Liber Numeri 3
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Hæ sunt generationes Aaron et Moysi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai.
1Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
2Et hæc nomina filiorum Aaron: primogenitus ejus Nadab, deinde Abiu, et Eleazar, et Ithamar.
2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3Hæc nomina filiorum Aaron sacerdotum qui uncti sunt, et quorum repletæ et consecratæ manus ut sacerdotio fungerentur.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
4Mortui sunt enim Nadab et Abiu cum offerrent ignem alienum in conspectu Domini in deserto Sinai, absque liberis: functique sunt sacerdotio Eleazar et Ithamar coram Aaron patre suo.
4Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
5The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
6Applica tribum Levi, et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei, et excubent,
6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
7et observent quidquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii,
7They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8et custodiant vasa tabernaculi, servientes in ministerio ejus.
8They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9Dabisque dono Levitas
9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
10Aaron et filiis ejus, quibus traditi sunt a filiis Israël. Aaron autem et filios ejus constitues super cultum sacerdotii. Externus, qui ad ministrandum accesserit, morietur.
10You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
11Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
12Ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israël pro omni primogenito, qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israël, eruntque Levitæ mei.
12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,
13Meum est enim omne primogenitum: ex quo percussi primogenitos in terra Ægypti, sanctificavi mihi quidquid primum nascitur in Israël: ab homine usque ad pecus, mei sunt. Ego Dominus.
13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the LORD.”
14Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in deserto Sinai, dicens:
14The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15Numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias, omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra.
15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
16Numeravit Moyses, ut præceperat Dominus,
16Moses counted them according to the LORD’s word, as he was commanded.
17et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua, Gerson et Caath et Merari.
17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18Filii Gerson: Lebni et Semei.
18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19Filii Caath: Amram et Jesaar, Hebron et Oziel.
19The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi.
20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
21De Gerson fuere familiæ duæ, Lebnitica, et Semeitica:
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
22quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra, septem millia quingenti.
22Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23Hi post tabernaculum metabuntur ad occidentem,
23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
24sub principe Eliasaph filio Laël.
24Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
25Et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo fœderis,
25The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26ipsum tabernaculum et operimentum ejus, tentorium quod trahitur ante fores tecti fœderis, et cortinas atrii: tentorium quoque quod appenditur in introitu atrii tabernaculi, et quidquid ad ritum altaris pertinet, funes tabernaculi et omnia utensilia ejus.
26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
27Cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Jesaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozielitas. Hæ sunt familiæ Caathitarum recensitæ per nomina sua.
27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites.
28Omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, octo millia sexcenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii,
28According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
29et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
30Princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Oziel:
30The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31et custodient arcam, mensamque et candelabrum, altaria et vasa sanctuarii, in quibus ministratur, et velum, cunctamque hujuscemodi supellectilem.
31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
32Princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis, erit super excubitores custodiæ sanctuarii.
32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
33At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua:
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
34omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra, sex millia ducenti.
34Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
35Princeps eorum Suriel filius Abihaiel: in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur.
35The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36Erunt sub custodia eorum tabulæ tabernaculi et vectes, et columnæ ac bases earum, et omnia quæ ad cultum hujuscemodi pertinent:
36The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
37columnæque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis, et paxilli cum funibus.
37the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
38Castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum fœderis, id est, ad orientalem plagam, Moyses et Aaron cum filiis suis, habentes custodiam sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israël. Quisquis alienus accesserit, morietur.
38Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
39Omnes Levitæ, quos numeraverunt Moyses et Aaron juxta præceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense uno et supra, fuerunt viginti duo millia.
39All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40Et ait Dominus ad Moysen: Numera primogenitos sexus masculini de filiis Israël ab uno mense et supra, et habebis summam eorum.
40The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41Tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israël: ego sum Dominus: et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecorum filiorum Israël.
41You shall take the Levites for me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”
42Recensuit Moyses, sicut præceperat Dominus, primogenitos filiorum Israël:
42Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua, a mense uno et supra, viginti duo millia ducenti septuaginta tres.
43All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
44Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:
44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
45Tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum, eruntque Levitæ mei. Ego sum Dominus.
45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.
46In pretio autem ducentorum septuaginta trium, qui excedunt numerum Levitarum de primogenitis filiorum Israël,
46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
47accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram sanctuarii (siclus habet viginti obolos):
47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
48dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis ejus pretium eorum qui supra sunt.
48and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
49Tulit igitur Moyses pecuniam eorum, qui fuerant amplius, et quos redemerant a Levitis,
49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
50pro primogenitis filiorum Israël, mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum juxta pondus sanctuarii:
50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
51et dedit eam Aaron et filiis ejus juxta verbum quod præceperat sibi Dominus.
51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the LORD’s word, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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