And he said unto the people, Be ready by the third day: come not near your wives.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Wives. St. Paul recommends continence when people have to pray, 1 Corinthians vii. On the pagan temple of Epidaurus, this inscription was placed, "Let those be chaste who enter here. "(St. Clement of Alexandria, strom. 5.)