Numbers 31:24

24 On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp."

Numbers 31:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:24

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day
As the leper did, ( Leviticus 14:9 ) :

and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp;
into the camp of Israel, into the camp of the Levites, and into the camp of God, the tabernacle.

Numbers 31:24 In-Context

22 Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead
23 - and anything else that can survive fire - must be passed through the fire; then it will be ritually purified. It must also be ritually washed in the Water-of-Cleansing. Further, whatever cannot survive fire must be put through that water.
24 On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp."
25 God said to Moses,
26 "I want you and Eleazar the priest and the family leaders in the community to count the captives, people and animals.
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