Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen in deserto Sinai in tabernaculo fœderis, prima die mensis secundi, anno altero egressionis eorum ex Ægypto, dicens:

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second month, the second year of their going out of Egypt, saying:

In the second year after the escape from Egypt, on the first day of the second month, the Lord spoke to Moses in the tabernacle which attested his covenant, there in the desert of Sinai, giving him this message:

Tollite summam universæ congregationis filiorum Israël per cognationes et domos suas, et nomina singulorum, quidquid sexus est masculini

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of every one, as many as are of the male sex,

Register the whole people of Israel by their clans and their households and their several names, all that are of the male sex,

a vigesimo anno et supra, omnium virorum fortium ex Israël, et numerabitis eos per turmas suas, tu et Aaron.

From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their troops, thou and Aaron.

of twenty years or more. Count up, thou and Aaron, the warriors of Israel by their companies;

Eruntque vobiscum principes tribuum ac domorum in cognationibus suis,

And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and of the houses in their kindreds,

and from each tribe you shall have one man to help you, the head of a household and of a clan.

quorum ista sunt nomina: de Ruben, Elisur, filius Sedeur;

Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.

These are their names; Elisur son of Sedeur for Ruben,

de Simeon, Salamiel filius Surisaddai;

Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.

Salamiel son of Surisaddai for Simeon,

de Juda, Nahasson filius Aminadab;

Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

Nahasson son of Aminadab for Juda,

de Issachar, Nathanaël filius Suar;

Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar.

Nathanael son of Suar for Issachar,

de Zabulon, Eliab filius Helon;

Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon.

Eliab son of Helon for Zabulon;

filiorum autem Joseph, de Ephraim, Elisama filius Ammiud; de Manasse, Gamaliel filius Phadassur;

And of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Ammiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.

and among the descendants of Joseph, Elisama son of Ammiud for Ephraim, and Gamaliel son of Phadassur for Manasses.

de Benjamin, Abidan filius Gedeonis;

Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.

For Benjamin, Abidan son of Gedeon;

de Dan, Ahiezer filius Ammisaddai;

Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.

for Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammisaddai;

de Aser, Phegiel filius Ochran;

Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.

for Aser, Phegiel son of Ochran;

de Gad, Eliasaph filius Duel;

Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.

for Gad, Eliasaph son of Duel;

de Nephthali, Ahira filius Enan.

Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

for Nephthali, Ahira son of Enan.

Hi nobilissimi principes multitudinis per tribus et cognationes suas, et capita exercitus Israël,

These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:

These were the men chosen out of the whole multitude to represent their tribes and clans, the leaders of Israel’s host.

quos tulerunt Moyses et Aaron cum omni vulgi multitudine:

Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the multitude of the common people:

They were summoned by Moses and Aaron in the presence of the whole multitude,

et congregaverunt primo die mensis secundi, recensentes eos per cognationes, et domos, ac familias, et capita, et nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra,

And assembled them on the first day of the second month, reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty years old and upward,

assembled there on the first day of the second month, and together they made a register by clans and households and families and persons, enrolling each man who was twenty years old or more.

sicut præceperat Dominus Moysi. Numeratique sunt in deserto Sinai.

As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in the desert of Sinai.

All alike were counted, there in the desert of Sinai, as the Lord had bidden Moses count them.

De Ruben primogenito Israëlis per generationes et familias ac domos suas, et nomina capitum singulorum, omne quod sexus est masculini a vigesimo anno et supra, procedentium ad bellum,

Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations and families and houses and names of every head, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

Clan and household that came down from Ruben, Israel’s first-born, could muster warriors of twenty years and more,

quadraginta sex millia quingenti.

Were forty-six thousand five hundred.

forty-six thousand five hundred.

De filiis Simeon per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina et capita singulorum, omne quod sexus est masculini a vigesimo anno et supra, procedentium ad bellum,

Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families, and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names and heads of every one, all that were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go forth to war,

Of Simeon,

quinquaginta novem millia trecenti.

Fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

De filiis Gad per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina singulorum a viginti annis et supra, omnes qui ad bella procederent,

Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Gad,

quadraginta quinque millia sexcenti quinquaginta.

Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

De filiis Juda per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum, per nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Juda,

recensiti sunt septuaginta quatuor millia sexcenti.

Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred.

seventy-four thousand six hundred.

De filiis Issachar, per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum, per nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui ad bella procederent,

Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,

Of Issachar,

recensiti sunt quinquaginta quatuor millia quadringenti.

Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred.

fifty-four thousand four hundred.

De filiis Zabulon per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Zabulon, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Zabulon,

quinquaginta septem millia quadringenti.

Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

De filiis Joseph, filiorum Ephraim per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Among Joseph’s descendants, of Ephraim,

quadraginta millia quingenti.

Forty thousand five hundred.

forty thousand five hundred;

Porro filiorum Manasse per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina singulorum a viginti annis et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Moreover of the sons of Manasses, by the generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth to war,

of Manasses,

triginta duo millia ducenti.

Thirty-two thousand two hundred.

thirty-two thousand two hundred.

De filiis Benjamin per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt nominibus singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Benjamin,

triginta quinque millia quadringenti.

Thirty-five thousand four hundred.

thirty-five thousand four hundred.

De filiis Dan per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt nominibus singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Dan, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Dan,

sexaginta duo millia septingenti.

Sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

De filiis Aser per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt per nomina singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Aser, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Aser,

quadraginta millia et mille quingenti.

Forty-one thousand and five hundred.

forty-one thousand five hundred.

De filiis Nephthali per generationes et familias ac domos cognationum suarum recensiti sunt nominibus singulorum a vigesimo anno et supra, omnes qui poterant ad bella procedere,

Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations and families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

Of Nephthali,

quinquaginta tria millia quadringenti.

Fifty-three thousand four hundred.

fifty-three thousand four hundred.

Hi sunt, quos numeraverunt Moyses et Aaron, et duodecim principes Israël, singulos per domos cognationum suarum.

These are they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the twelve princes of Israel, every one by the houses of their kindreds.

Such was the register Moses and Aaron and the twelve chiefs of Israel made, household by household and family by family;

Fueruntque omnis numerus filiorum Israël per domos et familias suas a vigesimo anno et supra, qui poterant ad bella procedere,

And the whole number of the children of Israel by their houses and families, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to go to war,

so that the whole muster-roll of warriors in Israel, twenty years old or more, by their households and families,

sexcenta tria millia virorum quingenti quinquaginta.

Were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.

was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men.

Levitæ autem in tribu familiarum suarum non sunt numerati cum eis.

But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not numbered with them.

But no family in the tribe of Levi was counted in the reckoning;

Locutusque est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

the Lord had said to Moses,

Tribum Levi noli numerare, neque pones summam eorum cum filiis Israël:

Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel:

Do not count the tribe of Levi, or register them among the sons of Israel.

sed constitue eos super tabernaculum testimonii et cuncta vasa ejus, et quidquid ad cæremonias pertinet. Ipsi portabunt tabernaculum et omnia utensilia ejus: et erunt in ministerio, ac per gyrum tabernaculi metabuntur.

But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Give them charge of the tabernacle that bears record of me, all its appurtenances and all that goes with its worship. It is they who will carry the tabernacle with its appurtenances, they who will attend to the tabernacle and pitch their tents about it.

Cum proficiscendum fuerit, deponent Levitæ tabernaculum; cum castrametandum, erigent. Quisquis externorum accesserit, occidetur.

When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.

The Levites will take the tabernacle down when the order is given for marching, and set it up when the order is given for encamping; no one else must come near it, on pain of death.

Metabuntur autem castra filii Israël unusquisque per turmas et cuneos atque exercitum suum.

And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his troops and bands and army.

Each Israelite will pitch his tent among the regiment, the company, in which he goes to battle;

Porro Levitæ per gyrum tabernaculi figent tentoria, ne fiat indignatio super multitudinem filiorum Israël, et excubabunt in custodiis tabernaculi testimonii.

But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

round the tabernacle itself none but the Levites must encamp, or the whole people of Israel will incur my displeasure; theirs it is to keep watch over the tabernacle that bears record of me.

Fecerunt ergo filii Israël juxta omnia quæ præceperat Dominus Moysi.

And the children of Israel did according to all things which the Lord had commanded Moses.

Such was the Lord’s bidding to Moses, and the sons of Israel faithfully observed it.