¹Eodem tempore vocavit Josue Rubenitas,In the same time, Joshua called the Reubenites,et Gaditas,and the Gadites,et dimidiam tribum Manasse,and the one half tribe of Manasseh.

¹Eodem tempore vocavit Josue Rubenitas,In the same time, Joshua called the Reubenites,et Gaditas,and the Gadites,et dimidiam tribum Manasse,and the one half tribe of Manasseh.

²dixitque ad eos:And he said to them:Fecistis omnia quæ præcepit vobis Moyses famulus Domini:“You have done all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed you.mihi quoque in omnibus obedistis,You have also obeyed me in all things.

²dixitque ad eos:And he said to them:Fecistis omnia quæ præcepit vobis Moyses famulus Domini:“You have done all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, instructed you.mihi quoque in omnibus obedistis,You have also obeyed me in all things.

³nec reliquistis fratres vestros longo tempore,Neither have you forsaken your brothers during this long time,usque in præsentem diem,even to the present day,custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri.keeping the orders of the Lord your God.

³nec reliquistis fratres vestros longo tempore,Neither have you forsaken your brothers during this long time,usque in præsentem diem,even to the present day,custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri.keeping the orders of the Lord your God.

⁴Quia igitur dedit Dominus Deus vester fratribus vestris quietem et pacem,Therefore, since the Lord your God has given your brothers peace and quiet,sicut pollicitus est: revertimini,just as he promised: return,et ite in tabernacula vestra, et in terram possessionis,and go into your tents and into the land of your possession, which Moses,quam tradidit vobis Moyses famulus Domini trans Jordanem:the servant of the Lord, delivered to you beyond the Jordan.

⁴Quia igitur dedit Dominus Deus vester fratribus vestris quietem et pacem,Therefore, since the Lord your God has given your brothers peace and quiet,sicut pollicitus est: revertimini,just as he promised: return,et ite in tabernacula vestra, et in terram possessionis,and go into your tents and into the land of your possession, which Moses,quam tradidit vobis Moyses famulus Domini trans Jordanem:the servant of the Lord, delivered to you beyond the Jordan.

⁵ita dumtaxat ut custodiatis attente,And may you continue to observe attentively,et opere compleatis mandatum et legem quam præcepit vobis Moyses famulus Domini,and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses,ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum,the servant of the Lord, instructed to you,et ambuletis in omnibus viis ejus,so that you may love the Lord your God,et observetis mandata illius,and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments,adhæreatisque ei,and cling to him,ac serviatis in omni corde, et in omni anima vestra.and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

⁵ita dumtaxat ut custodiatis attente,And may you continue to observe attentively,et opere compleatis mandatum et legem quam præcepit vobis Moyses famulus Domini,and to work to fulfill, the commandment and the law that Moses,ut diligatis Dominum Deum vestrum,the servant of the Lord, instructed to you,et ambuletis in omnibus viis ejus,so that you may love the Lord your God,et observetis mandata illius,and walk in all his ways, and keep all his commandments,adhæreatisque ei,and cling to him,ac serviatis in omni corde, et in omni anima vestra.and serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

⁶Benedixitque eis Josue,And Joshua blessed them,et dimisit eos.and he sent them away.Qui reversi sunt in tabernacula sua.And they returned to their tents.

⁶Benedixitque eis Josue,And Joshua blessed them,et dimisit eos.and he sent them away.Qui reversi sunt in tabernacula sua.And they returned to their tents.

⁷Dimidiæ autem tribui Manasse possessionem Moyses dederat in Basan:Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a possession in Bashan. And therefore,et idcirco mediæ, quæ superfuit,to the one half that was left over,dedit Josue sortem inter ceteros fratres suos trans Jordanem ad occidentalem plagam.Joshua gave a lot among the remainder of their brothers across the Jordan, in the western region.Cumque dimitteret eos in tabernacula sua, et benedixisset eis,And when he had blessed them and dismissed them to their tents,

⁷Dimidiæ autem tribui Manasse possessionem Moyses dederat in Basan:Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh, Moses had given a possession in Bashan. And therefore,et idcirco mediæ, quæ superfuit,to the one half that was left over,dedit Josue sortem inter ceteros fratres suos trans Jordanem ad occidentalem plagam.Joshua gave a lot among the remainder of their brothers across the Jordan, in the western region.Cumque dimitteret eos in tabernacula sua, et benedixisset eis,And when he had blessed them and dismissed them to their tents,

