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Spit in her face, i.e. expressed some eminent token of indignation and contempt, which this was, Job_30:10 Isa_1:6.
Should she not be ashamed, and withdraw herself from her father’s presence? as Jonathan did upon a like occasion, 1Sa_20:34. So though God healed her according to Moses’s request, yet he would have her publicly bear the shame of her sin, and be a warning to others to keep them firm the same transgression.
Seven days, the time appointed for cleansing the unclean. See Num_6:9 31:19.