This was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident, or of leprous or ordinary uncleanness, (Leviticus 15; 16:28; 22:6; Numbers 19:7; 19; 2 Samuel 11:2,4; 2 Kings 5:10) as also after mourning, which always implied defilement. (Ruth 3:3; 2 Samuel 12:20) The eastern climate made bathing essential alike to health and pleasure, to which luxury added the use of perfumes. (Esther 2:12) Judith 10:3; Susan 17. The "pools," such as that of Siloam and Hezekiah, (2 Kings 20:20; Nehemiah 3:15,16; Isaiah 22:11; John 9:7) often sheltered by porticos, (John 5:2) are the first indications we have of public bathing accommodation.

Why we are to Use the Bath.
... of burning." The bathing which is carnal, that is to say, of the body, is accomplished
by water alone, as often in the country where there is not a bath. ...
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Behaviour in the Baths.
... of coals; for they have arrived at such a pitch of self-indulgence, that they sup
and get drunk while bathing. ... "Not to wash the skin in the women's bath." [1627 ...
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The Circumstances Related of Polycarp, a Friend of the Apostles.
... from him that John, the disciple of the Lord, going to bathe in Ephesus and seeing
Cerinthus within, ran out of the bath-house without bathing, crying, Let us ...
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Of the Oracle Found Inscribed an a Stone, when the Walls of ...
... that when the city should be supplied with abundance of water, then should the wall
serve for a bath; and that ... Whose stones to fence a bathing-place shall go: ...
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A Refutation of the Heretics, from the Fact That, in the Various ...
... that John, the disciple of the Lord, going to bathe at Ephesus, and perceiving
Cerinthus within, rushed out of the bath-house without bathing, exclaiming, "Let ...
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Commandments to Women.
... Avoid also that disorderly practice of bathing in the same place with men; for many ...
strange men, how can she bear to enter naked into the bath together with men ...
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The Holidays at Thagaste
... plainly.... That took place in the bath-buildings at Thagaste. He was bathing
with his father, probably in the piscina of cold baths. ...
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Characters and Names of Messiah
... the solution of a difficult problem while he was bathing, he was so transported
with joy, that he forgot his situation, sprung instantly from the bath, and ran ...
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Teaching Three Things in one Action.
... before they can recover from their wide-eyed astonishment He begins bathing his
feet ... The man going to the bath-house was clean on returning home except where ...
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From the Beginning of 1785 to the End of 1786
... A convenient bath shall be made for bathing.15. A master, or some proper person
by him appointed, shall be always present at the time of bathing. ...
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