H9001–/וַ–v

`And Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, riseth and fighteth against Israel, and sendeth and calleth for Balaam son of Beor, to revile you,

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֛א (וַ) va “and”

and I have not been willing to hearken to Balaam, and he doth greatly bless you, and I deliver you out of his hand.

וַיְבָ֤רֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וָאַצִּ֥ל (וָ) va. “and”

`And ye pass over the Jordan, and come in unto Jericho, and fight against you do the possessors of Jericho -- the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite -- and I give them into your hand.

וַתַּעַבְר֣וּ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּלָּחֲמ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וָאֶתֵּ֥ן (וָ) va. “and”

And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (וָ) va. “and”וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁ (וַ) va. “and”

`And I give to you a land for which thou hast not laboured, and cities which ye have not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and olive-yards which ye have not planted ye are eating.

וָאֶתֵּ֨ן (וָ) va. “and”וַתֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And the people answer and say, `Far be it from us to forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;

וַיַּ֤עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

for Jehovah our God `is' He who is bringing us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants, and who hath done before our eyes these great signs, and doth keep us in all the way in which we have gone, and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed;

וַֽיִּשְׁמְרֵ֗נוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He `is' our God.'

וַיְגָ֨רֶשׁ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He `is'; a zealous God He `is'; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

When ye forsake Jehovah, and have served gods of a stranger, then He hath turned back and done evil to you, and consumed you, after that He hath done good to you.'

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”וְשָׁ֨ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵרַ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִלָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people saith unto Joshua, `No, but Jehovah we do serve.'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua saith unto the people, `Witnesses ye are against yourselves, that ye have chosen for you Jehovah to serve Him (and they say, `Witnesses!')

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

And the people say unto Joshua, `Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.

וַיִּכְרֹ֨ת (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua writeth these words in the Book of the Law of God, and taketh a great stone, and raiseth it up there under the oak which `is' in the sanctuary of Jehovah.

וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְקִימֶ֣הָ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Lo, this stone is against us for a witness, for it hath heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He hath spoken with us, and it hath been against you for a witness, lest ye lie against your God.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיְתָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua sendeth the people away, each to his inheritance.

וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”

and they bury him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-Serah, which `is' in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the hill of Gaash.

וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Israel serveth Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who prolonged days after Joshua, and who knew all the work of Jehovah which He did to Israel.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

And the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.

וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they bury him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the hill-country of Ephraim.

וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel ask at Jehovah, saying, `Who doth go up for us unto the Canaanite, at the commencement, to fight against it?'

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith, `Judah doth go up; lo, I have given the land into his hand.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Judah saith to Simeon his brother, `Go up with me into my lot, and we fight against the Canaanite -- and I have gone, even I, with thee into thy lot;' and Simeon goeth with him.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”