Everyday words
Touch
Start with Genesis 3:3, where the Bible uses the word touch in a real sentence: “but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it.…” The rest of this list stays on that same word so a family can hear it more than once.
1. Genesis 3:3
“but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’””
2. 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.”
3. 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.”
4. 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.””
5. 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.”
6. Leviticus 11:8
“Of their meat you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.”
7. 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.”
8. 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!””
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Say it
Practice Genesis 3:3
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
butnotthefruitofthetreewhichisinthemiddleofthegarden.Godhas‘Younoteatofit.Younottouchit,lestyoudie.’”