22 Bible Verses about Purifying Oneself

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Leviticus 12:4

She must stay at home for thirty-three days in order to be made clean from her bleeding. She must not touch anything holy or go into the holy place until the days needed to make her clean are over.

Leviticus 12:5

When a woman gives birth to a girl, she will be unclean as in her monthly period. She will be unclean for two weeks. Then she must stay at home for sixty-six days in order to be made clean from her bleeding.

Ezekiel 44:26

After a priest is made clean, he must wait seven days.

Leviticus 15:5-30

Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.read more.
Should a man who has a discharge spit on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean. Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken. When he touches a wooden bucket it must be rinsed. When a man's discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean. He must take two mourning doves or two pigeons and come into Jehovah's presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting on the eighth day. He will give these birds to the priest. The priest will sacrifice one as an offering for sin and the other as a burnt offering. Thus in Jehovah's presence, the priest will pay compensation for the wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for the man who had a discharge. If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body. He will be unclean until evening. Any clothes or any leather with semen on it must be washed. It will be unclean until evening. When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and has an emission of semen, they must wash themselves. They will be unclean until evening. When a woman has her monthly period, she will be unclean for seven days. Those who touch her will be unclean until evening. Everything she lies on or sits on during her period will be unclean. Those who touch her bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who touch anything she sits on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. If her blood touches anything on the bed or anything she sits on, it will be unclean until evening. If a man has sexual intercourse with her while she has her period, he will be unclean for seven days. Any bed he lies on will become unclean. When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days other than her monthly period, she is unclean. If her period lasts longer than usual, she will be unclean as long as she has a discharge. It is similar to her period. As long as she has a discharge, any bed she lies on or anything she sits on is unclean. It is similar to her period. Those who touch these things are unclean and must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. When her discharge stops she must wait seven days. After that she will be clean. She must take two mourning doves or two pigeons on the eighth day and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The priest will offer one as an offering for sin and the other as a burnt offering. So in Jehovah's presence the priest will pay compensation for wrongdoing and make peace with Jehovah for the woman who had an unclean discharge.'

Hebrews 6:2

We should not repeat the basic teachings about baptisms, and of the laying on of hands (setting apart for holy tasks), and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Numbers 31:19-24

Everyone who killed a person or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp seven days. You and your prisoners of war must use the ritual water on the third and seventh days in order to take away your sin. You must do the same for all the clothes and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood. Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle: This is what Jehovah's Law told Moses to do:read more.
Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead, everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it will be clean. It must be purified with water for impurity. Anything that cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water. You must wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean. After that you may enter the camp.

Mark 1:44

Do not talk to anyone along the way. Take the offering the Law of Moses requires for those healed of leprosy. That way everyone will have proof of your healing.

Luke 2:22

Following the days of their purification according to the Law of Moses they brought him up to Jerusalem. There they would present him to God.

2 Samuel 11:4

So David sent messengers to get her. She came to him and they had sexual intercourse. She had just cleansed herself after her monthly period. Then she went home.

Ezra 6:20

the priests and the Levites made themselves clean together. They were all clean when they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

Nehemiah 12:30

The priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the gateways and the wall.

Nehemiah 13:22

I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the gates and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

Mark 7:4

When they come from the marketplace they wash themselves before they eat. They follow many other rules. They wash their cups, and brass pots, and other vessels.

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.

Hebrews 10:2

If it could, it would cease to be offered. Once the worshipers were cleansed they would have no awareness of sin anymore.

John 11:55

It was the Jewish Passover. Many went out of the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

Acts 21:26

Then Paul took the men and became purified with them. They went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

John 2:6

Six stone water jars were placed there to honor purification rules of the Jews. Each contained more than twenty gallons.

John 3:25

There was a controversy between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.

Acts 21:24

Take these men and join in on their purification rites. Let them shave their heads. All will know there is no truth in the things they have heard about you, that you walk orderly and keep the law.

Joshua 22:17

Do you remember our sin at Peor, when Jehovah punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Was that not enough sin?

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