Exodus 19:14-15

19:14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. 19:15 He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.” ¹ 

[19:15]  ¹ tn Heb “do not go near a woman”; NIV “Abstain from sexual relations.”