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enstriksyon pwofèt Elize a nan jeneral, moun peyi Aram Naaman, ki te vin jwenn li k ap chèche yon remèd pou geri maladi po l ', pwen batèm rne. "Ale epi lave nan larivyè Jouden an sèt fwa yo,"Pwofèt la di l ', "L'a kò nou dwe retabli, epi ou va nan kondisyon ankò " (wè Liv la Dezyèm nan Kings 5:10 ak Levitik, 14:7). Kòm li te ekri nan premye lèt li kretyen Korent yo (10:2), Saint Paul wè figi nan Batèm nan nwaj la nan dife a ak lafimen ki te akonpaye moun pèp Izrayèl yo nan dezè a ak nan dlo ki nan lanmè Wouj la nan yo ke yo te pase. (Li te tou pale nan RITE a Old-Kontra jwif kòm précurseur a nan Batèm nan Lèt li nan Kolosyen yo (2:11-12).
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The Prophet Elisha’s instruction to the Syrian general Naaman, who had come to him seeking a cure for his leprosy, points to baptismal rebirth. “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times,” the prophet tells him, “and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean” (see the Second Book of Kings 5:10 and Leviticus, 14:7). As he writes in his First Letter to the Corinthians (10:2), Saint Paul sees figures of Baptism in the cloud of fire and smoke that accompanied the Israelites through the wilderness and in the waters of the Red Sea through which they passed. (He also speaks of the Old-Covenant rite of circumcision as the precursor of Baptism in his Letter to the Colossians (2:11-12).