40 Bible Verses about Ritual Washing

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Go to the people and consecrate them this day, and the morrow; and they washed their garments, And be ye prepared for the third day, for in the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people upon mount Sinai.

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

And bring near Aaron and his sons to the door of the tent of appointment and wash them in water. And put upon Aaron the garments of the holy place, and anoint him and consecrate him; and he was priest to me. And his sons thou shalt bring near, and put tunics upon them.read more.
And anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they were priests to me; and it was to be to them an anointing for the priesthood forever for their generations.

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, Take the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and cleanse them. And thus thou shalt do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them the water of sin, and they caused a razor to pass over upon all their flesh, and they washed their garments, and they were cleansed.

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 the priest saw him in the seventh day, the second time, and behold, the stroke dim, and the stroke spread not in the skin, and the priest cleansed him: it is a scab: and he washed his garments and was clean.

And a man, when the effusion of seed shall go forth from him, and he washed in water all his flesh, and was unclean till the evening And every garment and every akin, which shall be upon it the effusion of seed, and it was washed in water, and was unclean till the evening. And a woman whom a man shall lie with her, with the effusion of seed, and they washed in water, and were unclean till the evening.

And he gathering the ashes of the heifer washed his garments, and was unclean till the evening: and it shall be to the sons of Israel, and to the stranger sojourning in the midst of them, for a law forever.

And wash ye your garments in the seventh day, and be purified, and afterwards ye shall come into the camp.

Every one touching upon its flesh shall be consecrated: and when shall be sprinkled from its blood upon his garment, what shall be sprinkled upon it thou shalt wash in the holy place.

And for these ye shall be unclean: all touching upon their carcass shall be unclean till evening. And every one lifting up from their carcass shall cleanse his garment; and be unclean till evening. For all cattle of which it is cleaving the cloven foot and not splitting the cleft, and not bringing up rumination, they are unclean to you; every one touching upon them shall be unclean.read more.
And every one going upon his hands among all beasts going upon four, they are unclean to you: every one touching upon their carcass shall be unclean till evening. And be lifting up their carcass shall cleanse his garments, and be unclean till evening: they are unclean to you.

And the garment, or the warp or the woof, or any vessel of skin which thou shalt wash, and the stroke departed from them, and it was washed the second time, and it was clean.

And if the stroke shall turn back and break out in the house after he took away the stones, and after he scraped off the house, and after it was spread over; And the priest came and saw, and behold, the stroke spread in the house; it a painful leprosy in the house: it is unclean. And he tore down the house, and its stones, and its wood, and all the dust of the house: and he brought forth without the city, into an unclean place.read more.
And he coming in to the house all the days it is shut up, shall be unclean till the evening. And he lying in the house shall wash his garments: and he eating in the house shall wash his garments.

And it was to them for a law forever, and he sprinkling the water of uncleanness shall wash his garments; and he touching upon the water of uncleanness shall be unclean till the evening.

And I said to him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they coming out of great pressure, and they washed their robes, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb.

Happy they doing his commands, that their power shall be in the tree of life, and they might come in at the gates to the city.

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.

Every bed which he flowing shall lie upon it, shall be unclean: and every vessel which he shall sit upon it, shall be unclean. 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.read more.
And he touching upon the flesh of him flowing, shall wash his garments, and wash in water, and shall be unclean till the evening. 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.

And he sending away the goat set apart, shall wash his garments and wash his flesh in water, and after this he shall go in to the camp. And the bullock of sin and the he goat of sin, from which he brought their blood to expiate in the holy place, he shall bring forth to without the camp, and they shall burn in fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. And he burning them shall wash his clothes and wash his flesh in water, and after this he shall come in to the camp.

And the priest washed his garments, and bathed his flesh in water, and afterward he shall go into the camp; and the priest was unclean till evening. And he burning her shall wash his garments in water, and bathed his flesh in water, and was unclean till the evening.

When the camp shall go forth against thine enemies, and watch thyself from every evil word. If there shall be in thee a man that shall not be clean from chance of the night, and he shall go forth without the camp; he shall not come in to the midst of the camp: And it was turning to evening, he shall wash in water: and as the sun went down he shall come into the midst of the camp.

And Naaman will come with his horse and with his chariot, and he will stand at the door of the House to Elisha. And Elisha will send a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan and, thy flesh shall: turn back to thee and be clean. And Naaman will be angry, and go, and say, Behold, I said coming forth, he will come forth to me, and stand and call in the name of Jehovah his God and wave his hand up and down to the place, and he will gather him being leprous.read more.
Is not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, good above all the waters of Israel? and shall I not wash in them And be cleansed? And he will turn and go in wrath. And his servants will come near and speak to him, and say, My father, spake the prophet a great word to thee, wilt thou not do? and much more he said to thee, Wash and be cleansed, And he will go down and dip in Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh will turn: back as, the flesh of a small boy, and he will be cleansed.

