H9002–/וְ–v

These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.

וּבֵֽין־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלָבָ֥ן (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲצֵרֹ֖ת (וַ) va. “and”וְדִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

After he had overcome Sihon, king of the Amorites, ruling in Heshbon, and Og, king of Bashan, ruling in Ashtaroth, at Edrei:

וְאֵ֗ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great

וּסְע֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֹ֨אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבַנֶּ֖גֶב (וּ) u. “and”וּבְח֣וֹף (וּ) u. “and”וְהַלְּבָנ֔וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

See, all the land is before you: go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their seed after them.

וּרְשׁ֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּֽלְיַעֲקֹב֙ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּלְזַרְעָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.

וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!

וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ (וִ) vi. “and”

How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

וּנְבֹנִ֛ים (וּ) u. “and”וִידֻעִ֖ים (וִ) vi. “and”וַאֲשִׂימֵ֖ם (וַ) va. “so”

So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

וִֽידֻעִ֔ים (וִֽ) vi. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׂרֵ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I wil

וְהַדָּבָר֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

וְהַנּוֹרָ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”

See now, the Lord your God has put the land into your hands: go up and take it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you; have no fear and do not be troubled.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And you came near to me, every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us to go through the land with care and give us an account of the way we are to go and the towns to which we will come.

וְיַחְפְּרוּ־ (וְ) ve. “so”וְיָשִׁ֤בוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

But going against the order of the Lord your God, you would not go up:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

וָרָם֙ (וָ) va. “and”וּבְצוּרֹ֖ת (וּ) u. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then I said to you, Have no fear of them.

וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And in the waste land, where you have seen how the Lord was supporting you, as a man does his son, in all your journeying till you came to this place.

וּבַמִּדְבָּר֙ (וּ) u. “and”

But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,

וּבַדָּבָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”

Who goes before you on your way, looking for a place where you may put up your tents, in fire by night, lighting up the way you are to go, and in a cloud by day.

וּבֶעָנָ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he will see it; and to him and to his children I will give the land over which his feet have gone, because he has been true to the Lord with all his heart.

וְלֽוֹ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְבָנָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

And your little ones, who, you said, would come into strange hands, your children, who now have no knowledge of good or evil, they will go into that land, and to them I will give it and it will be theirs.

וְטַפְּכֶם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֠בְנֵיכֶם (וּ֠) U. “and”וָרָ֔ע (וָ) va. “and”וְלָהֶ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for you, go back, journeying into the waste land by the way of the Red Sea.

וְאַתֶּ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּסְע֥וּ (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

This I said to you, but you gave no attention and went against the orders of the Lord, and in your pride went up into the hill-country.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”