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The act of bathing is mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible, often associated with purification, hospitality, and preparation for significant events.<br><br><b>Purification and Ritual Cleansing</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, bathing is frequently linked to ritual purification. The Mosaic Law prescribed specific instances where washing was required to restore ceremonial cleanliness. For example, <a href="/bsb/leviticus/15.htm">Leviticus 15</a> outlines various bodily discharges that rendered a person unclean, necessitating washing with water: "When a man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean... When the man with the discharge is cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe his body in fresh water; then he will be clean" (<a href="/leviticus/15-2.htm">Leviticus 15:2, 13</a>).<br><br>Similarly, priests were required to wash before performing their duties in the Tabernacle or Temple. <a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Exodus 30:18-21</a> describes the bronze basin placed between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, where Aaron and his sons were to wash their hands and feet: "Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by burning an offering to the LORD, they must wash with water, so that they will not die" (<a href="/exodus/30-20.htm">Exodus 30:20</a>).<br><br><b>Hospitality and Social Customs</b><br><br>Bathing also played a role in the customs of hospitality and social interaction. In <a href="/bsb/genesis/18.htm">Genesis 18</a>, when Abraham received three visitors, he offered them water to wash their feet, a common practice in a dusty, arid environment: "Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree" (<a href="/genesis/18-4.htm">Genesis 18:4</a>). This act of washing feet was a gesture of welcome and respect, often performed by servants or hosts.<br><br>In the New Testament, Jesus Himself washed the feet of His disciples as an example of humility and service, as recorded in <a href="/john/13-5.htm">John 13:5</a>: "After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel that was wrapped around Him" (<a href="/john/13-5.htm">John 13:5</a>).<br><br><b>Preparation and Anointing</b><br><br>Bathing was also part of preparation for special occasions or transitions. In the book of Esther, before being presented to King Xerxes, Esther underwent a year-long beauty treatment that included bathing and anointing: "Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics" (<a href="/esther/2-12.htm">Esther 2:12</a>).<br><br>Similarly, in <a href="/ruth/3-3.htm">Ruth 3:3</a>, Naomi instructs Ruth to wash and anoint herself before approaching Boaz: "Therefore wash yourself, put on perfume, and wear your best clothes. Go down to the threshing floor, but do not let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking" (<a href="/ruth/3-3.htm">Ruth 3:3</a>).<br><br><b>Symbolism and Spiritual Cleansing</b><br><br>Bathing also carries symbolic significance in the Bible, representing spiritual cleansing and renewal. In the New Testament, baptism is a form of spiritual washing, symbolizing the cleansing of sin and the believer's identification with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. <a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a> records Ananias' words to Paul: "And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name" (<a href="/acts/22-16.htm">Acts 22:16</a>).<br><br>The imagery of washing is further used in <a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a>, where Paul speaks of Christ's love for the church: "to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word" (<a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a>). This metaphorical use underscores the transformative power of God's word and the Holy Spirit in the believer's life.<br><br>In summary, bathing in the Bible encompasses a range of practices and meanings, from physical cleanliness and ritual purification to hospitality and spiritual symbolism. These references highlight the importance of both physical and spiritual purity in the life of God's people.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>p. pr. & vb. n.</I>) of Bathe.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Act of taking a bath or baths.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">BATH; BATHING</span><p>bath, bath'-ing.<br><br>1. Ordinary Bathing:<br><br>Bathing in the ordinary, non-religious sense, public or private, is rarely met with in the Scriptures. We find, however, three exceptional and interesting cases:<br><br>(1) that of Pharaoh's daughter, resorting to the Nile (<a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">Exodus 2:5</a>);<br><br>(2) that of Bath-sheba, bathing on the house-top (<a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a> the Revised Version (British and American));<br><br>(3) the curious case mentioned in <a href="/1_kings/22-38.htm">1 Kings 22:38</a>. (To wash with royal blood was supposed to be beneficial to the complexion.)