The following remarks refer primarily to the first two dimensions of the Holiness Spectrum, which are concerned with places and persons (or objects).1 The temporal dimension can only be partly fitted into the scheme, since time cannot be clean or unclean, and although the Sabbath is holy and may be sanctified or profaned (§7.3), there is no mention in P of profane time. Wenham’s scheme could also give the impression that the steps between unclean, clean and holy are regular and uniform, but this