Exodus 19:15

Preparation For Receiving The Covenant

¹⁴ Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman. ¹⁶ And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

Abstain from

Be Ready

Third Day

Three Days

Sexual Relations

Exodus 19:11

And by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

Exodus 19:16

And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.

Joel 2:16

Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.

Amos 4:12

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.

Zechariah 6:3

And in the third, white horses; and in the fourth, horses of mixed colour.

Zechariah 7:3

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

Zechariah 12:12-14

And the land will give itself to weeping, every family separately; the family of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

Malachi 3:2

But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

Matthew 3:10-12

And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

Matthew 24:44

Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

2 Peter 3:11-12

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,