The word in Scripture

Cleansing in the Bible

The word cleansing appears 10 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Cleansing is the washing away of sin's guilt and stain. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What cleansing means in the Bible

Cleansing is the washing away of sin's guilt and stain.

Where the word cleansing appears

Here are 6 of the passages where the word cleansing appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;”Leviticus 13:35

“This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:”Leviticus 14:2

“And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.”Numbers 6:9

“When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.”Ezekiel 43:23

“And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”Mark 1:44

“And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”Luke 5:14