H9002–/וְ–v

Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (וּֽ) u. “and”וְאַ֣תְּ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

If only they had such a heart in them at all times, so that they might go in fear of me and keep my orders and that it might be well for them and for their children for ever!

וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה (וַ) va. “so”וְהַחֻקִּ֥ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.

וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

וְזֹ֣את (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

וּמִצְוֹתָיו֮ (וּ) u. “and”וּבִנְךָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֶן־ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמַ֖עַן (וּ) u. “and”

So give ear, O Israel, and take care to do this; so that it may be well for you, and you may be greatly increased, as the Lord the God of your fathers has given you his word, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ (וּ) u. “and”וּֽבְשָׁכְבְּךָ֖ (וּֽ) u. “and”וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land which he gave his oath to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, that he would give you; with great and fair towns which were not of your building;

וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֖ב (וּֽ) u. “and”וְטֹבֹ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And houses full of good things not stored up by you, and places for storing water which you did not make, and vine-gardens and olive-trees not of your planting; and you have taken food and are full;

וּבָ֨תִּ֜ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבֹרֹ֤ת (וּ) u. “and”וְזֵיתִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

וְאֹת֣וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you;

וְעֵדֹתָ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”וְחֻקָּ֖יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

וְהַטּ֖וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

וְהַֽחֻקִּים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord did great signs and wonders against Egypt, and against Pharaoh and all his house, before our eyes:

וּ֠מֹפְתִים (וּ֠) U. “and”וְרָעִ֧ים׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

And he took us out from that place, guiding us here to give us this land, as he said in his oath to our fathers.

וְאוֹתָ֖נוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.

וּצְדָקָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

When the Lord your God takes you into the land where you are going, which is to be your heritage, and has sent out the nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jeb

וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכְּנַעֲנִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַפְּרִזִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחִוִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲצוּמִ֖ים (וַ) va. “and”

And when the Lord has given them up into your hands and you have overcome them, give them up to complete destruction: make no agreement with them, and have no mercy on them:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִתּ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲשֵֽׁירֵהֶם֙ (וַ) va. “and”וּפְסִילֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּ (וּ) u. “and”