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This concept is deeply rooted in the Old and New Testaments, reflecting the holiness and sanctity required by God from His people. Old Testament Context In the Old Testament, purification is often associated with the laws given to the Israelites through Moses. These laws are detailed in the books of Leviticus and Numbers, where various rituals and sacrifices are prescribed to cleanse individuals from ceremonial uncleanness. For instance, <a href="/bsb/leviticus/12.htm">Leviticus 12</a> outlines the purification process for a woman after childbirth, while <a href="/bsb/leviticus/14.htm">Leviticus 14</a> describes the cleansing of a person healed from leprosy. The purification rituals often involved offerings and sacrifices, such as sin offerings and burnt offerings, as well as the use of water for washing. <a href="/bsb/numbers/19.htm">Numbers 19</a> introduces the "water of purification," made from the ashes of a red heifer, which was used to cleanse those who had come into contact with a dead body. This underscores the importance of ritual purity in maintaining a right relationship with God and the community. New Testament Context In the New Testament, the concept of purification takes on a more spiritual dimension, emphasizing inner cleansing and moral purity. The coming of Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death on the cross fulfilled the Old Testament purification laws, offering a once-for-all cleansing from sin. <a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13-14</a> states, "For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their flesh is clean, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?" The New Testament also highlights the role of baptism as a symbol of purification and new life in Christ. <a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a> records Ananias instructing Paul, "And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name." Spiritual and Moral Purity Beyond ceremonial practices, the Bible emphasizes the importance of spiritual and moral purity. <a href="/psalms/51-10.htm">Psalm 51:10</a> reflects King David's plea for inner cleansing: "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." This verse underscores the need for a pure heart and spirit, aligning with Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/5-8.htm">Matthew 5:8</a> , "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." The apostle Paul also addresses purification in the context of the Christian life, urging believers to live holy and blameless lives. In <a href="/2_corinthians/7.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a> , he writes, "Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." Conclusion Purification in the Bible encompasses both the ceremonial practices of the Old Testament and the spiritual cleansing offered through Jesus Christ in the New Testament. It calls believers to pursue holiness, reflecting God's purity in their lives and relationships.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>Purificationin its legal and technical sense, is applied to the ritual observances whereby an Israelite was formally absolved from the taint of uncleanness. The essence of purification, in all eases, consisted in the use of water, whether by way of ablution or aspersion; but in the majora delicta of legal uncleanness, sacrifices of various kinds were added and the ceremonies throughout bore an expiatory character. Ablution of the person and of the clothes was required in the cases mentioned in (<a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">Leviticus 15:18</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-25.htm">11:25,40</a>; <a href="/leviticus/15-18.htm">15:18,17</a>) In cases of childbirth the sacrifice was increased to a lamb of the first year, with a pigeon or turtle-dove. (<a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Leviticus 12:8</a>) The ceremonies of purification required in cases of contact with a corpse or a grave are detailed in (<a href="/numbers/19-1.htm">Numbers 19:1</a>) ... The purification of the leper was a yet more formal proceeding, and indicated the highest pitch of uncleanness. The rites are described in (<a href="/leviticus/14-4.htm">Leviticus 14:4-32</a>) The necessity of purification was extended in the post-Babylonian Period to a variety of unauthorized cases. Cups and pots and brazen vessels were washed as a matter of ritual observance. (<a href="/mark/7-4.htm">Mark 7:4</a>) The washing of the hands before meals was conducted in a formal manner. (<a href="/mark/7-3.htm">Mark 7:3</a>) What play have been the specific causes of uncleanness in those who came up to purify themselves before the Passover, (<a href="/john/11-55.htm">John 11:55</a>) or in those who had taken upon themselves the Nazarites' vow, (<a href="/acts/21-24.htm">Acts 21:24,26</a>) we are not informed. In conclusion it may he observed that the distinctive feature. In the Mosaic rites of purification is their expiatory character. The idea of uncleanness was not peculiar to the Jew; but with all other nations simple ablution sufficed: no sacrifices were demanded. The Jew alone was taught by the use of expiatory offerings to discern to its fullest extent the connection between the outward sign and the inward fount of impurity.