And whatever the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.’”

saying, ¹  “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”

I ¹  have refused ²  to touch such things; ³  they are like loathsome food to me. ⁴ 

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

saying, ¹  “Don’t touch my chosen ²  ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”

Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again ¹  and strengthened me.

You must set boundaries ¹  for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed ²  to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.” ¹ 

“‘By these ¹  you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening,

“‘Whoever touches ¹  the corpse ²  of any person ³  will be ceremonially unclean ⁴  seven days.

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert.

But now the same thing ¹  comes to you, and you are discouraged; ²  it strikes you, and you are terrified. ³ 

He will deliver you ¹  from six calamities; yes, in seven ²  no evil will touch you.

Even though his stature ¹  reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do. ¹ 

For my life ¹  is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. ² 

They lost their appetite for all food, ¹  and they drew near the gates of death.

O Lord, make the sky sink ¹  and come down! ²  Touch the mountains and make them smolder! ³ 

Though his ¹  officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes, ²