The Wars of the Jews, 2.149

Flavius Josephus  translated by William Whiston

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149after which they put the earth that was dug out again into the pit; and even this they do only in the more lonely places, which they choose out for this purpose; and although this easement of the body be natural, yet it is a rule with them to wash themselves after it, as if it were a defilement to them.

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