Bible Verses About Washing Hands

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Core Bible passage on the Jewish hand-washing custom

And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

Core Bible passage on unwashed hands

These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

Direct Gospel statement that unwashed hands do not defile

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Direct challenge about the tradition of the elders

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

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Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

Parallel Gospel wording on the same issue

So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.

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And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:

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And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:

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And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.

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He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

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And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

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And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.

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And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

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And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

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Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.

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And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes.

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