-(Sanitary and symbolical) -For women .Before marriage Esther 2:12 .After childbirth Leviticus 12:6-8; Luke 2:22 .After menstruation Leviticus 15:19-33; II Samuel 11:4 -Of the Jews before the Passover celebration John 11:55 -For those who had recently killed someone in battle Numbers 31:19-24 -Of Levites, see below -Of lepers .See LEPROSY -By fire, for things that resist fire Numbers 31:23 -By blood Exodus 24:5-8; Leviticus 14:6, 7; Hebrews 9:12-14, 19-22 -By abstaining from sexual intercourse Exodus 19:15 -Washing parts of animal sacrifices in water Leviticus 1:9, 13; 9:14; II Chronicles 4:6 -Penalty to be imposed upon those who do not observe the ordinances concerning Leviticus 7:20, 21; Numbers 19:13, 20 -Water of Numbers 19:17-21; 31:23 -Washing hands in water, symbolical of innocency Deuteronomy 21:6; Psalms 26:6; Matthew 27:24 -Traditions of the elders concerning Mark 7:2-5, Matthew 15:2; 8, 9; Luke 11:38 -Of Paul, to show his fidelity to the law Acts 21:24, 26 -FIGURATIVE Psalms 26:6; 51:7; Ezekiel 36:25; Hebrews 10:22 .See ABLUTION .See DEFILEMENT .See SANITATION -SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Genesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10, 14; 29:4; 30:18-21; 40:12, 30-32; Leviticus 8:6; 14:8, 9; 16:4, 24, 15:4-13, 16-27; 26, 28; 17:15; 22:3; Numbers 8:6, 19:7, 7, 21; 8, 19; II Chronicles 4:6; Matthew 15:2; Mark 7:2-9; Hebrews 9:10
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