(Touch not; taste not; handle not;
--thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle--
“Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!”?
Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch,
Colossians — Christ is preeminent — creator and sustainer, the head of the body, the reconciler of all things. Against every philosophy and empty deceit, the full sufficiency of Christ.
Voices3
Touch not, taste not, handle not.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Tough not; taste not; handle not - These words seem intended as a specimen of the kind of ordinances which the apostle refers to, or an imitation of the language of the Jewish teachers in regard to various kinds of food and drink. Why are ye subject to ordinances of various kinds, such as this - Touch not, taste not, handle not? That is, such as prohibit you from even touching certain kinds of food, or tasting certain kinds of drink, or handling certain prohibited things.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Christians are freed by Christ from the ritual observances of Moses's law, and delivered from that yoke of bondage which God himself had laid upon them. Subjection to ordinances, or human appointments in the worship of God, is highly blamable, and contrary to the freedom and liberty of the gospel.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches10
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.
You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
2 Corinthians 6:17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
leads to
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”
Through
Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
leads to
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Timothy 4:3They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
leads to
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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