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• Dietary LawsBible

  The dietary laws are the regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguished the clean foods the people of Israel were permitted to eat from the unclean foods they were forbidden to eat. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.

• Purity LawsBible

  The purity laws are regulations of the Old Testament law that distinguish between the "clean" and the "unclean" in persons and objects and prescribe the procedures by which those who have become unclean may be made clean again. They appear chiefly in Leviticus 11–15 and Numbers 19.

• Leviticus 13Bible

  Leviticus 13 sets out the regulations by which the priest examined diseases of the skin and of the hair of the head and beard, as well as spots appearing on garments and leather, and pronounced them clean or unclean.

• Deuteronomy 14Bible

  Deuteronomy 14 sets out the regulations Israel was to observe as a holy people unto the LORD: mourning customs, the distinction between clean and unclean animals for food, the annual tithe, and the tithe brought every third year.

• Leviticus 15Bible

  Leviticus 15 is a chapter of purity law addressing the uncleanness caused by bodily discharges and the procedures for cleansing. It sets out, in turn, regulations for a man's running issue, an emission of semen, a woman's menstruation, and a prolonged flow of blood.

• Leviticus 12Bible

  Leviticus 12 sets out the regulations governing the period of purification for a woman who has given birth and the offerings she brings when that period is completed. It also includes the command to circumcise a male child on the eighth day.

• Leviticus 11Bible

  Leviticus 11 contains the dietary laws that distinguish creatures that may be eaten (clean) from those that may not (unclean), together with regulations on the uncleanness incurred by touching their carcasses. It closes with the words "ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

• Numbers 5Bible

  Numbers 5 contains the ordinance for putting the unclean out of the camp, the ordinance for confessing and making restitution for wrongs done to another person, and the "law of jealousy," a procedure carried out before the priest when a husband suspects his wife of adultery.

• Job 14:4Bible Verses

  Job 14:4 is part of Job's appeal to God concerning human frailty, in which he says that a "clean thing" cannot come out of an "unclean." In the Christian tradition, the verse is often cited as a proof text for original sin and the corruption of human nature.

• Marriage Supper of the LambBible

  The marriage supper of the Lamb is an expression found in Revelation 19. It refers to the feast celebrating the complete union of Christ, the Lamb, with his bride at the end of the age.

• Bride of the LambBible

  The Bride of the Lamb is an expression in the Book of Revelation for the bride who is married to the Lamb, Jesus Christ. It is commonly read as a symbol of God's redeemed people, that is, the church.

• Zechariah 3Bible

  Zechariah 3 records one of Zechariah's visions, in which Joshua the high priest, accused by Satan, has his filthy garments removed and receives clean garments and a mitre. The chapter then presents promises concerning "my servant the BRANCH" and a stone with seven eyes.

• Genesis 7Bible

  Genesis 7 is the chapter in which Noah, his family, and the animals enter the ark and the flood begins. Every living thing on the earth is swept away, and only those in the ark remain.

• Job 15Bible

  Job 15 contains Eliphaz's second speech. He rebukes Job's words as empty, declares that no human being can be clean before God, and then describes at length the miserable end that awaits the wicked.

• Deuteronomy 23Bible

  Deuteronomy 23 is a chapter of law that sets out who may enter the congregation of the LORD and gives regulations on keeping the camp clean in time of war, protecting runaway servants, interest, vows, and a neighbor's field.

• Psalm 51Bible

  Psalm 51 is a penitential psalm that its superscription attributes to David, written after the prophet Nathan rebuked him over the matter of Bathsheba. The psalmist confesses his sin and asks God to create a clean heart in him and restore the joy of salvation.

• Psalm 51:10Bible Verses

  David's prayer, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." Offered after his confession of sin, it asks God to create the heart anew. It is a classic verse of penitential prayer and is widely used in worship songs and prayer.

• Mark 7:18–19Bible Verses

  In this passage Jesus explains to his disciples that food entering a person from outside cannot defile that person. Its closing clause, often rendered "declaring all foods clean," is frequently debated because translations and interpretations differ over whether it abolishes the Old Testament food laws.

• Ezekiel 36:26Bible Verses

  Ezekiel 36:26 records God's promise to give a new spirit, to take away the stony heart, and to give a heart of flesh. It is a principal Old Testament text on regeneration and the inward transforming work of the Holy Spirit, and it is frequently cited in discussions among denominations about how God's work and the human response relate to each other in conversion.