<br><br>The dusty, limestone soil of Palestine and the open foot-gear of the Orient on stockingless feet, called for frequent washing of the feet (<a href="/genesis/24-32.htm">Genesis 24:32</a>; <a href="/genesis/43-24.htm">Genesis 43:24</a> <a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Judges 19:24</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-41.htm">1 Samuel 25:41</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-8.htm">2 Samuel 11:8</a> <a href="/songs/5-3.htm">Songs 5:3</a>, etc.), and bathing of the body for refreshment; but the chief concern of the writers of Scripture was with bathing of another sort. Indeed, something of the religious sense and aspect of bathing, in addition to that of bodily refreshment, seems to have entered into the ordinary use of water, as in the washing of the hands before meals, etc. (see <a href="/genesis/18-4.htm">Genesis 18:4</a>; <a href="/genesis/19-2.htm">Genesis 19:2</a> <a href="/luke/7-44.htm">Luke 7:44</a>).<br><br>2. Bathing Resorts:<br><br>The streams and ponds, when available, were the usual resorts for bathing (<a href="/exodus/2-5.htm">Exodus 2:5</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-10.htm">2 Kings 5:10</a>, etc.), but the water-supply of large cities, stored up in great pools or large cisterns, was certainly available at times to some degree for bathing (<a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a>); though, as Benzinger says, no traces of bathrooms have been found in old Hebrew houses, even in royal palaces. In Babylon, it would seem from Susanna 15, there were bathing pools in gardens, though this passage may refer simply to bathing in the open air. Certainly public baths as now known, or plunge-baths of the Greek type, were unknown among the Hebrews until they were brought in contact with the Greek civilization. Such baths first come into view during the Greek-Roman period, when they are found to be regularly included in the gymnasia, or "places of exercise" (1 Maccabees 1:14). Remains of them, of varying degrees of richness and architectural completeness, may be seen today in various parts of the East, those left of the cities of the Decapolis, especially at Gerash and Amman, being excellent examples (compare also those at Pompeii). A remarkable series of bath-chambers has recently been discovered by Mr. R. A. S. Macalister at Gezer in Palestine, in connection with a building supposed to be the palace built by Simon Maccabeus. For an interesting account of it see PEFS, 1905, 294.<br><br>3. Greek versus Semitic Ideas:<br><br>When we consider that in Palestine six months of the year are rainless, and how scarce and pricelessly valuable water is during most of the year, and in many places all the year round; and when we recall how the Bedouin of today looks on the use of water for cleansing in such times and places of scarcity, viewing it as a wanton waste (see Benzinger, Hebrew. Arch., 108, note), the rigid requirement of it for so many ritual purposes by the Mosaic law is, to say the least, remarkable (see ABLUTION; CLEAN; UNCLEANNESS, etc.). Certainly there was a marked contrast between the Greek idea of bathing and that of the Hebrews and Asiatics in general, when they came in contact. But when Greek culture invaded Palestine under Antiochus Epiphanes (circa 168 B.C.), it brought Greek ideas and Greek bathing establishments with it; and under Herod (40-44 B.C.) it was given the right of way and prevailed to no mean degree (see Anecdote of Gamaliel II in Schurer, HJP, II, i, 18, 53).<br><br>4. Ceremonial Purification:<br><br>But "bathing" in the Bible stands chiefly for ritual acts-purification from ceremonial uncleanness, from contact with the dead, with defiled persons or things, with "holy things," i.e. things "devoted," or "under the ban," etc. (see CLEAN; UNCLEANNESS, etc.). The Hebrew of the Old Testament does not sharply distinguish between bathing and partial washing-both are expressed by rahats, and the Revised Version (British and American) rightly renders "wash" instead of "bathe" in some cases. Talmudic usage simply codified custom which had been long in vogue, according to Schurer. But Kennedy grants that the "bath" at last became, even for the laity, "an important factor in the religious life of Israel." We read of daily bathing by the Essenes (Josephus, BJ, II, viii, 5). Then later we find John, the Baptizer, immersing, as the record clearly shows the apostles of Christ did also (<a href="/acts/8-38.htm">Acts 8:38</a> <a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3 f</a>); compare <a href="/luke/11-38.htm">Luke 11:38</a> where baptizo, in passive = "washed."<br><br>5. Bathing for Health:<br><br>In <a href="/john/5-2.htm">John 5:2-7</a> we have an example of bathing for health. There are remains of ancient baths at Gadara and at Callirrhoe, East of the Jordan, baths which were once celebrated as resorts for health-seekers. There are hot baths in full operation today, near Tiberias, on the southwestern shore of the Lake of Galilee, which have been a health resort from time immemorial. It is probably true, however, as some one has said, that in Old Testament times and in New Testament times, the masses of the people had neither privacy nor inclination for bathing.<br><br>George B. Eager<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3068.htm"><span class="l">3068. louo -- to bathe, to wash</span></a> <br><b>...</b> or merely ceremonially), I wash, bathe (the body); mid: of washing, <b>bathing</b><br> one's self; met: I cleanse from sin. 3068 -- properly <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3068.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/2861.htm"><span class="l">2861. kolumbethra -- a pool</span></a> <br><b>...</b> pool. A diving-place, ie Pond for <b>bathing</b> (or swimming) -- pool. (kolumbethra) --<br> 1 Occurrence. (kolumbethran) -- 2 Occurrences. 2860, 2861. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2861.