Purification · Topics

(Sanitary and symbolical)

For women

Before marriage Es 2:12

After childbirth Le 12:6-8; Lu 2:22

After menstruation Le 15:19-33; 2Sa 11:4

Of the Jews before the Passover celebration Joh 11:55

For those who had recently killed someone in battle Nu 31:19-24

Of Levites, see below

Of lepers

By fire, for things that resist fire Nu 31:23

By abstaining from sexual intercourse Ex 19:15

Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water Le 1:9,13; 9:14; 2Ch 4:6

Penalty to be imposed upon those who do not observe the ordinances concerning Le 7:20,21; Nu 19:13,20

Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency De 21:6; Ps 26:6; Mt 27:24

Traditions of the elders concerning Mt 15:2; Mr 7:2-5,8,9; Lu 11:38

Of Paul, to show his fidelity to the law Ac 21:24,26

Nave’s Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1896), public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.