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CLEAN, CLEANNESS

(See also HOLINESS; PURIFICATION; SANCTIFICATION)

Scripture uses the terms clean and cleanness in a physical, ceremonial, or moral sense (or in some combination of these senses) to indicate purification from filth, defilement, or sin (Leviticus 11:44-47; Psalms 51:7, 10; Proverbs 14:4; Ezekiel 24:13; John 13:10-11; 1 John 1:7). The NT abrogates the religious need for outward and ritual cleanness (Mark 7:6-23; Luke 11:41; Acts 10:1-16; 1 Timothy 4:3-5) and emphasizes the believer's inward and spiritual cleansing from sin through Christ's blood (Matthew 26:28; Romans 3:24-25; Colossians 2:13). Spiritual cleanness is maintained by obedience to the word of God (Psalms 119:9-11; John 17:17) and restored by confession of sin (Psalms 51; 1 John 1:7-9).

requirement of

• Exodus 19:10-11; 22:31; 30:18-21; Leviticus 11:44-47; Numbers 18:11; Joshua 3:5; Isaiah 52:11; 2 Timothy 2:21; 1 Peter 1:15-16

of animals:

♦ for sacrifice:

• Genesis 7:2, 8

♦ for food:

• Leviticus 11:46-47; Deuteronomy 14:11

♦ of places

• Leviticus 4:12

of persons:

♦ ceremonial:

• Leviticus 7:19; 1 Samuel 20:26; Ezekiel 36:25; 44:26

♦ ethical or spiritual:

• Leviticus 16:30; Numbers 8:21; 2 Samuel 22:21, 25; Job 17:9; 22:30; Psalms 19:9; 24:4; 51:7, 10; Proverbs 16:2; 20:9; Hebrews 1:3; 2 Peter 1:9

♦ of objects

• Leviticus 11:32, 36-37; 2 Chronicles 13:11; 29:15; Nehemiah 13:9; Job 9:30; Isaiah 66:20; Ezekiel 39:12; 43:20-23; 45:18; Amos 4:6; Zechariah 3:5; Matthew 23:25-26; 27:59; Revelation 15:6

♦ of Israel's land

• Ezekiel 22:24; 39:12-16

♦ method of

• Exodus 12:15, 19-20; 13:7; 29:36; Leviticus 12:2, 7-8 (cf. Luke 2:24); Leviticus 14 (cf. Matthew 8:3; Luke 17:11-19); Leviticus 15:8, 10-11; 16:19, 30; 22:5-8; Numbers 5:28; 6:9-12; 8:7, 19; 31:23; 35:33; 2 Kings 5:10-14; Ezekiel 16:4; 36:25; John 15:3; Acts 15:9; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 9:13-14, 22-23; 10:2

♦ divine action in

• Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 24:13; 36:25; John 15:2-3; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 1:3; 1 John 1:9

♦ human responsibility for

• Leviticus 17:15; Numbers 8:21; Joshua 22:17; Isaiah 1:16; 1 Corinthians 5:7; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Timothy 2:21; James 4:8; 1 John 1:9

lack of (i.e., unclean):

particular cases

♦ persons

• Leviticus 22:4; 1 Samuel 20:26 (cf. Genesis 31:35)

♦ Israel

• Deuteronomy 21:1-9; Hosea 6:10

♦ a foreign land

• Amos 7:17

main causes

♦ eating blood or unclean food

• Genesis 9:4; Exodus 22:31; Leviticus 11:1-47; 17:15; Deuteronomy 14:3-21; Ezekiel 4:14; Hosea 9:3; Acts 15:20, 29

♦ reproduction

• Leviticus 12:1-8 (cf. Luke 2:22); Job 25:4

♦ leprosy

• Leviticus 13:1-14:57; 2 Kings 5:1-14 (cf. Luke 4:27); Matthew 10:8; 11:5

♦ bodily discharges

• Leviticus 15:1-33; 22:4

♦ in the future kingdom

• Isaiah 35:8; 52:1

♦ Jewish practices in NT

• Mark 7:1-9; John 2:6; 3:25; 11:55; l8:28; Acts 21:26

♦ Christian principles of

• Luke 11:41; Acts 10:1-11:18; Romans 14:14, 20; 1 Corinthians 6:13; Colossians 2:16, 20-22; Titus 1:15

This topic is from the Lockman Foundation.

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