Numbers 31:21

21 And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all ye me of warre which went out to batayle: this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses:

Numbers 31:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 31:21

And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war, which went to
the battle
To all the soldiers, officers, and common men:

this is the ordinance of the law, which the Lord commanded Moses;
concerning the purification of unclean persons and things, hereby confirming what Moses had said.

Numbers 31:21 In-Context

19 And lodge without the hoste .vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone and all that haue twiched any dead body and purifye both youre selues and youre presoners the .iij. daye and the .vij.
20 And sprinkle all youre raymentes and all that is made of skynnes and all worke of gootes heer ad all thynges made of wodd.
21 And Eleazer the preast sayed vnto all ye me of warre which went out to batayle: this is the ordinaunce of the lawe which the Lorde commaunded Moses:
22 Gold syluer brasse yeron tyn and leed
23 and all that maye abyde ye fyre ye shall make it goo thorow the fyre ad then it is cleane. Neuerthelater it shalbe sprinkled with sprinklinge water. And all yt soffereth not the fyre ye shall make goo thorow the water.
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