H9002–/וְ–v

And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And when they of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish-stump was left to him.

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

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any that come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he laid them waste, and smote them with hemorrhoids, -- Ashdod and its borders.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is severe upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

וְעַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, when the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand of God was very heavy there;

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

and the men that died not were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? tell us wherewith we shall send it to its place.

וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then they said, What is the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague is upon them all, and upon your lords.

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

And ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that destroy the land, and give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

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

And why will ye harden your heart, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? When he had wrought mightily among them, did they not let them go, and they departed?

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

And now make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

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

and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart, and the golden jewels, which ye return him as a trespass-offering, put in the coffer by the side thereof; and send it away that it may go.

וְאֵ֣ת׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this great evil; if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that touched us; it was a chance [supplied: that] happened to us.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their sores.

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

And the kine went straight forward on the way to Beth-shemesh; they went by the one high way, lowing as they went; and they turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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

And [supplied: they of] Beth-shemesh were reaping the wheat-harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite, and stood there; and a great stone was there. And they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine as a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

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

And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the golden jewels, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered up burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Jehovah.

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

And the five lords of the Philistines saw [supplied: it], and returned to Ekron the same day.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

And these are the golden sores which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering to Jehovah: for Ashdod one, for Gazah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”