Purification
24 references
- (Sanitary and symbolical)
- For women
- Before marriage Esth. 2:12
- After childbirth Lev. 12:6-8; Luke 2:22
- After menstruation Lev. 15:19-33; 2 Sam. 11:4
- Of the Jews before the Passover celebration John 11:55
- For those who had recently killed someone in battle Num. 31:19-24
- Of Levites, see below
- Of lepers
- See Leprosy
- By fire, for things that resist fire Num. 31:23
- By blood Exod. 24:5-8; Lev. 14:6,7; Heb. 9:12-14,19-22
- By abstaining from sexual intercourse Exod. 19:15
- Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water Lev. 1:9,13; 9:14; 2 Chr. 4:6
- Penalty to be imposed upon those who do not observe the ordinances concerning Lev. 7:20,21; Num. 19:13,20
- Water of Num. 19:17-21; 31:23
- Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency Deut. 21:6; Ps. 26:6; Matt. 27:24
- Traditions of the elders concerning Matt. 15:2; Mark 7:2-5,8,9; Luke 11:38
- Of Paul, to show his fidelity to the law Acts 21:24,26
- FIGURATIVE Ps. 26:6; 51:7; Ezek. 36:25; Heb. 10:22
- See Ablution
- See Defilement
- See Sanitation
- SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Gen. 35:2; Exod. 19:10,14; 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12,30-32; Lev. 8:6; 14:8,9; 15:4-13,16-27; 16:4,24,26,28; 17:15; 22:3; Num. 8:6,7,21; 19:7,8,19; 2 Chr. 4:6; Matt. 15:2; Mark 7:2-9; Heb. 9:10
From Nave's Topical Bible (1896). Public domain.