The Puritan Innovations
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Deuteronomy 21:6
And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
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Psalm 26:6
I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD:
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Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it.
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Purification

Purification by Abstaining from Sexual Intercourse

Purification by Blood

Purification by Fire, for Things That Resist Fire

Purification for Those Who had Recently Killed Someone in Battle

Purification for Women: After Childbirth

Purification for Women: After Menstruation

Purification for Women: Before Marriage

Purification of Paul, to Show his Fidelity to the Law

Purification of the Jews Before the Passover Celebration

Purification: Figurative

Purification: Penalty to be Imposed Upon Those Who do not Observe the Ordinances Concerning

Purification: Scriptures Relating To

Purification: Traditions of the Elders Concerning

Purification: Washing Hands in Water, Symbolical of Innocency

Purification: Washing Parts of Animal Sacrifices in Water

Purification: Water of

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