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Exodus 19:15
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13 Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”
14 So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; ado not come near your wives.”  
16 Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were athunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp btrembled.  
17 And Moses brought thae people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.  
18 Now aMount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon bit in fire. cIts smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and1 the dwhole mountain quaked greatly.  
Verse Comparison: Exodus 19:15

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American Standard Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

Amplified® Bible
And he said to the people, Be ready by the day after tomorrow; do not go near a woman.

Contemporary English Version
He told them to be ready in three days and not to have sex in the meantime.

Darby English Version
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.

Good News Bible
and Moses told them, "Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime."

King James Version
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

New American Standard Bible
He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

New International Version
Then he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations."

New King James Version
And he said to the people, 'Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.'

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He said to the people, " Make yourselves ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."

Revised Standard Version
And he said to the people, "Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman."

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'


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