If he ... spit upon him. —Spitting in a person’s face was, and still is, commonly practiced in Eastern nations as…

And if he that has the issue spit upon him that is clean
Not purposely, which is not usual for a man to do, and when…

We need not be overly meticulous in explaining these laws; but we have reason to be thankful that we need fear no defilement, except that of sin, n…