40 Bible Verses about cleansing

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2 Peter 1:9

For the man who has not these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having no memory of how he was made clean from his old sins.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

2 Timothy 2:21

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

Leviticus 15:28

But when her flow of blood is stopped, after seven days she will be clean.

Job 9:30

If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

Isaiah 1:16

Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;

Leviticus 15:13

And when a man who has a flow from his body is made clean from it, he is to take seven days to make himself clean, washing his clothing and bathing his body in flowing water, and then he will be clean.

Hebrews 9:23

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

Joel 3:21

And I will send punishment for their blood, for which punishment has not been sent, for the Lord is living in Zion.

Leviticus 14:1

And the Lord said to Moses,

Ezekiel 43:26

For seven days they are to make offerings to take away sin from the altar and to make it clean; so they are to make it holy.

Mark 7:19

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

Leviticus 16:30

For on this day your sin will be taken away and you will be clean: you will be made free from all your sins before the Lord.

Numbers 19:12

On the third day and on the seventh day he is to make himself clean with the water, and so he will be clean: but if he does not do this on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean.

John 13:10

Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

Ezekiel 44:26

And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.

Leviticus 14:7

And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

Daniel 8:14

And he said to him, For two thousand, three hundred evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be made clean.

Jeremiah 33:8

And I will make them clean from all their sin, with which they have been sinning against me; I will have forgiveness for all their sins, with which they have been sinning against me, and with which they have done evil against me.

Leviticus 14:19

And the priest will give the sin-offering, and take away the sin of him who is to be made clean from his unclean condition; and after that he will put the burned offering to death.

Numbers 35:33

So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

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Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Cleansing

Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual promised

Malachi 3:3

He will take his seat, testing and cleaning the sons of Levi, burning away the evil from them as from gold and silver; so that they may make offerings to the Lord in righteousness.

Cleansing » Ps 51 » Spiritual encouraged

2 Timothy 2:21

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

Cleansing » Ps 51 » Ceremonial

Exodus 40:12

Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

Leviticus 16:26

And the man who takes away the goat for Azazel is to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and then he may come back to the tent-circle.

Hebrews 9:10

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

Exodus 30:20

Whenever they go into the Tent of meeting they are to be washed with water, to keep them from death; and whenever they come near to do the work of the altar, or to make an offering by fire to the Lord,

Leviticus 14:8

And he who is to be made clean will have his clothing washed and his hair cut and have a bath, and he will be clean. And after that he will come back to the tent-circle; but he is to keep outside his tent for seven days.

Cleansing » Desire for » Examples of spiritual

Zechariah 3:4

And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;

Isaiah 6:7

And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.

Cleansing » Desire for » The desire for

John 13:9

Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Water » Cleansing

Ezekiel 16:9

Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.

Joel » Kohathite » Assisted » Cleansing » Temple

2 Chronicles 29:12

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;

Spiritual » Cleansing » Spiritual encouraged

2 Timothy 2:21

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

Spiritual » Cleansing » Composure

Water » Described as » Cleansing

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