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7364.htm"><span class="l">7364. rachats -- to wash, wash off or away, bathe</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to wash, wash off or away, bathe NASB Word Usage bathe (25), bathed<br> (6), <b>bathing</b> (1), wash (24), washed (13), washed away (1), washing (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7364.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7367.htm"><span class="l">7367. rachtsah -- a washing</span></a><br><b>...</b> of rachats Definition a washing NASB Word Usage washing (2). washing. Feminine of<br> rachats; a <b>bathing</b> place -- washing. see HEBREW rachats. 7366, 7367. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7367.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_ix_why_we_are_to.htm"><span class="l">Why we are to Use the Bath.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> cleanliness, or heat, or health, or lastly, for pleasure. <b>Bathing</b> for pleasure<br> is to be omitted. For unblushing pleasure must be cut out by <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter ix why we are to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hogg/the_diatessaron_of_tatian/section_xxii_and_when_jesus.htm"><span class="l">And when Jesus came to a Certain Village, There Drew Near to Him a <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> [10] [1546] And there was in Jerusalem a place prepared for <b>bathing</b>, [1547] which<br> was called in [11] Hebrew the House of Mercy, having five porches. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hogg/the diatessaron of tatian/section xxii and when jesus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_instructor_paedagogus/chapter_v_behaviour_in_the_baths.htm"><span class="l">Behaviour in the Baths.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And gold-plated chairs, and silver ones, too, and ten thousand vessels of gold and<br> silver, some for drinking, some for eating, some for <b>bathing</b>, are carried <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter v behaviour in the baths.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_xiv_mission_tours.htm"><span class="l">Mission Tours.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and the proof given was that the river Kurumnasa, which means the destroyer of merit,<br> takes away all merit from those who bathe in it, while <b>bathing</b> in the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter xiv mission tours.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_iii_arrival_at_benares.htm"><span class="l">Arrival at Benares.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I had dimly seen the <b>bathing</b>-places of the people stretching away for<br> miles, and the houses on the high bank of the river. As I <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter iii arrival at benares.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_vi_missed_ends.htm"><span class="l">Missed Ends</span></a> <br><b>...</b> We watched the procession pass down the street. They were going for water from a<br> sacred stream for the <b>bathing</b> of purification. <b>...</b> Then came the <b>bathing</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter vi missed ends.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/constitutions_of_the_holy_apostles/sec_iii_commandments_to_women.htm"><span class="l">Commandments to Women.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> That a Woman Must Not Bathe with Men. IX. Avoid also that disorderly practice of<br> <b>bathing</b> in the same place with men; for many are the nets of the evil one. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iii commandments to women.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_vii_the_dust_of.htm"><span class="l">"The Dust of the Actual"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> over the edge of the tank to drink, and he fell in and was drowned; so I have been<br> to condole with his people, and I have now returned from <b>bathing</b>, and do not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter vii the dust of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kennedy/life_and_work_in_benares_and_kumaon_1839-1877/chapter_ix_my_second_year.htm"><span class="l">My Second Year in Benares.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The most extravagant promises are held out to those who bathe in the Ganges, at<br> any time in any part of it; but <b>bathing</b> on the occasion of an eclipse, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../life and work in benares and kumaon 1839-1877/chapter ix my second year.htm</font><p><a href="/library/orr/the_gospel_day_/chapter_viii_the_ordinances_of.htm"><span class="l">The Ordinances of the New Testament.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Bathing</b> is a custom, naturally so, for cleanliness and health, and is observed by<br> people of every civilized nation, and has been in every age of the world. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/orr/the gospel day /chapter viii the ordinances of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/bathing.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bathing</b> (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> BATH; <b>BATHING</b>. bath, bath'-ing. 1. Ordinary <b>Bathing</b>: <b>Bathing</b> in the ordinary,<br> non-religious sense, public or private, is rarely met with in the Scriptures. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bathing.