15 And he said to the people, “Be ready for the (A)third day; (B)do not go near a woman.”

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15 Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain(A) from sexual relations.”

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(A)Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, (B)so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

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Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time,(A) so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan(B) will not tempt you(C) because of your lack of self-control.

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11 and be ready for the third day. For on the third day (A)the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

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11 and be ready by the third day,(A) because on that day the Lord will come down(B) on Mount Sinai(C) in the sight of all the people.

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And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is (A)holy bread—(B)if the young men have kept themselves from women.” And David answered the priest, “Truly women have been kept from us as always when I go on an expedition. The vessels of the young men are holy even when it is an ordinary journey. How much more today will their vessels be holy?”

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But the priest answered David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread(A) on hand; however, there is some consecrated(B) bread here—provided the men have kept(C) themselves from women.”

David replied, “Indeed women have been kept from us, as usual(D) whenever[a] I set out. The men’s bodies are holy(E) even on missions that are not holy. How much more so today!”

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  1. 1 Samuel 21:5 Or from us in the past few days since

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (A)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, 12 (B)waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and (C)the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!

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11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward(A) to the day of God and speed its coming.[a](B) That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.(C)

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  1. 2 Peter 3:12 Or as you wait eagerly for the day of God to come

44 Therefore you also must be (A)ready, for (B)the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

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44 So you also must be ready,(A) because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (A)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

11 (B)“I baptize you with water (C)for repentance, but (D)he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you (E)with the Holy Spirit and (F)fire. 12 His (G)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and (H)gather his wheat into the barn, (I)but the chaff he will burn with (J)unquenchable fire.”

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10 The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.(A)

11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(B) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(C) and fire.(D) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(E)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in

But (A)who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For (B)he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap.

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But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E)

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(A)saying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and (B)the prophets, “Should I weep and (C)abstain in (D)the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

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by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, “Should I mourn(A) and fast in the fifth(B) month, as I have done for so many years?”

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the third (A)white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.[a]

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  1. Zechariah 6:3 Or and the fourth chariot strong dappled horses

the third white,(A) and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful.

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12 “Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel;
    because I will do this to you,
    prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”

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12 “Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel,
    and because I will do this to you, Israel,
    prepare to meet your God.”

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16     gather the people.
(A)Consecrate the congregation;
    assemble the elders;
(B)gather the children,
    even nursing infants.
(C)Let the bridegroom leave his room,
    and the bride her chamber.

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16 Gather the people,
    consecrate(A) the assembly;
bring together the elders,(B)
    gather the children,
    those nursing at the breast.
Let the bridegroom(C) leave his room
    and the bride her chamber.

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16 On the morning of the (A)third day there were (B)thunders and lightnings and (C)a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud (D)trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp (E)trembled.

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16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder(A) and lightning, with a thick cloud(B) over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.(C) Everyone in the camp trembled.(D)

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