And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Sanctified, as Moses had required at Mount Sinai, (Exodus xix. 10, 15,) ordering the people to wash their garments, and to abstain from their wives, that by this exterior purity, they might be reminded not to neglect that of the soul, without which they would derive but small benefit or instruction from the greatest miracles.