Liber Numeri 15
1 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
Then Yahweh told Moses/me,
2 loquere ad filios Israhel et dices ad eos cum ingressi fueritis terram habitationis vestrae quam ego dabo vobis
“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you arrive in the land that I am giving to you,
3 et feceritis oblationem Domino in holocaustum aut victimam vota solventes vel sponte offerentes munera aut in sollemnitatibus vestris adolentes odorem suavitatis Domino de bubus sive de ovibus
you must offer to me special sacrifices which will be pleasing to me [when the priest burns them on the altar]. Some of them may be offerings that will be completely burned [on the altar]. Some of them may be to indicate that you have made a solemn promise to me. Some of them may be offerings that you yourselves have decided to make. Some of them may be offerings at one of the festivals that you celebrate each year. These offerings may be taken from your herds [of cattle] or from your flocks [of sheep and goats].
4 offeret quicumque immolaverit victimam sacrificium similae decimam partem oephi conspersae oleo quod mensuram habebit quartam partem hin
When you give these offerings, you must also bring to me a grain offering of two quarts/liters of nice flour mixed with one quart/liter of [olive] oil.
5 et vinum ad liba fundenda eiusdem mensurae dabit in holocausto sive in victima per agnos singulos
When you offer a lamb to be a sacrifice to be completely burned, you must also pour on the altar one quart/liter of wine.
6 et arietis erit sacrificium similae duarum decimarum quae conspersa sit oleo tertiae partis hin
‘When you offer a ram to be a sacrifice, you must also bring an offering of four quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with (a third of a gallon/1.3 liters) of [olive] oil.
7 et vinum ad libamentum tertiae partis eiusdem mensurae offeret in odorem suavitatis Domino
And also pour on the altar (a third of a gallon/1.3 liters) of wine. While they are being burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me.
8 quando vero de bubus feceris holocaustum aut hostiam ut impleas votum vel pacificas victimas
‘Sometimes you will offer a young bull to be completely burned on the altar. Sometimes you will offer a sacrifice to indicate that you have made a solemn promise to me. Sometimes you will offer a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me.
9 dabis per singulos boves similae tres decimas conspersae oleo quod habeat medium mensurae hin
When you offer these sacrifices, you must also offer a grain offering of six quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with two quarts/liters of [olive] oil.
10 et vinum ad liba fundenda eiusdem mensurae in oblationem suavissimi odoris Domino
Also pour on the altar two quarts/liters of wine to be an offering. While those special gifts are being burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me.
11 sic facietis
Each time someone offers a bull or a ram or a male lamb or a young goat to be a sacrifice, it must be done that way.
12 per singulos boves et arietes et agnos et hedos
You must obey these instructions for each animal that you bring to me for an offering.
13 tam indigenae quam peregrini
‘All of you people who have been Israelis all of your lives must obey these regulations when you offer sacrifices that will be pleasing to me when they are burned on the altar.
14 eodem ritu offerent sacrificia
If any foreigners visit you or live among you, if they also want to bring a sacrifice that will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar, they must obey these same instructions.
15 unum praeceptum erit atque iudicium tam vobis quam advenis terrae
I consider that those who have always been Israelis and those who are foreigners are equal, and so they must all obey the same instructions. All of your descendants must also continue to obey these instructions.
16 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
You Israelis and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.”
17 loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
18 cum veneritis in terram quam dabo vobis
“Tell these instructions to the Israeli people: [Yahweh says this]: ‘When you arrive in the land to which I am taking you,
19 et comederitis de panibus regionis illius separabitis primitias Domino
and you eat the crops that are growing there, you must set some of them aside to be a sacred offering to me.
20 de cibis vestris sicut de areis primitias separatis
[Each year] set aside some of the first grain that you gather after you have threshed it. Bake a loaf of bread from the first flour that you grind and bring it to me to be a sacred offering.
21 ita et de pulmentis dabitis primitiva Domino
Every year, you and your descendants must continue to make and bring to me [a loaf of bread baked] [MTY] [with flour] from the first part of the grain that you harvest.’”
22 quod si per ignorantiam praeterieritis quicquam horum quae locutus est Dominus ad Mosen
“‘There may be times when you Israelis do not obey all these instructions that I have given to Moses to tell you, but not because you intended to disobey them.
