H9002–/וְ–v

All the towns of the Levites, among the heritage of the children of Israel, were forty-eight towns with their grass-lands.

וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶֽן׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Every one of these towns had grass-lands round it.

וּמִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joshua sent for the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh,

וְלַגָּדִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַחֲצִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

And now the Lord your God has given your brothers rest, as he said: so now you may go back to your tents, to the land of your heritage, which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave to you on the other side of Jordan.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכ֨וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָלֶ֧כֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְדָבְקָה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a heritage in Bashan; but to the other half, Joshua gave a heritage among their brothers on the west side of Jordan. Now when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he gave them his blessing,

וְלַחֲצִ֣י׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְחֶצְי֗וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְ֠גַם (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And said to them, Go back with much wealth to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver and gold and brass and iron, and with a very great store of clothing; give your brothers a part of the goods taken in the war.

וּבְמִקְנֶ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְזָהָ֜ב (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְחֹ֧שֶׁת (וּ) u. “and”וּבְבַרְזֶ֛ל (וּ) u. “and”וּבִשְׂלָמ֖וֹת (וּ) u. “and”

So Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went back, parting from the children of Israel at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their heritage which had been given to them by the Lord's order to Moses.

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִ֣י׀ (וַ) va. “and”

Now when they came to the country by Jordan in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh put up there, by Jordan, a great altar, seen from far.

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And news came to the children of Israel, See, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have put up an altar opposite the land of Canaan, in the country by Jordan on the side which is Israel's.

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִי֩ (וַ) va. “and”

And the children of Israel sent Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead,

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

And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

וַעֲשָׂרָ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they came to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and said to them,

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

That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָחָ֕ר (וּ) u. “and”

But if the land you now have is unclean, come over into the Lord's land where his House is, and take up your heritage among us: but do not be false to the Lord and to us by building yourselves an altar in addition to the altar of the Lord our God.

וְאַ֨ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵאָחֲז֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַֽיהוָ֣ה (וּ) vu. “and”וְאֹתָ֙נוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִ֖י (וַ) va. “and”

God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see--if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

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

And if we have not, in fact, done this designedly and with purpose, having in our minds the fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַֽיהוָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord has made Jordan a line of division between us and you, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad; you have no part in the Lord: so your children will make our children give up fearing the Lord.

וּגְב֣וּל (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵינֵיכֶ֜ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But to be a witness between us and you, and between the future generations, that we have the right of worshipping the Lord with our burned offerings and our offerings of beasts and our peace-offerings; so that your children will not be able to say to our

וּבֵינֵיכֶ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וּבִזְבָחֵ֖ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִשְׁלָמֵ֑ינוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”