H9002–/וְ–v

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But ye who adhered to the LORD your God, are alive every one of you this day.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם (וּ) u. “and”וְנָב֔וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

וּמִי֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou shouldst forget the things which thy eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them to thy sons, and thy sons' sons:

וּשְׁמֹ֨ר (וּ) u. “and”וּפֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלִבְנֵ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

וְאַשְׁמִעֵ֖ם (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

וְהָהָ֞ר (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

וּתְמוּנָ֛ה (וּ) u. “and”

And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.

וְאֹתִ֞י (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”

And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided to all nations under the whole heaven.

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

But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, even from Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.

וְאֶתְכֶם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not enter that good land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

וַֽיהוָ֥ה (וַֽ) va. “and”וּלְבִלְתִּי־ (וּ) u. “and”

But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from the land to which ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

וָאֶ֔בֶן (וָ) va. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he swore to them.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

וּלְמִקְצֵ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Or hath God essayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an out-stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיָ֤ד (וּ) u. “and”וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardst his words from the midst of the fire.

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

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt in his sight with his mighty power.

וְתַ֗חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

וַעֲצֻמִ֛ים (וַ) va. “and”