H9001–/וַ–v

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.

וְהָיָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And from Mount Hor the line will go in the direction of Hamath; the farthest point of it will be at Zedad:

וְהָי֛וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the limit will go on to Ziphron, with its farthest point at Hazar-enan: this will be your limit on the north.

וְיָצָ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the east, your limit will be marked out from Hazar-enan to Shepham,

וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Going down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain, and on as far as the east side of the sea of Chinnereth:

וְיָרַ֨ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָרַ֣ד (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָחָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”

And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.

וְיָרַ֤ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

וַיְצַ֣ו (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.

וְנָתְנ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,

וְהָי֧וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.

וּמַדֹּתֶ֞ם (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then let certain towns be marked out as safe places to which anyone who takes the life of another in error may go in flight.

וְהִקְרִיתֶ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָ֥ס (וְ) ve. “and”

In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

וְהָי֨וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

וַיָּמֹ֖ת (וַ) va “and”

Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

וַיָּמֹ֖ת (וַ) va “and”

Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

וַיָּמֹ֖ת (וַ) va “and”

If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;

וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

וַיָּמֹ֔ת (וַ) va “and”

Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

וַיַּפֵּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹ֑ת (וַ) va “and”

Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

וְשָֽׁפְטוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And let the people keep the man responsible for the death safe from the hands of him who has the right of punishment for blood, and send him back to his safe town where he had gone in flight: there let him be till the death of the high priest who was mar

וְהִצִּ֨ילוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵשִׁ֤יבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָ֣שַׁב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:

וּמָצָ֤א (וּ) u. “and”וְרָצַ֞ח (וְ) ve. “and”