Liber Numeri 3

1 haec sunt generationes Aaron et Mosi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in monte Sinai

And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.

2 et haec nomina filiorum Aaron primogenitus eius Nadab dein Abiu et Eleazar et Ithamar

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.

3 haec nomina filiorum Aaron sacerdotum qui uncti sunt et quorum repletae et consecratae manus ut sacerdotio fungerentur

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

4 mortui sunt 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 Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.

5 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Take the tribe of Levi, and you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

7 et observent quicquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii

and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.

8 et custodiant vasa tabernaculi servientes in ministerio eius

And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.

9 dabisque dono Levitas

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.

10 Aaron et filiis eius quibus traditi sunt a filiis Israhel Aaron autem et filios eius constitues super cultum sacerdotii externus qui ad ministrandum accesserit morietur

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

11 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

12 ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israhel pro omni primogenito qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israhel eruntque Levitae mei

Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

13 meum est enim omne primogenitum ex quo percussi primogenitos in terra Aegypti sanctificavi mihi quicquid primum nascitur in Israhel ab homine usque ad pecus mei sunt ego Dominus

For every firstborn [is] mine; in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every firstborn in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord.

14 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in deserto Sinai dicens

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,

15 numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra

Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number you them every male from a month old and upwards.

16 numeravit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus

And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.

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

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

18 filii Gerson Lebni et Semei

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:

19 filii Caath Amram et Iessaar Hebron et Ozihel

and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:

20 filii Merari Mooli et Musi

and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

21 de Gerson fuere familiae duae lebnitica et semeitica

To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

22 quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra septem milia quingentorum

The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 hii post tabernaculum metabuntur ad occidentem

And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

24 sub principe Eliasaph filio Lahel

And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.

25 et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo foederis

And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,

26 ipsum tabernaculum et operimentum eius tentorium quod trahitur ante fores tecti foederis et cortinas atrii tentorium quoque quod adpenditur in introitu atrii tabernaculi et quicquid ad ritum altaris pertinet funes tabernaculi et omnia utensilia eius

and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

27 cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Iessaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozihelitas hae sunt familiae Caathitarum recensitae per nomina sua

To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.

28 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra octo milia sescenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii

Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

29 et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam

The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

30 princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Ozihel

And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.

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 all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

32 princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis erit super excubitores custodiae sanctuarii

And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

33 at vero de Merari erunt populi Moolitae et Musitae recensiti per nomina sua

To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

34 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra sex milia ducenti

The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.

35 princeps eorum Surihel filius Abiahihel in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur

And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

36 erunt sub custodia eorum tabulae tabernaculi et vectes et columnae ac bases earum et omnia quae ad cultum huiuscemodi pertinent

The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,

37 columnaeque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis et paxilli cum funibus

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

38 castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum foederis id est ad orientalem plagam Moses et Aaron cum filiis suis habentes custodiam sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israhel quisquis alienus accesserit morietur

They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

39 omnes Levitae quos numeraverunt Moses et Aaron iuxta praeceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense uno et supra fuerunt viginti duo milia

All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand.

40 et ait Dominus ad Mosen numera primogenitos sexus masculini de filiis Israhel a mense uno et supra et habebis summam eorum

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every firstborn male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

41 tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israhel ego sum Dominus et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecoris filiorum Israhel

And you shall take the Levites for me—I [am] the Lord—instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 recensuit Moses sicut praeceperat Dominus primogenitos filiorum Israhel

And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every firstborn among the children of Israel.

43 et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua a mense uno et supra viginti duo milia ducenti septuaginta tres

And all the male firstborn in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

44 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

45 tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israhel et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum eruntque Levitae mei ego sum Dominus

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons 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 Israhel

And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the firstborn of the sons of Israel;

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

you shall even take five shekels a head; you shall take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

48 dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis eius pretium eorum qui supra sunt

And you shall give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.

49 tulit igitur Moses pecuniam eorum qui fuerant amplius et quos redemerant a Levitis

And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israhel mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum iuxta pondus sanctuarii

He took the silver from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

51 et dedit eam Aaroni et filiis eius iuxta verbum quod praeceperat sibi Dominus

And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.