KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Numbers 31:20 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And purify” | תִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ | Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn | purify |
| “all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “your” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “raiment,” | בֶּ֧גֶד | A covering, also treachery or pillage | raiment |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “that is made” | כְּלִי | Something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) | made |
| “of skins,” | ע֛וֹר | Skin (as naked); by implication, hide, leather | skins |
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “work” | מַֽעֲשֵׂ֥ה | An action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property | work |
| “of goats'” | עִזִּ֖ים | A she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair) | goats |
| “hair,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and all” | וְכָל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “things made” | כְּלִי | Something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon) | things made |
| “of wood.” | עֵ֑ץ | A tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) | wood |
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18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
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