Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.”
King James Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
Holman Bible
He said to the people, “Be prepared by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with women.”
International Standard Version
He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."
A Conservative Version
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Come not near a woman.
American Standard Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
Amplified
He said to the people, “Be prepared for the third day; do not
Bible in Basic English
And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.
Darby Translation
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say to the people, Be prepared; for three days ye shall not come near to a woman.
King James 2000
And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to the people, "Be ready {for the third day}. Do not go near to a woman."
Modern King James verseion
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto the people, "Be ready against the third day, and see that ye come not at your wives."
NET Bible
He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives."
New Heart English Bible
He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Do not have sexual relations with a woman."
The Emphasized Bible
And he said unto the people, Be ready, by the third day, - do not approach a woman.
Webster
And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
World English Bible
He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
Youngs Literal Translation
and he saith unto the people, 'Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
Themes
Israel » Receiving » Law » Sanctify
Purification » By abstaining from sexual intercourse
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 19:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Preparation For Receiving The Covenant
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments. 15 He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman.” 16 On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Cross References
Exodus 19:11
and be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
1 Samuel 21:4-5
And the priest answered David, "I have no common bread on hand, but there is holy bread--if the young men have kept themselves from women."
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Exodus 19:16
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Joel 2:16
gather the people. Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
Amos 4:12
"Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!"
Zechariah 6:3
the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses--all of them strong.
Zechariah 7:3
saying to the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, "Should I weep and abstain in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"
Zechariah 12:12-14
The land shall mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.
Matthew 3:10-12
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 24:44
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
2 Peter 3:11-12
Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,