H9002–/וְ–v

He said to his mother, The eleven hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver that were taken from you, about which you did utter a curse, and did also speak it in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. His mother said, Blessed be my son of Yahweh.

וּמֵאָ֨ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאַ֤תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

He restored the eleven hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I most assuredly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.

וּמֵאָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [ergänzt: pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.

וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

וְהָאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְרָפִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְה֥וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Micah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [ergänzt: a place].

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten [ergänzt: pieces] of silver by the year, and a suit of clothing, and your food. So the Levite went in.

וֶֽהְיֵה־ (וֶֽ) ve “and”וּלְכֹהֵן֒ (וּ) u. “and”וְאָנֹכִ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וְעֵ֥רֶךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ (וּ) u. “and”

In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [ergänzt: their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.

וּבַיָּמִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל (וּ) u. “and”וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”

When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside there, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what do you in this place? and what have you here?

וְהֵ֣מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

He said to them, Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.

וְכָזֶ֔ה (וְ) ve. “and”

They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה (וְ) ve. “so”

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [ergänzt: them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

וּבֹטֵ֗חַ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵין־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּרְחֹקִ֥ים (וּ) u. “and”וְדָבָ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What [ergänzt: say] you?

וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל (וְ) ve. “and”

They said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתֶּ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”

When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

There set forth from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

וּמֵאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל (וּ) u. “and”

Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do.

וּתְרָפִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּפֶ֖סֶל (וּ) u. “and”וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate.

וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁשׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What do you?

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

They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

וְלֵ֣ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וֶֽהְיֵה־ (וֶֽ) ve “and”וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

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

So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them.

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

When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.

וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”