H9001–/וַ–v

All these towns with their grass-lands the children of Israel gave by the decision of the Lord to the Levites, as the Lord had given orders by Moses.

וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:

וַֽיִּתְּנ֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

The rest of the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they gave them Shechem with its grass-lands in the hill-country of Ephraim, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Gezer with its grass-lands;

וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

All these towns were given to the children of Merari by their families, that is, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their heritage was twelve towns.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he gave by oath to their fathers; so it became their heritage and their living-place.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרָשׁ֖וּהָ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

וַיָּ֨נַח (וַ) va “and”

And said to them, You have kept all the orders of Moses, the Lord's servant, and have done everything I gave you orders to do:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁמְע֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”

You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God.

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֕ם (וּ) u. “and”

Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.

וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other half, Joshua gave a heritage among their brothers on the west side of Jordan. Now when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he gave them his blessing,

וַיְבָרֲכֵֽם׃ (וַ) va “and”

And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֡וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

וַיִּשְׁמְע֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,

וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.

וְהִשְׁבִּ֤יתוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:

וַנֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”