Numbers 31:20 Meaning
And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
Context Explained
18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
19And 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.
20And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.
21And 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;
22Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Hebrews 9:13-14
Both verses discuss the concept of purification, with Hebrews explaining the ultimate purification through Christ.
1 Peter 1:15-16
Peter calls believers to be holy, echoing the theme of purification in this verse.
Source: Numbers 31:20