'Wash' in the Bible
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
and said, “My lords, turn aside to your servant’s house, wash your feet, and spend the night. Then you can get up early and go on your way.”“No,” they said. “We would rather spend the night in the square.”
So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was brought to wash his feet and the feet of the men with him.
The steward brought the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and got feed for their donkeys.
And the Lord told Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and shanks, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.
Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet from the basin.
Whenever they enter the tent of meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning up an offering to the Lord, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
They must wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this is to be a permanent statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations.”
“Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
The offerer must wash its entrails and shanks with water. Then the priest will burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
But he is to wash the entrails and shanks with water. The priest will then present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of its blood spatters on a garment, then you must wash that garment in a holy place.
and whoever carries any of their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
and anyone who carries their carcasses must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.
Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. Anyone who carries its carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.
The priest will examine him again on the seventh day. If the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean; it is a scab. The person is to wash his clothes and will become clean.
The priest will examine the scaly outbreak on the seventh day, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce the person clean. He is to wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
The one who is to be cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; he is clean. Afterward he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days.
He is to shave off all his hair again on the seventh day: his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; he is clean.
Whoever lies down in the house is to wash his clothes, and whoever eats in it is to wash his clothes.
Anyone who touches his bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Whoever sits on furniture that the man with the discharge was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Whoever touches the body of the man with a discharge is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Whoever touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and whoever carries such things is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
“When the man with the discharge has been cured of it, he is to count seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; he will be clean.
Everyone who touches her bed is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Everyone who touches any furniture she was sitting on is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Everyone who touches them will be unclean; he must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
The man who released the goat for azazel is to wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
The one who burns them is to wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.
“Every person, whether the native or the foreigner, who eats an animal that died a natural death or was mauled by wild beasts is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, he will bear his punishment.”
“Then the priest is to write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
This is what you must do to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.
Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening.
The one who burned the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he will remain unclean until evening.
Then the one who gathers up the cow’s ashes must wash his clothes, and he will remain unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner who resides among them.
“The one who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being purified must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he will be clean by evening.
This is a permanent statute for them. The person who sprinkles the water for impurity is to wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water for impurity will be unclean until evening.
On the seventh day wash your clothes, and you will be clean. After that you may enter the camp.”
All the elders of the city nearest to the victim will wash their hands by the stream over the young cow whose neck has been broken.
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may come inside the camp.
Wash, put on perfumed oil, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let the man know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.
She stood up, then bowed her face to the ground and said, “Here I am, your servant, to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Then he said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king followed him.
Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go wash seven times in the Jordan and your flesh will be restored and you will be clean.”
Aren’t Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and left in a rage.
But his servants approached and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he tells you, ‘Wash and be clean’?”
as water wears away stonesand torrents wash away the soil from the land,so You destroy a man’s hope.
I wash my hands in innocenceand go around Your altar, Lord,
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
The righteous one will rejoicewhen he sees the retribution;he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Did I purify my heartand wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.Remove your evil deeds from My sight.Stop doing evil.
Wash the evil from your heart, Jerusalem,so that you will be delivered.How long will you harbormalicious thoughts within you?
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.