⁸dixit ad eos:he said to them:In multa substantia atque divitiis revertimini ad sedes vestras,“Return to your settlements with much substance and wealth,cum argento et auro,with silver and gold,ære ac ferro,brass and iron,et veste multiplici:and a multitude of garments.dividite prædam hostium cum fratribus vestris.Divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”

⁸dixit ad eos:he said to them:In multa substantia atque divitiis revertimini ad sedes vestras,“Return to your settlements with much substance and wealth,cum argento et auro,with silver and gold,ære ac ferro,brass and iron,et veste multiplici:and a multitude of garments.dividite prædam hostium cum fratribus vestris.Divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”

⁹Reversique sunt,And the sons of Reuben,et abierunt filii Ruben, et filii Gad,and the sons of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh returned,et dimidia tribus Manasse, a filiis Israël de Silo,and they went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh,quæ sita est in Chanaan,which is situated in Canaan,ut intrarent Galaad terram possessionis suæ,so that they might enter into Gilead, the land of their possession,quam obtinuerant juxta imperium Domini in manu Moysi.which they had obtained according to the order of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

⁹Reversique sunt,And the sons of Reuben,et abierunt filii Ruben, et filii Gad,and the sons of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh returned,et dimidia tribus Manasse, a filiis Israël de Silo,and they went away from the sons of Israel at Shiloh,quæ sita est in Chanaan,which is situated in Canaan,ut intrarent Galaad terram possessionis suæ,so that they might enter into Gilead, the land of their possession,quam obtinuerant juxta imperium Domini in manu Moysi.which they had obtained according to the order of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

¹⁰Cumque venissent ad tumulos Jordanis in terram Chanaan,And when they had arrived at the hills of the Jordan in the land of Canaan,ædificaverunt juxta Jordanem altare infinitæ magnitudinis.they built an altar of immense magnitude beside the Jordan.

¹⁰Cumque venissent ad tumulos Jordanis in terram Chanaan,And when they had arrived at the hills of the Jordan in the land of Canaan,ædificaverunt juxta Jordanem altare infinitæ magnitudinis.they built an altar of immense magnitude beside the Jordan.

¹¹Quod cum audissent filii Israël,And when the sons of Israel had heard of it,et ad eos certi nuntii detulissent, ædificasse filios Ruben,and certain messengers had reported to them that the sons of Reuben, and of Gad,et Gad, et dimidiæ tribus Manasse, altare in terra Chanaan,and of the one half tribe of Manasseh had built an altar in the land of Canaan,super Jordanis tumulos,upon the hills of the Jordan,contra filios Israël:facing the sons of Israel,

¹¹Quod cum audissent filii Israël,And when the sons of Israel had heard of it,et ad eos certi nuntii detulissent, ædificasse filios Ruben,and certain messengers had reported to them that the sons of Reuben, and of Gad,et Gad, et dimidiæ tribus Manasse, altare in terra Chanaan,and of the one half tribe of Manasseh had built an altar in the land of Canaan,super Jordanis tumulos,upon the hills of the Jordan,contra filios Israël:facing the sons of Israel,

¹²convenerunt omnes in Silo,they all assembled at Shiloh,ut ascenderent,so that they might go upet dimicarent contra eos.and battle against them.

¹²convenerunt omnes in Silo,they all assembled at Shiloh,ut ascenderent,so that they might go upet dimicarent contra eos.and battle against them.

¹³Et interim miserunt ad illos in terram Galaad Phinees filium Eleazari sacerdotis,And in the interim, they sent to them, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the priest,

¹³Et interim miserunt ad illos in terram Galaad Phinees filium Eleazari sacerdotis,And in the interim, they sent to them, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the priest,

¹⁴et decem principes cum eo,and ten leaders with him,singulos de singulis tribubus.one from each tribe.

¹⁴et decem principes cum eo,and ten leaders with him,singulos de singulis tribubus.one from each tribe.

