Verse 17
17. Quoted from :-, with the freedom of one inspired, who gives variations sanctioned by the Holy Spirit.
be ye separate—"be separated" (Hosea 4:17).
touch not the unclean thing—rather, "anything unclean" (2 Corinthians 7:1; Micah 2:10). Touching is more polluting, as implying participation, than seeing.
receive you—The Greek implies, "to myself"; as persons heretofore out of doors, but now admitted within (Micah 2:10- :). With this accords the clause, "Come out from among them," namely, so as to be received to me. So Micah 2:10- :, "I will accept you"; and Micah 2:10- :, "gather her that was driven out." "The intercourse of believers with the world should resemble that of angels, who, when they have been sent a message from heaven, discharge their office with the utmost promptness, and joyfully fly back home to the presence of God" (1 Corinthians 7:31; 1 Corinthians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:10).
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