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On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives. <a href="/nlt/numbers/31.htm">New Living Translation</a> And all of you who have killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must purify yourselves and your captives on the third and seventh days. <a href="/esv/numbers/31.htm">English Standard Version</a> Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/bsb/numbers/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives. <a href="/kjv/numbers/31.htm">King James Bible</a> And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. <a href="/nkjv/numbers/31.htm">New King James Version</a> And as for you, remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/nasb_/numbers/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And as for you, camp outside the camp for seven days; whoever has killed a person and whoever has touched anyone killed, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/nasb/numbers/31.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/nasb77/numbers/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/lsb/numbers/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/amp/numbers/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Camp outside the camp for seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any dead body, purify yourselves and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/csb/numbers/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day. <a href="/hcsb/numbers/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to remain outside the camp for seven days. All of you and your prisoners who have killed a person or touched the dead are to purify yourselves on the third day and the seventh day. <a href="/asv/numbers/31.htm">American Standard Version</a> And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. <a href="/cev/numbers/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Then Moses said to the soldiers, "If you killed anyone or touched a dead body, you are unclean and have to stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third and seventh days, you must go through a ceremony to make yourselves and your captives clean. <a href="/erv/numbers/31.htm">English Revised Version</a> And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. <a href="/gwt/numbers/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Everyone who killed a person or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp seven days. You and your prisoners of war must use the ritual water on the third and seventh days in order to take away your sin. <a href="/gnt/numbers/31.htm">Good News Translation</a> Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured. <a href="/isv/numbers/31.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Now you are to stay outside the camp for seven days, after which any of you who has killed a person or touched someone who was killed may purify yourselves on the third day. You and your captives will be pure on the seventh day. <a href="/msb/numbers/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives. <a href="/net/numbers/31.htm">NET Bible</a> "Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. <a href="/nheb/numbers/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Encamp outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives. <a href="/wbt/numbers/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whoever hath killed any person, and whoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. <a href="/web/numbers/31.htm">World English Bible</a> “Encamp outside of the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/numbers/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you, encamp at the outside of the camp [for] seven days; any who has slain a person, and any who has come against a pierced one, cleanse yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day—you and your captives; <a href="/ylt/numbers/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives; <a href="/slt/numbers/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And encamp ye without the camp seven days: every one killing a soul, and every one touching upon the wounded, ye shall be purified in the third day, and in the seventh day, ye and your captivity.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/numbers/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day. <a href="/cpdv/numbers/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And remain beyond the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a man, or who has touched one that was killed, shall be purified on the third day and on the seventh day. <a href="/nabre/numbers/31.htm">New American Bible</a> “Moreover, remain outside the camp for seven days; every one of you who has killed anyone or touched someone killed will purify yourselves on the third and on the seventh day—both you and your captives. <a href="/nrsvce/numbers/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Camp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person or touched a corpse, purify yourselves and your captives on the third and on the seventh day.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/numbers/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And as for you, you shall abide outside the camp seven days; whosoever has killed any person and whosoever has touched any slain purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day, <a href="/hpbt/numbers/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But you dwell outside of the camp seven days; everyone who kills a person and everyone who approaches one killed, sprinkle upon him in the third day and in the seventh day, you and your captives.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/numbers/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And encamp ye without the camp seven days; whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. <a href="/sep/numbers/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And ye shall encamp outside the great camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and ye and your captivity shall purify yourselves on the seventh day. <a href="/parallel/numbers/31-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=9559" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/numbers/31.htm">Vengeance on Midian</a> …18but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man. 19<a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">All of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2026.htm" title="2026: hō·rêḡ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To kill, slay. A primitive root; to smite with deadly intent.">who have killed</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">a person</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵōl (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5060.htm" title="5060: nō·ḡê·a‘ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to touch, i.e. Lay