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, on the day that the Lord 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: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, 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 priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests.

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 offered a strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the life-time of Aaron their father.

5 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spoke unto 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 the same before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

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

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8 et custodiant vasa tabernaculi, servientes in ministerio eius.

And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9 Dabisque dono Levitas

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: as associates are they given unto him out of the children of Israel.

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

And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

11 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spoke unto 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 the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth 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.

Because mine is every first-born; on the day when I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me every first-born in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be; I am the Lord.

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

And the Lord spoke unto 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 children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number.

16 Numeravit Moyses, ut præceperat Dominus,

And Moses numbered them according to the order of the Lord, as he had been commanded.

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

And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari.

18 Filii Gerson: Lebni et Semei.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon after their families: Libni, and Shimi.

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

And the sons of Kehath after their families: 'Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and 'Uzziel.

20 Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi.

And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions.

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 Gershunites.

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

Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

23 Hi post tabernaculum metabuntur ad Occidentem

The families of the Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward.

24 sub principe Eliasaph filio Lael.

And the prince of the family division of the Gershunites was Elyassaph the son of Lael.

25 Et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo fœderis,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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 for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar, round about, and its cords for all the service thereof.

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

And of Kehath: the family of the 'Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the 'Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites.

28 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, octo millia sexcenti habebunt excubias Sanctuarii,

By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

29 et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam.

The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward.

30 Princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Oziel:

And the prince of the division of the families of the Kehathites 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 vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto.

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

And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary.

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

Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, 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, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

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

And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp 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 under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari were the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all that belongeth thereto,

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

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38 Castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum fœderis, idest ad orientalem plagam, Moyses et Aaron cum filiis suis, habentes custodiam Sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israel. quisquis alienus accesserit, morietur.

But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to 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 numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and 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 the Lord said unto 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 the Lord, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 Recensuit Moyses, sicut præceperat Dominus, primogenitos filiorum Israel.

And Moses numbered, as the Lord had commanded him, all the first-born 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 first-born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three.

44 Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spoke unto 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 first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

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

And [for] those that are to be redeemed, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites,

47 accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram Sanctuarii. Siclus habet viginti obolos.

Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel;

48 Dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis eius pretium eorum qui supra sunt.

And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, [for] those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them.

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

And Moses took the redemption-money of those that were over in number above those who were redeemed by the Levites:

50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israel, mille trecentorum sexagintaquinque siclorum iuxta pondus Sanctuarii,

Of the first-born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after 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 those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.