Topical Bible: Touch

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Definition and Significance:
In the Bible, the concept of "touch" carries both physical and spiritual significance. It often denotes physical contact but can also symbolize deeper spiritual interactions and the transmission of power, healing, or impurity. Touch is a means through which individuals interact with the divine, express faith, and experience transformation.

Old Testament Context:
In the Old Testament, touch is frequently associated with the transmission of impurity or holiness. For instance, in the Levitical laws, touching a dead body or anything unclean rendered a person ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 5:2-3). Conversely, touching sacred objects or the altar could impart holiness (Exodus 29:37). The act of laying hands was also significant in rituals, such as the transfer of sins onto the scapegoat (Leviticus 16:21).

New Testament Context:
In the New Testament, touch becomes a prominent theme in the ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus often used touch as a means of healing and blessing. For example, in Matthew 8:3, Jesus touched a leper, saying, "I am willing, be cleansed," and immediately the leprosy was cleansed. This act not only demonstrated Jesus' compassion but also His authority over physical ailments and societal taboos.

The faith of individuals seeking healing through touch is highlighted in several accounts. In Mark 5:27-29, a woman suffering from a bleeding disorder touched Jesus' cloak, believing she would be healed. "Immediately her bleeding stopped, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction" (Mark 5:29). Jesus acknowledged her faith, saying, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be free of your affliction" (Mark 5:34).

Spiritual Implications:
Touch in the Bible often signifies the transfer of spiritual power or blessing. In the laying on of hands, a practice seen in both the Old and New Testaments, touch is used to confer authority, healing, or the Holy Spirit. In Acts 8:17, Peter and John laid hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Jesus' Resurrection and Touch:
After His resurrection, Jesus invited His disciples to touch Him to confirm His physical resurrection. In Luke 24:39, He said, "Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." This invitation underscored the reality of His bodily resurrection and provided assurance to His followers.

Prohibitions and Warnings:
The Bible also contains warnings about inappropriate touch. In 1 Corinthians 7:1, Paul advises, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman," referring to maintaining purity and avoiding sexual immorality. This highlights the importance of respecting boundaries and the potential consequences of physical contact outside of God's design for relationships.

Conclusion:
Throughout Scripture, touch is a multifaceted concept that encompasses physical interaction, spiritual significance, and the expression of faith. It serves as a conduit for healing, blessing, and the transmission of spiritual power, while also requiring discernment and respect for God's laws and boundaries.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

2. (v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling.

3. (v. t.) To come to; to reach; to attain to.

4. (v. t.) To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.

5. (v. t.) To relate to; to concern; to affect.

6. (v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.

7. (v. t.) To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.

8. (v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.

9. (v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.

10. (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.

11. (v. t.) To make an impression on; to have effect upon.

12. (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.

13. (v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play.

14. (v. t.) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.

15. (v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress.

16. (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

17. (v. t.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.

18. (v.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

19. (v. i.) To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.

20. (v. i.) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.

21. (v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.

22. (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.

23. (n.) The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.

24. (n.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.

25. (v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.

26. (n.) An emotion or affection.

27. (v.) Personal reference or application.

28. (n.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.

29. (n.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.

30. (v.) Feature; lineament; trait.

31. (n.) The act of the hand on a musical instrument; hence, in the plural, musical notes.

32. (n.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.

33. (n.) A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.

34. (n.) A slight and brief essay.

35. (n.) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.

36. (v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.

37. (n.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.

38. (n.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.

39. (n.) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.

40. (n.) A boys' game; tag.

