Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible includes various regulations about bathing:
- And whoever he that hath issue (a zav, ejaculant with an unusual discharge) touches without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening (Leviticus 15:11)
And also references to hand-washing:
- I will wash my hands in innocence; so will I compass Thine altar, O LORD (Psalms 26:6)
Read more about this topic: Ritual Washing In Judaism
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“Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 10:20.