the hand upon; by implication, to reach; violently, to strike.">or touched</a> <a href="/hebrew/2491.htm" title="2491: be·ḥā·lāl (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Pierced, polluted. From chalal; pierced; figuratively, polluted.">the dead</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tem (Conj-w:: Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: ḥă·nū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">are to remain</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7992.htm" title="7992: haš·šə·lî·šî (Art:: Number-oms) -- Ordinal from shalowsh; third; feminine a third; by extension, a third; specifically, a third-story cell).">On the third</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">and the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇay·yō·wm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: tiṯ·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-2mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">you are to purify</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">both yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/7628.htm" title="7628: ū·šə·ḇî·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2mp) -- Exiled, captured, exile, booty. From shbuw; exiled; captured; as noun, exile; by extension, booty.">and your captives.</a> 20And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Leviticus 15:13</a> When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean. <a href="/deuteronomy/23-10.htm">Deuteronomy 23:10-11</a> If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside. / When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp. <a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm">Leviticus 11:25</a> and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. <a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Leviticus 14:8-9</a> The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. / On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair—his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean. <a href="/leviticus/17-15.htm">Leviticus 17:15</a> And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean. <a href="/leviticus/22-4.htm">Leviticus 22:4-6</a> If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen, / or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— / the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-12</a> Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days. / He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean. <a href="/numbers/19-16.htm">Numbers 19:16</a> Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days. <a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4-5</a> “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” / David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!” <a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4</a> Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-19.htm">2 Chronicles 30:19</a> who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.” <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Isaiah 52:11</a> Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/44-25.htm">Ezekiel 44:25-27</a> A priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so, / and after he is cleansed, he must count off seven days for himself. / And on the day he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he must present his sin offering, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/matthew/8-4.htm">Matthew 8:4</a> Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” <a href="/mark/1-44.htm">Mark 1:44</a> “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And do you abide without the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.abide.<a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Numbers 5:2</a> Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:<a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11</a> He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.<a href="/1_chronicles/22-8.htm">1 Chronicles 22:8</a> But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/22-19.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/numbers/31-13.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/31-12.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/numbers/21-13.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/31-8.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/numbers/31-13.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/numbers/19-20.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/numbers/29-36.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/numbers/31-17.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/numbers/28-14.htm">Third</a> <a href="/numbers/19-22.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/numbers/31-18.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/31-23.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/31-26.htm">Captives</a> <a href="/numbers/33-5.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/numbers/35-6.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/numbers/35-5.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/numbers/31-36.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/31-24.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/numbers/35-27.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Third</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/14-8.htm">Touched</a> <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 31</div>1. <a href="/numbers/31-1.htm">The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain</a> 13. <a href="/numbers/31-13.htm">Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive</a> 19. <a href="/numbers/31-19.htm">How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified</a> 25. <a href="/numbers/31-25.htm">The proportion in which the prey is to be divided</a> 48. <a href="/numbers/31-48.htm">The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead This phrase addresses the issue of ritual impurity associated with death, a significant concern in the Israelite community. In the ancient Near Eastern context, contact with death was seen as defiling, necessitating purification. This reflects the broader biblical theme of life and death, where God is associated with life and holiness, and death is a result of sin (<a href="/genesis/2-17.htm">Genesis 2:17</a>, <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). The requirement for purification underscores the holiness of God and the need for His people to be ceremonially clean.are to remain outside the camp for seven days The instruction to remain outside the camp emphasizes the separation required due to impurity. The camp represents the dwelling place of God among His people (<a href="/numbers/5-3.htm">Numbers 5:3</a>), and impurity cannot coexist with His holiness. The seven-day period is significant, as the number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection in the Bible (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>). This