What Does “Purification” Mean in the Bible?
Becoming clean again in order to come close to God. The Law of Moses commanded washing or offering something in certain cases.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 2:22; Leviticus 12:6-8
What the Bible says
Luke 2:22
And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord:
Leviticus 12:6-8
6And when the days of her purification are expired, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, a lamb of a year old for a holocaust, and a young pigeon or a turtle for sin, and shall deliver them to the priest: 7Who shall offer them before the Lord, and shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth a man child or a maid child. 8And if her hand find not sufficiency, and she is not able to offer a lamb, she shall take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for a holocaust, and another for sin: and the priest shall pray for her, and so she shall be cleansed.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “purificar”; Luke 2:22-24