H9002–/וְ–v

(now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

and thirty-six thousand oxen,

וּבָקָ֕ר (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

וַחֲמֹרִ֕ים (וַ) va. “and”וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (וַ) va. “and”

and sixteen thousand persons),

וְנֶ֣פֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the charge of the tent of Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

וְשָׂרֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

and they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.

וְצָמִ֔יד (וְ) ve. “and”וְכוּמָ֑ז (וְ) ve. “and”

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels.

וְאֶלְעָזָ֧ר (וְ) ve. “and”

All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.

וַחֲמִשִּׁ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”וּמֵאֵ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.

וְאֶלְעָזָ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמֵּא֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for cattle;

וּמִקְנֶ֣ה׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִבְנֵי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying,

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

וְדִיבֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיַעְזֵ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִמְרָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶלְעָלֵ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂבָ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וּנְב֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעֹֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle.

וְלַֽעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here?

וְלִבְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them?

וְלָ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”

Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

וָמַ֔עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב (וּֽ) u. “and”

save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Yahweh.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (וִ) vi. “and”

Behold, you are risen up in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

They came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

וְעָרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

וַאֲנַ֜חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.

וָהָ֑לְאָה (וָ) va. “and”

and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh.

וְאַחַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (וּ) u. “and”

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְעוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”