Num 31:13 | TNotes | STEP | 31:13 outside the camp: Probably to keep from contaminating the Tabernacle and all of the people, the returning troops were subjected to purification rituals because of their contact with corpses (31:19-24 ).

b31:19-24►

‏ Numbers 31:13

31:13 ^a outside the camp: Probably to keep from contaminating the Tabernacle and all of the people, the returning troops were subjected to purification rituals because of their contact with corpses (31:19-24 ^b).