Colossians 2:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

-- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle --

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,
  • 1 Tim 4:3 : 3 forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
  • Gen 3:3 : 3 and of the fruit of the tree which `is' in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'
  • Isa 52:11 : 11 Turn aside, turn aside, go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure, who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah.

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