Numbers 31:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

everything that can withstand fire, you shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified with the water for purification, and whatever cannot withstand fire, you shall pass through the water.

Cross References

Exodus 19:10

the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

Exodus 19:14

So Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Leviticus 11:32

And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether an article of wood or cloth or leather or sackcloth, any article that is used for any purpose; it shall be dipped in water, and it shall be unclean until the evening, and then it shall be clean.

Leviticus 15:17

Everything made of cloth or of leather on which the semen falls shall be washed with water and be unclean until the evening.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Numbers 19:17

For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt purification offering, and running water shall be added in a vessel;

Numbers 19:9

Then someone who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for the water for cleansing. It is a purification offering.

Numbers 31:22

gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—

Numbers 31:24

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; afterward you may come into the camp.”

Numbers 8:7

Thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification on them; have them shave their whole body with a razor and wash their clothes and so cleanse themselves.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

1 Corinthians 3:13

the work of each builder will become visible, for the day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each has done.

Ephesians 5:26

in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:18

Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.