Numbers 31
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
1Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
2'Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.'
2Ulciscere prius filios Israël de Madianitis, et sic colligeris ad populum tuum.
3And Moses spoke unto the people, saying: 'Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian.
3Statimque Moyses: Armate, inquit, ex vobis viros ad pugnam, qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis.
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.'
4Mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur ex Israël qui mittantur ad bellum.
5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
5Dederuntque millenos de singulis tribubus, id est, duodecim millia expeditorum ad pugnam:
6And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
6quos misit Moyses cum Phinees filio Eleazari sacerdotis, vasa quoque sancta, et tubas ad clangendum tradidit ei.
7And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew every male.
7Cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas atque vicissent, omnes mares occiderunt,
8And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
8et reges eorum, Evi, et Recem, et Sur, et Hur, et Rebe, quinque principes gentis: Balaam quoque filium Beor interfecerunt gladio.
9And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.
9Ceperuntque mulieres eorum, et parvulos, omniaque pecora, et cunctam supellectilem: quidquid habere potuerant depopulati sunt:
10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
10tam urbes quam viculos et castella flamma consumpsit.
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.
11Et tulerunt prædam, et universa quæ ceperant tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis,
12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
12et adduxerunt ad Moysen, et Eleazarum sacerdotem, et ad omnem multitudinem filiorum Israël: reliqua autem utensilia portaverunt ad castra in campestribus Moab juxta Jordanem contra Jericho.
13And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
13Egressi sunt autem Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos, et omnes principes synagogæ, in occursum eorum extra castra.
14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
14Iratusque Moyses principibus exercitus, tribunis, et centurionibus qui venerant de bello,
15And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
15ait: Cur feminas reservastis?
16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to revolt so as to break faith with the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.
16nonne istæ sunt, quæ deceperunt filios Israël ad suggestionem Balaam, et prævaricari vos fecerunt in Domino super peccato Phogor, unde et percussus est populus?
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
17ergo cunctos interficite quidquid est generis masculinis, etiam in parvulis: et mulieres, quæ noverunt viros in coitu, jugulate:
18But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
18puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis:
19And encamp ye without the camp seven days; whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.
19et manete extra castra septem diebus. Qui occiderit hominem, vel occisum tetigerit, lustrabitur die tertio et septimo.
20And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify.'
20Et de omni præda, sive vestimentum fuerit, sive vas, et aliquid in utensilia præparatum, de caprarum pellibus, et pilis, et ligno, expiabitur.
21And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle: 'This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded Moses:
21Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus, qui pugnaverunt, sic locutus est: Hoc est præceptum legis, quod mandavit Dominus Moysi:
22Howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
22aurum, et argentum, et æs, et ferrum, et plumbum, et stannum,
23every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sprinkling; and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.
23et omne, quod potest transire per flammas, igne purgabitur: quidquid autem ignem non potest sustinere, aqua expiationis sanctificabitur:
24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye may come into the camp.'
24et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo, et purificati postea castra intrabitis.
25And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
25Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen:
26'Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;
26Tollite summam eorum quæ capta sunt, ab homine usque ad pecus, tu et Eleazar sacerdos et principes vulgi:
27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation;
27dividesque ex æquo prædam inter eos qui pugnaverunt egressique sunt ad bellum, et inter omnem reliquam multitudinem.
28and levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks;
28Et separabis partem Domino ab his qui pugnaverunt et fuerunt in bello, unam animam de quingentis, tam ex hominibus quam ex bobus et asinis et ovibus,
29take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, as a portion set apart for the LORD.
29et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti, quia primitiæ Domini sunt.
30And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.'
30Ex media quoque parte filiorum Israël accipies quinquagesimum caput hominum, et boum, et asinorum, et ovium, cunctorum animantium, et dabis ea Levitis, qui excubant in custodiis tabernaculi Domini.
31And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
31Feceruntque Moyses et Eleazar sicut præceperat Dominus.
32Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
32Fuit autem præda, quam exercitus ceperat, ovium sexcenta septuaginta quinque millia,
33and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
33boum septuaginta duo millia,
34and threescore and one thousand asses,
34asinorum sexaginta millia et mille:
35and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.
35animæ hominum sexus feminei, quæ non cognoverant viros, triginta duo millia.
36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep.
36Dataque est media pars his qui in prælio fuerant, ovium trecenta triginta septem millia quingentæ:
37And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
37e quibus in partem Domini supputatæ sunt oves sexcentæ septuaginta quinque:
38And the beeves were thirty and six thousand, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
38et de bobus triginta sex millibus, boves septuaginta et duo:
39And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
39de asinis triginta millibus quingentis, asini sexaginta unus:
40And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
40de animabus hominum sedecim millibus, cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duæ animæ.
41And Moses gave the tribute, which was set apart for the LORD, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
41Tradiditque Moyses numerum primitiarum Domini Eleazaro sacerdoti, sicut fuerat ei imperatum,
42And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred —
42ex media parte filiorum Israël, quam separaverat his qui in prælio fuerant.
43now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
43De media vero parte, quæ contigerat reliquæ multitudini, id est, de ovibus trecentis triginta septem millibus quingentis,
44and thirty and six thousand beeves,
44et de bobus triginta sex millibus,
45and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,
45et de asinis triginta millibus quingentis,
46and sixteen thousand persons —
46et de hominibus sedecim millibus,
47even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
47tulit Moyses quinquagesimum caput, et dedit Levitis, qui excubabant in tabernaculo Domini, sicut præceperat Dominus.
48And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;
48Cumque accessissent principes exercitus ad Moysen, et tribuni, centurionesque, dixerunt:
49and they said unto Moses: 'Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
49Nos servi tui recensuimus numerum pugnatorum, quos habuimus sub manu nostra: et ne unus quidem defuit.
50And we have brought the LORD'S offering, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and girdles, to make atonement for our souls before the LORD.'
50Ob hanc causam offerimus in donariis Domini singuli quod in præda auri potuimus invenire, periscelides et armillas, annulos et dextralia, ac murænulas, ut depreceris pro nobis Dominum.
51And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
51Susceperuntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos omne aurum in diversis speciebus,
52And all the gold of the gift that they set apart for the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. —
52pondo sedecim millia septingentos quinquaginta siclos, a tribunis et centurionibus.
53For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. —
53Unusquisque enim quod in præda rapuerat, suum erat.
54And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
54Et susceptum intulerunt in tabernaculum testimonii, in monimentum filiorum Israël coram Domino.
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