Numbers 31:23
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Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
In other translations
Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
Hebrew words
כָּל־kol-everyH3605דָּבָרdavarthingH1697אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834יָבֹאyavo'it will goH935בָאֵשׁva'eshin the fireH784תַּעֲבִירוּta'aviruyou will make passH5674בָאֵשׁva'eshin the fireH784וְטָהֵרvetaherand it will be pureH2891אַךְ'akhneverthelessH389בְּמֵיbemeiby [the] water ofH4325נִדָּהnidahimpurityH5079יִתְחַטָּאyitchata'it will purify itselfH2398וְכֹלvekholand allH3605אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָבֹאyavo'it will goH935בָּאֵשׁba'eshin the fireH784תַּעֲבִירוּta'aviruyou will make passH5674בַמָּיִם׃vamayimin the waterH4325
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