Exodus 19:15
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
Majority Standard Bible
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 be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
Leviticus 15:18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both must bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.
1 Samuel 21:5David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
Amos 4:12“Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!
Zechariah 7:3by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
Malachi 3:2But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
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 →