Liber Numeri 3

1 Hæ sunt generationes Aaron et Moysi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai.

These also were the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

2 Et hæc nomina filiorum Aaron: primogenitus ejus Nadab, deinde Abiu, et Eleazar, et Ithamar.

So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, 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 sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.

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 the Lord, when they offred strange fire before the Lord in the wildernesse of Sinai, and had no children: but Eleazar and Ithamar serued in ye Priestes office in the sight of Aaron their father.

5 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

6 Applica tribum Levi, et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei, et excubent,

Bring the tribe of Leui, and set the before Aaron the Priest that they may serue him,

7 et observent quidquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii,

And take the charge with him, euen the charge of the whole Congregation before the Tabernacle of the Congregation to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

8 et custodiant vasa tabernaculi, servientes in ministerio ejus.

They shall also keepe all the instruments of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

9 Dabisque dono Levitas

And thou shalt giue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are giuen him freely from among the children of Israel.

10 Aaron et filiis ejus, quibus traditi sunt a filiis Israël. Aaron autem et filios ejus constitues super cultum sacerdotii. Externus, qui ad ministrandum accesserit, morietur.

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sonnes to execute their Priestes office: and the stranger that commeth neere, shalbe slayne.

11 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

12 Ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israël pro omni primogenito, qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israël, eruntque Levitæ mei.

Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites from among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,

13 Meum est enim omne primogenitum: ex quo percussi primogenitos in terra Ægypti, sanctificavi mihi quidquid primum nascitur in Israël: ab homine usque ad pecus, mei sunt. Ego Dominus.

Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord.

14 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in deserto Sinai, dicens:

Moreouer, the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying,

15 Numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias, omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra.

Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euery male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber.

16 Numeravit Moyses, ut præceperat Dominus,

Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

17 et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua, Gerson et Caath et Merari.

And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 Filii Gerson: Lebni et Semei.

Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19 Filii Caath: Amram et Jesaar, Hebron et Oziel.

The sonnes also of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Vzziel.

20 Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi.

And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.

21 De Gerson fuere familiæ duæ, Lebnitica, et Semeitica:

Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

22 quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra, septem millia quingenti.

The summe whereof (after the nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue) was counted seuen thousand and fiue hundreth.

23 Hi post tabernaculum metabuntur ad occidentem,

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle westward.

24 sub principe Eliasaph filio Laël.

The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.

25 Et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo fœderis,

And the charge of the sonnes of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the Congregation shall be the Tabernacle, and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vaile of the dore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

26 ipsum tabernaculum et operimentum ejus, 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 ejus.

And the hanging of the court, and the vaile of the doore of the court, which is neere the Tabernacle, and neere ye Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.

27 Cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Jesaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozielitas. Hæ sunt familiæ Caathitarum recensitæ per nomina sua.

And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

28 Omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, octo millia sexcenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii,

The nomber of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue was eight thousand and sixe hundreth, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie.

29 et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam.

The families of the sonnes of Kohath shall pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle.

30 Princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Oziel:

The captaine and auncient of the house, and families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel:

31 et custodient arcam, mensamque et candelabrum, altaria et vasa sanctuarii, in quibus ministratur, et velum, cunctamque hujuscemodi supellectilem.

And their charge shalbe the Arke, and the Table, and the Candlesticke, and the altars, and the instruments of the Sanctuarie that they minister with, and the vaile, and all that serueth thereto.

32 Princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis, erit super excubitores custodiæ sanctuarii.

And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.

33 At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua:

Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

34 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, sex millia ducenti.

And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth.

35 Princeps eorum Suriel filius Abihaiel: in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur.

The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle.

36 Erunt sub custodia eorum tabulæ tabernaculi et vectes, et columnæ ac bases earum, et omnia quæ ad cultum hujuscemodi pertinent:

And in ye charge and custodie of the sonnes of Merari shall be the boardes of the Tabernacle, and the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets, and al the instruments therof, and al that serueth thereto,

37 columnæque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis, et paxilli cum funibus.

With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins and their coardes.

38 Castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum fœderis, id est, ad orientalem plagam, Moyses et Aaron cum filiis suis, habentes custodiam sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israël. Quisquis alienus accesserit, morietur.

Also on the forefront of the Tabernacle toward the East, before the Tabernacle, I say, of the Congregation Eastwarde shall Moses and Aaron and his sonnes pitch, hauing the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the children of Israel: but the stranger that commeth neere, shall be slayne.

39 Omnes Levitæ, quos numeraverunt Moyses et Aaron juxta præceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense uno et supra, fuerunt viginti duo millia.

The wholesumme of ye Leuites, which Moses and Aaron nombred at the commandement of the Lord throughout their families, euen al the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was two and twentie thousand.

40 Et ait Dominus ad Moysen: Numera primogenitos sexus masculini de filiis Israël ab uno mense et supra, et habebis summam eorum.

And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.

41 Tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israël: ego sum Dominus: et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecorum filiorum Israël.

And thou shalt take ye Leuites to me for all the first borne of the children of Israel (I am the Lord) and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first borne of the cattell of the children of Israel.

42 Recensuit Moyses, sicut præceperat Dominus, primogenitos filiorum Israël:

And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of 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 first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two and twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three.

44 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

45 Tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum, eruntque Levitæ mei. Ego sum Dominus.

Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord)

46 In pretio autem ducentorum septuaginta trium, qui excedunt numerum Levitarum de primogenitis filiorum Israël,

And for the redeeming of the two hundreth seuentie and three, (which are moe then the Leuites) of the first borne of the children of of Israel,

47 accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram sanctuarii (siclus habet viginti obolos):

Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euery person: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: ye shekel conteineth twenty gerahs.

48 dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis ejus pretium eorum qui supra sunt.

And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.

49 Tulit igitur Moyses pecuniam eorum, qui fuerant amplius, et quos redemerant a Levitis,

Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being more then the Leuites:

50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum juxta pondus sanctuarii:

Of the first borne of the children of Israel tooke he the mony: eue a thousand three hundreth three score and fiue shekels after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.

51 et dedit eam Aaron et filiis ejus juxta verbum quod præceperat sibi Dominus.

And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.