¹⁵Qui venerunt ad filios Ruben,And they went to the sons of Reuben,et Gad,and of Gad,et dimidiæ tribus Manasse in terram Galaad,and of the one half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead,dixeruntque ad eos:and they said to them:

¹⁵Qui venerunt ad filios Ruben,And they went to the sons of Reuben,et Gad,and of Gad,et dimidiæ tribus Manasse in terram Galaad,and of the one half tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead,dixeruntque ad eos:and they said to them:

¹⁶Hæc mandat omnis populus Domini:“All the people of the Lord declare this:Quæ est ista transgressio?What is this transgression?cur reliquistis Dominum Deum Israël,Why have you forsaken the Lord, the God of Israel,ædificantes altare sacrilegum,by building a sacrilegious altar,et a cultu illius recedentes?and by withdrawing from the worship of him?

¹⁶Hæc mandat omnis populus Domini:“All the people of the Lord declare this:Quæ est ista transgressio?What is this transgression?cur reliquistis Dominum Deum Israël,Why have you forsaken the Lord, the God of Israel,ædificantes altare sacrilegum,by building a sacrilegious altar,et a cultu illius recedentes?and by withdrawing from the worship of him?

¹⁷an parum vobis est quod peccastis in Beelphegor,Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor,et usque in præsentem diem macula hujus sceleris in nobis permanet,and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day?multique de populo corruerunt?And many of the people have fallen.

¹⁷an parum vobis est quod peccastis in Beelphegor,Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor,et usque in præsentem diem macula hujus sceleris in nobis permanet,and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day?multique de populo corruerunt?And many of the people have fallen.

¹⁸Et vos hodie reliquistis Dominum,And yet you have forsaken the Lord today,et cras in universum Israël ira ejus desæviet.and tomorrow his wrath will rage against all of Israel.

¹⁸Et vos hodie reliquistis Dominum,And yet you have forsaken the Lord today,et cras in universum Israël ira ejus desæviet.and tomorrow his wrath will rage against all of Israel.

¹⁹Quod si putatis immundam esse terram possessionis vestræ,But if you consider the land of your possession to be unclean,transite ad terram,cross over to the land in which is the tabernacle of the Lord,in qua tabernaculum Domini est,and live among us.et habitate inter nos:But do not withdraw from the Lord,tantum ut a Domino et a nostro consortio non recedatis,and from our fellowship,ædificato altari præter altare Domini Dei nostri.by building an altar contrary to the altar of the Lord our God.

¹⁹Quod si putatis immundam esse terram possessionis vestræ,But if you consider the land of your possession to be unclean,transite ad terram,cross over to the land in which is the tabernacle of the Lord,in qua tabernaculum Domini est,and live among us.et habitate inter nos:But do not withdraw from the Lord,tantum ut a Domino et a nostro consortio non recedatis,and from our fellowship,ædificato altari præter altare Domini Dei nostri.by building an altar contrary to the altar of the Lord our God.

²⁰Nonne Achan filius Zare præteriit mandatum Domini,Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, go against the commandment of the Lord,et super omnem populum Israël ira ejus incubuit?and so his wrath was laid over all the people of Israel?et ille erat unus homo,And he was only one man.atque utinam solum periisset in scelere suo.If only he had perished in his wickedness alone!”

²⁰Nonne Achan filius Zare præteriit mandatum Domini,Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, go against the commandment of the Lord,et super omnem populum Israël ira ejus incubuit?and so his wrath was laid over all the people of Israel?et ille erat unus homo,And he was only one man.atque utinam solum periisset in scelere suo.If only he had perished in his wickedness alone!”

²¹Responderuntque filii Ruben et Gad,And the sons of Reuben,et dimidia tribus Manasse,and of Gad,principibus legationis Israël:and of the one half tribe of Manasseh responded to the leaders of the delegation from Israel:

²¹Responderuntque filii Ruben et Gad,And the sons of Reuben,et dimidia tribus Manasse,and of Gad,principibus legationis Israël:and of the one half tribe of Manasseh responded to the leaders of the delegation from Israel:

²²Fortissimus Deus Dominus,“The Lord, the almighty God,fortissimus Deus Dominus,the Lord, the almighty God,ipse novit,he knows,et Israël simul intelliget:and also Israel will understand:si prævaricationis animo hoc altare construximus,If we have constructed this altar with intent of transgression,non custodiat nos,let him not preserve us,sed puniat nos in præsenti:but instead punish us immediately.

²²Fortissimus Deus Dominus,“The Lord, the almighty God,fortissimus Deus Dominus,the Lord, the almighty God,ipse novit,he knows,et Israël simul intelliget:and also Israel will understand:si prævaricationis animo hoc altare construximus,If we have constructed this altar with intent of transgression,non custodiat nos,let him not preserve us,sed puniat nos in præsenti:but instead punish us immediately.

