H9002–/וְ–v

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף (וִֽ) vi. “so”

Neither shalt thou set thee up a pillar; which Jehovah thy God hateth.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou shalt not sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blemish, [ergänzt: or] anything evil; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.

וָשֶׂ֗ה (וָ) va. “and”

and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;

וְלַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee.

וְיַ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

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

And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

וְהָאִ֞ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִרָ֑אוּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; forasmuch as Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיהוָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֶ֣סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וְזָהָ֔ב (וְ) ve. “and”

and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

וּלְבִלְתִּ֛י (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׂמֹ֑אול (וּ) u. “and”וּבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

The priests the Levites, [ergänzt: even] all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance.

וְנַחֲלָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren: Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

וְנַחֲלָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.

וְזֶ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַלְּחָיַ֖יִם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַקֵּבָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.

וְיִצְהָרֶ֗ךָ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֵאשִׁ֛ית (וְ) ve. “and”

For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

וּבָנָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourneth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose;

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

וּבִתּ֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃ (וּ) u. “and”

or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

וְחֹבֵ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֹׁאֵ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִדְּעֹנִ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

וּבִגְלַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”