The Meaning of Numbers 31:24 Explained

Numbers 31:24

KJV: And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

YLT: and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'

Darby: And ye shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterwards ye may come into the camp.

ASV: And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Numbers 31:24?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Numbers 31:24 mean?

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What is the context of Numbers 31:24?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

What does Numbers 31:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 31:21-54 - The Disposition Of The Spoils Of War

This law, which subjected the victors to a whole week of separation and to special purification, instead of an immediate welcome into the camp, was intended to wean the Hebrews from the practice of war, giving them a higher standard than that of surrounding nations. Thus God educates us, by placing before us an ever higher standard, as we are able to obey it. It is easy to say hard things against this treatment of Midian, but extermination is sometimes the only way to safety.

For us the lesson is one of rigid separation. Some may be able to stand God's searching fire; but others cannot bear that flame. Yet these may not go altogether free. See Numbers 31:23. As strangers and pilgrims we must abstain from fleshly lusts. God demands our holiness, but discriminates in the method of producing it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 31

¹ The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain
¹³ Moses is angry with the officers, for saving the women alive
¹⁹ How the soldiers, with their captives and spoil, are to be purified
²⁵ The proportion in which the prey is to be divided
⁴⁸ The voluntary offering unto the treasure of the Lord

What do the individual words in Numbers 31:24 mean?

And you shall wash your clothes on the day seventh and be clean and afterward you may come into the camp -

וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧ם בִּגְדֵיכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם וְאַחַ֖ר תָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה פ

וְכִבַּסְתֶּ֧ם	And you shall wash
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural Root: כָּבַס Sense: to wash (by treading), be washed, perform the work of a fuller.
בִּגְדֵיכֶ֛ם	your clothes
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: בֶּגֶד Sense: treachery, deceit.
בַּיּ֥וֹם	on the day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י	seventh
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular Root: שְׁבִיעִי Sense: seventh.
וּטְהַרְתֶּ֑ם	and be clean
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural Root: טָהֵר Sense: to be clean, be pure.
וְאַחַ֖ר	and afterward
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
תָּבֹ֥אוּ	you may come
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֶל־	into
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה	the camp
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular Root: מַחֲנֶה Sense: encampment, camp.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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