Numbers 31:23

“everything that can go into the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean; only with the water of impurity it shall be purified. And everything that cannot go into the fire you shall pass through the water.”

Numbers 31:23 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 31:23, word by word

everythingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

Where else “davar” appears
can goיָבֹאyavo

enter

To go into a place.

Where else “yavo” appears
into the fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

Where else “esh” appears
you shall passתַּעֲבִירוּtaaviru

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

Where else “taaviru” appears
and it shall be cleanטָהֵרtaher

be clean

To be free of uncleanness under the law.

Where else “taher” appears
with the waterמֵיme

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

Where else “me” appears
of impurityנִדָּהnida

impurity

Something defiling; or water for cleansing.

Where else “nida” appears
it shall be purifiedיִתְחַטָּאyitchata

purify

To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.

Where else “yitchata” appears

The context

22Only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 · This verse (above)

24And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”

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