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Numbers 11: The Camp of the Israelites (Vulgate and RSV)

[Num 11:1] interea ortum est murmur populi quasi dolentium pro labore contra Dominum quod cum audisset iratus est et accensus in eos ignis Domini devoravit extremam castrorum partem

[Num 11:2] cumque clamasset populus ad Mosen oravit Moses Dominum et absortus est ignis

[Num 11:3] vocavitque nomen loci illius Incensio eo quod succensus fuisset contra eos ignis Domini

[Num 11:1] And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes; and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

[Num 11:2] Then the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire abated.

[Num 11:3] So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them.

[Num 11:4] vulgus quippe promiscuum quod ascenderat cum eis flagravit desiderio sedens et flens iunctis sibi pariter filiis Israhel et ait quis dabit nobis ad vescendum carnes

[Num 11:5] recordamur piscium quos comedebamus in Aegypto gratis in mentem nobis veniunt cucumeres et pepones porrique et cepae et alia

[Num 11:6] anima nostra arida est nihil aliud respiciunt oculi nostri nisi man

[Num 11:7] erat autem man quasi semen coriandri coloris bdellii

[Num 11:8] circuibatque populus et colligens illud frangebat mola sive terebat in mortario coquens in olla et faciens ex eo tortulas saporis quasi panis oleati

[Num 11:9] cumque descenderet nocte super castra ros descendebat pariter et man

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[Num 11:4] Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, "O that we had meat to eat!

[Num 11:5] We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;

[Num 11:6] but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

[Num 11:7] Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.

[Num 11:8] The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.

[Num 11:9] When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.

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[Num 11:16] et dixit Dominus ad Mosen congrega mihi septuaginta viros de senibus Israhel quos tu nosti quod senes populi sint ac magistri et duces eos ad ostium tabernaculi foederis faciesque ibi stare tecum

[Num 11:17] ut descendam et loquar tibi et auferam de spiritu tuo tradamque eis ut sustentent tecum onus populi et non tu solus graveris

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[Num 11:24] venit igitur Moses et narravit populo verba Domini congregans septuaginta viros de senibus Israhel quos stare fecit circa tabernaculum

[Num 11:25] descenditque Dominus per nubem et locutus est ad eum auferens de spiritu qui erat in Mosen et dans septuaginta viris cumque requievisset in eis spiritus prophetaverunt nec ultra cessarunt

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[Num 11:31] ventus autem egrediens a Domino arreptas trans mare coturnices detulit et dimisit in castra itinere quantum uno die confici potest ex omni parte castrorum per circuitum volabantque in aere duobus cubitis altitudine super terram

[Num 11:32] surgens ergo populus toto die illo et nocte ac die altero congregavit coturnicum qui parum decem choros et siccaverunt eas per gyrum castrorum

[Num 11:33] adhuc carnes erant in dentibus eorum nec defecerat huiuscemodi cibus et ecce furor Domini concitatus in populum percussit eum plaga magna nimis

[Num 11:34] vocatusque est ille locus sepulchra Concupiscentiae ibi enim sepelierunt populum qui desideraverat egressi autem de sepulchris Concupiscentiae venerunt in Aseroth et manserunt ibi

[Num 11:16] And the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.

[Num 11:17] And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone.

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[Num 11:24] So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and placed them round about the tent.

[Num 11:25] Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did so no more.

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[Num 11:31] And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and it brought quails from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

[Num 11:32] And the people rose all that day, and all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

[Num 11:33] While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

[Num 11:34] Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.

[Num 11:35] From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they remained at Hazeroth.

 


Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring 2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/ for more info.
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