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cleanse

Meaning of “cleanse”

To make clean or pure; to remove filth, defilement, guilt, or ceremonial uncleanness.

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33 occurrences32 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 29:36

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Exodus 29:36
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 29:36 · retained source text

And thou shalt offer euery day a bullocke for a sinne offering, for atonement: and thou shalt clense the Altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoynt it, to sanctifie it.

Leviticus 14:49
And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 14:49 · retained source text

And he shall take to cleanse the house, two birds, and Cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssope.

Leviticus 14:52
And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
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1611 witness · Leviticus 14:52 · retained source text

And he shall clense the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the liuing bird, and with the Cedar wood, and with the hyssope, and with the scarlet.

Leviticus 16:19
And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 16:19 · retained source text

And he shall sprinkle of the blood vpon it with his finger seuen times, and clense it, and hallow it from the vncleannesse of the children of Israel.

Leviticus 16:30
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the Lord.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 16:30 · retained source text

For on that day shal the Priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that yee may bee cleane from all your sinnes before the LORD.

Numbers 8:7
And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 8:7 · retained source text

And thus shalt thou doe vnto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle water of purifying vpon them, and let them shaue all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselues cleane.

1611 marginal noteHebr, let them cause a rasor to passe ouer, &c.

Numbers 8:15
And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering.
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1611 witness · Numbers 8:15 · retained source text

And after that, shall the Leuites goe in; to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and thou shalt clense them, and offer them for an offering.

Numbers 8:21
And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the Lord; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
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1611 witness · Numbers 8:21 · retained source text

And the Leuites were purified, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD, and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

2 Chronicles 29:15
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:15 · retained source text

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselues, and came according to the commandement of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, in the busines of the LORD.

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