And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. Treasury of Scripture be ready Amos 4:12 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. Malachi 3:2 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: Matthew 3:10-12 And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down... Matthew 24:44 Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. 2 Peter 3:11,12 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness... the third Exodus 19:11,16 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai... come not 1 Samuel 21:4,5 And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread... Joel 2:16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts... Zechariah 6:3 And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot spotted and bay horses. Zechariah 7:3 And to speak to the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month... Zechariah 12:12-14 And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart... 1 Corinthians 7:5 Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer...
Context Israel at Mount Sinai
1In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. 3And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; 4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself. 5Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. 8And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to the LORD. 9And the LORD said to Moses, See, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. 10And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai. 12And you shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death: 13There 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 sounds long, they shall come up to the mount. 14And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. 16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.
Darby Bible Translation
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
King James Bible
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto the people, 'Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
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