H9002–/וְ–v

And the men have pursued after them the way of the Jordan, by the fords, and the gate they have shut afterwards, when the pursuers have gone out after them.

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

And -- before they lie down -- she hath gone up unto them on the roof,

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

and she saith unto the men, `I have known that Jehovah hath given to you the land, and that your terror hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted at your presence.

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

`For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who `are' beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.

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

And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in `any' man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He `is' God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.

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

`And now, swear ye, I pray you, to me by Jehovah -- because I have done with you kindness -- that ye have done, even ye, kindness with the house of my father, and have given to me a true token,

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and have kept alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and have delivered our souls from death.'

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

And the men say to her, `Our soul for yours -- to die; if ye declare not this our matter, then it hath been, in Jehovah's giving to us this land, that we have done with thee kindness and truth.'

וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ (וֶ) ve. “and”

And she causeth them to go down by a rope through the window, for her house `is' in the side of the wall, and in the wall she `is' dwelling;

וּבַֽחוֹמָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

and she saith to them, `To the mountain go, lest the pursuers come upon you; and ye have been hidden there three days till the turning back of the pursuers, and afterwards ye go on your way.'

וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

lo, we are coming into the land, this line of scarlet thread thou dost bind to the window by which thou hast caused us to go down, and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the house of thy father thou dost gather unto thee, to the house;

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

and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood `is' on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood `is' on our head, if a hand is on him;

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

and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they go, and come in to the mountain, and abide there three days until the pursuers have turned back; and the pursuers seek in all the way, and have not found.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

and they say unto Joshua, `Surely Jehovah hath given into our hand all the land; and also, all the inhabitants of the land have melted at our presence.'

וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and they journey from Shittim, and come in unto the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they lodge there before they pass over.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

and command the people, saying, `When ye see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then ye journey from your place, and have gone after it;

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

only, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.'

וּבֵינָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua speaketh unto the priests, saying, `Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people;' and they take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.

וְעִבְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and thou, thou dost command the priests bearing the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye come unto the extremity of the waters of the Jordan -- in the Jordan ye stand.'

וְאַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, `Come nigh hither, and hear the words of Jehovah your God;

וְשִׁמְע֕וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Joshua saith, `By this ye know that the living God `is' in your midst, and He doth certainly dispossess 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”

and now, take for you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man -- one man for a tribe;

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and it hath been, at the resting of the soles of the feet of the priests bearing the ark of Jehovah, Lord of all the earth, in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan are cut off -- the waters which are coming down from above -- and they stand -- one heap.'

וְיַעַמְד֖וּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And it cometh to pass, in the journeying of the people from their tents to pass over the Jordan, and of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people,

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”