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Psalms 105:15

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 105:15

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Saying, Touch not mine anointed; literally, mine anointed ones; i.e. those consecrated to my service, as were Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And do my prophets no harm (comp. ; and , ; ).

The actual words of this verse do not occur in Genesis, but they express the lesson which God's dealings with Pharaoh and Abimelech taught the kings and peoples.

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