Liber Numeri 35
1 haec quoque locutus est Dominus ad Mosen in campestribus Moab super Iordanem contra Hiericho
And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 praecipe filiis Israhel ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis
Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also to the Levites common lands for the cities around them.
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 the common lands of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 quae a muris civitatum forinsecus per circuitum mille passuum spatio tendentur
And the common lands of the cities, which ye shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits on all sides.
5 contra orientem duo milia erunt cubiti et contra meridiem similiter duo milia ad mare quoque quod respicit occidentem eadem mensura erit et septentrionalis plaga aequali termino finietur eruntque urbes in medio et foris suburbana
And ye shall measure from outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the common lands of the cities.
6 de ipsis autem oppidis quae Levitis dabitis sex erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata ut fugiat ad ea qui fuderit sanguinem exceptis his alia quadraginta duo oppida
And among the cities which ye shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee there: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
7 id est simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis
So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their common lands.
8 ipsaeque urbes quae dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israhel ab his qui plus habent plures auferentur et qui minus pauciores singuli iuxta mensuram hereditatis suae dabunt oppida Levitis
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
9 ait Dominus ad Mosen
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
10 loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos quando transgressi fueritis Iordanem in terram Chanaan
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When ye have passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
11 decernite quae urbes esse debeant in praesidia fugitivorum qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint
Then ye shall appoint for you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee there, who killeth any person unintentionally.
12 in quibus cum fuerit profugus cognatus occisi eum non poterit occidere donec stet in conspectu multitudinis et causa illius iudicetur
And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer may not die, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13 de ipsis autem urbibus quae ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14 tres erunt trans Iordanem et tres in terra Chanaan
Ye shall give three cities on this side of Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
15 tam filiis Israhel quam advenis atque peregrinis ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unintentionally may flee there.
16 si quis ferro percusserit et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est reus erit homicidii et ipse morietur
And if he shall smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 si lapidem iecerit et ictus occubuerit similiter punietur
And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 si ligno percussus interierit percussoris sanguine vindicabitur
Or if he shall smite him with an hand weapon of wood, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 propinquus occisi homicidam interficiet statim ut adprehenderit eum percutiet
The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 si per odium quis hominem inpulerit vel iecerit quippiam in eum per insidias
But if he shall thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying in wait, that he die;
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 shall smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22 quod si fortuito et absque odio
But if he shall thrust him suddenly without enmity, or shall have cast upon him any thing without laying in wait,
23 et inimicitiis quicquam horum fecerit
Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and shall cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 et hoc audiente populo fuerit conprobatum atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quaestio ventilata
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
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 slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he had fled: and he shall abide in it to 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 slayer shall at any time come outside the border of the city of his refuge, where he had fled;
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 borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood shall kill the slayer; 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 the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
29 haec sempiterna erunt et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris
So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 homicida sub testibus punietur ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur
Whoever killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
31 non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis statim et ipse morietur
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
32 exules et profugi ante mortem pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt
And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should 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 defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israhel
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, in which I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
