Dictionary of Bible Themes The act of washing for consecration or for purification from uncleanness. It involved washing all or part of the body or one's clothing. Jesus Christ's attitude to the Pharisees reflected, not a disavowal of ritual washing, but disapproval of their emphasis on the outward, rather than inward, forms of religion. Exodus 19:10-11Ritual washing for consecration See also Exodus 19:14; 40:12-15Numbers 8:5-7,21-22 Leviticus 17:15 Ritual washing for cleansing See also Leviticus 13:6,34; 15:16-18,21-23Numbers 19:10,19 Numbers 31:24 Methods of ritual washing See also Washing clothes Leviticus 6:27; 11:24-28,39-40; 13:58; 14:43-47Numbers 19:21 Revelation 7:14; 22:14 Leviticus 14:8-9 See also Bathing Leviticus 15:4-13,27; 16:26-28; 17:15Numbers 19:7-8 Deuteronomy 23:9-11 2 Kings 5:9-14 Psalms 51:7 Hebrews 10:19-22 Numbers 19:17-19 See also Sprinkling with the water of purification Numbers 8:5-7; 19:13Ezekiel 36:24-25 Exodus 30:17-21 See also Washing hands and feet Exodus 40:30-32Deuteronomy 21:6-9 John 13:5-10 James 4:8 Numbers 19:20 Consequences of the failure to perform ritual washing See also Leviticus 17:15-16Numbers 19:13 John 2:6 The NT perception of ritual washing See also It was practised in NT times John 3:25Matthew 15:1-11 The Pharisees over-emphasised its importance See also Luke 11:37-41pp Mk 7:1-23 Hebrews 9:6-14See also Jesus Christ's atoning work rendered it unnecessary 5228 battering-rams7340 clean and unclean 7342 cleanliness 7350 drink offering 7416 purification 7422 ritual 7424 ritual law 7478 washing 7550 Pharisees 8218 consecration |
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