Greek

4379. prospsauo -- to touch
... to touch. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: prospsauo Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-psow'-o) Short Definition: I touch lightly Definition: I touch lightly. ...
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2345. thiggano -- to touch
... to touch. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thiggano Phonetic Spelling:
(thing-gan'-o) Short Definition: I touch, handle Definition: I touch, handle, injure ...
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680. haptomai -- touch.
... 679, 680. haptomai. 681 . touch. ... of hapto, qv. touch. Reflexive of hapto; properly,
to attach oneself to, ie To touch (in many implied relations) -- touch. ...
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5584. pselaphao -- to feel or grope about
... to feel or grope about. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pselaphao Phonetic
Spelling: (psay-laf-ah'-o) Short Definition: I feel, touch, handle, grope for ...
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3888. paramutheomai -- to encourge, comfort
... 3888 (derived from 3844 , "from close-beside" and , " speaking") -- properly, that
shows sympathy (encouragement), cheering someone up by speech with a " touch ...
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631. apomasso -- to wipe off
... myself off. Word Origin from apo and masso (to handle, touch) Definition
to wipe off NASB Word Usage wipe off (1). wipe off. Middle ...
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5530. chraomai -- to use, make use of
... Middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from cheir, to handle); to furnish
what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc ...
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681. hapto -- to fasten to, lay hold of
... root haph- Definition to fasten to, lay hold of NASB Word Usage clinging (1), handle
(1), kindled (1), light (1), lighting (2), touch (13), touched (19 ...
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931. basanos -- a touchstone (a dark stone used in testing metals) ...
... torment. Perhaps remotely from the same as basis (through the notion of going to
the bottom); a touch-stone, ie (by analogy) torture -- torment. ...
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2609. katago -- to bring down
... bring down. From kata and ago; to lead down; specially, to moor a vessel -- bring
(down, forth), (bring to) land, touch. see GREEK kata. see GREEK ago. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5060. naga -- to touch, reach, strike
... 5059, 5060. naga. 5061 . to touch, reach, strike. Transliteration: naga Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-gah') Short Definition: touches. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7306. ruach -- accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding
... 7305, 7306. ruach. 7307 . accept, smell, touch, make of quick understanding.
Transliteration: ruach Phonetic Spelling: (roo'-akh) Short Definition: accept. ...
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5059. nagan -- to touch or play a stringed instrument
... nagan. 5060 . to touch or play a stringed instrument. Transliteration: nagan Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-gan') Short Definition: play. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4184. mush -- to feel
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to feel NASB Word Usage feel (3). feel, handle.
A primitive root; to touch -- feel, handle. 4183, 4184. mush. 4185 . ...
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5401. nashaq -- to kiss
... A primitive root (identical with nasaq, through the idea of fastening up; compare
chazaq, chashaq); to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode ...
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3237. yamash -- feel
... Word Origin another reading for mush, qv. feel A primitive root; to touch --
feel. 3236, 3237. yamash. 3238 . Strong's Numbers.
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2167. zamar -- to make music (in praise of God)
... With zamar through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly, to touch the
strings or parts of a musical instrument, ie Play upon it; to make music ...
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4229. machah -- to wipe, wipe out
... A primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to
smooth (as if with oil), ie Grease or make fat; also to touch, ie Reach to ...
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5066. nagash -- to draw near, approach
... room (1), near (1), offered* (1), overtake (2), present (4), presented (1), presenting
(1), presents (1), put (1), set forth (1), stand (1), touch (1), went (1 ...
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Library

In Touch with a Planet.
... Prayer the Greatest Outlet of Power In touch with a planet. ... A man may be in Africa,
but if his heart be in touch with Jesus it will be burning for a world. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/in touch with a planet.htm

The Touch that Cleanses
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII THE TOUCH THAT CLEANSES. ... That touch had deep
meaning, but it was not done for the sake of a meaning. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the touch that cleanses.htm

Our Spirit-Touch.
... Each One of Us Our Spirit-touch. A third result will be this: we will be reaching
out and winning men in all the rest of the world by our spirit-touch. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/our spirit-touch.htm

Touch or Faith?
... TOUCH OR FAITH? 'If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole....
Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.'"Mark 5:28,34. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/touch or faith.htm

The Second Touch
... HYMNS THE SECOND TOUCH. "After that He put His hands again upon his eyes, and made
him look up.""Mark 8:25. CPC. tr., Emma Frances Bevan, 1899. Lo! ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen and others second series/the second touch.htm

The Angel's Touch
... THE ANGEL'S TOUCH. ... To the one, his touch brings freedom and the dropping off of his
chains; to the other it brings gnawing agonies and a horrible death. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the angels touch.htm

Christ's Touch
... CHRIST'S TOUCH. 'Jesus put forth His hand, and touched him.'"Mark 1:41. ... Whatever
the reason, the fact is plain, that Mark delights to dwell on Christ's touch. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christs touch.htm

The Touch of Faith and the Touch of Christ
... THE TOUCH OF FAITH AND THE TOUCH OF CHRIST. 'While ... 21. For she said within herself,
If I may but touch His garment, I shall be whole. 22. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the touch of faith and.htm

Whether Desires for Pleasures of Touch are the Matter of ...
... OF CONTINENCE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether desires for pleasures of touch are
the matter of continence? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether desires for pleasures of.htm

The Master's Touch.
... (Matthew xi. 25-30; Luke x:1, 17, 21-24.) The Master's Touch. ... The master's touch
revealed the rare value, and brought out the hidden harmonies. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/the masters touch.htm

Thesaurus

Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To make an impression on; to have effect upon. 12. (vt) To strike; to
manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music. 13. ...
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Cured (62 Occurrences)
... all the sick, (WEY). Matthew 9:21 for she said to herself, "If I but touch
His cloak, I shall be cured." (WEY). Matthew 9:22 And Jesus ...
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Feel (58 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of
sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to ...
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Reach (63 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of
the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like ...
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Saved (183 Occurrences)
... saved." (WEY). Matthew 9:21 for she said within herself, 'If only I may
touch his garment, I shall be saved.' (YLT). Matthew 9:22 ...
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Border (233 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; --
with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts. ...
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Graze (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet
grazed the wall. ... 7. (vi) To touch something lightly in passing. ...
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Begged (71 Occurrences)
... Matthew 14:36 and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. ...
They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him. ...
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Carcasses (30 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:2 or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of
an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean ...
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Stroke (26 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour. 5. (n.) A gentle, caressing
touch or movement upon something; a stroking. 6. (n ...
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Resources

What does the Bible mean when it says not to touch God's anointed? | GotQuestions.org

After His resurrection, why did Jesus tell Mary not to touch Him, but later tell Thomas to touch Him? | GotQuestions.org

What are the five love languages? | GotQuestions.org

Touch: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Touch (82 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:20
Behold, a woman who had an issue of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 9:21
for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 14:36
and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 3:10
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:28
For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:30
Immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd, and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:31
His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say,'Who touched me?'"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:56
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 8:22
He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 10:13
They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:19
All the multitude sought to touch him, for power came out from him and healed them all.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:39
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:46
But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:46
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.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 18:15
They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:39
See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have."
(WEB NAS NIV)

John 20:17
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.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Acts 8:18
Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,
(BBE)

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 8:13
Therefore if what I eat causes my brother to fall, never again to the end of my days will I touch any kind of animal food, for fear I should cause my brother to fall.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 6:17
Therefore, "'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord.'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 2:21
"Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:28
By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:20
for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 John 5:18
We know that whoever is born of God doesn't sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn't touch him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said,'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 20:6
God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 27:21
Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
(See NIV)

Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cutting off the skin of her son's private parts, and touching his feet with it, she said, Truly you are a husband of blood to me.
(Root in BBE YLT RSV NIV)

Exodus 7:17
So the Lord says, By this you may be certain that I am the Lord; see, by the touch of this rod in my hand the waters of the Nile will be turned to blood;
(BBE)

Exodus 8:17
And they did so; and Aaron, stretching out the rod in his hand, gave a touch to the dust of the earth, and insects came on man and on beast; all the dust of the earth was changed into insects through all the land of Egypt.
(BBE)

Exodus 12:13
The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be on you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
(See NIV)

Exodus 12:22
And take some hyssop and put it in the blood in the basin, touching the two sides and the top of the doorway with the blood from the basin; and let not one of you go out of his house till the morning.
(Root in BBE RSV)

Exodus 19:12
You shall set bounds to the people all around, saying,'Be careful that you don't go up onto the mountain, or touch its border. Whoever touches the mountain shall be surely put to death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 19:13
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mountain."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 20:25
And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.
(BBE)

Leviticus 5:2
"'Or if anyone touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean animal, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it is hidden from him, and he is unclean, then he shall be guilty.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 5:3
"'Or if he touches the uncleanness of man, whatever his uncleanness is with which he is unclean, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 6:27
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 7:21
When anyone touches any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean animal, or any unclean abomination, and eats some of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which belong to Yahweh, that soul shall be cut off from his people.'"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:8
Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:31
These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever touches them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the evening.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 12:4
She shall continue in the blood of purification thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 4:15
"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 5:2
Give orders to the children of Israel to put outside the tent-circle every leper, and anyone who has any sort of flow from his body, and anyone who is unclean from the touch of the dead;
(BBE)

Numbers 16:26
He spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:8
The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
(See NIV)

Joshua 9:19
But all the princes said to all the congregation, "We have sworn to them by Yahweh, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ruth 2:9
Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven't I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Samuel 1:11
She vowed a vow, and said, "Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head."
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 24:12
May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand shall not be on you.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 24:13
As the proverb of the ancients says,'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness;' but my hand shall not be on you.
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2 Samuel 14:10
The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more."
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2 Samuel 18:12
The man said to Joab, "Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn't put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying,'Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.'
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2 Samuel 21:10
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.
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2 Samuel 23:7
But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They shall be utterly burned with fire in their place."
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2 Kings 23:18
And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.
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1 Chronicles 16:22
"Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"
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Job 1:11
But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
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Job 2:5
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face."
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Job 5:19
He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
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Job 6:7
My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
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Psalms 104:32
He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
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Psalms 105:15
"Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm!"
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Psalms 144:5
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
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Proverbs 6:29
So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
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Isaiah 6:7
He touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven."
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Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:
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Isaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 12:14
Thus says Yahweh against all my evil neighbors, who touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit: behold, I will pluck them up from off their land, and will pluck up the house of Judah from among them.
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Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy yourself a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don't put it in water.
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Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name, and I didn't send them, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
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Lamentations 4:14
They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.
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Lamentations 4:15
Depart! they cried to them, Unclean! depart, depart, don't touch! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn here.
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Ezekiel 9:6
kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
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Ezekiel 17:10
Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds where it grew.
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Daniel 8:5
As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
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Daniel 10:10
Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.
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Amos 9:5
For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.
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Haggai 2:12
'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."
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Haggai 2:13
Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."
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