period allows for a complete cycle of purification, ensuring that those who are defiled are fully cleansed before re-entering the community.On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify The purification process on the third and seventh days involves ritual washing and possibly the use of the ashes of a red heifer mixed with water, as described in <a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11-12</a>. The third day may symbolize a period of initial cleansing, while the seventh day represents the completion of the purification process. This dual cleansing highlights the thoroughness required to restore purity and the importance of following God's specific instructions for holiness.both yourselves and your captives This requirement extends the need for purification beyond the Israelites to include their captives, indicating the universality of God's standards of holiness. It reflects the broader biblical principle that God's laws and expectations apply to all people, not just His chosen nation (<a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Exodus 12:49</a>). This also foreshadows the New Testament teaching that salvation and sanctification through Christ are available to all, Jew and Gentile alike (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>). The inclusion of captives in the purification process may also serve as a type of Christ's redemptive work, where He purifies and redeems all who come to Him, regardless of their background.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were commanded to purify themselves after battle. 2. <a href="/topical/m/midianites.htm">Midianites</a> The people against whom the Israelites waged war, as instructed by God. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who conveyed God's commands regarding purification. 4. <a href="/topical/c/camp_of_israel.htm">Camp of Israel</a> The dwelling place of the Israelites, which was to remain holy and separate from impurity. 5. <a href="/topical/p/purification_ritual.htm">Purification Ritual</a> A process involving a seven-day period and specific actions on the third and seventh days to cleanse from defilement.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a> God calls His people to be holy and separate from sin and impurity. This command to purify after contact with death underscores the seriousness of maintaining holiness. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> The Israelites' adherence to purification laws demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's instructions, even when they may seem burdensome or ritualistic. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing.htm">Spiritual Cleansing</a> Just as the Israelites needed physical purification, believers today require spiritual cleansing through repentance and the blood of Christ. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> The command to purify not only oneself but also the captives highlights the communal aspect of holiness and the responsibility to lead others in righteousness. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_numbers.htm">Symbolism of Numbers</a> The use of the third and seventh days in the purification process symbolizes completeness and divine perfection, pointing to the thoroughness required in spiritual cleansing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 31</a> <a href="/q/bible_on_refusing_medical_treatment.htm">What happened to the Midianite virgins in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_a_red_heifer_mean_biblically.htm">What does a red heifer symbolize in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_hilkiah_in_the_bible.htm">What does Rachel weeping for her children signify?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_midianite_captives'_capture.htm">Numbers 31:32-35: Is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting the capture of such a large number of Midianite captives?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - Do ye abide without the camp. In this case at any rate the law of לִמְסָר־מַעַל 19:11 sq. was to be strictly enforced. And your captives, i.e., the women and children who were spared. No peculiar rites are here prescribed for the reception of these children of idolaters into the holy nation with which they were to be incorporated beyond the usual lustration with the water of separation. In after times they would have been baptized. <a href="/commentaries/numbers/31-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>All of you כֹּל֩ (kōl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who have killed הֹרֵ֨ג (hō·rêḡ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2026.htm">Strong's 2026: </a> To smite with deadly intent a person נֶ֜פֶשׁ (ne·p̄eš) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion or touched נֹגֵ֣עַ (nō·ḡê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5060.htm">Strong's 5060: </a> To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike the dead בֶּֽחָלָ֗ל (be·ḥā·lāl) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2491.htm">Strong's 2491: </a> Pierced, polluted are to remain חֲנ֛וּ (ḥă·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp outside מִח֥וּץ (mi·ḥūṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors the camp לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה (lam·ma·ḥă·neh) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> An encampment, an army for seven שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days. יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day On the third הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֙ (haš·šə·lî·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7992.htm">Strong's 7992: </a> Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) day בַּיּ֤וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day and the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> Seventh (an ordinal number) day וּבַיּ֣וֹם (ū·ḇay·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you are to purify תִּֽתְחַטְּא֞וּ (tiṯ·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn [both] yourselves אַתֶּ֖ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you and your captives. וּשְׁבִיכֶֽם׃ (ū·šə·ḇî·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7628.htm">Strong's 7628: </a> Exiled, captured, exile, booty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/numbers/31-19.htm">Numbers 31:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/numbers/31-19.htm">OT Law: Numbers 31:19 Encamp you outside of the camp seven (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/31-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 31:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 31:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/31-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 31:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 31:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>