If I wash myself with snow water, ¹  and make my hands clean with lye, ² 

They brayed ¹  like animals among the bushes and were huddled together ²  under the nettles.

I maintain a pure lifestyle, ¹  so I can appear before your altar, ²  O Lord,

Wash away my wrongdoing! ¹  Cleanse me of my sin! ² 

if ¹  iniquity is in your hand – put it far away, ²  and do not let evil reside in your tents.

Sprinkle me ¹  with water ²  and I will be pure; ³  wash me ⁴  and I will be whiter than snow. ⁵ 

Moab is my washbasin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” ³ 

Moab is my wash basin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.”

Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans.

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them ¹  today and tomorrow, and make them wash ²  their clothes

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.’”

Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” ¹  says the Lord God. ² 

“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil ¹  so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?

“Son of man, turn toward ¹  the south, ²  and speak out against the south. ³  Prophesy against the open scrub ⁴  land of the Negev,

I will sprinkle you with pure water ¹  and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

Finally, the one presenting the offering ¹  must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar ²  – it is ³  a burnt offering, a gift ⁴  of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

And do this ¹  to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification ²  on them; then have them shave ³  all their body ⁴  and wash ⁵  their clothes, and so purify themselves. ⁶ 

The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them.