Thematic Bible: Was used by jews
Thematic Bible
Water » Was used by jews » As their principal beverage
for when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in groups of fifty in caves and sustained them with bread and water.)
For their mother has played the harlot; she that conceived them has been shamed; for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.
behold, I stand by the fountain of water; let it come to pass, therefore, that the virgin who comes forth to draw water unto whom I say, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Water » Was used by jews » For legal purification
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and shalt wash them with water.
For when Moses had read every commandment of the law to all the people, taking the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book and all the people,
but in foods and drinks and different washings and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of correction.
Water » Was used by jews » For washing the person
Let a little water, I pray you, be brought and wash your feet and rest yourselves under a tree;
Then the man came into the house, and Laban ungirded his camels and gave straw and fodder for the camels and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that were with him.
Water » Was used by jews » For culinary purposes
Eat none of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire, his head with his legs, and with the entrails thereof.