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For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

וַנֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֡רְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֞ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּיטַ֖ב (וַ) va “and”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh, Now we are certain that the Lord is among us, because you have not done this wrong against the Lord: and you have kept us fr

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.

וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׁ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

וַיִּיטַ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיְבָרֲכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

וַֽיִּקְרְא֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

וַיִּקְרָ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.

וְהוֹרִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽירִשְׁתֶּם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

וַחֲזַקְתֶּ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”

For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

וַיּ֤וֹרֶשׁ (וַ) va “and”

So keep watch on yourselves, and see that you have love for the Lord your God.

וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

וּדְבַקְתֶּם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהִֽתְחַתַּנְתֶּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבָאתֶ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land whic

וְהָי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.

וִידַעְתֶּ֞ם (וִ) vi. “and”

And you will see that, as all the good things which the Lord your God undertook to do for you, have come to you, so the Lord will send down on you all the evil things till he has made your destruction complete, and you are cut off from the good land whic

וְהָיָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If the agreement of the Lord your God, which was given to you by his orders, is broken, and you become the servants of other gods and give them worship, then the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and you will quickly be cut off from the good

וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (וַ) va. “and”וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָרָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

וַיֶּאֶסֹ֧ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, guiding him through all the land of Canaan; I made his offspring great in number, and gave him Isaac.

וָ֠אֶקַּח (וָ֠) Va. “and”וָאוֹלֵ֥ךְ (וָ) va. “and”וָאַרְבֶּה֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶתֶּן־ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

וָאֶתֵּ֣ן (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתֵּ֨ן (וָ) va. “and”

And I sent Moses and Aaron, troubling Egypt by all the signs I did among them: and after that I took you out.

וָאֶשְׁלַ֞ח (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶגֹּ֣ף (וָ) va. “and”

I took your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the Red Sea; and the Egyptians came after your fathers to the Red Sea, with their war-carriages and their horsemen.

וָֽאוֹצִ֤יא (וָֽ) va. “and”וַתָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַסֵּ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּרְאֶ֙ינָה֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And I took you into the lands of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan; and they made war on you, and I gave them into your hands and you took their land; and I sent destruction on them before you.

וָאָבִ֣יא (וָ) va. “and”וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶתֵּ֨ן (וָ) va. “and”וַתִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֖ם (וָ) va. “and”