“And every open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.”
Numbers 19:15
Open H6605: to open wide.
“A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.”
Song of Solomon 4:12
“Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?”
Proverbs 5:15-16
Vessel H3627: something that is any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, vessel, or weapon); armor; armor bearer; artillery bag; tool. From H3615: to end; to cease; be finished; to perish.
“Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?”
Romans 6:16
“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.”
Romans 6:12-14
Cover H6781: a bracelet or arm clasp; a lid; from H6775: to link that is gird; to serve; fasten; join.
“But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.’ Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.”
2 Timothy 2:19-21
“Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, ‘Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.’”
Revelation 7:2-3
Fastened H6616: twine; from H6617: to struggle or be tortuous; wrestle.
That has no cover fastened
“Then he said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.’”
Genesis 32:28
“Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”
John 21:18
Unclean H2931: foul in a religious sense; defiled; from H2930: pollute self, make self unclean.
“Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. Their ways before me were like the uncleanness of a woman in her menstrual impurity.”
Ezekiel 36:17
“In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he strove with God. He strove with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought his favor. He met God at Bethel, and there God spoke with us— the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD is his memorial name: ‘So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.’”
Hosea 12:3-6
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