Exodus 19:15
He instructed the people, “Get ready for the third day, and don't be intimate with a woman.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
In Context
14Moses went down the mountain and prepared the people spiritually and they washed their clothes.
Cross References
Exodus 19:11and be ready on the third day because that is when the Lord will descend upon Mount Sinai in the full view of everyone.
Leviticus 15:18If a man sleeps with a woman and there is a release of semen, both of them must wash with water, and they will remain unclean until the evening.
1 Samuel 21:5“We have not slept with any women,” David answered. “In fact that's the rule when I lead the troops on mission. They keep themselves pure even during ordinary missions, and all the more so right now.”
Amos 4:12Therefore, this is what I am going to do to you, Israel. Because I am going to do this, Israel, prepare to meet your God!
Zechariah 7:3They were to ask the priests of the Temple of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I go on mourning and fasting in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
Malachi 3:2Who can survive the day when he comes? Who can stand before him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing furnace that refines metal, or like the strong alkali that cleanses stains.
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 →