Exodus 19:15
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He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

Exodus 19:14
And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments,

Exodus 19:16
And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared.

1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women?

1 Samuel 21:5
And David answered the priest, and said to him: Truly, as to what concerneth women, we have refrained ourselves from yesterday and the day before, when we came out, and the vessels of the young men were holy. Now this way is defiled, but it shall also be sanctified this day in the vessels.

1 Chronicles 15:12
And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

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He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

be ready

Amos 4:12 Therefore I will do these things to thee, O Israel: and after I shall have done these things to thee, be prepared to meet thy God, O Israel.

Malachi 3:2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:

Matthew 3:10-12 For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire. . . .

Matthew 24:44 Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not the Son of man will come.

2 Peter 3:11,12 Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness? . . .

the third

Exodus 19:11,16 And let them be ready against the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people, upon Mount Sinai. . . .

come not

1 Samuel 21:4,5 And the priest answered David, saying: I have no common bread at hand, but only holy bread, if the young men be clean, especially from women? . . .

Joel 2:16 Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber.

Zechariah 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot grisled horses, and strong ones.

Zechariah 7:3 To speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying: Must I weep in the fifth month, or must I sanctify myself as I have now done for many years?

Zechariah 12:12-14 And the land shall mourn: families and families apart: the families of the house of David apart, and their women apart: . . .

1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer: and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

Context
Israel at Mount Sinai
14And Moses came down from the mount to the people, and sanctified them. And when they had washed their garments, 15He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.
Lexicon
“Be
הֱי֥וּ (hĕ·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

prepared
נְכֹנִ֖ים (nə·ḵō·nîm)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

for the third
לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (liš·lō·šeṯ)
Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

day,”
יָמִ֑ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

he said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the people.
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

“Do not
אַֽל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

draw near
תִּגְּשׁ֖וּ (tig·gə·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5066: To draw near, approach

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

a woman.”
אִשָּֽׁה׃ (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female


Additional Translations
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman.

And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.

And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

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

He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."

and he saith unto the people, 'Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
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