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.'*
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.
The woman said to the serpent, *Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
The serpent said to the woman, *You won't surely die,
[saying], Don't touch my anointed ones! Do my prophets no harm.
But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.*
*Have pity on me, have pity on me, you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me.
But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce you to your face.*
Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Therefore, *'Come out from among them, and be separate,' says the Lord. 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
*Don't handle, nor taste, nor touch*