H9002–/וְ–v

`Far be it from us to rebel against Jehovah, and to turn back to-day from after Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for present, and for sacrifice, apart from the altar of Jehovah our God, which `is' before His tabernacle.'

וְלָשׁ֤וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְזָ֑בַח (וּ) u. “and”

And Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the company, and the heads of the thousands of Israel, who `are' with him, hear the words which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Manasseh have spoken, and it is good in their eyes.

וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְרָאשֵׁ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest saith unto the sons of Reuben, and unto the sons of Gad, and unto the sons of Manasseh, `To-day we have known that Jehovah `is' in our midst, because ye have not committed against Jehovah this trespass -- then ye have delivered the sons of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah.'

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

And Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, turn back from the sons of Reuben, and from the sons of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, unto the sons of Israel, and bring them back word;

וְהַנְּשִׂיאִ֡ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֵ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”

and the thing is good in the eyes of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel bless God, and have not said to go up against them to war, to destroy the land which the sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, are dwelling in.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad proclaim concerning the altar, that `it `is' a witness between us that Jehovah `is' God.'

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And it cometh to pass, many days after that Jehovah hath given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua is old, entering into days,

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (וִ) vi. “and”

and Joshua calleth for all Israel, for its elders, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and saith unto them, `I have become old; I have entered into days;

וּלְרָאשָׁ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

and ye -- ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God `is' He who is fighting for you;

וְאַתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

see, I have caused to fall to you these nations who are left for an inheritance to your tribes, from the Jordan, (and all the nations which I cut off), and the great sea, the going in of the sun.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיָּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

`As to Jehovah your God, He doth thrust them from your presence, and hath dispossessed them from before you, and ye have possessed their land, as Jehovah your God hath spoken to you,

וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

and ye have been very strong to keep and to do the whole that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, so as not to turn aside from it right or left,

וְלַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ (וּ) u. “and”

so as not to go in among these nations, these who are left with you; and of the name of their gods ye do not make mention, nor do ye swear, nor do ye serve them, nor do ye bow yourselves to them;

וּבְשֵׁ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah is dispossessing from before you nations great and mighty; as for you, none hath stood in your presence till this day;

וַעֲצוּמִ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

`But -- if ye at all turn back and have cleaved to the remnant of these nations, these who are left with you, and intermarried with them, and gone in to them, and they to you,

וְהֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.

וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁטֵ֤ט (וּ) u. “and”וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”

`And lo, I am going, to-day, in the way of all the earth, and ye have known -- with all your heart, and with all your soul -- that there hath not fallen one thing of all the good things which Jehovah your God hath spoken concerning you; the whole have come to you; there hath not failed of it one thing.

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

And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.

וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods;

וַאֲבִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And I give to Isaac, Jacob and Esau; and I give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons have gone down to Egypt.

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

And I send Moses and Aaron, and plague Egypt, as I have done in its midst, and afterwards I have brought you out.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And I bring out your fathers from Egypt, and ye go into the sea, and the Egyptians pursue after your fathers, with chariot and with horsemen, to the Red Sea;

וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

and they cry unto Jehovah, and He setteth thick darkness between you and the Egyptians, and bringeth on them the sea, and covereth them, and your eyes see that which I have done in Egypt; and ye dwell in a wilderness many days.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

`And ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite -- and I give them into your hand.

וְהַפְּרִזִּ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחִתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”