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Exodus 19:15

NETBible	He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”¹
NIV © biblegateway Exo 19:15	Then he said to the people, "Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations."
NASB © biblegateway Exo 19:15	He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman."
NLT © biblegateway Exo 19:15	He told them, "Get ready for an important event two days from now. And until then, abstain from having sexual intercourse."
MSG © biblegateway Exo 19:15	Then he addressed the people: "Be ready in three days. Don't sleep with a woman."
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 19:15	And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 19:15	And he said to the people, "Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman."
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 19:15	And he said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives."
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KJV	And he said <0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>_, Be <01961> (8798) ready <03559> (8737) against the third <07969> day <03117>_: come <05066> (8799) not at [your] wives <0802>_.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 19:15	He said <0559> to the people <05971> , "Be ready <03559> for the third <07969> day <03117> ; do not go <05066> near <05066> a woman <0802> ."
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} tw <3588> T-DSM law <2992> N-DSM ginesye <1096> V-PMD-2P etoimoi <2092> A-NPM treiv <5140> A-APF hmerav <2250> N-APF mh <3165> ADV proselyhte <4334> V-AAS-2P gunaiki <1135> N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL	He said <0559> to <0413> the people <05971> , “Be <01961> ready <03559> for the third <07969> day <03117> . Do not <0408> go near <05066> your wives <0802> .”
HEBREW	hsa <0802> la <0413> wsgt <05066> la <0408> Mymy <03117> tslsl <07969> Mynkn <03559> wyh <01961> Meh <05971> la <0413> rmayw (19:15) <0559>

NETBible

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”¹

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “do not go near a woman”; NIV “Abstain from sexual relations.”

¹sn B. Jacob (Exodus, 537) notes that as the people were to approach him they were not to lose themselves in earthly love. Such separations prepared the people for meeting God. Sinai was like a bride, forbidden to anyone else. Abstinence was the spiritual preparation for coming into the presence of the Holy One.