְנ֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתְנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.

וְכִסּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame.

וְלָקְחוּ֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָֽתְנוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִסּ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתְנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they are to take away the burned waste from the altar, and put a purple cloth on it;

וְדִשְּׁנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places.

וְנָתְנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָרְשׂ֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְשָׂמ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.

וְכִלָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וָמֵ֑תוּ (וָ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;

וְחָיוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂמ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

וָמֵֽתוּ׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

They are to take up the curtains of the House, and the Tent of meeting with its cover and the leather cover over it, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of meeting;

וְנָ֨שְׂא֜וּ (וְ) ve. “and”