H9002–/וְ–v

Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when the people of Ashdod got up early on the morning after, they saw that Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon up and put him in his place again.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֹ֨אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁתֵּ֣י׀ (וּ) u. “and”

So to this day no priest of Dagon, or any who come into Dagon's house, will put his foot on the doorstep of the house of Dagon in Ashdod.

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.

וְעַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death

וְיָשֹׁ֣ב (וְ) ve. “so”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the growths caused by your disease and five gold mice, one for every lord of the Philistines: for the same disease came on you and on your lords.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; and give glory to the God of Israel: it may be that the weight of his hand will be lifted from you and from your gods and from your land.

וְצַלְמֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵעַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”וּמֵעַ֥ל (וּ) u. “and”

Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made sport of them, did they not let the people go, and they went away?

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּפַרְעֹ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲשׂ֜וּ (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁתֵּ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge o

וְגָע֔וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֹ֑אול (וּ) u. “and”וְסַרְנֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.

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

Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

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

And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”