18 Bible Verses about Ablution

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Genesis 43:24

The servant took them into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.

Exodus 19:14

Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

David got up from the floor. He took a bath, combed his hair, and changed his clothes. Then he went and worshiped in the Temple of Jehovah. After that he returned to the palace and ate.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.)

Exodus 30:18-21

Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.read more.
They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.

Exodus 40:30-31

He put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet.

Leviticus 14:7-9

He will sprinkle the blood seven times on the one of you who is to be purified from your skin disease. He will then pronounce you clean. He will let the live bird fly away over the open fields. You must wash your clothes, shave off all your hair, and take a bath. You will then be ritually clean. You may enter the camp. You must live outside your tent for seven days. On the seventh day you should again shave your head, your beard, your eyebrows, and all the rest of the hair on your body. You should wash your clothes and take a bath. Then you will be ritually clean.

Leviticus 15:5-10

Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.read more.
Should a man who has a discharge spit on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean. Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 14:52

This is the way he will purify the house with the bird's blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the red cord.

Mark 7:1-5

The Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem to gather around Jesus. They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with unwashed defiled hands. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.)read more.
When they come from the marketplace they wash themselves before they eat. They follow many other rules. They wash their cups, and brass pots, and other vessels. The Pharisees and the scribes asked: Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders. Instead they eat their bread with defiled hands?

John 13:12

After he washed their feet he put his outer garments on and sat down. He asked: Do you know what I have done to you?

Exodus 40:31

Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet.

Exodus 30:20

Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.

Exodus 19:10

Jehovah continued: Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes.

Hebrews 6:2

We should not repeat the basic teachings about baptisms, and of the laying on of hands (setting apart for holy tasks), and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

John 13:5

Then he poured water into the basin and washed the disciples' feet. He wiped them with the towel he was wearing.

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Ablution » Of the feet

Genesis 19:2

My lords, he said, come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may get up in the morning as early as you like and be on your way again. Oh no, they said, We will spend the night out here in the city square.

Genesis 24:32

The man went into the house. Laban unloaded the camels and gave them straw and fodder. Then he brought water for Abraham's servant and his men to wash their feet.

Genesis 43:24

The servant took them into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.

Exodus 30:19

Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet.

Ablution » of priests

Exodus 29:4

Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent of meeting and have them wash themselves.

Exodus 36:18-21

Fifty bronze fasteners were also made to link the inner tent together as a single unit. They made a cover out of rams' skins that had been dyed red for the outer tent, and over that they put a cover made of fine leather. A framework for the inner tent was made out of acacia wood. read more.
Each frame was fifteen feet long and twenty-seven inches wide.

Exodus 40:12

Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tabernacle, and have them take a ritual bath.

Exodus 40:31-32

Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet. They washed whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses obeyed Jehovah's instructions.

Leviticus 8:6

Moses had Aaron and his sons come forward. Then he washed them with water.

Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of

Genesis 43:24

The servant took them into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.

Exodus 19:14

Moses went down from the mountain to the people. He consecrated the people, and they washed their garments.

2 Samuel 12:20

David got up from the floor. He took a bath, combed his hair, and changed his clothes. Then he went and worshiped in the Temple of Jehovah. After that he returned to the palace and ate.

Mark 7:3

(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.)

Ablution » Of the hands, as a token of innocency

Deuteronomy 21:6

All the elders of the city that is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

Psalm 26:6

I will wash my hands in innocence. I will walk around your altar, O Jehovah.

Matthew 27:24

Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in front of the people. He said: The blood of this man is not on my hands. You are responsible.

Ablution » Of burnt offerings

2 Chronicles 4:6

They also made ten basins, five to be placed on the south side of the Temple and five on the north side. They were to be used to rinse the parts of the animals that were burned as sacrifices. The water in the large tank was for the priests to use for washing.

Leviticus 1:9

Wash the internal organs and legs. The priest will then burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Jehovah.

Leviticus 1:13

Wash the internal organs and the hind legs. The priest will present the sacrifice to Jehovah and burn all of it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to Jehovah.

Leviticus 9:14

He washed the internal organs and the legs and laid them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

Ablution » Of the hands

Exodus 30:18-21

Make a copper basin with a bronze stand for washing. Put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and fill it with water. Aaron and his sons will use it for washing their hands and feet. Before they go into the tent of meeting, they must wash so that they will not die. Before they come near the altar to serve as priests and burn an offering by fire to Jehovah. read more.
They must wash their hands and feet, so that they will not die. This is a long lasting rule that they and their descendants are to observe.

Exodus 40:30-32

He put the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. Moses, Aaron, and his sons used this water to wash their hands and feet. They washed whenever they went into the tent of meeting or whenever they approached the altar. Moses obeyed Jehovah's instructions.

Ablution » For defilement » Those having eaten that which died

Leviticus 17:15-16

Native Israelites or foreigners who eat the body of an animal that dies naturally or is killed by another animal must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Then they will be clean. If they do not wash their clothes and their bodies, they will be guilty of sin.

Ablution » Traditional forms of, not observed by jesus

Luke 11:38-39

The Pharisee wondered about Jesus not bathing before dinner. The Lord said: You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

Ablution » For defilement » Bloody

Leviticus 15:5-13

Those who touch his bed must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who sit on anything he sat on must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. Those who touch a man who has a discharge must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. read more.
Should a man who has a discharge spit on anyone who is clean, the person he spits on must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. When a man who has a discharge sits on a saddle, it becomes unclean. Those who carry such things must wash their clothes and their bodies. They will be unclean until evening. If a man who has a discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands, the person he touched must wash his clothes and his body. He will be unclean until evening. When a man who has a discharge touches pottery, it must be broken. When he touches a wooden bucket it must be rinsed. When a man's discharge stops, he must wait seven days to be cleansed. He must wash his clothes and his body in fresh water. Then he will be clean.

Ablution » For defilement » Of lepers

Leviticus 14:8-9

You must wash your clothes, shave off all your hair, and take a bath. You will then be ritually clean. You may enter the camp. You must live outside your tent for seven days. On the seventh day you should again shave your head, your beard, your eyebrows, and all the rest of the hair on your body. You should wash your clothes and take a bath. Then you will be ritually clean.

Ablution » Of infants

Ezekiel 16:4

On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

Ablution » Of the face

Ablution » Of the dead

Acts 9:37

She was sick, and died. They washed her body and laid her in an upper chamber.

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