23 et mandavit per eum ad vos a die qua coepit iubere et ultra
There may be times when some of your descendants do not obey all these instructions that I have given to Moses to tell to you.
24 oblitaque fuerit facere multitudo offeret vitulum de armento holocaustum in odorem suavissimum Domino et sacrificium eius ac liba ut caerimoniae postulant hircumque pro peccato
If you or they sin [by forgetting to obey these instructions] and none of the Israeli people realize that they were doing that, one young bull as an offering for all the people [must be brought to the priest]. That will be pleasing to me [when it is burned on the altar]. They must also bring to me a grain offering and an offering of wine, and a male goat, to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive them for the sins they have committed.
25 et rogabit sacerdos pro omni multitudine filiorum Israhel et dimittetur eis quoniam non sponte peccaverunt nihilominus offerentes incensum Domino pro se et pro peccato atque errore suo
[By offering these sacrifices], the priest will make atonement for all of you Israeli people. Then, as a result of their bringing to me an offering to be burned [on the altar], (you will be forgiven/I will forgive you), because you sinned without realizing that you were sinning.
26 et dimittetur universae plebi filiorum Israhel et advenis qui peregrinantur inter vos quoniam culpa est omnis populi per ignorantiam
You Israeli people and the foreigners who are living among you will all be forgiven.
27 quod si anima una nesciens peccaverit offeret capram anniculam pro peccato suo
If one person commits a sin without realizing that he was sinning, that person must bring to me a female goat to be an offering to enable me to forgive that person for the sins that person has committed.
28 et deprecabitur pro ea sacerdos quod inscia peccaverit coram Domino inpetrabitque ei veniam et dimittetur illi
The priest will offer it to be a sacrifice to remove the guilt of that person, and that person will be forgiven.
29 tam indigenis quam advenis una lex erit omnium qui peccaverint ignorantes
You Israelis and all the foreigners who live among you must obey these same instructions.
30 anima vero quae per superbiam aliquid commiserit sive civis sit ille sive peregrinus quoniam adversum Dominum rebellis fuit peribit de populo suo
But those who disobey my commands (deliberately/because they want to), both Israelis and the foreigners who live among you, have sinned against me [by doing that]. So (they must be expelled/you must expel them) from your camp.
31 verbum enim Domini contempsit et praeceptum illius fecit irritum idcirco delebitur et portabit iniquitatem suam
They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by not being allowed to live among you any more.’”
32 factum est autem cum essent filii Israhel in solitudine et invenissent hominem colligentem ligna in die sabbati
One day, while the Israelis were in the desert, some of them saw a man who was gathering firewood on the Sabbath/rest day.
33 obtulerunt eum Mosi et Aaron et universae multitudini
Those who saw him doing that brought him to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people.
34 qui recluserunt eum in carcerem nescientes quid super eo facere deberent
They guarded him carefully, because they did not know what to do [to punish] him.
35 dixitque Dominus ad Mosen morte moriatur homo iste obruat eum lapidibus omnis turba extra castra
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The man must be executed. All of you must [kill him by throwing] stones at him outside the camp.”
36 cumque eduxissent eum foras obruerunt lapidibus et mortuus est sicut praeceperat Dominus
So they all took the man outside the camp and killed him by throwing stones at him, as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me that they should do.
37 dixit quoque Dominus ad Mosen
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
38 loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos ut faciant sibi fimbrias per angulos palliorum ponentes in eis vittas hyacinthinas
“Tell this to the Israeli people: You and all your descendants must [twist threads together to] make tassels, and then attach them with blue cords to the bottom edges of your clothes.
39 quas cum viderint recordentur omnium mandatorum Domini nec sequantur cogitationes suas et oculos per res varias fornicantes
When you look at the tassels, you will remember all the instructions that I gave to you, and you will obey them, instead of doing what you desire and as a result causing yourselves to become unacceptable to me.
40 sed magis memores praeceptorum Domini faciant ea sintque sancti Deo suo
Seeing those tassels will help you to remember that you must obey all my commands and that you must be (my holy people/dedicated to me).
41 ego Dominus Deus vester qui eduxi vos de terra Aegypti ut essem vester Deus
Do not forget that I am Yahweh, your God. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you might belong to me. I am Yahweh, your God.”