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>The process by which a person unclean, according to the Levitical law, and thereby cut off from the sanctuary and the festivals, was restored to the enjoyment of all these privileges.The great annual purification of the people was on the Day of Atonement (q.v.).But in the details of daily life there were special causes of cermonial uncleanness which were severally provided for by ceremonial laws enacted for each separate case. For example, the case of the leper (<a href="/context/leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>, 14), and of the house defiled by leprosy (<a href="/leviticus/14-49.htm">14:49</a>-53; see also <a href="/matthew/8-2.htm">Matthew 8:2</a>-4). Uncleanness from touching a dead body (<a href="/numbers/19-11.htm">Numbers 19:11</a>; <a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Hosea 9:4</a>; <a href="/haggai/2-13.htm">Haggai 2:13</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a>; <a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Luke 11:44</a>). The case of the high priest and of the Nazarite (<a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Leviticus 21:1</a>-4, 10, 11; <a href="/numbers/6-6.htm">Numbers 6:6</a>, 7; <a href="/ezekiel/44-25.htm">Ezek. 44:25</a>). Purification was effected by bathing and washing the clothes (<a href="/leviticus/14-8.htm">Leviticus 14:8</a>, 9); by washing the hands (<a href="/deuteronomy/21-6.htm">Deuteronomy 21:6</a>; <a href="/matthew/27-24.htm">Matthew 27:24</a>); washing the hands and feet (<a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18</a>-21; <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Hebrews 6:2</a>, "baptisms", R.V. marg., "washings;<a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">9:10</a>); sprinkling with blood and water (<a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5</a>-8; <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Hebrews 9:19</a>), etc. Allusions to this rite are found in <a href="/psalms/26-6.htm">Psalm 26:6</a>;<a href="/psalms/51-7.htm"> 51:7</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezek. 36:25</a>; <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a>. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.2. (n.) The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.3. (n.) A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>PURIFICATIONpu-ri-fi-ka'-shun. See <a href="../p/purge.htm">PURGE</a>; <a href="../p/purity.htm">PURITY</a>; UNCLEANNESS.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/49.htm">49. hagnismos -- purification</a> ... purification. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hagnismos Phonetic Spelling: (hag-nis-mos') Short Definition: purification Definition: (ceremonial ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/49.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/2512.htm">2512. katharismos -- a cleansing</a> ... Noun, Masculine Transliteration: katharismos Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ar-is-mos') Short Definition: cleansing, purifying, purification Definition: cleansing ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2512.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2514.htm">2514. katharotes -- cleanness</a> ... Cognate: 2514 (a noun) -- purification, particularly a type resulting from (making acceptable offerings). See 2513 (). ... purification. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2514.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/4473.htm">4473. rhantismos -- sprinkling</a> ... Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: rhantismos Phonetic Spelling: (hran-tis-mos') Short Definition: sprinkling, purification Definition: sprinkling ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4473.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/38.htm">38. hagiasmos -- consecration, sanctification</a> ... holiness, sanctification. From hagiazo; properly, purification, ie (the state) purity; concretely (by Hebraism) a purifier -- holiness, sanctification. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/38.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/2893.htm">2893. tahorah -- purifying, cleansing</a> ... Word Origin from taher Definition purifying, cleansing NASB Word Usage becomes clean (1), cleansed (1), cleansing (6), purification (4), purifying (1). ... /hebrew/2893.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2892a.htm">2892a. tohar -- purity, purifying</a> ... 2892, 2892a. tohar. 2892b . purity, purifying. Transliteration: tohar Short Definition: purification. Word Origin from taher Definition ... /hebrew/2892a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8562.htm">8562. tamruq -- a scraping, rubbing</a> ... cosmetics. Word Origin from maraq Definition a scraping, rubbing NASB Word Usage cosmetics (3). cleanse, thing for purification. Or ... /hebrew/8562.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4795.htm">4795. maruq -- a scraping, rubbing</a> ... purification. From maraq; properly, rubbed; but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery) -- purification. see HEBREW maraq. 4794, 4795. maruq. 4796 . ... /hebrew/4795.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2892.htm">2892. tohar -- purity, purifying</a> ... clearness, glory, purifying From taher; literally brightness; ceremonially purification -- clearness, glory, purifying. see HEBREW taher. 2891, 2892. ... /hebrew/2892.