Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.In other versions
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not near a woman.
ASV
And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.
BBE
And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near [your] wives.
DBY
He said to the people, "Be ready by the third day. Don't have sexual relations with a woman."
WEB
and he saith unto the people, `Be ye prepared for the third day, come not nigh unto a woman.'
YLT
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
ENG
And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
WBT
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”
BSB
In context
13There shall not an 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.
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
15And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
16And 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 was in the camp trembled.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.