Forbidden fruit

during Jewish feast of atonement at daybreak the pilgrims assembled from all parts of the city, each carrying in the right hand a sheaf of myrtle, willow, and palm branches, while in the left hand each one carried a branch of the paradise apple—the citron, or the “forbidden fruit. 162:4.4

Every primitive tribe had its tree of forbidden fruit, literally the apple but figuratively consisting of a thousand branches hanging heavy with all sorts of taboos. 89:2.1

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Psalms 113-118 162:4.4 — Ps 113-118.
• Psalm 82 verses 5-8 162:4.4 — Ps 82:5-8.
• “Thou shalt not” 89:2.1 — Ex 20:4; Dt 5:8.
• Forbidden fruit 89:2.1 — Gn 2:17; Gn 3:2-3.