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2403b.htm">2403b. chattath -- sin, sin offering</a> ... Word Origin from chata Definition sin, sin offering NASB Word Usage offering for the sin (1), punishment (3), purification from sin (2), sin (93), sin offering ... /hebrew/2403b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm">2403. chatta'ah -- sinful thing, sin</a> ... sinful thing, sin. Transliteration: chatta'ah Phonetic Spelling: (khat-taw-aw') Short Definition: sin. punishment of sin, purification for sin, offering ... /hebrew/2403.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/palgrave/the_treasury_of_sacred_song/cclxxxii_the_purification.htm">The Purification</a> ... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCLXXXII THE PURIFICATION. Bless'd are the pure in heart, For they shall see our GOD; The secret of the LORD is theirs,. ... /.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cclxxxii the purification.htm<a href="/library/emmerich/the_life_of_the_blessed_virgin_mary/xvi_the_purification_of_mary.htm">The Purification of Mary</a> ... XVI. THE PURIFICATION OF MARY. ... Footnotes: [142] Luke 2.. 22-39. (SB). [143] The laws about Purification' and offerings after childbirth are in Lev. 12. ... /.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/xvi the purification of mary.htm<a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxviii_purification.htm">Purification.</a> ... Homily XI. Chapter XXVIII."Purification. ... I mean purification, not approaching to a man's own wife when she is in separation, for so the law of God commands. ... /.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxviii purification.htm<a href="/library/neander/the_life_of_jesus_christ_in_its_historical_connexion/section_17_the_sacrifice_of.htm">The Sacrifice of Purification, and the Ransom of the First-Born ...</a> ... THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. Section 17. The Sacrifice of Purification, and the Ransom of the First-born; their Weight as Proof against the Mythical Theory. ... /.../section 17 the sacrifice of.htm<a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/november_the_fourteenth_the_purification.htm">November the Fourteenth the Purification of Love</a> ... NOVEMBER The Fourteenth THE PURIFICATION OF LOVE. JOHN xxi.15-25. "Lovest thou Me?" There was a day, only a little while back, when ... /.../november the fourteenth the purification.htm<a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_vii_the_purification_of.htm">The Purification of the virgin and the Presentation in the Temple</a> ... CHAPTER VII. THE PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN AND THE PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. (Luke 2:21-38.) ... It was otherwise with the purification' of the mother. ... /.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter vii the purification of.htm<a href="/library/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_two_whether_purification_of.htm">Whether Purification of the Heart is an Effect of Faith</a> ... Article Two Whether Purification of the Heart is an Effect of Faith. Whether Purification of the Heart is an Effect of Faith We proceed ... /.../aquinas/nature and grace/article two whether purification of.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/the_presentation_of_christ_or.htm">The Presentation of Christ, or Purification of St. Mary</a> ... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR The Presentation of Christ, or Purification of St. Mary. [1026]273 In his temple now behold him [1027]274 Hail to the Lord who comes. ... /.../the presentation of christ or.htm<a href="/library/de_caussade/abandonment_to_divine_providence/letter_iv_purification_of_the_heart.htm">Letter iv. --Purification of the Heart.</a> ... THE FRUIT THEREOF. Letter IV."Purification of the Heart. From the bottom of my heart I bless God, my dear Sister, for carrying on His work in you. ... /.../abandonment to divine providence/letter iv purification of the heart.htm<a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/holy_days_the_presentation_of.htm">In his Temple Now Behold Him</a> ... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Holy Days: The Presentation of Christ, or Purification of St. Mary 273. In his temple now behold him. 8.7.8.7.8.7 [1029]St. ... /.../holy days the presentation of.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/p/purification.htm">Purification (25 Occurrences)</a> ... The great annual purification of the people was on the Day of Atonement (qv). ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PURIFICATION. pu-ri-fi-ka'-shun. ... /p/purification.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/p/purification-offering.htm">Purification-offering (1 Occurrence)</a> Purification-offering. Purification, Purification-offering. Purifications . Multi-Version Concordance Purification-offering (1 Occurrence). ... /p/purification-offering.htm - 6k<a href="/topical/u/uncleanness.htm">Uncleanness (56 Occurrences)</a> ... in training Israel to a realization of a higher conception-the real difference between sin and holiness, ie between moral defilement and moral purification? ... /u/uncleanness.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/p/purified.htm">Purified (44 Occurrences)</a> ... Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the ... /p/purified.htm - 20k<a href="/topical/n/nonimmersionist.htm">Nonimmersionist</a> ... The verb is used to denote the ceremonial purification of the Jews before eating, by pouring water on the hands (Luke 11:38 Mark 7:4); to signify the ... /n/nonimmersionist.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/n/non-immersionist.htm">Non-immersionist</a> ... The verb is used to denote the ceremonial purification of the Jews before eating, by pouring water on the hands (Luke 11:38 Mark 7:4); to signify the ... /n/non-immersionist.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/a/ablution.htm">Ablution</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A washing or cleansing of the body as a religious ritual; purification; as, water of ablution. ... /a/ablution.htm - 18k<a href="/topical/v/view.htm">View (86 Occurrences)</a> ... The verb is used to denote the ceremonial purification of the Jews before eating, by pouring water on the hands (Luke 11:38 Mark 7:4); to signify the ... /v/view.htm - 81k<a href="/topical/a/appointed.htm">Appointed (385 Occurrences)</a> ... Mark 1:44 and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses ... /a/appointed.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/o/offering.htm">Offering (850 Occurrences)</a> ... Mark 1:44 and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses ... /o/offering.htm - 39k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/plenary-indulgences.html">What are indulgences and plenary indulgences and is the concept biblical? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/red-heifer.html">What is the significance of a red heifer in the Bible? Is a red heifer a sign of the end times? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Candlemas.html">What is Candlemas? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/purification.htm">Purification: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Purification (25 Occurrences)<a href="/mark/1-44.htm">Mark 1:44</a> and saying, "Be careful not to tell any one, but go and show yourself to the Priest, and for your purification present the offerings that Moses appointed as evidence for them." (WEY)<a href="/luke/2-22.htm">Luke 2:22</a> When the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/5-14.htm">Luke 5:14</a> He ordered him to tell no one. "But go," He said, "show yourself to the Priest, and make the offering for your purification which Moses appointed, as evidence for them." (WEY)<a href="/john/2-6.htm">John 2:6</a> Now there were six stone jars standing there (in accordance with the Jewish regulations for purification) (WEY DBY NAS RSV)<a href="/john/3-25.htm">John 3:25</a> There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification. (WEB WEY DBY NAS)<a href="/acts/21-24.htm">Acts 21:24</a> these having taken, be purified with them, and be at expence with them, that they may shave the head, and all may know that the things of which they have been instructed concerning thee are nothing, but thou dost walk -- thyself also -- the law keeping. (See NIV)<a href="/acts/21-26.htm">Acts 21:26</a> Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Hebrews 1:3</a> His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; (WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm">Hebrews 9:13</a> for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, (See RSV)<a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9</a> For he who lacks these things is blind, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins. (See NAS)<a href="/exodus/29-36.htm">Exodus 29:36</a> And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. (See JPS)<a href="/leviticus/12-4.htm">Leviticus 12:4</a> She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. (WEB JPS NAS NIV)<a href="/leviticus/12-5.htm">Leviticus 12:5</a> But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in the blood of purification sixty-six days. (WEB JPS NAS)<a href="/leviticus/12-6.htm">Leviticus 12:6</a> "'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering: (WEB JPS NAS NIV)<a href="/numbers/8-7.htm">Numbers 8:7</a> And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. (See JPS DBY)<a href="/numbers/19-9.htm">Numbers 19:9</a> And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. (KJV JPS DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/numbers/19-17.htm">Numbers 19:17</a> And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: (KJV JPS DBY WBS NAS NIV)<a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">1 Chronicles 23:28</a> For their station was at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; (See NIV)<a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">2 Chronicles 29:24</a> And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering. (DBY)<a href="/2_chronicles/30-19.htm">2 Chronicles 30:19</a> who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)<a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Nehemiah 12:45</a> They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/esther/2-3.htm">Esther 2:3</a> And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/esther/2-9.htm">Esther 2:9</a> And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. (KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Esther 2:12</a> Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women). (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/zechariah/13-1.htm">Zechariah 13:1</a> In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness. 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