Ezekiel 16:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.

Then 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).

Ezekiel 16:9

9 Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy bloode from thee, and I anointed thee with oil.