H9002–/וְ–v

And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.

וְתֶן־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנַּ֤ח (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

וְהָעֹ֕מֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.

וְאֵ֥ין (וְ) ve. “and”

So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

וְנִשְׁתֶּ֑ה (וְ) ve. “so”

And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

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

And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go.

וְקַ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַטְּךָ֗ (וּ) u. “and”

And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

וּמְרִיבָ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וְעַ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

וְצֵ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַטֵּ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and went to war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

וּמֹשֶׁה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְח֔וּר (וְ) ve. “and”

Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וְ) ve. “and”

But Moses' hands became tired; so they put a stone under him and he took his seat on it, Aaron and Hur supporting his hands, one on one side and one on the other; so his hands were kept up without falling till the sun went down.

וִידֵ֤י (וִ) vi. “and”וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְח֜וּר (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִזֶּ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

וְשִׂ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.

וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (וּ) u. “and”

And her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom, for he said, I have been living in a strange land:

וְאֵ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to where Moses had put up his tent in the waste land, by the mountain of God.

וּבָנָ֥יו (וּ) u. “and”וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to Moses, I, your father-in-law, have come to you, with your wife and your two sons.

וְאִ֨שְׁתְּךָ֔ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And Moses gave his father-in-law an account of all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians because of Israel, and of all the troubles which had come on them by the way, and how the Lord had given them salvation.

וּלְמִצְרַ֔יִם (וּ) u. “and”

And Jethro said, Praise be to the Lord, who has taken you out of the hand of Pharaoh and out of the hand of the Egyptians; freeing the people from the yoke of the Egyptians.

וּמִיַּ֣ד (וּ) u. “and”

Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, made a burned offering to God: and Aaron came, with the chiefs of Israel, and had a meal with Moses' father-in-law, before God.

וּזְבָחִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹ֣ל׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when Moses' father-in-law saw all he was doing, he said, What is this you are doing for the people? why are you seated here by yourself, with all the people waiting before you from morning till evening?

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

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

Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

וִיהִ֥י (וִ) vi. “and”