OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis 26:11

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Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, “He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

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Verse 11. Touch, or hurt, by offering to marry, and so forth Bible.—Adultery was punished with death among these nations. Calmet. 38:24, as it was by the law of Moses. Calmet.

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