H9002–/וְ–v

And you will take up your heritage in the land by the decision of the Lord, to every family its part; the greater the family the greater its heritage, and the smaller the family the smaller will be its heritage; wherever the decision of the Lord gives to

וְלַמְעַט֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you are slow in driving out the people of the land, then those of them who are still there will be like pin-points in your eyes and like thorns in your sides, troubling you in the land where you are living.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִצְנִינִ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And for your limit on the west you will have the Great Sea and its edge: this will be your limit on the west.

וּגְב֣וּל (וּ) u. “and”וּגְב֑וּל (וּ) u. “and”

And your limit on the north will be the line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor:

וְזֶֽה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Moses gave orders to the children of Israel saying, This is the land which is to be your heritage, by the decision of the Lord, which by the Lord's order is to be given to the nine tribes and the half-tribe:

וַחֲצִ֥י (וַ) va. “and”

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:

וּמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וַחֲצִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

The two tribes and the half-tribe have been given their heritage on the other side of Jordan at Jericho, on the east looking to the dawn.

וַחֲצִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (וִ) vi. “and”

And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land.

וְנָשִׂ֥יא (וְ) ve. “and”

And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

וְאֵ֖לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud.

וּלְמַטֵּה֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.

וּלְמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.

וּמִגְרָ֗שׁ (וּ) u. “and”

These towns are to be their living-places, with land round them for their cattle and their food and all their beasts,

וּמִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלִרְכֻשָׁ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְכֹ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.

וּמִגְרְשֵׁי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וָח֔וּצָה (וָ) va. “and”

The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֨ת (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעִ֣יר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the towns which you give the Levites are to be the six safe places to which the taker of life may go in flight; and in addition you are to give them forty-two towns.

וְאֵ֣ת (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם (וַ) va. “and”וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

Forty-eight towns are to be given to the Levites, all with land round them.

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

And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to th

וְהֶֽעָרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֵ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”

In these towns you may be safe from him who has the right of punishment; so that death may not overtake the taker of life till he has been judged by the meeting of the people.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”