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Numbers 31:20

Purity

18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.

21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

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BSB
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
KJV
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
WEB
You shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
ASV
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats` [hair], and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
DARBY
And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
BLB
And every garment, and everything made of leather, and everything woven of goats’ [hair], and every wood vessel, you⁺ shall cleanse yourselves from sin.”
ÅB
Og alle klær og alt som er gjort av skinn eller av geitehår, og alle trekar skal dere rense.
OTB
Rens hvert plagg, hver gjenstand av skinn, alt laget av geitehår, og hver treartikkel."
B1930
Og alle klær og alt som er gjort av skinn eller av gjetehår, og alle trekar skal I rense.

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  • Genesis 35:2

    Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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  • Exodus 19:10

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

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  • Numbers 19:14–16

    This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

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  • Numbers 19:22

    And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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