The physical or ritual cleansing of part or all of a person's body, a person's clothing or certain vessels. Washing can be symbolic of purification from defilement or cleansing from sin. It can also be part of preparation for a special act of religious service.

Exodus 30:17-21

Washing as the cleansing of the body, clothing or certain vessels

Leviticus 13:53-54

See also

Exodus 40:30-32
Leviticus 6:27; 14:8-9; 15:2-13; 16:24,26-28
Numbers 31:24
2 Chronicles 4:6
John 2:6

pp 1Ki 7:38

Matthew 15:17-20

Jesus Christ taught that inner purity was more important than ritual washing

See also

Mark 7:1-9

pp Mk 7:20-23

Mark 7:14-15

pp Mt 15:1-3

Luke 11:37-41

pp Mt 15:10-11

Leviticus 11:24-25

Washing as a symbolic act

See also

Of purification from defilement

Leviticus 11:28,40; 13:6,34; 15:4-8; 17:15-16
Deuteronomy 23:10-11
2 Kings 5:10
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Ephesians 5:25-27

Of cleansing from sin

See also

Psalms 51:2,7
Isaiah 1:16; 4:4
Jeremiah 4:14
Acts 22:16
Titus 3:5
Hebrews 10:22
James 4:8
Revelation 7:14; 22:14
Leviticus 16:24

See also

Of personal cleansing before a special act of religious service

Exodus 19:10-11; 29:4; 40:12-13,30-32
Leviticus 8:6
Numbers 8:6-7,21
Deuteronomy 21:6-7

See also

Washing one's hands was used as a symbolic declaration of innocence

Psalms 26:6; 73:13
Matthew 27:24

See also

4293 water
5130 beard
5154 forehead
5228 battering-rams
6020 sin
7340 clean and unclean
7344 curtain
7416 purification
7426 ritual washing
7903 baptism
8218 consecration
8326 purity, moral & spiritual