Exodus 19:15

Preparation For Receiving The Covenant

¹⁴ And Moses came down from the mountain to the people, and hallowed the people; and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives. ¹⁶ And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

Abstain from

Be Ready

Third Day

Three Days

Sexual Relations

Exodus 19:11

and let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

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

1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to prayer, and again be together, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of the trumpet exceeding loud; and the whole people that was in the camp trembled.

Joel 2:16

gather the people, hallow the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride from her closet.

Amos 4:12

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: 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, strong horses.

Zechariah 7:3

and to speak unto the priests that were in the house of Jehovah of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done now so many years?

Zechariah 12:12-14

And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;

Malachi 3:2

But who shall endure the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he will be like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' lye.

Matthew 3:10-12

And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

Matthew 24:44

Wherefore ye also, be ye ready, for in that hour that ye think not the Son of man comes.

2 Peter 3:11-12

All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,