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bathing-place.htm"><span class="l"><b>Bathing</b>-place (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Bathing</b>-place. <b>Bathing</b>, <b>Bathing</b>-place. Bathrabbim . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Bathing</b>-place (1 Occurrence). 1 Kings <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bathing-place.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bath.htm"><span class="l">Bath (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) Water or other liquid for <b>bathing</b>. <b>...</b> 4. (n.) A building containing an<br> apartment or a series of apartments arranged for <b>bathing</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bath.htm - 22k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ablution.htm"><span class="l">Ablution</span></a><br><b>...</b> Compare `divers baptisms' (immersions) in Hebrews 9:10, and see Broadus on Matthew<br> 15:2-20 with footnote. (For another view on <b>bathing</b> see Kennedy in HDB, I <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ablution.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/washing.htm"><span class="l">Washing (56 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jesus was not instituting a new symbol to take the place of baptism, to cleanse<br> the entire person, but clearly distinguishes between the <b>bathing</b> (louo) of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/washing.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bathed.htm"><span class="l">Bathed (45 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bathed.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/utensils.htm"><span class="l">Utensils (72 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 7:4 and when they come from market they will not eat without <b>bathing</b> first;<br> and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/utensils.htm - 28k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/walketh.htm"><span class="l">Walketh (62 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the<br> roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman <b>bathing</b>, and the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/walketh.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/war-carriage.htm"><span class="l">War-carriage (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 22:38 And the war-carriage was washed by the pool of Samaria, which was<br> the <b>bathing</b>-place of the loose women, and the dogs were drinking his blood there <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/war-carriage.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/traditionally.htm"><span class="l">Traditionally (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 7:4 and when they come from market they will not eat without <b>bathing</b> first;<br> and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/traditionally.htm - 6k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/did-David-rape-Bathsheba.html">Did David rape Bathsheba? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Naaman-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Naaman in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/slippery-slope-sin.html">In what ways is sin a slippery slope? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/bathing.htm">Bathing: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Bathing (9 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-4.htm">Mark 7:4</a></span><br />and when they come from market they will not eat without <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ephesians/5-26.htm">Ephesians 5:26</a></span><br />that he might sanctify it, having cleansed 'it' with the <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> of the water in the saying,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/titus/3-5.htm">Titus 3:5</a></span><br />(not by works that 'are' in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/15-13.htm">Leviticus 15:13</a></span><br />And when a man who has a flow from his body is made clean from it, he is to take seven days to make himself clean, washing his clothing and <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> his body in flowing water, and then he will be clean.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/16-24.htm">Leviticus 16:24</a></span><br />And after <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> his body in water in a holy place, he is to put on his clothing and come out and give his burned offering and the burned offering of the people, to take away his sin and the sin of the people.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/19-7.htm">Numbers 19:7</a></span><br />And the priest, after washing his clothing and <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> his body in water, may come back to the tent-circle, and will be unclean till evening.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/19-19.htm">Numbers 19:19</a></span><br />Let the clean person do this to the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he is to make him clean; and after washing his clothing and <span class="boldtext">bathing</span> himself in water, he will be clean in the evening.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/11-2.htm">2 Samuel 11:2</a></span><br />It happened at evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman <span class="boldtext">bathing</span>; and the woman was very beautiful to look on.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/36-30.htm">Job 36:30</a></span><br />Behold, he spreads his light around him. 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