H9001–/וַ–v

And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

וְחָצִ֙יתָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And from the men of war who went out let there be offered to the Lord one out of every five hundred, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep:

וַהֲרֵמֹתָ֨ (וַ) va. “and”

Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.

וְנָתַתָּ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And from the part given to the children of Israel, take one out of every fifty, from the persons, and from the oxen and asses and sheep, and give it to the Levites who have the care of the House of the Lord.

וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So Eleazar and Moses did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Now the beasts taken, in addition to what the fighting-men took for themselves, were six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

וַתְּהִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Of which the Lord's part was six hundred and seventy-five.

וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

(Now the people's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,

וַתְּהִ֛י (וַ) va. “and”

Even from the children of Israel's half, Moses took one out of every fifty, men and beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had the care of the House of the Lord; as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

Then the men in authority over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came to Moses,

וַֽיִּקְרְבוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And said to him, Your servants have taken note of the number of all the fighting-men under our orders, and every one is present;

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And we have here an offering for the Lord from what every man took in the war, ornaments of gold, leg-chains and arm-rings, finger-rings, ear-rings, and neck-ornaments, to make our souls free from sin before the Lord.

וַנַּקְרֵ֞ב (וַ) va. “and”

So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even all the worked ornaments.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold given by the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and took it into the Tent of meeting, to be a sign in memory of the children of Israel before the Lord.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֤אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a great number of cattle: and when they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle;

וַיִּרְא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the meeting,

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said, With your approval, let this land be given to your servants as their heritage: do not take us over Jordan.

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to the children of Gad and the children of Reuben, Are your brothers to go to the war, while you take your rest here?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they took from the children of Israel the desire to go into the land which the Lord had given them.

וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּרְאוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנִ֕יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

And at that time the Lord was moved to wrath, and made an oath, saying,

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשָּׁבַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”

Then the Lord was angry with Israel, and he made them wanderers in the waste land for forty years? till all that generation who had done evil in the eyes of the Lord was dead.

וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנִעֵם֙ (וַ) va “and”

For if you are turned away from him, he will send them wandering again in the waste land; and you will be the cause of the destruction of all this people.

וְיָסַ֣ף (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִֽׁחַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”