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

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

²Loquere Aaron,“Speak to Aaron,et dices ad eum:and you shall say to him:Cum posueris septem lucernas,When you place the seven lamps,candelabrum in australi parte erigatur.let the lampstand be set up on the south side. Therefore,Hoc igitur præcipe ut lucernæ contra boream e regione respiciant ad mensam panum propositionis,give this instruction: that the lamps should look out from the region opposite the north, toward the table of the bread of the presence;contra eam partem,they shall give light opposite that area,quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt.toward the area that the lampstand faces.”

²Loquere Aaron,“Speak to Aaron,et dices ad eum:and you shall say to him:Cum posueris septem lucernas,When you place the seven lamps,candelabrum in australi parte erigatur.let the lampstand be set up on the south side. Therefore,Hoc igitur præcipe ut lucernæ contra boream e regione respiciant ad mensam panum propositionis,give this instruction: that the lamps should look out from the region opposite the north, toward the table of the bread of the presence;contra eam partem,they shall give light opposite that area,quam candelabrum respicit, lucere debebunt.toward the area that the lampstand faces.”

³Fecitque Aaron,And Aaron did so,et imposuit lucernas super candelabrum,and he placed the lamps on the lampstand,ut præceperat Dominus Moysi.just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

³Fecitque Aaron,And Aaron did so,et imposuit lucernas super candelabrum,and he placed the lamps on the lampstand,ut præceperat Dominus Moysi.just as the Lord had instructed Moses.

⁴Hæc autem erat factura candelabri,Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand:ex auro ductili,it was of ductile gold,tam medius stipes,both the main shaftquam cuncta quæ ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur:and all that originated from both sides of the branches.juxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi,According to the example that the Lord revealed to Moses,ita operatus est candelabrum.so did he make the lampstand.

⁴Hæc autem erat factura candelabri,Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand:ex auro ductili,it was of ductile gold,tam medius stipes,both the main shaftquam cuncta quæ ex utroque calamorum latere nascebantur:and all that originated from both sides of the branches.juxta exemplum quod ostendit Dominus Moysi,According to the example that the Lord revealed to Moses,ita operatus est candelabrum.so did he make the lampstand.

⁵Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

⁵Et locutus est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

⁶Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israël,“Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel,et purificabis eosand you shall purify them

⁶Tolle Levitas de medio filiorum Israël,“Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel,et purificabis eosand you shall purify them

⁷juxta hunc ritum:according to this ritual:aspergantur aqua lustrationis,Let them be sprinkled with the water of illumination,et radant omnes pilos carnis suæ.and let them shave off all the hairs of their body.Cumque laverint vestimenta sua,And when they have washed their garmentset mundati fuerint,and have been cleansed,

⁷juxta hunc ritum:according to this ritual:aspergantur aqua lustrationis,Let them be sprinkled with the water of illumination,et radant omnes pilos carnis suæ.and let them shave off all the hairs of their body.Cumque laverint vestimenta sua,And when they have washed their garmentset mundati fuerint,and have been cleansed,

⁸tollent bovem de armentis,they shall take an ox from the herd,et libamentum ejus similam oleo conspersam:with its libation of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil;bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato:then you shall receive another ox from the herd for sin.

⁸tollent bovem de armentis,they shall take an ox from the herd,et libamentum ejus similam oleo conspersam:with its libation of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil;bovem autem alterum de armento tu accipies pro peccato:then you shall receive another ox from the herd for sin.

⁹et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo fœderis,And you shall bring forward the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant,convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israël.calling together all the multitude of the sons of Israel.

⁹et applicabis Levitas coram tabernaculo fœderis,And you shall bring forward the Levites before the tabernacle of the covenant,convocata omni multitudine filiorum Israël.calling together all the multitude of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰Cumque Levitæ fuerint coram Domino,And when the Levites are before the Lord,ponent filii Israël manus suas super eos.the sons of Israel shall place their hands upon them.

¹⁰Cumque Levitæ fuerint coram Domino,And when the Levites are before the Lord,ponent filii Israël manus suas super eos.the sons of Israel shall place their hands upon them.

¹¹Et offeret Aaron Levitas,And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a gift in the sight of the Lord,munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israël,from the sons of Israel,ut serviant in ministerio ejus.so that they may serve in his ministry.

¹¹Et offeret Aaron Levitas,And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a gift in the sight of the Lord,munus in conspectu Domini a filiis Israël,from the sons of Israel,ut serviant in ministerio ejus.so that they may serve in his ministry.

¹²Levitæ quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum,Likewise, the Levites shall place their hands upon the heads of the oxen;e quibus unum facies pro peccato,you shall make use of one of these for sin,et alterum in holocaustum Domini,and the other as a holocaust to the Lord,ut depreceris pro eis.so that you may intercede for them.

¹²Levitæ quoque ponent manus suas super capita boum,Likewise, the Levites shall place their hands upon the heads of the oxen;e quibus unum facies pro peccato,you shall make use of one of these for sin,et alterum in holocaustum Domini,and the other as a holocaust to the Lord,ut depreceris pro eis.so that you may intercede for them.

¹³Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum ejus,And you shall set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and his sons,et consecrabis oblatos Domino,and you shall consecrate those being offered to the Lord,

¹³Statuesque Levitas in conspectu Aaron et filiorum ejus,And you shall set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and his sons,et consecrabis oblatos Domino,and you shall consecrate those being offered to the Lord,

¹⁴ac separabis de medio filiorum Israël,and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel,ut sint mei.so that they may be for me.

