Numbers 31:23
Everything that can withstand eish, ye shall make it go through the eish, and it shall be tahor; nevertheless it shall be purified with the mayim of niddah; and all that can not withstand the eish ye shall make go through the mayim.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22Only the zahav, and the kesef, the nechoshet, the barzel, the bedil, and the oferet,
Cross References
Exodus 19:14So Moshe came down from HaHar unto HaAm, and set apart as kodesh HaAm; and they washed their clothes.
Leviticus 15:17And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the shikhvat zera, shall be immersed with mayim, and be tamei until the erev.
Numbers 19:9And a man that is tahor shall gather up the ashes of the cow, and lay them up outside the machaneh in a makom tahor, and it shall be in safekeeping for HaEdah Bnei Yisroel for water of sprinkling; it is for sin-purification.
Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the mayim, I will be with thee; 1 and through the neharot, they shall not overflow thee: 1 when thou walkest through the eish, thou shalt not be burned; 1 neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 1
Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, 1 and if ye will not take it to lev, 1 to give kavod unto My name, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 I will even send a me'erah (curse) upon you, 1 and I will curse your brakhot; yea, 1 I have cursed them already, 1 because ye do not take it to lev. 1
1 Corinthians 3:13The ma'aseh (work) of each bannai will become evident, for, haYom + 3:13 Yom haDin will make it have its hisgalus, because by Eish (Fire) it is revealed; and the Eish (Fire) itself will test the quality of each oneʼs ma'aseh. + 3:13 Num 31:22,23; Jer 23:28,29; Mal 3:3
Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:14-25
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the… Read the whole commentary →