Exodus 19:15

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

Joel 2:16

16gather the people.
cConsecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
dgather the children,
even nursing infants.
eLet the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.

Zechariah 7:3

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

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