Thou wilt purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou wilt wash me and I shall be white above snow.

Having therefore, brethren, freedom of speech for the entering in of the holies by the blood of Jesus, A way publicly declared and living, which he consecrated to us, through the veil, that is, his flesh; And a great priest over the house of God;read more.
Let us approach with a true heart in complete certainty of faith, having our hearts besprinkled from an evil consciousness, and having our bodies washed with pure water.

And they took for the unclean from the dust of the burning of sin, and living water was given upon it into a vessel: And a clean man took hyssop and dipped in water and sprinkled upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the souls which were there, and upon him touching upon a bone, or upon the wounded, or upon the the dead, or upon a grave: And he being clean sprinkled upon the unclean in the third day, and in the seventh day: and he was cleansed in the seventh day, and he washed his garments and bathed in water, and was clean in the evening.

All touching upon the dead, upon the soul of man which shall die, and shall not be purified, defiled the dwelling of Jehovah; and that soul was cut off from Israel: for the water of uncleanness was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness yet upon him.

And I took you from the nations and I gathered you from all the lands, and I brought you into your land. And I sprinkled clean waters upon you, and ye were cleansed: from all your uncleannesses and from all your blocks will I cleanse you.

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, 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.read more.
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. 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.

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.

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: And they answered and said, Our hands poured not out this blood, and our eyes saw not Expiate for thy people Israel whom thou didst redeem, O Jehovah, and thou shalt not give innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood was expiated to them.read more.
And thou shalt put away innocent blood from the midst of thee when thou shall do the right in the eyes of Jehovah.

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. And he comes to Simon Peter: and he says to him, Lord, washest thou my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know after these.read more.
Peter says to him, Thou shouldest never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but the hands and head. Jesus says to him, He washed has no need but to have the feet washed, but is wholly clean: and ye are clean, but not all.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse the hands, ye sinful; and purify the hearts, ye double souled.

And a man who shall be unclean and shall not be purified, and that soul was cut off from the midst of the gathering, for he defiled the holy place of Jehovah: the water of uncleanness was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

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.

And six stone water-buckets were placed there, according to the purification of the Jews, containing each two or three measures.

Then was there an investigation of John's disciples with Jesus about purification.

Then came to Jesus from Jerusalem the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Wherefore do thy disciples pass by the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. And he, having answered, said to them, Wherefore do ye also pass by the command of God by your traditionread more.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die. And ye say, Whoever should say to father or mother, A gift, whatever thou shouldest be profited by me; And should not honour his father or his mother. And ye have annulled the command of God by your tradition. Hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draw near me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart keeps off far from me. But they worship me in vain, teaching doctrines the commands of men. And having called the crowd, he said to them, Hear ye, and understand. Not that coming into the mouth pollutes the man; but that going forth out of the mouth, this pollutes the man.

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? And he having answered, said to them, That Esaias prophesied well concerning you, as it has been written, This people honour me with lips, and their heart keeps far from me. And in vain they revere me, teaching doctrines the commands of men. For having left the command of God, ye hold firmly to the tradition of men, the immersion of measures and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said to them, Well do ye abrogate the command of God, that ye might keep your tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he reviling father or mother, in death let him die: And ye say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, which is, a gift, whatever thou be profited by me; And ye permit him to do nothing more for his father or his mother Abrogating the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. And having called all the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all ye, and do ye understand: There is nothing from without a man, entering into him, which can defile him: but things coming out from him, these are the things polluting the man. If any have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he came into the house from the crowd, his disciples asked him of the parable. And he says, So are ye also without understanding? Do ye not perceive, that anything from without entering into a man, cannot pollute him For it goes not into the heart, but into the belly, and goes forth into the privy, purging all food And he said, That going out of a man, that pollutes a man. For within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil reflections, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, overreaching, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, defamation, pride, foolishness: All these evils go out from within, and pollute a man.

And in the speaking, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him: and having come in he reclined. 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.read more.
O foolish, has not he having made the outside, also made the inside? But of the things being, give alms; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

And these thus prepared, truly to the first tent the priests always came in, to complete the divine services. And into the second the chief priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he brings near for himself, and the errors of the people: This the Holy Spirit designating, the way of the holies had not yet been made manifest, the first tent yet having a standing:read more.
Which a parable for the time placed in, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are brought near, not being able for consciousness to perfect him serving; Only in food and drinks, and different immersions, and precepts of the flesh, being placed till the time of amendment. And Christ being present, a chief priest of good things about to be, by a greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is; not of this creation; Neither by the blood of he-goats and calves, and by his own blood he went in once for all to the holies, having found eternal deliverance. For if the blood of bulls and he-goats, and the ashes of a heifer besprinkling the polluted, consecrates to the purity of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself blameless to God, purify your consciousness from dead works to serve the living God?