Numbers 8
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2 Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him, Whenever you shall set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick.
Loquere Aaron, et dices ad eum: Cum posueris septem lucernas, candelabrum in australi parte erigatur. Hoc igitur praecipe ut lucernae contra borean e regione respiciant ad mensam panum propositionis, contra eam partem, quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt.
3 And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses.
Fecitque Aaron, et imposuit lucernas super candelabrum, ut praeceperat Dominus Moysi.
4 And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
Haec autem erat factura candelabri, ex auro ductili, tam medius stipes, quam cuncta quae ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur: iuxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi, ita operatus est candelabrum.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them.
Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israel, et purificabis eos
7 And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean.
iuxta hunc ritum: Aspergantur aqua lustrationis, et radant omnes pilos carnis suae. Cumque laverint vestimenta sua, et mundati fuerint,
8 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering.
tollent bovem de armentis, et libamentum eius similam oleo conspersam: bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato:
9 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.
et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo foederis, convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israel.
10 And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
Cumque Levitae fuerint coram Domino, ponent filii Israel manus suas super eos.
11 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.
et offeret Aaron Levitas, munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israel, ut serviant in ministerio eius.
12 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.
Levitae quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum, e quibus unum facies pro peccato, et alterum in holocaustum Domini, ut depreceris pro eis.
13 And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord.
Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum eius, et consecrabis oblatos Domino,
14 And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine.
ac separabis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sint mei.
15 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord.
et postea ingrediantur tabernaculum foederis, ut serviant mihi. Sicque purificabis et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini: quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israel.
16 For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb.
Pro primogenitis quae aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israel, accepi eos.
17 For every firstborn amongst the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself.
Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israel, tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis. Ex die quo percussi omne primogenitum in Terra Aegypti, sanctificavi eos mihi:
18 And I took the Levites in the place of every firstborn amongst the children of Israel.
et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israel:
19 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none amongst the sons of Israel to draw near to the holy things.
tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis eius de medio populi, ut serviant mihi pro Israel in tabernaculo foederis, et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga, si ausi fuerint accedere ad Sanctuarium.
20 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron et omnis multitudo filiorum Israel super Levitas quae praeceperat Dominus Moysi:
21 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them.
purificatique sunt, et laverunt vestimenta sua. Elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini, et oravit pro eis,
22 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum foederis coram Aaron et filiis eius. Sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis, ita factum est.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
24 This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness.
Haec est lex Levitarum, A viginti quinque annis et supra, ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo foederis.
25 And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer.
Cumque quinquagesimum annum aetatis impleverint, servire cessabunt:
26 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shall you do to the Levites in their charges.
eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo foederis, ut custodiant quae sibi fuerunt commendata, opera autem ipsa non faciant. Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis.
