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New King James Version

Numbers 31:20

Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats' hair, and everything made of wood."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Captive;   Defilement;   Dress;   Goat;   Purification;   Sanitation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Goats' Hair;   Purification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Garments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Midianites;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Leather;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and Unclean;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Goat ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eleazar ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Leather;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Goats' Hair;   Provocation;   Slave;   Talmud;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.
King James Version
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Lexham English Bible
You will purify yourselves and every garment and every object of hide and all the work of goats' hair, and every object of wood."
English Standard Version
You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
New Century Version
You must clean all your clothes and anything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."
New English Translation
You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat's hair, and everything made of wood."
Amplified Bible
"You shall purify every garment and every article made of leather and all the things made of goats' hair, and every article made of wood."
New American Standard Bible
"And you shall purify for yourselves every garment, every article of leather, every work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins & al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats' hair and all articles of wood."
Contemporary English Version
Then wash your clothes and anything made from animal skin, goat's hair, or wood."
Complete Jewish Bible
Also purify every garment, whether of skin or goat's hair, and everything made of wood."
Darby Translation
And every garment, and every vessel of skin, and all work of goat's hair, and every utensil of wood shall ye purify.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must wash all of your clothes. You must wash anything made with leather, wool, or wood. You must purify yourselves."
George Lamsa Translation
And purify all your garments and all that is made of skin and all the work of goats hair and all things made of wood.
Good News Translation
You must also purify every piece of clothing and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood."
Christian Standard Bible®
Also purify everything: garments, leather goods, things made of goat hair, and every article of wood.”
Literal Translation
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify them .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all the clothes, and all stuffe that is made of ?kynnes, and all maner furres, and all vessels of wod shal ye purifie.
American Standard Version
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
Bible in Basic English
And every bit of clothing, and anything made of leather or goats' hair or wood, you are to make clean.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And purifie all your raymentes, and that is made of skinnes, and all worke of goates heere, and all thinges made of wood.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify.'
King James Version (1611)
And purifie all your raiment, and all that is made of skinnes, and all worke of goates haire, and all things made of wood.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall purify every garment and every leathern utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel.
English Revised Version
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.
Berean Standard Bible
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat's hair, and every article of wood."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and of al the pray, whether it is clooth, ether vessel, and ony thing maad redi in to thingis perteynynge to vss, of the skynnys and heeris of geet, and `of tre, it schal be clensid.
Young's Literal Translation
and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' [hair], and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
Update Bible Version
And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.
Webster's Bible Translation
And purify all [your] raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood.
World English Bible
As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' [hair], and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.
New Living Translation
Purify all your clothing, too, and everything made of leather, goat hair, or wood."
New Life Bible
You must clean every piece of clothing, everything made of leather, everything made of goats' hair, and everything made of wood."
New Revised Standard
You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, everything made of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Every garment also, and every article of skin and every thing made of goats-hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin).
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of wood, shall be purified.
Revised Standard Version
You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats' hair, and all articles of wood."

Contextual Overview

13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp. 14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle. 15 And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately. 19 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. 20 Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats' hair, and everything made of wood." 21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: 22 "Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

raiment: Numbers 19:14-16, Numbers 19:22, Genesis 35:2, Exodus 19:10

that is made: Heb. instrument, or, vessel

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:7 - goats' hair Numbers 8:7 - wash their Numbers 19:15 - General 1 Chronicles 22:8 - Thou hast shed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And purify all your raiment,.... By washing them; and this may intend not so much their own wearing apparel, as the raiment they took off of the dead bodies of the Midianites, since the person that touched a dead body was not obliged to wash his clothes, but the clean person that sprinkled the water of purification on him, Numbers 19:19, some render the words, "purify yourselves" d, "together with the raiment", c. which seems to be the best version of them:

and all that is made of skins of any sort of creatures, as the covering of tents, shoes, bottles, c. see Leviticus 11:32

and all work of goats' hair such as the covering of tents was also made of: and this, according to Jarchi and other Jewish writers e includes vessels made of the horns, hoofs, and bones of these creatures: and all things made of wood; as beds, cups, dishes, c. all which might be purified by washing see Leviticus 15:12.

d תתחטאו "purgatote vos", Junius Tremellius, Piscator Vid. L'Empereur, Not. ad Kimchii οδοιπορια, p. 130. e Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Celim, c. 2. sect. 1.


 
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