²³et si ea mente fecimus ut holocausta,And if we have acted with a mind so that we might present upon it holocausts,et sacrificium,and sacrifice,et pacificas victimas super eo imponeremus,and victims of peace offerings,ipse quærat et judicet:let him inquire and judge.

²³et si ea mente fecimus ut holocausta,And if we have acted with a mind so that we might present upon it holocausts,et sacrificium,and sacrifice,et pacificas victimas super eo imponeremus,and victims of peace offerings,ipse quærat et judicet:let him inquire and judge.

²⁴et non ea magis cogitationeInstead,atque tractatu,we have acted with this greater thought and design,ut diceremus:that we would say:Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris:Tomorrow your sons will say to our sons:Quid vobis‘What is there between you and the Lord,et Domino Deo Israël?the God of Israel?

²⁴et non ea magis cogitationeInstead,atque tractatu,we have acted with this greater thought and design,ut diceremus:that we would say:Cras dicent filii vestri filiis nostris:Tomorrow your sons will say to our sons:Quid vobis‘What is there between you and the Lord,et Domino Deo Israël?the God of Israel?

²⁵terminum posuit Dominus inter nosThe Lord has stationed the river Jordan as the border between us and you,et vos,O sons of Reuben,o filii Ruben,O sons of Gad.et filii Gad,And therefore,Jordanem fluvium,you have no part in the Lord.’et idcirco partem non habetis in Domino:And by this occasion,et per hanc occasionem avertent filii vestri filios nostros a timore Domini.your sons would turn away our sons from the fear of the Lord.Putavimus itaque melius,And so we sought something better,

²⁵terminum posuit Dominus inter nosThe Lord has stationed the river Jordan as the border between us and you,et vos,O sons of Reuben,o filii Ruben,O sons of Gad.et filii Gad,And therefore,Jordanem fluvium,you have no part in the Lord.’et idcirco partem non habetis in Domino:And by this occasion,et per hanc occasionem avertent filii vestri filios nostros a timore Domini.your sons would turn away our sons from the fear of the Lord.Putavimus itaque melius,And so we sought something better,

²⁶et diximus:and we said:Exstruamus nobis altare,Let us build us an altar,non in holocausta,not for holocausts,neque ad victimas offerendas,and not to offer victims,

²⁶et diximus:and we said:Exstruamus nobis altare,Let us build us an altar,non in holocausta,not for holocausts,neque ad victimas offerendas,and not to offer victims,

²⁷sed in testimonium inter nos et vos,but as a testimony between us and you,et sobolem nostram vestramque progeniem,and between our descendants and your progeny,ut serviamus Domino,so that we may serve the Lord,et juris nostri sit offerre et holocausta,and so that it may be our right to offer holocausts,et victimas,and victims,et pacificas hostias:and peace offerings,et nequaquam dicant cras filii vestri filiis nostris:and so that tomorrow your sons may not say to our sons:Non est vobis pars in Domino.‘You have no part in the Lord.’

²⁷sed in testimonium inter nos et vos,but as a testimony between us and you,et sobolem nostram vestramque progeniem,and between our descendants and your progeny,ut serviamus Domino,so that we may serve the Lord,et juris nostri sit offerre et holocausta,and so that it may be our right to offer holocausts,et victimas,and victims,et pacificas hostias:and peace offerings,et nequaquam dicant cras filii vestri filiis nostris:and so that tomorrow your sons may not say to our sons:Non est vobis pars in Domino.‘You have no part in the Lord.’

²⁸Quod si voluerint dicere,And if they decide to say this,respondebunt eis:they shall respond to them:Ecce altare Domini,‘Behold,quod fecerunt patres nostri,the altar of the Lord,non in holocausta,which our fathers made,neque in sacrificium,not for holocausts,sed in testimonium nostrumand not for sacrifice,ac vestrum.but instead as a testimony between us and you.’

²⁸Quod si voluerint dicere,And if they decide to say this,respondebunt eis:they shall respond to them:Ecce altare Domini,‘Behold,quod fecerunt patres nostri,the altar of the Lord,non in holocausta,which our fathers made,neque in sacrificium,not for holocausts,sed in testimonium nostrumand not for sacrifice,ac vestrum.but instead as a testimony between us and you.’

