Easton's Bible Dictionary: Baths
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The use of the bath was very frequent among the Hebrews (
Leviticus 14:8
;
Numbers 19:19
, ect.). The high priest at his inauguration (
Leviticus 8:6
), and on the day of atonement, was required to bathe himself (
16:4
, 24). The "pools" mentioned in
Nehemiah 3:15
, 16,
2 Kings 20:20
,
Isaiah 22:11
,
John 9:7
, were public bathing-places.
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