Liber Numeri, 8

1. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

1. Now the LORD said to Moses,

2. “Loquere Aa ron et dices ad eum: Cum posueris lucernas, contra eam partem, quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt septem lucernae”.

2. "Say to Aaron, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand."

3. Fecitque sic Aaron et posuit lucernas super candelabrum, ut praeceperat Dominus Moysi.

3. And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as the LORD commanded Moses.

4. Haec autem erat factura candelabri: ex auro ductili, tam medius stipes quam flores eius. Iuxta exemplum, quod ostendit Dominus Moysi, ita operatus est candelabrum.

4. And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

5. Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

5. And the LORD said to Moses,

6. “Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israel et purificabis eos

6. "Take the Levites from among the people of Israel, and cleanse them.

7. iuxta hunc ritum. Aspergantur aqua lustrationis et radant omnes pilos carnis suae, lavabunt vestimenta sua et mundabunt se.

7. And thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

8. Tollent bovem de armentis et oblationem eius similam oleo conspersam; bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato

8. Then let them take a young bull and its cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull for a sin offering.

9. et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo conventus, convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israel.

9. And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.

10. Cumque Levitae fuerint coram Domino, ponent filii Israel manus suas super eos,

10. When you present the Levites before the LORD, the people of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites,

11. et agitabit Aaron Levitas munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israel, ut serviant in ministerio eius.

11. and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the LORD.

12. Levitae quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum, e quibus unum facies pro peccato et alterum in holocaustum Domini, ut expies eos.

12. Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

13. Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum eius et agitabis eos Domino

13. And you shall cause the Levites to attend Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

14. ac separabis de medio filiorum Israel, ut sint mei;

14. "Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

15. et postea ingredientur, ut serviant tabernaculo conventus. Sicque purificabis et agitabis eos,

15. And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.

16. quoniam dono donati sunt mihi e medio filiorum Israel; pro primogenitis, quae aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israel, accepi eos.

16. For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.

17. Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israel, tam ex hominibus quam ex iumentis. Ex die, quo percussi omne primogenitum in terra Aegypti, sanctificavi eos mihi.

17. For all the first-born among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,

18. Et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israel

18. and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel.

19. tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis eius de medio filiorum Israel, ut serviant mihi pro Israel in tabernaculo conventus et expient pro eis, ne sit in populo plaga, si ausi fuerint accedere ad sanctuarium”.

19. And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel in case the people of Israel should come near the sanctuary."

20. Feceruntque Moyses et Aaron et omnis congregatio filiorum Israel super Levitis, quae praeceperat Dominus Moysi.

20. Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.

21. Purificatique sunt et laverunt vestimenta sua, agitavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini et expiavit eos, ut purificati

21. And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

22. ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculo conventus coram Aaron et filiis eius; sicut praeceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis, ita factum est.

22. And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting in attendance upon Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

23. Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen dicens:

23. And the LORD said to Moses,

24. “Haec est lex Levitarum: a viginti quinque annis et supra ingredientur, ut ministrent in tabernaculo conventus;

24. "This is what pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work in the service of the tent of meeting;

25. cumque quinquagesimum annum aetatis impleverint, servire cessabunt

25. and from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the work of the service and serve no more,

26. eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo conventus, ut custodiant, quae sibi fuerint commendata; opera autem ipsa non faciant. Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis”.

26. but minister to their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties."