Bathing

Bathing as an act of ritual cleansing

Leviticus 14:8–9 See also Leviticus 15:4–11, Leviticus 16:26–28; Numbers 19:7–8

The one being cleansed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe with water; then he will be ceremonially clean. Afterward, he may enter the camp, but he must remain outside his tent for seven days. On the seventh day he must shave off all his hair — his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and the rest of his hair. He must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and he will be clean.

Bathing as a means of cleansing or refreshing the body

Exodus 2:5; 2 Samuel 11:2; 1 Kings 22:38

Bathing referred to metaphorically

Deuteronomy 33:24; Psalm 58:10; Isaiah 34:5–6; Ezekiel 16:9, Ezekiel 23:40