Saying, Touch not mine anointed,.... Or, "mine anointed ones"; my Christs, as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were, who, though not anointed with material oil, yet were all that, that such were, who in later times were anointed with it.
They were prophets, priests, and kings; and which all met in one person, particularly in Abraham, Ge 20:7, besides, they were anointed with the oil of grace, with an unction from the Holy One, with the Holy Ghost, and his gifts and graces, as all true believers are: they are the Lord's Christs, or his anointed ones; which stand before him, and have the name of Christians from hence.
These the Lord will not have touched, so as to be hurt; they are sacred persons: they are near unto God, in union with him;and he that toucheth him toucheth the apple of his eye; so dear are they to him.
And do my prophets no harm; so Abraham is expressly called a prophet, Ge 20:7, and so were Isaac and Jacob; men to whom the Lord spoke familiarly in dreams and visions, as he used to do with prophets; and who taught and made known the mind and will of God to others, as well as foretold things to come; they being the Lord's servants, his prophets, they were revealed unto them, Nu 12:7.