Numbers 31 · Verse 20

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.
Numbers 31:20, King James Version

Numbers 31:20 in other translations

BSBAnd purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
WEBYou shall purify every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' hair, and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
DARBYAnd every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
BBEAnd every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.
WebsterAnd purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

What does Numbers 31:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 31:19-24

19-24. 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…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 31:19-24

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.

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Numbers 31:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
בֶּ֧גֶדBe.gedgarmentH899
וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
כְּלִי\־ke.li-article ofH3627
ע֛וֹרorhideH5785
וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Sehproduct ofH4639
עִזִּ֖ים'i.Zimgoat hair<s>H5795
וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
כְּלִי\־ke.li-article ofH3627
עֵ֑ץ'EtzwoodH6086
תִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ\׃\ \סtit.cha.Ta.'uyou will purify yourselvesH2398

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Cross references for Numbers 31:20

  • 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:

  • 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,

  • 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. And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
raiment.
19:14-16,22; Ge 35:2; Ex 19:10
that is made. Heb. instrument, or, vessel.

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Context

  • Numbers 31:19

    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.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 31:21

    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;

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Numbers 31:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo purificaréis todo vestido, y toda prenda de pieles, y toda obra de pelos de cabra, y todo vaso de madera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous purifierez tout vêtement, et tout objet fait de peau, et tout ouvrage en poil de chèvres, et tout ustensile de bois.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und alle Kleider und alles Gerät von Fell und alle Arbeit von Ziegenhaar und alles Gerät von Holz sollt ihr entsündigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et de omni præda, sive vestimentum fuerit, sive vas, et aliquid in utensilia præparatum, de caprarum pellibus, et pilis, et ligno, expiabitur.