Purify הִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Apr 10, 2025 · 5m

We are moving into chapter 35 of Genesis with our word for today is used for the first time in the Bible in our chapter. טָהֵר be clean, cleanse, purify, pure. It is used 93 times in the Old Testament. A good example of this word is the idea of being set apart from the rest of the group for a specific purpose like the Levites. Numbers 8:5-6 Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and וְטִהַרְתָּ֖ cleanse them. And notice that the purifying takes place before the service. We see this in Numbers 8:15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have…