H9002–/וְ–v

But the men who had gone up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

וְהָ֨אֲנָשִׁ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And they gave the children of Israel a bad account of the land they had been to see, saying, This land through which we went is a land causing destruction to those living in it; and all the people we saw there are men of more than common size.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.

וְשָׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֵ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

וְעַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Why is the Lord taking us into this land to come to our death by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will get into strange hands: would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?

וְלָמָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְטַפֵּ֖נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.

וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

וְאַהֲרֹ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (וִ) vi. “and”וְכָלֵב֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Only, do not go against the Lord or go in fear of the people of the land, for they will be our food; their strength has been taken from them and the Lord is with us: have no fear of them.

וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָ֥ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

But all the people said they were to be stoned. Then the glory of the Lord was seen in the Tent of meeting, before the eyes of all the children of Israel.

וּכְב֣וֹד (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I will send disease on them for their destruction, and take away their heritage, and I will make of you a nation greater and stronger than they.

וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָצ֖וּם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by

וַעֲנָֽנְךָ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וּבְעַמֻּ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעַמּ֥וּד (וּ) u. “and”

So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

וְעַתָּ֕ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

וְרַב־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָפָ֑שַׁע (וָ) va. “and”וְנַקֵּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.

וְכַאֲשֶׁ֤ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But truly, as I am living, and as all the earth will be full of the glory of the Lord;

וְאוּלָ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִמָּלֵ֥א (וְ) ve. “so”

Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַמִּדְבָּ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

They will not see the land about which I made an oath to their fathers; not one of these by whom I have not been honoured will see it.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.

וְעַבְדִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְזַרְע֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea.

וְהָֽעֲמָלֵקִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְע֥וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

וְאֶֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (וִ) vi. “and”