Numeri 31:19

19 E voi accampatevi per sette giorni fuori del campo; chiunque ha ucciso qualcuno e chiunque ha toccato una persona uccisa, si purifichi il terzo e il settimo giorno: e questo, tanto per voi quanto per i vostri prigionieri.

Numeri 31:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:19

And do ye abide without the camp seven days.
&c.] Which was the time that anyone that touched a dead body remained unclean, ( Numbers 19:11 ) ,

whosoever hath killed any person;
as most of them if not all must have done; all the males of Midian that fell into their hands being slain by them, that were men grown:

and whosoever hath touched any slain;
as they must to strip them of their garments, and take their spoil from them:

purify both yourselves and your captives, on the third and on the
seventh day;
which were the days appointed for the purification of such that were polluted by touching dead bodies, ( Numbers 19:11 ) and their captives, which were the female little ones; (for as for the women, and males among the little ones, they were ordered to be slain;) though they were Heathens, yet inasmuch as they were to be for the service of the Israelites, and to be brought up in their religion, they were to be purified also; to which purpose is the note of Jarchi;

``not that the Gentiles receive uncleanness and need sprinkling, but as ye are the children of the covenant, so your captives, when they come into the covenant, and are defiled, need sprinkling.''

Numeri 31:19 In-Context

17 Or dunque uccidete ogni maschio tra i fanciulli, e uccidete ogni donna che ha avuto relazioni carnali con un uomo;

18 ma tutte le fanciulle che non hanno avuto relazioni carnali con uomini, serbatele in vita per voi.

19 E voi accampatevi per sette giorni fuori del campo; chiunque ha ucciso qualcuno e chiunque ha toccato una persona uccisa, si purifichi il terzo e il settimo giorno: e questo, tanto per voi quanto per i vostri prigionieri.

20 Purificherete anche ogni veste, ogni oggetto di pelle, ogni lavoro di pel di capra e ogni utensile di legno".

21 E il sacerdote Eleazar disse ai soldati ch’erano andati alla guerra: "Questo è l’ordine della legge che l’Eterno ha prescritta a Mosè: