Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

The house

Bible References

The house

Zechariah 12:7
The Lord shall save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah.

Uncleanness

Leviticus 15:2
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, his discharge is unclean.
Numbers 19:9
Now a man who is [ceremonially] clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the Israelites shall keep it for water to remove impurity; it is [to be used for] purification from sin.
Ezekiel 36:17
“Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their [own] behavior and by their [idolatrous] actions. Their conduct before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman during her [physical] impurity.

General references

Exodus 40:7
You shall set the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and put water in it.
Leviticus 15:27
And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 16:19
With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on the altar of burnt offering seven times and cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
Jeremiah 33:8
I will cleanse them from all their wickedness (guilt) by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon (forgive) all their sins by which they rebelled against Me.
Matthew 5:4
“Blessed [forgiven, refreshed by God’s grace] are those who mourn [over their sins and repent], for they will be comforted [when the burden of sin is lifted].