Thematic Bible: Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Thematic Bible
Metals » Ceremonially cleansed by fire
Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to battle, "This is the legal statute the Lord commanded Moses: Only the gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead- everything that can withstand fire-put through fire, and it will be clean. It must still be purified with the purification water. Anything that cannot withstand fire, put through the water.