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 also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah.

Uncleanness

Leviticus 15:2
"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean.
Numbers 19:9
"'Then a man who is ceremonially clean must gather up the ashes of the red heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept for the community of the Israelites for use in the water of purification -- it is a purification for sin.
Ezekiel 36:17
"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period.

General references

Exodus 40:7
You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.
Leviticus 15:27
and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 16:19
Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it from the impurities of the Israelites.
Jeremiah 33:8
I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me.
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

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