And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
Numbers 31:20 belongs to the account of Israel's war against Midian and commands the purification of all clothing and of everything made of skins, goats' hair, and wood. Numbers 31:7-47 records Israel's first taking of captives, when Israel marched into Midian, slew all the males, and seized the women, children, flocks, and herds. Moses rebuked Israel for disobeying God's command by sparing the grown women; all but the virgins and children were then put to death, and the survivors were reserved for adoption into the families of the nation, not for enslavement.
The destruction of Midian's women was due not only to their own corruption but to their power and purpose to corrupt others. In the chapter's distribution of captured people and animals, the word soul is used for both people and animals.
Numbers 31:20 belongs to the account of Israel's war against Midian and commands the purification of all clothing and of everything made of skins, goats' hair, and wood.
Numbers 31:7-47 records Israel's first taking of captives, when Israel marched into Midian, slew all the males, and seized the women, children, flocks, and herds.
Moses rebuked Israel for disobeying God's command by sparing the grown women; all but the virgins and children were then put to death, and the survivors were reserved for adoption into the families of the nation, not for enslavement.
The destruction of Midian's women was due not only to their own corruption but to their power and purpose to corrupt others.
In the chapter's distribution of captured people and animals, the word soul is used for both people and animals.