Many used to go to Jerusalem beforehand to be purified through repentance, ready to be united with the Lamb of God, that they would eat at the Passover feast. If anyone had touched a corpse he had to observe a series of cleansings for seven days to deserve entry into God’s temple (Numbers 19:11).
Wengi wao walizoea kukwea Yerusalemu mapema, ili wajitakase kwa kuungama ndipo kuwa tayari kwa kujifunganisha na Kondoo wa Mungu. Ikiwa mtu aliwahi kugusa maiti, alitakiwa kushika mfululizo wa kujitakasa kwa siku saba, ili astahili tena kuingia ndani ya hekalu la Mungu (Hesabu 19:11)