Liber Numeri 35

1 Haec quoque locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in campestribus Moab supra Iordanem, contra Iericho:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

2 Praecipe filiis Israel ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis

Command the sons of Israel, that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in. And ye shall give suburbs for the cities round about them to the Levites.

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

And they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

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

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

5 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 aequali termino finietur. eruntque urbes in medio, et foris suburbana.

And ye shall measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. 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: et exceptis his, alia quadraginta duo oppida,

And of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, there shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee to. And besides them ye shall give forty-two cities.

7 id est, simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis.

All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, them with their suburbs.

8 Ipsaeque urbes, quae dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israel, ab his, qui plus habent, plures auferentur: et qui minus, pauciores. singuli iuxta mensuram hereditatis suae dabunt oppida Levitis.

And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the sons of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give of his cities to the Levites.

9 Ait Dominus ad Moysen:

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

10 Loquere filiis Israel, et dices ad eos: Quando transgressi fueritis Iordanem in Terram Chanaan,

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

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

then ye shall appoint cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

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

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

13 De ipsis autem urbibus, quae ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur,

And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

14 tres erunt trans Iordanem, et tres in Terra Chanaan,

Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities ye shall give in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge.

15 tam filiis Israel quam advenis atque peregrinis, ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit.

For the sons of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, these six cities shall be for refuge, that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.

16 Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est: reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

17 Si lapidem iecerit, et ictus occubuerit: similiter punietur.

And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

18 Si ligno percussus interierit: percussoris sanguine vindicabitur.

Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.

19 Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet, statim ut apprehenderit eum.

The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.

20 Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel iecerit quippiam in eum per insidias:

And if he thrust him from hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

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 smote him with his hand, so that he died, he who smote him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.

22 Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio,

But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

23 et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit,

or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, nor sought his harm,

24 et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quaestio ventilata:

then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

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 manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge where he fled. And he shall dwell in it until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

26 Si interfector extra fines urbium, quae exulibus deputatae sunt,

But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge where he flees,

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

and the avenger of blood find him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, 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 his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

29 Haec sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.

And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance 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 slain at the mouth of witnesses, but one witness shall not testify against any person so that he dies.

31 Non accipietis pretium ab eo, qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.

Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

32 Exules et profugi ante mortem Pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt:

And ye shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may 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 ye shall not pollute the land in which ye are, for blood, it pollutes the land. And no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

34 Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio, me commorante vobiscum. ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israel.

And thou shall not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel.