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New Defender's Study Bible Notes
15:13 bathe his flesh. Here is another example of a health measure not practiced even by medical doctors until modern times after the discovery of bacterial infections. Not only is water necessary for cleansing, but the water must not be merely in a stationary basin. It must be flowing to carry away any bacteria or other pollutants. This practice was well in advance of the practice in other nations of the time.