Numbers 31:24

Numbers 31:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
• New International Version (NIV)On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”

Context of Numbers 31:24

22Any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead— 23anything that won’t burn—must be put through fire in order to make it clean. Then it must also be put through the ritual water in order to take away its sin. Whatever might burn must ⌞only⌟ be put through the ritual water. On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.” 25The Lord said to Moses, 26“You, the priest Eleazar, and the heads of the families of the community need to count all the loot, including the people and animals you captured.

Numbers 31:24 word by word

וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧ם בִּגְדֵיכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם וְאַחַ֖ר תָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall washכָּבַסkâbas · to washH3526
• your clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• on the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and ye shall be cleanטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• and afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• ye shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264

Cross-references for Numbers 31:24

• Numbers 19:19A person who is clean will sprinkle these types of unclean people on the third day and the seventh day. On the seventh day the clean person will finish taking away their sins. Then they must wash their clothes and bodies, and in the evening they will be clean.
• Leviticus 11:25Whoever carries any part of their dead bodies must wash his clothes. He will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 14:9On the seventh day he must shave off all the hair on his head, his beard, and his eyebrows, and he must wash his clothes and body. Then he will be clean.
• Leviticus 15:13“When a man’s discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean.

Commentaries on Numbers 31:24

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-24Verses 19-24 The Israelites had to purify themselves according to the law, and to abide without the camp seven days, though they had not contracted any moral guilt, the war being just and lawful, and commanded by God. Thus God would preserve in their minds a dread and detestation of shedding blood. The spoil had been used by Midianites, and being now come into the possession of Israelites, it was fit that it should be purified.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-24Israelite soldiers who touched dead bodies became ceremonially unclean (ritually impure). They had to go through the required purification rituals. These rituals were routine, but they were important. They also had to purify their equipment (see 5:1–4; 19:1–22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2419-24. abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person ... purify both yourselves and your captives--Though the Israelites had taken the field in obedience to the command of God, they had become defiled by contact with the dead. A process of purification was to be undergone, as the law required (Le 15:13; Nu 19:9-12), and this purifying ceremony was extended to dress, houses, tents, to everything on which a dead body had lain, which…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 31:24

• Armies
• Purification
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Commentaries on Numbers 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings