Liber Numeri, 6

1. locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

1. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2. loquere ad filios Israël et dices ad eos vir sive mulier cum fecerit votum ut sanctificentur et se voluerint Domino consecrare

2. Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:

3. vino et omni quod inebriare potest abstinebunt acetum ex vino et ex qualibet alia potione et quicquid de uva exprimitur non bibent uvas recentes siccasque non comedent

3. They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of wine, or of any other drink, nor any thing that is pressed out of the grape: nor shall they eat grapes either fresh or dried.

4. cunctis diebus quibus ex voto Domino consecrantur quicquid ex vinea esse potest ab uva passa usque ad acinum non comedent

4. All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow: they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.

5. omni tempore separationis suæ novacula non transibit super caput ejus usque ad conpletum diem quo Domino consecratur sanctus erit crescente cæsarie capitis ejus

5. All the time of his separation no razor shall pass over his head, until the day be fulfilled of his consecration to the Lord. He shall be holy, and shall let the hair of his head grow.

6. omni tempore consecrationis suæ super mortuum non ingredietur

6. All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any dead,

7. nec super patris quidem et matris et fratris sororisque funere contaminabitur quia consecratio Dei sui super caput ejus est

7. Neither shall he make himself unclean, even for his father, or for his mother, or for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

8. omnes dies separationis suæ sanctus erit Domino

8. All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.

9. sin autem mortuus fuerit subito quispiam coram eo polluetur caput consecrationis ejus quod radet ilico et in eadem die purgationis suæ et rursum septima

9. But if any man die suddenly before him: the head of his consecration shall be defiled: and he shall shave it forthwith on the same day of his purification, and again on the seventh day.

10. in octavo autem die offeret duos turtures vel duos pullos columbæ sacerdoti in introitu fœderis testimonii

10. And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons to the priest in the entry of the covenant of the testimony.

11. facietque sacerdos unum pro peccato et alterum in holocaustum et deprecabitur pro eo quia peccavit super mortuo sanctificabitque caput ejus in die illo

11. And the priest shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and shall pray for him, for that he hath sinned by the dead: and he shall sanctify his head that day :

12. et consecrabit Domino dies separationis illius offerens agnum anniculum pro peccato ita tamen ut dies priores irriti fiant quoniam polluta est sanctificatio ejus

12. And shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation, offering a lamb of one year for sin: yet so that the former days be made void, because his sanctification was profaned.

13. ista est lex consecrationis cum dies quos ex voto decreverat conplebuntur adducet eum ad ostium tabernaculi fœderis

13. This is the law of consecration. When the days which he had determined by vow shall be expired, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant,

14. et offeret oblationem ejus Domino agnum anniculum inmaculatum in holocaustum et ovem anniculam inmaculatam pro peccato et arietem inmaculatum hostiam pacificam

14. And shall offer his oblation to the Lord: one he lamb of a year old without blemish for a holocaust, and one awe lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a victim of peace offering,

15. canistrum quoque panum azymorum qui conspersi sunt oleo et lagana absque fermento uncta oleo ac libamina singulorum

15. A basket also of unleavened bread, tempered with oil, and wafers without leaven anointed with oil, and the libations of each:

16. quæ offeret sacerdos coram Domino et faciet tam pro peccato quam in holocaustum

16. And the priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer both the sin offering and the holocaust.

17. arietem vero immolabit hostiam pacificam Domino offerens simul canistrum azymorum et libamenta quæ ex more debentur

17. But the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, offering at the same time the basket of unleavened bread, and the libations that are due by custom.

18. tunc radetur nazareus ante ostium tabernaculi fœderis cæsarie consecrationis suæ tolletque capillos ejus et ponet super ignem qui est subpositus sacrificio pacificorum

18. Then shall the hair of the consecration of the Nazarite, be shaved off before the door of the tabernacle of the covenant: and he shall take his hair, and lay it upon the fire, which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19. et armum coctum arietis tortamque absque fermento unam de canistro et laganum azymum unum et tradet in manibus nazarei postquam rasum fuerit caput ejus

19. And shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and he shall deliver them into the hands of the Nazarite, after his head is shaven.

20. susceptaque rursum ab eo elevabit in conspectu Domini et sanctificata sacerdotis erunt sicut pectusculum quod separari jussum est et femur post hæc potest bibere nazareus vinum

20. And receiving them again from him, he shall elevate them in the sight of the Lord: and they being sanctified shall belong to the priest, as the breast, which was commanded to be separated, and the shoulder. After this the Nazarite may drink wine.

21. ista est lex nazarei cum voverit oblationem suam Domino tempore consecrationis suæ exceptis his quæ invenerit manus ejus juxta quod mente devoverat ita faciet ad perfectionem sanctificationis suæ

21. This is the law of the Nazarite, when he hath vowed his oblation to the Lord in the time of his consecration, besides those things which his hand shall find, according to that which he had vowed in his mind, so shall he do for the fulfilling of his sanctification.

22. locutus est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

22. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

23. loquere Aaron et filiis ejus sic benedicetis filiis Israël et dicetis eis

23. Say to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the children of Israel, and you shall say to them:

24. benedicat tibi Dominus et custodiat te

24. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

25. ostendat Dominus faciem suam tibi et misereatur tui

25. The Lord shew his face to thee, and have mercy on thee.

26. convertat Dominus vultum suum ad te et det tibi pacem

26. The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee peace.

27. invocabunt nomen meum super filios Israël et ego benedicam eis

27. And they shall invoke my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them.