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


In Context

12 And thou shalt set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up upon the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

13 There shall not a 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 to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

15 And he said to 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 were 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 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:15Then he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations."

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 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.