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Numbers 31:24

Purity

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

23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

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BSB
On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
KJV
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
WEB
You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
ASV
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
DARBY
And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
BLB
And you⁺ shall wash your⁺ clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you⁺ may come into the camp.”
ÅB
Og den syvende dag skal dere vaske deres klær, så blir dere rene; og deretter kan dere komme inn i leiren.
OTB
Vask klærne deres på den syvende dagen, og dere vil være rene; deretter kan dere gå inn i leiren."
B1930
Og den syvende dag skal I tvette eders klær, så blir I rene; og derefter kan I komme inn i leiren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 11:25

    And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

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  • Numbers 19:19

    And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

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  • Leviticus 15:13

    And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.

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  • Leviticus 14:9

    But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

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