³ but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’ ”^(A)

¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden, ¹⁷ 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 die.”^(A)

¹¹ But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.”^(A)

¹² You shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Be careful not to go up the mountain or to touch the edge of it. Any who touch the mountain shall be put to death.^{(A) 13} No hand shall touch them, but they shall be stoned or shot with arrows;^[a] whether animal or human being, they shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they may go up on the mountain.”

²¹ “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?

⁵ But stretch out your hand now and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face.”^(A)

⁶ Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore, it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

Directions concerning Marriage

7 Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”