²⁹Absit a nobis hoc scelus,May this wickedness be far from us,ut recedamus a Domino,such that we would withdraw from the Lord,et ejus vestigia relinquamus,and would forsake his paths,exstructo altari ad holocausta,by constructing an altar to offer holocausts,et sacrificia,and sacrifices,et victimas offerendas,and victims,præter altare Domini Dei nostri,contrary to the altar of the Lord our God,quod exstructum est ante tabernaculum ejus.which was built before his tabernacle.”

²⁹Absit a nobis hoc scelus,May this wickedness be far from us,ut recedamus a Domino,such that we would withdraw from the Lord,et ejus vestigia relinquamus,and would forsake his paths,exstructo altari ad holocausta,by constructing an altar to offer holocausts,et sacrificia,and sacrifices,et victimas offerendas,and victims,præter altare Domini Dei nostri,contrary to the altar of the Lord our God,quod exstructum est ante tabernaculum ejus.which was built before his tabernacle.”

³⁰Quibus auditis,And when Phinehas,Phinees sacerdos, et principes legationis Israël,the priest, and the leaders of the delegation who were with him,qui erant cum eo,had heard this,placati sunt:they were pleased.et verba filiorum Ruben, et Gad, et dimidiæ tribus Manasse,And they accepted very willingly the words of the sons of Reuben,libentissime susceperunt.and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh.

³⁰Quibus auditis,And when Phinehas,Phinees sacerdos, et principes legationis Israël,the priest, and the leaders of the delegation who were with him,qui erant cum eo,had heard this,placati sunt:they were pleased.et verba filiorum Ruben, et Gad, et dimidiæ tribus Manasse,And they accepted very willingly the words of the sons of Reuben,libentissime susceperunt.and of Gad, and of the one half tribe of Manasseh.

³¹Dixitque Phinees filius Eleazari sacerdos ad eos:And Phinehas, the priest, the son of Eleazar,Nunc scimus quod nobiscum sit Dominus,said to them: “Now we know that the Lord is with us.quoniam alieni estis a prævaricatione hac,For you are a stranger to this transgression.et liberastis filios Israël de manu Domini.And so you have freed the sons of Israel from the hand of the Lord.”

³¹Dixitque Phinees filius Eleazari sacerdos ad eos:And Phinehas, the priest, the son of Eleazar,Nunc scimus quod nobiscum sit Dominus,said to them: “Now we know that the Lord is with us.quoniam alieni estis a prævaricatione hac,For you are a stranger to this transgression.et liberastis filios Israël de manu Domini.And so you have freed the sons of Israel from the hand of the Lord.”

³²Reversusque est cum principibus a filiis Ruben et Gad de terra Galaad,And he returned with the leaders, from the sons of Reuben and of Gad, out of the land of Gilead,finium Chanaan,into the parts of Canaan,ad filios Israël,to the sons of Israel.et retulit eis.And he reported to them.

³²Reversusque est cum principibus a filiis Ruben et Gad de terra Galaad,And he returned with the leaders, from the sons of Reuben and of Gad, out of the land of Gilead,finium Chanaan,into the parts of Canaan,ad filios Israël,to the sons of Israel.et retulit eis.And he reported to them.

³³Placuitque sermo cunctis audientibus.And the word pleased all who heard it.Et laudaverunt Deum filii Israël,And the sons of Israel praised God,et nequaquam ultra dixerunt, ut ascenderent contra eos,and they no longer said that they would go up against them,atque pugnarent, et delerent terram possessionis eorum.and fight, and destroy the land of their possession.

³³Placuitque sermo cunctis audientibus.And the word pleased all who heard it.Et laudaverunt Deum filii Israël,And the sons of Israel praised God,et nequaquam ultra dixerunt, ut ascenderent contra eos,and they no longer said that they would go up against them,atque pugnarent, et delerent terram possessionis eorum.and fight, and destroy the land of their possession.

³⁴Vocaveruntque filii Ruben, et filii Gad, altare quod exstruxerant,And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar that they had built:Testimonium nostrum, quod Dominus ipse sit Deus.Our testimony that the Lord himself is God.

³⁴Vocaveruntque filii Ruben, et filii Gad, altare quod exstruxerant,And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar that they had built:Testimonium nostrum, quod Dominus ipse sit Deus.Our testimony that the Lord himself is God.