Exodus 19:15

Preparation For Receiving The Covenant

¹⁴ And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, "Be ready {for the third day}. Do not go near to a woman." ¹⁶ {And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.

Abstain from

Be Ready

Third Day

Three Days

Sexual Relations

Exodus 19:11

and they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread {here at hand}; there is only holy bread, [but] only if the young men have kept themselves from women."

1 Corinthians 7:5

Do not defraud one another, except perhaps by agreement, for a time, in order that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and [then] you should be {together} again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self control.

Exodus 19:16

{And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled.

Joel 2:16

gather [the] people, consecrate [the] assembly; assemble [the] elders, gather [the] children, even those [who are] breast-feeding; let [the] bridegroom come out from his private room, and [the] bride from her canopy.

Amos 4:12

"Therefore, thus I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, O Israel, prepare to meet your God!

Zechariah 6:3

And with the third chariot [there were] white horses, and with the fourth chariot [there were] strong dappled horses.

Zechariah 7:3

saying to the {priests of the house of Yahweh of hosts} and to the prophets, "Should I mourn in the fifth month and keep myself separate as I have done for these many years?"

Zechariah 12:12-14

And the land shall mourn, {each clan by itself}; the clan of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the clan of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;

Malachi 3:2

And who [can] endure the day of his coming? And who [is] the one who can stand {when he appears}? For he [is] like a refiner's fire, like launderers' alkali.

Matthew 3:10-12

Already now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

Matthew 24:44

For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].

2 Peter 3:11-12

[Because] all these things are being destroyed in this way, what sort of [people] must you be in holy behavior and godliness,