17 Bible Verses about Touching Holy Things

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Leviticus 22:6

the person who has touched any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things until he has washed his flesh with water.

Leviticus 12:4

And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying thirty-three days; she shall touch no holy thing, nor come to the sanctuary until the days of her purifying are fulfilled.

Exodus 30:29

Thus thou shalt consecrate them, and they shall be most holy; whatever touches them shall be sanctified.

Exodus 29:37

For seven days thou shalt reconcile the altar and sanctify it; and it shall be a most holy altar; whatever touches the altar shall be made holy.

Leviticus 6:18

All the males among the sons of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a perpetual statute in your generations concerning the offerings on fire of the LORD; every thing that touches them shall be sanctified.

Leviticus 6:27

Whatever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be sanctified; and when some of the blood thereof is sprinkled upon any garment, thou shalt wash whatever it was sprinkled on in the holy place.

2 Samuel 6:6

And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.

1 Chronicles 13:9-10

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him because he had put his hand to the ark, and there he died before God.

Esther 5:2

And it was so, when the king saw Esther, the queen, standing in the court, that she had grace in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near and touched the top of the sceptre.

Ezekiel 1:11

Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Ezekiel 1:9

With their wings they joined one to another; they did not return when they went; they went each one straight in the direction they were facing.

Ezekiel 3:13

and the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of great thunder.

Exodus 19:12-13

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; whoever touches the mount shall surely die: Not a hand shall touch it, but that he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live. When the jubilee sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.

Hebrews 12:20

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

Haggai 2:12

If one bears holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt touches bread or pottage or wine, or oil or any food, shall it be made holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Hebrews 12:18

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched and that burned with fire nor unto blackness and darkness and tempest

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