H9002–/וְ–v

Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.

וְלָשׁ֤וּב (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְזָ֑בַח (וּ) u. “and”

Then Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the meeting and the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, hearing what the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh said, were pleased.

וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י (וּ) u. “and”וְרָאשֵׁ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, said to the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh, Now we are certain that the Lord is among us, because you have not done this wrong against the Lord: and you have kept us fr

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

Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.

וְהַנְּשִׂיאִ֡ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאֵ֨ת (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Israel were pleased about this; and they gave praise to God, and had no more thought of going to war against the children of Reuben and the children of Gad for the destruction of their land.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad gave to that altar the name of Ed. For, they said, It is a witness between us that the Lord is God.

וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now after a long time, when the Lord had given Israel rest from wars on every side, and Joshua was old and full of years,

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ (וִ) vi. “and”

Joshua sent for all Israel, for their responsible men and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers, and said to them, I am old, and full of years:

וּלְרָאשָׁ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹֽׁטְרָ֑יו (וּ) u. “and”

You have seen everything the Lord your God has done to all these nations because of you; for it is the Lord your God who has been fighting for you.

וְאַתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now I have given to you, as the heritage of your tribes, all these nations which are still in the land, together with those cut off by me, from Jordan as far as the Great Sea on the west.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיָּ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The Lord your God will send them away by force, driving them out before you; and you are to take their land for your heritage, as the Lord your God said to you.

וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;

וְלַעֲשׂ֔וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:

וּבְשֵׁ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

For the Lord has sent out from before you nations great and strong: and they have all given way before you till this day.

וַעֲצוּמִ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:

וְהֵ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Then you may be certain that the Lord your God will not go on driving these nations out from before you; but they will become a danger and a cause of sin to you, a whip for your sides and thorns in your eyes, till you are cut off from this good land whic

וּלְמוֹקֵ֗שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁטֵ֤ט (וּ) u. “and”וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.

וּלְרָאשָׁ֗יו (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשֹׁ֣טְרָ֔יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

וַאֲבִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”

And to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau: to Esau I gave Mount Seir, as his heritage; but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt.

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

And I sent Moses and Aaron, troubling Egypt by all the signs I did among them: and after that I took you out.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

I took your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the Red Sea; and the Egyptians came after your fathers to the Red Sea, with their war-carriages and their horsemen.

וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

And at their cry, the Lord made it dark between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go over them, covering them with its waters; your eyes have seen what I did in Egypt: then for a long time you were living in the waste land.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”

But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.

וְהַפְּרִזִּ֜י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽחִתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַיְבוּסִ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”