Gen 2:2, Lev 14:9, Num 19:12, 31:19 | TSK | STEP | And on. seventh day God.The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as [vav ,] which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin,] which denotes seven. rested.Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.

Genesis 2:2

And on.

1:31; Ex 20:11; 23:12; 31:17; De 5:14; Isa 58:13; Joh 5:17; Heb 4:4

seventh day God.The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as [vav ,] which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin,] which denotes seven.

rested.Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.

Leviticus 14:9

shave all.

Nu 6:9; 8:7

wash his flesh.Lictenstein states that "among the Koossas, (a nation of South Africa,) there are certain prevailing notions respecting moral [ceremonial] uncleanness. All children are unclean till they are admitted among grown-up persons (which happens with the males through the various ceremonies attending circumcision); all lying-in women are unclean for the first month; all men who have lost their wives, for a fortnight, and all widows for a month; a mother who has lost a child, for two days; all persons who have been present at a death, the men returning from a battle, etc. No one may have intercourse with such an unclean person, till he has washed himself, rubbed his body with fresh paint, and rinsed his mouth with milk. But he must not do this till after the lapse of a certain time, fixed by general consent for each particular case, and during this time he must wholly refrain from washing, painting, or drinking milk."

Numbers 19:12

He shall purify."Yithchatta," literally, "he shall sin himself," i.e., not add sin, but take it away, purify. So we say to fleece, and to skin, which do not signify to add a fleece, or a skin, but to take one away.

17,18; Ps 51:7; Eze 36:25; Ac 15:9; Re 7:14

third day.

31:19; Ex 19:11,15; Le 7:17; Ho 6:2; 1Co 15:3,4

Numbers 31:19

abide.Though the Israelites had acted by the commission of God, yet they had contracted pollution by touching the dead; and the spoil having been used by idolaters, must also be purified in the prescribed manner.

5:2; 19:11-22; 1Ch 22:8