Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par
Leviticus 15:5 - Easy To Read Version If any person touches that person’s bed, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever touches that person's bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. American Standard Version (1901) And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. Common English Bible Anyone who touches such a bed must wash their clothes, bathe in water, and will be unclean until evening. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man has touched his couch, he shall wash his clothes, and having washed with water, he shall be unclean until evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man touch his bed, he shall wash his clothes: and being washed with water, he shall be unclean until the evening. |
Lord, I wash my hands\par to show that I am pure\par so I may come to your altar. {\cf2\super [156]} \par
God, scrub away my guilt.\par Wash away my sins,\par Make me clean again!\par
Use the hyssop plant and do the ceremony\par to make me pure.\par Wash me until I am whiter than snow!\par
And the Lord said to Moses, “Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. The people must wash their clothes
“Wash yourselves. Make yourselves clean. Stop doing the bad things you do. I don’t want to see those bad things. Stop doing wrong!
The Lord All-Powerful said these things to me and I heard it with my ears: “You are guilty of doing wrong things. And I promise, you will die before this guilt is forgiven.” My Master, the Lord All-Powerful said those things.
Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth. I will wash away the filth from those nasty idols and make you pure.”
\{God said,\} “Also, I will save you and keep you from becoming unclean. {\cf2\super [284]} I will command the grain to grow. I won’t bring a time of hunger against you.
Those insects will make you unclean. [134] Any person who touches the dead bodies of these insects will become unclean until evening.
If a person picks up one of those dead insects, then that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening.
If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.
“If any of those unclean [140] animals dies and falls on something, then that thing will become unclean. It might be something made from wood, cloth, leather, a cloth of sadness or some work tool. Whatever it is, it must be washed with water. It will be unclean until evening. Then it will become clean again.
On the seventh day, the priest must look at the disease. If the disease has not spread through the skin, and it does not seem deeper than the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. [172] The person must wash his clothes and become clean.
Seven days later the priest must look at the person again. If the sore has faded, and has not spread on the skin, then the priest must announce that the person is clean. [155] The sore is only a scab. The person must wash his clothes and become clean again.
The priest will use the finger of his right hand to sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the Lord.
If a man sleeps with a woman and has a flow of semen, then both the man and the woman must bathe in water. They will be unclean until evening.
“If the person who has a discharge [236] lies on any bed, that bed becomes unclean. [237] Everything that person sits on becomes unclean.
If any person sits on anything that the person with the discharge sat on, then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water. He will be unclean until evening.
“The person that led the goat to Azazel [296] must wash his clothes and his whole body with water. After that, he can come into the camp.
Then the person who burns them must wash his clothes and wash his {whole} body with water. After that, he can come into the camp.
“Also, if any person eats an animal that died by itself, or if any person eats an animal that was killed by some other animal, then that person will be unclean [311] until evening. That person must wash his clothes and wash his {whole} body with water. It does not matter if that person is a citizen of Israel or if he is a foreigner living among you!
“The person who collected the cow’s ashes must wash his clothes. He will be unclean [255] until evening.
If an unclean person touches someone else, then that other person also becomes unclean. That person will be unclean until evening.”
We have been cleansed and made free from feelings of guilt. And our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere (true) heart, feeling sure because of our faith.
So surely the blood of Christ can do much, much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit {\cf2\super [106]} as a perfect sacrifice {\cf2\super [107]} to God. His blood will make us fully clean from the evil things we have done. His blood will make us pure even in our hearts. We are made pure so that we can worship (serve) the living God.
If Christ had offered himself many times, then he would have needed to suffer many times since the time the world was made. But Christ came \{and offered himself\} only once. And that once is enough for all time. Christ came at a time when the world is nearing an end. Christ came to take away all sin by offering himself as a sacrifice. {\cf2\super [118]}
Come near to God and God will come near to you. You are sinners. So clean sin out of your lives. {\cf2\super [23]} You are trying to follow God and the world at the same time. Make your thinking pure.
That day Saul said nothing. He thought, “Maybe something happened to David so that he is not clean. [175] ”