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The OT recognises a close link between outer cleanliness and inner purity. In the NT, special emphasis is placed on inner purity resulting from spiritual renewal.
Lev 10:10-11 See also Isa 35:8; Isa 52:1,11; Mk 7:2,4
Childbirth Lev 12:2 See also Lev 12:5; Lk 2:22
Sexual intercourse Ex 19:15; Lev 15:18; 1Sa 21:4
Seminal emission Lev 15:16-17; Dt 23:10-11; 1Sa 20:26
Menstruation Lev 15:19-20; 2Sa 11:2-4; Eze 18:6
Abnormal discharge Lev 15:1-2,25-27; Mt 9:20 pp Mk 5:25 pp Lk 8:43
Dead bodies Nu 19:11-16
Unclean creatures Ge 7:2 See also Lev 11:24,46-47; Dt 14:3; Hos 9:3
Skin diseases Lev 13:45 See also Mt 8:2-4 pp Mk 1:40-44 pp Lk 5:12-14
Mildew Lev 14:36
Contact with a sin offering Lev 16:26
Lev 14:8 See also Lev 16:26; Nu 19:17-21,9,17-21; Nu 31:22-23 Fire is also a purifying agent.
Ex 19:10 See also Ex 19:14-15; Ex 30:18-21; Heb 10:22
Mt 15:11 pp Mk 7:15 What concerns God is moral impurity, associated with actions, not ritual impurity, associated with food, etc. See also Ac 10:12-15; Ac 21:26 Paul took part in Jewish purification rites in accordance with his Jewish heritage; Ro 14:14; Gal 2:11-12 Peter temporarily relapsed into the habit of treating Gentiles as unclean; Gal 2:14-15; 1Ti 4:4
1065 | God, holiness of |
4351 | refining |
4859 | white |
6606 | access to God |
7340 | clean and unclean |
7342 | cleanliness |
7416 | purification |
7424 | ritual law |
7426 | ritual washing |
7478 | washing |
8201 | blamelessness |
8204 | chastity |