Numbers 31:21 · King James Version
Numbers 31:21 in the Original Hebrew
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Numbers 31:21 in Other Translations
| KJV | And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; |
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| WEB | Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses: |
| ASV | And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: |
| YLT | And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, ‘This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: |
| WBT | And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; |
| DBY | And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses. |
Commentary on Numbers 31:21
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Numbers 31:19–24
abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person . . . purify both yourselves and your captives--Though the Israelites had taken the field in obedience to the command of God, they had become defiled by contact with the dead. A process of purification was to be undergone, as the law required (Lev 15:13; Num 19:9-12), and this purifying ceremony was extended to dress, houses, tents, to everything on which a dead body had lain, which had been touched by the blood-stained hands of the Israelitish warriors, or which had been the property of idolaters. This became a standing ordinance in all time coming (Lev 6:28; Lev 11:33; Lev 15:12).
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Questions about Numbers 31:21
What does Numbers 31:21 say?
Numbers 31:21 in the King James Version reads: “And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;” Read it in the full context of Numbers 31, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Numbers 31:21 found in the Bible?
Numbers 31:21 is in the book of Numbers, chapter 31, verse 21, in the Old Testament.
What Bible translation is Numbers 31:21 shown in?
This is the King James Version (KJV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Numbers 31:21 in the table on this page.
And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day,.... As the leper did, Lev 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.