Liber Numeri 35
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Hæc quoque locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in campes tribus Moab supra Jordanem, contra Jericho:
1Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho:
2Præcipe filiis Israël ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis
2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
3urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum per circuitum: ut ipsi in oppidis maneant, et suburbana sint pecoribus ac jumentis:
3The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
4quæ a muris civitatum forinsecus, per circuitum, mille passuum spatio tendentur.
4The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.
5Contra orientem duo millia erunt cubiti, et contra meridiem similiter erunt duo millia: ad mare quoque, quod respicit ad occidentem, eadem mensura erit, et septentrionalis plaga æquali termino finietur, eruntque urbes in medio, et foris suburbana.
5You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.
6De ipsis autem oppidis, quæ Levitis dabitis, sex erunt in fugitivorum auxilia separata, ut fugiat ad ea qui fuderit sanguinem: et exceptis his, alia quadraginta duo oppida,
6Six of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
7id est, simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis.
7The total number of cities you give the Levites will be forty-eight, with their corresponding pasturelands.
8Ipsæque urbes, quæ dabuntur de possessionibus filiorum Israël, ab his qui plus habent, plures auferentur: et qui minus, pauciores: singuli juxta mensuram hæreditatis suæ dabunt oppida Levitis.
8The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”
9Ait Dominus ad Moysen:
9Then the LORD said to Moses,
10Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Quando transgressi fueritis Jordanem in terram Chanaan,
10“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11decernite quæ urbes esse debeant in præsidia fugitivorum, qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint:
11designate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
12in quibus cum fuerit profugus, cognatus occisi non poterit eum occidere, donec stet in conspectu multitudinis, et causa illius judicetur.
12You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
13De ipsis autem urbibus, quæ ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur,
13The cities you select will be your six cities of refuge.
14tres erunt trans Jordanem, et tres in terra Chanaan,
14Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.
15tam filiis Israël quam advenis atque peregrinis, ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit.
15These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
16Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est, reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.
16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
17Si lapidem jecerit, et ictus occubuerit, similiter punietur.
17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
18Si ligno percussus interierit, percussoris sanguine vindicabitur.
18If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
19Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet: statim ut apprehenderit eum, interficiet.
19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
20Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel jecerit quippiam in eum per insidias:
20Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
21aut cum esset inimicus, manu percusserit, et ille mortuus fuerit: percussor homicidii reus erit: cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum, jugulabit.
21or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.
22Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio
22But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
23et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit,
23or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
24et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quæstio ventilata:
24then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
25liberabitur innocens de ultoris manu, et reducetur per sententiam in urbem, ad quam confugerat, manebitque ibi, donec sacerdos magnus, qui oleo sancto unctus est, moriatur.
25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26Si interfector extra fines urbium, quæ exulibus deputatæ sunt,
26But if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
27fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit.
27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
28Debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem pontificis in urbe residere. Postquam autem ille obierit, homicida revertetur in terram suam.
28because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
29Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.
29This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
30Homicida sub testibus punietur: ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur.
30If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
31Non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.
31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
32Exules et profugi ante mortem pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt,
32Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
33ne polluatis terram habitationis vestræ, quæ insontium cruore maculatur: nec aliter expiari potest, nisi per ejus sanguinem, qui alterius sanguinem fuderit.
33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
34Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum. Ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israël.
34Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
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