Numbers 35
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Hæc quoque locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in campestribus Moab supra Iordanem, contra Iericho:
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also to the Levites common lands for the cities around them.
Præcipe filiis Israel ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis
3 And they shall have the cities to dwell in; and the common lands of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum per circuitum: ut ipsi in oppidis maneant, et suburbana sint pecoribus ac iumentis:
4 And the common lands of the cities, which ye shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits on all sides.
quæ a muris civitatum forinsecus, per circuitum, mille passuum spatio tendentur.
5 And ye shall measure from outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the common lands of the cities.
contra Orientem duo millia erunt cubiti, et contra Meridiem similiter erunt duo millia: ad mare quoque, quod respicit ad Occidentem, eadem mensura erit, et septentrionalis plaga æquali termino finietur. eruntque urbes in medio, et foris suburbana.
6 And among the cities which ye shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
De ipsis autem oppidis, quæ Levitis dabitis, sex erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata, ut fugiat ad ea qui fuderit sanguinem: et exceptis his, alia quadraginta duo oppida,
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their common lands.
id est, simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
Ipsæque urbes, quæ dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israel, ab his, qui plus habent, plures auferentur: et qui minus, pauciores. singuli iuxta mensuram hereditatis suæ dabunt oppida Levitis.
9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Ait Dominus ad Moysen:
10 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Quando transgressi fueritis Iordanem in Terram Chanaan,
11 Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who killeth any person unintentionally.
decernite quæ urbes esse debeant in præsidia fugitivorum, qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint:
12 And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
in quibus cum fuerit profugus, cognatus occisi non poterit eum occidere, donec stet in conspectu multitudinis, et causa illius iudicetur.
13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
De ipsis autem urbibus, quæ ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur,
14 Ye shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
tres erunt trans Iordanem, et tres in Terra Chanaan,
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unintentionally may flee there.
tam filiis Israel quam advenis atque peregrinis, ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit.
16 And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est: reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.
17 And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Si lapidem iecerit, et ictus occubuerit: similiter punietur.
18 Or if he shall smite him with an hand weapon of wood, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Si ligno percussus interierit: percussoris sanguine vindicabitur.
19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet, statim ut apprehenderit eum, interficiet.
20 But if he shall thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying in wait, that he die;
Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel iecerit quippiam in eum per insidias:
21 Or in enmity shall smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
aut cum esset inimicus, manu percusserit, et ille mortuus fuerit: percussor, homicidii reus erit. cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum, iugulabit.
22 But if he shall thrust him suddenly without enmity, or shall have cast upon him any thing without laying in wait,
Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio,
23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and shall cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit,
24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quæstio ventilata:
25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it to the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
liberabitur innocens de ultoris manu, et reducetur per sententiam in urbem, ad quam confugerat, manebitque ibi, donec sacerdos magnus, qui oleo sancto unctus est, moriatur.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;
Si interfector extra fines urbium, quæ exulibus deputatæ sunt,
27 And the avenger of blood find him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood shall kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit.
28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem Pontificis in urbe residere. postquam autem ille obierit, homicida revertetur in terram suam.
29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.
30 Whoever killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Homicida sub testibus punietur: ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur.
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Non accipietis pretium ab eo, qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
Exules et profugi ante mortem Pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt:
33 So ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
ne polluatis terram habitationis vestræ, quæ insontium cruore maculatur: nec aliter expiari potest, nisi per eius sanguinem, qui alterius sanguinem fuderit.
34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, in which I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio, me commorante vobiscum. ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israel.
