18 Bible Verses about Ablution

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Genesis 18:4

Now he shall take a little water, and will wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Genesis 43:24

And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses will come down from the mount to the people, and he will consecrate the people; and they will wash their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David will rise from the earth and wash, and be anointed, and he will change his garments, and will go into the house of Jehovah and worship, and go to his house; and he will ask and they will set bread to him, and he will eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Exodus 30:18-21

Make a brass wash-basin, and its pedestal brass, for washing: and give it between the tent of appointment and between the altar, and give water there. And Aaron and his son washed from it their hands and their feet. In their coming into the tent of appointment, they shall wash with water, and they shall not die: or in their drawing near to the altar to serve, to burn a sacrifice to Jehovah.read more.
And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die: and it was to them a law forever, to him and to his seed and to their generations.

Exodus 40:30-31

And he will put up the washbasin between the tent of appointment and between the altar, and he will give there water to wash. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed from it their hands and their feet:

Leviticus 14:7-9

And he sprinkled upon him, being cleansed from the leprosy, seven times and cleansed him, and he sent forth the living bird upon the face of the field. And he being cleansed, washed his garments and shaved all his hair, and washed in water and was clean: and afterwards he shall come into the camp and dwelt without his tent seven days. And it was in the seventh day, he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and the front of his eyes; and all his hair shall he shave off; and he washed his garments, and washed his flesh in water, and was clean.

Leviticus 15:5-10

And a man who shall touch upon his bed, shall cleanse his garments and shall wash in water, and be unclean till evening. And he sitting upon a vessel which he flowing, shall sit upon it, shall cleanse his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the evening. And he touching upon the flesh of him flowing, shall wash his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the evening.read more.
And if he flowing shall spit upon the clean; and he washed his garments, and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening. And every seat which he flowing shall ride upon it, shall be unclean. And every one touching upon any thing which shall be under him, shall be unclean till the evening: and he lifting up these things, shall wash his garments, and he washed in water, and was unclean till the evening.

Leviticus 14:52

And he cleansed the house with the blood of the bird in living water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the double scarlet

Mark 7:1-5

And the Pharisees are gathered together to him, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, And having seen some of his disciples with common hands, that is, unwashed, eating loaves, they rebuked. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.read more.
And from the market-place, except they be immersed, they eat not. And there are many other things which they received to hold; the immersion of cups, and of measures, and of brazen vases, and of chairs.) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Wherefore do not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

John 13:12

When therefore he washed their feet; and took his garments, going to recline again, he said to them, Knew ye what I have done to you?

Luke 11:38

And the Pharisee having seen, wondered that he was not first washed before dinner.

Exodus 40:31

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed from it their hands and their feet:

Exodus 30:20

In their coming into the tent of appointment, they shall wash with water, and they shall not die: or in their drawing near to the altar to serve, to burn a sacrifice to Jehovah.

Exodus 19:10

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Go to the people and consecrate them this day, and the morrow; and they washed their garments,

Hebrews 6:2

Of the teaching of immersions, and placing upon of hands, and of the rising up of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

John 13:5

Then casts he water into a washing vessel, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe with the linen cloth with which he was girded.

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Ablution » Of the feet

Genesis 18:4

Now he shall take a little water, and will wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Genesis 19:2

And he will say, Behold now, lords, turn aside now to the house of your servant, and pass the night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise early. and go forth to your ways. And they will say, Nay; for in the street we will pass the night

Genesis 24:32

And the man will come into the house and will loosen the camels, and give straw and fodder to the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men which are with him.

Genesis 43:24

And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Exodus 30:19

And Aaron and his son washed from it their hands and their feet.

Ablution » of priests

Exodus 29:4

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring near to the door of the tent of the appointment, and wash them in water.

Exodus 36:18-21

And he will make fifty brass hooks to join the tent together to be one. And he will make a covering for the tent, skins of rams made red, and a covering of tahash skins from above. And he will make boards for the temple of acacia wood, standing up. read more.
Ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half a cubit, the breadth of the one board.

Exodus 40:12

And bring near Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of appointment and wash them in water.

Exodus 40:31-32

And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed from it their hands and their feet: In their going into the tent of appointment, and in their drawing near to the altar, they will wash; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:6

And Moses will bring near Aaron and his sons, and will wash them in water.

Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 18:4

Now he shall take a little water, and will wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

Genesis 43:24

And the man will bring the men into Joseph's house, and will give water, and they will wash their feet; and he will give fodder to their asses.

Exodus 19:14

And Moses will come down from the mount to the people, and he will consecrate the people; and they will wash their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

And David will rise from the earth and wash, and be anointed, and he will change his garments, and will go into the house of Jehovah and worship, and go to his house; and he will ask and they will set bread to him, and he will eat.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they vigorously wash hands, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Ablution » Of the hands, as a token of innocency

Deuteronomy 21:6

And all the old men of that city being near to him wounded, shall wash their hands over the heifer having her neck broken in the valley:

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in cleanness, and I will surround thine altar, O Jehovah:

Matthew 27:24

And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.

Ablution » Of burnt offerings

2 Chronicles 4:6

And he will make ten wash-basins, and give five from the right, and five from the left, to wash in them: the work of the burnt-offering they will cleanse in them; and the sea for the priests to wash in it

Leviticus 1:9

And its bowels and its legs he shall wash in water: and the priest burnt all upon the altar, a burnt-offering a sacrifice, an odor of sweetness to Jehovah.

Leviticus 1:13

And the bowels and the legs he shall wash in water: and the priest shall bring near all, and burn upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, a sacrifice, an odor of sweetness to Jehovah.

Leviticus 9:14

And he will wash the bowels, and the legs, and he will burn upon the burnt-offering upon the altar.

Ablution » Of the hands

Exodus 30:18-21

Make a brass wash-basin, and its pedestal brass, for washing: and give it between the tent of appointment and between the altar, and give water there. And Aaron and his son washed from it their hands and their feet. In their coming into the tent of appointment, they shall wash with water, and they shall not die: or in their drawing near to the altar to serve, to burn a sacrifice to Jehovah. read more.
And they shall wash their hands and their feet, and they shall not die: and it was to them a law forever, to him and to his seed and to their generations.

Exodus 40:30-32

And he will put up the washbasin between the tent of appointment and between the altar, and he will give there water to wash. And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed from it their hands and their feet: In their going into the tent of appointment, and in their drawing near to the altar, they will wash; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Ablution » For defilement » Those having eaten that which died

Leviticus 17:15-16

And every soul which shall eat a carcass and torn in pieces among the native or the stranger, and he washed his garments and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening: and he was clean. And if he shall not wash his garments, and bathe not his flesh, and he shall bear his iniquity.

Ablution » Traditional forms of, not observed by jesus

Luke 11:38-39

And the Pharisee having seen, wondered that he was not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and trencher; and your inside is full of plunder and wickedness.

Ablution » For defilement » Bloody

Leviticus 15:5-13

And a man who shall touch upon his bed, shall cleanse his garments and shall wash in water, and be unclean till evening. And he sitting upon a vessel which he flowing, shall sit upon it, shall cleanse his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the evening. And he touching upon the flesh of him flowing, shall wash his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the evening. read more.
And if he flowing shall spit upon the clean; and he washed his garments, and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening. And every seat which he flowing shall ride upon it, shall be unclean. And every one touching upon any thing which shall be under him, shall be unclean till the evening: and he lifting up these things, shall wash his garments, and he washed in water, and was unclean till the evening. And every one which he flowing shall touch upon him (and washed not his hands in water), he washed his garments, and washed in water and was unclean till the evening. And the vessel of earthen which he flowing shall touch upon it, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be washed in water. And when he flowing shall be cleansed from his flowing, and he numbered to him seven days for his cleansing, and he washed his garments and washed his flesh in living water, and was clean.

Ablution » For defilement » Of lepers

Leviticus 14:8-9

And he being cleansed, washed his garments and shaved all his hair, and washed in water and was clean: and afterwards he shall come into the camp and dwelt without his tent seven days. And it was in the seventh day, he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and the front of his eyes; and all his hair shall he shave off; and he washed his garments, and washed his flesh in water, and was clean.

Ablution » Of infants

Ezekiel 16:4

And thy nativity, in the day thou wert born thy navel was not cut, and thou wert not washed in water for my looking upon; and salting, thou welt not salted, and swathing, thou wert not swathed.

Ablution » Of the face

Ablution » Of the dead

Acts 9:37

And it was in those days, having been sick, she died; and having washed, they laid her in an upper room.

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