Genesis 26:11

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So Abimelech gave orders to all the people: "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."

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  • Ps 105:15 : 15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'
  • Prov 6:29 : 29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
  • Zech 2:8 : 8 He said to him, 'Run and tell that young man: Jerusalem will be inhabited as a city without walls because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.'
  • Gen 20:6 : 6 Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, so I also kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.'

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