Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Touch not; taste not; handle not - These are forms of expression very frequent among the Jews. In Maccoth, fol. xxi. 1: "If they say to a Nazarite, Don' t drink, don' t drink; and he, notwithstanding, drinks; he is guilty. If they say, Don' t shave, don' t shave; and he shaves, notwithstanding; he is guilty. If they say, Don' t put on these clothes, don' t put on these clothes; and he, notwithstanding, puts on heterogeneous garments; he is guilty." See more in Schoettgen.
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