Then washed I thee with water] Corporally I took away from thee all signes and tokens of miserie, and of thy former oppression, and enriched thee with my gifts and benefits: and spiritually I purged thee from thy sinnes, which are the uncleannesse of thy soule, in which man is born; and endued thee with the graces of my Spirit, signified by the anointing which was commonly done after that they had washed, Ruth 3:3. Luke 7:44. bloud] Heb. blouds.