19 And as for you, (A)remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, and (B)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 [a]ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses:

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:21 statute

19 “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed(A) must stay outside the camp seven days.(B) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves(C) and your captives. 20 Purify every garment(D) as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood.(E)

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle,(F) “This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses:

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