Liber Numeri 3
1 haec sunt generationes Aaron et Mosi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in monte Sinai
And these [are] births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.
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: the first-born Nadab, and Abihu, 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, whose hand he hath consecrated for acting as priest.
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 dieth — Abihu also — before Jehovah, in their bringing near strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and sons they had not; and Eleazar — Ithamar also — acteth as priest in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
6 adplica tribum Levi et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei et excubent
'Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,
7 et observent quicquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii
and kept his charge, and the charge of all the company before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle;
8 et custodiant vasa tabernaculi servientes in ministerio eius
and they have kept all the vessels of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle;
9 dabisque dono Levitas
and thou hast given the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are surely given to him out of the sons 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 Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.'
11 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
12 ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israhel pro omni primogenito qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israhel eruntque Levitae mei
'And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been 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 Mine [is] every first-born, in the day of My smiting every first-born in the land of Egypt I have sanctified to Myself every first-born in Israel, from man unto beast; Mine they are; I [am] Jehovah.'
14 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in deserto Sinai dicens
And Jehovah speaketh 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 sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward thou dost number them.'
16 numeravit Moses ut praeceperat Dominus
And Moses numbereth them according to the command of Jehovah, as he hath been commanded.
17 et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua Gerson et Caath et Merari
And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 filii Gerson Lebni et Semei
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19 filii Caath Amram et Iessaar Hebron et Ozihel
And the sons of Kohath, by their families, [are] Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20 filii Merari Mooli et Musi
And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
21 de Gerson fuere familiae duae lebnitica et semeitica
Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.
22 quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra septem milia quingentorum
Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.
23 hii post tabernaculum metabuntur ad occidentem
The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.
24 sub principe Eliasaph filio Lahel
And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.
25 et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo foederis
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting [is] the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the vail at the opening of the tent of meeting,
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 hangings of the court, and the vail at the opening of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and its cords, to all its service.
27 cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Iessaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozihelitas hae sunt familiae Caathitarum recensitae per nomina sua
And of Kohath [is] the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite.
28 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra octo milia sescenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii
In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, [are] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam
The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Ozihel
And the prince of a father's house for the families of the Kohathite [is] Elizaphan 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 [is] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service.
32 princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis erit super excubitores custodiae sanctuarii
And [to] the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [is] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.
33 at vero de Merari erunt populi Moolitae et Musitae recensiti per nomina sua
Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.
34 omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra sex milia ducenti
And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred.
35 princeps eorum Surihel filius Abiahihel in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur
And the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward.
36 erunt sub custodia eorum tabulae tabernaculi et vectes et columnae ac bases earum et omnia quae ad cultum huiuscemodi pertinent
And the oversight — the charge of the sons of Merari — [is] the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service,
37 columnaeque 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 foederis id est ad orientalem plagam Moses et Aaron cum filiis suis habentes custodiam sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israhel quisquis alienus accesserit morietur
And those encamping before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting, at the east, [are] Moses and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.
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 those numbered of the Levites whom Moses numbered — Aaron also — by the command of Jehovah, by their families, every male from a son of a month and upward, [are] 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 Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel from a son of a month and upward, and take up the number of their names;
41 tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israhel ego sum Dominus et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecoris filiorum Israhel
and thou hast taken the Levites for Me (I [am] Jehovah), instead of every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of every firstling among the cattle of the sons of Israel.'
42 recensuit Moses sicut praeceperat Dominus primogenitos filiorum Israhel
And Moses numbereth, as Jehovah hath commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel.
43 et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua a mense uno et supra viginti duo milia ducenti septuaginta tres
And all the first-born — male — by the number of names, from a son of a month and upward, of their numbered ones, are two and twenty thousand two hundred and seventy and three.
44 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen
And Jehovah speaketh unto 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 every first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites have been Mine; I [am] Jehovah.
46 in pretio autem ducentorum septuaginta trium qui excedunt numerum Levitarum de primogenitis filiorum Israhel
'And [from] those ransomed of the two hundred and seventy and three (who are more than the Levites) of the first-born of the sons of Israel,
47 accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram sanctuarii siclus habet obolos viginti
thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll — by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel [is];
48 dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis eius pretium eorum qui supra sunt
and thou hast given the money to Aaron, and to his sons, whereby those over and above are ransomed.'
49 tulit igitur Moses pecuniam eorum qui fuerant amplius et quos redemerant a Levitis
And Moses taketh the ransom money from those over and above those ransomed by the Levites;
50 pro primogenitis filiorum Israhel mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum iuxta pondus sanctuarii
from the first-born of the sons of Israel he hath taken the money, a thousand and three hundred and sixty and five — by the shekel of the sanctuary;
51 et dedit eam Aaroni et filiis eius iuxta verbum quod praeceperat sibi Dominus
and Moses giveth the money of those ransomed to Aaron, and to his sons, according to the command of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
