¹Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron,And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,dicens:saying:

¹Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen et Aaron,And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,dicens:saying:

²Ista est religio victimæ, quam constituit Dominus.“This is the ritual that the Lord has appointed for a victim.Præcipe filiis Israël,Instruct the sons of Israel,ut adducant ad te vaccam rufam ætatis integræ,so that they may bring to you a red cow of full maturity,in qua nulla sit macula,in which there is no blemish,nec portaverit jugum:and which has not carried a yoke.

²Ista est religio victimæ, quam constituit Dominus.“This is the ritual that the Lord has appointed for a victim.Præcipe filiis Israël,Instruct the sons of Israel,ut adducant ad te vaccam rufam ætatis integræ,so that they may bring to you a red cow of full maturity,in qua nulla sit macula,in which there is no blemish,nec portaverit jugum:and which has not carried a yoke.

³tradetisque eam Eleazaro sacerdoti,And you shall deliver it to Eleazar the priest, who,qui eductam extra castra,having led it out beyond the camp,immolabit in conspectu omnium:shall immolate it in the sight of all.

³tradetisque eam Eleazaro sacerdoti,And you shall deliver it to Eleazar the priest, who,qui eductam extra castra,having led it out beyond the camp,immolabit in conspectu omnium:shall immolate it in the sight of all.

⁴et tingens digitum in sanguine ejus,And dipping his finger in its blood,asperget contra fores tabernaculi septem vicibus,he shall sprinkle it seven times, opposite the door of the tabernacle.

⁴et tingens digitum in sanguine ejus,And dipping his finger in its blood,asperget contra fores tabernaculi septem vicibus,he shall sprinkle it seven times, opposite the door of the tabernacle.

⁵comburetque eam cunctis videntibus,And he shall burn it, while all are watching,tam pelle et carnibus ejus quam sanguine et fimo flammæ traditis.delivering into the flame, not only its skin and flesh, but also the blood and dung.

⁵comburetque eam cunctis videntibus,And he shall burn it, while all are watching,tam pelle et carnibus ejus quam sanguine et fimo flammæ traditis.delivering into the flame, not only its skin and flesh, but also the blood and dung.

⁶Lignum quoque cedrinum,Likewise, cedar wood,et hyssopum,and hyssop,coccumque bis tinctum sacerdos mittet in flammam, quæ vaccam vorat.and twice-dyed scarlet he shall cast into the flame, by which the cow is consumed.

⁶Lignum quoque cedrinum,Likewise, cedar wood,et hyssopum,and hyssop,coccumque bis tinctum sacerdos mittet in flammam, quæ vaccam vorat.and twice-dyed scarlet he shall cast into the flame, by which the cow is consumed.

⁷Et tunc demum,And then finally,lotis vestibus et corpore suo,having washed his garments and his body,ingredietur in castra,he shall enter into the camp,commaculatusque erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be deeply stained until evening.

⁷Et tunc demum,And then finally,lotis vestibus et corpore suo,having washed his garments and his body,ingredietur in castra,he shall enter into the camp,commaculatusque erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be deeply stained until evening.

⁸Sed et ille qui combusserit eam,Then he also who had burned it shall wash his garmentslavabit vestimenta sua et corpus,and his body,et immundus erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be unclean until evening.

⁸Sed et ille qui combusserit eam,Then he also who had burned it shall wash his garmentslavabit vestimenta sua et corpus,and his body,et immundus erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be unclean until evening.

⁹Colliget autem vir mundus cineres vaccæ,Then a clean man shall gather the ashes of the cow,et effundet eos extra castra in loco purissimo,and he shall pour them out beyond the camp, in a very pure place,ut sint multitudini filiorum Israël in custodiam,so that they may be preserved for the multitude of the sons of Israel,et in aquam aspersionis:and for the water of aspersion,quia pro peccato vacca combusta est.because the cow was burned for sin.

⁹Colliget autem vir mundus cineres vaccæ,Then a clean man shall gather the ashes of the cow,et effundet eos extra castra in loco purissimo,and he shall pour them out beyond the camp, in a very pure place,ut sint multitudini filiorum Israël in custodiam,so that they may be preserved for the multitude of the sons of Israel,et in aquam aspersionis:and for the water of aspersion,quia pro peccato vacca combusta est.because the cow was burned for sin.

¹⁰Cumque laverit qui vaccæ portaverat cineres vestimenta sua,And when he who had carried the ashes of the cow will have washed his garments,immundus erit usque ad vesperum.he shall be unclean until evening.Habebunt hoc filii Israël,The sons of Israel,et advenæ qui habitant inter eos,and the newcomers who live among them,sanctum jure perpetuo.shall have this as a holy and perpetual right.

¹⁰Cumque laverit qui vaccæ portaverat cineres vestimenta sua,And when he who had carried the ashes of the cow will have washed his garments,immundus erit usque ad vesperum.he shall be unclean until evening.Habebunt hoc filii Israël,The sons of Israel,et advenæ qui habitant inter eos,and the newcomers who live among them,sanctum jure perpetuo.shall have this as a holy and perpetual right.

¹¹Qui tetigerit cadaver hominis,Whoever touches the corpse of a man,et propter hoc septem diebus fuerit immundus,and is, because of this, unclean for seven days,

¹¹Qui tetigerit cadaver hominis,Whoever touches the corpse of a man,et propter hoc septem diebus fuerit immundus,and is, because of this, unclean for seven days,

¹²aspergetur ex hac aqua die tertio et septimo,shall be sprinkled from this water on the third and seventh days,et sic mundabitur.and so shall he be cleansed.Si die tertio aspersus non fuerit,But if he was not sprinkled on the third day,septimo non poterit emundari.he is not able to be cleansed on the seventh.

¹²aspergetur ex hac aqua die tertio et septimo,shall be sprinkled from this water on the third and seventh days,et sic mundabitur.and so shall he be cleansed.Si die tertio aspersus non fuerit,But if he was not sprinkled on the third day,septimo non poterit emundari.he is not able to be cleansed on the seventh.

¹³Omnis qui tetigerit humanæ animæ morticinum,Anyone who will have touched the dead body of a human life,et aspersus hac commistione non fuerit,and who has not been sprinkled with this mixture,polluet tabernaculum Dominipollutes the tabernacle of the Lord,et peribit ex Israël:and he shall perish out of Israel.quia aqua expiationis non est aspersus,For not having been sprinkled with the water of expiation,immundus erit,he shall be unclean,et manebit spurcitia ejus super eum.and his filth shall remain upon him.

¹³Omnis qui tetigerit humanæ animæ morticinum,Anyone who will have touched the dead body of a human life,et aspersus hac commistione non fuerit,and who has not been sprinkled with this mixture,polluet tabernaculum Dominipollutes the tabernacle of the Lord,et peribit ex Israël:and he shall perish out of Israel.quia aqua expiationis non est aspersus,For not having been sprinkled with the water of expiation,immundus erit,he shall be unclean,et manebit spurcitia ejus super eum.and his filth shall remain upon him.

¹⁴Ista est lex hominis qui moritur in tabernaculo:This is the law of a man who dies in a tent.omnes qui ingrediuntur tentorium illius,All who enter into his tent,et universa vasa quæ ibi sunt,and all the vessels which are there,polluta erunt septem diebus.shall be polluted for seven days.

¹⁴Ista est lex hominis qui moritur in tabernaculo:This is the law of a man who dies in a tent.omnes qui ingrediuntur tentorium illius,All who enter into his tent,et universa vasa quæ ibi sunt,and all the vessels which are there,polluta erunt septem diebus.shall be polluted for seven days.

¹⁵Vas, quod non habuerit operculum nec ligaturam desuper, immundum erit.The vessel that has no cover or binding over it shall be unclean.

¹⁵Vas, quod non habuerit operculum nec ligaturam desuper, immundum erit.The vessel that has no cover or binding over it shall be unclean.

