Liber Numeri 8
1 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
2 loquere Aaroni et dices ad eum cum posueris septem lucernas contra eam partem quam candelabrum respicit lucere debebunt
Speak to Aaron, and say to him, When thou light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.
3 fecitque Aaron et inposuit lucernas super candelabrum ut praeceperat Dominus Mosi
And Aaron did so. He lit the lamps of it in front of the lampstand, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
4 haec autem erat factura candelabri ex auro ductili tam medius stipes quam cuncta ex utroque calamorum latera nascebantur iuxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Mosi ita operatus est candelabrum
And this was the work of the lampstand, beaten work of gold. To the base of it, and to the flowers of it, it was beaten work. According to the pattern which Jehovah had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5 et locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
6 tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israhel et purificabis eos
Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 iuxta hunc ritum aspergantur aqua lustrationis et radant omnes pilos carnis suae cumque laverint vestimenta sua et mundati fuerint
And thus thou shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.
8 tollant bovem de armentis et libamentum eius similam oleo conspersam bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal offering-fine flour mingled with oil. And thou shall take another young bullock for a sin offering.
9 et adplicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo foederis convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israhel
And thou shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. And thou shall assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,
10 cumque Levitae fuerint coram Domino ponent filii Israhel manus suas super eos
and thou shall present the Levites before Jehovah. And the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.
11 et offeret Aaron Levitas munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israhel ut serviant in ministerio eius
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before Jehovah for a wave offering on the behalf of the sons of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jehovah.
12 Levitae quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum e quibus unum facies pro peccato et alterum in holocaustum Domini ut depreceris pro eis
And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and offer thou the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum eius et consecrabis oblatos Domino
And thou shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave offering to Jehovah.
14 ac separabis de medio filiorum Israhel ut sint mei
Thus shall thou separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
15 et postea ingrediantur tabernaculum foederis ut serviant mihi sicque purificabis et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israhel
And after that the Levites shall go in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shall cleanse them, and offer them for a wave offering.
16 pro primogenitis quae aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israhel accepi eos
For they are wholly given to me from among the sons of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the sons of Israel, I have taken them to me.
17 mea sunt omnia primogenita filiorum Israhel tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis ex die quo percussi omnem primogenitum in terra Aegypti sanctificavi eos mihi
For all the firstborn among the sons of Israel are mine, both man and beast. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
18 et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israhel
And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.
19 tradidique eos dono Aaroni et filiis eius de medio populi ut serviant mihi pro Israhel in tabernaculo foederis et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga si ausi fuerint accedere ad sanctuarium
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to do the service of the sons of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the sons of Israel, that there be no plague among the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel come near to the sanctuary.
20 feceruntque Moses et Aaron et omnis multitudo filiorum Israhel super Levitas quae praeceperat Dominus Mosi
Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the Levites. According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
21 purificatique sunt et laverunt vestimenta sua elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini et oravit pro eis
And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes. And Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Jehovah, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum foederis coram Aaron et filiis eius sicut praeceperat Dominus Mosi de Levitis ita factum est
And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons. As Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
24 haec est lex Levitarum a viginti quinque annis et supra ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo foederis
This is that which belongs to the Levites: From twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting.
25 cumque quinquagesimum annum aetatis impleverint servire cessabunt
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more,
26 eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo foederis ut custodiant quae sibi fuerint commendata opera autem ipsa non faciant sic dispones Levitas in custodiis suis
but shall minister with their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall thou do to the Levites concerning their charges.
