Numbers 31:24

24 On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”

Numbers 31:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
ESV
24 You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp."
NLT
24 On the seventh day you must wash your clothes and be purified. Then you may return to the camp.”
MSG
24 On the seventh day scrub your clothes; you will be ritually clean. Then you can return to camp."
CSB
24 On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the 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, lead
23 and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.
24 On the seventh day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the camp.”
25 The LORD said to Moses,
26 “You and Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the people and animals that were captured.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Leviticus 11:25
  • 2. S Leviticus 14:8
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