'Touch' in the Bible

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"

Then in the dream God replied to him, "Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her.

My father may touch me! Then he'll think I'm mocking him and I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau."

You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

No hand will touch him -- but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you.

Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled.

"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

And he said to the community, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins."

Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains.

When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up."

Samson said to the young man who held his hand, "Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. Then I can lean on them."

The king said, "Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him.

saying, "Don't touch my anointed ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!"

hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats.

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don't touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the Lord's holy items!

(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.

(Samek) People cry to them, "Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don't touch us!" So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say, "They may not stay here any longer."

Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women -- wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

For she kept saying to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed."

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.

for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed."

And wherever he would go -- into villages, towns, or countryside -- they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him.

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all.

But Jesus replied, "Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them.

Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have."

Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,

"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him.