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Lexicon :: Strong's H2891 - ṭāhēr

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טָהֵר
Transliteration
ṭāhēr
Pronunciation
taw-hare'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 792

Strong’s Definitions

טָהֵר ṭâhêr, taw-hare'; a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy):—be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H2891 in the following manner: clean (80x), purify (6x), purge (5x), pure (2x), purifier (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H2891 in the following manner: clean (80x), purify (6x), purge (5x), pure (2x), purifier (1x).

  1. to be clean, be pure

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be clean (physically - of disease)

      2. to be clean ceremonially

      3. to purify, be clean morally, made clean

    2. (Piel)

      1. to cleanse, purify

        1. physically

        2. ceremonially

        3. morally

      2. to pronounce clean

      3. to perform the ceremony of cleansing

    3. (Pual) to be cleansed, be pronounced clean

    4. (Hithpael)

      1. to purify oneself

        1. ceremonially

        2. morally

      2. to present oneself for purification

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טָהֵר ṭâhêr, taw-hare'; a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy):—be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).
STRONGS H2891: Abbreviations
† טָהֵר verb be clean, pure (Arabic طَهَرَ, طَهُرَ id.; Late Hebrew id., Pi. make or declare ceremonially clean; Aramaic טְהַר emptiness, טִיהֲרָא brightness; Sabean טהר Hal682; Ethiopic አፕሀረ፡ ተጣሀረ፡ purify, wash oneself with water) —
Qal Perfect ט׳ Leviticus 11:32 + 12 times; 3rd person feminine singular טָֽהֲרָה Leviticus 12:7; Leviticus 15:28; טָהֵ֑רָה Leviticus 12:8 etc., + 5 times Perfect; Imperfect יִטְהַר Leviticus 15:13; Job 4:17 etc., + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative טְהָ֑ר 2 Kings 5:10, 13; —
1. be clean, i.e. (miraculously) freed from leprosy by washing in the Jordan 2 Kings 5:10, 12, 13, 14.
2. be clean ceremonially (only H P), Leviticus 15:13, 28 (twice in verse) (P), Leviticus 22:4 (H); by washing with water, the flesh Leviticus 22:7 (H); garments Leviticus 13:6, 34, 58; Numbers 31:24 (all P); both flesh and garments Leviticus 17:5 (H), Leviticus 14:8, 9; Leviticus 15:13; Numbers 19:19 (all P); other articles Leviticus 11:32 (P); passing things through the fire Numbers 31:23 (P); offering sin-offerings Leviticus 12:7, 8; Leviticus 14:20 (P); by the ceremony of the two birds Leviticus 14:53 (P); by ashes of red heifer Numbers 19:12 (twice in verse) (P).
3. be clean morally, of people, made clean by י׳'s scattering clean water upon them Ezekiel 36:25; of Jerusalem, specifically made clean from idolatry, under figure of adultery Jeremiah 13:27; also followed by מִן Ezekiel 24:13 (twice in verse) (purification by י׳); made clean מִכָּלחַֿטּאֹתֵיכֶם Leviticus 16:30 (P; by the sin-offering of the atonement day); also of the individual, be clean מֵחַטָּאוֺת Proverbs 20:9 (|| זכה); become clean by use of hyssop Psalm 51:9 (|| אַלְבִּין); more generally אִםמֵֿעשֵֹׁהוּ יִטְהַרגָּֿ֑בֶר Job 4:17 shall a man be more pure than his maker? (|| יִצְדָּ֑ק).
Pi. Perfect טִהַר Leviticus 13:3 + 4 times; suffix טִהֲרוֺ Leviticus 13:6 + 5 times; 2nd person masculine singular טִהַרְתָּ Numbers 8:6, 15 etc. + 7 times Perfect; Imperfect; יְטַהֵר 2 Chronicles 34:5 etc. + 4 times Imperfect; Imperative suffix טַהֲרֵנִי Psalm 51:4; Infinitive construct טַהֵר Ezekiel 39:12 + 5 times; suffix טַהֲרִי Ezekiel 36:33 etc. + 4 times Infinitive; Participle מְטַחֵר Leviticus 14:11; Malachi 3:3; — chiefly P;
1. cleanse, purify:
a. physically, metals from dross Malachi 3:3; land from corpses Ezekiel 39:12, 14, 16; heavens from clouds Job 37:21; temple from unclean things 2 Chronicles 29:15, 16, 18; land and city from Asherim and images 2 Chronicles 34:3, 5, 8; store-chambers of temple from household stuff Nehemiah 13:9; priesthood by exclusion of alien blood Nehemiah 13:30.
b. ceremonially, the altar of incense by the blood of the annual sin-offering Leviticus 16:19 (P); the people, gates, and wall (by some undefined ceremony) Nehemiah 12:30; the altar of the court by the blood of sin-offerings Ezekiel 43:26; of consecration of Levites by מֵי חטאת Numbers 8:6, 7 (P), and חטאת Numbers 8:15, 21 (P).
c. morally Leviticus 16:30 (P), Ezekiel 37:23; Malachi 3:3; מֵחַטָּאֹת Psalm 51:4; מֵעונ(ותׅ Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 36:33; מִטּמא(ו)ת Ezekiel 24:13; Ezekiel 36:25.
2. pronounce clean, ceremonially Leviticus 13:6; Leviticus 13:13; Leviticus 13:17; Leviticus 13:23; Leviticus 12:28; Leviticus 13:34, 37, 59; Leviticus 14:7, 48 (all P).
3. perform the ceremony of cleansing Leviticus 14:11 (P).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular טֹהַר 1 Samuel 20:26 (so read for MT טהור Greek Version of the LXX We Dr, he is not clean, because he hath not been cleansed); Participle אֶרֶץ לֹא מְטֹהָרָה a land not cleansed Ezekiel 22:24 (but Greek Version of the LXX Hi Ew Co SS read a land not rained upon, see מטר).
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural הִטָּֽהֲרוּ Ezra 6:20; הִטֶּהָ֑רוּ (Köi. 271) 2 Chronicles 30:18; Numbers 8:7; 1st peson plural הִטַּהַרְנוּ Joshua 22:17; Imperfect יִטָּֽהֲרוּ Nehemiah 12:30; Imperative הִטָּֽהֲרוּ Genesis 35:2; Participle מִטַּהֵר Leviticus 14:7 + 11 times; plural מִטַּהֲרִים Nehemiah 13:22; Isaiah 66:17; — reflexive:
1. purify oneself:
a. ceremonially, especially in preparation for sacred duties Genesis 35:2 (R), Numbers 8:7; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Ezra 6:20; Nehemiah 13:22; also for heathen mysteries Isaiah 66:17; of purifying priests, people, and wall Nehemiah 12:30 (compare Pi. 1 b).
b. morally Joshua 22:17 (P).
2. present oneself for purification, only participle הַמִּטַּהֵר the candidate for purification Leviticus 14:4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29, 31 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:2; 35:2

