John 11:55
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
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passover.

John 2:13
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 5:1
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 6:4
Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

Exodus 12:11
This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD's Passover.

before.

John 7:8-10
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come." . . .

John 12:1
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

Ezra 3:1
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.

Nehemiah 8:1
At that time all the people gathered together at the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the LORD had commanded Israel.

to purify.

John 2:6
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

Genesis 35:2
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

Exodus 19:10, 14, 15
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes . . .

Numbers 9:6
But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day

1 Samuel 16:5
"In peace, " he replied. "I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

2 Chronicles 30:17-20
Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD. . . .

Job 1:5
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular practice.

Psalm 26:6
I wash my hands in innocence that I may come near Your altar, O LORD,

Acts 24:18
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia

1 Corinthians 11:28
Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

Hebrews 9:13, 14
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, . . .

James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves.

King James Bible
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.

International Standard Version
Now the Jewish Passover was approaching, and before the Passover many people from the countryside went up to Jerusalem to purify themselves.

NET Bible
Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But the Passover of the Jews was drawing near. Many came out from the villages to Jerusalem before the feast to purify their souls.
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