Dict: smith - BATH, BATHING

smith:

BATH, BATHING - B>@ - This was a prescribed part of the Jewish ritual of purification in cases of accident, or of leprous or ordinary uncleanness, kjv@Leviticus:15; 16:28; 22:6; kjv@Numbers:19:7; 19; 2 Samuel 11:2-4; kjv@2Kings:5:10) as also after mourning, which always implied defilement. kjv@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. kjv@Esther:2:12) Judith 10:3; Susan 17. The "pools," such as that of Siloam and Hezekiah, ( kjv@2Kings:20:20; kjv@Nehemiah:3:15-16; kjv@Isaiah:22:11; kjv@John:9:7) often sheltered by porticos, kjv@John:5:2) are the first indications we have of public bathing accommodation.