Leviticus

11:32; 11:32; 12:7; 12:7; 12:8; 12:8; 13:3; 13:6; 13:6; 13:6; 13:13; 13:17; 13:23; 13:34; 13:34; 13:37; 13:58; 13:59; 14:4; 14:7; 14:7; 14:7; 14:8; 14:8; 14:9; 14:11; 14:11; 14:11; 14:14; 14:17; 14:18; 14:19; 14:20; 14:25; 14:28; 14:29; 14:31; 14:48; 14:53; 15:13; 15:13; 15:13; 15:28; 15:28; 16:19; 16:30; 16:30; 17:5; 22:4; 22:7

Numbers

8:6; 8:6; 8:7; 8:7; 8:7; 8:15; 8:15; 8:21; 19:12; 19:19; 31:23; 31:24

Joshua

22:17; 22:17

1 Samuel

20:26

2 Kings

5:10; 5:10; 5:12; 5:13; 5:13; 5:14

2 Chronicles

29:15; 29:16; 29:18; 30:18; 30:18; 34:3; 34:5; 34:5; 34:8

Ezra

6:20; 6:20

Nehemiah

12:30; 12:30; 12:30; 13:9; 13:22; 13:22; 13:30

Job

4:17; 4:17; 37:21

Psalms

51:4; 51:4; 51:9

Proverbs

20:9

Isaiah

66:17; 66:17

Jeremiah

13:27; 33:8

Ezekiel

22:24; 24:13; 24:13; 36:25; 36:25; 36:33; 36:33; 37:23; 39:12; 39:12; 39:14; 39:16; 43:26

Malachi

3:3; 3:3; 3:3

H2891

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Strong's Number H2891 matches the Hebrew טָהֵר (ṭāhēr),
which occurs 95 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify H2891 yourselves and change your garments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack—any article [fn]of which use is made—it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes H2891 clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - ‘Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed H2891 from the [fn]flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’” H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - “The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce H2891 him clean; H2891 it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his [fn]body, he shall pronounce H2891 clean H2891 him who has the infection; it has all turned white and he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce H2891 clean H2891 him who has the infection; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - “But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce H2891 him clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:28 - “But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce H2891 him clean, H2891 for it is only the scar of the burn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - “Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce H2891 him clean; H2891 and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - “If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce H2891 him clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - “The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.” H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing H2891 it clean H2891 or unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a [fn]scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - “He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed H2891 from the leprosy and shall pronounce H2891 him clean, H2891 and shall let the live bird go free over the open field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - “The one to be cleansed H2891 shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. H2891 Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - “It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his [fn]body in water and be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - and the priest who pronounces H2891 him clean H2891 shall present the man to be cleansed H2891 and the [fn]aforesaid before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - “The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, H2891 and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - “Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, H2891 and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - while the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. H2891 So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - “The priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed H2891 from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - “The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - “Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed H2891 and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - “The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, H2891 and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - “Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s palm he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, H2891 to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - “He shall offer what [fn]he can afford, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:48 - “If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and [fn]makes an inspection and the mark has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce H2891 the house clean H2891 because the mark has [fn]not reappeared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - “However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.” H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - ‘Now when the man with the discharge becomes H2891 cleansed H2891 from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in [fn]running water and will become H2891 clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:28 - ‘When she becomes H2891 clean H2891 from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - “With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse H2891 it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:30 - for it is on this day that [fn]atonement shall be made for you to cleanse H2891 you; you will be clean H2891 from all your sins before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - “When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become H2891 clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No man of the [fn]descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. H2891 And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - ‘But when the sun sets, he will be clean, H2891 and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his [fn]food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse H2891 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - “Thus you shall do to them, for their [fn]cleansing: H2891 sprinkle [fn]purifying H2891 water on them, and let them [fn]use a razor over their whole [fn]body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - “Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse H2891 them and present them as a wave offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse H2891 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:12 - ‘That one shall purify himself from uncleanness with [fn]the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he will be clean; H2891 but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:19 - ‘Then the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him from uncleanness, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean H2891 by evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, H2891 but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - “And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, H2891 and afterward you may enter the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - ‘Is not the iniquity of Peor [fn]enough for us, from which we have not cleansed H2891 ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” H2891

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - “Are not [fn]Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” H2891 So he turned and went away in a rage.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” H2891

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and he was clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - They assembled their brothers, consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse H2891 the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD.

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