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Numbers 31:24

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 31:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
Numbers 31:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 31

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
21And 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:
22howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.
24And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
26Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers` [houses] of the congregation;
27and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, etc.] As the leper did, (<031409>Leviticus 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.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 19:19; Lev 11:25, Lev 14:9, Lev 15:13 Numbers 31:26”
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