“‘Anyone, whether native-born or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or torn by wild animals must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be ceremonially unclean till evening; then they will be clean.

• Leviticus 17:15

But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

• Numbers 9:13

Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.

• 2 Chronicles 13:11

Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs to the Lord.

• 2 Chronicles 30:17

The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

• Isaiah 4:4

He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive. As a shepherd picks his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.

• Jeremiah 43:12

This quiz is about “clean.”  All the verses will have the word “clean” in them or a variant of the word, like unclean, cleanse, cleansing, etc.

I thought of this idea while doing the laundry.  Many of the questions have to do with “first mentions.”

The Questions:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	What is the first reference to “clean” in the NIV?  It has to do with the instructions God gave Noah in loading the ark.  Also, how many of those “clean” things?
2	When Noah got off the ark, he was to sacrifice two types of clean things.  What two clean things?
3	What is to be placed on a ceremonially clean ash heap and burned?  The first use of ceremonially clean in the NIV.
4	In what book of the Bible is the entire chapter devoted to defining clean and unclean animals?
5	A lot like the last question, but in a chapter devoted to “cleansing” (first time in the NIV), what two things are defiling things that are to be cleansed?
6	In the first mention in the NIV of sprinkling cleansing water, who or what is being cleansed?
7	In the first reference to cleansing powder in the NIV, who tells his friends that he washed his body with soap and his hands with cleansing powder.  Only other reference is in Jeremiah.
8	In the first use of the word “clean” or “cleanse” in the New Testament, what does Jesus cleanse?
9	What does Jesus, in the seven woes on the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, accuse them of cleaning the outside of these two things and not the inside that is filled with greed and self-indulgence?
10	And in the last use of “clean” in all its variations, who were wearing fine linen, white and clean, riding white horses, and who were they following?

If you use the footnotes or cross references to baptism, you might find these verses, but “baptism” in the Old Testament was not a “cleansing of our sins.”  Rather, it was a pledge to have a good conscience toward God.  The Essenes especially used this as a purification process prior to worship.

Romans 6:4 says, “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”

Bible References:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	What is the first reference to “clean” in the NIV?  It has to do with the instructions God gave Noah in loading the ark.  Also, how many of those “clean” things?	Genesis 7:2
2	When Noah got off the ark, he was to sacrifice two types of clean things.  What two clean things?	Genesis 8:20
3	What is to be placed on a ceremonially clean ash heap and burned?  The first use of ceremonially clean in the NIV.	Leviticus 4:12
4	In what book of the Bible is the entire chapter devoted to defining clean and unclean animals?	N/A
5	A lot like the last question, but in a chapter devoted to “cleansing” (first time in the NIV), what two things are defiling things that are to be cleansed?	Leviticus 14
6	In the first mention in the NIV of sprinkling cleansing water, who or what is being cleansed?	Numbers 8:6-7
7	In the first reference to cleansing powder in the NIV, who tells his friends that he washed his body with soap and his hands with cleansing powder.  Only other reference is in Jeremiah.	Job 9:30
8	In the first use of the word “clean” or “cleanse” in the New Testament, what does Jesus cleanse?	Matthew 8:23
9	What does Jesus, in the seven woes on the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, accuse them of cleaning the outside of these two things and not the inside that is filled with greed and self-indulgence?	Matthew 23:25-26
10	And in the last use of “clean” in all its variations, who were wearing fine linen, white and clean, riding white horses, and who were they following?	Revelation 19:14

It has been important to remain clean or to bathe since time began.  Many helpful things, not necessarily ceremonial things, are mentioned in the Bible to keep our outer body clean as well as our inner body.  It might be in cleaning ourselves or the food that we eat.

“Clean” in all its forms is found 176 times in the NIV.

But the greatest need for cleansing is to wash away the stain of sin, and only Jesus can do that.

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The Answers:

#	Question	Bible Reference	Answer
1	What is the first reference to “clean” in the NIV?  It has to do with the instructions God gave Noah in loading the ark.  Also, how many of those “clean” things?	Genesis 7:2	Clean animals, loaded seven pairs of each
2	When Noah got off the ark, he was to sacrifice two types of clean things.  What two clean things?	Genesis 8:20	Clean animals and clean birds
3	What is to be placed on a ceremonially clean ash heap and burned?  The first use of ceremonially clean in the NIV.	Leviticus 4:12	The rest of the bull for the sin offering
4	In what book of the Bible is the entire chapter devoted to defining clean and unclean animals?	N/A	Leviticus 11
5	A lot like the last question, but in a chapter devoted to “cleansing” (first time in the NIV), what two things are defiling things that are to be cleansed?	Leviticus 14	Defiling skin diseases and defiling molds
6	In the first mention in the NIV of sprinkling cleansing water, who or what is being cleansed?	Numbers 8:6-7	The Levites
7	In the first reference to cleansing powder in the NIV, who tells his friends that he washed his body with soap and his hands with cleansing powder.  Only other reference is in Jeremiah.	Job 9:30	Job
8	In the first use of the word “clean” or “cleanse” in the New Testament, what does Jesus cleanse?	Matthew 8:23	A leper
9	What does Jesus, in the seven woes on the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees, accuse them of cleaning the outside of these two things and not the inside that is filled with greed and self-indulgence?	Matthew 23:25-26	Their cup and dish
10	And in the last use of “clean” in all its variations, who were wearing fine linen, white and clean, riding white horses, and who were they following?	Revelation 19:14	The armies of heaven, following Jesus (“Faithful and True”) in Christ’s Return.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, not so well, here is Natalie Grant singing Clean.

Here is the Oak Ridge Boys (with a solo from Guy Penrod) singing The Baptism of Jesse Taylor.

Here is Randy Travis singing Baptism.

And here is Zach Williams singing Baptized.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.