H9001–/וַ–v

There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

וַיִּסְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

They went up, and encamped in Kiriath Jearim, in Judah: therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan, to this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.

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

They passed there 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 went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.

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

They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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

The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What do you?

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

They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

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

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

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

When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ (וַ) va “and”

They cried to the children of Dan. They turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company?

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

He said, you have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say you to me, What ails you?

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

The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."

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

The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.

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

They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

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

There was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Beth Rehob. They built the city, and lived therein.

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

They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however the name of the city was Laish at the first.

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

The children of Dan set up for themselves the engraved image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.

וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

So they set them up Micah's engraved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

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

His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father's house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there the space of four months.

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

Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

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

His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.

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

It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.

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