but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”
Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.
And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death. No hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”
“Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch”
Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me!
But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”
saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!”
Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
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