1Hæ sunt generationes AaronThese are the generations of Aaron and Moses,et Moysi in die qua locutus est Dominus ad Moysen in monte Sinai.in the day when the Lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.
2Et hæc nomina filiorum Aaron:And these are the names of the sons of Aaron:primogenitus ejus Nadab,his firstborn Nadab,deinde Abiu,then Abihu,et Eleazar,and Eleazar,et Ithamar.and Ithamar.
3Hæc nomina filiorum Aaron sacerdotum qui uncti sunt,These are the names of the sons of Aaron,et quorum repletæ et consecratæ manus ut sacerdotio fungerentur.the priests who were anointed and whose hands were filled and consecrated in order to exercise the priesthood.
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.For Nadab and Abihu died without children, when they offered, in the sight of the Lord, a strange fire, in the desert of Sinai. And so, Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the sight of Aaron, their father.
5Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
6Applica tribum Levi,“Bring forward the tribe of Levi,et fac stare in conspectu Aaron sacerdotis ut ministrent ei,and cause them to stand in the sight of Aaron the priest, in order to minister to him.et excubent,And let them keep watch outside,
7et observent quidquid ad cultum pertinet multitudinis coram tabernaculo testimonii,and let them observe whatever pertains to the ritual for the multitude, in front of the tabernacle of the testimony,
8et custodiant vasa tabernaculi,and let them take care of the vessels of the tabernacle,servientes in ministerio ejus.serving in its ministry.
9Dabisque dono LevitasAnd you shall give the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons; for they have been delivered to them by the sons 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.But you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of the priesthood. The outsider who approaches to minister shall be put to death.”
11Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
12Ego tuli Levitas a filiis Israël pro omni primogenito,“I have taken the Levites from the sons of Israel. For the Levites,qui aperit vulvam in filiis Israël, eruntque Levitæ mei.and all the firstborn who open the womb among the sons of Israel, shall be mine.
13Meum est enim omne primogenitum: ex quo percussi primogenitos in terra Ægypti,For every firstborn is mine. From the time that I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt,sanctificavi mihi quidquid primum nascitur in Israël:I have sanctified for myself whatever is born first in Israel.ab homine usque ad pecus,From man, even to beast,mei sunt.they are mine.Ego Dominus.I am the Lord.”
14Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in deserto Sinai,And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai,dicens:saying:
15Numera filios Levi per domos patrum suorum et familias,“Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families,omnem masculum ab uno mense et supra.every male from one month and above.”
16Numeravit Moyses,Moses numbered them,ut præceperat Dominus,just as the Lord had instructed,
17et inventi sunt filii Levi per nomina sua,and there were found the sons of Levi by their names:Gerson et Caath et Merari.Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
18Filii Gerson:The sons of Gershon:Lebni et Semei.Libni and Shimei.
19Filii Caath:The sons of Kohath:Amram et Jesaar,Amram, and Izhar,Hebron et Oziel.Hebron and Uzziel.
20Filii Merari:The sons of Merari:Moholi et Musi.Mahli and Mushi.
21De Gerson fuere familiæ duæ,From Gershon were two families:Lebnitica,the Libnites,et Semeitica:and the Shimeites.
22quarum numeratus est populus sexus masculini ab uno mense et supra,The people of these were numbered, of the male sex, from one month and above:septem millia quingenti.seven thousand five hundred.
23Hi post tabernaculum metabuntur ad occidentem,These shall encamp behind the tabernacle, toward the west,
24sub principe Eliasaph filio Laël.under the leader Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25Et habebunt excubias in tabernaculo fœderis,And they shall keep watch over the tabernacle of the covenant:
26ipsum tabernaculumthe tabernacle itself,et operimentum ejus,and its covering;tentorium quod trahitur ante fores tecti fœderis,the tent that is drawn before the doors of the covering of the covenant;et cortinas atrii:and the curtains of the atrium;tentorium quoque quod appenditur in introitu atrii tabernaculi,likewise,et quidquid ad ritum altaris pertinet,the tent that is suspended at the entrance of the atrium of the tabernacle;funes tabernaculiand whatever pertains to the ritual of the altar;et omnia utensilia ejus.the cords of the tabernacle and all its implements.
27Cognatio Caath habebit populos Amramitas et Jesaaritas et Hebronitas et Ozielitas.The kinship of Kohath includes the peoples of the Amramites and Izharites and Hebronites and Uzzielites.Hæ sunt familiæ Caathitarum recensitæ per nomina sua.These are the families of the Kohathites, having been counted by their names,
28Omnes generis masculini ab uno mense et supra,all those of the male gender, from one month and above:octo millia sexcenti habebunt excubias sanctuarii,eight thousand six hundred. They shall keep watch over the Sanctuary,
29et castrametabuntur ad meridianam plagam.and they shall encamp toward the south side.
