9. washed I thee--as brides used to pass through a preparatory
purification
(Es 2:12).
So Israel, before the giving of the law at Sinai
(Ex 19:14);
"Moses sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes." So
believers
(1Co 6:11).
oil--emblem of the Levitical priesthood, the type of Messiah
(Ps 45:7).
JFB.
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