"Be prepared for the third day," he said to the people. "Do not draw near to a woman." Cross References 1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control. Exodus 19:14 When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes. Exodus 19:16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram's horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 1 Samuel 21:4 "There is no common bread on hand," the priest replied, "but there is some consecrated bread--provided that the young men have kept themselves from women." 1 Samuel 21:5 David answered, "Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time." 1 Chronicles 15:12 And he said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. Treasury of Scripture And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. be ready Amos 4:12 Malachi 3:2 Matthew 3:10-12 the third Exodus 19:11,16 come not 1 Samuel 21:4,5 Joel 2:16 Zechariah 6:3 |