H9001–/וַ–v

But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃ (וַ) va. “and”

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;

וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֛ר (וַ) va “and”

He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: and Yahweh has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [ergänzt: and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.

וִֽירִשְׁתָּ֑ם (וִֽ) vi. “and”

Yahweh will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land; whom he destroyed.

וְעָשָׂ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandment which I have commanded you.

וּנְתָנָ֥ם (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”

Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and to all the elders of Israel.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנָ֗הּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [ergänzt: every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,

וַיְצַ֥ו (וַ) va “and”

Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

וְיָֽרְאוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Yahweh your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over the Jordan to possess it.

וְלָ֣מְד֔וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.

וַיֵּרָ֧א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲמֹ֛ד (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְקָם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָנָ֣ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲזָבַ֕נִי (וַ) va. “and”וְהֵפֵר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?

וְחָרָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲזַבְתִּ֞ים (וַ) va. “and”וְהִסְתַּרְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְצָאֻ֛הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָמַר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

וְאָכַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂבַ֖ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְדָשֵׁ֑ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָנָ֞ה (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲבָד֔וּם (וַ) va. “and”וְנִ֣אֲצ֔וּנִי (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵפֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.

וְ֠הָיָה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”וְ֠עָנְתָה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְלַמְּדָ֖הּ (וַֽ) va “and”

He gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.

וַיְצַ֞ו (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”

that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, saying,

וַיְצַ֤ו (וַ) va “and”

Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

וְשַׂמְתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָֽיָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָרָ֨את (וְ) ve. “and”

Moses spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished.

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”