Numbers 19:12

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He must purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, then he will not be clean.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 31:19 : 19 Purification After Battle“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow.
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.
  • Hos 6:2 : 2 He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence.
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • 1 Cor 15:3-4 : 3 For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received– that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, 4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
  • Exod 19:11 : 11 and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people,“Be ready for the third day. Do not approach your wives for marital relations.”
  • Lev 7:17 : 17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire on the third day.
  • Num 19:17-19 : 17 “‘For a ceremonially unclean person you must take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and pour fresh running water over them in a vessel. 18 Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave. 19 And the clean person must sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he must purify him, and then he must wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and he will be clean in the evening.

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  • Num 19:16-22
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    91%

    16And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days.

    17“‘For a ceremonially unclean person you must take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and pour fresh running water over them in a vessel.

    18Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave.

    19And the clean person must sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he must purify him, and then he must wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and he will be clean in the evening.

    20But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean.

    21“‘So this will be a perpetual ordinance for them: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

    22And whatever the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.’”

  • Num 19:13-14
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    86%

    13Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him.

    14“‘This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

  • Num 19:7-11
    5 verses
    85%

    7Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, but the priest will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

    8The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

    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.

    10The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them.

    11Purification from Uncleanness“‘Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days.

  • Lev 14:7-9
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    83%

    7and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed from the disease, pronounce him clean, and send the live bird away over the open countryside.

    8The Seven Days of Purification“The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days.

    9When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.

  • Lev 15:13
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    13Purity Regulations for Male Bodily Discharges“‘When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean.

  • Ezek 44:26
    81%

    26After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.

  • Lev 17:15-16
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    81%

    15Regulations for Eating Carcasses“‘Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a resident foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.

    16But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.’”

  • Lev 22:6
    81%

    6the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water.

  • Lev 16:19
    80%

    19Then 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.

  • Num 31:23-24
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    80%

    23everything that may stand the fire, you are to pass through the fire, and it will be ceremonially clean, but it must still be purified with the water of purification. Anything that cannot withstand the fire you must pass through the water.

    24You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”

  • Lev 13:5-7
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    80%

    5The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days.

    6The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. It is a scab, so he must wash his clothes and be clean.

    7If, however, the scab is spreading further on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time.

  • Lev 15:27-28
    2 verses
    80%

    27and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

    28Purity Regulations from Female Bodily Discharges“‘If she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean.

  • Lev 15:5-8
    4 verses
    80%

    5Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

    6The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

    7The one who touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

    8If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

  • Lev 15:10-11
    2 verses
    79%

    10Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

    11Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

  • Num 8:7
    78%

    7And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

  • Num 31:19
    78%

    19Purification After Battle“Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

  • Lev 14:11
    78%

    11and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings before the LORD at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

  • Lev 13:27
    77%

    27The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection.

  • Lev 12:4
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    4Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

  • Lev 13:34
    77%

    34The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean. So he is to wash his clothes and be clean.

  • Lev 16:28
    77%

    28and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.

  • Lev 15:31
    76%

    31Summary of Purification Regulations for Bodily Discharges“‘Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst.

  • Deut 23:11
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    11When evening arrives he must wash himself with water and then at sunset he may reenter the camp.

  • Lev 5:3
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    3or when he touches human uncleanness with regard to anything by which he can become unclean, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty;

  • Num 6:9
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    9Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.

  • Lev 14:19
    76%

    19“The priest must then perform the sin offering and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he is to slaughter the burnt offering,

  • Lev 14:51
    75%

    51He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

  • Lev 11:32
    75%

    32Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean– any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean.