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Aaron and his sons and their future generations are to wash their hands and feet before serving God.

Discussion Questions:

What does spiritual cleansing mean?
Do you think that the washing was used for a physical or spiritual cleaning?
Washing before serving would have been a ritual.
- What is ritual?
- How could a ritual help people concentrate on their job?

Creative Thinking:

Give as many reasons as you can for why washing hands and feet would be important?
Why would the feet and hands be picked for cleansing?

Research how water cleans.
Research a ritual from another cultural that you didn’t know about before.
Write a diary entry for the water about how it felt being used to wash the hands and face of Aaron and his sons.
Write a comic strip featuring the hands and feet talking to each other during the washing ritual.
Write a tweet or a blog post for a descendant of Aaron being washed for the first time.
How do you think Aaron’s thoughts would differ from that of a descendant while being washed for the first time?
Research ways to wash yourself when there is no water available.
See how many different things you can find that water is good for.