King James Version
Exodus 19:15 in the King James Version says “And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.”
Exodus 19:15 · KJV
There 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. trumpet: or, cornet
And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
And 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.
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“Be”
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“ready”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“against the third”
H7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“come”
H5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causati
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