And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
The verse stands in the account of Israel's war with the Midianites as one of the regulations governing the division of the spoil. It belongs to Israel's first taking of captives in Midian, when Israel marched into Midian, slew all the males, and seized the women, children, flocks, and herds. After Moses reprimanded the army for disobeying God's command by sparing the grown women, all but the virgins and children were put to death, and those remaining were reserved for adoption into the families of the nation and not for enslavement. It shows that no secret sin can be hidden from God.
The verse stands in the account of Israel's war with the Midianites as one of the regulations governing the division of the spoil. It belongs to Israel's first taking of captives in Midian, when Israel marched into Midian, slew all the males, and seized the women, children, flocks, and herds. After Moses reprimanded the army for disobeying God's command by sparing the grown women, all but the virgins and children were put to death, and those remaining were reserved for adoption into the families of the nation and not for enslavement. It shows that no secret sin can be hidden from God.