Numbers 31 · Verse 24

Numbers 31:24

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
Numbers 31:24, King James Version

Numbers 31:24 in other translations

BSBOn the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
WEBYou shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.”
ASVAnd ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
YLTand ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'
DARBYAnd ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.
BBEAnd on the seventh day, after washing your clothing, you will be clean, and then you may come into the tent-circle.
WebsterAnd ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

What does Numbers 31:24 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 31:24 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.

וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧םve.khi.bas.Temand you will washH3526
בִּגְדֵיכֶ֛םbig.dei.Khemclothes yourH899
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'I<the> seventhH7637
וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑םu.te.har.Temand you will be pureH2891
וְאַחַ֖רve.'a.Charand afterH310
תָּבֹ֥אוּta.Vo.'uyou will comeH935
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה\׃\ \פHa.ma.cha.Nehthe campH4264

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Cross references for Numbers 31:24

  • Leviticus 11:25

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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19:19; Le 11:25; 14:9; 15:13

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Context

  • Numbers 31:23

    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.

  • Numbers 31:24

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

  • Numbers 31:25

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Numbers 31:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Además lavaréis vuestros vestidos el séptimo día, y así seréis limpios; y después entraréis en el campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et vous laverez vos vêtements le septième jour, et vous serez purs; et, après cela, vous entrerez dans le camp.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und am siebten Tage sollt ihr eure Kleider waschen, und ihr werdet rein sein; und danach möget ihr ins Lager kommen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et lavabitis vestimenta vestra die septimo, et purificati postea castra intrabitis.