Numbers 31:20
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Other Translations of Numbers 31:20
New International Version
20 Purify every garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood."
English Standard Version
20 You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
The Message
20 Purify every piece of clothing and every utensil - everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."
New King James Version
20 Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats' hair, and everything made of wood."
New Living Translation
20 Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 31:20
Commentary on Numbers 31:19-24
(Read Numbers 31:19-24)
The Israelites had to purify themselves according to the law, and to abide without the camp seven days, though they had not contracted any moral guilt, the war being just and lawful, and commanded by God. Thus God would preserve in their minds a dread and detestation of shedding blood. The spoil had been used by Midianites, and being now come into the possession of Israelites, it was fit that it should be purified.