H9001–/וַ–v

And to the people Joshua gave an order, saying, You will give no cry, and make no sound, and let no word go out of your mouth till the day when I say, Give a loud cry; then give a loud cry.

וַהֲרִיעֹתֶֽם׃ (וַ) va. “and”

So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

וַיַּסֵּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the seven priests with their seven horns went on before the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns: the armed men went before them, and the mass of the people went after the ark of the Lord, blowing their horns.

וְתָקְע֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

The second day they went all round the town once, and then went back to their tents: and so they did for six days.

וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then on the seventh day they got up early, at the dawn of the day, and went round the town in the same way, but that day they went round it seven times.

וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֙מוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the seventh time, at the sound of the priests' horns, Joshua said to the people, Now give a loud cry; for the Lord has given you the town.

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

And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

וְהָיְתָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.

וּלְקַחְתֶּ֣ם (וּ) u. “and”וְשַׂמְתֶּ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲכַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

So the people gave a loud cry, and the horns were sounded; and on hearing the horns the people gave a loud cry, and the wall came down flat, so that the people went up into the town, every man going straight before him, and they took the town.

וַיָּ֣רַע (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֤יעוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּפֹּ֨ל (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּ֨עַל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּצִ֡יאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֨נִּיח֔וּם (וַ) va “and”

But Joshua kept Rahab, the loose woman, and her father's family and all she had, from death, and so she got a living-place among the children of Israel to this day; because she kept safe the men whom Joshua had sent to make a search through the land.

וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his younges

וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וּבָנָ֞ה (וּ) u. “and”

So the Lord was with Joshua; and news of him went through all the land.

וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.

וַיִּמְעֲל֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּ֡ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽחַר־ (וַ) va “and”

Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is by the side of Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said to them, Go up and make a search through the land. And the men went up and saw how Ai was placed.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְרַגְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.

וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.

וַיַּעֲל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ (וַ) va “and”

The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.

וַיַּכּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֖וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמַּ֥ס (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

וַיִּקְרַ֨ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּל֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַנֵּ֔שֶׁב (וַ) va. “and”

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

וְנָסַ֣בּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִכְרִ֥יתוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been t

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”