Liber Numeri 35
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Hæc quoque locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in campes tribus Moab supra Jordanem, contra Jericho:
1And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:
2Præcipe filiis Israël ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis
2Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites out of their possessions,
3urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum per circuitum: ut ipsi in oppidis maneant, et suburbana sint pecoribus ac jumentis:
3Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for their cattle and beasts:
4quæ a muris civitatum forinsecus, per circuitum, mille passuum spatio tendentur.
4Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities outward, a thousand paces 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.
5Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits: toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and the suburbs without.
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,
6And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these there shall be other forty-two cities,
7id est, simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis.
7That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.
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.
8And of these cities which shall be given out of the possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less, fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to the extent of their inheritance.
9Ait Dominus ad Moysen:
9The Lord said to Moses:
10Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Quando transgressi fueritis Jordanem in terram Chanaan,
10Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the land of Chanaan,
11decernite quæ urbes esse debeant in præsidia fugitivorum, qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint:
11Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.
12in quibus cum fuerit profugus, cognatus occisi non poterit eum occidere, donec stet in conspectu multitudinis, et causa illius judicetur.
12And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.
13De ipsis autem urbibus, quæ ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur,
13And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of fugitives,
14tres erunt trans Jordanem, et tres in terra Chanaan,
14Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,
15tam filiis Israël quam advenis atque peregrinis, ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit.
15As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood against his will.
16Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est, reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.
16If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck: he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.
17Si lapidem jecerit, et ictus occubuerit, similiter punietur.
17If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.
18Si ligno percussus interierit, percussoris sanguine vindicabitur.
18If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged by the blood of him that struck him.
19Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet: statim ut apprehenderit eum, interficiet.
19The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill him.
20Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel jecerit quippiam in eum per insidias:
20If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing at him with ill design:
21aut cum esset inimicus, manu percusserit, et ille mortuus fuerit: percussor homicidii reus erit: cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum, jugulabit.
21Or being his enemy, strike; him with his hand, and he die: the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.
22Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio
22But if by chance medley, and without hatred,
23et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit,
23And enmity, he do any of these things,
24et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quæstio ventilata:
24And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of kin:
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 innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the holy oil.
26Si interfector extra fines urbium, quæ exulibus deputatæ sunt,
26If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities that are appointed for the banished,
27fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit.
27And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he shall not be guilty that killed him.
28Debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem pontificis in urbe residere. Postquam autem ille obierit, homicida revertetur in terram suam.
28For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then shall the manslayer return to his own country.
29Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.
29These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in all your dwellings.
30Homicida sub testibus punietur: ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur.
30The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be condemned upon the evidence of one man.
31Non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.
31You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.
32Exules et profugi ante mortem pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt,
32The banished and fugitives before the death of the high priest may by no means return into their own cities.
33ne polluatis terram habitationis vestræ, quæ insontium cruore maculatur: nec aliter expiari potest, nisi per ejus sanguinem, qui alterius sanguinem fuderit.
33Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of another.
34Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum. Ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israël.
34And thus shall your possession he cleansed, myself abiding with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.
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