Liber Numeri 3
1 Hæ sunt generationes Aaron et Moysi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai.
And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.
2 Et hæc nomina filiorum Aaron: primogenitus eius Nadab, deinde Abiu, et Eleazar, et Ithamar.
And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
3 Hæc nomina filiorum Aaron sacerdotum qui uncti sunt, et quorum repletæ et consecratæ manus ut sacerdotio fungerentur.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.
4 Mortui sunt enim Nadab et Abiu cum offerrent ignem alienum in conspectu Domini in deserto Sinai, absque liberis: functique sunt sacerdotio Eleazar et Ithamar coram Aaron patre suo.
And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
6 Applica tribum Levi, et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei, et excubent,
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;
7 et observent quidquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii,
and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 et custodiant vasa tabernaculi, servientes in ministerio eius.
And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 Dabisque dono Levitas Aaron et filiis eius, quibus traditi sunt a filiis Israel.
And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.
10 Aaron autem et filios eius constitues super cultum sacerdotii. Externus, qui ad ministrandum accesserit, morietur.
And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
11 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
12 Ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israel pro omni primogenito, qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israel, eruntque Levitæ mei.
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;
13 Meum est enim omne primogenitum: ex quo percussi primogenitos in Terra Ægypti: sanctificavi mihi quidquid primum nascitur in Israel ab homine usque ad pecus, mei sunt: ego Dominus.
for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.
14 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in deserto Sinai, dicens:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 Numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias, omnem masculum ab uno mense, et supra.
Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16 Numeravit Moyses, ut præceperat Dominus,
And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as he had been commanded.
17 et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua, Gerson et Caath et Merari.
And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 Filii Gerson: Lebni et Semei.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
19 Filii Caath: Amram et Iesaar, Hebron et Oziel.
And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20 Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi.
And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21 De Gerson fuere familiæ duæ, Lebnitica, et Semeitica:
Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra, septem millia quingenti.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23 Hi post tabernaculum metabuntur ad Occidentem
The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
24 sub principe Eliasaph filio Lael.
And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 Et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo fœderis,
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
26 ipsum tabernaculum et operimentum eius, tentorium quod trahitur ante fores tecti fœderis, et cortinas atrii: tentorium quoque quod appenditur in introitu atrii tabernaculi, et quidquid ad ritum altaris pertinet, funes tabernaculi et omnia utensilia eius.
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the court, which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof for all its service.
27 Cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Iesaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozielitas. Hæ sunt familiæ Caathitarum recensitæ per nomina sua:
And of Kohath, the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, octo millia sexcenti habebunt excubias Sanctuarii,
According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.
29 et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam.
The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 Princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Oziel:
And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 et custodient arcam, mensamque et candelabrum, altaria et vasa Sanctuarii, in quibus ministratur, et velum, cunctamque huiuscemodi supellectilem.
And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service.
32 Princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis, erit super excubitores custodiæ Sanctuarii.
And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary.
33 At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua:
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, sex millia ducenti.
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
35 Princeps eorum Suriel filius Abihaiel: in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur.
And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36 Erunt sub custodia eorum tabulæ tabernaculi et vectes, et columnæ ac bases earum, et omnia quæ ad cultum huiuscemodi pertinent:
And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,
37 columnæque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis, et paxilli cum funibus.
and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords.
38 Castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum fœderis, id est, ad orientalem plagam, Moyses et Aaron cum filiis suis, habentes custodiam Sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israel. Quisquis alienus accesserit, morietur.
And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
39 Omnes Levitæ, quos numeraverunt Moyses et Aaron iuxta præceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense uno et supra, fuerunt viginti duo millia.
All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 Et ait Dominus ad Moysen: Numera primogenitos sexus masculini de filiis Israel ab uno mense et supra, et habebis summam eorum.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 Tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israel, ego sum Dominus: et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecorum filiorum Israel.
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42 Recensuit Moyses, sicut præceperat Dominus, primogenitos filiorum Israel.
And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 Et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua, a mense uno et supra, viginti duo millia ducenti septuaginta tres.
And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
45 Tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israel, et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum, eruntque Levitæ mei. Ego sum Dominus.
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
46 In pretio autem ducentorum septuaginta trium, qui excedunt numerum Levitarum de primogenitis filiorum Israel,
And for those that are to be ransomed, the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are in excess over the Levites,
47 accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram Sanctuarii. Siclus habet viginti obolos.
thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, — twenty gerahs the shekel;
48 Dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis eius pretium eorum qui supra sunt.
and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed.
49 Tulit igitur Moyses pecuniam eorum, qui fuerant amplius, et quos redemerant a Levitis
And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;
50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israel, mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum iuxta pondus Sanctuarii,
of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five [shekels], according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
51 et dedit eam Aaron et filiis eius iuxta verbum quod præceperat sibi Dominus.
And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of Jehovah, — as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
