21. “Don’t eat this,” “Don’t taste that,” “Don’t touch that”?
22. These rules are talking about earthly things that are gone after they are used. They are only human commands and teachings.
23. These rules may seem to be wise as part of a made-up religion in which people pretend to be humble and punish their bodies. But they don’t help people stop doing the evil that the sinful self wants to do.