Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:
King James Version
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;
Holman Bible
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, “This is the legal statute the Lord commanded Moses:
International Standard Version
Eleazar the priest told the soldiers who had gone to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law that the LORD commanded Moses
A Conservative Version
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which LORD has commanded Moses:
American Standard Version
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:
Amplified
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:
Bible in Basic English
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had been to the fight, This is the rule of the law which the Lord has given to Moses:
Darby Translation
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war that had gone to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
Julia Smith Translation
And Eleazar the priest will say to the men of war coming from the battle, This the law of instruction which Jehovah commanded Moses:
King James 2000
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of the battle who came from the war, "This [is] the decree of the law that Yahweh commanded Moses.
Modern King James verseion
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to battle, This is the ordinance of the law which Jehovah commanded Moses.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Eleazar the priest said unto all the men of war which went out to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses:
NET Bible
Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law that the Lord commanded Moses:
New Heart English Bible
Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses:
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses:
Webster
And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
World English Bible
Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, "This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses:
Youngs Literal Translation
And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:
Themes
Armies » March in ranks » Purifications
the Armies of israel » Purified on returning from war
Brass » Taken in war » Cleansed by fire
Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Purification » For those who had recently killed someone in battle
Topics
Interlinear
Chuqqah
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 31:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Purification After Battle
20 You must do the same for all the clothes and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood. 21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, “This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses: 22 Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead,
Cross References
Numbers 30:16
These are the laws Jehovah gave Moses for husbands and wives, and for fathers with young daughters still living at home.