Purifications or Baptisms
17 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
11 sections
- Availed to Sanctifying the Flesh
- Consequence of Neglecting Those Prescribed by Law
- Insufficient for Spiritual Purification
- Means Used for Running Water
- Means Used for Water Mixed with Blood
- Means Used for Water of Separation
- Multiplied by Traditions
- Purification by the Blood of Christ
- Regeneration
- The Jews Laid Great Stress On
- Vessels in the Houses of the Jews For
Availed to Sanctifying the Flesh
- Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
Consequence of Neglecting Those Prescribed by Law
- Leviticus 17:16 But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
- Numbers 19:13 Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and …
- Numbers 19:20 But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Insufficient for Spiritual Purification
- Job 9:30–31 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, …
- Jeremiah 2:22 Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
Means Used for Running Water
- Leviticus 15:13 When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
Means Used for Water Mixed with Blood
- 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. …
- Hebrews 9:19 For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
Means Used for Water of Separation
- Numbers 19:9 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; …
Multiplied by Traditions
- Matthew 15:2 “Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
- Mark 7:3–4 Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. …
Purification by the Blood of Christ
- Hebrews 9:9–12 It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. …
Regeneration
- Ephesians 5:26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
The Jews Laid Great Stress On
- John 3:25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Vessels in the Houses of the Jews For
- John 2:6 Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
Related topics
Purifications or Baptisms of Individuals Who Were Ceremonially UncleanPurifications or Baptisms by SprinklingPurifications or Baptisms by Washing the Whole BodyPurifications or Baptisms of High Priest on Day of AtonementPurifications or Baptisms of Israel at the ExodusPurifications or Baptisms of Nazarites After Vow Expired
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.