“Touch Not Their Unclean Things”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
Sin is born in the touching stage. of the tree of life Adam and Even were commanded “Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die’ (Genesis 3:3). As with our first parents, so with us-we cannot partake of forbidden fruits save we first touch them. To refuse to touch is the fence of safety. Many a bitter tear has been shed by those who thought it cute to flirt with sin or nibble at that which is forbidden.”

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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