Numbers 31:23

Revised Standard Version

everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water.

Cross References

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

Exodus 19:14

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

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 it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any vessel that is used for any purpose; it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

Leviticus 15:17

And every garment and every skin on which the semen comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, and 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 my God.’ ”

Numbers 19:17

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

Numbers 19:9

And a man 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 people of Israel for the water for impurity, for the removal of sin.

Numbers 31:22

only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

Numbers 31:24

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

Numbers 8:7

And thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

1 Corinthians 3:13

each man's work will become manifest; for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

Ephesians 5:26

that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire, may redound to praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to prove you, as though something strange were happening to you.

Revelation 3:18

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