Exodus 19:15

15And he said to the people, “Be ready for the athird day; bdo not go near a woman.”

1 Samuel 21:4-5

4And the priest answered David, “I have no common bread on hand, but there is choly breaddif the young men have kept themselves from women.” 5And 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?”

Joel 2:16

16gather the people.
eConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
fgather the children,
even nursing infants.
gLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

Zechariah 7:3

3 hsaying to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and ithe prophets, “Should I weep and jabstain in kthe fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Zechariah 12:12-14

12The land shall mourn, leach family
Or clan; also verses 13, 14
by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of nNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
13the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of othe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

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