Numbers 31:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Numbers 31:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Numbers 31:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Numbers 31:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.”
Numbers 31:23 — World English Bible
Numbers 31:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water. ”
Numbers 31:23 — American Standard Version
Numbers 31:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;”
Numbers 31:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Numbers 31:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“everything that passeth through the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; only it shall be purified with the water of separation; and everything that cannot pass through the fire ye shall make go through the water. ”
Numbers 31:23 — Darby Translation
Numbers 31:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Euen all that may abide the fire, yee shall make it goe through the fire, and it shalbe cleane: yet, it shalbe purified with the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, yee shall cause to passe by the water.”
Numbers 31:23 — Geneva Bible
Numbers 31:23 in Context — Numbers 31
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,
23 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.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
What Does Numbers 31:23 Mean?
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