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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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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
The 1611 reading
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.

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