⁵ And Joshua said to the people, ^(A)“Sanctify^[a] yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

¹³ Get up, ^(A)sanctify^[a] the people, and say, ^(B)‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”

^7 (A)Consecrate^[a] yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

⁵ And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^(A)Sanctify^[a] yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

¹⁹ And ^(A)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and ^(A)consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes. ¹¹ And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. ¹² You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, ‘Take heed to yourselves that you do not go up to the mountain or touch its base. ^(B)Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. ¹³ Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”

¹⁴ So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; ^(C)do not come near your wives.”

³ And Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying:

So Aaron held his peace.