''So of Jonah's being three days and three nights in the whale's belly, they say ,"these are the three days a man is in the grave, and his bowels burst; and after three days that defilement is turned upon his face.'
'Hence, they do not allow anyone to bear witness of one that is dead or killed, that he is such an one, after three days, because then his countenance is changed , and he cannot be well known. Apud Buxtorf Lex.
Rab. col. 437. Bereshit Rabba, sect. 100. fol. 88. 2. & T. Hieros. Moed Katon, fol. 82. 2. Zohar in Exod. fol. 78. 2. Misn. Yebamot, c. 16. sect. 3. & Maimon. Jarchi, & Bartenora in ib. & Maimon. Hilchot Gerushim, c.
13. sect. 21. T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 120. 1. & Gloss.