spit upon him.. common practice among oriental nations to express insult or contempt (Numbers 12:14.Deuteronomy 25:9; Job 30:10; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67.
water. The Severus Codex has "running water", as in Leviticus 15:13.
Related Commentaries of Leviticus 15:8
Leviticus 15:8
8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.