H9001–/וַ–v

So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

וְאָסְרָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.

וְשָׁמַ֨ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶחֱרִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָ֙מוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶחֱרִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָ֣מוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

וְהֵפֵ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.

וְשָׁמַ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֶחֱרִ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָ֙מוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.

וְהֵקִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

וְנָשָׂ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

So from the thousands of Israel a thousand were taken from every tribe, twelve thousand men armed for war.

וַיִּמָּֽסְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from every tribe, and with them Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, taking in his hands the vessels of the holy place and the horns for sounding the note of war.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

וַֽיִּצְבְּאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

The women of Midian with their little ones the children of Israel took prisoner; and all their cattle and flocks and all their goods they took for themselves;

וַיִּשְׁבּ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the prisoners and the goods and everything they had taken, they took to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the people of Israel, to the tent-circle in the lowlands of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

וַיָּבִ֡אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.

וַיֵּ֨צְא֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

וַיִּקְצֹ֣ף (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

וַתְּהִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And anything which may be heated, is to go through the fire and be made clean; but in addition it is to be put in the water of cleaning: and anything which may not go through the fire is to be put in the water.

וְטָהֵ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.

וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”