and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
Exodus 19:15 - Revised Standard Version And he said to the people, “Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to the people, Be ready by the day after tomorrow; do not go near a woman. American Standard Version (1901) And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman. Common English Bible He told the men, “Prepare yourselves for three days. Don’t go near a woman.” Catholic Public Domain Version he said to them, "Be prepared on the third day, and do not draw near to your wives." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He said to them: Be ready against the third day, and come not near your wives. |
and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
and be ready by the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
So Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and consecrated the people; and they washed their garments.
On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.
If a man lies with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them shall bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
“Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? “For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap;
Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Do not refuse one another except perhaps by agreement for a season, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, lest Satan tempt you through lack of self-control.