Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman."
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.”
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 When Moses went down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated the people, and they washed their clothes. 15 He told the people, "Be ready for the third day; don't go near a woman." 16 When morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram's horn. 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
The priest answered David: "There is no ordinary bread available; only consecrated bread, provided that the young men have kept themselves from women."
1 Corinthians 7:5
Do not withhold yourselves from each other unless you agree to do so just for a set time, in order to devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again so that Satan does not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
Exodus 19:16
When morning came on the third day, there was thunder and lightning, with a heavy cloud over the mountain, and the very loud sound of a ram's horn. All the people in the camp trembled.
Joel 2:16
Gather the people! Dedicate the congregation! Bring in the elders. Gather the youngsters and even the nursing infants. Call the bridegroom from his wedding preparations, and the bride from her dressing room.
Amos 4:12
"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I am about to do this, prepare to be summoned to your God, Israel!"
Zechariah 6:3
Attached to the third chariot were white horses. Attached to the fourth chariot were speckled horses and gray horses.
Zechariah 7:3
and to speak to the priests assigned to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies along with the prophets, asking, "Am I to go about mourning, denying myself throughout the fifth month, as I have these many years?"
Zechariah 12:12-14
And so the land will mourn, families by families, alone by themselves the family of the house of David by itself with their wives by themselves, the family of the house of Nathan by itself with their wives by themselves,
Malachi 3:2
But who will survive the day when he comes? Or who can stand when he appears? Because he's like a refiner's fire and a launderer's soap,
Matthew 3:10-12
The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 24:44
So you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you are not expecting."
2 Peter 3:11-12
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, think of the kind of holy and godly people you ought to be