But the Lord said to me, ‘David, you have fought many wars and you have killed many people. So you can’t build a temple for my name.
Numbers 31:19 - Easy To Read Version And then, all of you men who killed other people must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must stay outside the camp even if you just touched a dead body. On the third day, you and your prisoners must make yourselves pure. You must do the same thing again on the seventh day. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. 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. Common English Bible You will remain outside the camp for seven days. Everyone among you or your captives who has killed a person or touched a corpse must purify themselves on the third and seventh days. Catholic Public Domain Version And remain beyond the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a man, or who has touched one that was killed, shall be purified on the third day and on the seventh day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified the third day and the seventh day. |
But the Lord said to me, ‘David, you have fought many wars and you have killed many people. So you can’t build a temple for my name.
You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man.
You must wash all of your clothes. You must wash anything made with leather, wool, or wood. You must become pure.”
“I command the people of Israel to keep their camp free from sickness and disease. Tell the people to send away from the camp any person who has a bad skin disease. [78] Tell them to send away from the camp any person who has a discharge. [79] And tell them to send away from their camp any person who has touched a dead body.