H9002–/וְ–v

But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

וָצֶ֙דֶק֙ (וָ) va. “and”וָצֶ֖דֶק (וָ) va. “and”

How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָגֵ֑עַ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And these are the words which you will say before the Lord your God: My father was a wandering Aramaean, and he went down with a small number of people into Egypt; there he became a great and strong nation:

וָרָֽב׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord took us out of Egypt with a strong hand and a stretched-out arm, with works of power and signs and wonders:

וּבִזְרֹ֣עַ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמֹרָ֖א (וּ) u. “and”וּבְאֹת֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמֹפְתִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And he has been our guide to this place, and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

וּלְבֵיתֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַלֵּוִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגֵּ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have

וְלָֽאַלְמָנָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your ord

וְגַ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַגֵּר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָאַלְמָנָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

No part of these things has been used for food in a time of weeping, or put away when I was unclean, or given for the dead: I have given ear to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done all you have given me orders to do.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So, looking down from your holy place in heaven, send your blessing on your people Israel and on the land which you have given us, as you said in your oath to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

וּבָרֵ֤ךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

וְלָלֶ֣כֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִצְוֹתָ֛יו (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord has made it clear this day that you are a special people to him, as he gave you his word; and that you are to keep all his orders;

וַֽיהוָ֞ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וְלִשְׁמֹ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And that he will make you high over all the nations he has made, in praise, in name, and in honour, and that you are to be a holy people to the Lord your God as he has said.

וּֽלְתִתְּךָ֣ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּלְשֵׁ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וּלְתִפְאָ֑רֶת (וּ) u. “and”וְלִֽהְיֹתְךָ֧ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

וְזִקְנֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

וּדְבַ֔שׁ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמַע֙ (וּ) u. “and”

For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

וְלֵוִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹסֵ֥ף (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

וְאֵ֛לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָשֵׁ֔ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

וּמַסֵּכָ֜ה (וּ) u. “and”

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

וְאִמּ֑וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

וְאַלְמָנָ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”