"And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at {your} wives." — Exodus 19:15

Exodus 19:15 · KJV

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

— Exodus 19:15

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that {was} in the camp trembled.

Exodus 19 — Context

There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether {it be} beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. {trumpet: or, cornet}

And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

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

And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except {it be} with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

Exodus 19:11

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.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

And the priest answered David, and said, {There is} no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

Joel 2:16

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

2 Peter 3:11-12

{Seeing} then {that} all these things shall be dissolved, what manner {of persons} ought ye to be in {all} holy conversation and godliness,

Amos 4:12

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: {and} because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Zechariah 6:3

And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. {bay: or, strong}

Matthew 24:44

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.