¹⁹ Moses said, ‘Any soldier who has killed someone, or who has touched a dead body is unclean. He must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must wash yourselves to become clean. You must do the same thing to your Midianite prisoners. ²⁰ You must also make these things clean: any clothes or anything made from leather, wool or wood.’

²¹ Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers, ‘This is the rule that the Lord told Moses: