Touch

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye Touch it, lest ye die.

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to Touch her.

And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or Touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

There shall not an hand Touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

Or if a soul Touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Or if he Touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Whatsoever shall Touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

Moreover the soul that shall Touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

• Defilement

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not Touch; they are unclean to you.

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth Touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall Touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.

• Ark
• Candlestick

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not Touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and Touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor Touch their dead carcase.

But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not Touch them.

Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not Touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not Touch thee any more.

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none Touch the young man Absalom.

But the man that shall Touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

But put forth thine hand now, and Touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

But put forth thine hand now, and Touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil Touch thee.

The things that my soul refused to Touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, Touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that Touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not Touch their garments.

They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, Touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do Touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body Touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

• Care

For she said within herself, If I may but Touch his garment, I shall be whole.

• Faith

And besought him that they might only Touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

• Faith

For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to Touch him, as many as had plagues.

For she said, If I may Touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might Touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to Touch him.

• Bigotry

And they brought young children to him, that he should Touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

And the whole multitude sought to Touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

• Burden

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves Touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

• Bigotry
• Presumption

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would Touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

• Brother
• Paul
• Continence

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to Touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. read more Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. show less

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and Touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

(Touch not; taste not; handle not;

• Blood

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should Touch them.

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast Touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: