KJV King James Version
And purify all [your] raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ [hair], and all things made of wood.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Numbers 31:20
And purify all [your] raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ [hair], and all things made of wood.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
WEB World English Bible
As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats’ hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.’
Surrounding context — Numbers 31
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
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.
20 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,
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.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְכָל־H3605 · kolallבֶּ֧גֶדH899 · be.gedtreacheryוְכָל־H3605 · kolallכְּלִי־H3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilע֛וֹרH5785 · orskinוְכָל־H3605 · kolallמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workעִזִּ֖יםH5795 · ezgoatוְכָל־H3605 · kolallכְּלִי־H3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilעֵ֑ץH6086 · etstree: woodתִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ סH2398 · cha.tato sin
Cross-references
Numbers 19:14-16This [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.Numbers 19:22And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth [it] shall be unclean until even.Genesis 35:2Then 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:Exodus 19:10And 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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