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nitre - not what is now so called, namely, saltpeter; but the natron of Egypt, a mineral alkali, an incrustation at the bottom of the lakes, after the summer heat has evaporated the water: used for washing (compare Job 9:30; Pro 25:20).
soap - potash, the carbonate of which is obtained impure from burning different plants, especially the kali of Egypt and Arabia. Mixed with oil it was used for washing.
marked - deeply ingrained, indelibly marked; the Hebrew, catham, being equivalent to cathab. Others translate, “is treasured up,” from the Arabic. Maurer from a Syriac root, “is polluted.”