Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
washed I thee--as brides used to pass through a preparatory purification (Esther 2:12). So Israel, before the giving of the law at Sinai (Exodus 19:14); "Moses sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes." So believers (1 Corinthians 6:11).
oil--emblem of the Levitical priesthood, the type of Messiah (Psalms 45:7).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 3:11
Ezekiel 15:8
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