HOLY BIBLE: Numbers 35 (original) (raw)

16 ἐὰν δὲ ἐν σκεύει σιδήρου πατάξῃ αὐτόν καὶ τελευτήσῃ φονευτής ἐστιν θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτής 17 ἐὰν δὲ ἐν λίθῳ ἐκ χειρός ἐν ᾧ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐτῷ πατάξῃ αὐτόν καὶ ἀποθάνῃ φονευτής ἐστιν θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτής 18 ἐὰν δὲ ἐν σκεύει ξυλίνῳ ἐκ χειρός ἐξ οὗ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐτῷ πατάξῃ αὐτόν καὶ ἀποθάνῃ φονευτής ἐστιν θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονευτής 19 ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα οὗτος ἀποκτενεῖ τὸν φονεύσαντα ὅταν συναντήσῃ αὐτῷ οὗτος ἀποκτενεῖ αὐτόν 20 ἐὰν δὲ δ{I'} ἔχθραν ὤσῃ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπιρρίψῃ ἐ{P'} αὐτὸν πᾶν σκεῦος ἐξ ἐνέδρου καὶ ἀποθάνῃ 21 ἢ διὰ μῆνιν ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν τῇ χειρί καὶ ἀποθάνῃ θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ πατάξας φονευτής ἐστιν θανάτῳ θανατούσθω ὁ φονεύων ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα ἀποκτενεῖ τὸν φονεύσαντα ἐν τῷ συναντῆσαι αὐτῷ 22 ἐὰν δὲ ἐξάπινα οὐ δ{I'} ἔχθραν ὤσῃ αὐτὸν ἢ ἐπιρρίψῃ ἐ{P'} αὐτὸν πᾶν σκεῦος οὐκ ἐξ ἐνέδρου 23 ἢ παντὶ λίθῳ ἐν ᾧ ἀποθανεῖται ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ εἰδώς καὶ ἐπιπέσῃ ἐ{P'} αὐτόν καὶ ἀποθάνῃ αὐτὸς δὲ οὐκ ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ ἦν οὐδὲ ζητῶν κακοποιῆσαι αὐτόν 24 καὶ κρινεῖ ἡ συναγωγὴ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ πατάξαντος καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ αἷμα κατὰ τὰ κρίματα ταῦτα 25 καὶ ἐξελεῖται ἡ συναγωγὴ τὸν φονεύσαντα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀγχιστεύοντος τὸ αἷμα καὶ ἀποκαταστήσουσιν αὐτὸν ἡ συναγωγὴ εἰς τὴν πόλιν τοῦ φυγαδευτηρίου αὐτοῦ οὗ κατέφυγεν καὶ κατοικήσει ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας ὃν ἔχρισαν αὐτὸν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῷ ἁγίῳ 26 ἐὰν δὲ ἐξόδῳ ἐξέλθῃ ὁ φονεύσας τὰ ὅρια τῆς πόλεως εἰς ἣν κατέφυγεν ἐκεῖ 27 καὶ εὕρῃ αὐτὸν ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα ἔξω τῶν ὁρίων τῆς πόλεως καταφυγῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ φονεύσῃ ὁ ἀγχιστεύων τὸ αἷμα τὸν φονεύσαντα οὐκ ἔνοχός ἐστιν 28 ἐν γὰρ τῇ πόλει τῆς καταφυγῆς κατοικείτω ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν τὸν ἱερέα τὸν μέγαν ἐπαναστραφήσεται ὁ φονεύσας εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς κατασχέσεως αὐτοῦ 29 καὶ ἔσται ταῦτα ὑμῖν εἰς δικαίωμα κρίματος εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατοικίαις ὑμῶν

16 In such causes, anyone who struck a deadly blow with a weapon of iron must be reckoned a murderer, and put to death; 17 and the penalty is all the same if the deadly blow was struck with a stone, 18 or with a piece of wood. 19 Any kinsman of the dead man may strike the murderer down, strike him down without more ado as soon as he meets him. 20 Anyone, that is, who thrusts at a man out of malice, or lies in wait for him and discharges a weapon at him, 21 or makes a deadly assault on him because they are enemies, is a murderer, to be struck down by the kinsmen of the dead man as soon as they meet him. 22 But if it was by chance, without any malice 23 or feud between them, 24 and this is proved in the hearing of the people, after due consideration of the pleas brought by the slayer and by the dead man’s kin, 25 then he is innocent, and must be rescued from the avenger’s power. He must be taken back, by award of the court, to his city of refuge, and make his abode there until the death of the high priest then anointed. 26 Once the slayer leaves the confines of the sanctuary town, 27 anyone who has a feud against him may strike him down wherever he meets him, without incurring guilt; 28 he should have remained in his city of refuge until the high priest died. On the high priest’s death, the slayer is free to return home. 29 These laws shall hold good among you everywhere and always.

16 Si quis ferro percusserit, et mortuus fuerit qui percussus est, reus erit homicidii, et ipse morietur. 17 Si lapidem jecerit, et ictus occubuerit, similiter punietur. 18 Si ligno percussus interierit, percussoris sanguine vindicabitur. 19 Propinquus occisi, homicidam interficiet: statim ut apprehenderit eum, interficiet. 20 Si per odium quis hominem impulerit, vel jecerit quippiam in eum per insidias: 21 aut cum esset inimicus, manu percusserit, et ille mortuus fuerit: percussor homicidii reus erit: cognatus occisi statim ut invenerit eum, jugulabit. 22 Quod si fortuitu, et absque odio 23 et inimicitiis quidquam horum fecerit, 24 et hoc audiente populo fuerit comprobatum, atque inter percussorem et propinquum sanguinis quæstio ventilata: 25 liberabitur innocens de ultoris manu, et reducetur per sententiam in urbem, ad quam confugerat, manebitque ibi, donec sacerdos magnus, qui oleo sancto unctus est, moriatur. 26 Si interfector extra fines urbium, quæ exulibus deputatæ sunt, 27 fuerit inventus, et percussus ab eo qui ultor est sanguinis: absque noxa erit qui eum occiderit. 28 Debuerat enim profugus usque ad mortem pontificis in urbe residere. Postquam autem ille obierit, homicida revertetur in terram suam. 29 Hæc sempiterna erunt, et legitima in cunctis habitationibus vestris.

[1] In view of 18.20, it may perhaps be inferred that the Levites farmed for their own maintenance, not for profit.

[2] ‘Yards’ and ‘cubits’ in the Latin both translate the same word in the Hebrew. If we follow the Hebrew text, it is difficult to reconcile the directions given in verses 4 and 5 and it seems likely that there has been some corruption.

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Nihil Obstat. Father Anton Cowan, Censor.
Imprimatur. +Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. 8th January 2012.
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