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Line 4: − − According to [http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/4-4.htm 1 Timothy 4:4] and [http://biblehub.com/1_timothy/4-5.htm 5] water can be blessed and made consecrated by the word of God and prayer.{{quotation|For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving: for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.}}
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Traditionally, fonts of holy water are placed near the entrances of churches. This placement and usage corresponds actually to Old Testament Jewish practices of purification: The [[Leviticus|Book of Leviticus]] prescribed various ritual purifications using water to remove the "uncleanness" associated, for instance, with coming into contact with a dead body, menstruation, childbirth, or leprosy. The [[Numbers|Book of Numbers]] commanded the use of holy water in the "ordeal" for a charge of [[adultery]]<ref>Numbers 5:17</ref>. The priests and [[levites]] were commanded to wash in the laver of water<ref>the bronze "sea" in 1 Kings 7:23-26; the "laver of regeneration" in Titus 3:5; the luminous "sea of glass" in Revelation 4:6; 15:2</ref> to purify themselves before entering to offer sacrifice of worship in the [[Tabernacle]], [[Temple of Jerusalem]], the assembly of the Lord <ref>Hebrews 12:22-24</ref>, and [[Heaven]] itself.
Traditionally, fonts of holy water are placed near the entrances of churches. This placement and usage corresponds actually to Old Testament Jewish practices of purification: The [[Leviticus|Book of Leviticus]] prescribed various ritual purifications using water to remove the "uncleanness" associated, for instance, with coming into contact with a dead body, menstruation, childbirth, or leprosy. The [[Numbers|Book of Numbers]] commanded the use of holy water in the "ordeal" for a charge of [[adultery]]<ref>Numbers 5:17</ref>. The priests and [[levites]] were commanded to wash in the laver of water<ref>the bronze "sea" in 1 Kings 7:23-26; the "laver of regeneration" in Titus 3:5; the luminous "sea of glass" in Revelation 4:6; 15:2</ref> to purify themselves before entering to offer sacrifice of worship in the [[Tabernacle]], [[Temple of Jerusalem]], the assembly of the Lord <ref>Hebrews 12:22-24</ref>, and [[Heaven]] itself.
==See also==
==See also==