Liber Numeri 35

1 haec quoque locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in campestribus Moab super Iordanem contra Hiericho

And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

2 praecipe filiis Israhel ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis

Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also to the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

3 urbes ad habitandum et suburbana earum per circuitum ut ipsi in oppidis maneant et suburbana sint pecoribus ac iumentis

And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

4 quae a muris civitatum forinsecus per circuitum mille passuum spatio tendentur

And the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

5 contra orientem duo milia erunt cubiti et contra meridiem similiter duo milia ad mare quoque quod respicit occidentem eadem mensura erit et septentrionalis plaga aequali termino finietur eruntque urbes in medio et foris suburbana

And you shall measure from without 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 middle: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

6 de ipsis autem oppidis quae Levitis dabitis sex erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata ut fugiat ad ea qui fuderit sanguinem exceptis his alia quadraginta duo oppida

And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them you shall add forty and two cities.

7 id est simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis

So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall you give with their suburbs.

8 ipsaeque urbes quae dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israhel ab his qui plus habent plures auferentur et qui minus pauciores singuli iuxta mensuram hereditatis suae dabunt oppida Levitis

And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits.

9 ait Dominus ad Mosen

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

10 loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos quando transgressi fueritis Iordanem in terram Chanaan

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

11 decernite quae urbes esse debeant in praesidia fugitivorum qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint

Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which kills any person at unawares.

12 in quibus cum fuerit profugus cognatus occisi eum non poterit occidere donec stet in conspectu multitudinis et causa illius iudicetur

And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

13 de ipsis autem urbibus quae ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur

And of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge.

14 tres erunt trans Iordanem et tres in terra Chanaan

You shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

15 tam filiis Israhel quam advenis atque peregrinis ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit

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 kills any person unawares may flee thither.

16 si quis ferro percusserit et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est reus erit homicidii et ipse morietur

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

17 si lapidem iecerit et ictus occubuerit similiter punietur

And if he smite him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

18 si ligno percussus interierit percussoris sanguine vindicabitur

Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

19 propinquus occisi homicidam interficiet statim ut adprehenderit eum percutiet

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

20 si per odium quis hominem inpulerit vel iecerit quippiam in eum per insidias

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

21 aut cum esset inimicus manu percusserit et ille mortuus fuerit percussor homicidii reus erit cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum iugulabit

Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

22 quod si fortuito et absque odio

But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast on him any thing without laying of wait,

23 et inimicitiis quicquam horum fecerit

Or with any stone, with which a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it on him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

24 et hoc audiente populo fuerit conprobatum atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quaestio ventilata

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

25 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

And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he was fled: and he shall abide in it to the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

26 si interfector extra fines urbium quae exulibus deputatae sunt

But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, where he was fled;

27 fuerit inventus et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit

And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

28 debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem pontificis in urbe residere postquam autem ille obierit homicida revertetur in terram suam

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.

29 haec sempiterna erunt et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris

So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30 homicida sub testibus punietur ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur

Whoever kills 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.

31 non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis statim et ipse morietur

Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

32 exules et profugi ante mortem pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt

And you shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

33 ne polluatis terram habitationis vestrae quae insontium cruore maculatur nec aliter expiari potest nisi per eius sanguinem qui alterius sanguinem fuderit

So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

34 atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israhel

Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.