H9002–/וְ–v

The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשַּׁ֣עַר (וְ) ve. “and”

Before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof;

וְהֵ֖מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִ֛יא (וְ) ve. “and”

and she said to the men, I know that Yahweh has given you the land, and that the fear of you is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.

וְכִֽי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

For we have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר (וַ) va. “and”וּלְע֔וֹג (וּ) u. “and”

As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

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

Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

The men said to her, Our life for yours, if you don't utter this our business; and it shall be, when Yahweh gives us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.

וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the side of the wall, and she lived on the wall.

וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

She said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way.

וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall gather to you into the house your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him.

וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”וְ֠כֹל (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

But if you utter this our business, then we shall be guiltless of your oath which you have made us to swear.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

They went, and came to the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

They said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.

וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: don't come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way heretofore.

וּבֵינָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

וְעִבְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.

וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.

וְשִׁמְע֕וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.

וְהוֹרֵ֣שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֱמֹרִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore take twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

It shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of Yahweh, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.

וְיַעַמְד֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

It happened, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”