Exodus 19:15
King James Version (KJV)
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
In context
13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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.
17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Exodus 19:15 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- WEB World English Bible
- He said to the people, “Be ready by the third day. Don’t have sexual relations with a woman.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he saith unto the people, 'Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.