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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, 'Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - 'And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - and he hath brought it near before Jehovah, and hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who is bearing, in regard to a male or to a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - 'And if her hand find not the sufficiency of a sheep, then she hath taken two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, one for a burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering, and the priest hath made atonement for her, and she hath been cleansed.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:6 - 'And the priest hath seen him on the second seventh day, and lo, the plague is become weak, and the plague hath not spread in the skin -- and the priest hath pronounced him clean, it is a scab, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:13 - then hath the priest seen, and lo, the leprosy hath covered all his flesh, and he hath pronounced him who hath the plague clean; it hath all turned white; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:17 - and the priest hath seen him, and lo, the plague hath been turned to white, and the priest hath pronounced clean him who hath the plague; he is clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:23 - and if in its place the bright spot stay -- it hath not spread -- it is an inflammation of the ulcer; and the priest hath pronounced him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:28 - 'And if the bright spot stay in its place, it hath not spread in the skin, and is become weak; a rising of the burning it is, and the priest hath pronounced him clean; for it is inflammation of the burning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:34 - And the priest hath seen the scall on the seventh day, and lo, the scall hath not spread in the skin, and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, and the priest hath pronounced him clean, and he hath washed his garments, and hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:37 - and if in his eyes the scall hath stayed, and black hair hath sprung up in it, the scall hath been healed -- he is clean -- and the priest hath pronounced him clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - 'And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou dost wash when the plague hath turned aside from them, then it hath been washed a second time, and hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - 'This is the law of a plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or of linen, or of the warp or of the woof, or of any vessel of skin, to pronounce it clean or to pronounce it unclean.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:4 - and the priest hath commanded, and he hath taken for him who is to be cleansed, two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:7 - and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:8 - 'And he who is to be cleansed hath washed his garments, and hath shaved all his hair, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean, and afterwards he doth come in unto the camp, and hath dwelt at the outside of his tent seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:9 - 'And it hath been, on the seventh day -- he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:11 - 'And the priest who is cleansing hath caused the man who is to be cleansed to stand with them before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:14 - 'And the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:17 - 'And of the residue of the oil which is on his palm, the priest putteth on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - and the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest, he putteth on the head of him who is to be cleansed, and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:19 - 'And the priest hath made the sin-offering, and hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterwards he doth slaughter the burnt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:20 - and the priest hath caused the burnt-offering to ascend, also the present, on the altar, and the priest hath made atonement for him, and he hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:25 - and he hath slaughtered the lamb of the guilt-offering, and the priest hath taken of the blood of the guilt-offering, and hath put on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:28 - 'And the priest hath put of the oil which is on his palm, on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt-offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - and the remnant of the oil which is on the palm of the priest he doth put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him, before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:31 - even that which his hand reacheth to), the one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt offering, besides the present, and the priest hath made atonement for him who is to be cleansed before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:48 - 'And if the priest certainly come in, and hath seen, and lo, the plague hath not spread in the house after the daubing of the house, then hath the priest pronounced the house clean, for the plague hath been healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:53 - and he hath sent away the living bird unto the outside of the city unto the face of the field, and hath made atonement for the house, and it hath been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:13 - 'And when he who hath the issue is clean from his issue, then he hath numbered to himself seven days for his cleansing, and hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with running water, and been clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:28 - 'And if she hath been clean from her issue, then she hath numbered to herself seven days, and afterwards she is clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:19 - and he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:30 - for on this day he maketh atonement for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins before Jehovah ye are clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:15 - 'And any person who eateth a carcase or torn thing, among natives or among sojourners -- hath both washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been unclean until the evening -- then he hath been clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - 'Any man of the seed of Aaron, and is leprous or hath an issue -- of the holy things he doth not eat till that he is clean; and he who is coming against any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose seed of copulation goeth out from him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:7 - and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it is his food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:6 - 'Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and thou hast cleansed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:7 - 'And thus thou dost to them to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them waters of atonement, and they have caused a razor to pass over all their flesh, and have washed their garments, and cleansed themselves,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:15 - and afterwards do the Levites come in to serve the tent of meeting, and thou hast cleansed them, and hast waved them -- a wave-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:21 - And the Levites cleanse themselves, and wash their garments, and Aaron waveth them a wave-offering before Jehovah, and Aaron maketh atonement for them to cleanse them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:12 - he doth cleanse himself for it on the third day, and on the seventh day he is clean; and if he cleanse not himself on the third day, then on the seventh day he is not clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:19 - 'And the clean hath sprinkled it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:23 - every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:24 - and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:17 - Is the iniquity of Peor little to us, from which we have not been cleansed till this day -- and the plague is in the company of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - and Elisha sendeth unto him a messenger, saying, 'Go, and thou hast washed seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh doth turn back to thee -- and be thou clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:12 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?' and he turneth and goeth on in fury.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:13 - And his servants come nigh, and speak unto him, and say, 'My father, a great thing had the prophet spoken unto thee -- dost thou not do it? and surely, when he hath said unto thee, Wash, and be clean.'

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - And he goeth down and dippeth in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh doth turn back as the flesh of a little youth, and is clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

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