30Princepsque eorum erit Elisaphan filius Oziel:And their leader shall be Elisaphan the son of Uzziel.
31et custodient arcam,And they shall take care of the ark,mensamque et candelabrum,and the table and the lampstand,altaria et vasa sanctuarii,the altars and the vessels of the Sanctuary,in quibus ministratur,by which they minister,et velum,and the veil,cunctamque hujuscemodi supellectilem.and all the articles of this kind.
32Princeps autem principum Levitarum Eleazar filius Aaron sacerdotis,But the leader of the leaders of the Levites, Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,erit super excubitores custodiæ sanctuarii.shall be over those who watch over the care of the Sanctuary.
33At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua:And truly, from Merari are the peoples of the Mahlites and Mushites, having been counted by their names,
34omnes generis masculini ab uno menseall those of the male gender,et supra,from one month and above:sex millia ducenti.six thousand two hundred.
35Princeps eorum Suriel filius Abihaiel:Their leader is Suriel the son of Abihaiel.in plaga septentrionali castrametabuntur.They shall make camp on the north side.
36Erunt sub custodia eorum tabulæ tabernaculi et vectes,Under their care shall be the panels of the tabernacle, and the bars,et columnæ ac bases earum,and the columns with their bases,et omnia quæ ad cultum hujuscemodi pertinent:and all the things which pertain to service of this kind,
37columnæque atrii per circuitum cum basibus suis,and the columns of the surrounding atrium with their bases,et paxilli cum funibus.and the tent pegs with their cords.
38Castrametabuntur ante tabernaculum fœderis,Moses and Aaron,id est,with their sons,ad orientalem plagam,shall make camp before the tabernacle of the covenant,Moyses et Aaron cum filiis suis,that is,habentes custodiam sanctuarii in medio filiorum Israël.on the east side,Quisquis alienus accesserit,holding the custody of the Sanctuary in the midst of the sons of Israel.morietur.Whatever foreigner approaches it shall die.
39Omnes Levitæ,All the Levites,quos numeraverunt Moyseswhom Moses and Aaron numbered by their families according to the precept of the Lord,et Aaron juxta præceptum Domini per familias suas in genere masculino a mense unoof the male gender,et supra,from one month and above,fuerunt viginti duo millia.were twenty-two thousand.
40Et ait Dominus ad Moysen:And the Lord said to Moses:Numera primogenitos sexus masculini de filiis Israël ab uno mense“Number the firstborn of the male sex from the sons of Israel,et supra,from one month and above,et habebis summam eorum.and you shall take their total.
41Tollesque Levitas mihi pro omni primogenito filiorum Israël:And you shall bring the Levites to me, in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel,ego sum Dominus:and you shall bring their cattle to me,et pecora eorum pro universis primogenitis pecorum filiorum Israël.in place of all the firstborn of the cattle of the sons of Israel. I am the Lord.”
42Recensuit Moyses,Moses took a census,sicut præceperat Dominus,just as the Lord had instructed,primogenitos filiorum Israël:of the firstborn of the sons of Israel.
43et fuerunt masculi per nomina sua,And the males by their names,a mense uno et supra,from one month and above,viginti duo millia ducenti septuaginta tres.were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
44Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:
45Tolle Levitas pro primogenitis filiorum Israël,“Take the Levites, in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel,et pecora Levitarum pro pecoribus eorum,and the cattle of the Levites, in place of their cattle,eruntque Levitæ mei. Ego sum Dominus.and so the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
46In pretio autem ducentorum septuaginta trium,But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three,qui excedunt numerum Levitarum de primogenitis filiorum Israël,which exceed the number of the Levites compared to the number of firstborn of the sons of Israel,
47accipies quinque siclos per singula capita ad mensuram sanctuarii (siclus habet viginti obolos):you shall take five shekels for each head, by the measure of the Sanctuary. A shekel has twenty obols.
48dabisque pecuniam Aaron et filiis ejus pretium eorum qui supra sunt.And you shall give the money to Aaron and his sons as the price of those that are in excess.”
49Tulit igitur Moyses pecuniam eorum,Therefore,qui fuerant amplius,Moses took the money for those that were in excess,et quos redemerant a Levitis,and whom they had redeemed from the Levites
50pro primogenitis filiorum Israël,in place of the firstborn of the sons of Israel:mille trecentorum sexaginta quinque siclorum juxta pondus sanctuarii:one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the weight of the Sanctuary.
51et dedit eam AaronAnd he gave it to Aaron and his sons,et filiis ejus juxta verbum quod præceperat sibi Dominus.according to the word by which the Lord had instructed him.