Come not at your wives. —Compare 1 Samuel 21:4–5; 1 Corinthians 7:5. It was the general sentiment of antiq…

And he said to the people, be ready for the third day, &c.] The third day from thence, the sixth of the month Sivan, for …

The solemn manner in which the law was delivered was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their…