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