# to purify them Here "them" refers to the Levites. # Sprinkle the water of atonement on them Moses sprinkling water on them was symbolic of their atonement. AT: "Sprinkle on their the water that symbolizes atonement" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]]) # wash their clothes The Levites are supposed to wash their own clothes. You can make clear the understood information. AT: "then make them wash their clothes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])