19. And remain beyond the camp for seven days. Whoever has killed a man, or who has touched one that was killed, shall be purified on the third day and on the seventh day.
20. And all of the spoils, whether it is a garment, or a vessel, or another useful thing, made from the pelts or hair of goats, or from wood, shall be expiated."
21. Likewise, Eleazar the priest spoke in this manner to the men of the army who had fought: "This is the precept of the law, which the Lord has commanded Moses:
22. Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
23. and all that may be able to pass through fire, shall be purified by fire. But whatever is not able to sustain fire shall be sanctified with the waters of expiation.
24. And you shall wash your garments on the seventh day, and, after having been purified, you shall enter the camp."
25. And the Lord also said to Moses:
26. "Take the sum of those things which were captured, from man even to beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the common people.