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She shall then continue, Heb. sit, i.e. abide, as that word is oft used, as Gen_22:5 34:10, or tarry at home, nor go into the sanctuary.
In the blood of her purifying; in her polluted and separated estate; for the word blood or bloods signifies both guilt, as Gen_4:10, and uncleanness, as here and elsewhere. See Eze_16:6. And it is called the blood of her purifying, because by the expulsion or purgation of that blood, which is done by degrees, she is purified.
She shall touch no hallowed thing; she shall not eat any part of the peace-offerings which she or her husband offered, which otherwise she might have done; and if she be a priest’s wife, she shall not eat any of the tithes or first-fruits, or part of the hallowed meats, which at other times she together with her husband might eat.