Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
Passover
Before
To purify
Bible References
Passover
John 2:13
Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)
Exodus 12:11
This is how you are to eat it -- dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
Before
John 7:8
You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived."
John 12:1
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
Ezra 3:1
When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1
all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.
To purify
John 2:6
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
Genesis 35:2
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes.
Exodus 19:10
The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
Numbers 9:6
It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.
1 Samuel 16:5
He replied, "Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 30:17
Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord.
Job 1:5
When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.
Psalm 26:6
I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,
Acts 24:18
which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
1 Corinthians 11:28
A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup.
Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,
James 4:8
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.