Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
Exodus 19:15 in other translations
| BSB | “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.” |
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| WEB | He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.” |
| ASV | And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman. |
| YLT | and he saith unto the people, ‘Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.' |
| DARBY | And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives. |
| BBE | And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman. |
| Webster | And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. |
What does Exodus 19:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9-15
9-15. The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come ... in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:9-15
The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy…
Exodus 19:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 19:15
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- Exodus 19:11
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
- 1 Samuel 21:4-5
And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
- Joel 2:16
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
- Zechariah 6:3
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
- Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
- Matthew 3:10-12
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Zechariah 7:3
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
- Amos 4:12
Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
- Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
- Malachi 3:2
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
- 2 Peter 3:11-12
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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Context
- Exodus 19:14
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
- Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo al pueblo: Estad apercibidos para el tercer día; no lleguéis á mujer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit au peuple: Soyez prêts pour le troisième jour; ne vous approchez pas de vos femmes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sprach zu dem Volke: Seid bereit auf den dritten Tag; nahet nicht zum Weibe. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ait ad eos: Estote parati in diem tertium, et ne appropinquetis uxoribus vestris. |