H9001–/וַ–v

And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You yourselves have seen that my voice has come to you from heaven

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

וְזָבַחְתָּ֣ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵרַכְתִּֽיךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃ (וַ) va. “and”

If he comes to you by himself, let him go away by himself: if he is married, let his wife go away with him.

וְיָצְאָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

וְיָלְדָה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרָצַ֨ע (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבָד֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

וְהֶפְדָּ֑הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

וְיָצְאָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

וָמֵ֖ת (וָ) va. “and”

But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

וּמְכָר֛וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְנִמְצָ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;

וְהִכָּה־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָפַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.

וְהִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִקָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.

וּמֵ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”

If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.

וְנָ֨גְפ֜וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָצְא֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָתַ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

וְנָתַתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ (וְ) ve. “and”

If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.

וָמֵ֑ת (וָ) va. “and”

But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to de

וְהוּעַ֤ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵמִ֥ית (וְ) ve. “and”

If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed.

וְנָתַן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;

וְנָֽפַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

וָמֵ֑ת (וָ) va. “and”וּמָ֨כְר֜וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְחָצ֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”