Numbers 31:19

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You must remain outside the camp for seven days. Anyone who has killed someone or touched a dead body must purify themselves on the third day and on the seventh day, both you and your captives.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And encamp{H2583} ye without{H2351} the camp{H4264} seven{H7651} days:{H3117} whosoever hath killed{H2026} any person,{H5315} and whosoever hath touched{H5060} any slain,{H2491} purify{H2398} yourselves on the third{H7992} day{H3117} and on the seventh{H7637} day,{H3117} ye and your captives.{H7628}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And do ye abide{H2583}{(H8798)} without{H2351} the camp{H4264} seven{H7651} days{H3117}: whosoever hath killed{H2026}{(H8802)} any person{H5315}, and whosoever hath touched{H5060}{(H8802)} any slain{H2491}, purify{H2398}{(H8691)} both yourselves and your captives{H7628} on the third{H7992} day{H3117}, and on the seventh{H7637} day{H3117}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And lodge without the hoste.vij. dayes all that haue killed any persone and all that haue twiched any dead body and purifye both youre selues and youre presoners the.iij. daye and the.vij.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And lodge ye without the hoost, all yt haue slayne any man, or touched the slayne, that on the thirde and seuenth daie ye maie purifie yor selues and those whom ye haue taken presoners.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And ye shal remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And ye shall remayne without the hoast seuen dayes, all that haue kylled any person, and all that haue touched any dead body, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the thirde day and the seuenth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Encamp you outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Encamp outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Purification After Battle“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 5:2 : 2 Command the Israelites to send every person who has a skin disease, every person with a discharge, and anyone who is ceremonially unclean because of contact with a dead body out of the camp.
  • Num 19:11-22 : 11 Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days. 12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he will not be clean. 13 Anyone who touches a dead body, the lifeless body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the LORD's tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He remains unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him. 14 This is the law: When a person dies in a tent, everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. 15 And every open container that does not have a lid tightly fastened on it shall be unclean. 16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days. 17 For the unclean person, they shall take some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering, and fresh water shall be added to them in a container. 18 Then a clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the people who were there, and on anyone who touched a bone, a slain person, a dead body, or a grave. 19 The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. Then the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening. 20 But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. 21 This shall be a permanent statute for them. The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and anyone who touches the water of purification will remain unclean until evening. 22 Anything that the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will remain unclean until evening.
  • 1 Chr 22:8 : 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 31:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    23 everything that can withstand fire, you must pass through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand fire, you must pass through the water.

    24 On the seventh day you are to wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that, you may enter the camp.

    25 The LORD said to Moses,

  • Num 19:16-20
    5 verses
    80%

    16 Anyone in the open field who touches someone who was killed with a sword, a dead body, a human bone, or a grave shall be unclean for seven days.

    17 For the unclean person, they shall take some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering, and fresh water shall be added to them in a container.

    18 Then a clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the people who were there, and on anyone who touched a bone, a slain person, a dead body, or a grave.

    19 The clean person shall sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. Then the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening.

    20 But if someone is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from the assembly because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

  • Num 31:20
    80%

    20 You must also purify every garment, every leather article, everything made of goat hair, and every wooden article.

  • Num 31:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

    18 But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.

  • Num 19:11-14
    4 verses
    78%

    11 Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days.

    12 He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, he will not be clean.

    13 Anyone who touches a dead body, the lifeless body of a person who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the LORD's tabernacle. That person must be cut off from Israel because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He remains unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

    14 This is the law: When a person dies in a tent, everyone who enters the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days.

  • Lev 16:28
    77%

    28 The person who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward, he may come into the camp.

  • Lev 14:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 The one who is to be cleansed must wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe in water; then they will be clean. After that, they may enter the camp but must stay outside their tent for seven days.

    9 On the seventh day, they must shave off all their hair—their head, their beard, their eyebrows, and all their hair. They must wash their clothes and bathe their body in water, and then they will be clean.

  • Num 5:2-4
    3 verses
    76%

    2 Command the Israelites to send every person who has a skin disease, every person with a discharge, and anyone who is ceremonially unclean because of contact with a dead body out of the camp.

    3 Send both men and women away; send them outside the camp so that they do not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.

    4 The Israelites did so and sent them away outside the camp, as the Lord had instructed Moses; they did exactly as the Lord commanded.

  • Num 8:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

    7 This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.

  • Ezek 44:26
    74%

    26 After he is cleansed, he is to wait seven days.

  • Num 19:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7 Afterward, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water. Then he may enter the camp, but he shall remain unclean until evening.

    8 The one who burns the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall remain unclean until evening.

    9 A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and place them outside the camp in a clean place. They shall be kept for the Israelite community for use in the water of purification; it is a purification offering.

  • Lev 17:3
    73%

    3 Anyone from the house of Israel who sacrifices an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp, or outside the camp,

  • Deut 23:9-12
    4 verses
    73%

    9 The children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.

    10 When you go out as a camp against your enemies, be careful to avoid anything evil.

    11 If there is a man among you who becomes unclean due to a nocturnal emission, he must go outside the camp and not reenter it.

    12 At evening, he must wash himself with water, and after sunset, he may return to the camp.

  • Deut 23:14
    73%

    14 You must have a tool among your equipment so that when you go outside the camp to relieve yourself, you can dig a hole with it and cover up your excrement.

  • Josh 7:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.’

    14 In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord selects shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord selects shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord selects shall come forward man by man.

  • Lev 8:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 You must not leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.

    34 The Lord commanded what has been done today in order to make atonement for you.

  • Lev 15:31
    73%

    31 You must warn the Israelites about their impurity, so they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.

  • Num 19:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall take it outside the camp and slaughter it in his presence.

    4 Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

  • Lev 15:13
    72%

    13 When the man with the discharge becomes clean, he must count seven days for his purification, wash his clothes, bathe himself in fresh water, and he will be clean.

  • Deut 21:10
    72%

    10 When you go out to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God gives them into your hand and you take captives,

  • Num 9:7
    72%

    7 and those men said to him, "We are unclean because of contact with a dead body. Why should we be excluded from presenting the LORD's offering at its appointed time with the rest of the people of Israel?"

  • Num 6:9
    71%

    9 If someone dies suddenly beside them, making their head of dedication unclean, they must shave their head on the day of their purification—the seventh day.

  • Lev 17:15
    71%

    15 Anyone, whether native or foreigner, who eats an animal that died naturally or was torn by wild animals must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and they will remain unclean until evening. Then they will be clean.

  • Lev 15:27
    71%

    27 Anyone who touches them will be unclean. They must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will remain unclean until evening.

  • Ezek 9:6
    71%

    6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

  • Ezek 43:26
    71%

    26 For seven days, they shall make atonement for the altar, purify it, and consecrate it.

  • Exod 29:35
    71%

    35 Do for Aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.

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    19 When a woman has her menstrual period, her flow of blood will make her unclean for seven days. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.