Dictionary of Bible Themes – 7416 purification
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7416 purification

7416 purification

Cleansing from sin or uncleanness, by means of ritual washing under the old covenant, but through the blood of Jesus Christ under the new covenant.

Purification from uncleanness

After contact with something unclean Lev 11:39-40 See also Lev 15:1-12,19-23; Lev 17:15-16; Nu 19:10-20

After disease Lev 15:13-15 See also Lev 14:1-32

After childbirth and menstruation Lk 2:22 See also Lev 12:1-8; 2Sa 11:2-4

Purification from sin

1Jn 1:7 See also Nu 19:1-9; Job 1:5; Heb 1:3; Heb 9:16-24; 1Jn 1:9

Purification of people

Priests and Levites Ezr 6:20 See also Ex 30:18-21; Lev 16:24-28; Nu 8:5-22; Nu 19:7; 2Ch 4:6; Ne 12:30; Ne 13:22,30

Lay people Ac 21:24-26 See also Ge 35:1-2; Nu 19:20; Nu 31:19; 2Ch 30:13-20; Isa 66:17

Purification of inanimate objects

The temple 2Ch 34:8 See also 2Ch 29:15-19; Ne 13:6-9; Eze 45:18-20

Sacred objects Ex 29:36 See also Lev 8:15; 1Ch 23:28

Other items Lev 14:48-53 See also Nu 31:19-24

Purification of precious metals

Ps 12:6 See also Mal 3:3

Purification of the inner person

2Co 7:1 See also Mk 7:2-8; Ac 15:5-11; Tit 2:11-14; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 1:22; 1Jn 3:3

See also

4303metals
4351refining
4826fire
5226basin
5297disease
5390leprosy
5715menstruation
6020sin
7340clean and unclean
7342cleanliness
7348defilement
7390Levites
7422ritual
7426ritual washing
7478washing
7766priests
7903baptism
8266holiness
8324purity