Liber Numeri 31
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
1And the LORD said to Moses,
2Ulciscere prius filios Israël de Madianitis, et sic colligeris ad populum tuum.
2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
3Statimque Moyses: Armate, inquit, ex vobis viros ad pugnam, qui possint ultionem Domini expetere de Madianitis.
3So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
4Mille viri de singulis tribubus eligantur ex Israël qui mittantur ad bellum.
4Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”
5Dederuntque millenos de singulis tribubus, id est, duodecim millia expeditorum ad pugnam:
5So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.
6quos misit Moyses cum Phinees filio Eleazari sacerdotis, vasa quoque sancta, et tubas ad clangendum tradidit ei.
6And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
7Cumque pugnassent contra Madianitas atque vicissent, omnes mares occiderunt,
7Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.
8et reges eorum, Evi, et Recem, et Sur, et Hur, et Rebe, quinque principes gentis: Balaam quoque filium Beor interfecerunt gladio.
8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
9Ceperuntque mulieres eorum, et parvulos, omniaque pecora, et cunctam supellectilem: quidquid habere potuerant depopulati sunt:
9The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.
10tam urbes quam viculos et castella flamma consumpsit.
10Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,
11Et tulerunt prædam, et universa quæ ceperant tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis,
11and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.
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.
12They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
13Egressi sunt autem Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos, et omnes principes synagogæ, in occursum eorum extra castra.
13And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.
14Iratusque Moyses principibus exercitus, tribunis, et centurionibus qui venerant de bello,
14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
15ait: Cur feminas reservastis?
15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
16nonne istæ sunt, quæ deceperunt filios Israël ad suggestionem Balaam, et prævaricari vos fecerunt in Domino super peccato Phogor, unde et percussus est populus?
16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
17ergo cunctos interficite quidquid est generis masculinis, etiam in parvulis: et mulieres, quæ noverunt viros in coitu, jugulate:
17So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
18puellas autem et omnes feminas virgines reservate vobis:
18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
19et manete extra castra septem diebus. Qui occiderit hominem, vel occisum tetigerit, lustrabitur die tertio et septimo.
19All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
20Et de omni præda, sive vestimentum fuerit, sive vas, et aliquid in utensilia præparatum, de caprarum pellibus, et pilis, et ligno, expiabitur.
20And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
21Eleazar quoque sacerdos ad viros exercitus, qui pugnaverunt, sic locutus est: Hoc est præceptum legis, quod mandavit Dominus Moysi:
21Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, “This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
22aurum, et argentum, et æs, et ferrum, et plumbum, et stannum,
22Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
23et omne, quod potest transire per flammas, igne purgabitur: quidquid autem ignem non potest sustinere, aqua expiationis sanctificabitur:
23everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
24et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo, et purificati postea castra intrabitis.
24On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
25Dixit quoque Dominus ad Moysen:
25The LORD said to Moses,
26Tollite summam eorum quæ capta sunt, ab homine usque ad pecus, tu et Eleazar sacerdos et principes vulgi:
26“You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the congregation are to take a count of what was captured, both of man and beast.
27dividesque ex æquo prædam inter eos qui pugnaverunt egressique sunt ad bellum, et inter omnem reliquam multitudinem.
27Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
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,
28Set aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
29et dabis eam Eleazaro sacerdoti, quia primitiæ Domini sunt.
29Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to 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.
30From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
31Feceruntque Moyses et Eleazar sicut præceperat Dominus.
31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD had commanded Moses,
32Fuit autem præda, quam exercitus ceperat, ovium sexcenta septuaginta quinque millia,
32and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
33boum septuaginta duo millia,
3372,000 cattle,
34asinorum sexaginta millia et mille:
3461,000 donkeys,
35animæ hominum sexus feminei, quæ non cognoverant viros, triginta duo millia.
35and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
36Dataque est media pars his qui in prælio fuerant, ovium trecenta triginta septem millia quingentæ:
36This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
37e quibus in partem Domini supputatæ sunt oves sexcentæ septuaginta quinque:
37including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
38et de bobus triginta sex millibus, boves septuaginta et duo:
3836,000 cattle, including a tribute to the LORD of 72,
39de asinis triginta millibus quingentis, asini sexaginta unus:
3930,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
40de animabus hominum sedecim millibus, cesserunt in partem Domini triginta duæ animæ.
40and 16,000 people, including a tribute to the LORD of 32.
41Tradiditque Moyses numerum primitiarum Domini Eleazaro sacerdoti, sicut fuerat ei imperatum,
41Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
42ex media parte filiorum Israël, quam separaverat his qui in prælio fuerant.
42From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
43De media vero parte, quæ contigerat reliquæ multitudini, id est, de ovibus trecentis triginta septem millibus quingentis,
43this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
44et de bobus triginta sex millibus,
4436,000 cattle,
45et de asinis triginta millibus quingentis,
4530,500 donkeys,
46et de hominibus sedecim millibus,
46and 16,000 people.
47tulit Moyses quinquagesimum caput, et dedit Levitis, qui excubabant in tabernaculo Domini, sicut præceperat Dominus.
47From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
48Cumque accessissent principes exercitus ad Moysen, et tribuni, centurionesque, dixerunt:
48Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
49Nos servi tui recensuimus numerum pugnatorum, quos habuimus sub manu nostra: et ne unus quidem defuit.
49and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
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.
50So we have brought to the LORD an offering of the gold articles each man acquired—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD.”
51Susceperuntque Moyses et Eleazar sacerdos omne aurum in diversis speciebus,
51So Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them all the articles made out of gold.
52pondo sedecim millia septingentos quinquaginta siclos, a tribunis et centurionibus.
52All the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
53Unusquisque enim quod in præda rapuerat, suum erat.
53Each of the soldiers had taken plunder for himself.
54Et susceptum intulerunt in tabernaculum testimonii, in monimentum filiorum Israël coram Domino.
54And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
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