H9001–/וַ–v

Then he will do the work of a priest in the name of the Lord his God, with all his brothers the Levites who are there before the Lord.

וְשֵׁרֵ֕ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.

וְנָתַתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִבֶּ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.

וּמֵ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;

וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֕ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.

וְשִׁלַּשְׁתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

וָחָ֑י (וָ) va. “and”

For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death;

וְנִדְּחָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשַׁ֤ל (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָצָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וָמֵ֑ת (וָ) va. “and”וָחָֽי׃ (וָ) va. “and”

For if not, he who has the right of punishment may go running after the taker of life in the heat of his wrath, and overtake him because the way is long, and give him a death-blow; though it is not right for him to be put to death because he was not move

וְהִשִּׂיג֛וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכָּ֣הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the Lord your God makes wide the limits of your land, as he said in his oath to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he undertook to give to your fathers;

וְנָ֤תַן (וְ) ve. “and”

If you keep and do all these orders which I give you today, loving the Lord your God and walking ever in his ways; then let three more towns, in addition to these three, be marked out for you:

וְיָסַפְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”

So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

וְאָ֤רַב (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכָּ֥הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וָמֵ֑ת (וָ) va. “and”וְנָ֕ס (וְ) ve. “and”

The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

וְשָֽׁלְחוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָקְח֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתְנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וָמֵֽת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.

וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ (וּ) u. “and”וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

וְעָמְד֧וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

וַעֲשִׂ֣יתֶם (וַ) va. “and”וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֥ (וּ) u. “and”

When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.

וְֽרָאִ֜יתָ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And when you are on the point of attacking, let the priest come forward and say to the people,

וְהָיָ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִגַּ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְדִבֶּ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Give ear, O Israel: today you are going forward to the fight; let your heart be strong; do not let uncontrolled fear overcome you because of those who are against you;

וְאָמַ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.

וְדִבְּר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.

וְיָסְפ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.

וְהָיָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָֽקְד֛וּ (וּ) u. “and”