¹⁶Si quis in agro tetigerit cadaver occisi hominis,If anyone in the field will have touched the corpse of a man,aut per se mortui,who was killed or who died on his own,sive os illius,or his bone,vel sepulchrum,or his grave,immundus erit septem diebus.he shall be unclean for seven days.

¹⁶Si quis in agro tetigerit cadaver occisi hominis,If anyone in the field will have touched the corpse of a man,aut per se mortui,who was killed or who died on his own,sive os illius,or his bone,vel sepulchrum,or his grave,immundus erit septem diebus.he shall be unclean for seven days.

¹⁷Tollentque de cineribus combustionis atque peccati,And they shall take some of the ashes from the burning and the sin offering,et mittent aquas vivas super eos in vas:and they shall pour living waters over them into a vessel.

¹⁷Tollentque de cineribus combustionis atque peccati,And they shall take some of the ashes from the burning and the sin offering,et mittent aquas vivas super eos in vas:and they shall pour living waters over them into a vessel.

¹⁸in quibus cum homo mundus tinxerit hyssopum,And into it a man who is clean shall dip hyssop,asperget ex eo omne tentorium,and he shall sprinkle from it the entire tent,et cunctam supellectilem,and all its articles,et homines hujuscemodi contagione pollutos:and the men who were polluted by means of contact.

¹⁸in quibus cum homo mundus tinxerit hyssopum,And into it a man who is clean shall dip hyssop,asperget ex eo omne tentorium,and he shall sprinkle from it the entire tent,et cunctam supellectilem,and all its articles,et homines hujuscemodi contagione pollutos:and the men who were polluted by means of contact.

¹⁹atque hoc modo mundus lustrabit immundum tertioAnd so,et septimo die:in this manner,expiatusque die septimo,what is clean shall purify what is unclean,lavabiton the third and seventh days.et seAnd having been expiated on the seventh day,et vestimenta sua,he shall wash both himself and his garments,et immundus erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be unclean until evening.

¹⁹atque hoc modo mundus lustrabit immundum tertioAnd so,et septimo die:in this manner,expiatusque die septimo,what is clean shall purify what is unclean,lavabiton the third and seventh days.et seAnd having been expiated on the seventh day,et vestimenta sua,he shall wash both himself and his garments,et immundus erit usque ad vesperum.and he shall be unclean until evening.

²⁰Si quis hoc ritu non fuerit expiatus,If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual,peribit anima illius de medio ecclesiæ:his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church.quia sanctuarium Domini polluit,For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord,et non est aqua lustrationis aspersus.and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters.

²⁰Si quis hoc ritu non fuerit expiatus,If anyone has not been expiated by this ritual,peribit anima illius de medio ecclesiæ:his soul shall perish from the midst of the Church.quia sanctuarium Domini polluit,For he has polluted the Sanctuary of the Lord,et non est aqua lustrationis aspersus.and he has not been sprinkled with purifying waters.

²¹Erit hoc præceptum legitimum sempiternum.This precept shall be an everlasting ordinance.Ipse quoque qui aspergit aquas, lavabit vestimenta sua.Likewise, the one who has sprinkled the waters shall wash his garments.Omnis qui tetigerit aquas expiationis, immundus erit usque ad vesperum.All who will have touched the waters of expiation shall be unclean until evening.

²¹Erit hoc præceptum legitimum sempiternum.This precept shall be an everlasting ordinance.Ipse quoque qui aspergit aquas, lavabit vestimenta sua.Likewise, the one who has sprinkled the waters shall wash his garments.Omnis qui tetigerit aquas expiationis, immundus erit usque ad vesperum.All who will have touched the waters of expiation shall be unclean until evening.

²²Quidquid tetigerit immundus, immundum faciet: et anima,Whatever has been touched by something unclean will itself be made unclean.quæ horum quippiam tetigerit, immunda erit usque ad vesperum.And the soul who touches any of these things shall become unclean until evening.”

²²Quidquid tetigerit immundus, immundum faciet: et anima,Whatever has been touched by something unclean will itself be made unclean.quæ horum quippiam tetigerit, immunda erit usque ad vesperum.And the soul who touches any of these things shall become unclean until evening.”