Exodus Chapter 19 verse 15 Holy Bible
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
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And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.
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And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.
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And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
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He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
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and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Come not at your wives. Compare 1 Samuel 21:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 7:5. A similar obligation lay on the Egyptian priests (Porphyr. De Abstin. 4:7); and the idea which underlies it was widespread in the ancient world (See Herod. 1:198; Hesiod. Op. et Di. 733-4; Tibul. Carm. 2:1; 51:11, 12.) The subject is well treated, from a Christian point of view, by Pope Gregory the First, in his answers to S. Augustine's questions (Bode, Hist. Eccl. 2.). CHAPTER 19:16-20
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Come not at your wives.--Comp. 1Samuel 21:4-5 :1Corinthians 7:5. It was the general sentiment of antiquity that a ceremonial uncleanness attached even to the chastest sexual connection. (Herod. I. 189, ii. 64; Hesiod. Op. et D., 11. 733-4: Tibull, Carni. ii. 1, 11. 11, 12; Porphyr., De Abstinentia, 4:7.) The Levitical law took the same view (Leviticus 15:18), as did the Indian law (Menu, v. 63), the Persian (Zendavesta, quoted by Bahr, Symbolik, vol. ii., p. 466), and the Mahometan (Koran, iv. 5).
