H9001–/וַ–v

So six hundred men of the Danites from Zorah and Eshtaol went out armed with instruments of war.

וַיִּסְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they went up and put up their tents in Kiriath-jearim in Judah: so that place is named Mahaneh-dan to this day. It is to the west of Kiriath-jearim.

וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.

וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

וַיָּס֣וּרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

וַיִּיטַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

So they went on their way again, putting the little ones and the oxen and the goods in front of them.

וַיִּפְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

When they had gone some way from the house of Micah, the men from the houses near Micah's house came together and overtook the children of Dan,

וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ (וַ) va “and”

Crying out to them. And the Danites, turning round, said to Micah, What is your trouble, that you have taken up arms?

וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֖בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And the children of Dan said to him, Say no more, or men of bitter spirit may make an attack on you, causing loss of your life and the lives of your people.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

וַיִּבְנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.

וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to h

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.

וַיֶּחֱזַק־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”