Numbers 31:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־דָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־יָבֹ֣א בָאֵ֗שׁ תַּעֲבִ֤ירוּ בָאֵשׁ֙ וְטָהֵ֔ר אַ֕ךְ בְּמֵ֥י נִדָּ֖ה יִתְחַטָּ֑א וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָבֹ֛א בָּאֵ֖שׁ תַּעֲבִ֥ירוּ בַמָּֽיִם׃

Transliteration

Every-dābār which-yābōʾ in-the-ʾēš taʿăbîrû in-the-ʾēš and-be-ṭāhēr, only in-mê niddāh yitḥaṭṭāʾ; and-all which not-yābōʾ in-the-ʾēš taʿăbîrû in-the-māyim.

Grammar Details

• *dābār*: masculine singular noun - thing/matter/word
• *yābōʾ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will come/enter
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - fire
• *taʿăbîrû*: Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall pass through/transfer
• *ṭāhēr*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be clean/pure
• *mê*: masculine plural construct noun - waters of
• *niddāh*: feminine singular noun - impurity/separation
• *yitḥaṭṭāʾ*: Hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be purified
• *māyim*: masculine plural noun with definite article - water

Word Meanings

• *dābār*: thing/matter/word/object
• *taʿăbîrû*: pass through/transfer/cause to pass
• *niddāh*: impurity/separation/menstruation/ceremonial impurity
• *yitḥaṭṭāʾ*: be purified/cleanse itself/be decontaminated

Referenced Verses

• Num 19:9 : 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
• Num 19:17 : 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
• 1 Cor 3:13 : 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
• Eph 5:26 : 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; 6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
• 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
• 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us(not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
• 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
• Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
• Isa 43:2 : 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
• Mal 2:2-3 : 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
• Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
• Lev 11:32 : 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed.
• Lev 15:17 : 17 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.
• Num 8:7 : 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.