Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, Be ready on the third day, approach not to a woman.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

In Context

14And Mosheh came down from the mountain unto the people, and prepared the people, and they made white their clothes.

16And it was the third day at morning; and there were voices, and lightnings, and mighty clouds upon the mountain, and the voice of the trumpet exceedingly strong; and all the people trembled who were in the camp.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:11And be ready for the third day; for on the third day the Lord will be revealed in the eyes of all the people upon mount Sinai.

Leviticus 15:18The woman with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall bathe themselves with water, and be unclean until evening.

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 →

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