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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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PURGE . To ‘purge’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] is simply to ‘cleanse or purify,’ as Psalms 51:7 ‘Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean’; Mark 7:19 ‘purging all meats,’ i.e. making all food ceremonially clean.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Purge'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​p/purge.html. 1909.
 
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