And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full take them away.

“And close the door. [It affords] respect to the miracle [if] it comes about in secret. And the full one[s] you shall remove. From before you, and you shall place another vessel in its place to fill it, but you must not move the jug of oil from its place, for the Holy One, Blessed Is He, is making it as a spring, and it is not customary to move a spring from its place. I heard this Midrash Aggadah.”

“And when thou art come in,.... Into her house: thou shall shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons; that they might be alone in the house while the miracle was working; that they might not be interrupted in what they were to do, by the creditor coming in upon them, or by neighbours, who would be for getting the oil from them in the vessels they had lent them: and that the miracle might appear the plainer, no oil being brought into the house by any: and shalt pour out into all these vessels; out of the single pot of oil into all they borrowed: and thou shalt set aside that which is full; by itself, and fill the rest of the empty ones.”