Then Paul took the men the next day, ¹  and after he had purified himself ²  along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice ³  of the completion of the days of purification, ⁴  when ⁵  the sacrifice would be offered for each ⁶  of them.

If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in ¹  blood purity. ² 

They went to King Hezekiah and said: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.

Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment ¹  of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

You prove to be reliable ¹  to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive ²  to one who is perverse. ³ 

After a priest ¹  has become ceremonially clean, they ²  must count off a period of seven days for him.

So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹ 

Then she will remain ¹  thirty-three days in blood purity. ²  She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. ³ 

He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘I have purified ¹  this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.” ² 

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.

The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. ¹ 

The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

You prove to be reliable ¹  to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive ²  to one who is perverse. ³ 

Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you ¹  in the furnace of misery.

But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty.

But give from your heart to those in need, ¹  and ²  then everything will be clean for you. ³ 

and he made no distinction ¹  between them and us, cleansing ²  their hearts by faith.

The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. ¹  For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive ² 

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