15Then he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations."


In Context

12 Put limits for the people around the mountain and tell them, 'Be careful that you do not go up the mountain or touch the foot of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

13 He shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on him. Whether man or animal, he shall not be permitted to live.' Only when the ram's horn sounds a long blast may they go up to the mountain."

14 After Moses had gone down the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

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

16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.

17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

Exodus 19:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] wives.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:15He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15He said to the people, |Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:15and he saith unto the people, 'Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:15And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.