Liber Numeri 35
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Hæc quoque locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in campes tribus Moab supra Jordanem, contra Jericho:
1And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying:
2Præcipe filiis Israël ut dent Levitis de possessionibus suis
2'Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and open land round about the cities shall ye give unto the Levites.
3urbes ad habitandum, et suburbana earum per circuitum: ut ipsi in oppidis maneant, et suburbana sint pecoribus ac jumentis:
3And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their open land shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
4quæ a muris civitatum forinsecus, per circuitum, mille passuum spatio tendentur.
4And the open land about the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
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.
5And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the open land about 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,
6And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee thither; and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities.
7id est, simul quadraginta octo cum suburbanis suis.
7All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with the open land about them.
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 concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many, and from the few ye shall take few; each tribe according to its inheritance which it inheriteth shall give of its cities unto the Levites.'
9Ait Dominus ad Moysen:
9And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
10Loquere filiis Israël, et dices ad eos: Quando transgressi fueritis Jordanem in terram Chanaan,
10'Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11decernite quæ urbes esse debeant in præsidia fugitivorum, qui nolentes sanguinem fuderint:
11then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
12in quibus cum fuerit profugus, cognatus occisi non poterit eum occidere, donec stet in conspectu multitudinis, et causa illius judicetur.
12And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.
13De ipsis autem urbibus, quæ ad fugitivorum subsidia separantur,
13And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.
14tres erunt trans Jordanem, et tres in terra Chanaan,
14Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
15tam filiis Israël quam advenis atque peregrinis, ut confugiat ad eas qui nolens sanguinem fuderit.
15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
16Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est, reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur.
16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
17Si lapidem jecerit, et ictus occubuerit, similiter punietur.
17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18Si ligno percussus interierit, percussoris sanguine vindicabitur.
18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet: statim ut apprehenderit eum, interficiet.
19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
20Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel jecerit quippiam in eum per insidias:
20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him any thing, lying in wait, so that he died;
21aut cum esset inimicus, manu percusserit, et ille mortuus fuerit: percussor homicidii reus erit: cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum, jugulabit.
21or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death: he is a murderer; the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meeteth him.
22Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio
22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait,
23et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit,
23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;
24et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quæstio ventilata:
24then the congregation shall judge between the smiter 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.
25and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled; and he shall dwell therein 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 shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth;
27fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit.
27and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him;
28Debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem pontificis in urbe residere. Postquam autem ille obierit, homicida revertetur in terram suam.
28because he must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return into the land of his possession.
29Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.
29And these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30Homicida sub testibus punietur: ad unius testimonium nullus condemnabitur.
30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
31Non accipietis pretium ab eo qui reus est sanguinis, statim et ipse morietur.
31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
32Exules et profugi ante mortem pontificis nullo modo in urbes suas reverti poterunt,
32And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33ne polluatis terram habitationis vestræ, quæ insontium cruore maculatur: nec aliter expiari potest, nisi per ejus sanguinem, qui alterius sanguinem fuderit.
33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34Atque ita emundabitur vestra possessio me commorante vobiscum. Ego enim sum Dominus qui habito inter filios Israël.
34And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.'
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