¹⁴ac separabis de medio filiorum Israël,and you shall separate them from the midst of the sons of Israel,ut sint mei.so that they may be for me.

¹⁵Et postea ingredientur tabernaculum fœderis,And after this,ut serviant mihi.they shall enter the tabernacle of the covenant,Sicque purificabisin order to serve me.et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini:And so shall you purify and consecrate them as an oblation to the Lord.quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israël.For they were given to me as a gift from the sons of Israel.

¹⁵Et postea ingredientur tabernaculum fœderis,And after this,ut serviant mihi.they shall enter the tabernacle of the covenant,Sicque purificabisin order to serve me.et consecrabis eos in oblationem Domini:And so shall you purify and consecrate them as an oblation to the Lord.quoniam dono donati sunt mihi a filiis Israël.For they were given to me as a gift from the sons of Israel.

¹⁶Pro primogenitis quæ aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israël, accepi eos.I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

¹⁶Pro primogenitis quæ aperiunt omnem vulvam in Israël, accepi eos.I have accepted them in place of the firstborn which open every womb in Israel.

¹⁷Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israël,For all the firstborn of the sons of Israel,tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis.as much from men as from beasts, are mine.Ex die quo percussi omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti,From the day when I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,sanctificavi eos mihi:I have sanctified them to myself.

¹⁷Mea sunt enim omnia primogenita filiorum Israël,For all the firstborn of the sons of Israel,tam ex hominibus quam ex jumentis.as much from men as from beasts, are mine.Ex die quo percussi omne primogenitum in terra Ægypti,From the day when I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,sanctificavi eos mihi:I have sanctified them to myself.

¹⁸et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israël,And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.

¹⁸et tuli Levitas pro cunctis primogenitis filiorum Israël,And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel.

¹⁹tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis ejus de medio populi,And I have delivered them as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from the midst of the people,ut serviant mihi pro Israël in tabernaculo fœderis,in order to serve me, for Israel, in the tabernacle of the covenant,et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga,and in order to pray for them, lest there be a scourge among the people,si ausi fuerint accedere ad sanctuarium.if they were to dare to approach to my Sanctuary.”

¹⁹tradidique eos dono Aaron et filiis ejus de medio populi,And I have delivered them as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from the midst of the people,ut serviant mihi pro Israël in tabernaculo fœderis,in order to serve me, for Israel, in the tabernacle of the covenant,et orent pro eis ne sit in populo plaga,and in order to pray for them, lest there be a scourge among the people,si ausi fuerint accedere ad sanctuarium.if they were to dare to approach to my Sanctuary.”

²⁰Feceruntque MoysesAnd Moses and Aaron,et Aaronand all the multitude of the sons of Israel,et omnis multitudo filiorum Israël super Levitas quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi:accomplished all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

²⁰Feceruntque MoysesAnd Moses and Aaron,et Aaronand all the multitude of the sons of Israel,et omnis multitudo filiorum Israël super Levitas quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi:accomplished all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

²¹purificatique sunt,And they were purified,et laverunt vestimenta sua.and they washed their garments.Elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini,And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord,et oravit pro eis,and he prayed for them,

²¹purificatique sunt,And they were purified,et laverunt vestimenta sua.and they washed their garments.Elevavitque eos Aaron in conspectu Domini,And Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lord,et oravit pro eis,and he prayed for them,

²²ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum fœderis coram Aaron et filiis ejus.so that, having been purified, they might enter to their duties in the tabernacle of the covenant before Aaron and his sons.Sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis,Just as the Lord had instructed Moses about the Levites,ita factum est.so was it done.

²²ut purificati ingrederentur ad officia sua in tabernaculum fœderis coram Aaron et filiis ejus.so that, having been purified, they might enter to their duties in the tabernacle of the covenant before Aaron and his sons.Sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi de Levitis,Just as the Lord had instructed Moses about the Levites,ita factum est.so was it done.

²³Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

²³Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen,And the Lord spoke to Moses,dicens:saying:

²⁴Hæc est lex Levitarum:“This is the law of the Levites:a viginti quinque annis et supra,From twenty-five years and above,ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo fœderis.they shall enter to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

²⁴Hæc est lex Levitarum:“This is the law of the Levites:a viginti quinque annis et supra,From twenty-five years and above,ingredientur ut ministrent in tabernaculo fœderis.they shall enter to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

²⁵Cumque quinquagesimum annum ætatis impleverint,And when they will have completed the fiftieth year of age,servire cessabunt,they shall cease to serve.

²⁵Cumque quinquagesimum annum ætatis impleverint,And when they will have completed the fiftieth year of age,servire cessabunt,they shall cease to serve.

²⁶eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo fœderis,And they shall be the ministers of their brothers in the tabernacle of the covenant,ut custodiant quæ sibi fuerunt commendata:in order to care for the things that have been commended to them,opera autem ipsa non faciant.but not to perform the works themselves.Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis.So shall you assign the Levites in their duties.”

²⁶eruntque ministri fratrum suorum in tabernaculo fœderis,And they shall be the ministers of their brothers in the tabernacle of the covenant,ut custodiant quæ sibi fuerunt commendata:in order to care for the things that have been commended to them,opera autem ipsa non faciant.but not to perform the works themselves.Sic dispones Levitis in custodiis suis.So shall you assign the Levites in their duties.”