Exodus 19:15
And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 19:11And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people.
Leviticus 15:18And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.
1 Samuel 21:5And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been kept at least from women, then they shall eat them.
Amos 4:12Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: nay because I will do thus to thee, prepare to call on thy God, O Israel.
Zechariah 7:3speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
Malachi 3:2And who will + 3:2 Or, wait for.abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of + 3:2 Gr. them that wash.fullers.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 19:10-16
The Approach of God Announced. ( b. c. 1491.) 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord . 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai. 12 And thou… Read the whole commentary →