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
The Passover of the Jews was at hand and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
John 5:1
After this the Jews had a Festival (holy day), and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 6:4
It was time for the Passover feast of the Jews.
Exodus 12:11
Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah's Passover.'
Before
John 7:8
You go to this feast. I will not go to this feast for my time has not yet come.
John 12:1
Six days before the Passover Jesus traveled to Bethany. This was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus raised from the dead.
Ezra 3:1
When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 8:1
When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. All the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the Water Gate. They requested Ezra the scribe that he would bring them the book of the Law of Moses that Jehovah gave to Israel.
To purify
John 2:6
Six stone water jars were placed there to honor purification rules of the Jews. Each contained more than twenty gallons.
Genesis 35:2
Jacob said to his family and those who were with him: Get rid of the foreign gods that you have. Wash yourselves until you are ritually clean. Change your clothes.
Exodus 19:10
Jehovah continued: Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes.
Numbers 9:6
There were some men who had become unclean from touching a dead body. They could not celebrate the Passover that day. They went to Moses and Aaron.
1 Samuel 16:5
Greetings, he replied, I have come to sacrifice to Jehovah. Perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and come with me to the sacrifice. He performed the ceremonies for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 30:17
Many people in the assembly had not made themselves holy. So the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all who were not clean and could not make their lambs holy for Jehovah.
Job 1:5
The morning after each feast, Job would get up early to offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.
Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Jehovah.
Acts 24:18
Some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple. There was neither crowd nor disturbance!
1 Corinthians 11:28
Let a man examine himself before he eats of that bread, and drinks of that cup.
Hebrews 9:13
The blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes from the burning of a young cow, sprinkled on the unclean made them outwardly clean.
James 4:8
Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic).