Purification

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Sanitary and symbolical)
• For women
• Before marriageEsther 2:12
• After childbirthLeviticus 12:6–8Luke 2:22
• After menstruationLeviticus 15:19–332 Samuel 11:4
• Of the Jews before the Passover celebrationJohn 11:55
• For those who had recently killed someone in battleNumbers 31:19–24
• Of Levites, see below
• Of lepers
• See Leprosy
• By fire, for things that resist fireNumbers 31:23
• By bloodExodus 24:5–8Leviticus 14:6Leviticus 14:7Hebrews 9:12–14Hebrews 9:19–22

The passages, in Bible order (61)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 35:2

   So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 35:22 voices

   “After he was called by God, Jacob ascends to Bethel, that is, to the house of God (this is how the name Bethel is interpreted), offers sacrifices to God and is declared chief and master of the holy rites. He teaches his successors and descendants how they must enter the house of God. He orders the foreign gods to be rejected like dung and filth and to change the garments. It is fitting for us to do likewise when we are called before God, or enter the divine temple, especially in the time of the holy baptism.

   “Put away the strange gods - אלהי הנכר elohey hannechar, the gods of the foreigners, which were among them. Jacob’s servants were all Syrians, and no doubt were addicted less or more to idolatry and superstition.

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2. Exodus 19:10

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

   ›Commentary on Exodus 19:102 voices

   “Sanctify the people - As Job before sent and sanctified his sons, Job i, 5. Sanctify them, that is, call them off from their worldly business, and call them to religious exercises, meditation and prayer, that they may receive the law from God's mouth with reverence and devotion.

   “However, even the people had to be purified two or three days beforehand, so as to come clean to the sacrifice, as we read in the Old Testament. They even used to wash their clothes. If such regard was paid in what was only the figure, how much ought it to be shown in the reality! Learn then, priest and Levite, what it means to wash your clothes. You must have a pure body wherewith to offer up the sacraments.

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3. Exodus 19:14

   When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

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4. Exodus 19:15

   “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

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5. Exodus 24:5–8

   Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 24:5–81 voice

   “Young men of the children of Israel - See Exo 19:22; Exo 28:1; Lev 1:5. Burnt offerings ... peace offerings - The burnt offerings Lev. 1 figured the dedication of the nation to Yahweh, and the peace offerings Lev. 3 their communion with Yahweh and with each other.

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6. Exodus 29:4

   Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 29:42 voices

   “The high priest washes himself, then offers incense; for Aaron was first washed, then became high priest. For how could one who had not yet been cleansed by water pray for others? Further, the laver had been set within the tabernacle, as a symbol of baptism.

   “Those that would perfect holiness must cleanse themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, 2 Cor. vii. They were now washed all over; but afterwards, when they went in to minister, they washed only their hands and feet ( ch. xxx. 19 ); for he that is washed needs no more, John xiii.

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7. Exodus 30:18–21

   “You are to make a bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. Set it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it,

   ›Commentary on Exodus 30:18–212 voices

   “Exo 38:8. The bronze for the “Laver of brass” and its foot was supplied from the bronze mirrors of the women who voluntarily gave up these articles of luxury. Bronze mirrors were much used by the ancient Egyptians. No hint is given as to the form of the laver. The brazen sea and the ten lavers that served the same purpose in the temple of Solomon, were elaborately worked in artistic designs and are minutely described 1Ki 7:23-

   “A laver of brass - כיור kiyor sometimes signifies a caldron, 1Sa 2:14; but it seems to signify any large round vessel or basin used for washing the hands and feet. There were doubtless cocks or spigots in it to draw off the water, as it is not likely the feet were put into it in order to be washed. The foot of the laver must mean the pedestal on which it stood.

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8. Exodus 40:12

   Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

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9. Exodus 40:30–32

   He placed the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing;

   ›Commentary on Exodus 40:30–321 voice

   “And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar,.... Of which position, see Exo 30:18. and put water there to wash withal; for the priests to wash their hands and feet with; a type of that laver or fountain opened for the house of David and inhabitants of Jerusalem to wash in, Zec 13:1.

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10. Leviticus 1:9

    The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 1:91 voice

    “The parts which were washed were the stomach, and bowels, and feet, divided from the carcass at the knee-joint. The priest shall burn - The verb here translated burn, is applied exclusively to the burning of the incense, to the lights of the tabernacle, and to the offerings on the altar. The primary meaning of its root seems to be to exhale odor. (See the margin of Lev 24:2; Exo 30:8).

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11. Leviticus 1:13

    The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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12. Leviticus 7:20

    But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 7:201 voice

    “That eateth - Knowingly; for if it were done ignorantly, a sacrifice was accepted for it. Not being cleansed from his uncleanness according to the appointment, chap. xi, 24, &c. This verse speaks of uncleanness from an internal cause, as by an issue, &c. for what was from an external cause is spoken of in the next verse.

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13. Leviticus 7:21

    If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

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14. Leviticus 8:6

    Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 8:61 voice

    “Washed them with water - Moses caused them to bathe entirely (compare Lev 16:4), not merely to wash their hands and feet, as they were to do in their daily ministrations. See the marginal reference. This bathing, which the high priest had also to go through on the day of atonement, was symbolic of the spiritual cleansing required of all 2Co 7:1, but especially of those who had to draw near to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people Heb 7:26; Mat 3:15.

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15. Leviticus 9:14

    He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar.

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16. Leviticus 12:6–8

    When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

    ›Commentary on Leviticus 12:6–81 voice

    “For a son or a daughter - For the birth of a son, or of a daughter: but the purification was for herself, as appears from the following verses. A sin-offering - Because of her ceremonial uncleanness, which required a ceremonial expiation.

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