H9002–/וְ–v

This is the number of the sons of Merari, numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.

וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

וְאַהֲרֹ֛ן (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְשִׂיאֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

Those from thirty to fifty years old who were able to do the work of the Tent of meeting and of its transport,

וָמַ֔עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וְעַ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲבֹדַ֥ת (וַ) va. “and”

Came to eight thousand, five hundred and eighty.

וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁמֹנִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

At the order of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, every one in relation to his work and to his part in the transport; so they were numbered by Moses at the order of the Lord.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְקֻדָ֕יו (וּ) u. “and”

Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;

וִֽישַׁלְּחוּ֙ (וִֽ) vi. “so”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Male or female they are to be put outside the tent-circle, so that they may not make unclean my resting-place among them.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.

וַחֲמִישִׁת֖וֹ (וַ) va. “and”

But if the man has no relation to whom the payment may be made, then the payment for sin made to the Lord will be the priest's, in addition to the sheep offered to take away his sin.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And every offering lifted up of all the holy things which the children of Israel give to the priest, will be his.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And every man's holy things will be his: whatever a man gives to the priest will be his.

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

וְהִ֣יא (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֖וא (וְ) ve. “and”

If the spirit of doubt comes into her husband's heart, and he has doubts of his wife, with good cause; or if he has doubts of her without cause:

וְהִ֣וא (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֖יא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;

וּמִן־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

וּבְיַ֤ד (וּ) u. “and”

And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you have been with another in place of your husband and have made yourself unclean with a lover:

וְאַ֗תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the priest will put the oath of the curse on the woman, and say to her, May the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people, sending on you wasting of the legs and disease of the stomach;

וְלִשְׁבֻעָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

וְלַנְפִּ֣ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And he will take some of it in his hand, burning it on the altar as a sign, and then he will give the woman the bitter water.

וְאַחַ֛ר (וְ) ve. “and”

But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּטְהֹרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

וְהָאִשָּׁ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

He is to keep himself from wine and strong drink, and take no mixed wine or strong drink or any drink made from grapes, or any grapes, green or dry.

וְשֵׁכָר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֹ֥מֶץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲנָבִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”וִיבֵשִׁ֖ים (וִ) vi. “and”

All the time he is separate he may take nothing made from the grape-vine, from its seeds to its skin.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”