H9001–/וַ–v

And Moses only may come near to the Lord; but the others are not to come near, and the people may not come up with them.

וְנִגַּ֨שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Moses came and put before the people all the words of the Lord and his laws: and all the people, answering with one voice, said, Whatever the Lord has said we will do.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיְסַפֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses put down in writing all the words of the Lord, and he got up early in the morning and made an altar at the foot of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And he sent some of the young men of the children of Israel to make burned offerings and peace-offerings of oxen to the Lord.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽעֲל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְבְּח֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And he took the book of the agreement, reading it in the hearing of the people: and they said, Everything which the Lord has said we will do, and we will keep his laws.

וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֖א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.

וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְרֹ֖ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

וַיִּרְא֕וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he put not his hand on the chiefs of the children of Israel: they saw God, and took food and drink.

וַֽיֶּחֱזוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְל֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain, and take your place there: and I will give you the stones on which I have put in writing the law and the orders, so that you may give the people knowledge of them.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”

And Moses went up into the mountain, and it was covered by the cloud.

וַיַּ֥עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַ֥ס (וַ) va “and”

And the glory of the Lord was resting on Mount Sinai, and the cloud was over it for six days; and on the seventh day he said Moses' name out of the cloud.

וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”

And Moses went up the mountain, into the cloud, and was there for forty days and forty nights.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And let them make me a holy place, so that I may be ever present among them.

וְעָ֥שׂוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

וְעָשׂ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

It is to be plated inside and out with the best gold, with an edge of gold all round it

וְצִפִּיתָ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And make four rings of gold for it, to be fixed on its four feet, two rings on one side of it and two on the other.

וְיָצַ֣קְתָּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָ֣תַתָּ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְצִפִּיתָ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

וְהֵֽבֵאתָ֤ (וְ) ve. “and”

Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.

וְנָתַתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

וְעָשִׂ֛יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”