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And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:
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And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:
The number eight represents something that is complete within itself in every respect. Two reasons are offered for this. First, eight is the product of two and four, and two and four both relate to conjunction, or things coming together to form units. Such conjunction leads to completeness, so the product of two and four means completeness. The second reason given is that the eighth day is the start of the second week, and as the first day of that week, it contains within it all that that week represents.